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VOL. 187 No. 9 


NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1952 


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Adlai in Show Biz 

Democratic Presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson’s flair as a 
’‘performer” is winning him a flock of show biz adherents. Re- 
calling the manner in which the Illinois Governor wowed ’em at 
the Jack Benny anniversary dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, N. Y., 
last November, CBS prexy Frank Stanton has been circulating 
platters of the Stevenson talk around the industry. 

It's recalled, too, how Stevenson did a guest shot on the “Quiz 
Kids” show last winter, long before there was any indication he 
might be advanced as a Presidential hopeful. 

CBS is prepping a kine playback of the Stevenson bit for a 
network showcasing. 


Saratoga Sans 
Chichi Niteries 
As GGTs Get Of 


Saratoga Springs, Aug. 5. 

The 87th season' of the Saratoga 
Racing Assn, teed off yesterday 
(Mon.) with the famed swank lake 
area nightclubs dark. Only Riley’s 
Lake House is open — for dining. 

Ciro’s, near the rear gate to the 
historic Union Ave. track, is the 
sole city name spot operating. A 
few smaller clubs .are open. The 
wide open days, with Joe E. Lewis, 
Sophie Tucker, Morton Downey, 
Hildegarde and other top stars, 
plus big bands, are gone — perhaps 
forever. 

Continuation of the tight lid on 
off-track wagering, and of the spe- 
cial grand jury investigation 
ordered 16 months ago by Gov- 
ernor Dewey into gambling and 
possible links with political cor- 
ruption in Saratoga County, has 
for the second consecutive season 
(Continued on page 55) 


Mark Twain Library 
Acquired for Vidpix; 
Set Top Budget Si 

Filmeraft Productions, in c 
the most important literary 
closed by a television compan 
acquired the entire librai 
Mark Twain, it was announc 
Isidore Lindenbaura,' prexy oi 
pany, now in N. Y„ where 
tracts were inked after five ir 
°f negotiations. 

a ? esu ft of the purchase, 
oraft will undertake a high-b 
~ de ? series tagged “The 
a wain Television Theatre,” 
Produced and distributed by 
Pany Top Hollywood writer 
directors will be signed for ! 
it was stated. 

^Library includes 36 major i 
^50 articles, 2,300 published 1 
and several thousand unpub 

Lim£. S i? nd accordi 

Deal gives Fill 
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SamT, daughter, 

Ch?m S K au A to S e ther with T; 
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ni i* of Hanover Bank of N. ’i 

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fanai ^ e Sotiations. Deal - 
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ALI KAHN, IN U.S., MULLS 
INVESTMENT IN TV P1X 

Ali Khan, son of the fabulous 
Aga Khan, and who added to his 
glamor by marrying film actress 
Rita Hayworth, is seeking via aides 
to invest in television film produc- 
tion in the U. S. 

The Indian prince is due in Sara- 
toga for the races this week and 
will probably Spend a month, dur- 
ing which he’s expected to buy 
some nags for his stables, in addi- 
tion to scouting the vidpix finan- 
cing situation. At the*Spa he set- 
tled for four rooms at the Grand 
Union Hotel after a bid to rent the 
entire top floor (about 12 rooms) 
at the Gideon-Putnam. 


USO s 63d Unit 

Olf for Korea 

USO-Camp Shows’ 63d unit is 
off on a junket of GI bases in Korea 
and the Far Eastern zones. Titled 
“Hollywood Hi-Jinks,” the troupe 
was assembled on the Coast and 
left Los Angeles Monday (4) for 
a 15-week trek. 

Included in the unit are Rio 
Bros., comics; Gloria Foster, singer; 
Lin Mayberry, comedienne; Bar- 
bara Banks, Capitol Records’ artist; 
a musical trio, bassist Jack Jecker, 
accordionist Dorothy Murray and 
guitarist Edgar Roemheld, Jr. Ben 
McAtee is the emcee and comedian. 

Convention Spending 
On N.Y. Amusements . 
Soars to $10,050,000 

Conventioneers spent $10,050,000 
on amusements and an additional 
$30,750,000 in restaurants and 
niteries in New York City during 
1951, according to the N. Y. Con- 
vention & Visitors Bureau. In a 
report to its members, the agency 
has just revealed that of a total 
attendance of 2,106,380 at 707 con- 
ventions during the year, 618,380 
delegates were overnight visitors 
in the city. 

The Convention & Visitors Bu- 
reau .statement estimates that the 
delegates spent a total of $150,000,- 
000 in New York during the year. 
Of this amount, $50,400,000 went 
to hotels, $6,600,000 for local trans- 
portation, $36,600,000 in retail 
stores, $8, 850', 000 for “beverages,” 
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Biz Upbeat Seen Convincing Majors 
To Unleash Top Fix at Summer s Heat 


Prospects for the approaching 
legit season on Broadway look 
fairly good. In the matter of quan- 
tity, there may be more production 
than last season. And on a quality 
basis. which governs the vital fac- 
tors of size of grosses, length of 
runs, overall volume of business 
and employment, the advance in- 
dications seem promising. 

As of this week, the season’s 
schedule includes 69 straight plays 
and 24 musicals. That is an im- 
posing array, even if, as usual, a 
number- of the items don’t come 
through. However, long-standing 
precedent indicates that “casting 
difficulties” or some other stand- 
ard euphemism for insufficient 
• financing will stymie actual pro- 
duction of a sizable portion of the 
scheduled ventures. 

Plays by names like Robert E. 
Sherwood, Mary Chase, Terence 
Rattigan, . F. Hugh Herbert, John 
van Druten, Moss Hart and Arthur 
Miller are listed. And in the mu- 
sical field Rodgers and Hammer- 
stein, Cole Porter, Alan Jay Lerner 
and Frederick Loewe have shows. 
But Howard Lindsay and Russel 
Crouse, Lillian Heilman, Tennes- 
see Williams, Sidney Kingsley, 
George S. Kaufman, S. N. Behr- 
man, Samson Raphaelson, Elmer 
Rice, Maxwell Anderson, Paul Os- 
born, and Garson Kanin and Ruth 
Gordon apparently have no new 
scripts for production, and such 
(Continued on page 52) 

WW’s $16,000 For 

Dual Sponsorship 

On ABC Radio, TV 

When Walter Winchell goes TV 
on Oct. 5 for Gruen Watch and 
an alternate sponsor over ABC it 
will be § part-simulcast deal in 
that his 6:45 p.m. video stint will 
be taped for rebroadcast AM in 
his traditional Sunday-at-9 slot. In 
actuality, both he and ABC prexy 
Bob Kintner envision a consider- 
able reediting of the telecast to 
accommodate the hot Winchell 
flashes that usually occur in the 
ensuing two hours, that is between 
the end of the TV quarter-hour at 
7 p.m. and his AM 15-minuter later 
in the evening. Winchell, however, 
thinks that the editorial and his 
“page one” will remain exclusive 
and hot, whether TV or AM, and 
if there are any denials, qualifica- 
tions, late-flashes and the like he 
can interrupt the tape and make 
it that much more dramatic. 

Kintner has 18 TV markets lined 
up now and thinks he will have 
26 video stations by the time 
Winchell goes back on the air the 
first Sunday in October. The same 
340 ABC radio stations will carry 
, (Continued on page 43) 


‘GUYS-D0LLS’ DISTR1BS 
$1,048,192 TO ANGELS 

With a recent $60,000 dividend 
on “Guys and Dolls,” the total 
distributed profit' on the Frank 
Loesser-Jo Swerling-Abe Burrows 
musical has now. reached $1,048,- 
192. As of June 14, the two com- 
panies of the show had grossed a 
combined total of $6,552,528, with 
total net profits of $1,133,473. 

The Cy Feuer-Ernest H. Martin 
venture was financed at $200,000, 
plus $50,000 overcall, which was 
not used and ^as immediately re- 
turned to th® backers. The pro- 
duction cost of the Broadway edi- 
tion was $177,907* and the touring 
version required $180,317. The 
original is currently in its 90th 
week at the 44th Street, N. Y., and 
the second troupe is in the 24th 
week of a Chicago engagement. 


Olympiad a Flop 
For Finn Showmen 

By TOM VAN DYCKE 

Helsinki, July 29. 
From everybody’s point of view, 
except that of the Finnish govern- 
ment, the Finnish people and the 
American newshawks covering the 
games, this year’s Olympiad held in 
Helsinki was a great success. 

The spectators saw extraordinar- 
ily keen competition and records 
fall with almost monotonous regu- 
larity. According to the Olympic 
Organization Committee, the box- 
office take showed hefty figures, 
all in the black. The 70,000-seat 
stadium was sold out clean on four 
of the eight days of the track and 
field meet. The stands for the 
basketball, boxing, swimming and 
soccer events were likewise heavily 
attended. On those days the Sta- 
dium didn’t go clean it was only a 
few of the choice pews that were 
left in the racks. And these were 
(Continued on page 16) 

’Ozark Walking Preacher’ 
Settles for Another $6,000 
In Disk Defamation Suit 

St. "Louis, Aug. 5. 
Rev. Guy Howard, “The Walk- 
ing Preacher of the Ozarks,” last 
week won his second joust in court 
when he settled for $6,000 dam- 
ages in suits totaling $80,000 for al- 
leged defamation of character over 
a controversial record that was 
played over the radio. The settle- 
ment in the local circuit court was 
against the American Society of 
Composers, Authors and Publish-' 
ers. Gil Newsome, disc jock at sta- 
tion KWK, with three record firms 
(Continued on page 55) 


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- Dearth of Important product that 
has regularly marked early summer 
release slates of major distribs ap- 
pears likely to be somewhat alle- 
viated next year.' Pattern of biz 
during the past couple months has 
convinced the companies that re- 
lease of at least some top product 
during the dog days might prove 
profitable and is worth trying. 

Distribs are still chary of sending 
out big pix in May and June, when 
the first rays of the summer sun 
and the attraction of the outdoors 
prove overwhelming to many pa- 
trons. However, it has also become 
evident that television has so 
changed the patterns of the film biz 
that the time has come for some 
revolutionary thinking, 

With the top tele shows off the 
air during the hot weather, distribs 
see a chance to cash in on the lack 
of competition from the for-free 
medium. ’ Some of them foresee 
the May-to-September period, as a 
matter of fact, as eventually prov- 
ing the best stretch of the year for 
theatres, particularly with virtual- 
ly all houses now air-conditioned. 

Study of release slates over the 
past half-dozen years indicates a 
trend toward sending the biggies 
into distribution earlier and earlier. 
They used to be held for the Labor 
Day weekend break, with the entire 
summer stanza pretty much devoid 
of important product. Gradually 
more and more pix began to go out 
in mid-August, and then early Au- 
gust, and finally in late July. 

The war and air conditioning 
started that trend even before ef- 
fects of TV began to be felt. Dur- 
ing the war, biz was so good that 
weather made no difference. And 
then with the universality of arti- 
(Continued on page 55) 

Phiily’s 1951 Beaut 
Wants That 10G She 
Sez She Never Got 

.Philadelphia, Aug. 5. 

Peggy Ramsdale, nitery singer 
and “Miss Greater Philadelphia of 
19{jl,” has filed suit in Common 
Pleas Court here seeking $10,000 
for prizes allegedly promised her 
but never received as the winner 
of last year’s beauty contest. 

The Junior Chamber of Com- 
merce was named as the defendant 
by the 21-year-old chanteuse, who 
stated she did not receive the col- 
lege scholarship, a two-week trip 
to Florida, a complete wardrobe 
and a trip to Atlantic City, all of 
which she said were promised her. 

Miss Ramsdale was picked last 
Aug. 3, in the finals at the Earle 
Theatre, to represent this city in 
the “Miss America” pageant. Her 
attorney said all the singer ever 
received was a silver loving cup, 
which “was supposed to have $100 
in it.” The cup allegedly passed 
through so many hands by the lime 
it reached Miss Ramsdale “all that 
was left was $13.” 


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This Week; 14 Countries Send Pix 


By ROBERT F*. HAWKINS 

V^nti'p Ant' R 

Prelim activity at the 13th Ven- 
ice Film Festival gefe under way 
Friday (8) with the opening of two 
minor sections, the 4th Annual Fes- 
tival of Films for Children, and the 
third International Exhibit of the 
Scientific Films and Art Documen- 
taries. These two run through Aug. 
18, with the Festival proper, de- 
voted to feature films, opening 
Aug. 20 and running through Sept. 
10. There are 27 nations participat- 
ing in the preliminary fetes, with 
150 pix running in the art and 
scientipix section, and 50 in the 
moppet show. U,S. is entering 18 
films in the children’s festival, and 
has a total of 20 running in the 
art and science classes. Of these 
latter, 11 are State Dept, entries. 

So far 13 countries plus Italy are 
booked for the main show, but last- 
minute entries may increase the 
total. Nations entered so far in- 
clude Argentina, Brazil, Belgium, 
Philippines, France, Germany, Ja- 
pan, Great Britain, Mexico, Nor? 
way, Spain, Sweden, U.S., and 
Italy. Last-named will show four 
features, Roberto' Rossellini’s “Eu- 
rope 1951” with Ingrid Bergman; 
“In Olden Days” (Cines), “The 
White Sheik” and “The Bandit of 
Tacca Di Lupo” (Lux). Great Brit- 
ain has entered Anthony Asquith’s 
“The Importance of Being Ernest,” 
“Brave Don’t Cry” and “Mandy.” 
Japan has- listed “The Life of 
O-Haru” and “The Unforgettable 
Melody of Nagasaki.” “Ghengis 
Khan” is the Philippine entry. Nor- 
way will present “Ahdrine and 
Kjell:” 

Other selectiQns have yet to be 
revealed officially, but France will 
probably enter Rene Clair’s “Belles 
De Nuit” and Christian-Jaque’s 
(Continued on page 48) 


Amusement Taxes 
In June Decline 

Washington, Aug. 5. 

Continuing the decline of pre- 
vious months, theatre admission 
tax collections during June totaled 
$23,039,000, off 12% from the same 
month of 1951, Bureau of Internal 
Revenue reported yesterday. Taxes 
collected on roof gardens and cab- 
arets, totaling $3,297,000, regis- 
tered a decline of 8.6% from June 
of last year. 

Reflecting reduced sales of TV 
sets, taxes on radios, phonographs, 
etc., totaled $8,164,000, a drop of 
about $1,600,000 from June, 1951. 
Taxes on phonograph records were 
also down, June receipts totaling 
$446,000 compared to $506,000 a 
year ago. 

For the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1952, taxes on theatre admis- 
sions brought in revenues to the 
government of $330,782,000, a de- 
crease of about $16,000,000 or 5% 
from the previous fiscal year. 


Margaret’s TV Return 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Margaret Truman will be Jim- 
my Durante's special guest when 
the comedian resumes his NBC-TV 
shows on Sept. 20. 

President’s daughter is cutting 
short her current European trip to 
be back here in time for the show. 


Hutton’s 'Danny Deal’ 

For Palladium Date 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Betty Hutton will get 5,750 
pounds sterling * (about $16,100) 
per week for a . three-week stand 
at the London Palladium, starting 
Sept. 29 as a prelude to a tour of 
the British provinces. Deal is the 
same as that given Danny Kaye. 

Charles O'Curran, Miss Hutton’s 
husband, will accompany her to 
England and stage the act which 
wlli be substantially the same turn 
she offered^ at the Palace in New 
York. 

After the Palladium, she’ll play 
Manchester, Liverpool, Birming- 
Glasgow and Dublin on straight 
percentage deals. 

Palm Springs Hotelier 
Geo. Brown (Ex-Par) On 
U.S. Tourism in. Canada 

Calgary. 

Eiltor, Variety: 

All America is on the road with 
more California cars in Canada 
than can possibly be home. 

Americans across the 3,000 miles 
we’ve travelled thus far are 
seething. All U. S. dollars are dis- 
counted from 3 to 5% all through 
Canada. Our dollar is generally 
worth 95c here, and American 
pride more than the pocketbook is 
injured. Hotel managers aver it’s 
affected their trade from the 
Americans. 

Prices are on a par with U.S.A. 
Only saving is the luxury tax and 
the Canadians play that up. 

Food is surprisingly lower in 
restaurants, generally pretty good, 
yet prices in the markets are very 
high, especially fruit and veg- 
etables. 

Here in Calgary it’s hot when 
it reaches 70°. Hailed the other 
day, yet this is summer and pleas- 
antly dry. People are more like 
Americans with tb$ Hollywood 
clothes influence apparent every- 
where. Victoria and Vancouver are 
more British, even to speech. 

Canada press is a bit peevish 
against U. S. papers. They head- 
line American news here — politi- 
(Continued on page 47) 


DOLORES GRAY SCORES 
AT LONDON PALLADIUM 

London, Aug. 5. 

Headlining the Palladium’s new 
bill, which teed off yesterday 
(Mon.), Dolores Gray scored heav- 
ily with a dozen songs and bowed 
off after a begoff speech. Singer 
is a big fave here, having been 
shot to stardom via the London 
production of “Annie Get Your 
Gun” several seasons ago. 

The Deep River Boys were ac- 
claimed. U. S. ballerina Nanci 
Crompton, in British debut, was 
neatly received for her intricate 
and well executed terps. Also in 
Palladium preem was Winifred At- 
well, whose pianoisms registered. 

Others on the bill are Hall, Nor- 
man & Ladd, British comedy in- 
strumentalists; A1 Burnett, local 
comic; Carsony Bros., European 
balancers; Leslie Randall, British 
comedian, and Allen Bros. & June, 
adagio dancers. 


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Wednesday, Align at 6, 1953 


35th and £5th Aunts 

Gladys and Frank M. Fol- 
som. celebrated their 35th 
wedding anniversary yesterday 
(Tuesday) and Pansy and 
Nicholas M. Schenck marked 
their 25th marital milestone 
last Friday <1), 

The Radio Corp. of Ameri- 
ca president made it a family 
affair; the Loew’s, Inc/ prexy 
took 25 intimate friends and 
business associates to El Mo- 
rocco for the occasion. 


Chevalier ‘Fire’ 

150G Paris Foldo 

Paris, Aug. 5. 

“Full Fire” (Plein Feu), big 
M a u r i ce Chevalier spectacle, 
closed at Empire here Saturday 
(2) after less than a four-month 
run. Elaborate revue produced by 
Pierre Louis-Guerin opened April 
24 and did okay biz until . heat 
wave hit in mid-June. Grosses had 
been nervous since but biz was 
boosted when Yma Sumac went 
into the show for two-week stretch 
in early July. Since 1 then, b.o. had 
been up and down, not 'good 
enough for show’s high running 
cost that demanded nightly capac- 
ity. 

The loss is figured at upward 
of $150,000. Show nicked backers 
for initial $250,000 to open, and 
was armed to run a year or more 
as is policy of rival houses, Folies- 
Bergere and Casino de Paris. 

“Fire” had large U. S. contin- 
gent, including Paul Godkin, show’s 
choreographer and lead male 
dancer; Amru Sany, Fred Sanborn, 
Warren, Latona, Sparks team, Jane 
Caples and Ben Yost Singers, plus 
American male chorus, Empire 
Boys. Colette Marchand, French 
dance star, who had second bill- 
ing after Chevalier, is in the John 
Huston film, “Moulin Rouge.” 







: SCULLY 

Imm By Frank Scully 


' Hollywood, 

Radio and television gabbers are becoming quite skilled at devising 
locks for garages after the cars have been stolen. The weeks following 
the national conventions have found the air cluttered with schemes 
designed to save the country less expensively than methods presently 
employed. These roundtable discussions generally agree that direct 
primaries and direct elections of Presidents would solve the problem 
best. * 

How towns that live on hotel trade would react to such a change is 
easy to imagine. They would move in on Washington, and make all 
other lobbies seem like an* opening ajct on the old Percy Williams 
circuit. The train, plane and bus lobbies would be screaming for sub- 
sidies if such a thing happened. 

Indeed the delegations themselves would fight it. They like these 
junkets. Their hoarse and cracked voices may sound painful to list- 
eners but the delegates themselves enjoy their modified martyrdom. 
It’s the Olympic games for those who don’t like the taste of Serutan. 
Besides, haven’t an army of unidentified doctors told them just what 
brand of cigaret to smoke to heal their tired tracheas? 

How and where else will little people be able to demand a poll of 
their delegations and announce their names to an audience of 70,000,- 
000 listeners? How else can theY be photographed grappling for a 
mike and making nominating speeches on a roll-call long after nom- 
inations have clqsed? How else can Mickey Rooneys from Puerto 
Rico lend unconscious comedy to a rollcall, and one-man delegations 
from the Virgin Islands project their kind of corn on the grain mer- 
chants of Chicago? How else can such characters say time after time, 
to possibly new audiences. “The Virgin Islands delegation casts its one 
vote unanimously for the greatest general in the history of this great 
republic, the great crusader. Dwight D. Eisenhower?” 

Better than cutting to the chase by pitching for the direct election of 
Presidents, the commentators might give courses to these quarter- 
horses on how to conserve their voices. C^eorge Hicks, for instance, could 
explain to these tyros that the smallest, softest voice can be brtfught 
up to sound like thunder by sound engineers. When delegates thunder, 
the engineer, to protect his own ears and those of his listeners, has to 
tune down the noise. He has no device, however, for smoothing out a 
speaker fast growing hoarse whose voice hits soprano and basso on 
alternate words, or disappears altogether as he nears the end of what 
he hoped would be an impassioned and persuasive speech. 

Even an oldtimer like H. V. Kaltenborn .(74) could teach them how 


Chevalier heads for Rio de 
Janeiro for a month’s engagement 
at guarantee and percentage, 
thence to Germany in the fall. No 
U. S. offers are reportedly forth- 
coming for the show without its 
star, who up to now has been de- 
nied admittance there. 

Empire remains dark until Oc- 
tober when Marquis de Cuevas 
ballet troupe goes in. 


GLENN FORD SCORES 
ACTOR TEMPERAMENT 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Temperamental stars — wh-o 
“don’t feel the part is big enough 

for them” — are now a drug on the 
market, and the industry can’t af- 
ford to put up with them, actor 
Glenn Ford asserted in an adlib 
interview Sunday night (3) with 
ABC commentator Bill Tusher. 

However, there’s a difference be- 
tween temperament and good judg- 
ment exercised by stars who re- 
serve the right to refuse question- 
able scripts. “Temperament is just 
an excuse for bad manners,” he 
said. “If another person on another 
job pulled this thing called tem- 
perament he wouldn’t last a day. 
Same thing should apply to actors. 
The motion picture business just 
can’t afford to' put up with tem- 
perament today. It’s a lot of non- 
sense.” However, Ford defended 
Rita Hayworth, his “Affair in Trini- 
dad” co-star, opining she had 
passed the acid test of popularity. 
“She’s a good sport, a very nice 
person, a very colorful person, a 
hard worker. So she has moods. 
Doesn’t any woman have moods?” 
he added. 

Ford qualified his remarks by 
insisting that players should have 
the right to protect their careers 
by rejecting scripts they don’t like. 

Selena Royle Rebuffed 
At Cal. Legion Meet 

Fresno, Cal., Aug. 5. 

Actress Selena Royle was po- 
litely rebuffed by officials at the 
state convention of the American 
Legion when she requested time to 
demand an answer to an “open let- 
ter” asking the veterans’ organiza- 
tion if it had included her on a 
questionable loyalty list sent stu- 
dios. She has not yet had answer 
to the letter. 

Officials told her it was impos- 
sible to revise the agenda to give 
her time for a speech. 


to hold out for 12 hours at a stretch on a week-long marathon without 
sounding like a croaking bullfrog. Why, even Phil Regan sang all 
week for the Demos and sounded in better voice at the end than he 
did at the beginning because he had been trained in voice control. 

Most of these delegates imagine they are talking to crowds on a hill- 
side in places where rural electrification has not yet been installed. 
They start out like muleskinners and end like dying swans. Before 
the Hon. Paul A. Dever reached halfway through his keynote address 
he could have been a man in a dungeon for all his words meant to 
those listening to him in well-cushioned homes. He was a candidate, 
but his theme song sounded like “They’re hanging Danny Dever in 
the morning.” N ‘ 

Bob Murphy peddled more commercials during the two conventions 
than there are refrigerators, radios and television sets in all the free 
and fouled-iip world. Yet he was in fine form when it was all over. 
As for the delegates, I met some of them a week later and they still 
sounded like whispering hopes. Unless they recover by September 
they won’t be able to talk to the voters in their districts loud enough 
to hold the votes of their own families. 

I caught Elmer Davis after all the oratorical orgies were over and 
he, too, showed no voice strain when retailing the day’s news for his 
ABC listeners from coast to coast. These men owe it as a patriotic 
duty to teach the political pros how to train for marathons. 

They have some among their number who might be added to siich 
a faculty, notably the retiring Veepee Alben “Everyready” Barkley 
and the long retired Ex-Prez Herbert Hoover. They began softly and 
worked themselves to a Garrison finish with plenty Of voice to spare. 

Barkley showed another trick that few speakers know. If inter- 
rupted by applause he didn’t reach for a glass of water. He found out 
long ago that water will not cool or heal hot pipes, though bourbon 
might. Denied the one, he shunned the other and finished like a 
champ. Moreover, he was the only one who talked to an audience 
instead of to a script. He knew his opening and he knew his closing 
and he didn’t bother to memorize what went in between. If he came 
to his‘ end before he intended and he very well might have, he didn’t 
go back. He. quit right there. 

This- is a trick that even scriptwriters for Hollywood studios have 
not learned. All- too often their scenarios come to a climax and then 
begin all over again. I have often argued that the most beautiful words 
in the English language are “And in conclusion.” But the sad fact re- 
mains that many speakers go on for hours after they have uttered 
those comforting words. 

There’s a romantic school of critics that believes radio and partic- 
ularly television can detect a phoney better than unwired eyes and ears. 
This is a laughable skill to attribute to electronics, but It has quite a 
large following. It is quite possible, of course, that a closeup can 

exaggerate whether a man is talking from his heart or merely fol- 

lowing' a ghostwriter’s script, but if the mechanization of sound-pro- 
jection could differentiate between true and false, the whole profes- 
sion of acting would be destroyed. 

It isn’t merely that these agencies for the transmission of sound 
and images buckle on being ordered to transmit oldfashioned round- 
house oratory. It’s that spellbinding is no longer welcomed by even 
hillbillies. 

To say that Stevenson and Eisenhower will be welcomed because 
they know the merits of understatement and underplay their parts 
is merely to say that they have followed the modem school of acting. 
Even circus shills and barkers do. not operate as they used to. They, 

too, have learned to talk less like a parody of the late Bill Fields 

and more like Sir Laurence Olivier. They have observed how radio 
and TV commercials are sold and have dropped the flamboyant 
gesture, the declamations and the emotional appeal, for they, too, 
operate now with microphones. 

What conventions need more than abolition is a knowledge of the 
law of diminishing returns. Almost every field of entertaimnen 
(and even marathon races come under this head) long ago realize 
that from two to four hours are about all normal people can stan 
in one day. Even those who fell for double-features have found ou 
by now that the saturation point of interest was reached after tu 
1 hours. After that you were catering to zombies and those trying 
l.caich up on their sleep. 




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Caution on Biz Upturn 

Present upturn in theatre grosses is a “normal phenomenon” for 

£ time of the year, when the lure of sun, beach and countryside be- 
Snq to wear thin. Hypoed jingle at the till is principally enco'urag- 
rj \o seasoned film men because there are so many pix doing 
Srentionally strong biz. That’s a reflection, of course, of an im- 
provement in product that naturally augurs good- and will be felt 
all the way down the line, not only as the big pix filter through to 
subsequent runs, but in increased interest in pix that always helps 
the lesser product, too. 

While taking encouragement from the fact that hot pix at the 
b o are now racking up more .Coin than ever before, industry ob- 
servers are not losing sight of the experience of the past few 
vears. They know that top video shows are currently off the air 
and when they return in September and October they are very 
likely again to make a dent in pic grosses. That happened in 1950 
and 1951. and only the extra-strong product now around gives 
hope that the effect will be lessened this stanza. 

Biz since the beginning of 1952 has been up and down compared 
with a year previous, with overall estimates indicating that it is 
probably about 5% down in the aggregate. January was about 
eVen with 1951, February was behind until the end, when grosses 
moved ahead for a short time; March and April were about the 
same as the 12 months previous, and then there was a more severe 
than normal dropoff. That continued until a few weeks ago. Severe 
hot weather across much of the country hurt. It appears to have 
helped a while, particularly midweek, when air-conditioned theatres 
provided a convenient cooling-off place, but weekends have been 
sad. Also, as the hot spell became protracted, people apparently 
got even too*sluggish to. hike to a theatre to cool off and so biz 
slipped. 


Limiting Trust Testimony to 3 Years 
Seen Big Boost to H’wood in FCC Quiz 


Decision by the Federal Commu- 
nications Commission last week to 
eliminate from TV licensing hear- 
ings all testimony regarding anti- 
trust violations that occurred more 
than three years previously is seen 
by film attorneys as of great sig- 
nificance to the pic industry. It 
will be of major importance in the 
hearings on large-screen theatre 
channels slated for October and in 
any future effort by film companies 
to get into tele. 

The FCC ukase was handed down 
in the present packaged hearings 
on Paramount’s request for renew- 
al of its license for KTLA, Los An- 
geles, and of United Paramount 
Theatres and American Broadcast- 
ing Co. to merge. Decision is, of 
course, of tremendous significance 
in these cases. 

[Other details of FCG decision in 
the TV section.] 


Wald, RKO Part Oct. 31 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Jerry Wald is definitely leaving 
RKO Oct. 31, expiration date of 
his contract, but won’t start nego- 
tiations with other studios on pos- 
sible deals until after that date. 
He’s putting “Size 12,” his final 
picture for RKO, before the cam- 
eras at the end of August on a 
six-week schedule. 

He expects film to wind up in 
mid-October, but any left unfin- 
ished by his contract expiration 
date he’ll finish -off the lot, he in- 
dicated. 


Rackmil Paid 


Hearings on the Par and ABC- 
UPT issues had been running for 
months and promised to go a good 
deal longer, while FCC attorneys 
questioned and cross-questioned 
dozens of witnesses on Par and 
UPA antitrust violations dating 
back more than 25 years. 

The FCC ordered the Par find 
UPT-ABC hearings back to exami- 
ner Leo Resnick. Since thei'e have 
been no antitrust offenses charged 
against Par since 1948— it’s not 
even a defendant in the Govern- 
ment’s recent 16m suit — strong 
(Continued on page 18) 


Rembusch Charges ' 
Suit Is Payoff to 1 
Demo Conclave C< 

n Tu lecasters intentional! 
it that coverage of the Di 
jjationai convention was < 
calibre than lensing of i 
conclave, it’s charged by 
of film exhibs in Indiana. 

tnS the ^ devel °Pments 
trust suit on pages 5 and 

Assertion was made by 

L n mbusch ’ P rez of Alii 
re Owners of Indiana, ir 

Morv! torney General J 
Ra PP in S the 
tn eats antl -trust suit whi 
^ompel the licensing oi 
actinn ™k usch commented 

Seen ln J h P ies v a de ?“ 
he hierarchy- 

ly TeW^ 1 - 0 party and the 
y, 4 e , le y isi °n. 

by evh K^° ncluaion wa S 
edge n 1 i )ltors w ith expei 

making producti °n vali 
superior + t c ° m P a rison 
Kiven th -£f* ev i s i°n prog 
Ve n unn he De mocratie Nati 
S tnt compared v 
invention !’' 6 Republicai1 


By Both Decca, U; 
Gets Disk Co. Cut 

Milton R. Rackmil in his dual 
role of prexy of Universal and 
Decca is also now on the payroll 
of both companies. With his ac- 
cession to the top U post several 
weeks ago, he began drawing a 
salary which is described as “com- 
paratively modest.” At the same 
time his Decca salary was “adjust- 
ed downward.” 

Size of the U wage and the cut 
in the amount from the diskery are 
both being kept under wraps at the 
moment. They’ll both be revealed 
shortly, however, under Securities 
& Exchange Commission regula- 
tions which require filing, of sala- 
ries and contracts of officers and 
directors. 

Rackmil’s salary at Decca has 
been $85,000 a year. Nate J. Blum- 
(Continued on page 16) 

Krim Off to Europe 
To See New Indie Pix 

Arthur B. Krim, United Artists 
prez, wings to Europe Friday (8) 
for a three-week glance at indie 
product being lensed or prepped 
for UA distribution. He also may 
line up some new deals. 

Krijn will visit London where 
Sam Spiegel has “Melba” ready to 
roll. Also, British film-maker 
Raymond Stross is set to go with 
“Rough Shoot” in England. 

UA head’s itinerary includes 
Paris where the script has been 
completed on “Via Flaminia,” 
which Anatole Litvak will produce 
and direct, and where John Hus- 
ton now has “Moulin Rouge” in 
production. 

1 Krim may also visit Rome. 



Film Companies Expect Record 

,000 Income From Abroad 




Flock of click films and a letup 
in flash-furnace mercury readings 
in numerous areas are combining 
to give the film business across the 
country a firmer tone. 

Boxoffice activity began to perk 
up early last month but the im- 
provement was still short of the 
strides taken around the Independ- 
ence Day holiday last year. How- 
ever, marked gains have been 
made over the past .10 days, and 
trade execs see indications mainly 
in the calibre of future product, 
that it will continue. 

Torrid temperatures again could 
put a damper on this, of course. 
Circuit execs relate that intensely 
hot weather hypoes midweek busi- 
ness at key-city first-runs. Per- 
sons in town, for one thing, give 
a play to the air-conditioned com- 
fort of the pic palaces. But the 
heat Is murder on the weekends. 
It cuts down on tourist traffic and 
generally keeps each city’s natives 
at home or sends them off to the 
resorts. 

Theatre ops stated this week that 
the .upturn is not entirely uni- 
form, that there’s still a b.o. slump 
with much of the product in circu- 
lation. It’s added, though, that the 
number of pix which are raking in 
tall coin is growing fast. 

Two facets of the overall up- 
trend are found particularly en- 

( Continued on page 18) 

Par’s Billings Last Week 
Among Tops in History; 
Soars Above $1,200,000 

Pix-biz-is-here-to-stay note : 

Paramount’s billings last week 
were among the highest in the 
company’s history. They totalled 
slightly above $1,200,000. That sur- 
passed last Christmas week and 
was the tallest since last Septem- 
ber’s “Paramount Week,” when 
close to $2,000,000 was racked up. 

The annual “Paramount .Week,” 
however, is a special drive period, 
with the whole sales force con- 
centrated on getting maximum 
bookings and assuring that every 
theatre in the U. S. plays one of 
the company’s features, shorts or 
newsreels. It’s always top week of 
the year and not comparable to 
an average seven-day period, such 
as last week's. 

An important part of the past 
stanza’s income was derived from 
(Continued on page 55) 


Goldwyn, Jr., Into Telefilms 

Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., who is to 
be released from the Army in 
about a month, is hoping to get 
into production of television pix. 
He has been in New York for the 
past several weeks and has spoken 
to people in the vidpix fields re- 
garding his plans. 

Young Goldwyn was recalled 
Into the Army after start of the 
Korean war and assigned to a pic- 
ture-making berth at General 
Eisenhower's headquarters near 
Paris. He was about to produce a 
film under his father's aegis when 
the Army call came. 


Film Toppers, 
Legion Execs 
Set N.Y. Meet 

Eric Johnston and prexies of the 
major companies will hold their 
second meeting with American Le- 
gion execs next Monday (11) on 
the Legion’s charges anent subver- 
sive workers in Hollywood. Ses- 
sion will be held in New York, 
with James F. O’Neil, editor of the 
American Legion magazine and 
director of publications, repping 
the vets’ group. 

Meeting will be in contrast to 
the original get-together in Wash- 
ington at-the end of March. At that 
time the Legion said it had lists 
of more than 200 Hollywoodites of 
whom it was suspicious. Agreement 
was reached by which the names 
(Continued on page 18) 

Mpls. Deluxer Grossed 
$9 ; Gets Tax Deduction 

Minneapolis, Aug. 5. 

The deluxe l,D00-seat Edina, su- 
burban theatre, grossed only $9 last 
Monday .27) and $300 for three 
days starting on Sunday, its owner, 
Ben Friedman, told the tax board. 

After hearing Friedman and his 
attorney, S. D. Kane, declare that 
TV has shot the theatre business to 
pieces and paint a black picture 
generally, the board voted unani- 
mously to grant a 20% reduction. 
Taxe§ last year amounted to $3,178. 


National Boxoffice Survey 

1 st-Run Trade Still Sock; ‘ Jacks’ Champ 3d Week 
In Row. ‘Noon’ 2d, ‘Lovely’ 3d, ‘Rogers’ 4th 


atres over the country, started 
three or four weeks ago, continues 
this session, with the launching of 
some additional, strong product. 
Neither the heat nor other sum- 
mer factors are slowing down biz 
currently. 

“Jumping Jacks” -(Par) is holding 
No. 1 spot for third consecutive 
week by a hefty margin. It ranges 
from good to terrific in some 14 
key cities covered by Variety. 
“High Noon” (UA), which was 
second last week, the first session 
out in distribution, again is taking 
second spot, with many additional 
bookings swelling the total. 

“Lovely To Look At” (M-G) 
again is winding up third while 
“Will Rogers” (WB) has come from 
way back on the list to cop .fourth. 
Fifth money goes to “Robin Hood” 
(RKO-Disney), long high among 
the winners. Sixth position goes to 
“We’re Not Married” (20th), with 
“Greatest Show” (Par), now out on 
popscale runs, a close seventh. 

“Don’t Bother To Knock” (20th) 
is winding up eighth while “Island 
of Desire” (UA) will be ninth. 
“King Kong” (RKO) (reissue), 
“Francis To West Point” (U) and 
“Dream of Jeanie” (Rep) round out 
the top 12 list in that order. “Scar- 
amouche” (M-G), “Anybody Seen 
My Gal” (U) and “Duel on Silver 


Creek” (U) are the runner-up pix 
in that sequence. 

Several big newcomers, which 
undoubtedly will be heard from 
plenty in the future, are not in- 
cluded in this week’s ratings be- 
cause they’re just starting in key 
cities. “Ivanhoe” (M-G) falls into 
this category, hitting a new non- 
holiday record at N. Y. Music Hall 
and being great in Cleveland and 
Frisco. “Affair in Trinidad” (Col) 
is similarly situated, rated terrific 
in N. Y., Chi and Frisco. 

“Son of Paleface” (Par) also 
looms a big winner, being smash 
on Chi preem. “Big Sky” (RKO), 
also launched in Chi, is rated big. ‘ 
“World in Arms” (U), playing its 
first eastern dates, is big in Detroit 
and great leader in Phillip. “Car- 
rie” (Par), also new, is big in N. Y. 
and good in Philly. 

“Diplomatic Courier” (20th), 
mild in Boston, is sock in Philly 
and big in Cincinnati. “Glory Al- 
ley” (M-G) is getting xio place on 
•current stanza. “Stolen Face” (Lip), 
pleasing in Minneapolis, is okay in 
Detroit and Louisville. 

“Run for Money” (U), shapes 
okay in Boston. “Wild Heart” 
(RKO) is good in St. Louis. 
“Dreamboat” (20th) continues 
sock In second week at N. Y. Roxy. 

(Complete Boxoffice Reports on 
Pages 8-9) 


Barring prospects of devaluation, 
American film companies will re- 
ceive more income from abroad in 
1952 than in any previous year in 
industry history. Receipts’ now ap- 
pear certain to top by at least 
$5,000,000 the record $125,000,000 
of last year. 

Indicative of the heavy coin that 
the Yank firms have been receiv- 
ing is the split of about $1,750,000 
in lump sum melons slated by the 
Motion picture Assn, of America 
for this week and next. Going to 
the companies this week Is $1,000,- 
000 derived from Sweden and Fin- 
land, while next week they’ll get 
another apprqxlmately $250,000 
from Sweden and Norway and 
about $500,000 from Indonesia. 

The Scandinavian windfalls re-' 
suit from “compensation” deals. 
They., are barter arrangements by 
which the MPAA international di- 
vision arranges to take frozen 
funds and transfer them via ex- 
change of goods between one or 
more countries until the coin is 
finally turned into dollars in New 
York. 

The Indonesian receipts result 
from success of the MPAA in ob- 
( Continued on page 18) 


Italo Producers Losing 
That Arty Touch in Bid 
For U.S. Video — Davis 

French producers are still turn- 
ing out pictures geared to require- 
ments of American art houses, but 
Italian film-makers, in what ap- 
pears to be an attempt to crack 
the mass U. S. market, have “guns 
Hollywood.” That’s the opinion of 
foreign film distributor Arthur 
Davis, who has just returned from 
a six-week European trip on a hunt 
for fresh product, 

In attending screenings of some 
48 Italian and French pictures, 
Davis said that many of the Italo 
films featured “slick sets” and soap 
opera stories. He added that they 
seemed to have been made with 
an -eye toward ultimate dubbing for 
American TV stations. A few failed 
(Continued on page 20) 



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PicruMU 



Martm-Lewis^Jacb' Tops July B.O., 



Comedies . and spectacular ' pic 
tures were winners at the nation's 
boxoffice in July, the first five hi# 
gest grosses falling into that cate- 
gory. With several signs pointing 
to an upbeat at the wickets, includ- 
ing a very big July 4 weekend, the 
outstanding feature of last month’s 
film biz/was the strong showings 
made by many productions despite 
record heat and both the GOP and 
Denis' national conventions. 

Although getting started after 
the middle of . July, “Jumping 
Jacks” (Par) took a toehold on 
fitst place last month/ according to 
Reports from : ’ VAhiety correspond- 
ents in 25 key cities. The Martin- 
Lewis comedy edged out /‘Work- 
ing Her - Way' Through College” 
(WB), which was a strong second. 
•‘Jacks” in numerous spots was 
running ahead of “That’s My Boy” 

. and Jn others about even or .just 
a bit better than “Sailor' Beware/’ 
previous M-L comedies for Part 

A screen adaptation of “Male 
Animal,” the draw 6f “College” 
became evident country-wise early 
last month, ft wound up first in 
weekly boxoffice returns two weeks 
in July jmd never dipped below 
fifth. Pic is one of top grossers 
in some time from WB. 

Despite its initial disappointing 
pace in some of the bigger keys, 
“Scaramouche” (M-G) perked to 
grab third position by* a large mar- 
gin nationally. “Pat and Mike” 
(M-G), with a hefty assist/ from 
the drawing., power of Spencer 
Tracy, copped fourth. This Tracy- 
Hepburn starrer was fifth in the 
June national boxoffice sweep- 

“Robin Hood” (RKO-Disney) 
opened up well early in July but 
after that tended to drop off na- 
tionally as new, strong fare was 
launched in opposition. It" easily 
landed fifth place, however, finish- 
ing first one week in Variety’s 
weekly boxoffice survey. 

“Lovely to Look At” (M-G) fin- 
ished sixth, a bit disappointing for 
this strong musical. Film followed 
(Continued on page 6) 


July’s Golden Dozen 

1. “Jumping Jacks” (Par). 

2. “Working College” (WB). 

3. “Scaramouche” (M-G), 

4. “Pat and Mike” (M-G). 

5. -“Rob. Hood” (RKO-Disney). 

6. “Lovely Look At” (M-G). 

7. “Francis to West Point” (U). 

8. “Clash By Night” (RKO). 

9. “Winning Team”. (WB). 

10. “King Kong” (RKO). 

11. “Diplomatic Courier” (20th). 

12. “Lydia Bailey” (20th). 


Todd s ‘Venice to 

Test Theatre TV 

$ * t , 

For Future Legit 


Snaper, Kirsdb Huddle 

Wilbur Snaper,^ president of Al- 
lied States As*n„ will be in Chi- 
cago next week to huddle with 
Allied’s convention committee, 
headed by Jack KIrsch, on the 
org’s upcoming national conclave. 

Allied toppers will tee off the 
get-together with a board meeting 
Nov. 15-10. Regular convention, 
at the Morrison Hotel, Chi, fol- 
lows. v 


HWaanhy, August fi j 9sj 




Experimental theatre television 
pickup of a part of - Mike Todd’s 
“Night in. Venice” tomorrow night 
(ThUrs.) Is expected to determine 
largely .what course big-screen 
video entrepreneurs will follow in 
staging entertainment shows for 
their medium. Considerable differ- 
ence of opinion exists over whether 
a show staged for a live legit audi- 
ence will be equally good for thea- 
tre TV. 

Plans for a half-hour pickup of 
part of the first act of the show are 
being supervised by Leo Rosen, 
big-screen video chief for the Fa- 
bian circuit. Actual televising 
from the show’s origination point 
at Jones Beach State Park, Long 
Island, will be handled by the Du- 
Mont network's closed-circuit de- 
partment, under the supervision of 
Norman Drescher. Pitcures will 
be beamed to the Warner Theatre 
on Broadway, which has been shut- 
tered all summer, where a ifroup 
of exhibs specially invited by the 
Fabian execs and including toppers 
of both indie and affiliated circuits 
will watch the results. 

Todd is not charging a fee for 
the pickup, presumably because 
there will be no paid audience at 
tir ~ I the Warner and also because he 

PfcJIPf* Pip hopes that if the test proves suc- 
naiMW I CdLC I ItJ cessfu^ he can then set a deal for 

the show to be piped Into a group 
of theatres throughout the country. 
Pending the outcome of the experi- 
ment; no deal will be set for the 
theatre TV rights. In addition, it 
has not been determined whether 
Todd would permit any theatres In 
the metropolitan N. Y. area to be 
included in a network set up to re- 
ceive the show. 

Indicating how opinion varies on 
(Continued on page 19) 


Pa. Censor Board 
Reverses Nil On 


Michael Todd is nfr longer asso- 
ciated with Cinerama, the tri-di- 
mensional type projection system 
which will go-on view at the Broad- 
way Theatre, N. Y., in September. 
Dudley Roberts, Jr., prez of Cine- 
rama, Inc., disclosed this week that 
the Broadway showman has re- 
tained no financial or other inter- 
est in the project. 

Lowell Thomas, who was asso- 
dated with Todd in Thomas-Todd, 
the predecessor company to Cin- 
erama, Inc., is chairman of the 
board of the new corporation. He 
and Todd together were originally 
charged with the making of the 
film for exhibition by Cinerama. 

Roberts, a Wall Streeter who is 
now giving virtually his entire at- 
tention to Cinerama, said that re- 
lations with Todd were amicable. 
He explained that the producer 
may contribute to the publicity and 
exploitation if he sees fit, but that 
a new publicity rep was now be- 
ing hired. Todd was mentioned as 
doing special promotion for Cin- 
erama after his departure some 
weeks ago as production chief. 

Members of the Cinerama board 
include, aside from Thomas and 
Roberts, voilinist* Efrem Zimbarist, 
radio exec Paul Kesten, attorney 
Tom Perkins and Thomas’ mana- 
ger, Frank M. Smith. 


The nation’s newspapers as if recognising In recent month, t 
they have almost as much to fear from toads of TV a, h 
have in general been showing a much more friendly atm,, •?? F ms t 
picture industry. Latest indication followed the recent P 1 * 
the Dept, of justice of the 18m antitrust suit, which is widelv ,7? g hy 
as a backdoor method of forcing sale of pix to tele ly iewed 
Press which commented on it wAs universally favorahl* 
film industry. One. of the strongest of the 6ohiments wm i he 
to The New York Times tost Frid.y (1) by J*"fc GofcMtto '° Iun » 
TV-radio editor. He columned that the Government acting Per * 
below the belt and unrealistic in asking that produced w * s 
/costing $1,000,000 or more provide them to a medium pix 
pay much more than $25;000 for their ’use. whlch *»n 

Widespread support for the pic industry in a public , 
previously indicated by the press of the nation inrecentrln as 
ship tests. New papers are particularly strong in cheering &’ 
wood on in this fight, since they obviously see ^gove^ment^ Uy “ 
ship of films leading to encroachment of their own doSab infhi 
TJ. S. Supreme Court fight on “The Miracle” and in the'rn^i v 
Ohio test of newsreel bluepenciling, newspapers have been vb 
tually unanimous in editorial support. en vir ‘ 

There is, of course, still plenty of Occasional sniping by column 
ists and headline writers looking for an angle. A lot Of thL w 
ever, is done in ignorance, as in. the recent cast of the “Sick s£v 
Movies” column by Sylvia Porter, highly-reputed economic, k 
for the New York Post Miss Porte? liter Vote an a^Wif ? 
mittrng her surprise at all the things she didn’t know about the £ 
biz when she turned out her original piece, pic 

A major test of newspaper friendship will come soon with th« 
campaign now gathering way for elimination of the 20% tax nn 
theatre admissions. It hasn’t gathered sufficient momentum yet 
publicized enough to produce newspaper comment. Conn’ 
cil of Motion Picture Organizations, which has been spearheading 
the -campaign and which has in part been responsible for the gen- 

Pix Caught in U.S.-French Political 
Muddle; New Subsidy Deal Blows Up 


Hughes’ Tunnel 

Signs of renewed activity by 
Howard Hughes in personal pic- 
ture production are seen in his 
registration with the Motion Pic- 
ture Assn, of America last week of 
the title “Tunnel Beneath the 
River,” 

The RKO studio topper has ini 
tiatedno new personal film projects 
for about three years. He is still 

h n i * m working on “Jet Pilot,” which has 

CMliUirdllll long ^ een * n production and which 

VC115UI ollip I CM is slated for X(? i eaS e this year. 


Toledo Judge to Eye 
Contested Newsreel 


Philadelphia, Aug. 5. 

Another victory on film censor- 
ship has been won', this one in 
Pennsylvania. • The State Board of 
Censors has reversed itself, fol- 
lowing an appeal, on a nix on 
“Peace Will Win.” Pic purports to 
be a documentary on the Sheffield- 
WarsAw peace congress in Poland 
in 1950. 

Pennsy board refused it a seal 
on March 19, after it was sub- 
mitted by Henry Beitscher, Philly 
director of the Progressive Party, 
for showings to private groups. 
Board said it disapproved the film 
because it is “not proper — in the 
judgment of the board; it tends to 
corrupt and debase morals.” 

Progressive Party brought the 
issue to the attention of the Amer- 
ican Civil Liberties Union. It pro- 
vided counsel, William Allen 
Rahill and Prof; Clark Byse. They 
-argued at a hearing on appeal 
April 2 that since the purpose of 
the film obviously was to influence 
public opinion, it was entitled to 
the constitutional protections of 
freedom of speech. Argument was 
also advanced that aside from the 
civil liberties question, the pic 
would not in any way debase or 
corrupt morals. 


Mrs. Jack Donahue Suing- 
WB for $3,790,000 in L.A. 

Los Angeles, Aug. 5. 
Damages aggregating $3,790,000 
were asked in a suit filed against 
Warner Bros, in Federal Court by 
Mr6. Alice M. Donahue, widow of 
Jack Donahue, the dancer, and 
daughters Barbara and Constance. 
Plaintiffs charge Donahue was ma- 
T V f arner fil m, “Look 
K- llv< : r LmIn .S" Marilyn 
Miller bio pic. Suit declares the 
characterization of the late dancer 
vas wholly untrue and fictional, 
Without any. factual basis.” 

Similar actions were filed origb 

ant/flrst u tah ’ Where the def «nd- 
* summary judgment 
which w^as later reversed by the 
Circuit Court of Appeals, 


DeMille Pact Talks 
Continue While He 
Preps ‘Commandments’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 
Cecil B. DeMille has reached no 
decision on a further contract with 
Paramount but he has a large staff 
working on “The 10 Command- 
ments.” Technicolor production 
has no starting date. 

DeMille has had a number of 
talks with studio head Frank Free- 
man on a one-picture pact to fol- 
low his two-film deal concluded 
withv delivery of “Greatest Show.” 
He hasn’t talked with any other 
studio, saying he feels “very com- 
fortable” at Paramount, indicating 
prospects are high for a new Para- 
mount deal. ' 


RKO SUES WRITERS 
FOR ‘IRENE’ RIGHTS 

RKO filed suit in N. Y. Federal 
Court Monday (4) against James 
Montgomery and Harry Tierney to 
compel them to turn over to it the 
copyright renewal rights to the mu- 
sical, “Irene.” The major claims 
that under a 1937 agreement the 
defendants promised to deliver the 
renewal rights but never did. 

With book by Montgomery and 
music and lyrics by Tierney and 
the late Joseph McCarthy, “Irene” 
preemed on Broadway in Novem- 
ber, 1919. The musical was noted 
for its title number And “Alice 
Blue Gown,” among other tunes. 


Toledo, Aug. 5. 
Emulating the U. S. Supreme 
Court, which insisted on having a 
first-hand look at “The Miracle” 
before handing down its precedent- 
making decision on that pic, Judge 
Frank W. Wiley, of Municipal 
Court here, has requested a screen- 
ing of the Fox Movietone newsreel 
which is the basis for the current 
legal contest of Ohio’s censorship 
law. He’ll see It in connection 
with the hearing of theatre opera 
tor Mortin G. Smith on Friday (8). 

Wiley ■will find the reel, • of 
course, highly devoid of anything 
censorial. It was made up espe- 
cially for the test of Ohio law, 
which compels newsreels to be 
submitted for official o.o.Ing before 
being tossed on theatre screens. 
Smith, cooperating with the Motion 
Picture Assn, of America and the 
Independent Theatre Owners of 
Ohio in the test, was arrested 
(Continued on page 19) 

L e A. to N. Y e 

Robert S. Benjamin 
Mort Blumenstock 
Renee Carroll 
Montgomery Clift 
Pat DeCicco 
. Howard Dietz 
Helen Ferguson . 

Benny Fields 
Barry Fitzgerald 
Richard Grayson 
Julie Harris . 

William' J. Heineman 
Alfred Hitchcock 
Harry Homer 
Rock Hudson 
Gloria Jean 
Ben Kadish 
Frank King 
Maurice King 
Pat Knight 
Jason Lindsey 
Marilyn Maxwell 
Bob McElwaine 
Abe Olman 
Jan Peerce 
Arnold Picker 
ZaSu Pitts 
William Saal 
Louis Schonceit 
Bob Schwartz 
Blossom Seeley 
Robert Sherwood 
Nate Spingold 
Franz Waxman 
Max E. Youngstein 
Lee Zuckennan 


Private Showing 
Of ‘Miracle For 
Chi Leaders Nixed 

Chicago. Aug. 5. 
Private screening of “The Mira- 
cle” for a group of top-echelon 
business, civic and social leaders 
here was nixed yesterday (Mon.) by 
threats of police action. Showing 
of the disputed Roberto Rossellini- 
Anna Magnani entry from Italy 
was slated for the. Surf Theatre 
today. 

Although no tickets were being 
sold, with admittance strictly by 
invitation and a censorship license 
is generally not required for such 
showings, cops notified Henry and 
Elmer Balaban that the pic 
couldn’t be screened. Police Com- 
missioner Timothy O’Connor said 
the theatre’s license would be re- 
voked if “The Miracle” were 
shown. 

O’Connor added that anyone 
else showing the film would be ar- 
rested. Nevertheless, attempt was 
being made today by Ed Meyer- 
*y rep of the American 

Civil Liberties Union, which has 
interceded on behalf of distributor 
Joseph Burstyn, to arrange a 
scre en* n g in the hall of the Chica- 
go Tribune. Newspaper indicated 

(Continued on page 19) 

N* Y. to Europe 

Ed Begley 
Martin Begley 
Yvonne De Carlo 
■ Jack Dietz 
Elizabeth Eustis 
Leo Genu 
Bob Hope 

Brian Desmond Hurst 
George Jessel 
Arthur B. Krim 
Frankie Laine 
Vera Ralston 
Wallace A. Ross 
Samuel Schneider 
Sol A. Schwartz 
Herbert J. Yates 


' Paris, Aug. 5. 
American film ‘ company rep* 
here thought they had an agree- 
ment last week to break the im- 
passe On new Franco-U. S. pic- 
ture pact; only to have It blow up 
in their faces. Deal would have re- 
stored to the Yank* almost the 121 
import permits they received last 
year and have provided for a sub- 
sidy to .set up a French sales and 
promotion organization in the U. S. 

Arrangement was made between 
reps of the French industry and 
a U. S. delegation headed by 
Fayette W;. Allport, Ted Smith 
and Eugene Van Dee, of the Mo- 
tion Picture Assn, of America. It 
was merely .a preliminary, how- 
ever, since the final deal must have 
the • okay of the French govern- 
ment, U. S. industry toppers in 
New York and the State Dept. 

Arrangement . was that the 
French industryites would get a 
letter outlining terms of the new 
deal initialed by Michel Fourre- 
Cormeray, French government 
film' boss. This was to serve as 
basis for discussion 'by the MPAA 
and Society of Independent Motion 
Picture Producers in New York. 

Instead of inking the agreement, 
as scheduled last Thursday (31), 
Fourre-Cormeray said the govern- 
ment wanted to “study” it and let 
loose with a tirade on the whole 
U. S.-Fr£nch relationship. He 

(Continued on page 48) 

Europe to N.’ Y. 

Kitty Carlisle 
Deanna Durbin 
Maurice Evans 
Charles Feldman 
Edna Ferber 
John Gielgud. 

Leonard Goldensor 
Barry Gray 
Moss Hart 
Hugh Hastings 
Libby Holman 
Burl Ives 
E. R. Lewis 
Arthur Lubin 
Richard Myers 
Norton V. Ritchey 
Emmett Rogers t« 

Ronald Squire 
Helen Traubel 
Mllly Vitale 
Jack Warner 
George Weltner 
Billy Wilder 
John C. Wilson 

N. Y. to L. A. 

Ed Ashley 
Ward Bond 
Alfred E. Daff 
Pat Duggan 1 

Ruth Gordon 
Herman Hoffman 
Garson Kanin 
Gabriel Pascal 
Milton R. Rackmil 
Herbert T. Silverberg 
Spyros P. Skouras 
Michael Sloane 
Betta SC. John 
William Thomas 
Charles Vidor 


'^fiwriUY. Auguot 6 , 1952 


nttcira 



. 16m Suit 


Inferences that ■ the fllffl cotn-+ 
nanles themselves somehow ta : > 
Suenced the Department o£ .Jus- 
tice antitrust suit on 16m ita sales 
fo telecasters were branded as pre- 
nnsterous by some dlstrlb lawyers 
this 'week. "To Invite such, a suit; 
would be asking for economic elec- 
trocution said one legHite. 

Fact that the companies have 
refrained from any oral comeback 
to the Government blast was, seen 
by some exhibs as suspect, pom- 
mnv reps said this week *that the 
defendants likely will come up 
with their replies within the next 
few days, probably by Monday 

(ID. . t i 

Thinking in some cynic, circles 

had been that perhaps the distribs 
welcomed the action because it 
would enable them to sell played- 
out pix in the vaults to the tele- 
tasters without antagonizing ex- 
hibs. Film companies felt that if 
they’re under court order to* li- 
cense product to the TV-ers’ the 
theatremen couldn’t raise any valid 
beefs, some exhibs inferred. 

Distrib silence .so. far- was at* 
tributed to- traditional caution 
within the industry, when dealing 
with outsiders. It was felt that 
an answer within a month could 
serve the same purpose as one 
given immediately upon entry of 
the suit. Also, the distribs are tak- 
ing full time for study, of the com- 
plaint so that the answers may be 
prepared with utmost .care. 

No Clashes, Please! 

Another angle was pointed up by 
a distrib lawyer. JKe said it might 
be unwise to have any personality 
clashes with the Justice Depart- 
ment reps at this time. There’s 
always the possibility of negotiat- 
ing an easy settlement, one free 

(Continued on page 19) 

Schenck Denies 
Quilting Loew s 

Anticipated ‘election of Joseph 
R. Vogel to head the Loew’s thea- 
tre chain when it’s divorced from 
the film corporation apparently has 
led to so much confusion that 
Nicholas M. Schenck found it ad- 
visable to issue a statement deny- 
ing that he, Schenck, would be re- 
signing from the parent outfit. 

Syndicated columnists offered 
confusing reports. One itemed 
that Vogel will become the prez of 
Loew’s, Inc., and another had it 
that Schenck was bowing out. 
Schenck's answer wa* in a formal 
press release issued in New York 
on Monday (4). He said: “Con- 
trary to several humors printed in 
various newspaper columns, I have 
no thought of resigning ’from 
Loew’s, Inc. The reports are un- 
true and unfounded.” 

Upon divorcement,^ Schenck will 
retain the title of president of the 
production, distribution and - for- 
eign theatre operations. Vogel* 

)uv.« now bea( * s domestic theatres 
within the present Loew’s cor- 
poratc framework, will take the 
title of prez of the chain, it’s an 
ticipated, upon the splttup. 

RKO Theatres’ 6Mo.Net 
In Sharp Drop to $174,802 

Sharp drop in profits from sales 
w capital assets caused a r 
S* nt * al cut in RKO Theatres’' 

101 *“ e first six months of 


sub 

net 


v ~ .“vk a»A muii ms ux this 
a * n disclosed in New York 
yesterday (Tues.) that, the 1952 
atf.year, ended June 30, brought 
nin S s °f $174,802, including cap 
f! ? s . b e f ore taxes of $16,518, First 
naif of 1951 brought a net of $551,- 

t.vi toeing cap gains before 
taxes of $378,886. 

of for tlle second quarter 

u 6 ? to $ 36 >935, including cap 
Sr™ befor . e taxes of $9,253. In the 
Dmfi^ Spon< ^ n £ P er i°d last year the 
cl,?,?; amou Pted ' to $109,697, in- 
$8 133 ^ C3P ^ a ^ ns before taxes of 


Arnall Decries 16 ni Suit 

Washington, Aug. 5. • 
Ellis G. Amall, prexy of the 
Society of Independent Motion 
Picture Producers, opined here 
last week that the Government 
had. “no case”, in its 16m anti- 
trust suit against the pic in- 
dustry. Amall is on leave from 
SIMPP, serving director of the 
office of Price Stabilization. 

Former attorney-general, and 
governor of. Georgia said the 
case would undoubtedly fail in 
the courts, but decried the fact 
that it would probably take 
several years and cost the in- 
dustry a tremendous amount 
coin to defend itself. Suit is 
generally seen as an oblique 
attack to force sale of pix to 
tele. 


Administration 

> 

Underlings Seen 

Behind 16m Suit 

It’s concluded in some film in- 
dustry exec circles that the Justice 
Department’s suit versus the dis- 
tribs on licensing 16m prints to 
TV was engineered by Administra- 
tion underlings and not its top- 
policy members. Ordinal suspicion 
was that the action was designed 
as a measure to win public support 
via making Hollywood product 
available for-free over TV. 

Hdwever, key Democrats in D. C. 
over the past week professed no 
knowledge of the action until it 
was filed. Filmites point up that 
if the Justice Department’s sur- 
prise blast was a vote-getting 
maneuver, the higher-ups would 
have been hep to it earlier. 

Also, film tradesters observe, the 
Dems have shown no disposition 
to make political capital out of 
the Antitrust row. Suit was filed 
in routine fashion and received 
little spotlighting outside film and 
TV fields. 

Thus*, eliminating any Election 
Day motivations means that the 

(Continued on page 43) 


COMPO Awaits Distrib 
Move on 16m Suit 
Before Taking Action 

Although its job is-to build pub 
lie relations and combat slaps at 
the film, industry from outside 
sources, the Council of Motion Pic- 
ture Organizations is in a position 
where it must refrain, at least tem- 
porarily, from raising its voice 
againSt the Department of Justice 
antitrust suit on the licensing of 
16m films to TV. 

COMPO can’t make any de- 
cisions on what line to follow on 
the suit for the apparent reason 
that the defendant companies, who 
are a part of the all-industry org, 
have been silent. 

Schary Coming East 

For Tly mouth’ Preem 

Metro production chief Dore 
Schary will trek east from the 
Coast latter part of next month to 
participate in preliminaries for the 
splash preem of “Plymouth Ad- 
venture.” Pic, which is a Schary 
production, will bow in the Boston 
area, probably around Thanks 
giving Day. 

Last week, studio publicity head 
Howard Strickling, exploitation di- 
rector Dan Terrell and other 
Metroites were in Plymouth, Mass., 
to eye possibilities for the open- 
ing. Strickling winged west at. the 
weekend' for a quick huddle with 
ad-pub v.p. Howard Dietz on the 
campaign prior to Dietz’s return 
to New York. He trained out Mon- 
day night (4). 


OFFER DISTRIBS 




Despite a prevailing opinion that 
there is. already an over-abundance 
of early day-date runs, a new flock 
of exhibs across the country Is 
beating on tfie door of distribs for 
A crack at earlier tuns on product, 
including first-runs in smaller 
towns and first, neighborhood avail- 
abilities in cities. 

.Theatremen are looking to im- 
proved run positions as a new ap- 
proach to combatting the b.o. in- 
ertia. and are offering distribs 
plenty more playing time as a 
means of obtaining it in some areas. 

Although a marked improve- 
ment has been experienced in key 
areas by theatres showing the new 
crop of product, income still Is off 
at other spots. But even theatre- 
men feeling the upbeat . are eye- 
ing better runs, hopeful of ward- 
ing off. any new decline in the fu- 
ture. It’s said they recognize that 
the current upped grosses might 
only be seasonal rather than long- 
range. 

The present lesser funs can’t af- 
ford to match the bids offered by 
rival larger houses on a dollar-for- 
dollar day-and-day basis. So" they’re 
seeking to better their runs with 
guarantees of longer playing time. 

Bidding, of course, has been 
prevalent for over the past couple 
of years. Now it’s, reaching new 
heights, distrib reps said this week, 
to the extent that there’s hardly 
a single competitive area across 
the country which hasn’t had at 
least a taste of the licensing by 
bids. 

Adding to the scramble for first- 
runs are some of the hundreds of 
drive-in houses which has cropped 
(Continued on page 42) 

Silliphant Resigning 
As Fox Publicity Exec 
To Film Joe Louis Life 

Stirling Silliphant is resigning 
as eastern publicity topper for 
20 th-Fox Jan. 1 to turn indie pro- 
ducer. He’ll make “The Joe Louis 
Story,” rights to which were ac- 
quired recently by Federated 
Films, which Silliphant heads. 

He hopes to get the biopic on 
the boxer before the cameras 
shortly after the first of the year. 
He said yesterday (Tues.) that 
there have been no talks as yet 
on distribution plans for the film. 

New indie unit, organized in 
New York, owns TV as well as pic 
rights to the Brown Bomber’s life 
story. Louis will appear as him- 
self in some sequences recreating 
his most famous fights, but will be 
portrayed through mo3t of the biog 
by a pro actor for whom Silliphant 
is making a search. 

Silliphant, 34, started in the pic 
biz on the Walt Disney flack staff 
in 1938. He moved over to 20 th 
in 1942 as assistant to prez Spyros 
Skouras ' and after Navy service 
rejoined the company to handle 
special events and promotions. 

E. A. Pannos Plaintiff 
In 2 Iowa Trust Suits 

Davenport, la., Aug. 5. 

Seymour Simon, Chicago film at- 
torney, filed two film trust suits 
last week in Southern Iowa Fed- 
eral Court here. First, on behalf of 
E. A. Pannos, operator of the Capi- 
tol Theatre, Iowa City, charges 
that the major distributors con- 
spired with the Tri-States and Cen- 
tral States circuits from June 5, 
1946, to the present to prevent the 
indie small-seater from obtaining 
first-run product. Pannos is asking 
$450,000 treble damages. 

In second action lawyer charges 
that the majors, with the exception 
of United Artists and Columbia, 
along with the two chains, kept 
first-run releases ‘from the Coro- 
net Theatre, Davenport, and asks 
that defendants be kept from con- 
tinuing the alleged ..practices. 
Plaintiffs, who ask no money dam- 
ages, are E. A.’ Pannos, James 
Stopolus, and James Sullivan. 


Controls on Bidding Seen Part 
Of Arbitration; Exhibitor-Distrib 
Reps OK Plan, Adoption Probable 


Jesselj, Warner Talk 

On Durante Film 

George Jpssel;' in New York on 
his way to Israel, confabbed yes- 
terday (Tues.) wit'll jack Warner, 
head of production for Warner 
Bros. Their talk concerned possible' 
financing and release by WB of 
Jessel’s proposed indie production, 
“Rip Van Winkle, Jr.,” in which 
Jimmy Durante would star: 

The former 20th-Fox producer 
leaves New York Friday on the 
S.S. United States, en route to Tel 
Aviv. He’ll, be accompanied by his 
daughter, Jerilyn, and a camera- 
man. Latter will , make pix to be 
used by Jesscl during the series of 
20 lectures he’s tp make in the 
fall for the United Jewish Appeal, 

Talk With Truman 
To Cue Amall On 
Return to SIMPP 

Washington, July 5. 
How soon he returns to the film 
industry from his present Govern- 
ment post of director of the Office 
of Price Stabilization will prob- 
ably be determined tomorrow 
(Wed.)' by Ellis G. Arnall. He is 
slated to confab at that time with 
President Truman, following the 
chief exec's return from a Mis- 
souri stay. . 

Arnall is on leave as prexy of the 
Society of Independent Motion Pic- 
ture Producers, He took the OPS 
post in February with the under- 
standing it woqld be for six 
months. That would terminate it in 
mid-August. 

SIMPP membership, which built 
UP a high regard for the former 
Georgia governor during his four- 
year tenure with the organization, 
is ready and anxious to restore him 
to its payroll. He was a major fac- 
tor in building' the prestige and 
activity of the Society, although 
for the past year or so the general 
decline in indie pic production has 
resulted in an arrangement where- 

( Continued on page 18) 


Controls on the licensing of pix 
via competitive bidding may 
emerge as part of the plan for a 
system of industry arbitration, 
which was unanimously agreed 
upon in New York yesterday (Tues,) 
by two five-man committees- repr 
resenting exhibition and' distribu- 
tion. 

Grohp made remarkable prog- 
ress/ reaching full agreement after 
only two days of huddles, in con- 
trast to previous efforts when the 
two sides repeatedly ran into snags. 

That this was accomplished In so 
short a time' immediately raised 
hope for early adoption by the en- 
tire' trade of a method of arbitrat- 
ing exhib-distrib disputes. The 10 
negotiators turned over the draft 
of their plan to a committee of at- 
torneys who, in turn, now are pol- 
ishing it off in legal phraseology. 
Upon completion, the draft will be 
presented to a full-scale industry 
meeting for ratification. 

Since the 10 negotiators all are 
highly-placed within their compa- 
nies and theatre organizations, it 
appeared almost a certainty that 
the industry conclave will accept 
their draft without further serious 
squabbling. 

Thus, arbitration, barring any 
unf orseen hitches, finally appears 
in the bag, after several years of 
(Continued on page 16) 


‘Ivanhoe’ Test Dates 
Find No Resistance 
To Upped Admissions 

Upped admission prices being 
charged by Loew’s for “Ivanhoe” 
are proving no deterrent to at- 
tendance, circuit exec Oscar Doob 
said this week. The Metro pic is 
playing five test engagements on 
the chain, four at increased prices 
and one at the. regular tap. 

Doob said that attendance in 
San Francisco, Cleveland, Atlanta 
and Houston was equally as strong 
as in Evansville, where there was 
no price advance. He opined from 
the results that the chain would 
up the admish ih its other situa- 
tions. 

Test will undoubtedly also en- 
courage Metro to adopt a hiked- 
price policy, which it has had 
under consideration., Doob said 
that aggregate gross in the Loew’s 
spots was 25% ahead of “Quo 
Vadis.” 

Only individual situation that 
didn't top “Vadis” in money was 
San Francisco. That was because 
prices were hot advanced so much 
for “Ivanhoe.” Admissions for the 
latter in the four hiked-price 
towns were. $ 1 . 20 , $ 1.10 and $ 1 . 
For “Vadis” It was $1.50 and $1.25. 

“Ivanhoe” is playing the Music 
Hall, N. Y„ in addition to the 
Loew’s situations. It established a 
new four-day non-holiday record 
for the house and may repeat for 
the week ending tonight (Wed.). 


Latest Chaplin Pic 
To UA in 25% Deal 

After months of uncertainty. 
United Artists has finally landed 
Charles Chaplin's newest, “Lime- 
light.” Deal under which UA will 
release the film,- probably later this 
year, was reached over the past 
weekend after five UA toppers 
trekked west from the homeoffiee 
for a quickie visit to view the pic 
and talk with the film-maker. 

Terms were not disclosed but it’s 
reported the pact' provides for 25% 
of the gross to UA as distribution 
fee. So-called -favored-nation 
deals, under which Chaplin and co- 
owner Mary Pickford released 
their personal pix- at easier terms, 
are out under the Krim manage- 
ment. 

UA president Arthur B. Krim, 
veepees William J. Heineman, 
Max E. Youngstein, & Arnold 
Picker, and Robert J. Benjamin 
winged to the Coast last Friday 
( 1 ), and all will have returned by 
today (Wfcd.). . 

UA-ites were particularly anxious 
to reel in the Chaplin production. 
Outfit is going along fine with its 
present lineup but isn’t heavy on 
b.o. product for the balance of the 
year. They feel the Chaplin addi- 
tion will bolster the program 
nicely. 

Chaplin is a 25% owner of UA, 
but, of course, is free to release his 
indie pix through any channel he 
desires. ■ 


‘SJP.Q.R/ in Rome Start 
Next Summer for Vidor 

Film version of the bestselling 
novel, “S.P.Q.R.,” will likely roll 
in Rome early next summer, ac- 
cording to Charles Vidor, who’ll 
produce and direct. He’ recently 
acquired rights to the work 
through exercising a two-year 
option. 

Vidor, whose last directorial 
stint was Samuel Goldwyn's “Hans 
Christian Andersen,” arrived in 
New York Monday (4) after a 
six-week vacation. Accompanied by 
his- wife, he leaves for the Coast 
today (Wed.) to report to Para- 
mount on a one-picture commit- 
ment, an untitled yarn which Ruth 
and Augustus Goetz are currently 
I scripting. It’s to be made in 
‘ Switzerland, where shooting will 
probably start in January. 


null AM 1 EWS 


Just for Tbit 

(COLOIt— WTCfSICAX) 


Caribbean 

(cojiOit) 


Wng Crosby teamed with Jane 
Wyman in solid grassing mu- 
sical. 

Paramount rcleai* of Pat Duggan pro- 
duction. Stars Bing Crosby, Jane Wy- 
man, Ethel Barrymore: features Robert 
Arthur, Natalie Wood, Cora Witherspoon. 
Directed by Elliot Nugent. Screenplay, 
Robert Carson, baaed on "Famous, * by 
Stephen Vincent Benet; camera (Techni- 
color), George Barnes; editor, Ellsworth 
Hoagland; songs. Hairy Warren. Leo Ro- 
bin; music director, Emil Newman. Pre- 
viewed N. Y., July 107 ’52. Running time, 
9S MIM* 

Jordan Blait* ........... Bint Crosby 

Carolina Hill Jane Wyman 

Allida de Bronkhart Ethel Barrymore 

Jerry Blake Robert Arthur 

Barbara. Blake. ........... .Natalie Wood 

Mr*. Angevin* Cora Witherspoon 

Georgia Polansky - Ben Lessy 

Hodges R«gl*. To°mey 

David McKenzie . Z,eon Tyler 

Hank Ross ... JVfllisBouchey 

George Herbert Vigran 

“Just for You,” a Bing Crosby- 
Jane Wyman musical which Para- 
mount has set for national release 
in September, should prove a stout 
factor in bringing back that “lost 
audience.” For this Technicolor 
film has a rousing, melodic score 
and a logical story well acted by a 
fine cast. With such basic ingred- 
ients, the picture will not only sat- 
isfy the “under 35” trade but will 
recapture some of the older public 
who have temporarily lost the film- 
going habit 

As added b.o. insurance, exhibi- 
tors have Crosby and Miss Wyman 
for marquee dressing 1 as well as 
Ethel Barrymore. Of still further 
value are the 10 new tunes defied 
for the film by Leo Robin and 
Harry Warren. Most, if not all, 
have already been recorded and re- 
leased by the major disk com- 
panies, thus creating a pre-sold 
audience for the upcoming picture. 
Several of the tunes are of hit 
proportions — especially “Zing a 
Little Zong,” 

Screenplayed by Robert Carson 
from a Stephen Vincent Benet orig- 
inal, the script spins a tale of how 
a Broadway producer almost loses 
the affections of his teen-age boy 
and girl because he’d been too in- 
tent upon his own career to take 
note of his motherless children’s 
activities. Woven in as -a secondary 
plot is a story of adolescent love 
that’s solved very handily before 
the final reel is unspooled. 

Crosby and Miss Wyman, who 
were teamed 'to advantage in Par’s 
“Here Comes the Groom” last year, 
turn in hangup performances as 
the producer and- his musicomedy 
star, respectively. . A highly-suc- 
cessful composer-impresario, Cros- 
by has romantic leanings toward 
his shapely leading lady. But com- 
plicating the situation is a crush 
that Crosby’s son (Robert Arthur) 
develops for the actress. 

Another problem is that of 
daughter Natalie Wood. For hers 
is a burning ambition to enroll at 
a fashionable girls’ school run by 
Ethel Barrymore. This matter is 
adjusted by Crosby iii ‘ several 
amusing scenes with Miss Barry- 
more, while Arthur himself 
straightens out his crush by enlist- 
ing in the Air Force to forget the 
past. Family is ultimately reunited 
when Crosby starts a USO tour. 

Musical sequences run the gamut 
from “Zing a Zong,” duetted by 
Crosby and Miss Wyman on the 
modest stage of an Air Force base 
in Alaska, to “I’ll Si-Si Ya in Ba- 
hia,” an opulent production num- 
ber. Particularly effective is “The 
Live Oak Tree,” a novelty tune 
warbled by Crosby in an outdoor 
campfire setting in company with 
a flock of young teen-age girls. 

With fine material to work with, 
Crosby Socks across one of his best 
portrayals. Miss Wyman, who re- 
cently established herself as a 
comedienne and singer, cops fur- 
ther laurels in those fields. Miss 
Barrymore, although cast in a 
lesser role, is a standout as the 
school dean with a delicate sense 
of humor. Young Arthur and Na- 
talie Wood impress as the Crosby 
offspring. 

Cora Witherspoon brightens a 
bit. as a tipsy governess while Ben 
Lessy, in a brief scene with Crosby, 
helps sell a hammed up, oldtime 
vaude number, “On the Ten-Ten.” 
Among others providing competent 
support are Regis Toomey, Art 
Smith and Leon Tyler. 

In making his bow as a Para- 
mount producer, Pat Duggan has 
embellished the film with a lush 
physical mantling that reflects val- 
ues which only a top budget could 
supply. Elliott Nugent’s zesty di- 
rection paced the picture smartly 
with scarcely a lag in its 95 min- 
utes. George Barnes’ Technicolor 
camerawork is firstrate — especially 
the Lake Arrowhead outdoor 
scenes. Editing of Ellsworth Hoag- 
land makes the most of the foot- 
age. Other technical credits are on 
par with the production’s general 
quality. Gilb. 


18th century pirate adven- 
ture; rood for action market, 

Hollywood, Auk, 1. 
Paramount releaswr of William H. Plne- 
WllUnm C r Thoma* production. Stars 
John Payna, Arlen* Dahl, Sir Cedric 
Hardwlcke; feature* FrancI* L. Sullivan, 


Muse. Directed by .Edward Ludwig. 
Screenplay, Frank L. Mom and Edward 
Ludwig, from novel- by Ellery H. Clark; 
camera (Technicolor), Lionel Lindon; edl* 
tor, Howard Smith; music, Lucien 
Camlet. Previewed July 30, '52. Running 
time, V MINA* 

Dick Lindsay ..John Payne 

Christine MacAlllster Arlene Dahl 

Capt. F. Barclay.. Sir Cedric Hardwlcke 
Andrew MacAlllster . . FrancI* L. Sullivan 

Shively .,...177, Willard Parker 

Burford Dannls Hoey 

Quashy .... Clarence Muse 

Robert MacAllister William Pullen 

Evans Walter Reed 

Townsend Ramsey Hill 

Stuart ......John Hart 

Elizabeth • ^*ra 

Esau Woody Strode 

Cudjo Exeret Anderson 

Quarino Kermit Pruitt 

Caesar Ban Fernlel 

Sally .HOMllnd Hayes 

Pine-Thomas offer an okay ad- 
venture feature in “Caribbean.” It 
is a commercially-valued entry of 
the kind that fares well in the 
general action market as a 'top- 

o£-the-bill release. . Added value is 
gained -from the Technicolor tint- 
ing given the costumer, and the 
story has the kind of angles adapt- 
able to hearty exploitation selling. 

It’s an 18th Century pirate yam 
dealing principally with a revenge 
motivation, floridly told in char- 
acterization and ^dialog to go with 
the pretentious presentation. There 
is nothing particularly logical 
about the plot line in the Frank 
L. Moss-Edward Ludwig screen- 
play, but Ludwig’s direction steers 
it over a swashbuckling course to 
a rousing action climax that more 
than makes up for earlier talky se- 
quences and flamboyant perform- 
ances of some of the principals. 

Revenge motive behind the. plot 
deals with Cedric Hardwicke's de- 
sire to . get even with Francis L. 
Sullivan because the latter had 
sold him into slavery and kid- 
napped his wife .and daughter some 
20 years before. Hardwicke is now 
a dreaded pirate and Sullivan is a 
wealthy planter and slave-dealer 
in the West Indies. The wife -s 
long dead but the daughter has 
grown up to be Arlene Dahl-, a 
haughty island princess who be- 
lieves Sullivan is her father. 

To get at Sullivan, who hides 
safely on his well-fortified island, 
Hardwlcke uses John Payne, a 
young man bearing a likeness to 
the planter's nephew. Payne, via 
some illogical script maneuvering, 
gets on. the island, manages- to 
swing the oppressed slaves on his 
side and, keying . an uprising to 
the date of Sullivan’s annual sale 
of slaves and goods, fixes things so 
Hardwicke can move in. The re- 
sulting melee -is solid action stuff 

Performances are far from im- 
pressive, but entirely adequate to 
the* pulp-fiction demands of the 
script and Ludwig’s direction. 
Payne and Miss Dahl jnake a 
handsome, but wooden couple. 
Hardwicke and Sullivan are most* 
ly Unrestrained in their characters. 
Parker, playing Sullivan’s over- 
seer; Dennis Hoey, pirate lieuten- 
ant; Clarence Muse, a slave, and 
the others give acceptable support. 

Brog. 

. Park Row 

Disappointing, though exploi- 
tation values should' help it 

reap good b.o. 

United Artists release of Samuel Ful- 
1®? production*. Star* Gene Evan*. Mary 
Welch; feature* Bela Kovac*, Herbert 
Heyes. Directed and written by Fuller; 
camera. Jack Russell; editor, Philip 
Cahn. Tradeshown, N. Y., Au*. 4, '52. 
Running time, IS MINS- 

Phinea* Mitchell Gene Evans 

Charity Hackett .Mary Welch 

Ottmar Merfenthaler Bela Kovac* 

Josiah Davenport Herbert Heyes 

Jenny O'Rourke Tina Rome 

S tev *«. ] l. rodi * George O'Hanlon 

Dan O’Rourke J. M. Kerrigan 

Charles A. Leach ........Forrest Taylor 

Mr. Angelo Don Orlando 

Thomas Guest ...Neyle Morrow 

Jeff Hudson Dick Elliott 

Mr. Spiro Stuart Randall 

Rusty Dee Pollock 

Mr. Wiley .Ha l K. Dawson 

Samuel Fuller, who turned out 
“The Steel Helmet,” for Lippert 
and “Fixed Bayonets” for 20th- 
Fox, has stepped into the inde- 
pendent-field \rith a sound piece of 
exploitation merchandise in “Park 
Row.” Cast has no one of marquee 
stature, and the film is highly dis- 
appointing in light of its subject 
— the birth of the modem Ameri- 
can press from a humble begin- 
ning on New York’s Park Row. 

But long before United Artists 
set the picture’s national release 
for Aug. 12, Fuller mapped out a 
promotional campaign which was 
aimed at enlisting the support 
of every American newspaper be- 
hind the film. Mastheads of some 
1,700 U. S. dailies are reproduced 
in the pic's opening frames, and 
it’s reasonably certain that the 
writer - producer » director's pre- 


preem bally drive, for press coop- 
eration win pay off In good b.o. 
returns. 

Otherwise, Fuller has missed the 
boat in “Park Row.” For Instead of 
concentrating upon one phase of 
American journalism which would 
best illustrate the advances of the 
press at large, he has tossed in a 
welter of story material that ranges 
all the way from a circulation bat- 
tle between two publishers to Mer- 
genthaler’s development of the 
linotype. Latter in itself would 
make a full-length feature. 

Long nursing an ambition to 
start his own paper, reporter Gene 
Evans joins with' job printer For- 
rest Taylor in launching The 
Globe. His former employer, Mary 
Welch, who publishes The Star, 
resents the competition and at- 
tempts to force him out of busi- 
ness with a variety of disreputable 
tactics. But ultimately she has a 
change of heart. Ashamed of her 
methods and now aware that Evan 
-is fighting for the freedom of the 
press, she calls off the feud. 

Offshots of the basic plot have 
Evans and Miss Welch in an oc- 
casional romantic byplay, Steve 
Brodie’s famed leap from the 
Brooklyn Bridge is recreated, and 
Mergenthalers’ linotype is per- 
fected to the extent.fhat it enables 
The Globe’s copy to be se£ after 
musclemen from The Star pied the 
paper’s type supply. 

In face of the rambling script, 
the cast has a difficult job to make 
the proceedings credible. Evans 
comes close to being a dynamic 
editor, but Miss Welch falls short 
of making her role of a woman 
publisher a' believable one. Bela 
Kovacs Impresses as the p.atient 
and loyal Mergenthaler while Her- 
bert Heyes is good as an aging re- 
porter who writes his own obitu- 
ary. Other players -are adequate. 

Fuller’s direction, curiously, 
seems to stress the technical side 
of the film rather than bring out 
his story through expert guidance 
of the cast. Picture* has' made ful- 
some use of the technique which 
has the camera follow the players 
in a long, continuous scene with- 
out a cut. This method . obviously 
results in budgetary savings. 

The few sets used reflect modest 
production values. Although the 
1880’s were at ' the peak of the 
gaslight era, Jack Russell’s camera- 
work carries out the shadowy ef- 
fects a bit too accurately. For his 
drab, gray tones are pronounced 
even in daylight scenes. Editing 
and other technical credits are 
standard. Gilb. 

Rainbow ’Round 'My ' 
Shoulder 

(SONGS — COLOR) 

Pleasing. - program musical in 
color for general companion 
bill dating. 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Columbia release of Jonie Tap* produc- 
tion. Star* Frankie Lalne, Billy Daniels, 
Charlotte Austin, Arthur Franz; features 
Ida Moore, Lloyd Corrigan, Barbara 
Whiting- Ross Ford, Arthur Space, Frank 
Wilcox. Directed by Rlohard Quine. Writ- 
ten by Blake Edward* and Quine; camera 
(Technicolor), Elll* W. Carter; editor, 
Richard Fantl; new songs, Hal David Sc 
Don Rodney, Neal Stuart A. Terry .Gilky* 
son, Robert Wright A George Forrest; 
choreography, Lee Scott; musical direc- 
tion, George Duning. Previewed July 30, 
’52. Running time, 74 MIN*. 

Frankie Lalne Frankie Lalne 

Billy Daniel* Billy Daniels 

Cathy Blake Charlotte Austin 

Pliil^ Young ..Arthur Franz 

Martha Blake Ida Moore 

Tobias Lloyd Corrigan 

Suzy Milligan Barbara Whiting 

Elliot Livermore Ros* Ford 

Joe Brady Arthur Space 

Sidney Gordon Frank Wilcox' 

Lana Lamarr Diane Garrett 

Red Chester Marshall 

Mrs. Toomey Helen Wallace 

Lucia Evans Eleanore Dayls 

Eugene Baxter 

Roger Stevens Ken Garcia 

Mrs. Abernathy , Mira McKinney 

Mr*. Gilmore Edythe Elliott 

Mrs. Riley Jean Andren 

This is an entertaining filmusical 
on an unpretentious scale, fortified 
with the song names of Frankie 
Laine and Billy Daniels. It should 
please in regular release. A Holly- 
wood studio locale (Columbia) 
backs the film biz yarn, and pres- 

Path Ol Hope 

“Path of Hope,” Italian pro- 
duction released by Lux Film,' 
which opened at the World, 

N. Y., Monday (4), was review- 
ed from Genoa by Variety in 
the issue of Jan. 10, 1951, 
under its original title, “II 
Cammino della Speranza.” The 
pic won several film awards 
this year including the Italian 
Film Critics' prize. 

“One of the top Italian pix 
of the season, expensively 
produced, well-directed and 
acted,” wrote Hawk, “this 
should get fair returns in some 
U. S. situations.” He cited that 
the film ladks exploitation 
possibilities but may catch on 
via word-of-mouth. He com- 
mented on the fact that Pietro 
Germi's direction is skillful, 
drawing top performances 
from his cast. 


entation is glossed up with Techni- 
color for added acceptance in : the 
general market. 

The Cinderella-like theme of a 
gal Who is discovered, as a singer 
while making her rounds as a i 
studio messenger *■ buzzes along 
easily over its 76-minute course, 
telling a story that will be liked by 
the general run of audiences and 
presenting eight, songs and a dance 
production number' favorably. 
Blake Edwards and Richard Quine 
did the scripting for the Jonie 
Tape production, and Quine also 
directed. All deliver acceptably 
and make the .most of the material' 
and budget. 

Charlotte Austin, a pleasing film 
newcomer, is the messenger who 
makes good almost overnight, but 
not without the proper number of 
plot- complications. Raised under 
the show biz-hating thumb of her 
grand mother in Pasadena, the girl 
sneaks a studio job, pretending to 
be working in a library. Her sec- 
ond day on the lot she is mistaken 
for a girl trying out for a singing 
job in a new Laine picture, but 
when all concerned want to sign 
her, the grandmother discovers the 
trickery and refuses to give guard- 
ian consent. , 

Hollywood’s not to be put down, 
however, when hot on the trail of 
a discovery, so -Laine, Daniels and 
others who want the girl in their 
picture scheme to take over the 
entertainment at grandma’s annual 
charity even and convince her 
show people are right guys. - They 
do r and the picture ends on a happy 
note and the title song. 

Miss Austin’s personality and 
voice fit the requirements of her 
character ably, arid she Impresses 
with “Ain’t Mishehavin’,” ‘‘Wonder- 
ful, Wasn’t It?.” Hal Davidrpon 
Rodney tune; “Last Rose Of Sum- 
mer” and the- title tune. Laine 
socks over “Girl in The Wood,” by 
Neal Stuart and Terry ‘Gilkyson; 
“Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams,” 
and joins Miss Austin on “Wonder- 
ful” and the title tune finale. 
Daniels belts over. “She’s - Funny 
That Way” and “Bye, Bye, Black- 
bird.” The Lee Scott Dancers give 
a pretty presentation .to the 1 
“Bubble, Bubble, Bubble” produc- 
tion number. , « 

Arthur Franz, as the studio music 
man, is excellent in the romantic 
spot. Ida Moore, the grandmother, 
and Lloyd Corrigan, her cook, are 
delightful. Barbara Whiting, Ross 
Ford, Arthur Space and Frank 
Wilcox are among others contribut- 
ing to the general entertainment. 
Ellis W. Carter’s color lensirig. is 
excellent, as is the choreography by 
Lee Scott and other contributions. 

Brog. 

Last Train Front Bombay 

Mediocre dualer toplining Jon 

Hall. 

Hollywood, July 30. 

Columbia release of Sam Katzman pro- 
duction. Star* Jon Ifall;- feature* 1 . Chris- 
tine Larson, Li*a Ferraday, Douglas R. 
Kennedy. Directed by Fred F. Sear*; 
*tory and screenplay,’ Robert Yale Ll- 
bott; camera, Henry Freulich; editor, 
Richard Fantl. Previewed July 28, '52. 
Running time, 73 MINS. 

Martin Viking .Jon Hall 

Mary Anne Palmer Christine Larson 

Charlane Ll*a Ferraday 

Kevin O'Hara- Douglas .R.- Kennedy 

Captain Tamil .Miphael Fox 

Nawob's daughter Donna MarteU 

Colonel Palmer.'. Matthew Boulton 

Bartender ......James Fairfax 

B. Vornin Gregory Gay 

Ceylonese ....Kenneth Terrell, Frederic 
_ x Berest 

Porter* Barry Brook* 

Columbia’s “Last Train From 
Bombay” is strictly for the duals. 
Pic carries some action interludes 
which manage to create Interest, 
but they’re overshadowed by a 
dragged-out story line filled with 
unbelievable incidents. 

Story and screenplay by Rob- 
ert Yale Libott centers on young 
American diplomat, Jon Hall, who 
arrives in India to find country In 
the throes of internal strife. He 
meets former Army buddy, Dou- ‘ 
glas R. Kennedy, and learns lat- ‘ 
ter belongs to a gang of assassins 
intent on starting a Civil War by 
blowing up a train carrying an 
Indian prince and his daughter. 
Shortly thereafter, Kennedy is 
murdered, but not before divulg- 
mg secrets of the plan to Hall. : 
Latter then spends remaining foot- ; 
age trying to prove himself inno- 
cent of the killing and at the same 
time round up the gang boss and ( 
catch the. tram before it reaches 
the mined area. He does all, win- 
ning a gal in the process. 

Hall goes through the- proper ' 
emotions in lead role, impressing 1 
more, however, in the fight scenes 
than in the ones requiring dialog. i 
Douglas R. Kennedy is good in a 
comparatively brief role. Christine 
Larson and Lisa Ferraday, the lat- 
ter a B” girl who befriends Hall, : 
are both okay. 

Sam Katzman has given the film 
a good mounting, injecting actual : 
footage of India to enhance the 
overall effect, but his story super- 
vision is off. Fred F. Sears’ direc- 
tion is competent, and the techni- : 
cal credits stock. Neal. 


August 6, 

; Tljaaderlag Caravan* 


Allan Lane west**, 

•.for the pr ogramm er martej 

Hollywood, Judy 28 

Republic release of Rudv * 

duction. Stars Allan "Rocky" Lnni m »P ro * 
Jack (equine); . features Eddy ane w? 
Mona Knox, Roy Bnrcroft, iiahJi 
dolph, Richard .Crane, Bill Henri 
rected by Harry Keller. Writt*« r5 i Dl * 
Coate* Webster; d*ftiera, John ,**• 

editor, Harold Midter. Prev&'rt^J 
28, -’52. Running time, 54 mIn sT d Ju ^ 

Lane.. Allan "Rockv 

Hi* .StaUlon.i. , ant 

”'?**** Eddy Waller’ 

Deborah Cranston . ..Isabel RaffiS 

Dan Reed .Richard 

Bert Cranuton, Bill 1 

Tom ... ...Edward H cffi 

Head Marshal Pierre 

Henry Scott .... Stanley AndX 

Jo * “Red" Morm 

The usual mixture of fisticuffs 
chases and gunplay make up the 
54 minutes running time in thU 
latest of the Allan “Rocky” Lane 
westerns for Republic. Results are 
up to the derriands of the westerns 
programmer market and will sat. 
isfy 'the kiddie fans. 

As' U. S. marshal, Lane is sent 
to investigate a series of gold ort 
robberies and help Eddy Waller 
local sheriff, round up the culprits’ 
The M. Coates Webster screen 
story makes the top heavy a femmt 
newspaper publisher, Isabel Ran- 
dolph, who attacks Waller in her 
paper for doing nothing to bring 
the robbers to justice. She’s cam- 
paigning to get the sheriff post for 
Bill Henry r her brother, and there 
are a number of other plot tangents 
tq complicate Lane’s heroics. How- 
ever, jpnee he gets his sights on 
the main issue. Lane gallops 
through with roaring guns, making 
short work of the heavies and sav- 
ing Waller’* job. 

Lane sit* his saddle well and 
ably handle* the rugged phases of 
being a western hero. Waller’s 
grizzled comedy touches fit in nice- 
ly, and Miss Randolph is an ex- 
cellent heavy. Richard Crane, as 
Waller’s young deputy, and Mona 
Knox offer a fight romantic angle. 
‘Henry, Roy Barcroft and the others 
provide standard, western charac- 
ters. 

Direction by fiforry Keller of the 
Rudy Ralstdn production keeps it 
moving at the required pace. Lens- 
ing and other technical assists are 
okay. Brog. 


July B.O. Toppers 

Continued from pa go 4 - 

much the same pattern qn play- 
dates as when it played at the 
N. Y. Music Hall, where it likewise 
failed to display anticipated sus- 
tained strength. 

“Francis Goes to -West Point” 
(U), making, the best showing of 
any pic in the “Francis” series in 
some spots, copped seventh posi- 
tiori. Film appeared to benefit from 
the fact that Donald O’Connor, one 
of film’s stars, has grown in popu- 
larity from his work in “Singin’ 
in Rain” (M*G), released a couple 
of months ahead. “Clash by Night” 
(RKO), which was second in June, 
wound up eighth last month. 

“Winning Team” (WB) managed 
to take ninth money, showing its 
biggest . strength early in the 
month. “King £ong” (RKO) (re- 
issue), Which copped third place 
one week during July, finished 10th 
for the month. It had also come 
through with .several sock engage- 
ments late in June. 

’“Diplomatic Courier” (20th) 
wound up 11th, with “Lydia Bai- 
ley” (20th) rounding out the Gold- 
en Dozen for July. Latter was 10th 
in June. 

“Ivory' Hunter” (U) and “Walk 
.East on Beacon” (Col) were the 
runner-up pix for the month in that 
order. 

Besides “Jacks,” there was a 
batch of other new films that show 
definite signs of being heard from 
to a large extent this month. “High 
Nqon” (UA) appears one of the 
strongest in this category. It took 
second place the first week out, 
but it’s not rated with the top 12 
boxoffice toppers because it was 
only out one week in July. Same 
applies to “We’re Not Married 
(20th) j which was coming to the 
fore to land sixth and final week 
of tho month. 

“World in His Arms” (U) also 
shapes up as potentially strong on 
the basis of a string of play dates 
in the Northwest area. It starl- 
ing initial dates In the east this 
week. “Story of Will Rogers 
(WB), starting comparatively slow, 
managed to wind up 11th its first 
week on release. tl 

“Carrie” (Par) and “Dreamboat 
(20th), both of which opened great 
In N. Y., shape up as sturdy new- 
comers for August 




: V&fiTEft WCfOTUMI * 

FIGHT TAX, 161- SUIT 



Council of Motion Picture Or- 
ganizations’ campaign to kill the 
20% admissions tax, plus current 
business conditions and' public re- 
lations, all are combining to cause 
a conflict among exhihs on what 
action to take. 

' point being socked across in 
some quarters is that theatremen 

can survive only if the tax is elimi- , . J if , _ J 

nated Bulletin sent out this week mark nixed the male lead.^ 
hv the Independent Theatre Own- Widmark has been assigned to 
I- of Ohio puts it this way: “Stick' Play opposite Miss Shelley in 
to one story. For this, campaign “Glory,” starting early in Septem- 
\n be effective, we must all use ber with Jules Schermer producing 
the same argument. In all your and Samqel Fuller directing his 
public speeches and private con- own screenplay, 
versations, therefore, stick to this 


Winters in ‘Blaze’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Shelley ’Winters’ next loanout ap- 
pearance at 20th-Fox will be “Blaze 
of Glory,” a replacement for “The 
Number,” for which she was bor* 
rowed from U-I, “The Number” 
was shelved when Richard Wid- 


Telemeter Having 
Little Opposition 
For Feb. Pix Test 


point: That only by complete re- 
moval of this tax can your theatre ] 
stay in business.” 

• Although it’s unrelated to the 
tax fight, Denver, circuit op John 
M. Wolfberg, in a statement repro- 
duced in a bulletin circulated by 
Allied Rocky Mountain Independ- 
ent Theatres, points up that 
“through COMPO, we have been 
trying to tell the public that the 
motion picture industry Is .here to 
stay. The facts are, that for every 
theatre that has closed, one or 
more new theatres have been built, 
and we now have . more theatres 
in the U. S. than ever- before in 
the history of the motion picture 
business. This ' includes the areas 
that have had television for years.” 

Refutes Skouras 
Wolfberg’s statement Was de- 
signed to refute comments by Na- 
tional Theatres prez - Charles P. linunary explorations 
Skouras. Latter predicted .that half company attitudes on 
of the nation’s theatres Will be 
forced out of business by TV: (See 
separate story.) 

: Also in conflict with the stressing 
6f downbeat biz in 1 the tax ,cam- 
paign is a report from the Inde 
pendent Theatre Owners Assn., of I none of the majors — including Par- 


“Nobody’s said yes — but no- 
body’s said no,” Carl Leserman 
declared in New York this week 
regarding efforts to obtain film for 
the test of Telemeter to be made 
in Palm Springs next February. 
Leserman and David Loew are 
partnered with Paramount in own- 
ership of the payras-you-see tele 
device. 

Leserman has been making pre- 

of major 
providing 
feature pix for the Palm Springs 
trial. Companies early in 1951 gave 
product to Zenith to test its Phone- 
vision subscription-TV gadget in 
Chicago. 

While, as Leserman explained, 


WALSH SEZ I 
PAY CUTS YET 

Minneapolis, Aug. 5. 

International Alliance of The- 
atrical Stage Employees and Mo- 
tion picture Operators confab went 
on record as asking each local 
union to urge members to visit all 
Congressional candidates in their 
districts to obtain pledges of sup- 
port for repeal of the Federal 20% 
admission tax. 

In another resolution at the IA 
convention here, Richard F. Walsh, 
Intemationarprexy, was instructed 
to try to induce the Justice Depart- 
ment to reconsider its action with 
respect to the motion picture in- 
dustry 16m anti-trust case. 

Among other resolutions adopted 
was one instructing IA officers to 
exert influence on the film indus- 
try to shift a fair proportion of 
color work for processing to east 
coast labs. Resolution points out 
that with producers converting 
much more to such processing, 
employment is suffering in • the 
east, Where the great bulk of black- 
and-white film is processed. 

This isn’t the time yet for gen- 
eral wage relief for distressed ex- 
hibitors, but the union will give 
consideration to individual cases, 
Prexy Walsh said in his annual re- 
port. He expressed the view that 
much of so-called “lost audience” 
can be brought back through ener- 
getic showmanship. 

After Major Leslie Thompson, 
RKO Theatres labor relations head, 
had urged the . organization to en- 
list 





Test Valid, Par Rebuttal ‘ 



Quite & Ladd 

It looks as though 1953 will 
be “Alan Ladd Year” in the 
nation’s theatres. Six new pix 
in which he’s starred will be in 
release. He’s had only, one 
film released in the past 14 
months. 

Four of the films are already 
in the can, .one is. In produc- 
tion and one is slated to start 
in about six weeks. Completed 
are three by Paramount, 
“Thunder in the East,” “Shane” 
and “Botany Bay,” and another 
by Warner Bros,, “The Iron 
Mistress.” Actor is currently 
at work on the U-I lot on 
“Desert Legion” and goes to 
Lbndon soon to star in “Red 
Beret,” to be* released by Co- 
lumbia. 


WB’s Backlog . 
Cut Over 75% 
In Six Years 


New York. Outfit "related that a 
(Continued on page 19) 

John Wolfberg Scores 
C. P. Skouras Statement 
On TV Folding Theatres 

■■ An acid reply to National Thea- 
tres prez Charles P. Skouras was 
made this week by John M, Wolf- 
berg, Denver circuit op and prexy 
of Rocky Mountain Independent 
Theatres, -regarding comments at- 
tributed to Skouras at a press in- 
terview in Denver. 

Wolfberg’s statement on Skouras, 
headlined “Industry Sabotage,” is 
reproduced in- RMIP’s new mem- 
bership bulletin. Said the Den- 
verite: “The City" of Denver has 
just had the honor of, a visit from 
mat great showman, Mr. Charles 

okouras. In order to make cer- s u it filed by producer Walter 
t.ain that his visit was widely an- danger against Universal in De- 

nOUnPPn in tTiito In nol Vv a rtnttn 1 « •« a 4 A «_ mmaaaa/T 


amount — has as yet made a clear- 
cut promise* to provide* films, Tele- 
meter is expected to have much 
less difficulty than Zenith. One of 
the reasons is that in this case 
there are not the antagonisms, that 
Commander Eugene MacDonald, 
Zenith .prexy,. aroused by his 
sledge-hammer efforts. Another 
reason is that the Phonevision trial 
provided a precedent that will 
make it' slightly harder for the 
companies to refuse Telemeter. 

-Even more important, however, 
is that many of the majors are 
‘just as anxious, as Paramount and 
(Continued on page 53) 


Wanger Suit Vs, U 
Has New Plaintiff In 
Jacques Grinieff Co 


nounced in the local press, he gave 
an interview in . which he an- 
nounced that television would 
soon put one-half of the jnovie 
theatres out of business. Since 
mat was his most shocking state- 
nient ’ it became th6 headline of 
(Continued on page 18) 

** — t 1 . — - 

FREE TROLLEY RIDES 
TO BOOST MPLS. BIZ 

I* 

■* _ . Minneapolis, Aug. 5. * 

Lv Seibel, United Paramount 
theatre s advertising and publicity 
nead here, has engineered a deal 
^hereby the local transit company 
ui provide free streetcar and bus 
lansportation to the Loop Wednes- 
,. a J, 7 to 9 p.m. It will be 

1 a , m °unt to cut in fare • from 
hon *. to and - * s expected to 

u j eatr6 > ' restaurant, night 
Jand other downtown estab- 

business on nights in 

T hey will plug it ip. news- 

^ a ^ s and via screen travelers. 

* 500 * 1 guttering of independent 

thn?f Ca Nort htown, total of closed 
theatres for- f x 


Striking example of how film 
company policy and economic strat- 
egy have changed since the peak 
in a booster campaign that I of the prosperity era is mirrored 


would halt the attacks on the film 
industry, shut up “calamity howl- 
ers,” help obtain repeal of the 
Federal admissions tax bite and 
bring people back into theatres, 
Walsh promised the union’s par- 
ticipation. 

“We’ll do all within our power, 
(Continued on page 16) 


East’s COMPO-ites 
In Goad-Will Visit 


for the past two years 


Jl A., ft 1 t VTI V J WMA W 

hv ix nsen t0 seven, all falling 
aZivA wayside since television’s 

ai-p 0 ,? ’ Two of darkened houses 
aie downtown. 


cember, 1948, is now being pressed 
but with a new plaintiff involved. 
Wanger, in instituting the action, 
charged U with improper distribu- 
tion on four of his indie pix, name- 
ly, “Eagle Squadron,” “Arabian 
Nights” “Salome, W.here She 
Danced” and *‘Gung Ho.” Dam- 
ages of close to $1,000,000 were 
asked. 

Meantime, Wanger sold out, as- 
signing the rights in the films to 
Motion Picture Development Corp. 
This is a Jacques Grinieff odtfit. 
Consequently -Wanger is out of the 
case and MPDC is in as the plain- 
tiff. . , • 

Special master has been con- 
ducting hearings on the complaint 
at the U homeoffice over the past 
couple of weeks. These have been 
adjourned to next month. 

Jack Dietz to Europe 

Jack 'Dietz, exec-producer and 
treasurer of Mutual Productions, 
who arrived in New York over the 
weekend from the Coast, sails for 
Europe today (Wed.) on the Queen 

Elizabeth. , , , 

In a five-week stay abroad he 
expects to look over new product 
and arrange production deals with 
a view toward Mutual distribution 
in the U.S. 


in the balance sheet and earnings 
statement issued by ^Warner Bros, 
during the past week. 

Big change, outside of the well 
known decline in ^profits, is the 
investment in backlogs of pix. As 
of May 31, 1952, WB had $5,586,947 
tied up in completed and as-yet 
unreleased productions. State- 
ment in 1946 disclosed that the 
studio’s inventory included $23,- 
384,605 in new pix in the vaults. 
In other .words, the backlog has 
been slashed more than 75% since 
boomtime. All studios, of course, 
have been whittling production 
budgets. Also, the trend in recent 
years has been to keep lensing 
skeds on a more flexible basis, 
leading to the numerical cut in 
completed and unreleased pix. 

On the financial reserve front, 
WB looks plenty strong, suggesting 
Coast visit to be made next week the possibility of further buy-ins 
by eastern officials of the Council 0 f its outstanding common $tock, 
of. Motion Picture Organizations is outfit, as of last May 31, bad $15,- 
designed largely as a good-will 042,000 in cash and $11,432,000 in 
gesture, according to some trade- u. S. Government securities, for a 
sters. Jt’s pointed out that the total of $26,474,000. This is well 
easterners haven’t been west, in a head of report for ’46, when cash 
about a v year, and huddles with (Continued on page 19) 

studio officials and the studio 

union reps could do much in the # in 

way of continuing the harmonious W n Infpnilflll DV Pal* 
relationship of N. Y. and L. A. in- I™ HUCIIUUU UJ l-ai 

dustryites in COMPO affairs 
Four-day series of conferences 

begins next Tuesday (12). Partici- .n j|* __ i. Oflinf Arauc 

pating will be Trueman Rem- POllCy 10 UttlCr MM S 

busch, Sam Finanski, members of ™- ew paramount policy of divid- 
COMPO s exec board; Robert W. the Los Angeles area into 
Coyne specia 1 counsel and Robert ® “ ftrst . run zones, an addition 

of three*, was based on circum 


Minneapolis, Aug. 5. 
Contention of Mandt Torrison, 
counsel for one of the distributor 
defendants, Paramount Pictures, 
that there is no value to the lie de- 
tector test voluntarily taken by ex- 
hibitor Martin, Lebedoff to validate 
his disputed testimony in his $500,- 
000 Federal Court antitrust % con- 
spiracy clearance suit, has brought 
a sharp reply from Lee Loevenget', 
Lebedoff’s attorney. 

In a communication to Federal 
Judge G. H. Nordbye, Loevenger 
asserts that Lebedoff’s apparent 
mistaken recollection of the time 
when, he conversed with former 
Paramount branch manager Ches- 
ter Roeder regarding his Home- 
wood Theatre’s area first-run loss 
does not reflect either on his cli* 
ent’s truthfulness or the test’s 
value, as averred by Torrison. 

Moreover, Loevenger brands thd 
Torrison attack on the test as “a 
complete non-sequitur and simply 
a repetition of the defendant’s 
practice of making libelous charges 
without foundation,” Also, Loe- 
venger claims that the Torrison af- 
fidavit containing the attack brings 
to light the important new point 
that S. P. Halpern, a local attorney; 
was employed by Paramount in 
December, 1933, as its attorney, to 
sue Lebedoff, and then, in June; 
1934, he, Halpern, appeared as 
counsel for the late W. A. Steffes, 
to “whose competing Paradise The- 
atre the Lebedoff first-run was 
given, in dismissing a Steffes anti- 
trust ' conspiracy clearance suit 
against Paramount. 

.This fact strongly supports the 
(Continued on page 19) 



— H , 

To Expand L:A. Zone 


J. O’Donnell, “Movietime” chair- 
man. A1 Lichtman, third member 
of the exec board, has a, prior 
commitment in the east and will 
be unable to attend. 

Highlight of the program will 
be a meeting with heads of all 
studios with the exception of Re 
public. Rep’s prexy Herbert J. 
Yates will be abroad. The four 
visitors will report on COMPO ac- 
tivities- lined up for the future, 
with emphasis on upcoming 
“Movietime” tours and the 1 drive 
to rejfeal the 20% Federal admis- 
sions- tax. 

Pitch is expected to be made for 
as many top-name personalities as 
possible for the “Movietime” 
»junkets to the hinterlands. 

Color by Danzicolor 
“Babes in Bagdad,” Danziger 
Bros.’ indie pic produced in Spain, 
with Paulette Goddard and Gypsy 
Rose Lee as costars, was lensed in 
« foreign .tinting process which 


stances in that particular territory, 
and there’s no intention at this 
time of expanding the plan to 
other, cities. a 

Par rep pointed out this week 
that L. A. is peculiar to itself so 
far as its sprawling geographical 
layout is concerned. Consequently, 
the booking pattern which applies 
to it could not be followed in all 
differently situated locales. 

Under the new policy Par has 
sold on a competitive bidding basis 
three pix to first-run ops in each 
of the seven zones. Four houses 
were conventional spots, the others 
were ozoners. 


Showing Burley Film 
May K.O. License Of 
RKO House in Mpls. 

Minneapolis, Aug. 5. 

The RKO-Pan, one of two local 
RKO houses, faces possible loss of 
its license following action by the 
Police Department m6rals squad in 
halting the showing there of 
“French Peep Show,” im independ- 
ently distributed filmed burlesque 
performance, and the arrest of the 
theatre’s manager, George R. 
Stephens, on a charge of exhibiting 
an “indecent” motion picture. 

Police. confiscated the film and a 
six-foot poster. Pat Walling, morals 
squad chief, said the theatre man- 
agement will have to show cause 
before the city council health and 
hospitals committee why its license 
should not be revoked. The RKO 
circuit has the theatre under lease 
from its owner, E. R. Ruben. 

The picture opened ‘Wednesday 
as part of a twin bill with “Stolen 
Face” and it attracted large patron- 
age in conseqtience of daring ad- 
vertising. Walling sent four of his 
squad members to review the Fri- 
day 9 p.m. showing, and after 
watching it fpr 40 of its 55 fninutes 
they went to the projection room 
and ordered its immediate cessa- 
tion. On Saturday the theatre sub- 
stituted “Sleeping City.” 

The picture was 'brought to Min- 
neapolis from New York by its dis- 
tributor,. D wain Esper. 

The RKO-Pan is an “A” house 
that plays moveovers from the 
other Minneapolis RKO theatre, 
the Orpheum; first-runs and reis- 
sues. It has been encountering con- 
siderable difficulty in obtaining 
enough satisfactory product. Its 
76c admission after 5 p.m. is the 
same as that of other loop “A” 
theatres. 


Bernard Lewis Named 

Bernard Lewis, onetime publicist 
for Paramount and 20th-Fox, has 
been named publicity and promo- 
tion manager for “Salute to Italian 
Films Week.” Event is scheduled 
to be held in New York Oct. 6*12. 
Some seven Italian pictures will 


doesn’t have anv trade name. Some seven Italian pictures wm 

So naturally, it’s being referred be screened during the week, 
to in United Artists homeoffice cir - 1 Amon‘g them is “Anna,” a Lux re- 
des as “Color by Danzicolor.” 'lease starring Silvana Mangano. 


13 KIDS INJURED AS 
THEATRE CEILING FALLS 

Austin*. Aug. 5. 

A large section of plaster ceiling 
collapsed in the Queen Theatre on 
Thursday (31), injuring 13 of a 
youthful audience that had come to 
see “Tarzan’s Savage Fury.” 

Panic-stricken youngsters, most 
of them between six and 15. were 
in the audience. Three children 
had to be dug out. Two were un- 
conscious but quickly revived. 


ncrnu crosses 


» 




Wtduegday, August 6. 1953 


Kmg Cole Helps ‘Jeanie’ to Solid 
$34,000 in LA.; Knock’ Loud $26,000, 
‘Jacks’ Hep 26G, lovely’ Oke 17G, 2d 


) 


Los Angeles, Aug. 5. 
Overall first-run biz here con- 
tinues on a slight upbeat, with sev- 
eral bills strong enough to pull the 
total up despite some soft spots. 
Stage date of Nat “.King” Cole and 
Bell Sister^ is hyping* “Dream of 
Jeanie" to solid $34,000 at the 
L. A, Paramount. '-‘Don't Bother 
To Knock” shapes okay $26,000 or 
near in three theatres while “Brig- 
and” 1 looks moderate $19,500 in two 
spots. ' 

“Duel at Silver Creek” looms 
medium $15,000 in three houses. 
“Lovely To Look At” is okay $17,- 
QpO in two houses, second round. 

Biggest holdover is “Jumping 
Jacks” with hefty $26,000 in three 
theatres for second round while big 
$57,000 is expected from four con- 
ventionals and three drive-ins. 
Estimates for This Week 
Los Angeles, Chinese, Rita (FWC) 
(2,097; 2,048; 1,370; 70-$1.10)— 

“We're Not Married” (20th) and 
“Sea Tiger” (Mono) 2d wk). Fair 
$17,000. Last week, $22,400. 

Hollywood, Wiltern, Globe (WB- 
FWC) (2,756; 2,344; 782; 70-$1.10) 
-i— “Don't Bother To Knock” (20th). 
Okay $26,000. Last week, Holly- 
wood, Wiltern, “Working Way 
Through College” (WB) (3d wk)- 
5 days), $6,000. 

Beverly Hills, Downtown (WB) 
(1,612; 1,757; 80-$1.25)— “Will Rog- 
ers” (WB) (4th wk). Modest $10,000. 
Last week, $12,200. 

Egyptian, Orpheum (UATOMet- 
ropolitan) (1,538; 2,213; 70-$1.10)~ 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G) and “Tar- 
get” (RKO) (Orpheum only) (2d 
Wk). Okay $17,000. Last week,’ 
$25,600. 

Hillstreet, Pantages (RKO) (2,752; 
2,812;, 70-$1.10)— “Brigand" (Col) 
and “Cripple Creek” (Col). Slow 
$19,500. Last week, “King Kong” 
(RKO) and “Leopard Man” (RKO) 
(reissues) (2d wk-5 days), $16,200. 

Rialto, Hollywood Paramount, 
Loyola (Metropolitan-F&M-FW C) 
(840; 1,430; 1,248; * 70-$1.10)— 

“Jumping Jacks” (Par) (2d wk). 
Sturdy, $26,000. Last week, solid 
$40,000 here; combined $80,000 
four hard-tops, three ozoners. 

Los Angeles Paramount (UPT) 
.(3,300; 85-$1.50) — “Dream of 

Jeanie” (Rep), with Nat “King” 
Cole, Bell* Sisters onstage. Solid 
$34,000. Last week, with Wilshire 
(FWC) (2,296; 70-$1.10), “Diplo- 
matic Courier” (20th), $19,600. 
“Courier” holds second frame Wil- 
shire for light $4,500. 

Hawaii (G&S) (1,106; .70-$1.10)— 
“Untamed • Frontier” , (U) (2d, wk). 
Mild $2,500. Last week, with 10 
days at Loew’s State, $13,200. 

El Rey, Iris, Loew’s State (FWC- 
UATC) (861; 814; 2,404; 70-$1.10)— 
“Duel Silver Creek”- (U) -and 
“Cpl. Dolan AWOL” .(Rep). 
Medium $15,000. Last week, El 
Rey, Iris, Globe, Uptown, “Strange 
World” (Indie) and “Bom to. Sad- 
dle” (Indie) <10 days), $10,200. 

United Artists, Uptown (UATC- 
FWC) (2,100; 1,719; 70-$1.10) — 
“Dark Command” (Rep) and 
“Brimstone” (Rep) (reissues). Slim 
$6,500. Last week, United Artists, 
“Kisenga” .(Indie) and “Massacre 
Hill” (Indie), $3,000. 

Vogue (FWC) (885; 70-$l) — 
“Greatest Show” (Par) (4th wk). 
Sturdy $3,500. Last week, $3,600. 

Fine Arts (FWC) (679; 80-$1.20) 
—“Man in White Suit” (U) (10th 
wk). Oke $1,800. Lats week, same. 

Four' Star (UATC) (900; 85-11.20) 
—“Wild Heart” (RKO) (3d wk). 
Fair $4,000. Last week, $5,200. 

Canon (ABC) (520; $1)— “Actors 
and Sin" (UA) (2d wk). Oke $4,- 
700. Last week, $5,300. 

'ROGERS’ DIM $10,500, 
PIH; ‘LOVELY’ 11G, 2D 

, -Will Hogers’’ tSl \s r ^d’owntown'f 
single new picture this week, and 
rated disappointingly at Stanley, 
total. In second stanzas, 
„High at Harris, “Robin 

Hood at Warner and “Lovely To 
Look At” at Penn are all holding 
up well. First two are likely to 

+i a w-+ a ^ ln "Lovely” moves 

to Kitz for moveover run. 

Estimates for This Week 
* ul °n 'Shea) (1,700; 50-85)— 
?^n Ck Swan ’ (20th) and “Shores 
*P° u ; ( 20th) (reissues). Pair 
wJ < shootln 8 nice $5,000, best 
in some time. Last week 

$150(1 N0t Married ” (20th), only 

(Harris) (2.200; 50-85)— 

(UA) (2d wk) - Main- 
taining strong pace at $8,000, or 

(Continued on page 20) 


Broadway Grosses 

4 Estimated Total Gross 

This Week $594,306 

( Based on 18 theatres) 

Last Year $555,700 

( Based on 18 theatres) 



‘Arms’ Standout 
InPhilly, $25, 

Philadelphia, Aug. 5. 
New products plus hefty week- 
end trade is giving the boxoffice a 
nice upbeat here this stanza. Satur- 
day night looked like the nearest 
thing to. New Year’s Eve seen here 
in months. Three Goldman houses, 
putting on a heavy newspaper ad 
campaign for trio of. new pix, 
showed immediate, results, with 
“World in His Arms,” “Robin 
Hood” and “Don’t Bother To 
Knock” * all breaking fast, their 
great showings cutting into trade 
of holdovers in other houses. Big- 
gest coin is going to “World hj 
Arihs,” great at the Randolph. 

Estimates for This Week 
. Arcadia (S&S) (625; 85-$1.20)— 
“Scaramouche (M-G) (8th . wk), 
Holding at $5,000. Last week, 
steady $5,200. 

Boyd (WB) (2,360; 50-99)— “High 
Noon” (UA) (2d wk). Fine $13,000. 
Last week, lofty $20,000. 

Fox (20th) (2,250; 50-99)— “Jump- 
ing Jacks” (Par) (4th wk). Sturdy 
$12,000; Last week, $17,000, 
Goldman (Goldman) (1,200: 50- 
99)— “Robin Hood” (RKO). Big 
$18,000. Last week, “Francis To 
West Point” (U). Trim $10,000. 

Mastbaum (WB) (4,360; 50-99) — 
“Island of Desire” (UA). Oke $17,- 
000 or near. Last week, “Will 
Rogers” (WB) (2d wk). $11,000. 

Midtown (Goldman) (1,000; 50-99) 
—“Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th). 
Fast $15,000. Last week, “Storm 
Over Tibet” (Col) and “Red Snow” 
(Col). $5,000/ 

Randolph (Goldman) (2,500; 50- 
99)— “World in Arms” (U). Great 
$25,000 or close. Last week, “We’re 
Not Married” (20th) (2d* wk). Oke 
$13,000. 

Stanley (WB) (2,900; 50-99)— 
“Carrie” (Par). Good $17,000. Last 
week, “King Kong” (RKO) and 
Leopard Man” (RKO) (reissues) 
(3d wk). $15,000. 

Stanton (WB)) (1,473;. 50-99)— 
“Duel at Silver Creek” (U). Tidy 
$9,500. Last week, “Valley of 
Eagles” (Lip), $7,000. 

Studio (Goldberg) (500; 50-99) — 
“Encore” (par) (6th wk). Fair 
$2,206. Last week, $2,500. 

Trans-Lux (T-L) (500; 85-$lJ20) 
—“Diplomatic. Courier” (20th) (2d 
wk). Sock $8,000. Last’ week, $12,- 
000 . 


'Noon’ Torrid $16,000 In 
Bnff; 'Show’ Trim 14G, 
'Desire’ Fancy $20,000 

“High Noon” Sapes°as A stanlout 
here this session with lofty take 
at the* Century. “Greatest Show” 
also looms big in 9-day return date 
at Paramount. “Island of Desire” 
held for 11 days at the Buffalo to 
land a fine total. 

Estimates for This Week 

Buffalo (Loew’s) (3,000; 40-70)— 
“Island of Desire” (UA). Fine $20,- 
000 in 11 days. “Washington Story” 
(M-G) and “Confidence Girl” (UA) 
due in next. 

Paramount (Par) (3,000; 40-70) — 
“Greatest Show on Earth” (Par). 
Trim $14,000 looms for 9-day hook- 
ing. Last week, “Jumping Jacks” 
(Par) and “Fort Osage” (Mono) 
(3d wk-5 days), fancy $9,600. 

(Par) * (2 ’ 10 °; 40-70) — 
‘tWill Rogers” (WB). Fairly fine 
?9,000 or over. Last week, “We’re 
Not Married” (20th) (2d wk), big 
$7,500. 

„ Lafayette (Basil) (3,000; 40-70)— 
Brigand" (Col) and “Montana Ter- 
ritory” (Col). Fair $7,000. Last 
week, “Francis To West Point” 
i?) and “Spider and Fly” (U), good 
$8,500. 

Century (20th Century) (3,000; 
40-70)— “High Noon” (UA). Lofty 

"Robin Hood*’ 

(RKO), $9,000. 


'FRANCIS' OKAY 11G, 
L’VILLE; 'ROGERS’ 7G 

Louisville, Aug. 5. 

“Fronds Gees To West Joint” 
at Loew’s State is a bright spot on 
the main stem this week, along 
with “Will Rogers” at the Mary 
Anderson. Takes at both houses 
should be in the healthy brackets, 
“Jumping Jacks” is big in second 
Rialto week. In general, business 
tone at downtown houses is perky. 

Estimate* for This Week 

Kentucky (Swjtow) (1,000; 54-75) 
—“Anybody Seen My’ Gal” (U) and 
“Just Across the Street” (U) (2d 
wk). Still potent at $3,500 after 
last week’s strong $4,500. 

Mary Anderson (People’s) (1,200; 
54-75)— “Will Rogers” (WB). Live- 
ly $7,000. Last week, “Working 
Way Through College" (WB) (2d 
wk), fine $6,500, 

Rialto (Fourth Avenue) (3,000: 
54-75) — “Jumping' Jacks” (Par) (2d 
wk). Strong $14,000. Last week, 
smash $21,000. 

State (Loew’s) (3,000; 54-75)— 
“Francis To West Point” (U) and 
“Captive City” (UA). Okay $11,- 
000. Last week, “Walk East On 
Beacon” (Col) and “Sniper” (Col), 
$8,500. 

Strand (FA) (1,200; 54-75)— “Out- 
law Women” (Lip) and “Stolen 
Face” (Lip). Okay $3,000. Last 
week, “Lady in Iron Mask” (20th) 
and “Fabulous Senorita” (Rep), 
$4,000. 


‘ Show’ Great 11G 



. KaJls . as City, Aug. 5. 
Greatest Shpw^’ is leading the 
way here this week, giving the 
Paramount a hefty take on its first 
run at regular prices. “Duel at 
Silver Creek” in four Fox Midwest 
houses is holding average pace, as 
is “Island of Desire” at the Mid- 
land. “Robin /Hood” in second 
week at Missouri was yanked after 
four days for split week policy. All 
regular first runs now uniform in 
admission prices, Midland and 
Paramount recently going to 75c 
top, bringing them on par with 
Missouri Theatre and Fox four 
houses. Weather stays plenty 
warm although long dry spell 
broken by rain over weekend. 
Estimates for This Week 
Kimo (Dickinson) (504; 50-75) — 
“Narrow Margin” (RKO). Moderate 
$1,600.*' Last, .week, “Latuko” (In- 
die) (4th wk), $1,100. 

Midland (Loew’s) (3,500; 50-75) 
—‘‘Island df Desire” (UA) *" and 
First Legion” (UA). Average $10,- 
000. Last week, “Lovely Look At” 
(M-G) and “Four in a Jeep” (In- 
die) (2d wk), fairish $8,000. 

Missouri (RKO (2,650; 50-75)— 
'Robin Hood” (RKO-Disney) (2d 
Po1 ^ day? got. $3, 500, with 
“Winchester 73” (U) and “Coman- 
che Territory”. <U) (reissues), 3 
$2,000/ Last week, 
Hood” (RKO) rousing $11,- 
000, best here in months. 

Paramount (Tri-States) (1,97)0; 
50-75) — “Greatest Show” (Par). 
First time at regular prices here, 
and heading for great $11,000. Last 

w f? k i./‘ Jum P in * Jacks” (Par) (3d 
wk) t $4,000 in 4 days.* 

Tower, Uptown, Fairway, Gra- 
(Fox Midwest) (2,100; 2,043; 
70°; 1,217; 50-75)— “Duel at silver 
Creek (U) and “Dream of Jeanie” 
R e P>- Average $13,000. Last week, 
Sally and St. Anne” (U) and “Rose 
of Cimarron” (20th), same. 

Vosrue (Golden) (500; 50-85)— 
Last Holiday” (Indie) (2d wk). 
Pleasin g $1,700. Last week. $2,000. 

‘SHOW’ LIVELY $16,000, 

' DENVER; 'ROGERS' 20G 

“Greatest Show oi^Eartti^ play- 
ing at pop scale shapes standout 
with smash session at Denham. It is 
holding. Will Rogers” also is nice 
in two houses to get biggest total 
coin this week. 

’ for Last Week 

Aladdin (Fox) (1,400; 5GJ15) — 
River (UA) and “Song of Mv 
Heart” (Rep) (2d wk).,Fair $6,000. 
Last week, $8,000. 

Broadway (Wdlfberg) (1,200; SO- 
BS) “7/, Scaramouche” (M-G) (3d 

$10000^ ^ask week fine 

Denham (Cockrill) (1,750; 50-85) 
r* Greatest Show on Earth” (Par). 
Smash $16,000. Last week, “Jump- 
ing Jacks” (Par) (3d wk), $8,000. 

^fwver (Fox) (2,525; 50-85) — 
“Will Rogers” (WB) and “Confi- 
de 11 ^ Girl” (UA), day-date with 
Esquire. Fine $17,000. Last week, 
“Francis To West Point” (U) and 
(Continued on page 20) 


‘Noon’ Riding High at $35,000, Del 

i ‘Anns’ Big 12G 




Key City Grosses 

Estimated Total Grosa 
This week ...... $2*570,600 

("Based on 25 cities, 214 the- 
. atres, c htefly ‘first runs , include 
ing N. Y.) 

•Total Gross Same Week 

Last Year $2,448,000 

(Based on 25 cities, and 194 
theatres . ) «* 


Ivanhoe’ Terrif 



inCleve. 


Cleveland, Aug; 5. 
Big news - here this session is 
great total being racked, up by 
“Ivanhoe” at the StiUmAru “Lure 
of Wilderness” shapes stout at the 
Allen while" holdover of "“Francis 
To West Point” is holding nicely 
in second week at the Palace. 
Estimates for Thi^Week 
Allen- (Warner) (3,000; 55-80) — 
“Lure of Wilderness (20th). Perky 
$12,000. Last week, “Worldng Way 
Through College” (WB), $10,000. 

Hipp (Scheftel-Burger) (3,700; 65- 
80)— “Robin Hood” (RKO) (2d wk). 
Off to $10,000. Last • week, big 
$18,500. 

Ohio (Loew’s) (1,305; 55-80) — 
“Island of Desire” (UA) (m.o.). 
Nice $4,500. Last week, “Without 
Warning” (UA) and “Captive City” 
(UA), (24 wk-6 days) $3,500. 

Palace (RKO) (3,300; 55-80) — 
“Francis To West Point” (U) (2d 
wR/ Trim $10,500. Last week, 
strong $13,500. ^ < 

State (Loew's) (3,450; 55-80) — 
“All Because .of Sally” (U). Only 
$9,000. Last week, “Island of 
Desire” (UA), $12,000. 

Stillman (Loew’s) (2,700; 55-80)— 
“Ivanhoe” (M-G-M). Great $38,000. 
Last week, “Lovely to Look At” 
(M-G), $4,500 in 5 days. . 

Tower (Scheftel-Burger) (500; 
55-80) — “Tembo” (RKO). Okay 
$4,500. Last week, “Strange World” 
(UA) and “Skipalong Rosenblpm” 
(UA), $5,000. 

Lower Mall (Community) (585; 
55-80) — “Encore” (Par).' Fine 
$3,000. Last week, “Actors add 
Sin” (UA), slow $2300.* 

Ivanhoe’ Wham $45,000, 
Frisco; ‘Trinidad’ Sock 
22G, ‘Noon’ Boffo 16G 

' San Francisco, Aug. 5. 

Market Street biz is perky this 
session. “Ivanhoe” shapes terrific 
$45,000 or neaF at the Warfield after . 
getting $30,000 in first four days. 
House is getting $1.50 top., This'* 
would mean the biggest grosser at 
house since “Quo Vadis” which 
was In 1949. Big exploitation for 
Orpheum and United Artists is 
spelling smash biz for “Affair in 
Trinidad” at the Orph and “High 
Noon” at the latter, a much small- 
er house. 

Estimates for This Week 

Golden Gate (RKO) (2,850; 65- 
95)— “Montana Territory” (Col) and 
Territory” (Mono). Fair 

$2*22?* Last week » Kong” 

(RKO) and “Leopard Man” (RKO) 
(reissues) (2d wk), okay $13,000. 

Fox (FWC) (4,651; 65-95)— “Will 
Rogers” (WB) -and “Navajo” (Lip), 
Mild $14,000. Last week, “We’re 
S? 1 „*? arried ” <20th) and- “Tough 
Qi £ Jp®P ) ,.* 1 7.500 for 8 days. 

(Loew’s) (2,056; 80* 
fik 5 ™r J vaI *hoe” (M-G). Terrific' 
week > “ Pat and Mike” 
(M-G) (3d wk-5 days), $9,000. 

Paramount (Par) (2,046; 65-95)— 
Jumping Jacks” (Par) (3d wk). 
^ $10,500. Last week, sock 

(Par) (L400; 65-95)— 
,£ on Jo Knock" < 20th) 

$14 000*' Blg $ 9,000, L ast week, 

t N °m Coast) (2 ’ 448 ; ’«»• 
2p^i£ ffair J n T £ lnidad " (Col) and 
f M nb ® w Round My Shoulder” 
(Col). Smash $22,000. Last week, 

■ A T? y u°^ y A ^ My Gal” (U) $9,000. 

Coast > (L2°7; 
65-95)— High Noon” (UA). Great 


“High Noon” is ridin/hL 5, * 
the Fox and reaching for h a w f at 
total.. “Valley of Eagles*’ iii 0 ^ 
Winging at Uhited Artists. 
looks okay at the Palms. “World 

mt-ass 

B S&Sr “ ,,w 

. Estimates for This Week 
Fox (Fox-Detroit) (5,000- 7 o.oej 
—“High Noon” (UA) and “Wiffl 
Warning” (UA). High Ssonn 
Last week, “Lure of Wilderness* 
(20th) anA “Red Snow'’? Cn n 
$ 21 , 000 . Xol, » 

Michigan (United-Detroit) (4onn* 
70-95)— “Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
“Brigand” (Col) (3d wk). Still heft? 
at $16,000, Last week, $23,000. ^ 

Palm* (UD) (2,961; 70-95U. 

“Paula” (Col) and “Denver 
Grande” (Par). Oke $12,000 Last 
week, “Wild Heart” (RKO) and 
“Dark Man” (Indie), $15,000. 

Madi«m (UD) '* (1,900; 70-95U 
“Spanish Main” (RKO) and “Nav? 
Comes Through” (RKO) (reissues). 
Slow $7,000. Last week, “Tales of 
Hoffmann” (UA), $6,000. 

^ United Artists (UA) (1,900* 70- 
95)-“VaUe y of Eagles" (Lip) ^ 
Stolen Face (Lip). Okay $13 - 
000. Last week, “Francis To West 
(H) and “Jet Job” (Mono), 

^fTjOUv* 

Adam* (Balaban) (1,700; 70-95)— 
“World in Arms" (U). Big at $12;. 
000. Last week, “California Con. 

K “ Glory TraU ” 


Tales of Hoff- 

»«n n (UA) (reissue), $5,500. 
^TStagedoor^A-R) (370; 85-$l)— 

An” UI ?2nfM°^ h n a S d *o'? lis Above 

wlek. Imoo. G °° d $3 - 60 °- L * 5t 

^r» CI ^ y MO; 65-85)— 

$2 oSf al T ° f f Clar f * (Mono). Weak 
» as /r w i e . e ^ Kind Hearts, 

Sk)/$txoo. ndie) (rd5Sue> Mth 


Rain lifts Prov; ‘Robin’ 
Nifty $12,000, ‘Married’ 
Nice 10G,' Jacks’ 9G, 2d 

Providence, Aug. 5. 
-All stands reported unusually 
hefty Saturday biz, with first rain 
in more than month helping con. 
siderably. On the hot side are Al- 
bee’s “Robin . Hood," Majestic’s 
“We’re Not Married" and Loew's 
State’s ^ “Lovely To Look At.” 
Strand is holding for third session 
With “Jumping "Jacks,” big in sec. 
ond round. 

Estimate* for This Week 
Albe« (RKQjt (2,200; 44-65) — 
“Robin Hood” (RKO). Very strong 
$12,000. Last week, “The Sniper” 
(Col) and “Dark Command” (Rep), 
good $8,000. 

Maje*ti#" (Fay) (2,200; 44-65) ~ 
“We’re Not Married” (20th) and “I 
Dream of Jeanie” (Rep). Hefty 
$10,000. Last* week, “Will Rogers” 
(20th). and “Fabulous Senorita” 
(Rep), $9,000. 

State (Ldew’s) (3,200; 44-65) — 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G) and “You 
For Me” (M-G). Fair $14,500. Last 
week, “Girl In White” (M-G) and 
“Washington Story” (M-G), $9,000. 

Strand (Silverman)' (2,200; 44-65) 
— “Jumping Jacks” (Par). Third 
week opened Monday (4). Second 
week was big $9)000. 

'JACKS’ HUGE $24,000, 
D.C.; ‘lOVELY’ BIG 23G 

Washington, Aug. 5. 

Hypoed by sweltering weather 
and usual flock of summer visitors, 
downtown houses are doing nict 
business with “Jumping Jacks, 
“Lovely ip Look At” and “We’rt 
Not Married” leading the way. 
“Latuko” is breaking all records at 
the arty Dupont. 

Estimates for This Week 

Capitol (Loew’s! (3,434; 55-95)— 
“We’re Not Married” (20th) plus 
Mary Small onstage. Sock $25,- 
000. Last week, “Wait ’Til Sun 
Shines” <20th) plus vaude, $18,500. 

Dupont (Lopert) (372; 50-85) — 4 
I “Latuko” (Indie). Smash $9,500 and 
.holding, naturally. Last week, “u*; 

! der Paris Sky’ (Indie) (2d wk-8 
days), fair $4,000. 

Keith’s (RKO) (1,939; 50-85) - 
“King Kong" (RKO) (reissue) (2d 
wk). Nice $8,500 after ^sensational 
$1 6, 000 opener. on% 

Metropolitan (WB) (1,200; 50-80) 
— “Brave Warrior” (Col). Oke $5/« 
500. Last week, “Models, Inc. 4 n “ 
die), $4,800. . ' 

Palace (Loew’s (2,370; 50-80) — 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G). Big $23,- 
000. Last week, “Diplomatic Cour- 
ier” (20th) (2d wk), okay 

Playhouse (Lopert) (485; 50-$D 
— “Outcast of Islands” (UA) (2d 
wk). Solid $6,000 after strong $»,- 
*000 opener. „ 

Warner (WB) (2,174; 50-80) -- 
“Jumping Jacks” (Par). Ternf^ 
$24,000. Holds. Last week, Win 
Rogers” (WB), $14,000. 




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Chi Soars; Paleface’ Powerful 47G; 
‘Mair-Paul-Ford Colossal $70500, 

“Sky’ Big 36G,1tobm Hood” Fast 28G 


CfiiMgo, Aug. 5. 

Chicago boxoi(Ic«, for «nc*, has 
. Joerfect comhlnation of perfect 
t* 1 ® Sr„ large Influx of visitors 
we a^ DD product It »U adds up to 
“? basest b£ to the last six 
* he n tba* Oriental reopened Thurs- 
S ”«1) lirith Jane Russcllperronal 
to launch “Son ofPaleface. First 
week looks lush $47,000. 

Wnur<*ver refll standout 1® tfl® 

frank Fontaine heading stage- 
Jhow Combo is soaring to colos- 
sal $70,500-, topping anything in 
fi\ e ar at house. "Big Sky” 
& proem looks socko $36,500.. 
“Robin Hood” and all-Disney pro- 
wfam at Roosevelt will hit a fancy 
000 or close. Grand with 
“Across the Street” and "Scarlet 
A tgel” looms fairly good $12,000. 

There’s only one second weeker, 
“Girl in White” and "Washington 
Story,” only passable at the United 
Artists. “Greatest Show’* Is still 
pulling big, with $16,000 |or 13th 
week at the Palace. '’Lovely to 
Look At” at State-Lake is mild. 
Estimates for This Week 

Chicago (B&K) (3,900; 98-$1.25) 
—“Affair in Trinidad” - (Col) -plus 
Les Paul & Mary Ford and Frank 
Fontaine. Heading for terrific 
$70,500. Last week, "Working Way 
Through College” (WB) with vaude 
(2d wk), $37,000. 

Grand (RKO) (1,500; 98)— 

“Across Street” (U) .and "Scarlet 
Angel” (U). , Trim $12,000. Last 
week, “Clash by Night” (RKO) and 
“Yank in Indo-China” (RKO) • (2d 
Wk), $12,000. 

Oriental (Indie) (3,400; 98) — 
"Son of Paleface” (Par). Theatre 
is relighting with ’a smash $47,000. 

Palace (Eitel) (2,500: 98-$1.25)— 
“Greatest Shgw” (Par) (I3th 'wk). 
Holding .staunchly with $16,000. 
Last week, $18,000. 

Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 55-98)— 
“Robin Hood” (RKO-Disney)— 
There’s gold here with fancy $28,- 
000. Last week, "Francis To West 
Point” (U) and "Lady, in Iron 
Mask” (20th) (2d wk), $14,000. 

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 55-98) 
•—“Lovely Look At” (M-G) (4th wk). 
Mildlsh $12,000. .Last week, $14,- 
000 . 

Surf (H&E Balaban) (685; 98)— 
“Encore” (Par). Lusty $5,000. Last 
week, “Outcast of Islands” <UA) 
(5th wk), $3,000. 

United Artist# (B&K) (1,700;- 55- 
98)— “Girl in White” (M-G) and 
“Washington Story” (M-G). Not 
too bad at $8,500. Last week, $12,- 
000 . 

Woods (Essaness) (1,073; 98) — 
"Big Sky” (RKO). Hypoed W per- 
sonals of Kirk Douglas and Dewey 
Martin. Nifty $36,000. Last week. 
"We’re Not Married” (20th) (3d 
Wk), $13,000. 

World (Indie) (567; 98)— ‘TToung 
*nd Damned” (Indie! (3d'wk). 
Staunch $4,000.. Last week, $6,000. 

‘Carrie’ Nice $11,000, 
Balto; ‘My GaT $9,000 

. , Baltimore, Aug. 5. 

Activity in downtown sector here 
remains uneventful with vital 
weekend trade hit hard by compet- 
ing nearby shore and park .activity. 
w cur T ent list ; “Carrie” looks best 
.•w ? ot very strong at the Stanley. 
Uu? ? i.? ot -v Married ” is disappoint- 

ln?+ at the New * Other entries are 
Just so-so. 

Estimate# for This Week 
Century fLoew’s-UA) (3,000; 20- 
£ n $° dy Se ^n My Gal” (U). 
ulce $9,000, Lust week. "Sculet 
Angel" <U) $6,900. 

(s , c hanberger) (2.240; 20- 
Francis To West Pofnt” (U). 
fonJ?i ng borrow (Wed.) after 
of "Jumping Jacks” 
roWf add f d oke $5,500 to previous 

$12,000 tofaf for run? gl “ g t * triflC 
■A** (Hicks) (980; 20-70) — 
ine hn, ln Iron Mask ” (20th). Reach- 
Week S a *erage at $4,000. Last 

New TX® ? n 2 a ? d “ (Col), $4,200. 
"WeW ™ e 4. C x amc) d.800;- 20-70)— 
appoint f Married ” (20th). Dis- 
w P eek nt -c g at modest $7,000. Last 

w >tl$4 i 700 aramOuche '’ (M ' G) l3d 

“C«He" y ,p W ? ) < 3 ' 28 °: 25-75) — 
Parade „ f ? ar i* . Leading current 
Last weei th .l^ rly nice $11,000. 
$8.800.' eek ’ Wl11 Rogers” (WB), 

- T ”K?J R £ Ppal ?, ort) (1 ’500; 35-70) 
(a d wki S (RKO) (reissue) 

healtln 'o * $8,800 after very 

Ul> getaway at socko $13*300* 


Estimates Are Net 

Film gross estimates as re- 
ported herewith from the vari- 
ous key cities, are net; I. #., 
without the 20% tax. Distrib- 
utors share on net take, when 
playing percentage, hence the» 
estimated figures are net in- 
come. 

The parenthetic admission 
prices, however, as- indicated,. 
Include the U. S. amusement 

tax. 

\ 

Gleason Ups ‘Duel’ 

To Hot 30G, Hub 

Boston, Aug. 5. 

Jackie Gleason and his TV 
troupe at RKO-Boston plus “Duel 
at Silver Creek” is setting, pace 
this stanza with balance of down- 
town majors not too strong. "Jump- 
ing Jacks” In second frame at Met 
looks strong while "High Noon” in 
second stanza at Astor is okay. 
"Will Rogers” at Paramount and 
Fenway is very disappointing. 
"Lovely to Look At’ 1 looms okay 
in second week in two spots. 
Estimates for This Week 

Astor (B&Q) (1,500; 50-95) — 
"High Noon” (UA) (2d wk). Held 
at $10,000 following great $17,500 
for first. 

Beacon Hill (Beacon Hill) <682f 
50-90)— "Run For Your Money” (U) 
and "Happiest Days of Life” 
(Regal). Held only 3 days of third 
week with a total of nearly $5,000 
for 10 days of second week. 

Boston (RKO) (3,000; 85-$L10)— 
"Duel at Silver Creek” (U) plus 
Jackie Gleason TV unit onstage. 
Opened fairly strong, with solid 
$30,000 likely on week. Last week, 
"King Kong” (RKO) and "Leopard 
Man” (RKO) (reissues) (2d wk-9 
days), big $12,000. 

Fenway (NET) (1,373; 40-85) — 
"Will Rogers” (WB) and "Sea 
Tiger” (Mono). Sluggish $3,200. 
Last week, "Lady in , Iron Mask” 
(20th) and "Dolan Goes AWOL” 
(Mono), $2,000. 

Memorial (RKO) (3,000; 40-85)— 
"Diplomatic Courier” (20th) and 
"Breakdown” (Indie) split week 
with reissues, "To Shores Tripoli” 
(20th) and "Black Swan” (20th). 
Oke $9,000 shapes. Last week, 
“Diplomatic Courier” and "Break- 
down” (Indie), modest $15,000. 

Metropolitan (NET) (4,367; 40-85) 
— - "Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
"Without Warning” (UA) (2d wk). 
Holding up strongly at $23,000 fol- 
lowing socko $31,000 for first. 

Orpheum (Loew) (3,000; 40-85) — 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G) and 
"Confidence Girl” (UA) (2d wk). 
Nice $13,500 after $19,000 for first. 

Paramount (NET) (1,700; 40-85) 
—"Will Rogers” (WB) and "Sea 
Tiger” (Mono). Mild $8,500. Last 
week, "Lady in Iron -Mask” (20th) 
and "Dolan Goes AWOL” (Mono), 
$7,000. 

State (Loew) (3,500; 40-85) — 
"Lovely Look At” (M-G) and “Con- 
fidence Girl” (UA) (2d wk). About 
$7,000 after nice $10,000 opener'* 

'Scaramouche’ Great At 
12G, Seattle; 'Noon’ 15G 

Seattle, Aug. 5. 

"Scaramouche” and "King 
Kong,” on reissue, lbok like best 
here this stanza. Former Is rated 
great at Music Hall. "Kong,” play- 
ing at Palomar and Roosevelt, two 
Sterling houses with combined 
seating capacity of 2,150, shapes 
solid $12,000, same, figure as 
"Scaramouche.” "Will Rogers” is 
not doing well at Orpheum but 
"High Noon” looms big at Para- 
mount. "We’re Not Married” at 
Fifth Avenue is fairly big. 
Estimates for This Week 
-Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (800; 65- 
90)— "Francis to West Point” (WB) 
(m.o.). Good $3,000, Last week, 
"World in Arms” (U) (4th wk), 

same. 

Coliseum (Evergreen) (1,829; 65- 
90) "Jumping Jacks”. (Par) and 
'Montana Incident” .(Mono) (2d 
/k). Holding at great $13,000 after 
17,700 last week. 4 

Fifth Avenue (Evergreen) (2,366; 
65-90) — "We're Not Marked” 
(20th). Big $9,000. Last week, 

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‘Married’ Nice $13,500, 
Toronto; ‘My Gal’ 8'/ a G 

, .Toronto, Aug. 5. 

With long civic holiday week- 
end, biz generally is down. But 
third frame of "Jumping Jacks” is 
still leading the town for steady 
returns. "We’re Not Married” and 
’THas Anybody Seen My Gal” are 
topping the newcomers. “Scara- 
mouche” is also holding big in 
fourth frame. 

Estimates for This Week 

Crest, Downtown, Glendale, May- 
fair, Scarboro, State (Taylor) (863; 
1,059; 955; 470; 698; 694; 35-60)-* 
"Atomic City” (Par) and “Bal 
Tabarin” (Rep). Light $10,000 t 
Last week, “Lion -and Horse” (WB) 
and “One Big Affair” (UA), $10,- 
000 . 

Efflittion (FP) (1,080; 40-80) — 
“Lady Godiva Rides Again” (Lon- 
don). So-so $6,000. Last week, 
“Narrow Margin” (RKO) (3d wk), 
$5,000. 

Imperial (FP) (3,373; 50-80) — 
"Jumping Jacks” (Par) (3d wk). 
Holding at fine $14;000. Last week, 
$15,000. 

Loew’s (Loew) (2,748; 50-80) — 
"Scaramouche” (M-G) (4th wk). 
Nice $9,500. Last week, $11,000. 

Odeon (Rank) (2,390; 50-90) — 
"High Noon” (UA) (2d wk). Neat 
$10,000. Last week, $15,000. 

Shea’s, (FP) (2,396; 40-80)— 
"We’re Not Married” (20th). Fine 
$13,500. Last week, "Working Way 
Through College” (WB) (2d wk), 
$10,500. ' 

Tivoli, University (FP) (1,436; 
1,558; 40-80) — "Woman’s Angle” 

(AB), Fair $9,000. Last week, 
"Rains Came” (20th) (reissue) and 
"Assassin for Hire” (20th), $8,500. 

Uptown (Loew) (2,743; 40-80) — 
"Anybody Seen My Gal” (U). Nice 
$8,500. Last week, "Girl in. White'” 
(M-G), $5,000. 


Jeanie’ Tall 11G 
In Smart St Loo 

St. Louis, Aug. 5. 

Biz is displaying renewed 
strength here this session. "Jump- 
ing Jacks” opened in smash fashion 
today at the Fox. "I Dream of 
Jeanie” otherwise is standout new- 
comer with neat takings at the 
Missouri. “Wild Heart”- shapes 
okay at two small-seaters. "Work- 
ing Way Through College” on 
moveover at Ambassador after two 
weeks at the Missouri paired with 
“Francis Gbes to West Point” 
looks nice. 

Estimates for This Week 

Ambassador (F&M) (3,000; 60-75) 
— "Working Way Through College” 
(WB) (m.o.) and "Francis To West 
Point” (U). Nice $11,000. Last 
week, "Diplomatic Courier” (20th) 
and "Scarlet Angel” (U), $10,000. 

Fox (F&M) (5,000; 60-75) — 

"Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
"Atomic City” (Par). Opened to- 
day" (Tues.). Last week, "Will 
Rogers” (WB) and "Half-Breed” 
(RKO)', trim $16,000. 

Loew’# (Loew) (3,172: 50-75) — 
"Lovely Lbok At” (M-G) (2d wk). 
Neat $13,000 following $20,000 -for 
opening stanza. ' 

Missouri (F&M) (3,500; 60-75) — 
"Dream of Jeanie” (Rep) and "3 
for Bedroom C” (WB). Solid $11,- 
000. Last week, "Working Way 
Through College” (WB) and “Pace. 
That Thrills” (RKO) (2d wk), 
$9,000. 

Pageant (St. L. Amus.) (1,000; 90) 
—“Wild Heart” (RKO). Good 
$4,000. Last week, “My Son John” 
(Par) (2d wk), $3,500. 

Shady Oak (St. L. Amus.) (800; 
90)— “Wild Heart” (RKO). Nice 
$4,500. Last week, “My Son John” 
(Par) (2d wk), $4,000. 


WCTOW CROSSES 

Big Pix, Weather Dp B way; ‘Ivanhoe’ 
Mighty $176,000, ‘Affair’ Terrif 43G, 
New Highs, ‘Jacks’-Comell 101G, 2d 


Broadway first-run business is- 
soaring this session, A combina- 
tion oLstrong product and favor- 
able weather is turning the trick, 
current week being best all-round 
stanza since the summer dog days 
started. Deluxe houses had the ad- 
vantage of a break, in the swelter- 
ing heat wave that broke all ripc- 
ords in N. Y. for July, although 
torrid temperatures reappeared 
yesterday (Tues.), All-day rain 
Saturday (2) contributed to the 
upbeat because it stopped prior to 
the night performances. 

Pacing the field is "Ivanhoe” 
with new stageshow at the Music 
Hall. Sir Walter Scott classic is 
heading for new all-time high of 
$176,000 for a non-holiday week, 
and not far from the holiday week 
record at the Hall made last New 
‘ Year’s and Christmas stanza. 

"Affair in Trinidad” will cop 
another record at the Victoria on 
opening week, with $43,000 or close 
assured. This Is a new high for 
Vic at the current $1.80 top. Princi- 
pal other newcomer, "Glory Alley” 
is very sluggish with $10,000 for 
nine days, at State/ 

However, there is a long string 
of strong holdovers which are 
swelling the overall total. "Jump- 
ing Jacks,” with stageshow headed 
by Don Cornell and Elliot Law- 
rence band, is holding at sock. 
$101,000 in second round at Para- 
mount after smash opener. "High 
Noon” also is continuing socko at 
$37,000 or over in second session 
at the Mayfair. 

“Dreamboat” plus stage bill 
'headed by Tony Bennett, Phil 
Foster and iceshow still is great alt 
$98,000 in second stanza at the 
Roxy, with three weeks assured for 
this combo although it was origi- 
nally set for only two rounds. 

“Carrie” likewise continues big 
at $24,000 In third Capitol week, 
preview of “Somebody Loves Me” 
in middle of week helping. "Don’t 
Bother To Knock” also Is still nice 
with $12,000 In third frame at the 
Globe. 

Estimates for This Week 

Astor (City Inv.) (1,300; 70-11.50) 
—"Story of Will Rogers” (WB) (4th 
wk). Third stanza ended last night 
,Tues.) slipped to $9,000 after okay 
$14,000 for second week, "Miracle 
of Our Lady of Fatima” (WB) 
opens Aug. 21. * 

Capitol (Loew’s) (4,820; 70-$1.8<tt 
— "Carrie” (Par) (4th wk). Third 
round held at big $24,000, helped 
vastly by preview of "Somebody 
Loves Me” (Par) on Wednesday 
(30). Second week *was. sock 
$30,000. ' , 

Criterion (Moss) (1/700; 50-$l»5) 
— "Rpbin Hood” (RKO-Dlsneyr 
(6th wk). Current round is holding 
fairly well with $17,000 after fancy 
$20,000 for fifth week. "Big Sky” 
(RKO) opens Aug. 20. 

Fine Art# (Davis) (468; 90-$1.80) 
— "Outcast of Islands” (UA) (12th 
Wk). Shaping to hit $4,500 after 
nice $4,800 for 11th week. 

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 50-$1.50) 
—"Don’t Bother To Knock” (20th) 
(3d wk). Holding at good $12,000 
in current frame after solid $15,- 
000 for second week. "Francis 
Goes To West Point” (U) opens 
Friday (8). 

Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 50-$1.50) 
—"High Noon” (UA) (2d wk). Hold- 
ing in great fashion at solid $37,- 
000 on initial -lioldover session. 
First week was terrific $43,000. 
Stays indef. 

Normandie (Normandie Thea- 
tres) (592; 95-$1.80) — "Encore” I 


(Par) (19th wk). The 18th round 
ended last night Tues.) continued 
stoutly with $6,000, after $6,200 for 
17th week 

Palace (RKO) (1,700; 75-$1.40)— 
"Duel at Silver Creek” (U) with 
eight acts of vaude. Holding in re- 
cent groove with about $17,000, 
barely okay. In ahead, "Brigand” 
(Col) with eight acts of vaude, 
$16,500, 

: Paramount (Par) (3,664; 80-$1.80) 
— "Jumping Jacks” (Par) with Don 
Cornell, Elliott Lawrence orch 
heading stage bill (3d wk). Second 
round ended last night (Tues.) held 
at sock $101,000 after smash $116,- 
000 opening week. Stays here at 
least four weeks. 

Park Avenue (Reade) (583; 90- 
$1.50) — "Island Rescue” (U) (6th 
wk). Continued nicely with $4,600 
in fifth round ended Sunday (3). 
Fourth week was $5,200. • Continues. ’ 

Paris (Indie) (568; $1.25-$1.80)— 
"Strange Ones” (Mayer) (2d wk). 
Initial session ended Sunday (3) 
hit fairly good $8,000. In ahead, 
"Ways of Love” (Burstyn) (6th wk), 
good $4,600, over expectancy, to 
wind up a fine run. 

Radio City Music Hall (Rocke- 
fellers) (5,945; 80-$2.40)— "Ivan- 

hoe” (M-G) with stageshow. Scar- 
ing to terrific $176,000, new all- 
time record for non-holiday week 
and near overall record for house. 
House record is held by "See You 
In My Dreams” (WB), which was 
.$180,500 registered last New 
Year’s-Christmas week. Looks in 
for longrun. “Ivanhoe” smashed 
opening day mark last Thursday. 
Last week, "Where’s Charley” (WB) 
and stageshow (5th wk), $108,000. 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$2.20) — 
"Dreamboat” (20th) with Tony 
Bennett, Phil. Foster, iceshow on- 
stage (2d wk). Second session end- 
ing tomorrow (Thurs.) looks great 
$98,000 after big $102,000 in first 
week. Grginally only in for two 
stanzas, this bill is holding for 
three or four. 

State (Loew’s) (3,450; 55-$1.25)— 
"Glory Alley” (M-G). Holding 
over two extra days, and doesn't 
look likely to top $10,000 on the 
nine days, very light. In ahead, 
"Paula” (Col) (2d wk), $7,500. 
"Sudden Fear” (RKO) opens to- 
morrow (Thurs.). 

Sutton (R & B) (561; 0O-$1.5O)— 
"Man in White Suit’ (U) (18th wk). 
Solid $7,000 in 17th round ended 
Monday (4) after $7,600 for 16th. 
Week. Stays. 

Trakis-Lux -60th St. (T-L) (453; 
90-$1.50) — "Lady Vanishes” (In- 
die) (reissue). First week ending 
tomorrow (Thurs.) is heading for 
solid $8,000 or near. Holds. In 
ahead, "White Corridors” (U) (2d 
wk-9 days), modest $3,800. 

Trans-Lux 52d St. (T-L) (540; 90- 
$1.50)— "High Treason” (Indie) 
(12th wk). Continues fairly good 
gait with $3,200 after $3,400 for 
11th session. 

Victoria (City Inv.) (1,060; 70- 
$1.80)— "Affair in Trinidad” (Col) 
(2d wk). First week ended last 
night (Tues.) soared to $43,000 or 
near, new high for house with pres- 
ent scale. "Joan of Arc” (RKO) 
holds the all-time record, playing 
$2.40 top, of $§8,000. Looks in for 
run. Opening day hit new high 
for house, being double the biz of 
"Bom Yesterday” (Col). 

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Omaha; 'Jacks’ 11G, 2d 


‘Rogers’ Rich $16,01)0 Tops Cincy; 
‘Courier Big 12G, ‘Pirate’ OK V/fi 


Cincinnati, Aug. 5. 

No summer complaint for ace 
pots this week. "Story of Will 
.ogers” is landing a hefty total at 
lbee for*round ended Sunday (3) 
’here "Jumping Jacks” followed 
'ith fast getaway. "Diplomatic 
ourier” bids Tor big session at. the 
alage and the Lyric Is heading for 
fatso session on "Watusi.”. Grand 
i okay stanza with "Captain 
irate.” 

Estimates for This Week 
Albec (RKO) (3,100; 55-75)— 

Will Rogers” (WB). Roped a ra- 
cking $16,000 on week’s run end- 
i Sunday (3). Trailed by "Jump- 
lg Jacks” (Par) which appears 
eaded for another even greater 
ission. Monday openings occa- 
pned by 3-day engagement of 


Jackie Gleason TV unit onstage 
coupled with "Holiday Sinners” 
(M-G). In brief session ended 
July 27, it hit smash $22,000 at 
upped 85-$l scale. 

Grand (RKO) (1,400; 55-75)— 
"Captain Pirate” XCol) and "Last 
Train From Bombay” (Col). Okay 
$7,500. Last Week, "Washington 
Story” (M-G) and "Breakdown” 
(M-G), $8,000. 

Lyric (RKO) (1,400; 55-75)— 
"Watusi” (Indie) and "Cajun” (In- 
die). Big $10,500. Last week, 
"Across Wide Missouri” (M-G) and 
"Ambush” (M-G), two days, and 
"Robin Hood” (RKO) (m.o.), 
$7,000. 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 550-75)— 
"Diplomatic Courier” (20th), Big 
$12,000 or near. Lnrt. week, "Wild 
Heart” (RKO), $11,000, 


Omaha, Aug. 5. 

"Has Anybody Seen My Gal” got 
a big sendoff from film patrons on 
its opening and biz has been keep- 
ing up at the Omaha. Big session 
looms. Brandeis yanked "Robin 
Hood” on Sunday (3), substituting 
a couple of Warner reissues. 
"Captain Blood” and "Dallas.' 1 
“Jumping Jacks” in second week 
at Orpheum looks stout. 

Estimates for This Week 

Omaha (Tristates) (2,100; 16-70) 
— "Has Anybody Seen My Gal” 
(U). Sock $8,500 or near. Last 
week, "San Francisco Story” (WB) 
and “3 For Bedroom C” (WB>, 
$7,800. 

Orpheum (Tristates) (3,000; 16- 
70) — "Jumping Jacks” (Par) (2d 
wk) with "Desert Pursuit” (Mono). 
Lively $11,000. Last week. "Jacks” 
solo, sock $12,000. 

State (Goldberg) (865; 25-76) — 
"Skirts Ahoy” (M-G) (2d wk). Good 
$4,000. Last week, big $7,000. 

Brandeis (RKO) (1.500; 16-70) — 
"Robin Hood” (RKO-Disney) (2d 
wk). Slipped in holdover week and 
was yanked after 4 days with 
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Weather, New Films Up London Fix 
Biz; "Barrier Sock 5^G, "Married’ 6G 
In 1st Weekends, "Horse Fat ll^G 


London, July 29. - 

Sparked by two new entries, one 
British and the other an American, 
business has shown a healthy up- 
ward trend this past stanza. A 
break in the weather also has 
helped to produce results above 
average for the season at several 
theatres. 

Strongest newcomer is the Brit- 
ish-made “Sound Barrier,” which 
opened to rave -crix appraisal at 
the Plaza and smash $5,500 in first 
three days. At the Odeon, Leices- 
ter Square, “We’re Not Married” 
<20th) also teed off in fine style to 
finish its first weekend of fbur 
days with a solid $6,000. . 

“The Gift Horse,” which didjt 
pleasing $11,500 in its first round 
at the Empire, is holding firmly at 
$5,300 for its second week-end. 
“See You in My Dreams” at the 
Warner also has kept in the chips, 
with nice $2,700 in fourth weekend 
after good $5,700 in its third frame. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Carlton (Par) (1,128; 70-$2.lb)— 
“Carrie” (Par) (3d wk). Concur- 
rent pre-release runs affected biz 
here, but finished this frame at a 
passable $4,500. Stays fourth week, 
with- “Son of Paleface” (Par) open- 
ing Aug. 1. 

Empire (M-G) (3,099; 55-$1.70)— 
“Gift Horse” (BL) (2d wk). Fin- 
ished first round with steady $11,- 
500, and started second frame with 
good $5,300 in first '4 days. Con- 
tinues, with “Gone With Wind” 
(M-G) set to .follow. 

Gaumont (CMA) .(1,500; 50-$1.70) 
— “You’re Only Young Twice” 
(ABFD) and “Sound Off” (Col). 
Poor $2,000 or near. Stays second 
week, with “Mandy” (GFD) open- 
ing July 31. 

Leicester Square Theatre (CMA) 
(1,753; 50-$l. 70)— “Penny Princess” 
(GFD). Opened to fair $4,300. 
Holds another fortnight, with 
“Room for One More” (WB) fol- 
lowing. 

London Pavilion (UA) (l;217; 50- 
$1.70) — “The Outcast” (Col) and 
“Red Snow" (Col) (2d wk). Strong 
$5,300 likely this round, same as 
first week, “The Thing” (RKO) 
opens Aug. 1. 

, Odeon, Leicester Square (CMA) 
(2,200; 50-$l. 70)— “We’re Not Mar- 
ried” (20th). Opened with strong 
$6,000 in initial weekend. Stays on. 

Odeon, Marble Arch (CMA) (2,- 
200; 50-$1.70)— “Something Money 
Can’t Buy” (GFD) (2d wk). Doing 
mildly at Under $4*000 this frame. 
“Slaughter Trail” (RKO) opens 
July 31. 

Plaza (Par) (1,902; 70-$1.70)— 
“Sound Barrier” (BL). Resounding 
$5 500 in first 3 davs. Stays, natch! 

Ritz (M-G) (4342; 90-$2.15)— 

“Ivanhoe” (M-G). Started second 
West End with strong $4,500. Stays 
for two months, with “Quo Vadis” 
(M-G) returning in September. 

Warner (WB) (1,735; 50-$1.70) — 
“See You in My Dreams” (WB) 
(4th wk). Holding strongly at $2,- 
700 for fourth weekend, after good 
$5,800 in third round. Final week, 
with “Where’s Charley?” (WB) 
preeming July 31. 


BBC Tribute to Flaherty 

London, Aug. 5. 

A radio tribute to Robert J. Fla- 
herty, who died just about year 
ago, is to be broadcast on the Brit- 
ish Broadcasting Corp, Third Pro- 
gram next Monday (11). Show en- 
titled “Odyssey of a Film Maker," 
was written by Oliver Lawson Dick 
and describes the new form of 
cinematic expression which began 
with the production of “Nanook of 
the North.” 

Many of Flaherty’s friends and 
colleagues will be featured on the 
program including Sir Michael 
Balcon, Sir Alexander Korda, John 
Huston, Jean Renoir, Lillian Gish, 
Erich von Stroheim, Sabu and Or- 
son Welles. 


Fuller Estate Over $264,000 
Sydney, July 29. 

Former vaude tycoon, the late 
Sir Benjamin Fuller, left an estate 
valued at over $264,000. 
_ S , Upreme Court of New South 
-f,i S ^ as granted probate on the 
will in which Sir Ben left his estate 
to his wife and family. Death 
duties took a major slice out of the 
estate. 


Hall’s 1st Play, ‘Albert’, 
Looms As London Click 

London,' Aug. 5. 

Best new play of the week Is 
“Albert, R'N.,” marking Henry 
Hall’s first West End production, in 
association with Claude Langdon. 
Play by Guy Morgan and Edward 
Sammis is a true story of escape 
frotia a prisoner-of-war camp in 
Germany, ingeniously adapted to 
the stage, well acted and of absorb- 
ing interest. 

It bowed in At the Saville (31) 
arid was warmly acclaimed by audi- 
ence and press, giving every indi- 
cation of clicking. -Leading play? 
ers in the all-male cast* include 
Hugh Burden, Laidman Browne, 
Humphrey Lestocq* Richard Caldi- 
cot, Meadows White, Gordon Tan- 
ner, Harold Ayer, Murray Davis, 
Ferdy Mayne. 

^ After a short tryout, “The Step 
Forward,” a new play by Anne 
Trggo, made an inauspicious open- 
ing at the Strand last Wednesday 
(30) where it preemed urider Jack 
de Leon’s management. Play is 
novelettish and is aimed at femme 
patrons, but its chances are prob- 
lematical. 

Leads are expertly played by 
Guy Rolfe, Frances Hyland and 
Derek Farr. 


Attendance Dip, Higher 
Pir Rentals Mulled By 
French Exhib Conclave 

Paris, Aug. 5. 

The National Federation of 
French Cinemas is meeting in Mar- 
seilles to discuss the many prob- 
lem^ ailing the film industry here. 
(Che three ministers, Louvel of the 
Ministry of Commerce, Duchet of 
the PTT, and Cornu, assistant sec- 
retary of Beaux Arts, are attend- 
ing. The NFFC, headed by Andre 
Trichet, represents 95% of France’s 
exhibitors. Trichet has made the 
point that- the exhibs are not get- 
ting the revenue of -the past be- 
cause of increased prices paid for 
pix. Yet they are afraid to boost 
admission for fear of a correspond- 
ing drop in attendance. In the last 
three years, attendance already has 
fallen off in all French houses. 

Production costs have climbed 
here because of rising prices and 
film rentals have gone up. Adjust- 
rrient of this setup is one of the Hbig 
problems of the meeting. Also be- 
ing discussed is the recent govern- 
ment decree cutting foreign dubbed 
pix to 138 per year. Exhibs realize 
they need films for their screens 
and Are very concerned about the 
accord difficulties and the possible 
stoppage of American films. 

Trichet - feels that a possible out 
would be a system of coproduc- 
tion with America akin to the pres- 
ent setup with .Italy. 

J. P. Lanet, conclave chairman, 
proposed a two-point plan: first, to 
block part of all foreign receipts; 
second, creation -of an outfit like 
Italy’s IFE, in the U.S. to push dis- 
tribution of French films there 
(and possibly reimburse them un- 
der the decree’s point three, giv- 
ing merit visas for countries help- 
ing). 

The Technicians Syndicat, head- 
ed by Claude-Autant Lara, was 
more concerned with domestic dif- 
ficulties and had its own program 
to alleviate production problems 
at home so as to have a sufficient 
quota of quality French films. Lara 
voiced a need for a refurbishing 
of the assistance program for pro- 
ducers. Aid from levy on pix ducats 
boomerangs in helping to make 
easily, amortized quickies that; do 
not help the French cinema in 
achieving quality. 


3,345,000 M»x TV Audience 

Mexico City, July 29. 

TV trade is bragging about how 
big it has grown in two years, the 
life of commercial video down 
here. Tele officials point to the 
claimed audience of 3,345,000 by 
the two top stations XEWTV and 
XHTV. 


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Bygraves Set for Star 
Role in Brit. TV Series 

London, July 29. 

Max Bygraves, who returned to 
London lpst week after playing a 
series of vaude datps in America, 
has made a deal with James Mason 
to star in a telepix series to be 
lensed here in the early fall. Films 
will be made under- the banner of 
Portland Pictures. At his own sug- 
gestion,' Bygraves is participating 
in the series, and will not receive 
d -direct payment for his part in. 
the films. Percentage which will 
accrue to him has not yet been de- 
termined. 

After playing in the Palladiunl s 
new fall revue and fulfilling a pan- 
tomirrie date,- Bygraves will return 
to' N6w York next- spring for 13 
half-hour TV shows on the Na- 
tional Broadcasting Co. network. 


French See Cut 
in Dubbed Pix 
As Too Involved 


Paris, Aug. 5. 

Official French decree reducing 
the number of dubbed foreign “pic 
imports from 186 to 138 is being 
taken here in various ways. In- 
dustry consensus of opinion seems 
to be that some sort of added par- 
leys must be held to straighten out 
the exact number of films allowed 
in. Statistics show that if the num- 
ber of pix available is reduced, the 
boxoffice declines along with it. 

Clauses in the decree allowing 
for free entry of films that cop 
prizes at the Cannes Film Fest and 
the awarding of visas to countries 
who further the advancement of 
French pic distribution «re the 
escape valves that may keep the 
status quo here. Motion Picture 
Assn, of America and the State 
Dept, have yet to act since being 
informed that the American total 
of dubbed pix is only 90. 

Since 1932, the French govern- 
ment has passed various decrees on 
dubbed films. In 1932, it ruled 
that all dubbing had to be done in 
France. In 1933, a ceiling of 70 
dubbed .films was put on by the 
government. This was raised to 94 
in 1934. Then in 1938, the ceiling 
was lifted to 188 films per year. 

Then Blum-Byrnes agreement 
was siged in 1946. . This had un- 
limited entries and the stipulation 
that four put of every 13 weeks of 
playing time had to he given .‘to 
French films.* In 1948 this agree- 
ment was revised, 186 dubbed for- 
eign pix being allowed in with 121 
to be American. Playing quota was 
raised for French pix. 

Three U. S. Pix Get in Via Cannes 
‘ The stipulation on kudosed pix 
at Cannes has handed 10 foreign 
pik a present in the waiving of the 
visa. "Winners are four Italo films, 
‘Two Penny's -Worth of Hope,” “The 
Overcoat,” “Cops and Robbers” 
and “Umberto D”; Swedish film 
“She Danced One Summer”; the 
Japanese pic, “The Genji Story”; 
Orsen Welles’ “Othello,” entered 
as a Moroccan piq; and three 
American films, “Viva Zapata” 
(20th), “Detective Story” (Par), 
and the indie, “The Medium.” This 
merit badge system advances the 
festival importance many notches, 
and may become a heavily contest- 
ed proving ground for visa hungry 
countries. 

Subsidy battle to gain further 
merit visas will he the big prob- 
lem facing the U. S. contingents 
when they resume talks on the film 
division of visas. 



Italo Writer Denied Visa 

Rome, July 29. 

Alberto Moravia, Italian novel- 
ist, has been denied a visa to visit 
the U. S. Moravia's two novels, 
“The Woman of Rome” and “Con- 
jugal Love,” prime best sellers in 
the U. S. for the past three sea- 
sons, recently were rebuked as 
“lewd” by the Roman Catholic 
Church authorities In Vatican City, 
Catholics are forbidden to read 
Moravia’s works, 

Moravia's reported Communist 
leanings are believed the reason 
for the visa refusal. 


Other Portion News 

on Page 14 


By HARRY REGENSBERG 
London, July 29. 

Margate, one St foremost prewar 
resort towns on. the East Coast, is 
figfiting hard' to regain its prestige. 
The' spot was a forbidden area dur- 
ing the last war, with resorts such 
as Bournemouth, Eastbourne, and 
even Brighton having replaced it in 
popularity. The \pcal council is 
now trying hard to get it hack on 
the map, and is having a tough 
struggle. 

There’s a welcome on the mat 
for the new arrivals with hoteliers 
ready to extract the visitors’ 
shekels with a prop grin. 

Entertainments varied, and la- 
vishly dished out. The . old Hippo- 
drome, which never grossed more 
than $1,500 per week at the height 
of the' season, for the first time has 
a Bernard Delfont revue, “Show 
Time/’ with, cast headed by Alfred 
Marks, radio name, and Jack. Jack- 
son, radioes” top disk jockey, who 
are helping to draw $4,400 weekly. 
In support are Paddie O’Neil, per- 
sonality gal and comedienne, which 
may land her in the West End and 
the . Newman Twins, contortionis- 
tics. Material is mostly a rehash of 
Delfont’s last summer show K at 
Southsea, '■another- resort spqt. 
Shaw is in for 10“ to 12, weeks. 

Next in popularity is’ “Surfshine 
and Smiles,” revue sponsored by 
ex-band leader ; Jack Payne and 
Will Hammer,- millionaire show- 
man and theatre owner. This show 
is near capacity at the Lido nightly, 
with ' local fave, comic, Bunny 
Baron, rated mainly responsible for 
the intake. Baron’s main support is 
Jack Stanford, comedy hoofer, who 
played America a long time ago. 
He has now added gab to his of- 
fering. Baron’s line of gals easily 
match some of the West End 
choruses now around. Lawrence 
Wright wants to star him in his 
next summer show at Blackpool. 
Despite his cockney dialect, Baron 
should have no difficulty in mak- 
ing the grade with the Lancas- 
trians. 

The Winter Gardens is strictly a 
vaude house, and specializes in 
radio and vaude names. It is 
operated by impresario Harold 
Fielding. Frankie Howard, Wini- 
fred Atwell, Elsie and Doris 
Waters,, Eeter Cavanagh, The 
Revellers, Faith and Evans and 
Gladys Morgan have already 
played there this season. As vaude 
is not allowed on Sundays, Field- 
ing imports name bands for that 
day, including such toppers as 
Edmundo Ros, Roy- Fox, and Jack 
Parnell. 

Murray Pilcer Band Clicks 

One of the most popular resident 
showman at 9 Margate is Murray 
Pilcer and his band. Pilcer, who 
is the brother of Harry Pilcer (and 
Gaby Deslys), has in his time ap- 
peared in most London niteries. 
He is at the Cliff Cafe in his fifth 
year, " and fills this 1,400 seater 
practically every night with his 
dances. But each Thursday when 
he runs his “Crazy Night” turns 
away hundreds, with bookings hav- 
ing to be made at least a week in 
advance. Spot is operated by 
II. F. B. lies, who also has share in 
the Payne-Hammer show at the 
Lido, which .he owns. 

Another of lies ventures, in its 
first year, worked in Dreamland, 
which he also owns, is the “Old 
Time Music Hall, a sort of “The 
Drunkard” with music. For 12c 
admission, plus small charge for a 
drink, which is not compulsory, the 
patron is entertained by half dozen 
artists, mostly doing songs of many 
decades ago. These old timers in- 
clude W. Bennett-Hamley, the 
chairman, old legit actor from 
Drury Lane Theatre; Derrick Whit- 
tlngham, former member of Sad- 
ler’s Wells Opera Co.; and Dusty 
Hardcastle, an American, and one 
of the original members of the 
Eight Black Streaks, who played 
England some 40 years ago. Hall 
holds around 500, with queues al- 
ways waiting to get in. Show is 
a success, with lies already plan- 
ning to form a chain of such estab- 
lishments around suburban Lon- 
don in the winter season. 

One Legit Show Flops 

Although Margate is now in the 
height of the season, one show 
already has come a cropper. This 
was “Forward March Formby,” at 
the Theatre Royal, where the late 
George Arllss made his first ap- 
pearance, starring Frank Formby, 


brother of the George F 0 r mb v 
which lingered only six weeks. 

Margate also has a Jewish thea» 
-tre for a 12-week season. Ca<* u 
headed by Ida- Sherman, Mina 
Sherman, her mother, and jjr£ 
Itzkovitch, with Ida Sherman E 
doing a cabaret show on Saturdav 
and Sunday nights at the North 
umberland Hotel, a ritzy spot cater' 
ing to a wealthy clientle. Other 
hotels also do weekend entertain- 
ment, mostly bringing over talent 
from London. 1 

Adjoining Margate is her poor 
poor relation, Ramsgate, which be- 
sides its wonderful illuminations 
almost equaling Blackpool’s world 
famous lights, also has some good 
entertainment. Regular show pur- 
veyor here is agent Cecil G. Buck- 
ingham. His show, “Seaside Show- 
boat,” ip its fourth year, stars a 
crazy quarter, Don Saunders, 
George Cameron, Joyce Randall 
and Leslie N6yes. Saunders bills 
himself as “World’s Greatest 
Clown,” but is fairly amusing with 
his pianolog offering. Entire show 
comprises mostly oldie comedy, 
but appreciated by the holiday 
crowds. The Harmonica Hotshots, 
a trio of youths, put over some 
good comedy instrumentals. Buck- 
ingham also has the Palace thea- 
tre, Ramsgate, on lease where he 
presents .straight vaude shows, 
changed weekly. 

Tom Arnold at Ramsgate 

Tom Arnold, who specializes in 
seasonal shows at most resort 
towns, has finally crashed Rams- 
gate. His current offering, "The 
Big Show,” at the Granville Thea- 
tre, stars Penny Nicholls and Billy 
Merrin, radio, vocal duo; Benny 
Hill, provincial comic, and Low and 
Webster, standard vaude act. Show 
is drawing average trade, and is in 
for 10 to 12 weeks. 

Moss Vernon, for years respon- 
sible fqr femme lookers in West 
End revues, is now operating the 
Corporation Ballroom here. Spot 
is used' for dancing, with Vic Lewis 
and 20-piece band. Big feature 
here is the wrestling once a week.' 
This rassling is proving a big 
money-maker, and is in for the 
season. Vernon also uses name 
bands on Sundays, such as Oscar 
Rabiii and Jack Parnell for good 
returns. 

Westgate, Margate’s ritzy neigh- 
bor, goes in for more sophisticated 
entertainment. Its current offer- 
ing “Between Ourselves,” at the 
Pavilion,- stars Bill Fraser and 
Robert O’Connor. Former is well 
known in the West End; whilo 
latter, who seems new, has a like- 
able personality and is' quite an 
expert magico. Could* easily fit 
into TV"entertainment and has fin- 
ished act for niteries. Of the gals, 
Linda Spencer stands out as West 
End revue, material. 

Seasonal Shows at Broadstairs 
' Broadstairs, one of Margate’s 
environs, has several seasonal 
.Shows including Will Hammer and 
George Carter's “Holiday Fan- 
fare” at .the Bohemia Theatre, 
owned by Hammer. But town is 
more famous for Archway House, 
in Harbour Street, where Charles 
Dickens lived in 1849 and where 
he penned his immortal “Barnaby 
Riidge” and “Bleak House.” 

With the influx of thousands of 
GI’s around Margate and Ramsi^ 
gate, because of several nearby air- 
fields, these towns have given at- 
tention to these newcomers, most 
eateries extensively displaying n°J 
dogs and doughnuts as well as 
American dishes. 

Dublin Gets Art House; 
Another Seen Likely 

Dublin, July 29. 

Ted Hardiman, prexy °* 

Film Services, has opened Cameo 
Cinema on the city’s maul st 
as an art house for Continen 
films, with “Ruy Bias” as Brsi 
offering. Cinema, a 250-seater, w 
formally operated on a gener 
basis without great success. 

Dublin, is also likely to 
second art house downtown w 
plans are okayed for * he J; hpr { 
a 340-seater planned by Hu 
McNally, Irish manager for 
The McNally family ‘ 

former Astor in Dublin, t : 0J i 
a successful art house °P er 
until the lease ran out some y 
ago. 



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JOSEF ISRAELS II 

Salzburg, ML* 5. 

The 1052 Salzburg Festival of. 
Music and Drama opened, miracu- 
lously in good weather. First time 
In oldest inhabitants memories 
that the SalzkammergutS famous 
“ribbon rain" hasn’t inundated the 
preem ceremonies. 

The town, already swamped with 
some 12,000 U. -S, Army personnel 
atop its normal 70y000 population 
is really jumping this year, the 
tourist crowd coming irom every 
comer of Europe and Africa and 
the U. S. The fishtail Caddies, 
which had already started to be 
familiar symbols of outside folding 
money, are ^considerably topped 
this year by the Rolls Hoyces with 
Monaco, Egyptian and Turkish li- 
censes and the custom-built autos 
•which some British tourists seem 
able to afford despite fight cur- 
rency restrictions. 

Top festival events in the opera 
and concert . category are SRO 
despite pricey jacked up to as much 
as $11 for single ducats to preems 
like Richard ” Strauss’ “Love of 
Danae,” set for Aug. 16^ and kick- 
off of “Marriage of Figaro/’ fea- 
turing the Met’s George London of 
Los Angeles. * 

Top kaffee klatch material in 
restaurants and coffee houses 
where festival judgments are most- 
ly formed by the visiting kunstlers 
from Vienna and Germany is about 
Fuertwangler’s serious illness - 
which removed him from the po- 
dium probably for entire season; 
George London's boff performance 
and public popularity and the Ernst 
Lothar-JHelene Thimig feud, sur- 
rounding the former’s Testaging of 
the outdoor “Jedermann.” This 
last is first serious revamping that J 
the ancient morality play has re- 
ceived since Miss’ 'Thimig’s late 
husband, Max Reinhardt, started it 
and the whole Salzburg Festival 
tradition with in ft 1920. 


tival event to xtay individually in 
the black, the dramatic entries 
won’t interest the tourists. Gol- 
doni’s “The liar” and the Nestroy 
class classical “Dream of SheH -and 
Seed’’ are both on the obscure side, 
with the latter played in a dialect 
mpst German and Austrian patrons 
don’t understand. 

But for the mass of the Festival 
visitors, it’s the fact of having been 
in Salzburg this- month that counts. 
Lots of them don’t even try for 
tickets and concentrate on the sou- 
venir shops ahd writing postcards 
from- a coffee^shop table. As usual 
j its the Cafe Bazar, Tomaselli’s ice 
cream place, and restaurants like 
the Powondra, the Hungarian style 
“Sonnenhof” and the ancient, Ital- 
ian accented "Est, Est, Est” that 
draws the crowds for table-hop- 
ping, gossip-swapping and just 
plain staring. * 

Many visiting celebs in the ar- 
tistic category live -at nearby towns 
like . St. Wolfgang, Strobl, St. Gil- 
len and Fuschl, and come to Salz- 
burg only for the more important 
events and -a few evenings of gab. 
Seen around are Robert Thoeren, 
Mrs. John Huston, Ernst Lothar, 
Ernst Marischka, Ernst Deutsch, 
Berthold Viertel, Greta Garbo, Vir- 
ginia Hill, -and Margaret Truman. 
Last-named is staying in the near r 
by villa of U. S. Ambassador to 
Canada Stanley Woodward and 
seriously lapping up the music and 
sightseeing. By mid-August ‘ when 
the important preems are out of 
the way, the smart set mostly pulls 
out and leaves Salzburg to the 
swarms of visiting peasants who 
persist until festivals end. 

Only One Shabby Casino 

Town has one shabby gambling 
casino,, on a third floor, operated 
by a state concession and featuring 
two roulette wheels and one bac- 
carat table. Bets run from 10 
schilling (30c) minimum to 5,000 
schilling limit (about $2,000), but 




As far as the show biz people are 
concerned, sides were chosen last 
year when the Festival manage- 
ment announced Lothar’s appoint- 
ment as director. A faction led by 
Frederick Torberg, U. S. citizen 
from Vienna who writes for the 
American-published “Wiener Ku- 
ricr,” has been sniping at Lothar’s 
alleged “violation of the Reinhardt 
tradition” for months. "Under pres- 
sure from Miss Thimig, most Aus- 
trian. actors nixed offers to play in 
“Jedermann,” with the results that 
Lothar had to cast it mostly with 
minor talent from Germany. Will 
Quadflieg, Munich picture actor, 
replaced Attila Horbiger in title 
role with almost unanimously good 
crix reaction, but loud turndowns 
from the Thimig faction. Miss Thi- 
mig withdrew from the role of 
“Faith,” to be replaced by compar- 
atively unknown German Antje 
Weisgerber, while plump, red- 
haired Lola Muhel takes the 
femme lead. 

Spotlight on Preem of “Danae” 

In the opera department, spot- 
light is mainly on the “Danae” 
world preem. This is the second 
posthumous Strauss presentation. 
Last year’s “Capriccio” had only 
mild success. But the music affici- 
onados advance klatch on “Danae” 
is that it is a much stronger entry. 
The opening night “Figaro” was 
attended by long list of local and 
imported celebs, some also having 
participated in afternoon reception 
given by the Festival Committee. 

This time U. S. authorities, under 
guidance of retiring High Commis- 
sioner Walter J. Donnelly, left the 
speechmaking to the local orators. 
Although opera ducats requested 
formal dress, customers wore 
everything from lederhosen to 
white tie. snort dresses to Dior 
numbers under pastel mink. Re- 
mainder of this year’s opera lineup 
includes “Don Pasquale;” “Magic 
Flute;” and Verdi’s “Otello,” star- 
ring Chilenn-American Ramon 
v inay. Herbert Graf from the Met 

}* n a n inR the . “Figaro” and 
otello productions. Fuertwang- 
lers batoning assignments have 

r ta , k T ? n ovor b y Rudolf Moralt 
of the \ienna Opera. Other stick- 
men are Karl Boehm, Clemens 
Kniuss Paul Hindemith, Rafael 
Kubelik, Mario Rossi and Victor 
de Sabata. 

‘Jedermann’ Top Dramatic Play 
Except for the “Jedermann,” 
which is more pageant than play, 
and likely again to be the one Fes- 


its unusual to see a bet of over 
$200. House dealers converse in 
French and wear tux, but custom- 
ers are mostly of Leventine cast, 
talking in Slavic tongues and Ger- 
man, wearing sport shirts, leder 
hosen and anything else that comes 
to mind. House has toyed with idea 
of a weekend crap table to cater 
to U. S. soldier trade, but city 
authorities think the Americans 
might not like it. 

Chances are that total festival 
results, in number of visitors and 
cash left behind, will be equal to 
or higher than last year. But the 
level of beefs will certainly be 
higher. Austria, with inflation 
creeping in, is no longer sensation- 
ally cheap as in past years, and 
Salzburg hotel and eating house 
proprietors, with just a month for 
the annual cleanup, are mercilessly 
jacking up prices. A better class 
doubleroom with bath costs $7-$10 
a day plus another 30% in taxes. 
A good meal with wine will come 
to $3. Sounds cheap in N. Y. or 
Paris, but its daringly high for this 
spot. 


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O’BRIEN LAUDS ABPC 
ON ITS ACHIEVEMENTS 

London, Aug. 5. 

Tribute from the leader of the 
majority of the corporation’s 14,- 
000 employees was a feature of the 
jubilee stockholders meeting of 
Associated British Picture Corp. 
last Thursday (31). It came from 
Tom O’Brien, M.P., general secre- 
tary of the National Assn, of The- 
atrical and Kine Employees, who 
congratulated the directors on the 
achievements of the past 25 years. 

The organization, said O’Brien, 
was started modestly in 1926 by 
(he late John Maxwell with a cap- 
ital of around $1,000,000 but had 
grown consistently to reach its 
present position, with capital assets 
now of nearly $59,000,000. 

Acknowledging the tribute, Sir 
Philip Warier, the corporation’s 
prexy, reminded O’Brien that the 
future of his company depended on 
the prosperity of the industry. He 
thanked* the Labor leader for his 
continued efforts in Parliament 
and with the government to bring 
about some relief in the incidence 
of admission tax. In the last year, 
this duty, together with the Eady 
levy, has cost the corporation over 
$ 22 , 000 , 000 . 



Irish Bandsmen Seek 
Pay Tilt to $48 Per Man 

Dublin, July 29. 

Band musicians at Irish terpferles 
want a pay hike of' $30 over their 
current rates which range around 
$43 a man. Demand comes from 
Federation of Irish Musicians 
which -so far has won its hassles 
with owners. It was successful on 
the -employment of a local band 
if an imported name band is Being 
used and the clause which prevents 
immigrants from moving into Irish 
bands soon after their arrival here. 

However, the owners are voicing 
opposition this time. They say biz 
is not so good, and that removal of 
tax on terperies has not bridged 
the gap on upped operating costs. 


U.S. Pix Dooimate j 
Madrid lst-Runs 

Madrid, July 29. 

Reports from distributors and j 
exhibitors indicate average to good] 
biz at the 70 cinemas in this capi- ! 
tal city, extraordinary for this time 
of the year. ' Changeable weather 
including cold, heat, and rain, have 
aided the film boxoffice. As us- 
ual Hollywood pix dominate ihe 
field. Of 20 first-runs, which give 
two shows A days, 14 have D. S. 
product. Apart from various small J 
cinemas showing only newsreels 
and documentaries there are 45 
other film houses, some seating 
1,000 to 1,500, with continuous run 
shows. Of these 27 exhibit Ameri- 
can fare, and in 10 others, Holly- 
wood pix share the bill as the first 
feature. French, Italian and Span- 
ish pix dominate the other cine- 
mas. 

Yank pix, no matter how old, 
are sure of a public and are often 
reissued here and in the provinces 
repeatedly. An importation per- 
mit for an American feature is 
very expensive' (sometimes costing 
about $20,000) and that pix from 
other countries can be imported 
for a tenth of that amount. But 
distribs are cautious about im- 
porting them since they figure them 
as dubious grossers. 

- That future biz prospects are 
rated good is shown by the fact 
that Paramount has decided to re- 
establish its own distribution in 
Spain. General manager in charge 
is Richard P. Edelstein, new agen- 
cies being opened in Madrid, Bar- 
celona, Bilbao, Valencia and Sevilla. 
The first films to be distributed 
this fall will be “Samson and De- 
lilah” and “Detective Story.” 

While the Madrid government is 
still undecided about full applica- 
tion of the U. S.-Spanish agree- 
ment about the import of Ameri- 
can pictures, it has decided to help 
foreign producers and artists to 
work in Spain. Linda Darnell and 
Robert Cummings are due here 
soon to work on “Conquest and De- 
sire.” This will be the fourth film 
in production in this country with 
American or other foreign stars, 
directors and technicians. 


BERLIN FILM UNION 
PROTESTS VS. ’QUEEN’ 

Berlin, July 29. 

Verband de Filmschaffenden, 
Berlin’s film trade union, pro- 
tested against the showing of 
United Artists’ “African Queen” at 
the forthcoming semi-official film 
festival in Heidelberg (U. S. Zone 
of Germany). The Union charged 
the film had anti-German tenden- 
cies and requested the festival 
committee to withdraw the pic. 

“African Queen” was previously 
shown at the International Film 
Festival in Locarno and German 
film scribes were irked over the 
alleged anti-German tendencies. 
The union declared this film could 
exercise a damaging effect in rela- 
tions between Germany and for- 
eign nations, and stated it is con- 
tradictory to fact in portraying 
German colonial soldiers of the 
first World War as henchmen. 


Brit. Actor Authors 1st Play 
Edinburgh, July 29. 

Hubert Gregg, British actor, pro- 
ducer and songwriter, has written 
his first piny, “We’re Having Com- 
pany.” He's negotiating for its pro- 
duction. 

Gregg has authored novels. He 
has the lead currently in a touring 
company of “To Dorothy a Son,” 
now at Lyceum here. 


‘VAltlMtY'i* LONDON «WICM 
• If. MurHrt's ?!*«*; fevare 



Gabber’s College in Mex 
Promised by Aleman 

' Mexico City, Aug. 5. _ 

The first Pan-American radio An- 
nouncers convention here, July 27- 
30, attended exclusively by Latin 
Americans, including Argentina 
and Venezuela, won from President 
Miguel ■'Aleman the promise to 
found a. gabbers college at the Na- 
tional University. Meet was opened 
by Agustin Garcia Lopez, Secretary . 
of Communications and Public 
Works, as the presidents .personal 
rep. President Aleman, later re- 
ceived the announcers at his official 
home. The conclave, aimed to unify 
Pan-American gabbers and elevate 
the moral and cultural tone of 
radio in Pin ’American countries. 

Mexico asked. Via a resolution, 
for the establishment, with -gov- 
ernment aid (in each country at the 
meet), of a home colony for radio’ 
and TV workers. 


Aldrich Agrees to Head 
Salnte-to-Italian-Films 

Week in N.Y., 0ct 6-12 

Rome,* July 29. 

Eitel Monaco, president of 
ANICA, and head of Italian Films 
Export, has announced here that 
Winthrop P. Aldrich, president of 
Chase National Bank, has accepted 
the honorary chairmanship of the 
sponsoring committee of Salute-to- 
Italian-Films week, to be held in 
New York Oct. 6-12. The Salute 
week is being organized by leaders 
of American cultural, educational 
and social life as a gesture to the 
post war role of Italian films, and 
recognition of their contribution to 
better Italo-American understand- 
ing. 

Seven new Italian films will be 
presented in a New York theatre 
each night as gala preems. One is 
likely to be “The Golden Carriage,” 
Jean Renoir’s work, starring Anna 
Magnani. 

Other government and film heads 
who will attend the session are 
Giulio Andreotti, Undersecretary of 
State; Niccola De Pirre, first assist- 
ant and head of the film depart- 
ment of the Italian government, 
E. Monaco; Italo Gemini, president 
of AGIS, film distribution depart- 
ment, and Dr. Renato Gualino, 
Italian Producers’ prexy and head 
of Lux Films. 

It is possible that representative 
film stars also may make personal 
appearances in N. Y. Plans are 
being negotiated for a big luncheon 
at the 21 Club, with all the food 
being sent by air from Italy. 


Mex Cinema Boxoffice 
Shows Sharp Upbeat 

Mexico City, July 29. 

Cinema trade *here is on the 
upbeat, according to the city treas- 
ury department. It reports an 
average weekly combined gross of 
about $250,000 for the 127 operat- 
ing cinemas. This yields the de- 
partment about $47,300 weekly 
from taxes, on a sliding scale on 
gross. 

Film theatre biz here has 
climbed importantly of late be- 
cause the showing of Mexican and 
foreign pix that really clicked, 
the department claims. 

Top moneymaking local cinemas 
during the first half of this year 
were the Cine Roble, newest of 
the deluxe film theatres, which 
grossed $404,000, and the Cine 
Alameda, gross of which was $289,- 
000 . 


W. Berlin's TV Test 

Berlin, July 29. 

More than 120 restaurants and 
ice cream parlors in West Berlin 
have been equipped with TV sets 
which will receive the television 
program of the North West Ger- 
man Radio Station during a 14-day 
test. The Heliwott factor, which 
produces the Nora sets, launched 
the. demonstration which won of- 
ficial okay in order to give the 
public a substitute for the cancelled 
J Radio & Television Exhibition. 

Daily transmissions included 
broadcasts from the Olympic 
Games in Helsinki. 


London, July 29 

The two British organizations 
repping producers have joined 
forces to ‘ challenge an exhibitor 
campaign -Against the second-fea- 
ture quota. Theatre owners 
launched their agitation a week aim 
by circularizing -every member of 
Parliament with a pamphlet listing 
the available supporting product In 
the last quota year, accompanied by 
the comments of official reviewers. 

The pamphlet, which reached 
MPS on the day of the recent 
House of Commons adjournment 
debate on quota default, explains 
that -exhibs have the qhoice of 
booking films the public will not 
pay to see or running the risk of 
a . prosecution. The situation, in 
their 'opinion, can only be relieved 
by the restoration of distributors’ 
quota or by the introduction of a 
scale of reliefs -on similar lines to 
that in operation on first feature 
quota. 

Exception to the exhib manifesto 
has been taken by a joint commit- 
tee of the British Film Producers 
Assn, and the. Assn, of Specialized 
Film Producers, which claims it is 
inaccurate and misleading in many 
respects. Consequently, it is urg- 
ing the two executives to take steps 
“io correct the false impression 
which might be created by the pam- 
phlet in the minds of the public 
and MPs.” 

Request for action will be con- 
sidered by the BFPA executive at 
its next meeting in London. 


Pix Studio Strike 
In Mex Settled 

Mexico City, Aug. 5. 

Film industry has surcease until 
next July 31 from what threatened 
to be a crippling blow, the strike 
of the technical and manual work- 
ers locals of the Picture Production 
Workers Union (STPC). It had de- 
manded a 75% pay increase and 
other costly economic benefits from 
the Churubusco-Azteca, Tepeyac 
and San Angel Inn studios here. 

Peace was assured via a pact 
signed for the studios by Cesar 
Santos Galindo, the Churubusco- 
Azteca manager, and for the labor- 
ites by Felipe Palomino, the locals’ 
sec. gen. The union accepted a 
5% pay raise, but won such con- 
cessions as more paid days off, 
every birthday of each worker, 
Good Friday, holidays like Xmas 
and 25 days’ vacation yearly for 
workers of more than 15 years 
service. The workers also were 
given 60c *for transportation to and 
from studios when working after 
11 p. m. Dispute involved 1,500 
laborites. 

Studios are now normal, and sev- 
eral pix suspended pending the out- 
come of the dispute are now roll- 
ing. ■ ■ , 

The 1,500 pic extras, who threw 
in with these other STPC members, 
threatening a sympathy strike if 
the techs and manual help walked 
out, decided to privately ask pro- 
ducers for a minimum daily pay of 
$5.78 and some other benefits. 
Their minimum now is $2.31. 


Comedie-Francaise Ends 
Highly Successful Year 

Paris, Aug. 5. 

The Salle Richelieu house of 
;he Comedie-Francaise shuttered 
July 31 until Sept. 1 following^ her 
Left Bank sister house, The Salle 
Luxembourg which closed J uly 
Recent presentation of new plays 
and addition of new actors have 
given the houses more appeal. 

This year the Comedie-Francaise 

:both houses) gave 850 perform- 
ances. in 11 months. Top play was 
Jules •Romans’; “Donogoo,” whicii 
got 70 performances. Next was 
Vfoliere's “The> Bourgeois Gentle- 
man,” and third best, with over o 
showings, was the Georges rey- 
leau farce, “The Dindon.” 

Present director of the Com ecu - 
Francaise is Pierre-Aime Touc n- 
ard, whose six year 
runs nut April 6, 1953. His ref? 11 
has been marked with the usu< 
rows and laurels. Some oppos a 
his lifting the barriers f° r 
film people and his choice of P Ja > 


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scaled at seven bucks a copy. The [ light by three ayem on those days 
rest of the house went from $1.50- { it didn’t ram. Most of the spots 

$3.50. 

But as far as the Finnish gov- 
ernment was concerned, the games 


were what the French calf tm s\ic- 
-ccs d’estlme. The critics loved it 
but nobody, or anyway hardly any 
foreigners bearing hard currency, 
came. The Finnish government, 
which is still paying Russia repara- 
tions for the war of 1939, had 
looked for an influx of at least 50,- 
000 tourists heavily laden with 
travellers checks and stiff dough. 
The merchants were waiting with 
open arms for the innocents from 
abroad with bushels of loot. The 
government in order to make it en- 
ticing for foreigners declared a 
two- week moratorium on its cur- 
rency restrictions and upped the 
price of the dollar from the normal 
231 Finnish marks to the dollar to 
350, thereby putting It on a parity 
with the French franc, A black 
market where one can get 400 does 


' were working on a strictly-f or-th e* 
duration-of-the-Games schedule. 
By far the best eatery is the Kalas- 
lajatorp^a restaurant located on a 
breathtakingly • . beautiful island 
about six miles from town. For the 
rest the nite spots are dreary, most 
featuring at least one acrobatic 
turn. The three best visited were 
the Brande Casino (no gambling), 
the Saunas Club an# the Kosher. 
The latter is a quasi-nightclub in 
an office building a floor below 
the Finnish- Jewish Businessmen's 
Assn. The main attraction, apart 
from pastrami of dubious vintage, 
is a singing-choir of six Stockholm 
policemen taking their vacation in 
Helsinki for the Games. It was 
fun , but hardly worth a notice in 
Variety’s New Acts department 
because*, a$r of Aug. 5, the boys 
will be pounding beats again. 
Possibly the worst feature- of 


Sees H’wood Meeting 
•Challenge of Television 
With Better Product 



'While he views television as a 
“real challenge,” director David 
Miller feels Hollywood will he very 


• “Televising Old Films ,’ " comprehensive study of the legal questions 
about performers and property-holders’ rights in old celluloid which 
Herbert T. Silverberg wrote for the Virginia Law Review, is beinc 
translated into -French -.and Italian for distribution to legal eagles in 
those countries; The article, first full treatment of the controversial 
subject matter, has stirred interest among United Nations staffers con- 
successful with that challenge, for cerned with cultural and copyright, problems. 

the quality of its films ;wlll im- Basic question tackled by Silverberg, w. k. film attorney, is, "May 
prove.* Already, he added, through motion pictures intended for theartical exhibition be telecast without 
TV’s Competition poorer product express consent 6£ the performers?” - After going . through the 
has been weeded t>ut. economics and practical background of the problem, as well as re- 

Moreover, Miller contends, thea- viewing the pertinent legal precedents and theories, Silverberg con- 
tres won’t entirely be done away eludes: “Where a producer owns the motion picture and TV rights to 
with “For the peak of emotional a literary property and produces a motion picture based thereon and 
satisfaction doesn’t come at home,” employs the services of actors such producer may copyright the com- 
he said “it stems from audience pleted motion picture containing the services of such actors, and the 
narticination. and that’s only to be proprietor may license the broadcast thereof by TV without the con- 
found in big theatres ” sent of the performer, unless there is an express provision to the eon- 

T .. ^ . . 7 . .. . * in trary $ti the employment contract between the producer and thesper ” 

In l‘ ne i Silverberg adds that further judicial thought may create a new con- 

dependent producers lii glviug p that “the product of an artist’s labor is a thing of economic value 

^S, P thTthi ^ma1«fStiS and that its. use in a new and additional medium warrants addition' 
inCthis trend and compensation. However, in the present state of the law, the actor 
mSce pIrtnei^ of artists! By such must look for his protection to his contract, .legislation or collective 
a step costs can be cut and better bargaining. 

films can be produced on smaller , _ u- u . , , T r e 

budgets. Magnum Photos, Inc., which provides top ^U. S. mags with photo 


mTiw wha riirprtpd “Sudden features from nine -countries where the outfit has lensmen corre- 

, Helsinki's. extra-stadium life is that p ear »> f pr rkO release, rolls his s P°ndents, has set up a new unit to provide still c °^erage for producers 

exist in Helsinki, but it’s a lot more j ca fe, bistro, saloon or grog shop first independent production in on location abroad. Division is being headed jby Rpbert Capa and Sam 

sub rosa than in Paris. i does not exist. The brass footrail F rance next * spring. Tentatively Shaw, and is designed to save the producers the expense of taking 

- - 1 does not exist. If you want a drink S “The Paris Story,” the film cameramen abroad to take the stills or risk seeking out competent local 

you sit at a table and must order £ to he built around some 20 teen- understood that the United Artists ad-pub department in- 
food. This is true for all of Scandi- a le?s of as many nationalities. the new arrangement -as a means of fac litatmg still coverage 

navia. Bottled stuff can be bought They’d all be violinists, dancers, for mdie producers on that distrb’s roster. But UA will not be a party 

only at government - controlled oianits etc * to any d<?al b / tw ^ n a ^m-maker and a Magnum rep. 

shoos and then onlv on ration. pi “ . ' 1 J ^ ...... Plan calls for Magnum to assign one_ still man to a production, to 


Practically every decent hotel in 
Helsinki ,was requisitioned by the 
Organizing Committee. The one 
and only strictly modern hotel, the 
Vaakuna, was taken over for the 
international Olympic brass. The 
Kaemp housed the European press, 
while the Carlton lodged most of 
the sportscasters. 


Foreigners were ©emitted to buy Picture would be a cooperative opera t e exclusively at the direction of the producer or unit publicity 
in limited Quantities unon nresen- ventur . 6 » with everyone connected director and to originate photo ideas himself. Basic *minimum fee of 

e sportscasters. lati“ Theti ‘pas^orts^The * dll* mV" would « *** *«*<* 

... ‘ nresc radio and officialdom wore pribution deal, Miller said, wouiu cost 1S $100 per day, to be paid in U. S. dollars to the Magnum office 

C inn S PCC]? . _ I llrhinl, tliom freo Pl'/loC be worked out upon completion hj- York. Living expenses are listed at $1.5 per day in local cur- 




that all sorts of VIPs and movie 
stars would he present. With the 
exception of the Duke of Edin- 
burgh, whp jetted over to see his 
pal Bannister lose the mile, no big 
shots -showed. Bob Hope, who’ had 
been anticipated, never got here. 
The Finns had high hopes of seeing 
Gregory Peck, not Only because of j 
his Hollywood fame but also be- 
cause he- has a Finnish wife, but 
he had not -made his appearance 
as of July 29. 

Got Their Homes Ready 
But more important, the Finns 
were told to get their homes ready 
to rent to 50,000 “Olympic guests.” 
They went out and bought beds and 
bedding, furniture and other house- 
hold accessories. A great many 
made arrangements to leave for 
the north country and abroad. In- 
stead of the anticipated 50,000 visi- 
tors, the Committee claims that 
only 20,000 showed. More realistic 
nose-counting put the “Olympic 
guests” at 13,000. There, was no 
bonanza for the storekeepers. 
Visitors found the quality of the 
merchandise poor and over-priced. 

The U. S. newshawks, admitting 
that organization was, in general, 
far superior to that of the London 
games in 1948, had justifiable beefs. 
The cable and telephone facilities 
were woefully inadequate. Hel- 
sinki, a city of 400,000, wouldn’t 
handle the millions of words that 
went all over Europe and around 
the world, through its postoffice. 
The bottleneck came from Helsinki 
to Stockholm. A phone call to New 
York took 24 hours, to Paris, four 
hours (if you were lucky). You 
couldn’t count on wires to New 
York getting through. Most 
NY-ayem paper reporters were 
blowing their first editions even 
with a seven-hour jump in time. 
Those who had Paris bureaus were 
phoning their stuff to Paree and 
then getting many paragraphs 
lopped off because the operator 
would arbitrarily announce “time 
Is up.” 

Apart from the Games them- 
selves Helsinki afforded very little 
nocturnal entertainment, either 
popular or longhair. A few thea- 
tres were showing American pic- 
tures, none too new. Many were 
playing Russian films. The one 
theatre operating, the Svenska, 
was playing Moliere’s “The Miser” 
in Swedish, which, next to Finnish, 
is the language most spoken in 
the country. The opera gave a 
desultory performance of Tchai- 
kowsky’s “Aurora’s Wedding” with 
what must be called a third-rate 
ballet troupe. There had been a 
highly successful Sibelius Music 
Festival in June. The date was 
chosen because it was felt that the 
87-year-old national hero would not 
be able to cope with the circus 
that the sponsors felt Helsinki 
would become during the Games. 
Greta Keller, Viennese-American 
chantcuse, gave four highly suc- 
cessful and well-attended concerts, 
three in Helsinki and one in the 
provinces 


badges which got them free rides ,™ r £[ d He ^rri^^ Nevv 111 New York. Living expenses are listed- at $15 per day in local cur- 
on buses and tram cars, priority v n Jfc lartSle* tc^Sst CbalS!! rencyunless thephotographeris housed with the production company 
into restauiants and all the litjuor . -Fear” and Ieav'es for the Coast 

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and shares a joint commissary. 


they could pay for. v j a Texas, where he’ll aid in the 

For the best enter^inment, and po if 0 drive there, 
incidentally for its tremendous 
propaganda value, one is forced to 
hand the palm -to the Reds. Cul- 
turally they never missed a trick. 

They brought in three troupes, 
each a dilly in its. own right and 
each one better than the other. The 
first was the Tittelescu (Rouman 


Licensing Controls 


Continued from page 5 


Following distribution In the U. S. last week of an elaborate book 
by the Italian film industry tracing its patterns from 1945 to 1951, 
French film-makers came up this week with a brochure on the entire 
history of the French cimena from 1895 to the present. It has been 
issued by Unifrance Films, a government-sppnsored promotional 
agency. ^ 

Much less lush than the Italian book — indicative of the! hard times 
the French industry has been experiencing in comparison with rela- 
tively flourishing- days the Italians have been having — the 30-page 


effort on the part of its more ener- 

ian) mixed choral and instrumental Setic and persuasive advocates, unifrance publication divides the history of its cinema into six epochs, 
group of some 90 people. The sec- Few tradesters believe the plan, as Each of these is described by a French screenwriter; Georges Sadoul,. 



only way .. _ _ _ 

jevin ballet troupe doing folk suits an d internal bickering is via I Cinema of Sirius^ and P • 1VL Arlaudf Th6 French Cinema Since Lib* 

dances at the AIppila outdoor arbitration. eration.” 

? ^ i » a , I Theatremen have been adamant 

in their demand for restraints on Anti-television policy maintained by Hollywood's major studios was 
who saw the troupe from Lenin- inferring that this type broken down last week when Ray Maypole and his KTTV crew were 

nJSninn^hU of business conduct Indiscrimi- permitted to make a “remote” telecast on the Columbia lot. TV pic- 

opimon that while the Russia tel ls b^ng resorted to by the ture showed the studio’s western street and other permanent sets, with 

Wells’* nolish 1 ^ a^arf orlan^tio^it film companies to obtain big rent- the cooperation of Columbia’s plant superintendent, Denver Harmon. 

Wells P 0 hsn, as an organization it . . And only a few weeks ago Maypole was refused permission to televise 

is one of the finest. al coin * .. ... . . a news story on a fire at Warners. 

But If one were to name the expe , cted 

highlight of all the entertainment the ° £ d £ d ^ g i 

of It All, there could be no other se P ar ^ting instances where bids 

name than that of the Czech, Emil h \ u ms t l ^ ted 
Zapotek. Corse Payton at his best wbere £be 

would never have been a close Presumed that the theatremen, 


competitor. 


who have been against bidding al- 


IA To Fight Tax, Suit 


Continued from page 7 


Rackmil 


Continued from page 3 


together, are insisting that the bids either by using our "influence for 
v e ^^ owab ^ e , where the legislative enactment • or aiding in 
distribs , heve no other way tosell acquainting the public that movies 

j ir • a i ba .® is are better than ever,” Walsh de- 

and without risk of antitrust suits. c i are d. 

On the other hand, un ^® r the “I’m sure we can cope with TV 
lontrols being projected, the dis- an( j other threats, if management 


berg, who shifted over to chairman- ., ,, „ 

ship of the U board when Rackmil will refrain from instituting as we ji as i a h or does its part. I’m 

moved into the presidency, re- bl< * 3 s ^P^ y ? s a mattM 1 of. policy gi a< j that management is waking 

ceived $79,500 last year. There £of ? ert ?, in pix ’ l£ s t sa * d ' J? °tl ier up, too.” 

was no indication as to whether or £be . con JP a pi es will nego- Walsh sounded the conven 

not Blumberg has undergone a tiate the sale of their product where tion's keynote that “film exhibi- 
salary adjustment in his new post, £b j r< L ls .?? exhib request to bid tion must endure and will live 

although he’ll continue active in and ., £ ^ If. b£ds can be av °ioea in an w jth television and we’ll do every- 

U’s affairs. equitable manner. thing within our means to help it 

Blumberg, who sold his stock Disclosing Bid Terms to do so.” At the same time, how- 

holdings in U to Rackmil, was un- Also looming as a possible switch ever, he pointed out, this does not 
der a five-year employment pact under the sought-after arbitration mean the Alliance will be un- 
that went intQ efffect Jan. 1, 1951. system is the matter of disclosing friendly toward television, “which 

In addition to $1,500 a week and the rental terms offered by exhibs now is providing many jobs for 

expenses, it provided payment of i n their bids. So far, the winning our members and in which the en- 

$1,000 a week for five years com- bid for a pic has -been kept a se- tertainment field will seek more 

mencing Jan. 1, 1956, for his serv- cret. This may be revised so that employment and do more organiz- 
iocs in a non-exclusive advisory i n some QaseSf following the award ing.” - 
capacity. That was in . considera- 0 f a j n a bidding situation, the • -Books Balanced 
tiqn of the salary reduction he took terms accepted by the distrib may While job losses to members 
in 1949, when ^ the company was b$ made open to public view. from theatre closings should not 
suffering financial difficulties. con t r olg on, and changes in, minimised, and more such loss- 

bidding procedures, of course, will e ? impend, rapidly expanding em- 
»«h»inn ctnHin^ ^nfah.' S t'hat mtil be contingent on the acceptability Payment in television has bal- 

SL p of the overall arbitration system ?, nce f the books so far, the conven 
rlaff which is to be Proposed. If this tlo _n Earned. 

m is scuttled the departures from the , M f °. re i han , 1 - 200 delegates here 

l bidding system will go down with for . the flv t ?” da ’' sessions heard re- 

beig Is already at the studio. it ports on the state of film exhibi- 

Others attending the sessions on ‘ ...... . . tion from such speakers as Eric 

general policy and production mat- Repping the exhibs at the arbi- Johnston, MPAA president; Col. 
ters will be William Goetz, produc- tration sessions were Wilbur Snaper A. Cole, National Allied States 
tion chief; Edward Muhl, v.p. and and Abram F. Myers, Allied S£at f T s Tax committee chairtnan; C. W. 
g.m. of the studio; David Lipton, H ^ man M. Levy and S. IL p er rine, United Paramount Thea- 

v.p. in charge of advertising and Fabian, Theatre Owners of Anier- tres vice-president here, and Ben- 
publicity, and studio departmental ica, and Emanuel Frisch, Metro- n i c Berger, North Central Allied 
execs. politan Motion Picture Theatres president and National Allied 

Rackmil was feted last Friday Assn. For the distribs: William F. states director. 

(1) by his associates at Decca, be- Rodgers, Metro; Adolph Schimel, Speakers painted both bright 

ing handed a scroll. In giving V" lv ®5 sa V A1 L i, c , 20 and dark pictures. While optimis- 

: part of his time to Universal, he’U Abe Montague, Columbia, and Rob- tic about exhibition’s future, they 
(of course, have to devote less atten- er t W. Perkins, Warners. agreed certain relief for exhibitors 

vni 1 n “ ery addicts there was : tion to Decca’s affairs, which ex- The legal committee appointed is essential immediately, 
mile to keep them up late, except ! plains the Decca salary “adjust- comprises Levy, Myers, Perkins Taxes, and especially admission 
possibly the midnight sun. It got | ment« and Schimel. | taxes, and rising costs were em- 


phasized by Johnston as two prin- 
cipal reasons for the sorry plight 
in which many exhibitors find 
themselves and which have forced 
many theatres to close. Pleading 
for organized labor “to get en- 
ergetically and wholeheartedly be- 
hind the expertly managed COMP0 
campaign to repeal' the 20% Fed- 
eral -admission tax and state and 
local admission taxes” and to help 
in reducing waste, . he presented 
figures to bear out his contention 
that no time must be lost in ob- 
taining favorable congressional ac- 
tion. 

obtain the. adjmission tax repeal 
and combat the Government suit 
designed to make films available 
for television. Both expressed con- 
fidence in exhibition’s future. 

“I ask projectionists particularly 
to be a guide to other union mem- 
bers, friends and acquaintances in 
calling their attention to worthy 
pictures,” said Perrine. “Let this 
movement be carried down to the 
grass roots.” 

Perrine specified other factors, 
in addition to television, respon- 
sible for slumping theatre attend- 
ance and declared that television, 
instead of sounding exhibitions 
death knell, may turn out to be its 
biggest boon. a 

Kaye Eyes ‘Mabel’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Danny Kaye is mulling an offer 
to star in “Mabel and Me” at 201n- 
Fox. Comedian said he would hk® 
to do the pic, but can’t until later 
in the year because of his tort^ 
coming vaude show which open 
Sept. 6 at the Curran Theatre, San 
Francisco. . . 

Vaude troupe may be brought 
Los Angeles later, probably at t 
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Of Pictures and Tele; 

Pix Manpower ‘Dated’ 

Film industry and television, in- 
stead of remaining bitter adversa- 
Ks will effect a rapprochement 
Sat will benefit -both, according tp 
veteran producer Gabriel’ Pascal. 
Tn New York last week for distri- 
bution confabs with BKO on his 
recently completed '‘Androcles and 
Se Lion,” he stresed that “we 
cannot hold up the changeover to 

TV . • • for it s a coraing great 

m ^'A U big percentage of . exhibitors 
will change professions,” believes 
Pascal. “Nothing can save many 
of them. But I don’t tWnfc it w 11 
destroy our industry. It .wl 
emerge much superior and will 
look for new ways and. techniques 
that TV will offer it:” Calling the 
metamorphosis a beneficial one, he 
predicts that the industry will be 
“bigger than ever” within two or 


inree ycai*. 

Moreover, says Pascal, about 
50 % of the industry’s manpower 
is “dated.” Having a new medium 
and young people associated with 
it as new blood, he feels that Hol- 
lywood will then have the courage 
to experiment, especially since TV 
needs a more concentrated form 
of scenario and production. In his 
view, existing motion picture tech- 
niques are obsolete When aimed 
toward TV and every frame will 
now have to be calculated. 

With his “Androcles and the 
Lion” now in the can, Pascal will 
do a film version of Shaw’s “Devil’s 
Disciple” next. It’s scheduled to 
roll' on the ‘RICO lot in October, 
with possibly cither Rex Harrison 
or Marlon Brando as cast toppers. 
Producer will- : furnish ljds own 
financing, and distribution likely 
will be through. RKO,- although the 
deal hasn't been linked as yet. 

Also on Pascal’s film-making 
agenda is “The Life of Ghandi” 
and a musical version of Shaw’s* 
“Pygmalion.” “Ghandi” would go 
before the cameras in India next 
spring while no date has been set 
for “Pygmalion.” In any event, the' 
musical would follow a Broadway 
production of the Shaw play which 
the producer is readying for this 
season in association with the The- 
atre Guild. 


Ritchey Returning From 
Europe After Survey 

Norton V. Ritchey, prez of Mono- 
gram International Corp,. is sched- 
uled to return to New York next 
Tuesday (12) on the Liberte after 
a six-week survey of the continental 
market. He left the U. S. June 11 
in company with Mono-Allied Art- 
ists head Steve Broidy and veepee 
Harold.' Mirisch to participate in 
story conferences with Associated 
British Pictures Corp. Latter, firm 
has a joint production program 
with Mono-AA. 

Broidy and Mirisch returned 
July 7, but Ritchey remained 
abroad to check on the company’s 
European distribution. Meantime, 
it’s expected that the Mono for- 
eign chief will confer with Ken- 
Jiro Natushita, of Eiga Haiku, a top 
Japanese distributor, upon his am* 

. vai in N. Y. Natushita, whose com- 
pany handles AA product in Nip- 
„ P® n « left for the Coast PYiday (1) 
after several days in Gotham, but 
hes due back next week. 


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Lie Detector 

■ s rs'n-i '» Continued from page 7 

plaintiffs’ inference that at the 
time Steffes f, was given his area 
first-run “there was an understand- 
ing between him and the .distribu- 
tors relating to the disposition of 
that pending litigation and that the 
run was given to the Paradise in 
order to eliminate Steffes’ threat 
to the. established run-clearance- 
admission system conceitedly set 
up by the distributors,” Loevenger 
declares in his latest communica- 
tion to the court. 

Lebedoff alone took the lie de- 
tector test covering disputed tes- 
timony. This was after the defense 
in. a brief had charged him with, 
giving perjured testimony. It also 
was after the defense had refused 
to permit the test also to be taken 
by its own chief witness, W. H. 
Workman, Metro branch manager, 
whose testimony was entirely at 
variance with Lebedoff’s. Accord- 
ing to affidavits filed with the 
court, Lebedoff passed the test 
with flying colors. 

Torrison’s brief and attached af- 
fidavits, filed in answer to the lie 
detector test documents, show that 
a conversation between Roeder and 
Lebedoff, regarding the depriva- 
tion of the Lebedoffs' first-run, the 
present suit’s basis, could not have 
‘taken place in the fall of 1934, as 
Lebedoffs lie detector test’s ap- 
proved testimony asserted. The 
reason was that Roeder had been 
transferred from Minneapolis to 
San Francisco in early January, 
1934. 

Enlarging on this point, Torrison 
in his brief declared that “if Lebe- 
doff did submit to the alleged test, 
thp lie detector machine wasn't 
functioning, the operator \yas in- 
competent, or Martin Lebedoff is 
one of those individuals who them- 
selves do not perceive the distinc- 
tion between true and false.” 


WB’s Backlog 

- - r i ■- Continued from page 7 . . 

was listed at $17,572,000 and Gov- 
ernment bonds at $2,317,000 for a 
total of $19,389,000. 

Earnings Upbeat 

Earnings statement showed some 
upbeat. Corporation reported 
earnings Of $1 per share for the 
nine months ending May 31, com- 
pared with 86c per share for the 
corresponding period of 1951. Lds- 
ser number of shares outstanding — 
4,950,600 at the end of the new 
period vs. 6,084,700 last year — ac- 
counted for the per-share climb in 
the face of a drop in net. 

‘ WB earned in the new. period 
$4,958,000, including $1,091,000 
from sale of capital assets, after 
provisions of $5,100,000 for Fed- 
eral income taxes and $400,000 for 
contingent liabilities. In the '51 
period, the profit was $5,808,000, 
including $482,000 in cap gains, 
after provisions of $5,800,000 for 
taxes and $500,000 for contingent 
liabilities. These liabilities .for the 
most part are antitrust suits against 
WB and other films outfits filed by 
exhibs. 

WB’s gross business for the nine 
months, including film rentals, 
theatre admissions, etc., reached 
$84,309,000, compared with $84,- 
870,000 for the '51 period. Consid- 
eration here is that the company 
had a lesser number of theatres in 
the new period in accordance with 
its trust suit divestiture program. 


Tax Gut 

Continued from page 7 - ■ ■ - 

survey of indie ops in Gotham ex- 
perienced an 11% boost in busi- 
ness in July over the same month 
in 1951. 

Harry Brandt, ITOA prexy, com- 
mented: “It must be that people 
are no longer glued to their TV 
screens. They are escaping the hyp- 
nosis induced by the novelty of the 
medium and are Coming back to 
the theatre for quality entertain- 
ment, which Hollywood is provid- 
ing. Audiences like what they see. 
and we expect to keep them com- 
ing back by presenting a continu- 
ous flow of superior motion picture 
programs.” 

From the start, the industry has 
been confronted with the problem 
of how to avoid the downbeat pub- 
lic relations which would be cre- 
ated with reports of dismal b.o. 
conditions, and at the same time 
convey that tax relief is an eco- 
nomic must. 


Govt. 16m Suit 

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----- ■■ ; Continued from page 5 - 



High Ct. Verdict Doesn’t 
Bar City Censor Right, 
Pasadena Solon Rules 

Pasadena, Aug. 5. 

Recent Supreme Court decision 
did not constitute a blank reversal 
of the right to censor films, city 
attorney Frank Kastlan ruled in 
upholding the ban by Pasadena’s 
two .women censors of four pix 
booked by the Colorado Theatre, 
Pasadena. 

. Manager A. J. O’Keefe, who is 
trying to make the theatre an art 
house, appealed the ban, contend- 
ing the Supreme Court decision 
was a victory for a free screen. 
Kastlan declared the ruling only 
prevented censorship on religious 
grounds, but did not restrict the 
right to censor “lewd, lascivious, 
immoral films " The majority, of 
theatres' in Pasadena observed the 
ban on “Pepe Le Moko,” “Rasho- 
raon,” “La Ronde” and “Manon.” 


‘Miracle’ in Buffalo 

To Smash Business 

“The Miracle” this past weeYc 
had its first opening outside of 
New • York ‘City since the recent 
Supreme Court decision reversing 
the ban of New York State cen- 
sors. rreem at the Mercury, 
Buffalo, scored smash biz. There 
were no pickets or other disturb- 
ances. 

The Anna Magnani-starrer, di- 
rected by Roberto Rossellini, re- 
cently completed a continuation of 
its run at the Paris, N. Y., that 
was broken off almost 18 months 
previously by the revocation of 
the censor seal. It had been heavi- 
ly picketed during its initial stand 
by Catholic groups, following 
Cardinal Spellman’s denunciation 
of it as blasphemous. 

Recent Paris showing, like that 
in Buffalo, was devoid of pickets, 
apparently indicating the Church’s 
decision not to demonstrate count- 
er,# to a Supreme Court decision. 
Buffalo has a large Catholic popu- 
lation. 


Toledo Judge 

m l 

i i Continued from page 4 

July 18 for exhibiting the reel in 
his Westwood Theatre here. 

Judge won’t even find a bathing 
beaut in the Fox-Movietone re- 
lease. Similar to the seal-less Uni- 
versal reel shown in Cleveland and 
the ’ Metro footage in Cincinnati, 
the reel Wiley will see contains 
scenes of the Republican conven- 
tion, a new Navy dirigible, slum 
clearance in Norfolk, Va., U. S. 
sailors visiting in England and 
some sports shots. 

Judge Wiley, 1 who has taken a 
great personal interest in the case, 
has already been provided at his 
own request with copies of the U.S. 
Supreme Court decisions in the 
“Miracle” and “Pinky” cases in 
preparation for Friday’s hearing. 

Smith will be defended by local 
attorneys, who will endeavor to get 
the case as rapidly as possible 
moved to the top court in Ohio in 
the industry’s effort to have the 
newsreel pre-censorship outlawed 
on the basis of the Supreme Court 
decisions. It is hoped that this will 
be the stepping-stone to having 
blue-pencilling of features also 
nixed in Ohio and then throughout 
the country. 

Manning (Tim). Clagett, of. the 
MPA A, and Robert Wile, of the 
ITOO, are due here Thursday In 
preparation for the hearing. Clag- 
ett will come from New York to 
ITOO sq in Columbus and motor 
here with Wile. 

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‘Miracle’ 

I- . - Continued from page 4 

a willingness to cooperate and it 
was felt unlikely that police would 
take action against the Tribune. 

Chi has local censorship by the 
police department, which previ- 
ously had twice refused “The Mira- 
cle” its okay on the basis of Il- 
linois’ anti-defamation statute. Po- 
lice said the pic ridiculed people 
who believed in Catholicism. Nix 
was handed down despite the U. S. 
Supreme Court decision on “The 
Miracle,” which upheld films’ right 
to Constitution protections of free- 
dom of speech and press. 

Meyerding told Variety that 
Mayor Martin Kcnnelly refused 
to discuss the subject with him. 
saying he would “go along ’ with 
the censor's decision. 


of any real burdens or Injunctions 
and yet far less costly thah litiga- 
tion, he added. 

As for the intimation that the 
defendants themselves spirited the 
Department into taking action, it’s 
said that this is absurd for the 
reason that the gains from pix to 
TV would be far less than, the 
losses in theatre income. 

When TV Can Afford To Pay 

Apart from such other consider- 
ations as the value of old pix for 
reissue and remakes, still another, 
angle is that the film companies 
will sell to TV when TV can af- 
ford to pay. Barney Balaban, Para- 
mount prez, recently stated this 
before the Federal Communica- 
tions Commission. And telecasters 
themselves admit they don’t have 
coin anywhere near the ‘amounts 
which standard exhibition yieids. 
Thus, it's asked, why would the 
companies; who doubtless would 
want to sell to TV wheh there’s a 
sufficient payoff, ask to be com- 
pelled to sell at this time when an 
insufficient amount - of revenue 
would be involved? 

Meanwhile, exhib associations 
which have squawked to the. D. of 
J. about the suit, have received 
replies from Newell A. Clapp, act- 
ing Assistant , Attorney Genera). 
(The protests were filed with 
Attorney General James P. Mc- 
Granery). 

Said Clapp: *'We arer cognizant 
of the problems confronting ex- 
hibitors as a result of the develop- 
ment of television. If the defend- 
ants are found to 'have violated 
the Sherman Act, we shall give 
solicitous attention to those prob- 
lems in considering what action 
is to be taken to prevent and re- 
strain a ‘continuation of defend- 
ants’ activities. 

“Please be assured that the ob- 
jective of £J*is suit is not to de- 
prive theatres of an opportunity 
to exhibit motion pictures at a 
profit, nor do we think that the 
relief we ask for in the suit is 
reasonably subject to such an in- 
terpretation. We particularly call 
your attention to the language in 
the prayer of the complaint . . . 
recognizing the desirability of 
continuing ‘reasonable clearance 
periods between runs of a partic- 
ular motion picture in a theatre 
and exhibitions (including tele- 
casts) of the same motion picture 
on 16m film’.” 

♦Harry Brandt’s Reply 

Having received this answer, 
Harry Brandt; president of the In- 
dependent Theatre Owners Assn., 
N. Y. continued the correspondence 
with Clapp via another letter as- 
serting that the D. of J. is not 
cognizant of the problems facing 
exhibs. Compulsion to license 
films to the TV-ers, said Brandt, 
“will in effect be a fnore tragic 
error than the court-sponsored 
system of competitive bidding 
which was later discredited by the 
Supreme Court but nevertheless 


continues to work sevefe hard- 
ships on the innocent bystanders 
and alleged beneficiaries of the 
suit— the independent exhibitors/’ 
Brandt was referring to the D, of 
J. monopoly spit against the eight 
principal film outfits. 

Brandt added: “It appears to us 
that this is not a suit to protect 
16m exhibition for shut-ins, hos- 
pitals, churches, the- armed forces 
and other groups. Although they 
are being, serviced, their inclu- 
sion makes good ‘window dressing.’ 
The real beneficiaries of this suit 
are the fly-by-nteht itinerant film 
merchants and Jthe television in- 
terests. Yfe are firmly convinced 
that this., suit would Jiave been 
brought for the release of 35m 
.prints to Ty even, if thqse compa- 
nies’ (the defendants) didn’t have 
16m departments. At least, it 
would have been, a more, honest 
approach.” 


I Todd’s ‘Venice’ . 

i — Continued from page 4 r t- ... ■ 

the subject of transmitting a legit 
show directly from its point of ori- 
gin into big-screen video theatres, 
it’s been revealed, that Todd hud- ’ 
died with Nathan L. Halpern, The- 
atre Network TV prexy, sometime 
ago on the project but Halpern 
turned it down qn the assumption 
that It would not make, for good 
theatre TV. Si H. Fabjan, prexy 
of the circuit bearing his name, 
and a group of other exhibs. in- 
cluding United Paramount Thea- 
tres execs, junketed to Jones 
Beach several weeks ago to watch 
the Todd production in person and 
apparently thought enough of it 
■for theatre TV to map out the test. 

Those opposed to the idea be- 
lieve that the existing video cajn- 
ejras are not capable yet pf doing 
justice to a* show presented on a 
large stage, since -the cameras do 
not have Tenses wide enough to en- 
compass all the onstage action. It’s 
their belief that * entertainment 
shows for theatre TV shoRld be 
staged specifically for the medium, 
just as programs are staged for 
regular broadcast video. In line 
with that, the DuMont production 
crew has already 'ascertained that 
it will be forced to set up separate • 
lighting at Jones Beach to deliver 
a good picture for Thursday night. 

Which theatres would carry the 
show, if the test proves successful, 
remains to be seen, of course. If 
Todd bans the N. Y. houses/ Fabian 
also has theatres with ‘•big-screen 
equipment in Albany and Rich- 
mond. UPT has equipped houses 
in both Detroit and Chicago and, 
of course, those houses in Balti- 
more, Philadelphia and Washing- 
ton, as well as^ other parts of the 
country which** have carried the 
fights produced by TNT, would also 
be available. 


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NEW YORK 

Jacques Kopfstein, veepee of 
•Astor Pictures and Atlantic Tele- 
vision, train dto Chicago- over the 
weekend to attend the National 
Audio-Visual Assn, convention. 

William W. Howard, RKO The- 
atres v.p., put Jerry Shinbach, 
BKO midwest division manager, in 
charge of BKO Theatres, in Ohio. 
Joseph Alexander remains as city 
manager in Cincinnati. At the 
same time, BKO Theatres m 
Onjaha, Kansas City and Denver 
have been added to the Harry 
Weiss Minneapolis-Iowa division, 

CHICAGO 

Oakley, Bartelstekr house, filed 
suit against the majors and Bala- 
ian & Katz, claiming it is forced 
to bid against the B&K Biltmore 
for second outlying run. Equity 
suit asks for day-and-date play- 
ing without bidding. ... , 

Paramount’s request for fair and 
equitable rentals from the Towne 
Theatre, Milwaukee, was settled 


recently announced by the safety 
council. It is the only organization 
in the film industry to be so hon- 
ored. 

Jackson. County Board of Equali- 
zation last week cut. tax valuations 
on two downtown houses of the 
Fox Midwest circuit, but rejected 
application* for tax adjustments 
on the circuit’* other houses in op- 
eration. Orpheum, downtown de- 
luxeF now closed, was previously 
valued at $275,000 and changed to 
$200,000. Esquire had been pegged 
at $60,350 and is now down to 
$50,350, 

Controversy over the right to 
build a drive-in on the eastern edge 
of the city limits was won by the 
Winoko Corp. last Friday (1) when 
a •maj'ority of .city councilmen in- 
formally approved a long-debated 
proposal, Winoko will build ana 
operate the ozoner on a site located 
on an "intercity route to Independ- 
ence, Mq. 


BOSTON 

Theatre, ^he tubtom^rftleeted*pr« M^Mary- 

Souse getto* “Jumlto* Jacfe” }“d °’ S A1Umni ° £ ** 

starting* Aug. 1. Reported that the * . from" N.Y. to 

settlement \ giv T e 0 ^ ni ^“t’5 expI oiteer, John 

suk fn 1950 McGrail, an assist in setting up 

snaaced by campaigns for ‘‘Francis Goes to 
Merry . w f* sn j5f gea Dy West Point,” “Has Anybody Seen 

the Palace starting -Aug. 28. ^ £]?,» ^ “World in his Arms.” 

Jjhflllmthk Trailer Co?? Phil Bloomberg has closed the 

° f a ^ opening its PIaz * in Salem the summer. 

. Theatres is opening 11s r>n»n* formorlv Looert : 

fourth drive-ln at Pascoe, Wash. 


DALLAS 


Tom Duane, formerly Lopert rep 
here, joined the local UP exchange. 

Ted Fleisher and Bobert Stern- 
berg, co-chairman of Variety Club’s 
Golf Tournament, have completed 
arrangements for affair at Pine- 
brook Country Club Aug. 5. 

Local No, 182 IATSE prez Joe 
Nuzzolo, Sr., business agent Wal- 
ter Diehl and delegates Bernard J. 


The Commerce Drive-In, being 
built here by A. W. Lilly, is ex- 
pected to be completed soon. It 
will have capacity for 300 autos. 

Stacy Keach, producer Of the 

“Tales of the Texas Lynch and Joseph Caplan drove 

visiting Austin to to Minneapolis to attend national 

for future shows. With hirn convention of that organization. 

55 1 °Y s ,, write 1 r ’ o f Sr +^Ah«fSii James O’Loughlin, for past three 
Cap t. Manuel Gronsullas, technica years min ag er of Varners’ Port 

cOnsultent Keach a for- Theatrej Newbury port, resigned to 

mer BKO talent scout, got . the idea become Juvenile Probation officer 
for the senes while on a talent trip fQt £sgex County . Bob Howell, of 

to Dallas. ..... f circuit’s Begal, Hartford, succeeded 

Lew Bray district managerf or him as manager of Port, 
the Interstate Theatre circuit, with 


after flying to Greece for visit 
with his aged parents in Thessa- 
lonika. - ’ • _ , 

Guyan Drive-In Co., a Branch- 
land. • W. Va„ ozoner, granted a 
charier by secretary of state. In- 
corporators are Ercel Midkiff, Au- 
dra Opal Midkiff and Thomas E. 
Brown. ' . _ . 

Alfred Bicb, manager of Dat- 
tola Theatre in New T Kensington 
for several years, resigned to join 
the Aluminum Co. of America, 
there 

Hazelwood Theatre closed, and 
manager Dave H a d b u r g has 
switched to the nearby Grand, 
which just .reopened.' Both houses 
are owrited by Mike Shapiro. • 

UA sent Joe Erlich in from N. Y. 
to exploit “High Noon” and “Is- 
land of Desire.” 

‘Desire’ Rousing $10,000, 
Indpls; ‘Jacks’ 13G, 2d 

' Indianapolis, Aug. 5. 

“Jumping Jacks,” in second week 
at Indiana, still is tops of local 
first-runs, with another fat gross 
in view. Whole first-run setup is 
perking up some. “Lure of Wilder- 
ness” ' at Circle looms okay while 
“Island of Desire” at Loew’s is 
•rated fairly nice. 

Estimates for This Week 

Circle (Cockriil-Dolle) (2,800; 50- 
76) — “Lure of Wilderness” (20th) 
and “Train of Events” (Indie). Oke 
$9,000 v Last week, “Diplomatic 
Courier” (20th) and “To Shores of 
Tripoli” (20th) (reissue), $8,000. 

Indiana (C-D) (3,200; 50-76)— 
“Jumping Jacks” (Par) (2d wk). 
Solid $13,000 on top of great $22,- 
500 opener in year’s biggest week 
here. 

Loew’s (Loew’s) (2,427; 50-76)— 
“Island of Desire” (UA) and “Cap- 
tive City” (UA). Nice $10,000. 
Last week, “Walk East On Beacon” 
(Col) and “The Brigand” (Col), 
$8,500. 

Lyric (C-D) (1,600; 50-76)— 

“Tulsa” (UA) and “Bed Eiver” 
(UA) (reissues). Good $5,500. Last 
week, “Scarlet Angel” (U) and 
“Border Saddlemates” (Rep), 
$5,000. 

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Picture Grosses 


headquarters in Harlingen, Texas, 
has resigned, effective Aug. 14. On 
that date Bray will take over oper- 
ation of five houses in the • Bio 
Grande valley which he has pur- 
chased. Theatres include the 
Queen, McAllen; Strand, Harlin- 
gen; the Ritz and Gem, Weslaco, 
and the State, Mercedes, 


ST. LOUIS 

. „ . unarue neu, i^oiumuia. expuu- 

Frank X. Reller, Wentzville, Mo. teer here to do tub thumping for 
exhib Is wearing a “I Like Francis” “Affair in Trinidad.” set for Minne- 


MINNEAPOLIS 

Behnia Berger’s determination 
to continue to operate a local Loop 
firstrun is signified by his. pur- 
chase of the shuttered Astor build- 
ing and announcement that he will 
remodel house and move over the 
policy of his adjacent Gopher to 
it if unable to renew a satisfac- 
tory lease on the latter. 

Charlie Bell, Columbia, exploi- 


DENVER 

(Continued from page 8) 

“One Big Affair” (UA), big $19,- 
000 . 

Esquire (Fox) (742; 50-85) 
“Will Rogers” (WB) and “Confi- 
dence Girl” (UA). Nice $3,000. 
Last week, "Francis To West 
Point” (U) and “Big Affair” (UA), 
big $4,000. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,600; 50-85)— 
— “King Kong” (RKO) .and “Leop- 
ard Man” (RKO) (reissues). • Big 
$15,000. Last week, “Robin Hood” 
(RKO) (2d wk), $7,500. 

' Paramount (Wolf berg) (2,200; 50- 
85)— “Wait ’Till Sun Shines Nel- 
lie” (20th) and “Captive City” 
(UA). Fine $13,000. Last week. 


uAkiiu is »vtoiui6 « •* - » — ----- ‘Affair in Trinidad.” set for Minne- 

lapel button as a takeoff on politi- apo ii s an d St. Paul Orpheums day- 
cal buttons and also to hypo Fran- date. 

cis Goes To West Point” now at installation of a dual Policy in “Working "'Way Through College’ 5 
his house. _ . one of its Twin Cities neighbor- /wg) <r 00 d $11 500. 

Annual powwow of Motion Pic- hood houses for the first time does ' - J n 0ft7 . 

ture Theatre Owners Assn, of St. no t m ean that Minnesota Amus. Tabor (Fox) (1,967, 50-85) 

Louis, eastern Missouri and south- Co. is going to twin bills general- 

ern Illinois in St. Louis will be i y> according to Harry B. French, 

held Oct. 6-7 instead of Sept. 29- the circuit’s president, who says ^iJ^.Tabor. Thin $5,000. Last week, 

he still favors single -features. a i U £L a * n Q d nnr> d P Ct 

Deal for current “High- Noon” Mars (UA), fine $9,000. 

(UA) as State here called for min- Vogue (Pike) (600; 60-85) — 

imum two-week run. “Laughter in Paradise” (Indie), 

tunas ior a rat jayrue mcmunai. New $75,000 drive-in being Fair, $2,000. Last week, “Penny- 
Byrne, Illinois salesman for RKO, opened at Pierre, S. D., this week whistle Blues” (Indie), same, 
was killed in an auto accident near by Peterson circuit. 


PITTSBURGH 

(Continued from page 8) 

better.- Last week, great $13,500, 
biggest at house since Born Yes- 
terday” (Col), a year ago last 
March, 

Peim (loew’s) (3,300; 50-85)— 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G) (2d wk). 
Holding, at $11,000 and moves to 
smaller Ritz. Last week, trim, 
$14,500. 

Squirrel Hill (WB) (800; 50-85)— 
“Run for Your Money” (U). Old 
Alec Gulnnes’ l^c ' h°t doing so 
well. Not more than $2,000, just 
about what “Narrow Margin” 
(RKO) did in. its third week. ,v • 

Stanley (WB) <3.800: 50-85)— 
“Will -Rogers” (WB). Should be 
doing better, since the notices were 
fine, but only mild $10,500 looms: 
Last week, “Jumping Jacks” (Par) 
I2d Wk), fast $10,000. . 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 50-85)— 
“Robin Hood” (RKO-Disney) (2d 
wk). Still has plenty of stuff left 
and heading for $6,500. Should 
stick again. Last week, great 
$9,500. 

‘lovely’ Lusty $26,000, 
Mont’l; ‘Lydia’ Fair 12G 

Montreal, Aug. 5. 
“Lovely to Look At” at Loew’s 
is pacing all newcomers this week 
without too much competition. 
“Lydia Bailey” looks okay at the 
Palace but general trend is slow 
with all deluxers in summer dol- 
drums. 

Estimates for This Week 
Palace (C.T.) (2,626; 34-601 1 - 
“Lydia Bailey”, (20th). Fair $12,; 
000. Last week, “Girl In White 
(M-G), $14,000.' 

Capitol (C.T.) (2,412;- 34-60) — 
“Kangaroo” (20th). Oke $11,500. 
Last week, “Deadline-U.S.A. ' 
(20th) (2d wk), $11,000. 

Princess (C.T.) (2,131; 34-60) — 
“Outcasts Poker Flat’* (20th). Light 
$8,000. Last week, “Scarlet Angel ’ 
(U), $11,000. 

Loew’s (C.T.) (2,855; 40-65) — 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G). Sock 
$26,000. Last week, “Scaramouche” 
(M-G) (2d wk), solid $17;000, 

Imperial (C.T.) (1,839; 34r60) — 
“Brave Warrior” (Col) and “Red 
Snow” (Col). Good $8,000. Last 
week, “Denver Rio Grande” (Par) 
and “Corporal Dolan AWOL” 
(Mono), $6,000. 

Orpheum (C.T.) (1,048; 34-60) — 
“Without Warning” (UA) and 
“Tale of Five Women” (UA>. Oke 
$7,000. Last week, “New Mexico” 
(UA) and “Taming of Dorothy” 
(UA), same. 


30 as previously announced. 

Edward B. Arthur, general man- 
ager of Fanchon & Marco here, is 
chairman of a committee raising 
funds for a Pat Byrne Memorial. 


Plnckneyville, 111., July 14 

Marvin Beck shuttered his King 
Bee, a St. Louis indie nabe, for the 
summer. 

J. E. DeSilva, formerly a man- 
ager for the Fox Midwest Circuit, 


for a few weeks, covering New 

appointed city manager for Schine Mexico area. Par is still short a 
Theatre Circuit in Albany, N.Y. salesman, having named no suc- 
— cessor to Steve Ward, who resigned 

If PITY recently. _ 

v-*a 1 k Stan Strauss, Rialto manager, 


Webber (Fox) (750; 50-85)— 

“Models, Inc.” (Indie) and “Kid 
DENVER Monk Baroni” (Realart). Lean 

„ , T1 , „ \ , $2,500. Last week, “Fighter” (UA) 

Carl Lind, Paramount salesman and - Re<i Planet Mars” (UA). Fine 
at Salt Lake City, moved to Denver $4^500. 


Terrace Drive-in opened in Lees resigned to become a film sales- 
Summitt, Mo., July 31. The 300- man £ or BKO, succeeding George 
car ozoner is operated by Jam, (Scotty) Allan, who bought a 
Inc. motel. 

Commonwealth Amus. Corp. Bobert Hill, Columbia branch 


GOLDENSON IMPRESSED 
BY BRITISH, ITAL0 PROD. 


British and Italian film-makers 
are lensing new product with an 

uommonweaun Amus, >uuip. Jttobert Jtiiil, uoiumDia Drancn e y e toward the mass American 
took oyer operation of the Pawnee manager, out for a few weeks after market, according to United Para- 

Drive-in, North ^Platte, » an operation. mount Theatres prexy Leonard 

1. Circuit recently purchased the Clarence Olson resigned as \ . , AT 

ozoner from Walter Smith. Dar- branch manager at Paramount; Goldenson, who returned to New 
rell Maness is in charge, moving jj m Bicketts, head booker, goes in York Monday (4) after a month’s 

to western Nebraska from Colum- nK tpnrnorarv rrtATiaper. vacation abroad. “They’ve made 

„ real progress,” he said, and opined 

Bradley. ^ . . PITTSBURGH that it’s quite possible that the 

Commonwealth s Crest Drive-in * ** *www*w** ttot hnnv ennh 

at Joplin, Mo., opens Aug. 7. It is Lease on 300-seat theatre at new Up T circuit mi^t book such pix. 

a 500-car ozoner. Doyle Mourey Greater Pittsburgh Airport award- I 1 ^ visltu 1 # London, Rome and 
is city manager in charge. ed to Francis L. Milton, local ac- Paris, Goldenson said that business 

Fox Midwest circuit has moved countant. Deal calls for monthly of film theatres appeared to be 

Pete Pekarek from the Brookside rental of $500 or an annual rental much the same as in the U. S. 

to be city manager at Centralia, of 17% on gross income up to $50,- Although there's no television 
111.; succeeded at the house here 000 and 18% on everything over there to speak of, he added, at 

by Krueger Dillender, formerly of that. There were 16 bidders for tendance hadn't been too brisk un 

” ’ - v Lyle Brown comes in the house. 


SEATTLE 

(Continued from page 9) 
“Robin Hood” (RKO) (2d wk), oke 
$6,700. 

Liberty (Hamrick) (1,650; 65-90) 
— “Woman of North Country” 
(Rep) and “I Dream of Jeanie” 
(Rep). NSG $5,000. Last week, 
“Duel at Silver City” (U) and 
“Pirate Submarine” (Lip), nice 
$6,900. 

Orpheum (Hamrick) (2,599; 65- 
90) — “Will Rogers” (WB). Barely 
okay $8,500, and below hopes. Last 
week, “Francis To West Point” 
(WB), (2d wk), good $6,700. ' 

Music Hall (Hamrick) (2,282; 65- 
90) — “Scaramouche” (M-G). Great 
$12,000 or near. Last week, “Work- 
ing Way College” (WB) (2d wk),- 
$5,300. 

Palomar (Sterling) (1,350; 45-70) 
—“King Kong” (RKO) and “Leop- 
ard Man” (RKO) (reissues). Swell 
$7,000, playing day-date with 
Roosevelt. Last week, “When in 
Rome” (M-G) plus stage show, mild 
$6,000 at $1 top. 

Paramount (Evergreen) (3,039; 
65-90) — “High Noon” (UA) and 
“Without Warning” (UA). Big 
$15,000 or near. Last week, “Diplo- 
matic Courier” (20th) and “May- 
time in Mayfair” (FF) (2d wk), 
$4,300. 


‘Noon’ High $12,000 In 
Mpls.; ‘Robin’ Fat 14G, 
‘Lovely’ Okay 6G in 2d 

Minneapolis, Aug. 5 
Such staunch entries as "Robin 
Hood” -and “High Noon” are put- 
ting life into the wilting loop biz. 
Their grosses, stacking up big 
bring a measure of cheer to local 
scene. The only other more or less 
important newcomers, “Just Across 
Street” and “Actors and Sin w 
aren’t cutting too wide a swath 
The pair of holdovers, “Lovely to 
Look At” and “Encore,” are doing 
nicely in their second weeks. 
Estimates for This Week 
Century (Par) (1,600; 50-76) "Ac- 
tors and Sin” (UA). Slow $3,000. 
La^t week, “Diplomatic Courier’* 
(20th) (2d wk), nice $4,000. 

Gopher (Berger) (1,000; 50-76) 
“Just Across Street” (U). Okay 
$4,000 or close. Last week, "Cairo 
Hoad” (Indie), $3,400. 

Lyric (Par) (1,000; 50-76) "Glory 
Alley” (M-G) and “Leave To Mar- 
ines” (Lip). Leslie Caron name not 
enough for first feature. Lean 
$3,000* Last week, “Red River” 
(UA) and “Tulsa” (UA), (reissues), 
$4,500. 

Radio City (Par) (4,000; 50-76) 
Lovely Look At” (M-G) (2d wk). 
Okay $6,000. Last week, good $11,- 
000 . 

' RKO-Orpheum (RKO) (2,800; 40- 
76) “Robin Hood” (RKO-Disney). 
Raves for this Disney pic. Boosted 
kiddies’ admission pushing up tak- 
ings. Archery contest onstage 
opening night brought some in. 
Big $14,000 looms. Last week, 
“Captain Pirate” (Col) and "Mon- 
tana Territory” (Col), $5,000. . 
RKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; 40-76) 
Stolen Face”JtLip) and “Sleeping 
City” (U) (2d run).- “City” substi- 
tuted for “French Peep Show” 
when police closed down on latter 
after three days. “Peep Show,” a 
filmed burlesque performance dar- 
ingly advertised, got house off to 
fast start, but latter 4 days are 
nil. Sluggish $3,500. Last week, 
“Francis Goes to West Point” (U) 
(2d wk), nice $4,000. 

State (Par) (2,300; 50-76) "High 
Noon'* (UA). Acclaim on all sides 
stimulating gate.. Socko $12,000 or 
near.. Last week, “Woman of North 
Country” (Rep), $7,800. 

World (Mann) (400; 85-$1.20) 
“Encore” (Par) (2d wk). Okay $2,- 
500, Last week, $3,800. 


‘Noon’ Leads Port, Hotsy 
$15,000; ‘Kong’ Sock 10G 

Portland, Ore., Aug. 5. 
“High Noon” is heading for 
smashing total at the Liberty this 
week despite, lack of air-condition- 
ing in the house. Paramount is do- 
ing some hot bally for “King Kong” 
and it is paying off with a sock 
total. “Will Rogers Story” is only 
okay in two houses. All other first- 
runs have holdovers. Biz. gener- 
ally is perking this round. 

Estimates for This Week 
Broadway (Parker) (1,890; 65-90) 
— “Pat and Mike” (M-G) and 
‘.‘Glory Alley" (M-G) (3d wk). Fine 
$6,500. Last week, $9,000. 

Guild (Parker) (400; 65-90) ~ 
“Actors and Sin’ (UA) and Ob- 
sessed” (UA). Snappy $2,500. Last 
week, on reissues. 


the Rockhil. 

from Springfield, Mo., to handle 
the Rockhil. 

United Film Service received 
recognition from National Safety 
Council for special work it has 
been carrying on in producing a 
series of screen playlets. UFS was 
one of three K.C. organizations 10 
receive an award in the honors list 


George Tice resigned his sales 
post with Columbia, effective next 
week. Tice, a Film Row vet here, 
headed local exchange for a short 
time, resuming salesman’s job 
when Jack Judd was upped to 
branch managership. 

Thomas Zaimes, owner of Penn 
in West Tarentum, back on job 


til a recent pickup at the b.o. 

Back from a periodic survey of 
the continental market, Paramount 
International prez George Weltner 
reflected the distributor’s point of 
view in describing* overseas busi- 
ness as “very good.” He toured 
England, France, Belgium and 
Germany, among other countries. 


Halo Prods. 

Continued from page 3 

to follow this format but these 
shape up as having basic appeal for 
strictly Italian-speaking audiences. 

Davis, who is prez of Arthur 
Davis Associates, acquired U. S. 
distribution rights to 12 new 
French and Italian pictures. List 
is topped by “Buon Giorno, Ele- 
fante!” (Hello, Elephant!), which 
stars Vittorio De Sica with Sabu 
and Maria Mercader. A Rizzoli-De 
Sica production, it was directed by 
Gianni Franciolini. 


Liberty (Hamrick) (1,850; 65-90) 
—“High Noon” (UA) and Lady 
Says No” (UA). Torrid $1 5,000 or 
better. Last week, “Red 
(UA) and “Tulsa” (UA) (reissues), 

$7,500, 

Mayfair (Parker) (1,500; 65-90)-- 
! ‘We’re Not Married” (20th) and 
‘Rodeo” (Mono) (m.o ). Good 
600. Last week, “The Fighter 
(UA) and “Red Planet Mars iuaj, 
$4,600. , 

Oriental (Evergreen) [2,000; Wj 
90) — “Will Rogers” (WB) ana 
“Rose of Cimarron” <20 th) i„ffl 
date with Orpheum. Okay $3. ; 
Last week, “We’re Not Mamed 
(20th) and “Rodeo” Wlono), $2*80U- 

Orpheum (Evergreen) (1.75°; ° d 
90) — “Will Rogers' (WB) ^ 
“Rose of Cimarron” (20th). .* 

$7,500. Last week, Cnpp e Ciee 
(Col) and “Capt. Pirate (Col), 5 

2<> P.r.moimt (Evergreen) <3,«^ 
65-90)— “King Kon£ <R5?( re is- 
“The Leopard ManJ (RKO) <re st 
sues). Socko $10,000 or .®j5» e * c2 0th) 
week, “We're Not Mamed l 
and “Rodeo” (Mono), 

United Artists < Parl f er ! /'? 9 ,Vg) 
90) — “Lovely To Look At * ^ 
(2d wk). Nice $7,000. Last 
sock $10,000. 


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PLAN VIDPIX 



Consolidated, Jerry Fairbanks Join 
To Form Major Telepix Distrib Unit 


Consolidated TV Sa;es, indie vid- 
film syndication outfit, has joined 
with Jerry Fairbanks, Inc., pioneer 
“idfilra organization, to create one 
the largest sales-distribution 
firms in the business. Under the 
Seal Consolidated takes over distri- 
bution of all Fairbanks films and 
will also continue with those indie 
packages which it has handled 

heretofore. . v . . 

Reorganization gives Consolidat- 
ed fully-staffed offices in seven key 
cities, including N. Y„ Chicago, 
Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Dallas, 
Atlanta and Los Angeles. Among 
the packages which Consolidated 
will now handle are “All-American 
Football Game of the Week/’ pro- 
duced by Sportsvision, and the 
Fairbanks catalog, including “Front 
Page Detective,” “Hollywood The- 
atre,” “Ringside with the Rasslers ,” 
"Public Prosecutor,” “Crusader 
Rabbit” and “Speaking of Ani- 
mals.” . . , ... 

Consolidated is associated with- 
the L. A. Times. Fairbanks is an 
indie organization, which formerly 
distributed through NBC-TV. 



Fiimakers Eyes Telepix 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Idea of producing telepix in 
Europe is being mulled by Ida 
Lupino and Collier Young, co» 
owners of the indie company, 
Fiimakers. Outfit has two more 
films to make under its releasing 
pact with RKO. 

After that there is a prospect of 
moving overseas to take advantage 
of lower production costs. Tele- 
films can be made over there on a 
budget of about $15,000. 


For ‘Superman’ 

Kellogg’s cereal is putting the 
“Superman” vidjjix series on 16 
markets on a spot basis,* starting 
in the Sept. 15-Oct. 15 period. 

It's understood that a new prod- 
uct will be plugged and that more 
markets will be added as distribu- 
tion expands. This is the second 
tele feature Kellogg has on a sta- 
tion-by-station basis. First is “Wild 
Bill Hickok,” which started on a 
few markets and worked its way 
up to its present list of 49 markets. 

Kellogg had backed the radio 
edition of “Superman” for some 
years. The agency is Leo Burnett. 

Zir Package Gets 1st 
Web (CBS) Spread Via 
Jergens Drama Series 

Jergen’s Lotion, which has been 
absent from radio since it bowed 
off the Walter Winchell show via 
ABC several seasons back, is re- 
turning with a new half-hour dra- 
matic series on CBS Radio this 
fall. Sponsor has bought the 
Thursday night at 9 slot on CBS, 
for a weekly show titled “Jurgens 
Hollywood Theatre.” 

Show is packaged by the Fred- 
eric W. Ziv Co. While it will be 
taped in advance, similar to other 
Ziv radio' properties, it will play 
on a regular network basis. It’s be- 
lieved to be the first Ziv package 
to get a network, rather than a 
spot, deal in that way. 

JACK DREES TO HEAD 
SPORTSVISION IN CHI 

Chicago, Aug. 5, 
Jack Drees is checking out as 
radio-TV director of Arlington and 
Washington race tracks at the end 
oi the current season to head up 
me midwest office of Sportsvision, 
*nc., sports TV filmery. Drees also 
s stepping up his freelance radio- 
_ ; s P° r tscasting, bowing'this week 
ur?, ni ^ htl y show on WENR-TV. 

three half-hour gridiron 
®. l / es . set for this fall > Sportsvision 
Ip *1 rn out 001116 500,000 feet 
for S P°L and/or net boqk- 
n,’ Fl i' m has signed with NBC-TV 
tl ,ff u oea 13-week package fea- 
Mnl n *«olfer Ben Hogan. Going 
trrZ • season for Phillips Pe- 
fiw a series of 13 half-hour 
? 11 ai 'ound Big 10 and Big 7 

Jed 1 Reela will be spot- 

ting A 1111( * we st and southwest sta- 
tion ‘i r??° on the docket is a “Na- 
which C !v me i 0 * the Week ” package 

dated TV S sa ^cs n S ° ldt ° Consoli " 

grid m”, s d0 the nation on 


Miller Hi-Life 
MOT Bankrolling 
For 45 Markets 


WJZ-TV, N. Y., key of ABC-TV, 
has bought the new “March of 
Time” tele series, starting in Oc- 
tober and probably going into the 
9:30-10 p. m. slot. Miller Hi-Life 
is bankrolling the show in 45 mar- 
kets, but N. Y. isn’t on the Miller 
list. As a result the vidpic series 
was available for the Gotham area. 

It’s expected that ABC-TV’s o- 
and-o outlets in San Francisco and 
Detroit will be given the nod by 
Miller. ABC-TV or its o-and-o sta- 
tions have beamed three ’ previous 
MOT-produced series: “Crusade In 
Europe,” which was screened on 
the web and then syndicated; 
“March of Time Through, the 
Years,” and “Crusade in the Pa- 
cific,” which was bought by the 
chain for its five o-and-or stations. 

Shooting schedule for the latest 
“MOT.” which is a tele version of 
the srnes that played in theatres 
and of the quondam radio series, 
will be four weeks ahead of the 
playdate. Sked was adopted to 
keep the pix up to date. Fred 
Feldkamp is supervising the pro- 
duction, with Westbrook Van Voor- 
his narrating. 

JOAN BLONDELL SETS 
OWN VIDPIX VENTURE 

Chicago, Aug. 5. 

Joan Blondell will make her 
move into the vidpix field when 
she winds up her current summer 
theatre alignments. Actress is 
setting up her own firm to lens a 
pilot film in Mexico of a projected 
series of half-hour tele reels. 

She’ll hop south of the border to 
Mexico City in about a month when 
she completes her headlining stint 
in “Call Me Madam” at the Texas 
State Fair in Dallas. She opens 
there Aug. 11 for a three-week run. 

Miss Blondell finaled a week 
Saturday (2) in “Come Back Little 
Sheba” at Salt Creek Theatre at 
nearby Hinsdale which set a new 
house record. 



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SWG Votes Strike Against Vidfilm 
Producers on Coast; 25G Fund Set 


Pincus Sees N.Y. Prods 
Shifting to Hollywood 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Extensive facilities in Hollywood, 
plus an available talent pool, plus 
an increasing use of filmed televi- 
sion shows, will eventually cause 
a large percentage of N. Y. pro- 
ducers to move to California. That 
is the prediction of Norman Pincus, 
TV packager, currently in Holly- 
wood to study the possibilities of 
converting “Ellery Queen” from 
live action in the east to film in the 
west. 

In addition to “Queen/’ the 
Pincus brothers. Norman and ^Irv- 
ing, have an option on the “Au- 
thors' League Theatre,” a one-houi 
dramatic package with name tal- 
ent. 


London, Aug: 5. 

British film producers, who have 
never been able to crack the 
American theatric*! film market 
with much success, are going to try 
it again — but this time via vidpix. 
BBC-TV has announced plans for 
a three-year program of vidfilm 
production - grooved specifically for 
American video stations and hopes 
to make its product qualitative 
enough to compete on favorable 
terms with American vidfilm pro- 
ducers. 

British regard the plan with con- 
siderable favor, hoping that it will 
do as much to revive the flagging 
theatrical film industry and pro- 
vide work for Unemployed actors, 
producers, directors, etc., as TV 
film production in Hollywood has 
done for American thesps and pro- 
duction personnel. And, because 
of the lower labor costs and avail- 
ability of studio space, BBC thinks 
that it will be able to turn out 
product on far lower budgets than 
the vidpix produced in the U. S. 
Thus, it hopes to find a ready mar- 
ket for its films in America. 

Project has been put under the 
supervision of H. Carleton Greene, 
brother of novelist Graham 
Greene. He has set plans for the 
initial films to comprise four half-, 
hour packages on the upcoming 
coronation of Queen Elizabeth. 
William Morris offfee will handle 
American syndication of the films. 

WNBT’s Grind Policy 
On Pix Permits You 
To Come In at Middle 

New “grind policy” instituted for 
its Saturday afternoon film pro- 
grams by WNBT, the NBC video 
web’s N. Y. flagship, is coming up 
with the same type of audience 
turnover that might be seen in a 
regular, film theatre operating on 
the same policy. According to quar- 
ter-hour ratings taken on the show 
by Pulse, the audience fluctuates 
from one period to another, indi- 
cating that a number of viewers 
come in on the middle of a feature, 
sit through till they reach the point 
where they came in, then turn off 
the set or switch to another chan- 
nel. 

At 12 noon, for example, when 
the “continuous preformance” 
sjiow starts, it hits a 3.0 rating; 
another 3.0 at 12:15, a 3.3 at 12:30, 
a 3.0' at 12:45 and a 2.7 at 1 p. m. 
Rating at 1:45 is back up to a 3.3, 
then it climbs to a 3.7 at 1:30, 3.3 
at 1:45; 2.7 at 2 p. m., etc. For- 
mat of the show has the same fea- 
ture and short running continu- 
ously until 4 p. m. and, while the 
ratings fluctuate thusly, they still 
top all other N. Y. video shows for 
most of the afternoon. 

WNBT is selling the show to par- 
ticipating bankrollers, with the 
sponsors getting repeat plugs dur- 
ing the course of the afternoon for 
a single package price. Show is 
advantageous from a programming 
viewpoint, according to WNBT 
execs, since the station can fill four 
hours of time for the price of a 
single feature and short. Advertiser 
gets his payoff since, on the basis 
of a cumulative audience, those 
steady 3 ratings add up to almost a 
9 for the entire afterrtoon. 

JOEL McCREA SIGNED 
FOR ‘4-STAR’ SERIES 

With the paclipg this week of 
Joel McCrea. it’s three down and 
one to go on the signing of rotating 
stars to head up the "Four Star 
Playhouse” vidpic series, being 
sponsored on CBS-TV in the fall by 
Singer Sewing Machine. 

In addition to McCrea, Charles 
Boyer and Dick Powell have also 
been signed for the series. The 
Don Sharpe dramatic package will 
also have one femme star, and 
negotiations are currently on for 
* either Rosalind Russell or Barbara 
Stanwyck to round out the efuartet. 


Un-typed 
Hollywood, Aug. 5. 
Clayton Moore portrayed 
part of the “Lone Ranger” on 
television until replaced this 
past season. * 

As the masked hero, he was 
always on the side of the law. 
But currently he’s the heavy in 
two Gene Autry vidpix, for 
Flying A Productions. 


U.S. Judge Bars 
Nassers’ Selling 

4 Old Pix to TV 


/ Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

U. S. Federal District Judge 
Harry C. Westover, in a memoran- 
dum of findings, reversed bank- 
ruptcy referee Benno M, Brink’s 
recent decision okaying Nasser 
Bros, release to television of four 
“distressed” pictures,* The Nassers 
had won TV rights plus right to 
avoid payment of the usual 5% 
American Federation of Musicians 
formula, after lengthy bankruptcy 
proceedings. 

Westover ruled that “televising 
of motion pictures made originally 
for theatrical exhibition” has hot 
become a regular commercial prac- 
tice as claimed and that the referee 
was in error in holding that por- 
tions of the United Artists’ distri- 
bution agreement relating to ex- 
ploitation of motion pix by means 
of television are severable and di- 
visible from remaining portions of 
agreement. 

George T. Goggin, attorney for 
Nassers, announced he is making 
plans for appeal to circuit court. 


Saphier Sues ou ‘Corliss’ 

James L. Saphier Agency, Inc., 
filed a suit in Santa Monica Su- 
perior Court to enjoin commercial 
telecasting . of “Kiss For Corliss,” 
one of four pix which Nasser Bros, 
recently won away from United 
Artists after a lengthy bankruptcy 
litigation. 

Suft, filed against Nassers' 
Strand Productions, contends that 
Saphier Agency has exclusive 
rights, including television, to the 
character of Corliss Archer and 
any films based on the character, 
as a result of its deal with author 
F. Hugh Herbert. 

Bankruptcy referee Benno M. 
Brink ruled a few months ago that 
the Nassers could take “Corliss’* 
and three other “distressed” pic- 
tures, “Coverup,” “Don’t Trust 
Your Husband” and “Without Hon- 
or,” away from UA for television 
sale and also that they are not re- 
quired to pay the American Fed- 
eration of Musicians five-percent 
formula. 


MUTUAL IN PACT FOR 
FIRST VIDPIX SERIES 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Tom O’Neil’s projected celluloid 
network of indie video stations 
around the country swings into 
production on its first series of 
vidpix here this week. After eight 
months of negotiations, a deal 
was closed this week with the Jaf- 
fe agency for a ne\y show, >as yet 
untitled, which is to be written 
and produced by Blake Edwards 
from his own format. 

Pix are to be lensed under the 
aegis of General Telecasting Sys- 
tem, new unit incorporated by 
O’Neil as the forerunner of the 
proposed network. Under GTS’ 
profit-sharing policy for creative 
personnel, Edwards will participate 
in all income derived from syndi- 
cation of the series. WOR-TV, 
1 N. Y.. which O’Neil recently ac- 
quired. is to serve as the fulcrum 
for the GTS net. 


Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Rejecting last-minute proposals 
of the Alliance of Television Film 
Producers, . the Screen Writers 
Guild exec board voted a strike 
at the Monday night (4) meeting, 
to begin next Monday (11). Strike 
rally is to be held next Monday 
to give writers instructions. 

Understood the Guild plans using 
a $25,000 strike fund originally 
piled up when threat of a strike 
against the majors occurred some 
time ago. Authors League, N.Y., 
has reportedly already launched 
mechanics for supporting the walk- 
out. 

It became evident that the strike 
was inevitable when the TV pro- 
ducers broke off negotiations last 
Wednesday night and turned down 
SWG demands for residuals. The 
parley broke down over the 
method of paying writers for re- 
use of material. SWG wants an 
advance minimum payment against 
a percentage of the gross, con- 
tending that its schedule of 
charges insures a return of the 
negative cost to the producer be- 
fore any further coin is paid the 
writer. It is also contended by 
SWG that exclusive television 
rights only should be bargained 
for, on a seven-year basis, with 
all other rights remaining the 
property of the author. 

“The strike will probably be 
close to 100% effective,” a Guild 
spokesman said. “A substantial 
majority of TV writers are mem- 
bers of the SWG and the Radio 
Writers Guild ’ has already ex- 
pressed support. We hope it won’t 
take more than a month to force 
an agreement,” 

Some ’ television producers will 
be able to continue operations for 
a short .time, it was pointed out, 
because of recent story buys. 
There is little possibility that 
ATFP will use a “story backlog” 
to break the strike, because few 
television producers have back- 
logs. 

A job breakdown issued by th* 
SWG bulletin demonstrates the 
importance of TV writing to its 
members. Bulletin shows that the 
number of scripting jobs in the 
television and documentary field 
has increased from 51 in June, 
1951, to 132 in July, 1952. 

‘Ozzie,’ Ellery’ 

Roll on Celluloid 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Two more network shows join 
the telepix' parade within a few 
weeks. “Ozzie and Harriet” starts 
shooting Aug. 22 and “Ellery 
Queen” is slated for film treatment 
when the new season starts. ' 

Norman Pincus, who with broth- 
er Irving owns the detective se- 
ries, has been studying facilities 
here qnd getting cost sheets. He 
was called back to Gotham Mon- 
day night (4), but returns later in 
the week to resume negotiations 
with a producing company. 

Order for “Ozzie” filming went 
to Volcano Productions, headed by 
Robert Angus. Pact calls for 40 
half-hour programs to be directed 
by Ozzie Nelson under the supervi- ' 
sion of Cecil Barker, program di- 
rector of ABC-TV’s Western Divi- 
sion. “Ozzie” will be sponsored on 
both television and radio, on an 
alternating basis, by Hotpoint and 
Lambert ‘Pharmacal. Both shows 
start early in October. 

Kaiser-Frazer Spots 

Kaiser-Frazer dealers, via Wil- 
liam Weintraub agency, have set a 
spot vidpix campaign to kick off 
in mid-September. It will be on a 
minimum of 10 stations, with addi- 
tional outlets likely to be signed. 

Show is the 15-xninule “Night 
Editor” stanza, starring Hay Bur- 
dick. It’s a television of the Coast 
stanza, also clone by Burdick, 
which has had a long career on 
the airlanes. 


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with parents when he calls the kid* 
dies assassins, monsters and just 
plain ornery mischief-makers. He 
would like to sit atop a building 
and drop rocks on them. 

Too much footage is wasted to 
arrive at the payoff when Brodie 
gets kissed by a kid with measles, 
and not to be quarantined alone, 
plants a smack on Martha Hyer, 
the school marm, who underplays 
her role without a trace of ro- 
mantic guile. Direction of Rodney 
Amateau allows the pace to drag 
in too many places. Sunkist tries 
to make you believe an orange is 
better than an apple a day. 

ifelm. 


CAMPBELL PLAYHOUSE 
(Hit and Run) _ 

With Robert Hutton, Bonita Gran- 
ville, Rost Elliott, Parley Baer, 
William Bakewell 
Producer: Review .Productions. 

Inc. 

Director: Richard Irving 
Writer: Howard Irving Young - 
SO Mins,; Fri;, 9:30 p.m. 
CAMPBELL SOXJP 
NBC-TV, from New York 
(Ward Wheeiock) 

“Hit and Run,” vidpic drama on 
the “Campbell Playhouse” series 
Friday (1), was an average, accep- 
table offering with a plot whose 
twists were easy to sptft in ad- 
vance. After a night of poker, 
Robert Hutton is chatting with his 
wife, Bonita Granville, when a de- 
tective tells him he is charged with 
hit-and-run driving and -has killed 
a man. Circumstantial evidence-— 
the broken Car headlights, his 
cigaret lighter found at- the scene, 
etc. — all points to Hutton. Ross 
Elliott, latter’s business partner 
and host at the poker session, gives 
Hutton a helping hand, but it’s 
pretty obvious that it was he, and 
not Hutton, who was guilty of 
manslaughter. 

Hutton goes to jail, but the loyal 
frau turns amateur detective and 
devises a scheme that traps the 
actual hit-and-runner. What pro- 
vides the chief suspense is the 
method Miss Granville uses .to 
.clear her spouse.* Scripting by 
Howard Irving Young from a story 
by George and Gertrude Fass, is 
workmanlike, and production is 
fair, although revealing a modest 
budget. At one point a mike 
shadow is visible — the kind of 
flaw which is hardly excusable in 
a film show. Commercials featur- 
ing animation of the Campbell 
Kids, are topflight. Bril. 

THE UNEXPECTED 
(Mardi Gras) 

With Mary Anderson, Craig Kelly, 
Lillian Bronson, Michael Whal- 
en, others 

Producer-distributor: Ziv . TV 
Director: Eddie Davis 
Writers: Jerry Lawrence, Robert 
. E. Lee 

30 Mins., Fri. 8:30 P.M. 

KECA-TV, Hollywood 
Lengthy development of a fa- 
miliar tale almost spoils the fine 
twist Jerry Lawrence and ' Robert 
E. Lee have put on this latest in 
“The Unexpected.”' series. For 
those who stay with it, it’s pleasant 
entertainment and the script holes 
aren’t readily evident. Anyway, 
vidramas aren’t supposed to carry 
any lasting impact. . 

Scripters have revived the old 
story of the gal whose aunt takes 
sick as they reach a strange city 
and is sent on a wild medicine 
chase by the doctor only to return 
hours later to find the aunt gone 
and no evidence of her ever having 
been alive. Viewers by this time 
must inevitably compare it with 
one of the chiller classics ’and a 
recent British film entry. Switch, 
however, reveals that it’s all part 
of a robbery plot, the crooks hav- 
ing used the time-worn yarn to 
get the girl out of the way. 

Lawrence and Lee script moves 
swiftly along and Eddie Davis’ di- 
rection manages to create suspense 
even in the w.k* first portibn of 
the story. Mary Anderson is con- 
vincing as the gal and Craig Kelly 
Is helpful as the sailor who un 
ravels the riddle and there’s okay 
support from Michael Whalen and. 
Lillian Bronson as the principal 
heavies. Kap. 


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BOSS LADY 

With Lynn Bari, Nicholas Joy, 
Charlie Smith, Glenn Langan, 
Lee Patrick, Richard Gaines, 
■ others 

Producers: Jack Wrather, Robert 
. Mann 

Director: William D. Russell 
Writer: Mann 
30 Mins.; Tues., 9 p.m. 

PROCTER * GAMBLE 
NBC-TV, from N. Y. 

( Compton ) 

A second look at this new vld- 
film series, which is filling in for 
'Fireside Theatre” this summer 
on NBC-TV, again indicates, that 


it rates a regular slotting of its 
own in the fall. It* boasts one of 
the better production and acting 
crews of the Hollywood vidpix 
packages and, even more -impor- 
tant, it has a continuing story line 
which, even though it delves too 
deeply into the ludicrous at times, 
still sustains maximum interest 
and provides a "good share of 
laughs in its situation comedy for- 

, 1 

mat. 

Series has Lynn Bari, a good 
marquee name, as 1 the femme prez 
of a bigtime construction biz who’s 
afraid to admit that she goes for 
her handsome young assistant 
(Glenn Langan) for fear that it 
Will Wreck her steel-gloved biz 
ability. ’ She 1 also has to worry 
about a rambunctious old father 
who wants to get back into the 
business; a rather dopey kid 
brother, and stuffed-shirtish at- 
tomey-frieUB of the family, who 
goes for her. They’re mostly stock 
characters and the situations are 
mostly stoclc, but they never get 
trite or cliched. 

Stanza caught (29)-, for example, 
had Miss Bari interviewing a 

group of new aspirants for the job 
of Langan’s secretary. Supremely 
jealous, she wanted a wizened old 
hen for the job but her father, in 
order to woo Langan away from 
her so that the attorney could 
move in, had the. employment 
agency . send over a batch of 
beauts. It was clever stuff and the 
cast worked over the situations 
well. Miss Bari and Langan turned 
in top jobs and were handed fine 
assists by Nicholas Joy, as the 


father; Charlie Smith, as the 
brother; Richard Gaines, as the at* 
torney, and Lee Patrick, at Miss 
Bari’s secretary. <?, 

Sets, camera-work and .other 
production mountings were stand- 


out 


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CHEVRON THEATRE 
(Dear Little Fool) 

With Leslye Banning, Patrick 
O’Neal, others " , 

Distributor: MCA-TV Ltd. 
Producer: Revere Productions 
Director: Richard Irving 
Writer: Rod Amateau 
34 Mins.) Fri., 9 p.m. 

CHEVRON STATIONS 
KTLA, Hollywood 

“Dear Little Fool” after a slow 
start . develop into a warm, nteatly 
done .story of a hospital nurse 
whose unorthodox method's of car- 
ing for her patients help them, hut 
offend a young staff medico. A 
comedy romance with stress on 
the lighter touch, this Revue' Pro- 
ductions telepic benefits from 
slick performances by Leslye Ban- 
ning and Patrick O’Neal in the 
leads and the skillful direction of 
Richard Irving. , • 

Miss Banning is the nurse who 
on the q.t. helps her three patients 
by taking n personal interest in 
their various difficulties, and re- 
solving their problems so that they 
take a renewed interest in life. 
Much to the medico’s disgust, she 
insists that once their personal 
problems are solved they will be 
on the road to medieal recovery, 
and proceeds accordingly. Thus 
she gets a tired old man, one “of 


her wards, his old job bar* „ j 
gives him something for whirw 1 
live; she finds the lost dog of h i° 
other, and with this he’s mim 
loudly patched up; and a fe 
who’s going to jail after he S 
covers, wins a slight vewhil 
through her intervention 
young doc frowns on all this rule, 
breaking but it comes as no si r 
prise at the end when he fires w 
and then - proposes. Buildup on 
the romance is handled as well ** 
other facets of the yarn 1 as 
Miss Banning is excellent in th* 
femme lead, and Patrick O’Neal 
makes a pleasant counterpart 2 
the stem young doc. Rod Ami 
teau turned in a good teleplav frnm 
Agnes Sligh Turnbull’s 
but could^have picked up thepX 
at the start- by spending less time 
establishing characterizations Inf. 
ing’s direction is, as usual ’ verv 
good. Lensing by Ellsworth Fred- 
ericks is outstanding. Daku 


TV films in Production 


as of Friday, Aug. 1 


ARROW PRODUCTIONS 

XTTV Studio*, Hollywood 

"HAMAH OH THI JUNGLE" j ft hall* 
hour juiiffle adventure telepix series 
resume m August. Producer*: Harry S. 
Rothschild, Leon Fromkes. 

Film Producer; Rudolph FlothoW , 
Director: Wally Fox 


Gall Davis, Billy Gray head cast. Parts to Director: Howard Bretherton 


BREAKSTON-STAHL PRODS. 

General Service Studios: Hollywood 

"SAFARI BILL" serlea of 36 half hour 
telepix to begin shooting August 1. Loca- 
tion shots to be filmed In British Fast 
Africa. 

Martha Hyer heads cast, parts to fill. 
Producer-director: Breakston-Stahl 
Associate producer: Irene Breakston 
Technical executive: John R. Carter 


fin. 

Second series of 32 half-hour Gene 
Autry Western teleplx shooting. Gen# 
Autry, Pat Buttram set leads. ’ 

"RANCH RIDER" shooting second se- 
ries of 32 half-hour videoter*. Jack Ma- 
honey, Dick Jones head cast. 

Producer: Louis Gray 
Directors: Wallace Fox, Geo. Archalnbaud 
New series of half-hour western dramas 
entitled "DE/mi VALLEY DAYS" now 
shooting. 

Producer: Darrell McGowan 
Director: Stuart McGowan 


"MY LITTLE MA RBI I" series of half 
hour comedy teleplx . now shooting. 
Charles Farrell and Gale Storm head cast. 
Philip Morria sponsors. 

Producer: Hal Roach 
Director; Hal Yates 


OF 


WILLIAM F. BROIDY PRODS. 

Sunset Studios. Hollywood 

"WILD BILL HICKOK" series of half 
hour western adventure series now in 
preparation to resume shooting mid-Au- 
gust. Guy Madison, Andy Devine set 
leads. 

"STARDUST" series featuring Jimmy 
Starr now being prepped for fall. 

"CASE HISTORY" featuring Regis Too- 
mey, Sara Hayden, End "TRAIL BLAZ- 
ERS" with Alan Hale, Jr., as set lead, 
also in preparation for fall shooting. 
Executive producer: William F. Broidy. 
Produccn Wesley Barry 
Director: Frank McDonald 


W. R. FRANK PRODS. 

General Service Studios: Hollywood 
Group of -4 30-mlnute "MEDAL 
HONOR" telepix now shooting. 

Producers: W. R. Frank, William Dean 
Director: Reginald LeBorg 
Production Manager: Bart Carra 

, GROSS-KRASNE, INC. 
General Service Studios: Hollywood 
Now shooting "BIO TOWN" series of 


REVUE PRODUCTIONS 

Eagle Lion Studios: Hollywood 

Half-hour series of adult drama tele- 
plx now ahooting for Revue Prods. 
Producer: Revue Productions 
Directors: Richard Irving? Norman Lloyd. 

HAL ROACH PRODUCTIONS 

Hal Roach Studios: Culver City 
"AMOS 'N' ANDY" series of character 
comedy telepix now shooting. Sponsored 
by Blatx Beer for CBS-TV. 

Cast: Tim Moore, Spencer Williams, Alvin 
Childress, Ernestine Wade, Johnny Lee, 
Horace Stewart. 

Supervisors: Freeman Gosden, Charles 
Correll, Sidney Van Keuren 
Director: Charles Barton 
Production executive: James Fonda 


26 half hour t&eplx sponsored by Lever 

Brothers. Patrick MeVey and Jane Nigh ..Assistant director ; Emm ett Emerson 

ROY ROGERS PRODUCTIONS 


JACK CHERTOK PRODS. 

General Service Studio*. Hollywood 

"LONE RANoER"half hour series of 92 
vldeoeterf now shooting. John HKrt, Jay 
Silverheel* set leads. 

Producer: Jack Chertok 
Associate Producer: Harry Poppe. 


set leads. 

Producers: Jack J- Gross and Philip N. 
Krasne 

Director: E. A. Dupont. 

JOHN GUEDEL PRODS. 

600 Taft Bldg., Hollywood 
Art Linkletter starring In a aeries of 
104 15-mlnute vidpix titled "LINKLETTER 
AND THE KIDS" 

Producer-director: Maxwell Shane 
Associate producer: Irvin Atkins 

PAUL F. HEARD, INC. 

KTTV Studios: Hollywood 
Series of 13 quarter-hour teleplcs en- 
titled "WHAT'S YOUR TROUBLE?" with 
Dr. and Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale, 
Producer: Paul F. Heard 
Director: Paul F. Heard 


Goldwyn Studio, Hollywood 
ROY ROGERS now shooting 15 oater 
telepix. Vidpix are half-hourgeach. Roy 
Rogers, Dale Evans .topline. TPat Brady 
In support. General western parts to fill. 
Sponsored by General Foods for NBC-TV. 
Producer: Roy Rogers 
Associate producer: Jack Lacey 
Director: Bob Walker 


BING CROSBY ENTERPRISES 

RKO-Pathe. Culver City _ . ^ „ 

Shooting "REBOUND" series of half Production supervisor: Harry Cohen 
hour adult dramas sponsored by Packard 
Motor Car Oorp. 

Executive producer: Basty Grlllo 
Half-hour series of comedy-drama for 
"A CHAIR ON THE BOULEVARD." 

Producer: John Nasht 
Half hour series of adult drama films 
for "CROWN THEATRE" in preparation. 

Producers: Richard Dorso. 

"THOSE WERE .THE DAYS" half-hour 
teleplx series now In preparation. 


SCREEN GEMS • 

1302 N. Gower, Hollywood 
Now preparing the FORD THEATRE 
series of 30 half-hour teleplx to begin 
shooting August 8. 

Producer-director: Jules Brlcken 
Assistant director: Eddie Seata 

SCREEN TELEVIDEO PRODS. 

Eagle Lion .Studios, Hollywood 
Series, of half-hour drama* resume In 
mid-August. 


JAN PRODUCTIONS, INC. 

General Service Studios: Hollywood 

*IT'S THE BICKERSONS" series of half Producers: Gil Ralston. Jaques Braunsteln 


hour comedy teleplx now shooting. Lew 
Parker and Virginia Grey set leads. 
Producer: Jack Denove 
Production supervisor: C. M. Florence 
Director-writer: Phil Rapp 


DESILU PRODUCTIONS 

General Service Studios, Hollywood 
"I LOVE LUCY" half hour comedy se- 
ries sponsored by Philip Morris shooting 
for fall reason. 

Cast: Lucille Ball. Deal Amur, William 
Frawley, Vivian Vance. 

Producer: Jess Oppenheimer 
Director: William Asher 
Writers: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn 
Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr. 

"OUR Miss R ROOKS", half-hour com- 
edy drama series now shooting for 'CBS- 
TV. General Foods sponsor. 

Cast: ‘Eve Arden, Gale Gordon, Jane Mor- 
gan, Dick Crenna, Gloria McMillan, Bob 
Rockwell. Virginia Gordon. 

Producer: Larry Bern* 

Director: A1 Lewis " 

Assistant director: Jim Paisley 
Writers: A1 Lewis, Joe Ouillan 


EDWARD LEWIS PRCDS. 

Motion Picture Center, Hollywood 
Series of 13 half-hour telepix featuring 
Irene Dunn* as femcee now shooting 
Producer: Edward Lewis 
Production manager: William SteVen* 


SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS 

Hal Roach Studios, Culver City 
"RACKET SOU AD" series now shooting 
half hour teleplx series. 

Producer: Hal Roach, Jrj Carroll Case 
Director: Jim Tinling 

TABLEAU-CHINA SMITH 
PRODS, 

Motion Picture Center: Hollywood 
Casting: Billie Greene 


_ casting: Bribe Greene 
„ Serif" o' 26 half-hour telepix entitled 
' AFF AIR* OF CHINA SMITH," starring 
Dan Duryea shooting. 


PREMIERE PLAYHOUSE 
(Teacher of the Year) 

With Steve Brodie, Martha Hyer, 

Lee Acker, Anne O’Neal, HatL- 
leen Hartnagel 
Producer: Gil Ralston 
Director: Rodney Amateau 
Writer: Howard Dimsdale 
30 Mins., Fri., 9:30 p.m. 

SUNKIST 
KTLA, Hollywood 

(Foote, C one & Belding ) 

It’s getting so that if one watches 
these half-hour vidnettes fairly 
regularly there’ll dawn on him the 
revelation that he’s being two- 
timed. That is, video is falling into 
the same habit as radio of using 
the tried-and-true and pretty much 
a repetitive succession of writers. 

m^ he easy way out for Producers. 

This is not to say that Gil Ral- 
ston s Screen Televideo has a cor- 
ner on the guilt or is more culpa- 
ble than the rest, but the same ones 
have been around so often that a! 
vidpic makers must share the criti 
cism. For this Playhouse bill. 

Teacher of the Year,” the brash, 
flip and breezy Steve Brodie plays 

a mag writer, who spends a day in* _____ _ 

elass to store up atmosphere and FLYING A PRODUCTIONS 

material. It’s an exaggerated do- ,, v 0920 Sunset Bivd.. Hollywood 

lineation and lie ^ "ANNIE OAKLEY" now scries of 53 

i ana lie maKes no friends naif-hour videoaters now in preparation. 


THE McCADDEN CORF. 

General Service Studio*: Hollywood „„„ 

"THE BURN* AND ALLEN I HOW" Pr^ucer &^i^T»Lwn 
now shooting series of half hoar comedy ProductEn ma T - n 
telepix. The Carnation Co. sponsor. groaucuon ma, 

Cast: George Bums and Grade Allen, 

Fred Clark, Bea Benadaret, Harry Von 
Zell. 


Production manager: William Steven* 
Directors: Eddie Mann, Arthur Pierson 


FEDERAL TV CORPORATION 

Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood 
"MR. AND MRS. NORTH" series of half 
hour situation comedies now shooting 
first 39. Barbara Britton, Richard Den- 
ning, Francis de Sales head* cast. 
Producer: Federal TV Corporation. 
Director: Ralph ^lurphy. 

FRANK FERRIN PRODUCTIONS 

6528 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 
, Casting: Virginia Maxzuca 
"tMILIN' ED'* GANG" series now shoot- 
ing. Ed McConnell, Nino Marcel head cast. 
Producer-director: Frank Ferrin 
Associate producer: Ralph Ferrin 
Assistant director: Don Olsen 


Producer: Ralph Levy 
Director: Ralph Levy 

Writers: Paul Henning, Sid Dorfman, Har- 
vey Helm, William Burn* 

MARCH OF TIME 

369 Lexington Ave.. N. Y. 
"AMERICAN WIT AND HUMOR" se- 
ries of 26 half-hour plx. Thomas Mitchell, 
narrator, with cast including Gene Lock- 
hart, Jeffrey Lynn, Arnold Moss, Ann 
Burr and Cflive Leering. 

Producer: Marion Parsonnet 
Director: Fred Stephen!. 

LINDSLEY PARSONS PRODS. 

KTTV Studios: Hollywood 
Shooting "THE FILE OF JEFFREY 
JONES" series of half hour adventure 
telepix. 

Producer: Lindsley ^Parsons 

Director: Lew Landers 

Associate producer: Warren Douglas 


FILMCRAFT* PRODS. 

8451 Melrose, Hollywood 
CROUCHO MARX starred In 30 half-hour 
audience participation film productions, to 
be made once a week for NBC. DeSoto- 
Plymouth sponsoring. 

Producer: John Guedel 

Film producer: I. Undenbaum 

Directors: Bob Dwan, Bern!# Smith 


UNITED WORLD FILMS, INC. 

Universal International Studios. 
Hollywood 

FIGHTING MAN," series of 13 

half-hour teleplx, now shooting. Michael 
Thomas. Cliff dark set lead?. 

Director: George Blair 

ADRIAN WEISfc PRODS. 

Fairfa x: H ollywood 
(Shooting at KTTV Studios) 

Next series of 13 "CRAIG-KENNEDY— - 
CRIMINOLOGIST" half hour adventure 

ber 3 tar?° W bein * P re PW*d for Septem- 

Producer-director: Adria n Weiss 

FRANK WISBAR PRODS. 

Hollywood 

THEATRE" series of half- 
hour adult dramas now shotting. 
Producer-director: Frank Wisbar 
Associate producer: Sidney Smith 

WIZARD TELEPICTURES CO. 

Larchniont Studios: Hollywood 
"DREAM IT UP" series of 15-mlnute 

ChloV dy ChlV* 1 ? bc $ n sh £ oti »* August 15. 
Chick Chandler starred with Ixa 


Vidpix Chatter 


PATHESCOKE PRODUCTIONS 

580 Fifth Ave.. New York City 
Now shooting /'THE HUNTER," series 

of 13 half-hour telepix. sponsored by ^cx cnanaier starred with Frahkiin 
H«ynold> Tobacco Co. through Pangborn, Gus Schilling, Benny Bakwin 
William Esty. Barry Nelson heads cast, airport. J »«utcr in 


Producer: Ed Montagne 
Production Supervisors: 

Robert Drucker 
Director: Oscar Rudolph. 


- Producer: B. L. Petroff 
Walter Raft, Associate producer: Bert Douglas 
Director: B. L. Petroff 
Production manager: H. < A. Hir^bfield 


ROLAND REED PRODS. 

Ha] Roach Studios: Culver City 
Now shooting "TROUBLE WITH 
FATHER" series of 30-mlnute situation 
comedies. 

Producer: Roland Reed 


ZIV TV 

■m , Clinton St.-, Hollywood 

ln /7*°? T0N ELACKIE" series of 
r»iii«* 0ur ■ hoot ttt August. 

d g*, c o“k: cifc d * ti *‘ s< "*» *«“■. 


Hollywood 

Former Metro director Align 
Davis inked to meg Chevron Thea- 
tre and Gruen Playhouse telepix 
for. Revue Productions at Eagle- 
Lion studios and Robert Finkel 
former ABC director, was also 
added to stable of MCA vidpix 
subsidiary . . . Arthur Franz inked 
by Screen Gems to play Edward 
Arnold’s son in “Jr.,” rolling Ahg 
11 as part of “Ford Theatre” se- 
ries . . . Peggy Castle and Robert 
Hutton topline “Kiss for Aunt 
Sophie ” with Bill Bakewell, Doug- 
las Wood, Joel Marston, John 
Vesper, David McMahon, Le* 
Phelps, Majorie. Stapp, Juney 
Ellis and Sammy Armaro in fea- 
tured roles of Frank Wisbar’s 
“Fireside JTheatre” .at Eagle-Lion 
. . , Oliver Crawford sold a script 
to Dougfair for “Terry, and the 
Pirates.” . . . Wyott Ordung snared 
a role in “Fighting Man,” United 
World series . ; . “Range Rider” 
stars n Jack Mahoney and Dick 
Jones personated at annual Police 
Circus in Pittsburgh over week- 
end, returning Monday to begin 
series of six more vidpix for Fly- 
ing A . . . First religioso husband- 
and-wife series is being telefilmed 
at KTTV studios by Paul F. Heard 
for the National Council of 
Churches of Christ. Dr. Norman 
Vincent Peale, pastor of Marble 
Collegiate Chiirch, N. Y., and his 
wife, star in series of 13 15-rain, 
vidpix tagged “What’s Your 
Trouble?,” with Heard producing 
and directing . . , Derwin Abbe 
Monday began lensing first in 
‘series of “Hopalong Cassidy” se- 
ries for NBC at Newhall, with 
William Boyd starring, Edgar Bu- 
chanan featured. “The Knife of 
Carlos Valero” is first vidpic , , . 
Gene Autry wound second group 
of vidpix for Flying A and skied 
to Colorado Springs Monday to 
topline five-day rodeo . . . Final 
editing and dubbing of “The Best 
of Groucho” was completed last 
week by Filmcraft Productions, 
show being summer replacement 
for “You Bet Your Life,* which 
Filmcraft resumes shooting Aug. 
20 for fall season on NBC . . . Bob 
Berger of Standard Television left 
over weekend on month’s pix-to- 
TV sales junket through the mid- 
west . . .* Jesse Goldstein and Natfl 
Motaaster have been signed as new 
writers on George Bums-Gracle 
Allen teleshow, teaming with S d 
Dorfman, Harvey Helm and Willy 
Bums . . . Negotiations for settle- 
ment of differences between di* 
rectors of Snader Telescriptiona 
continuing, with prexy Louli 
Snader reporting angels Alexander 
and Henry Bisno and Samuel 
Markovitch have dismissed suit 
seeking removal of Snader ana 
his two daughters as directors oi 
corporation . . . Producer J*« 
Wrather planning another telepix 
series to supplement “Boss Lady* 

Peter Potter Ankles 
. KNOT; Sets Pix Policy 

jj 0 |jy^ 00< j t Aug. 5. 

Deejay Peter Potter, who ankl eQ 
KNXT over the weekend, said yes- 
terday- he’s negotiating with* thre 
other stations for a new show an 
expects a deal to be finalized tn 
week. 

Potter said he gave the channel 
notice four weeks prior to expir 

tion of his pact Aug. 1, be 5 al l s 0 * in n 
.wanted a hiatus. He added stah 
has asked him to linger on 
more weeks, but lie's taking off 
a rest as soon as MCA wraps up 
new deal. 

Platter twirler said pact ^, s . h e .f 
minated “by mutual consent, 
his program has been sold °« ' 
seven bankrollers. The s 

meantime, reportedly wa ^, p LJJuri 
to fill the Potter slot with featu 

films. 


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‘The Big Steal’ of the Iceboxes 


The major TV networks last week were doing some reappraise 
in* of the cold fafcts and figures attending the Westinghouse- 
Artmiral-Philco sponsorship of the political conventions and 
unanimously agreed that it added up to the “biggest steal” in video 

^Philco which plunked down $2,400,000 for the NBC-TV spread 
of the Dems and GOP* grabbed off the equivalent of $5,000,000 
in cross video time. Philco was guaranteed a minimum of 30 
hours on each convention. On the pop conclave alone it got 
the benefit of 83 hours, or three more than the total miniihum 
on both conventions. 

On a gross billings basis, Westinghouse enjoyed a similar $5,000,000 
time wrapup for its $2,500,000 investment on CBS and, while only 
guaranteed 20 hours of video network time for each convention, 
wound up with a total of 139 hours of air time. This is exclusive 
of the upcoming 13-week “Pick- A Winner” TV-AM series and elec- 
tion coverage. For Philco, too, the election coverage is so much 
ve i ve t— not to mention the AM spreads allotted the individual 
sponsors. 

Admiral paid ABC $2, 000, 000, for the two-convention “gavel to 
gavel” coverage and similarly wound up with approximately $5,- 
000,000 of- gross rate-card time. 

Had the client been obliged to take the sponsorship rap for the 
"talent” outlay (the Ed Murtows, the Bill Henrys, the Elmer 
Davises, the John Dalys, the Walter Kronkites, the H. V, Kalten- 
boras, etc., not to mention the behind-the-scenes impresarios), 
it would have meant a a additional $1,000,000 nick for each. 

The chaptei^and-verse breakdown is important for the webs in 
terms of arriving at. a more realistic sponsorship figure for future 
conventions and momentous events. 


GOP Radio-TV Billings Plum To. 

N 

Kudner; Mull Hannagan for Press 


Now that the Kudner agency has+ 
walked off with the Republican ‘ 
party radio-TV billings, the major 
networks are expecting to receive 
time orders from the GOP some- 
time .this week. To date,, however, 
no specific time slots have been 're- 
quested, presumably because the 
GOP masterminds working, out of 
nominee Dwight Eisenhower’s 
headquarters in Denver, are await- 
ing the arrival of Sen. Hubert Hum- 
phrey of Minnesota, who is one of 
the national committeemen in 
charge of that branch of the op- 
eration. 

Democrats, meanwhile, continu- 
ing to jump the gun on the Repub- 
licans, have placed an order with 
CBS-TV for the 1 to It 30 p. m. 
period on Labor Day (Sept. 1), 
which is expected to serve as. the 
teeoff of Gov. Adlai Stevenson’s 
campaign. Pending Gov. Steven- 
son's final okay on having Presi- 
dent Truman do a nationwide 
stumping job for him, it’s expected 
that the time will be turned over 
to Mr. Truman forsa major cam- 
paign speech for the Demo nomi- 
nee. It’s also expected that the 
Demos will buy the same time on 
NBC-TV for a two-network spread. 

Copping of the $2,506,000 GOP 
hillings by Kudner represented 
something of a coup, since Young 
Be Rubicam had handled most of 
the party’s accoupt prior to the 
convention and BBD&O, via a close 
association between prexy Ben Duf- 
fy and Republican leader Gov. 
inomas E. Dewey, had also pitched 
for the account. McCann-Erickson, 
[oh, had been bidding for the bill- 
ln gs. It’s believed that Arthur 
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Laughton Biblical 
Readings for Mott 

whose venture into 
thn<T * ertlfdn S has been confined 
Dlmro;? r -i t0 stat ion-break spots 
Dlannl n{ * hs Mott’s Apple Juice, is 

entrv iS a ,. full 'Sized programming 
or the medium for this fall 

cam a t^TN ag « ncy ’ Youn S & Rubi- 
Pmce e ^ Uffy - Mott oum is in 
a wee k]v f c negotiatin 2 a deal for 
Uughtnn - enes starrin « Charles 
Bible x ?v readi *gs from the 
intimate S th . er cla ssics. It’s been 

ofr bvnl tha j the series will tee 
the e nd of the year. 

trance ^f°v 1 *5 ark the second en- 
hPcomine^o & p cUents during the 
PfogSiSL em f ster into major TV 
other ^Sn n P 8 +°t 5 the first time, the 
Machine pi? , Sm tfer Sewing 
the “F our °<;; which has purchased 

Rories starting- Play house” vldpix 
suiting m the fall. 


It’s Col. Jim Shouse 

Cincinnati, Aug. 5. 

James D. Shouse, Crosley Broad- 
casting Corp. and Avco Manufac- 
turing Corp. executive, is a newly 
appointed Kentucky colonel in con- 
sideration of “his contribution to 
his native state.” 

Presentation of Gov. Lawrence 
Wetherby’s commission was made 

to Shouse by Robert E. Dunville, 
also a Kentucky colonel and chief 
of WLW and WLW-Television. 



Burnett Loses 

$4,000,000 Schlitz 
Billings to L&M 

In a unique switch of a major 
advertising account, Schlitz Beer, 
which only five months ago had 
ditched Young & Rubicam to split 
its billings between Lennen & 
Mitchell. and Leo Burnett, has now 
dropped Burn&tt to swing the en- 
tire $7,000,000 account over to, 
L&M. 

Latter agency had been handling 
only the radio-TV billings, which 
represented about $3,000,000 of the 
total gross business yearly. Under 
the new setup L&M inherits as 
well the other' $4,000,000 for ad- 
vertising in newspapers, maga- 
zines .and all other media. 

Schlitz ankling of Burnett marks 
the first reversal for that agency 
since it started its rapid pickpp of 
new business several months ago, 
during which time it acquired not 
only the $4,000,000 Schlitz billings 
but also the entire Kellogg ac- 
count which had been held by 
Kenyon & Eckhardt. 


Philip Morris Expands 
WCBS-TV ‘Rain or Shine’ 

Philip Morris, which has been 
bankrolling Jim McKay’s “Rain or 
Shine” show Friday nights on 
WCBS-TV, the CBS video web’s 
N. Y. flagship, picks up the Mon- 
day and Wednesday night editions 
as well, starting tonight (Wed.). 
Show had been sponsored Mon- 
days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays 
by Allsweet Margarine. 

With the Thursday night stanza 
continued to be bankrolled by 
Uncle Ben’s Rice, WCBS-TV now 
has the Tuesday night spot left 
to fill. 


By GEORGE ROSEN 

The battle-scarred Conrad Hilton 
Hotel in Chicago, “home base” for 
the nation’s politico strategists last 
month, will be the scene of another 
convention next week. 

On Tuesday, Aug. 12, there will 
be a one-day convention of the 
CBS Radio brass and the entire 
affiliate membership. In terms of 
the radio industry and its future, 
the confab has more significant 
overtones than either the GOP or 
Demmie clambakes (which were 
TV shows, anyhow). 

For next Tuesday may hold the 
key to a lot of vital questions — 
up to “ and including whether the 
Columbia Broadcasting System, 
failing to win the support of its 
affiliates on a new ratq formula, 
may not decide, rather than take 
the rap without the cooperation of 
the stations, to call it quits alto- 
gether on its radio network. 

It’s strictly within the realm of 
possibility, as CBS prexy Frank 
Stanton had intimated to the af- 
filiates during the early stages of 
the current rate adjustment slug- 
fest. But one thing is certain — next 
Tuesday’s meet can hold but two 
alternatives — (1) Either CBS wins 
out on the rate formula which 
finally got an okay from the 10- 
man affiliate committee which met 
last week in Chicago, after weeks 
of wr.angling and dissension, or (2) 
the meeting can blow up into one 
of the most explosive on record. 

The formula on which the com- 
mittee already has agreed but 
which now requires the signatures 
of all the affiliates, is this, in es- 
sence: 

Through the evolving of a dis- 
count structure there will be a re- 
adjustment in the nighttime rates 
tantamount to a 25 to 30% slash. 

There will be an increase in the 
daytime ratqp, but instead of a 
drastic hike, only a token one. 

Hits Stations' Earnings 

Under terms of the formula., it 
will hit into the earnings of the 
stations, and that’s what they don’t 
like about it. While recognizing the 
need for a nighttime adjustment, 
the affiliates nonetheless don’t 
want it to affect their earnings and 
feel CBS should do something 
about it. CBS doesn’t see why the 
network should carry the total bur- 
den. 

Stanton laid it on the line to the 
affiliate committee last week with- 
out mincing words and with a prac- 
tically “ — or else” ultimatum. After 
eight or nine meetings, he felt the 
thing had dragged on long enough 
and that the committee had better 
decide pronto on facing the facts 
of AM life. It was virtually a re- 
iteration of Stanton’s previous 
stand, though couched differently, 
that, without proper support from 
the ' affiliates in sharing the rap, 
CBS might just as well go back to 
the advertisers and tell them it 
isn't worth haying a radio network. 

While the committee last week 
agreed to the CBS formula (which 
represents a watered-down pattern 
from the original plan devised by 
CHS, but which the network had 
never even put forth because of 
the temper of the meetings), the 
fact remains it doesn’t bind any 
of the affiliates. For that matter, 
with the exception of George B. 
Storer or one or two others on the 
committee, the remainder lacked 
authorization to sign the agreement 
at last week’s meeting but were 
compelled to report back to the 
ownership level of management. 

CBS is hopeful that the full af- 
filiate body will see it the net- 
work's way. If stations balk and 
refuse to go along, CBS recognizes- 
that it could mean a secession from 
the network. But at this point CBS 
isn’t retreating, even if it means- 
losing stations. The network knows 
all too well they (the stations' have 
no place else to go. Certainly not 
to NBC, which has its own rate 
situation to solve and which is now 
in the throes of updating its re- 
search on individual station cov- 
erage for a revival of its ill-fated 
.Economic Study plan. 


CBS-TV’s N.Y. Nielsen Sweep; Godfrey 
Parlays 2 Shows Into 3 Top Ratings 


Brook* Resign* NBC 

William F. Brooks has re- 
signed as public relations vee- 
pee with the NBC network, 
effective Oct. 1, He plans to 
set up his own public rela- 
tions outfit and already has 
three major accounts on tap, „ 
.one of which will have him 
acting as a consultant to NBC. 

Brooks, who’s been with 
•NBC 10 years, formerly was 
top man for both the news- 
room operation and the press- 
public relations division, with 
press veepee Syd Eiges re- 
porting to him. Under the 
web’s new realignment of per- 
sonnel, Eiges now reports 
directly to Frank White, vee- 
pee-general manager of the 
radio and TV networks. 



Life-Teople Tie 

Out of the 13-week series in 
which Life mag took over the pro- 
duction reins on the Gulf-spon- 
sored “We the People” NBC-TV 
show to tie in with the political 
conventions will probably come a 
more permanent identification of 
the Life staffers with the Friday 
night video show. 

Life, whose initial 13-week col- 
laboration terminates this week, is 
now mulling a continuance of its 
production role, at least for anoth- 
er 13-week cycle. However, shopld 
the deal materialize, the program 
will revert back to its established 
format of recreating all facets of 
Americana, rather than hewing to 
a politico pattern. Young Sc Rubi- 
cam, agency on both the Gulf and 
Life accounts, is in the process of 
working out a- deal with all the 
interested parties. . 

Idea is unique in TV program- 
ming. On the one hand, Gulf rec- 
ognizes the impact and payoff of 
the Life mqg identity, as witness 
the nationwide Page 1 pictorial 
spread and resultant bally for the 
show attending the Democratic con- 
vention stanza, in which all Uve 
major candidates participated in a 
round-robin. Gulf is dbgnizant of 
the fact that without the Life aus- 
pices that kind of scoop is tough 
to get. 

On the other hand, Life, through 
the simple expedient of placing at 
“People's” disposal its staffers, 
researchers, etc.j is latching on to 
an established TV property on a 
practically cuffo basis. Everybody 
concerned appears happy oyer the 
wedding, * which has also . spiraled 
the show into bigger Nielsens. 


‘Show of Shows’ Set For 
N.Y. Colonial in Dec.; Will 
Be Used in Color Tests 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Max Liebman, “Your Show of 
Shows” producer-director, planes 
back to N. Y. today (Tues.) to prep 
Sept. 6 kickoff. 

NBC-TV program moves from 
the International to Colonial The- 
atre in December. Latter, a Goth- 
am vaude landmark which has been 
used by RCA for vidcolor experi- 
ments, has a color centrol room 
eight times larger than the normal 
black-and-white setup, covering 
the entire main floor and leaving 
only 550 seats in balcony. 

“Shows” will be the only black- 
white telecast from the Colonjal, 
but will also participate in color 
experiments. 

Liebman is replacing dance team 
Nelle Fisher A Jerry RoSs with 
Bambi Linn A Rod Alexander. 
Dave Tebet, who handles Lieb- 
man’s public relations, returns to 
N. Y. Wednesday (6). 


New York area Nielsen ratings 
for the four weeks ending July 12 
gives CBS a clean sweep of th# 
Top 10 television shows. Whil* 
CBS Radio for the past few years 
has been in the habit of cornering 
the nationwide Nielsen market, 
this represents a “first time” in 

the TV payoff columns. 

« 

Factor, of course, is the summer- 
time layoff of a flock of the NBC- 
TV “big guns,” sqch as the Sid 
Caesar-Imogene Coca “Show of 
Shows” and “Colgate Comedy 
Hour,” which are consistent Top 
10 attractions, while, with the ex- 
ception of the one show, “My Lit- 
tle Margie,” all the CBS entries 
in the Top 10 jackpot represent 
regular season fare. These Include 
the brace of Arthur Godfrey shows 
(“Talent Scouts” and “Godfrey 
and Friends”), “Big Town,” the 
Pabst fights, “Strike It Rich.” “My 
Friend Irma” and ‘‘Racket Squad.” 
Fact that “Margie” . winds up in 
the No. 5 spot, despite generally 
critical pannings, is seen reflecting 
the. “TV habit” of dialing to a 
favorite channel spot, since “Mar- 
gie” is the summer sub for the ’52 
season’s champ, “I Love Lucy.” 

In one of those “it’s-done-with- 
mirrors” phenomenal Godfrey, 
with two shows, knocks off the 
three top ratings — a feat rendered 
possible by Nielsen through the 
expedient of computing full-hour 
shows on a half-hour basis. Thus 
the Chesterfield-sponsored segment 
of ‘.‘Godfrey and Friends” hit the 
No. 1 slot with a 30.9, while “Tal- 
ent Scouts” copped No. 2 spot with 
30.6, and the Toni-sponsored seg- 
ment of “Godfrey and Friends” is 
In the No. 3 position with 30.5, For 
good measure, the Pillsbury-bank- 
rolled portion of “Godfrey and 
Friends” winds up in the No. 10 
position with 23.8. 

Top 10 ratings follow: 

Godfrey Sc Friends (CBS) 

(CBS) 30.6 

Godfrey’s Talent Scouts 

(CBS) 30.4 

Godfrey 8c Friends ' (CBS) 

(Toni) 30.5 

Big Town (CBS) .29.6, 

My Little Margie (CBS). . .28.9 
Pabst Blue Ribbon Bouts 

(CBS) 28.0 

Strike It Rich (CBS) 26.2 

My Friend Irma (CBS)... 26.2 

Racket Squad (CBS) 24.5 

Godfrey Sc Friends (CBS) 
(Pillsbury) .23.8 


Piazza-Martins 
NBC Radio Series 


In one of the initial projections 
of NBC’s new integration policy 
for its radio and TV name talent, 
the web has packaged a new half- 
hour musical show for radio co- 
starring Tony Martin and Mar- 
guerite Piazza. Show is tentatively 
slated for a Tuesday night slot 
starting this fall. Both stars are 
basically TV personalities, Martin 
having been a regular last season 
on “Colgate Comedy Hour” and 
Miss Piazza as the featured soprano 
on “Your Show of Shows.” 

Latter returned last week from 
an extended tour of Europe, dur- 
ing which she did several radio 
and TV shows for BBC in London, 
a series of concert dates and some 
radio shows in Rome. She’ll be on 
“Show of Shows” for 33 out of the 
39. weeks this year, taking off in 
January for concert and opera 
bookings in Italy. She leaves for 
California today (Wed.) for a short 
stay beJore starting her radio and 
TV activities for NBC. 


. ABC Gets UHF Affiliate 

Ultra high frequency outlet, 
WSBA-TV, York, Pa., has been 
inked as an affiliate of ABC-TV, 
bringing the web’s station lineup 
to 65. WSBA-TV will be in th# 
ABC fold- effective Nov, 1, 



24 


HABIO-TKLE VISION 


ITeJnemiiiy, Augiiat 6, 1952 



Flake's NX Spot Drive 


plan. 


By BOB STAHL 

If the networks had to do the 

political conventions over again, . .. . 

* ,j *x.L m from a Flako Products* for its piecrust 

they d do , them v differently trom a an(1 biscuit m ixes, ^ bought the 

programming point of view. That s 12 -spots-per-week plan on WCBS- 
the opinion of Sig. Mickelson, CBb- T y f qbS-TV’s N. Y. flagship, under 
TV pews and .public affairs ’chief, w ki Q h'it-is entitled to a 45% dis- 
who., supervised the entire conven- count. Deal w^s signed for a 13- 
tion setup for his network and also week xmn, starting Monday (11). 
was one of the. chiefwebexecsin Flako is the $e yenth advertiser 
working^ out and supervising the ^ sign on j or the spec i a i discount 
pool coverage. 

Already looking ahead to the 
1956 conventions on the basis of 
what has been learned this year, 

Mickelson said the nets will un- 
doubtedly trim the actual cover- 
age,- chopping off big segments of 
the straight gab sessions. Public 
had a taste of full and complete 
coverage this year, he pointed out, 
and ratings proved that they didn’t 
watch it all. As ar result, he said, 
the nets will probably confine their 
coverage to only the highlights in 
1956, Which would include the 
. business sessions ' alone. , Among 
the- segments .which Mickelson 
would eUfnInat<r is the Tuesday 
afternoon gabfest, which at the 
Demo conclave was filled entirely 
by women politicos making their 
speeches. 



U-I Film 

WOR-TV Performance 
Of ‘Forest’, Forcing Sub 

Wrangle over rights to Lillian 
Heilman’s ’‘Another Part of the 
Forest” forced cancellation of its 
airing on WOR-TV, N. Y., last 
Thursday (31) a few . days • before 
the tele program was to start (4). 
In a last minute scramble,, pro- 
ducer Warren Wade substituted 
“Three Cornered Moon 
trude Tonkonogy. 



Decker on Deck for GIs 


Suds Flow Again 
On Pitt Radio-TV 
As Strike Ends 


Pittsburgh, Aug. 5. 
Town's only teevee channel, 
WDTV, and all of the radio stations 
in town breathed a 4 sigh of relief 
last week when strike at Pitts- 
burgh's three leading breweries, 
Duquesne, Fort Pitt and Pitts- 
While TV, in order to cover only burgh, finally came to an end after ] 
the highlights* will probably be more than three months. Beer corn- 
forced to monitor the entire con- panics have long been AM’s and 
vention so as to kno\v when to cut i a ter TV's biggest accounts, and 
In, Mickelson said that job will be they've been taking a beating since 
much simpler in 1956 than it would walkout began in mid-April, 
have been this year. With the mad while broadcasters in the main 
scramble for single-station: and two- continued to play ball with the 


Frankfuft, Germany, July, 30. 

Lt. Tom Decker, former sports 
director at WNEB, Worcester, 
by Ger- 1 Mass., is the Voice of the Major 
Leagues’' to GIs of the European 

Wade’s “three-cornered” prob- Command, 
lem started, he said, when he f>aid Using sound disks. Decker re- 

for the “Forest” rights -on July 23 creates three major league ball — 

and contracted with the Samuel games every week over the Armed weeks ago, NBC suggested that its 
French do. for the Heilman play. Forces Radio Network. In the fall schedule also include the Army- 
He signed Gloria .McGehee and he’ll d 0 ‘ grid games. 

Frederic Tozere for the leads. 


+ NBC-TV’s National Collegiate 
Athletic Assn., football package 
this year will include the Army. 
Navy game as the season’s finale 
it’s been revealed, It ^md original* 
ly been thought that Gillette 
Safety Razor, which bankrolled the 
annual service team’s classic last 
year Under a separate deal, would 
repeat for -the 1952 season. In its 
presentation to the NCAA, which 
won it the football rights several 


On Thursday, Wade said, Miss 
Heilman’s lawyers served him no- 
tice French has no right to repre- 
sent her in handling any contracts 
for the play, and threatened an in- 
junction. 

Jacob Greenfield, lawyer for] 
French, said that Wade had asked 
French for the live TV rights and 
that French queried Miss Heilman, 
who said go ahead. French con- 
sequently arranged the terms- and 
Wade took this as the green light, 
Greenfield said. ' 


Iowa B’casters In 
Blast at College’s 
TV Com! Move-In 


Iowa 


Des Moines, la., Aug. 5. 
Broadcasting Assn, last 


Navy game and, since both schools 
are NCAA members, the athletic 
association swung the game to 
NBC. 

With its schedule now com- 
pleted, NBC is near a deal with 
one of several interested sponsors 
to pick up the tab for the entire 
package of 12 successive Saturday 
afternoon games. Web has figured 
out the total cost at slightly over 
$2,500,000. ' If no single bankrolls 
vas .found who Could afford the 
entire package, NBC would have 
looked for several advertisers to 
bGy in on a participating basis. 
Web execs said tbte week, however, 


Subsequently, when French sub- week called for “reasonable term!- that two or three single sponsors 


mitted a written memo to Miss nation” of -WOI-TV at Iowa State 
Heilman, they got a reply, after a college, Ames, as a commercial sta- 
week’s delay, that -under her agree- tlon. In a resolution adopted at 
ment with Universal-International the second annual convention the 
she has no right to release the broadcasters protested operating 
property to tele until 1953. Her methods of WOI-TV, originally de- 
lawyers and French’s Hollywood sighed as an educational television 


station markets this year, he point- 
ed out, the networks : were forced 
to provide full programming for 
all their stations to keep them 
happy. By '56, he said) the num- 
ber of new stations taking, the air 
will give each net a firm, solid net- 
work. As a result, he declared, it 
won’t be necessary to worry from 
one half-hour to the next about how 
to program' them. 

' ’Not Even invented Yet* 
Mickelson is looking .forward to 


breweries, agreeing to hold the 
choice time they had regularly 
held open for them, just 10 days 
ago WDTV had finally delivered an 
ultimatum that they’d have to pick 
up their old slots by Sept. 1, or 
would see them sold elsewhere. In 
the light of developments shortly 
after that, the ultimatum was un- 
necessary. 

Agencies handling beer people 
got to work immediately after 
unions voted to go back and within 


are interested and that a deal 
should be pacted with one of them 
by the end of the week. 

It's believed, unlikely that Gil- 
lettle is one of those involved. De- 
spite the - razor firm’s constant as- 
sociation with sports on TV, the 

office both had tried to pry the station. The resolution' said pom- package price on the football 

rights from U-l* but were turned mercial activities of the station con- games is reportedly T 

down flatly. ■ stituted unfair competition and im- 

Wa<|e had said, when he proper use of the taxpayers' money 
aunched the cross-the-board “re- and copies of the resolution are to 
peat performance” • show, that he be sent to state officials, including 
would be able to get properties the presidents of Iowa State col- 
which have been tied to film com- lege and 'the State University of 
panies, since it's for local beaming Iowa, congressmen and the FCC. 
and a kinescope recording isn't T he r€Solu ti 0n asked that the 

°* Scjiwartz president of Iowa State coliege be 
Jk Frollch, Miss Henman s attmr- called oh to state publicity the 
neys, said that sales of ‘rights to the future plans to the station regard- 
pic company forbid a perform- Ing « con tinuance of their com- 
mercial operations.” At present 


considerable technological improve- 48 hours, practically all of the pro- 




ment by ’56 which, he said, should 
make the job of coverage much 
simpler and the end result much 
better. He cited such innovations 
this year as NBC’s walkie-peepie 
camera and the same web's cruis- 
ing disaster truck, neither of which 
could be used to full advantage. 
Four years from now, he said, all 
the bugs in such new devices will 
be worked out and, in 'addition 
there will undoubtedly be a num- 
ber of other devices which haven’t 
eVen been’ invented yet, 

As an example of . the type of 
coverage which the TV webs should 
concentrate on in '56, Mickelson 
cited the . way ^ CBS handled the 
pickup of President Truman leav- 
ing the Washington airport for 
(Continued on page 36) 


grams which had been dropped 
for the duration were back on the 
air again. 

Cost of long strike to radio and 
teevee was staggering, and news- 
papers likewise took it on the chin. 
Plenty of personalities who man 
mikes and TV cameras exclusively 
for the breweries also had a tough 
time of it. 


ance by living actors during the 
restricted period.” 


too high, in 
view of Gillette’^ other video 
activities, including the Friday 
night fights on NBC, the World 
Series pick.ps, the .AJl Star base- 
ball games, etc. Razor firm also 
sponsors- the same three packages 
on radio. 

Under the NCAA football plan 
this year, there will**be no black- 
out Saturdays such as occurred last 
year. In addition to the complete 
schedule of major games, each of 
the 63 stations carrying the pack- 


Kintner s Coup 




For Allen Spot 




With Fred Allen under doctor’s 
orders not to work until at least 
the first of the year. Herb Shriner 
looms as the most likely contender 
for his emcee spot on NB C-TV’s 
upcoming “Two for the Money” 
quizzer. Possibility still exists, 
however, that Old Gold, which had 
signed to sponsor Allen, may jetti- 
sen the entire package in favor of 
a different program. 

Allen is now recuperating from 
the combination virus attack-over- 
dose of sunshine which he suffered 
during a vacation in Massachu- 
setts. Because of his chronic high 
blood pressure, however, his medi- 
cos have ordered him to lay off 
for awhile. If “Money’* goes ahead 
with Shriner. who is the per- 
sonality that William Morris office 
is pushing for the job, it’s not 
determined whether Allen will re- 
place him when he’s able to work 
again. 

Show had been scheduled to go 
on film with Allen in the emcee 
posl and the comedian had previ- 
ously cut a kinescope audition with 
the Mark Goodson-Bill Todman 
package outfit. If Shriner takes 
o\ er, however, he’ll do the show' 
on a live basis. Shriner starred 
in his own show for Cluelt-Pea- 
body last season on ABC-TV. 


NBC Attorneys Advise 
Tex M’Crary Lay Off 
Until After Elections 

Tex McCrary will not be permit 
ted to rejoin his wife, Jinx Falken- 
burg, on their radio and TV shows 
via WNBC and WNBT, N. Y., until 
after Election .Day. McCrary had 
wanted to come back immediately 
after the Republican party'conven- 
tion but the NBC attorneys felt 
that, as an active campaigner for 
Dwight D\ Eisenhower, the Repub- 
lican nominee, he might be consid- 
ered too partial a personality and 
decided it would be wiser to have 
him remain off the air until the 
election is decided. 

McCrary and Miss Falkenburg, 
with their two children, left over 
the weekend for a month’s vaca- 
tion in Bermuda (she c . has taped 
enough shows in advance to permit 
them to stay away that long). 
They’re due back about Sept. 1. 
He also has been tapped again 
to produce the “Star Night” show, 
super-benefit for the Long Island 
Industries Assn., which is slated for 
Belmont Park, N. Y.,.Sept. 7. Mrs. 
Alfred G. Vanderbilt is chairman- 
ning the event, for which some 30 
top stars have already been lined 
up. 


ABC-TV has snagged Kellogg’s 
cereal for a half-hour weekly spon- 
sorship on its “Super Circus” kid 
show. Kellogg’s will back the first 
half-hour, 5-5:30 p.m., on Sundays. 

Meanwhile the cereal outfit has 
cancelled out on its “Tom Corbett, 
Space. Cadet” show, which was in 
the Monday-Wedqesday-Friday slot 
at 6:30-6:45 p'm. It’s a big feather 
in the cap of ABC prexy Robert 
Kintner that Kellogg’s was inked 
for “Suner Circus.” since a couple 
of months back NBC topper Niles 
Trammell came, back from a Bat- 
tle Creek session with the “Tom 
Corbett” series supnosedly in 
NBC’s bag and ABC-TV presum- 
ably out 551,000,000 annually in 
Kellogg billings.. 

Figuring in ABC’s retaining Kel- 
logg coin was*' its ability to deliver 
a lineup of 15 stations for “Super 
Circus,” which remained on the 
air during the hiatus season, com- 
oared with about 10 NBC-TV could 
clear for “Corbett,” which was 
slated for the 7 p.m. slot thrice 
weekly. Another influence is the 
fact that Leo JJurnett, which re- 
cently tpok over all Kellogg bill 
ings (with Kenyon & Eckhardt 
agency resigning its half of the 
account), has the Mars account on 
“Circus,” with experience in the 
show’s pulling power. 

“Corbett” is handled by Music 
Corp. of America. 


WOI-TV carries programs that in- age will have the right to bypass 
elude paid advertising. the network pickup to air one 

The association, composed of game of particular local pr regional 
most of Iowa’s radio stations, 
earlier had discussed the advertis- 
ing policy, of WOI-TV. Aside from 
Davenport, there is at this time no 
other television station except the 
Aiftes station within Iowa’s borders. 

A number of television station ap- 
plications are pending. 

William B. Quai;ton, general man- 
ager of station WMT, Cedar Rapids* 
told the association that Iowa radio 
stations are forced to compete with 
their own tax dollars. He said, 


ANA Sets Annual Meet 


interest during thp season. Station 
can sell this game to a local spon- 
sor. 

Doan Exits WCBS; 
To Hooper as V.P. 

f Expansion of its lineup of rating 

“We’re* going "to "ha vb ~to take "this | services and personnel^ reorganiza- 
to the state board of education and 


to the legislature and we’re going 
to have to say, ‘if you were a 
clothier how would you like to have 
a goverhment-owned store on the 
same street with you, competing 
with you and operating on a non- 
profit basis?’ ” 


tion is in the works at C. E. 
Hooper, Inc. As part of the re- 
shuffle, appointment of three vee- 
pees was announced yesterday 
(Tues.) with Richard K. Doan, for 
the past two and a half years pro- 
gram director for WCBS-TV, New 
York key of CBS-TV, joining the 
nose-counting outfit as v.p. m 
charge of its service to tele sta- 
tions. Doan, former Variety 
staffer, moves over Aug. .18, date 
when Hooper returns from vaca- 
tion. c 

T p|. • f o, w ee Replacement for Doan at CB& 

Into UiniC for Staffers has’ not yet been selected but hi. 

A , successor will probably take tne 

Philadelphia, Aug. 5. post by the end of the month. 


WCAU-TY Turns 2-Week 
Convention ‘Stage-Wait’ 


WCAU-TV production men put 
to use the idle time made avail- 
able through the lull in local pro- 
gramming during the political con- 
ventions by staging a series of 
clinics and critical and rehearsal 
sessions on TV production meth- 
ods. 


Also upped to veepee by Hooper 
are Nadine E. Miller and W. Bruce 
McEwen. Miss Miller will keep 
her press-public realtions director- 
ship, and will take charge of sub- 
scriber relations for advertisers ana 
ad agencies’ time-buying depart- 
ments. McEwen, for several years 


WLW’s ‘Fair Time’ 

Cincinnati, Aug. 5. 
WLW’s farm department is sup- 
plementing its longtime program 
of support for county and state 
« . . . , .. . , . fai rs in a four-state area with a 

Annual meeting of the Assn, of new “Fair Time” program this sea- 
National Advertisers will be held ■ son. Set up by William P Robin- 
at the Hotel Plaza, N.Y., Sept. 29- ! son, Crosley vice prTsident the 
Uct * special airings publicize fairs and 

Wesley I. Nunn, ANA chairman i their educational, cultural and cn- 
andvad manager of Standard Oil of tertainment values. 

Indiana, said that the program The 50,000 watter’s “Everybody’s 
committee will he headed by Harry Farm Hour” will originate from 
Deines, ad manager for Westing- ! the Ohio State Fair In Columbus 
house, and William Smith, ad di* I Aug. 25. Similar coverage will be 
rector lor Thomas J. Lipton. A 1 devoted to the Indiana and Kcn- 
I banquet will be held on Sept. 30 . 1 tucky state fairs in September. 


Ideavfor the practice sessions was |*} n account executive for 
suggested to WCAU management 
by Alan Bergman, staff director, 
and met with instant approval. All 
WCAU-TV facilities were put at 
the disposal of crew men for the 
two-week period. 

New ideas presented by directors 
and crew members were audi- 
tioned for possible inclusion in 
programming activities; junior pro- 
duction men w’ere given the op- 
portunity to study, practice and 
experiment under the guidance of 
senior staffers, and production 


and 

bankroller subscribers, will be v-p. 
over the service to AM and 1 V 
spenders and agencies. 

‘AMERICAN MUSICHALL’ 
AS ‘STOP MUSIC’ SOB 


Replacement for “Stop the Ma* 
sic” on ABC radio will be “A 111 ® - 
lean Music Hall,” which wi 1 taKe 
the 8-9 p. m. Sunday spot stalling 

Aug. 17 * fAofnrfl 

Pop music stanza will ^ 

techniques on all programs on the Larry Douglas, currently in 
station’s present schedule were re- and I” on Broadway, as singinj 
examined with a view toward im- enrcee, and Eileen Barton, nite y 
provement. and recording (“If I Knew J-ou 

Charles Vanda, v.p. in charge of Were Coming”) star, G len 4 n _ 
television, said the rehearsal and will conduct the orch with ABG 


practice periods would be contin- 
ued whenever possible and would 
be made an integral part of the 
training and advancement of pro- 
duction personnel. 


YVXJLA V* “ j iv| 

Paul Whiteman being f calurC ljh 
two production numbers on 
show. For these special ^ enl . s s 
orch will be expanded to 40 p 
1 Joe Graham will direct the aucr. 


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From all indications, the Joan Davis “hot kine” looks like one 
nf the hot items on the upcoming TV agenda. Already two agencies 
and their respective clients are in a hassle as to “who got there first" 
and insisting on recognition of their option priorities. NBC-TV 
meanwhile sits hack smiling — the Davis situation comedy heads 

^Clients involved in the- competitive tussle are General Electric 
(Appliance Division, represented by Young & Rubicam), and the 
Chrysler; auto outfit (Ruthrauff & Ryan). Which one winds up 
with the show is speculative, although it’s said that Chrysler has 
the edge, because GE only wants an alternate-week ride and 
Chrysler is willing to go weekly. 

For years Miss Davis was a top Hooper favorite in radio, when 
she was carrying the Sealtest banner Thursdays on NBC. In 
recent years she's been an in-and-outer on AM. Those who have 
“auditioned" it, however, say the TV* kine projects her visual 
comedies hack into the bigtime. 




To Be in Full Stride by Next July 


Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Four major television networks 
now scrounging for reservations on 
the single microwave links con- 
necting N.Y. and Dos Angeles will 
find the going considerably easier 
by July 1,’ 1953. American Tele- 
phone & Telegraph will have in 
operation ' sufficient relay circuits 
to carry a full Complement Of net- 
work shows in ‘Cither direction by 
that time, according to* John K. 
West, NBC’s Coast veepee. 

Second interconnecting line from 
N.Y. to L.A. will be made available 
for service by the end of this year, 
the phone Company .has advised 
West. By next Summer* it’s esti- 
mated that three eastbound lines 
and two westbound lines will be in 
operation. There, will also be an- 
other link along the Coast by year’s- 
end. New circuits are expected to 
make available more topflight- 
shows from both coasts, thereby 
reducing the web’s current neces- 
sity for spot booking of their shows. 

With only a single line in each 
direction until now, that meant 
that only one show at a time could 
be beamed in either direction be- 
tween N.Y. and L.A. As a result, 
the four webs were forced to rely 
heavily on kinescopes for shows 
aired at a time when one of their 
competitors had the circuit. By 
next summer, it’s expected that 
most transcontinental shows will 
be broadcast live. Because of the 
time differential, however, it’s be- 
lieved the nets will continue to 
use “hot kines” on some of their 
major productions. 


Engelbach Preps 
Snooks’ AM Series 


Dee Engelbach assumes- the 
us ot executive producer at 
working in both radio and 
vision, and his initial assigr 

!V° J et the “ Bab y Snooks” 
ott the ground. (NBC rec 

?r g uL the rights t0 the Prc 
° f r „ bot f AM-TV from the , 
o f the late Fannie Brice.) 

Snooks" gets the Sunday 
Sul Spot in the fal1 <TV v< 

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‘•mV l the , writer s on last se; 
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mg assignment. 

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Meadows Whether it’ll hi 

to ,? r . CoaSt origination ii 
10 be determined. 


Stuart Buchanan AM-TV 
Head for McC-E in Cleve. 


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Heatter’s 5-Year Pact 

William Fineshriber, Jr., Mutual 
exec veepee, has Inked Gabriel 
Heatter to a new five-year pact, 
picking up the option . two years 
before his old contract expires. 
This gives MBS call on the news- 
caster’s service into 1959. 

Heatter is doing .8: 55 a.m. and a 
7:30-7:45 p.m. strips. 


Gen, Foods Wants 
Hope for Daytime 
Cross-the-Board 

Bob Hope as a cross-the-board 
afternoon attraction on radio looms 
on the immediate horizon, with 
General Foods, via Young & Rubi- 
cam agency, currently in negotia- 
tion with the comic for a fall tee- 
off. Decision will . depend on 
whether Hope wants to work five 
days a week, particularly since he’s 
anxious to stake a major claim in 
video. 

Deal, it’s understood, would give 
GF an option on Hope’s TV serv- 
ices, but this would require some 
resolving in view of the fact that 
Hope is already committed to a 
number of appearances on the 
NBC-TV “Comedy Hour.” 

Move has deep significance to 
the trade, with its “double feature” 
aspects of a major nighttime per- 
sonality segueing into the increas- 
ingly competitive, daytime radio 
svveepstakes (where the ratings are 
gradually climbing up to the night- 
time level), and a major client 
such as GF pouring additional top 
coin into daytime radio rather than 
night, where the inroads from TV 
are so much more pronounced. 

HARRINGTON AXED IN 
WJZ -TV FORMAT SWITCH 

Bill Harrington, who has been 
doing an hour or more daily cross- 
the-board for WJZ-TV, N. Y., is be- 
ing cancelled after the Aug. 29 
airing. Reason is that program 
director Hal Hough wants to insert 
an adventure series in the -early 
evening block Harrington has been 
filling with songs, chatter and 
three-minute tunepix. Specific na- 
tion programs haven’t been select- 
ed as yet. 

Harrington’s bowout isn’t related 
to his recently being pacted by 
WNEW, Gotham radio indie, for a 
noon-hour strip, Hough said. Lat- 
ter feels adventure may prove a 
stronger audience lure than tunes. 


Sheaffer Pen Into TV 

Chicago, Aug. 5. 

W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. makes its 
network tele debut next fall via a 
special campaign on NBC-TV’s Sat- 
urday night “Show of Shows.” 

Firm, through Russel M. Seeds 
agency, has bought into the 9 to 
9:30 segment for identities on Oct. 
4, Nov. 1 and Dec. 13. 


BBC’s $50,000, 000 Revenue Ain’t Hay 

For a Non-Commercial Operation 


SETS SERIES BF 
IAINBG PROJECTS 

Series of new programming proj- 
ects- which he expects will make 
his station the most internationally- 
flavored . in the country will be 
launched soon by Ted Cott, veepee- 
general manager of WNBC, the 
NBC radio web’s N. Y. flagship. 
Cott, who lined up the new shows 
during his recent trip to Europe, 
listed the projects as an “overseas 
hometown newspaper of the air,” 
an . international disk jockey show 
and a full-length, play back via tran- 
scription 'of some of the best BBS 
dramatic programs. 

“Radio today needs new ideas to 
reinvigorate it and, to cut down that 
‘sets-not-in-use’ figure,” Cott point- 
ed out, “and that’s what we hope 
to accomplish with these shows.” 
He said, moreover, that too many 
local stations, even though they're 
looking for that “something new,” 
err in believing that they can’t go 
outside the range of their trans- 
mitters for programming. “Even 
an internationally-flavored show 


Cott Hot for Tot* 

N. Y. kids struggling over 
their French grammar may 
soon' have a chance , to learn 
the lingo by listening to radio 
disk jockey shows. Idea is a 
new pet project of Ted Cott, 
veepee-general manager of 
WNBC, the NBC web’s key 
N. Y. outlet. 

Cott, who just returned from 
a European •trip,' "said the most 
popular tunes now being 
played in France are Ameri- 
can songs with French lyrics. 
As a result, he plans to build 
a dee jay show around such 
, songs this fall, retaining the 
French lyrics. And since that 
would be French in its native 
idiom, Cott plans to- get the 
Board of Education to recom- 
mend the deejay show as part 
of the prescribed course of 
study in the N. Y. school sys- 
tem. 


can be of community service if it 
contains a local angle,” he said, 
and WNBC, with its new programs, 
will thus attempt to “cover N. Y. 
wherever N. Y. may be.” 

First project, the international 
newspaper, is to comprise a series ^ 
of taped news reports on New York- 
ers abroad, or interviews with some 
of them recorded on the spot. 
These are to be edited down into a 
weekly, half-hour show which will 
preem in the Saturday 12 noon to 
12:30 slot within the next month. 
In London, Cott said, the taping 
will be handled by NBC chief Rom- 
ney Wheeler and stringer Ed New- 
man, while Art Buchwald, amuse- 
ment editor of the Paris edition of 
the N. Y. Herald-Tribune, will 
work the Paris beat. Cott plans 
also to cover Rome in the same 
way, adding that in each case, in 
order to give the show as much 
local coloring as possible, the 
Americans abroad will be identi- 
fied with names, addresses, etc. He 
plans also to include interviews 
with American service men sta- 
tioned in Germany, Tokyo and 
Korea. 

Air Express Deejay Stints 

As for the international deejay 
show, Cott has arranged with 
NBC correspondents in countries 

(Continued on page 36) 

FACENDA’S WIP EXIT 
AFTER 17-YEAR RUN 

Philadelphia, Aug. 5. 

John Facenda, veteran newscas- 
ter and commentator for Wip, has 
resigned after 17 years with the 
station to freelance. 

Spotted periodically on TV dur- 
ing the last three years, Facenda 
recently received an offer to extend 
his television activities from 
WCAU-TV. 

Disagreement with his WIP em- 
ployers over the bid from the rival, 
medium led Facenda to hand in 
resignation as staff announcer. 


Yick Back Into Radio 

Vick Chemical, after some time 
out of the radio picture, is coming 
back with a five-mtpute weekly 
newscast on Mutual, Sundays at 
4:55 p, m. Stanza is slated to start 
Sept. 21. 

Agency is Morse International. 


‘Amateur Hour’ 

For Radio at 1G 
-If You Buy Tele 

Any. sponsor dan buy “Original 
Amateur Hour” as a half-hour CBS 
Radio package for only $1,000 this 
year, if he also will take the re- 
maining open half-hour of the CBS 
video “Amateur” show. That’s the 
deal set Up by Remack Enterprises, 
packagers of “Amateur Hour” for 
this fall. 

Video version of the show, which 
goes on CBS-TV Saturdays from 
6:30 to 7:30 p.m., is selling at $11,- 
500 per half-hour. Old Gold, which 
sponsored it oh NBC-TV last year,’ 
has already ordered the ' second 
half-hour segment weekly but, un- 
der Remack’s deal With CBS, the 
show stays there only if the web 
succeeds in selling the opening 
segment as well. Radio and TV 
versions will not constitute a simul- 
cast, so that the bankroller buying 
the open TV segment will be able 
to get a completely separate half- 
hour radio show for that $1,000 
plus, of course, his time charges. 

CBS Radio program execs have 
not decided yet where to slot the 
show, preferring to wait until it is 
sold. 

BRUCE COLLIER SET 
AS WINX GEN. MGR. 

Memphis, Aug. 5. 

Bruce Collier has resigned his 
post here as commercial manager 
of WHHM to move into the general 
manager slot of WINX, Washing- 
ton, D. C. indie. Richard Eaton, 
owner-operator of the Washington 
outlet and also prexy of the United 
Broadcasting Co., which operates 
WANT, Richmond, WARK, Hagers- 
town and WSID, Baltimore an- 
nounced Collier’s new post. 

Before coming here, Collier 
served as Station Relations Direc- 
tor of Liberty Broadcasting Sys- 
tem where he - personally signed 
more than 200 indie stations to the 
now defunct LBS web. He also was 
commercial manager at KLIF, Dal- 
las, and during World War II, 
served as production chief of 
Armed Forces Radio Service and 
aided in establishing Mosquito 
Army web in South Pacific. 

Ruppert’s Budget Shift 
To Bill Leonard TVer 

With the CBS-TV web picking 
up the Tuesday night at 10:30 slot 
starting Aug 26 for a series of paid 
political broadcasts by the Demo- 
cratic party, Ruppert’s beer, which 
had been bankrolling “Candid 
Camera” in that period in the local 
N. Y. area only, may swing its ad 
budget into the Bill Leonard seg- 
ment of “Six O’clock Report.” 
Both “Camera” and “Report . . are 
aired over CBS-TV, the CBS 
video web’s key N. Y. outlet. 

CBS network had previously sold 
the Tuesday night time to Sealy 
Mattress, starting after the" elec- 
tions in November, meaning that 
“Camera” will not return to the 
air. “Report” is a 15-minute news, 
feature story and sports show aired 
cross-the-board from 6 to 6:15 p.m., 
with Leonard holding down the 
middle segment with his feature 
story. 


London, Aug, 5. 

Despite BBC’s continuing to 
shun commercial radio and TV in 
favor of an all-sustaining route, the 
government - subsidized network 
grosses almost as much each year 
as most of the major American 
nets. Latest BBC balance sheet 
shows the system drawing annual 
revenue of about $50,000,000, in 
addition to a net profit of close to 
$3,000,000 it earns from the vari- 
ous publications it turns out for its 
listeners. 

During the last fiscal year, BBC 
grossed £ 12,000,000, or about 
$36,000', 000, in fees, which are 
levied against ail person? who own 
a radio or TV receiver. In addition, 
the network derived another £4,- 
500,000, or about $13,000,000 in the 
way of a subsidy from the govern- 
ment for its overseas transmissions, 
which operate similarly to the U. S. 
State .Dept, ’s' Voice of America. 

Profit from the publications was 
derived from paid advertising 
space. BBO is not permitted to sell 
time on the air but does sell ad- 
vertising in its sheets, which ac- 
counted for another £1,000,000. 

Godfrey’s ‘Oops, 
Sorry,’ About Fri. 

Arthur ‘Godfrey, who announced 
on the air recently that, upon his 
I return in September from a 
month's vacation, he would no 
longer do a Friday morning CBS 
broadcast but henceforth confine 
himself to four days a week, told 
his audience last week that he was 
sorry, he didn't meari it and that it 
was all a mistake! When he re- 
turns next month, it’ll still be on a 
five-times-a-week basis. 

Apparently Godfrey had forgot- 
ten to discuss the matter with CBS 
execs, who had other and emphatic 
ideas on the subject as to how 
many" days Godfrey should broad- 
cast. 

It was all a misunderstanding on 
Godfrey's part, who, it’s reported, 
had been told by his lawyer and 
business manager that, after so 
many years of service with CBS, 
he was in a position to ease off. 
The CBS high command, on the 
other hand, thought differently. 


CBS Sifts Alternatives 
On Bucking NBC-TV’s 
Prize Football Package 

CBS-TV may ^attempt to take 
some of the football play away 
from NBC-TV this fall by program- 
ming its own grid games on Sat- 
urday afternoon. While NBC has 
an exclusive on college games via 
its tie-in with the National Col- 
legiate Athletic Assn., CBS is mull- 
ing the advisability of picking up 
local high school games around the 
country, big sandlot games or 
games played by the top service 
teams. 

Web execs are also huddling on 
the possibility of programming 
some type of entertainment shows 
opposite the NBC football games. 
Third alternative for CBS, it was 
pointed out, is for the web to re- 
main dark Saturdays until the NBC 
games are completed. Web expects 
to decide on one of the three possi- 
bilities within the next few weeks. 
Last season, CBS was programming 
football games in color opposite 
NBC’s NCAA package. 

GEO. V. DENNY NOW 
COAST COMMENTATOR 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

George V. Denny started five-a- 
weelc series of commentary and 
interviews on ABC’s KECA-TV 
sponsored by a clothing outfit. For 
17 years he moderated “Town 
Meeting of the Air” on radio. 

He is making his home here and 
brought with him Gene Wyckoff, 
who produces the TV series. 


26 


TELEVISION REVIEWS 




tViDlNNIR DAT* 

WHfc Joh^y Wingate, emcee; JB»f| 
Wiiatr; Sylvan Levin orch 
Frodueer*: Lewia. Freedman 
SO Mine,; MoH.-FiL, 0:30 pan. 
Participating 
WOR-TV, New York 

“Repeat performance” concept 
of WOR-TV, N.Y., which the indie 
has found an economical approach 
to production and talent costs, was 
extended this week with' "TV Din- 
ner Date” and “Music and Silhou- 
ette.” Two stanzas are in the 6:30- 
7:30 p.m. span, ahead of the "Broad- 
way TV Theatre,” thus giving view- 
ers a solid two-and-a-half hours of 
a "night out at home.” 

While the concept has its points, 
the execution flopped. First of the 
two new shows, “TV Dinner Date," 
was a formless, pointless catchall. 
It started with Sylvan Levin con- 
ducting the orch in “Say It With 
Music” and “Estralita,” then cut to 
newscaster John Wingate who gave 
some headlines, returned to the 
windjammers for another tune and 
then switched to sportscaster Har- 
ry Wismer. From left field there 

MUSIC AND SILHOUETTE 
With Whittemore & Lowe, Los 
Chicos, Gail Meredith, Lawrence 
Weber 

Producers: Warren Wade, 
Montez 

Director: Lewis Freedman 
30 Mins,; Mon.-Fri., 7 p.m. 
Sustaining 

WOR-TV, New York 




Lola 


came a talent hunt for a “Miss 
Channel Nine” with three young 
gals participating. Naomi Klair, 
Betraying a touch of first-nightitis, 
offered an inhibited warbling of 
“Gypsy In My Soul;” Susan Dean 
monologged a quick excerpt from 
the old play, “It’s a Boy;” and 
Neile Adams did a sexy Afro- 
Cuban terp, latter being the most 
potent item on the talent competi- 
tion. 

Wingate is an excellent ad lib 
newsman, and can be an affable 
host, but it may not be too good 
an idea to have the same man 
handling both assignments. Wis- 
mer’s sportspiel was overlong, ram- 
bling £nd heavy on the cliches. 
His spot was also weighted by plugs 
for Pennsylvania rubber products. 
Having both gabbers in tux seemed 
somewhat out of place, especially 
since the “dinner date” fiction 
wasn't carried further. 

Levin’s baton-wielding is top- 
flight and his 23 men did nicely by 
their numbers, but tunes alone 
aren’t enough to sustain visual in- 
terest. 

Second half-hour, “Silhouette,” 
runs without an emcee. It opened 
with Whittemore & Lowe, solid 
duo-pianists, doing “Lover;” Gail 
Meredith, a fair chirp, doing “Once 
in a While,” followed by Los 
Chicos, guitar-and-vocal trio, in a 
passable Latino number. Latter 
would show to better advantage 
with a more careful selection of 
tunes. Male singer Lawrence 
Weber didn’t project effectively 
with “You’re My Girl,” and needs 
a more relaxed, intimate approach. 
Strongest element was Whittemore 
& Lowe, who have a polished key- 
board manner, excellent styling 
and timing and chose both tuneful 
and dramatic items, Yet they were 
overworked with four pieces. 

Miss Meredith was fetching in 
“C’est Si Bon,” and joined Weber 
for an okay duet on “Parlez-Moi 
D’ Amour.” 

“Silhouette” was far ahead of 
“Date” in entertainment values. 
Combining both shows into one 
could be a big heln, since it would 
provide greater variety and changes 
but presumably union rates make 
it cheaper to have two 30-minute 
layouts than one hour-long edition, 
where the individual performers 
would get the hour rather than the 
half-hour fee. 

Camerawork can stand improve- 
ment and production* trappings 
were held to the bare minimum. 

Bril. 


AS A MATTER OF FACT 
With Hugh Downs, Prof. E. M. K. 
Gelling, Prof. Robert J. Havig- 
hurst 

Producers - Directors: Ben Park, 
Jules Pewowar 

30 Mins.; Sun., 3:30 p.m., CDT 
Sustaining 

NBC-TV, from Chicago 
“As a Matter of Fact” is another 
teaser slice of gray matter ‘out of 
the NBC-TV “Operation Frontal 
L .°“. e . cupboard. Although the 
slotting of this effort, with a repeat 
indefinite, smacks of a typical hi- 
atus throwaway, it’s appearance, 
even as a one-timer, shows the web 

^^ akin . g son ? e effort to fill the 
mold cast up for it by some of its 
more cosmic phrasemakers. Even 

^n 0 np e a , lmporta P tly - the occasional 
e v? f i uch unvarnished 
education^ offerings indicates 
an inching toward the realization 
that programs that are information- 
(Continued on page 36) 





Hill 





In the absence of" the vacation- 
ing Ed Sullivan, Tony Martin filled 
In as the “Toast of the Town” (CBS) 
host Sunday night (3), and the sing- 
er contributed much to the show. 
In the singing department, that is. 
If Martin failed to show the sharp 
pace usually associated with most 
emcees, in the introduction of the 
acts and recitation of the commer- 
cials, put it down to the fact that 
he makes no pretense at being an 
emcee. But give him a tune and 
he can really belt it out. There is 
hardly any pop singer around to- 
day who can stack up with Martin's 
great rhythm and ballad style, let 
alone the voice. 

Otherwise, this was a well-in- 
tegrated, neatly produced- and 
lighted show under the supervision 
of Mario Lewis, who co-produced 
the layout with Sullivan. There 
was, for instance, a coming star in 
Joel Gray, an eccentric young danc- 
ing comic, who was doing a repeat 
on this program. Gray, a slim, ga- 
zelle-like hoofer with obvious bal- 
let training, is a great bet for a 
Broadway musical, a diminutive 
edition of Ray Bolger, with a fair 
singing voice that knows how to 
milk the lyrics out of a comedy. 

Ben Dova, the vaudeville drunk 
standard, with the comedy built 
around the maneuverable lamp- 
post, is still socko for any variety 
show, while the Amin Bros.. (2), 
with their novelty foot-balancing, 
are another turn that fits any vaude 
or TV layout. The latter pairing is 
in the Continental music hall tradi- 
tion, some of their stunts being 
out of the ordinary for acts in the 
aero idiom. 

The comedy weak spot was Boh 
Gentry, a “new” face whose pleas- 
ant delivery was more than offset 
by the fact that he has borrowed 
from the variety standards. A new 
comedian to make his mark -on an 
important show such as this must 
have fresh material along with 
basic talent. 

The bill’s opening act, following 
the Martin walk-on vocalistics, was 
the Step Bros. (4), colored unit 
who socked over with their unison 
and challenge hoofology. They 
were on a mite too long, so was 
that 8:10' commercial. ’Kahn. 


Jimmy Savo may be "the little 
man who wasn’t there,” but with- 
out him the NBC-TV “All Star 
Summer Revue” would have been 
just another “okay show” last Sat- 
urday (2). The gentle, forlorn buf- 
foon, in one of his rare video ap- 
pearances, proved that the medium 
is his particular meat. Sharing 
the top billing was Jan Murray, 
who punched up his innings with 
contrasting straight comedies and 
situationers. The surrounding 
cast did well by their assignments, 
including vocalist Dorothy Claire, 
ballroomologists Tommy Wonder & 
Margaret Banks, and the acrobatic 
Les Dassie duo. 

Savo’s first entry had him on a 
park bench in delightful bits of 
panto business that segued into 
wistful chatter about his youthful 
dissipation, girlfriend Bridge^ and 
the woes of growing up. Then he 
came forth with a smash vocal of 
“If,” Bridget snubbed him and he 
consumed marshmallows like mad 
as the rain came down to the tune 
of “Pagliacci.” It was a salvo Savo 
sequence that only he could carry 
through. 

In his second appearance the 
big-eyed clown gave his particular 
twist to “Black Magic” as a pre- 
cede to his missouts on Hindu 
magic, another deft bit in the 
Savo trough of tricks. The little 
tramp also boffed over a Pet Milk 
plug via “Be My Love.” (Other 
two sponsors are Kellogg’s and 
U. S. Army Reserve.) 

Wonders & Banks displayed in- 
teresting patterns in a pair of 
dance sessions, one with a dummy. 
Wonders’, one-foot spins stood out. 
Miss Claire delivered a humorous 
ditty on “Relatives," broken up by 
characterizations, and did a fine 
job also on “What Good Is a Gal 
Without a Guy?” Murray had an 
upfront monolog on jury duty in 
which he worked in “Max the Ax” 
character and wound the show with 
Miss Claire in slapstick shenani- 
gans. Aside from his genial de- 
meanor, Murray showed skillful 
mugging elements. Trau. 


Happy but seldom-found-in-TV 
combination of a good script 
solidly meshed with a fine cast and 
top-drawer direction provided a 
socko hour’s entertainment on 
NBC-TV’s Robert Montgomery 
show Monday night (4). Yarn was 
a light, frothy and purely .escapist 
original by Theodore and Mathilde 
Ferro titled “Mr. Dobie Takes a 
Powder” and dealt wtih the faith- 
ful employee of a department store 
who rebelled and went on a one- 


j day spree when he thought his 
boss had done him wrong. Vaughn 
Taylor, Margaret Hayes and John 
Newland, the triumvirate of Mont- 
gomery’s summer repertory com- 
pany oh this series, led viewers 
through a romp via their standout 
thesping and director Norman Fel- 
ton reined the supporting -cast with 
a' deft cpmedic touch, dittoing with 
his fine camera cutting to pace 
the show at a mile-a-minute clip. 

Whether the responsibility be- 
longed to Felton, as director; 
Montgomery, as producer, or the 
scripting Ferros, the production 
displayed a super editing job which 
could have done credit to any A- 
Budgeted film; Cameras cut 
rapidly irom one set to another 
to tie in the various sequences of 
the story and there was never a 
fluff on the cueing. Show also 
relied heavily 'on racy recorded 
music to help set the pace, and the 
music cueing too went off without 
la hitch. Several novel production 
techniques helped build the com- 
edy, such as having Montgomery 
intro the show by speaking off- 
camera to one of the principals on 
the set, and utilizing pantomime 
in several spots. . (Montgomery’s 
voice, too, was recorded, since he’s 
on vacation.) 

In line With the summer stock 
idea, . Taylor and Miss Hayes 
starred in the show, while New- 
land, who’s had the top spot in 
other productions, was relegated 
this time to a hit part. Only criti- 
cism to piake is that .Taylor appar- 
ently is being typed, since his role 
in the opening stanza several 
weeks ago (James Thurber’s “Cat-, 
bird Seat”) was only a shade off 
the part he played in this one. And 
he’s too gdod an actor for that. 
He scored solidly in the title role 
as the man who had made the 
house furnishings department of 
the store his entire life for 25 
years and then resented it when 
he thought his employer, had for- 
gotten him. Miss Hayes registered 
at every turn as his daughter and 
Newland was good as the store’s 
newly-appointed efficiency expert 
who started Taylor’s troubles. 

Jack Lemmon, as .Miss Hayes’ 
fiance, was standout as the top man 
in the supporting cast, each of 
whom rates individual credit. They 
included Marjorie Eaton, Harriet 
MacGibbon, Helen Donaldson, 
Joseph Boland, Harrison Dowd, 
Rock Rogers, Jim McMahon and 
Charles Jordan. Stal. 


Joe E. Brown has taken over the 
host chair on CBS’ “Godfrey’s 
Talent Scouts” while Arthur God- 
frey takes his annual summer 
month’s layoff. It’s a repeat en- 
gagement for the comic with the 
big-mouth trademark and one that 
seems likely to again maintain the 
Nielsen momentum during Mr. 
G.’s sabbatical. 

The change of approach is obvi- 
ous and works to the advantage of 
the show’s namesake, although the 
basis for the talent showcasing for- 
mat remains the same. Brown 
works out of the hard-punching 
school of gagsters and puts on his 
specs to read lines, whereas God- 
frey has his low-geared comedies 
down to a science and throws out 
those “ad libs” like they just 
popped into his head. 

Nevertheless, the pinchhittef 
kept things rolling along at a 
merry pace on the first go (4) and 
impressed with his geniality in 
handling talent reps. 

It’s undoubtedly a tribute to the 
salesman Godrey that the Lipton 
plugs are being run on film dur- 
ing his absence. 


as a kind of “Insurance policy,** 
since he represented the “right 
type,” hut by the time her hus- 
band walked out, Corey has seen 
her for the egotistical snob she is. 

Revelation of the “Swell Girl’s” 
exploitiveness gave the vehicle its 
punch as a portrait of a sqcial 
snob. The adaptation didn’t have 
the full drama , that might have 
been achieved by showing the 
process of her smothering her hus- 
band^ initiative.* But, even so, it 
was a sensitive teleplay, nicely di- 
rected by John Goetz. Thesping 
was effective, with Reginald 
Mason turning in a good perform- 
ance as the senior partner, of the 
law firm, with Dorothy Elder and 
Mabel Acker rounding out the 
cast. Settings* were lush and at- 
tractive. Bril. 



Ellis Arnall, Office of Price 
Stabilization chief, teamed with 
Gregory Ratoff and regular panel- 
ist with John Kieran on CBS-TV’s 
“Information Please 1 ** Sunday 
night (3) to make the stanza one 
of the better aired on the series 
this summer. Former governor of 
Georgia and" also former prez of 
the Society of Independent Motion 
Pictutre Producers, Arnall dis 
played the requisite amount of 
erudition for the literate program, 
as well as a pleasant sense of 
humor and a surprising vocalistic 
ability, used to answer questions 
on song titles. Ratoff, with ' his 
broad Russian accent and dry wit, 
provided the stanza with much- of 
its comedy and Kierah, as the 
panel’s anchor man, chimed in 
solidly. 

Program still suffers from its 
lack of visual interest, despite the 
efforts of producer Dan Golenpaul 
to include more visual questions. 
Despite this drawback, however, it 
has improved quality-wise since its 
preem and might rate a crack at 
a regular season slotting, since it 
has sufficiently more to offer than 
the plethora of panel shows mow 
riding the airwaves. One thing 
necessary to get it out of the 
groove of summer packages is 
more production and this ^ could 
undoubtedly be delivered on the 
higher budget that would go with 
a fall and winter scheduling. 

John K. M. McCaffrey subbed 
for vacationing moderator Clifton 
Fadiman Sunday night and, with 
the exception of a few disconcert- 
ing fluffs, filled in capably. At 
one point, he referred to the long- 
time married Kieran as a bache- 
lor and, at the finale, he identi- 
fied one panelist while the camera 
was on another. Red Barber han- 
dled the General Electric plugs in 
his usual affable style. Stal. 


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Worthington Miner’s “Curtain 
Call” offered an intriguing study 
of characters and their intra-re- 
lationships last Friday (1) in 
Swell Girl,” based on the short 
story by John P, Marquand. The 
novelist, whose studies of the 
proper Bostonians demonstrate 
keen observation of the Back Bay 
crowd, provided adaptor Elizabeth 
Hart with material for a script that 
was talky and in which little 
seemed to be happening, but it 
nevertheless proved absorbing be- 
cause of the insight into* char- 
acter. 

Story was that of a young mid- 
west-born lawyer (Charles Cooper) 
who suddenly left his Boston 
society wife (Victoria Ward). His 
friehd, admirably played by Wen- 
dell Corey, tried to find out why 
the marriage broke up, a matter 
of great import to him since he 
had long been in love with the 
wife. The reason for the split, 
Corey discovered, was her Snob- 
bishness, the way she smothered 
his husband’s personality and 
tried to remake him into a model 
of Hub upper crust stuffiness. She 
subconsciously was kChping Corey 


“The Big Payoff,” summer re- 
placement for the Colgate Comedy 
Hour on NBC-TV, is still adhering 
to the 100% giveaway format it 
started with last June. Whether 
a femme contestant gets the mink 
coat, lingerie, perfume and sundry 
other accessories gives the house- 
wife viewers a collective thrill. 
And that’s what made this show a 
solid daytimer airer. 

But in the 8 to 9 p.m. Sunday, 
slot, “Payoff” hasn’t a varied 
family appeal. One contestant 
after another, fumbling through 
simple questions and others not so 
simple, makes for dullish enter- 
tainment. Emcee Randy Merriman 
on Sunday’s (3) stanza brightened 
things up a bit with a flow of pat- 
ter and wit. , However, neither his 
contributions nor those of femcee 
Bess Myerson offered much change 
of pace to the inevitable questions, 
the halting answers plus coats, cars 
and plane trips to anywhere in the 
world. Gilb. 


, CBS-TV’s “Your Lucky Clire,” 
judging from Sunday night’s (3) 
edition, hasn’t improved much 
since its launching earlier this 
In as replacement for 
v ^ow Business,” the show 

has the necessary ingredients for 
audience pull via its format of let- 
ting viewers compete with ama- 
teur and pro private eyes in solv- 
ing -dramatized crimes. But the 
crimes, as scripted by detective 
S writer Henry Kane, are not 
only obvious but uninteresting, and 
moderator Basil Rathbone, despite 
ms thesping experience and iden- 

with the Sherlock Holmes 
character, has not yet learned the 
coiTect technique to handle one 
of these TV panel quizzers. 

Sunday n te*it comprised 
former Brooklyn district attorney 
" ur Jon Turkus and ex-FBI agent 
? J ert Fhilbrick, as the pros, com- 
peting against Edward Byron (pro- 
ducer of radio-TV'a “Mr. D.A.”) 
xr n< L^M Seph Curtin (radio’s “Mr. 
North ), as the amateurs. They 

(Continued on page 36) 


into the ' program that it’s well 
worth anyone’s time— at least on 
the strength of the opening install 
ment. For time on the initialed was 
split among “Maggi’s Private 
Wire” (gossip about celebs) 
“Fashion Spotlight,” “This Week 
in New York,” “Motion Picture 
Page,” “The Theatre,” -“Host of X 
Week” and “Feature Page ” 
Through this breezy and in- 
formative layout. Miss McNellis 
flitted with ah almost mechanical 
precision. Whether chatting with 
couturier Ceil . Chapman aljbut 
necklines and waistlines or dis- 
cussing court? techniques with 
tennistar Maureen Connolly, she 
w.as equally at ease. 

Highliplt of “Feature Page,” was 
a studio pick-up of ah actual blood 
donation from a Consolidated 
Edison employee. Purpose of this 
was to show how easy and pain- 
less it is for the donor to partici- 
pate in the Red Cross’ blood drive. 
But in light .of the show's for- 
mat, it appears' that producer- 
editor Norman Baer will have to 
fight off the press agents in weeks 
to come. More dr less open plugs 
on the preem were either filmed or 
still inserts of the Hotel New 
Yorker’s ice show and the Sea- 
cliff, L. I., strawhat. Billy Reed 
was on hand in person to puff hi* 
"Little Club” and choreographer 
Valerie Bettis lost no time in call- 
ing .attention to “Affair in Trini- 
dad” in which she had a hand. 1 
Copy for Piccadilly Cigarets, 
which bankrolls, is relatively easy 
to take. Sponsor identification 
centers chiefly around the tagline, 
“smart smokers are switching to 
the filter-type mouthpiece.” Withal. 
“Maggi McNellis Show” should 
have little difficulty in holding an 
audience,, providing the session re- 
mains on an. informative level with- 
out too much intrusion from plug 
hunters. Gilb. 


MAYOR OF HOLLYWOOD 
With Walter O’Keefe, Lou Crosby, 
Jeanne Dwyer, others; Irvine 
Orton,, music 

Producer: Homer Canfield 
Director: John B. Lyman, 3d 
Writers: Stanley Davis, Elon Pack- 
ard 

30 Mins.; Tues., Thurs., 7 p.m. 
NBC-TV, from Hollywood 

Walter O’Keefe is a vet radio 
performer, quick with .an ad lib 
and facile with handling audience 
participants. As such, it would 
have been thought that he could 
have made the switch into TV with 
little difficulty; but it won’t be on 
a show such as this one. Tying in 
with the current political hoopla, 
O’Keefe is conducting a mythical 
campaign to be elected mayor of 
Hollywood but, with the exception 
of an explanation to that effect, 
there was no connection between 
the title and the program on the 
night caught (31). It was a slow, 
uninteresting interview type, with 
no format and little sense. 

Just before signing off, an- 
nouncer Lou Crosby indicated that 
O’Keefe henceforth will spend 
his half-hour twice weekly con- 
ducting viewers on a tour of Hol- 
lywood. That would be much 
more interesting, particularly it he 
could manage to get the NBC cam- 
eras inside some of the major nim 
studios tp show them in action. 
Even though a similar idea is now 
being worked by Mike and Hun 
(Cobb) Wallace for the N. Y. area 
via their CBS-TV's “All Around 
the Town’ 1 -show, O’Keefe could 
still draw plenty of viewer votes 
for his candidacy if he could pub 
the stunt on the Coast. x 

On show caught, O’Keefe .spen 
seven or eight long, long minute 
interviewing a Hollywood weather* 
man. Information was good uu» 
the jokes weren’t. He later que 
tioned a woman who conducts 
beauty salon for dogs, a Souther 
housewife who had parke d n,# 
kids on a street bench outside t 
studios while she came in to s 
the show, another femme w 


claimed she wrote lync 


show, 

etc. Strict 5SKT stiff: 
and Jeanne Dwyer, a 1°°^° 
blonde, helped introduce the ■ ch 
actor's -he interviewed, which y 
apparently the only reason , 
their appearance on-camera. £ 





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“Profs’ Han’ Now Seen Key To 

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4As Merger; 3 Mass Meetings Set I |j(j||KJ PDOTECTION 


Merger of the. five easterfct 
branches of the Associated Actors 
^Artistes of America i$ still a pos- 
dhilitv with a mass meeting of 
performers to be Held in N. Y to- 
morrow (Thnrs.) »t 1 P.m. at the 
Park Sheraton Hotel on' the ques- 
tion. 

Board of the 4A*s last Friday (1) 
turned down a bid by. American 
Federation of Radio Artists to act 
nn its tabled resolution calling for 
approval o£ a bl-partite APR A- 
Television Authority welding!. Ac- 
tors Equity, Chorus Equity and 
American Guild of- Variety Artists 
voted to keep the resolution tabled. 
Their stand is that priority should 
be given to the so-called “profes- 
sors’ plan” outlined by labor rela- 
tions specialists of Cornell U. and 
UCLA. 

The professors* blueprint has 
been endorsed by the governing 
boards of AFRA, AGVA and 
American Guild of Mqsical Artists, 
but the Equity groups have not 
yet taken any action.’ Their .leader- 
ship’s position is that there are 
wrinkles in the university plan 
that should be ironed out before 
a constitutional, convention of the 
merged organization is held. 

On the other hand, some * per- 
formers feel that a constitutional 
confab should be called quickly, 
on the basis of the profs* format, 
if the memberships of the various 
unions vote in referendums that 
the plan is close to their ideas. 
Then, it’s argued by this school 
of thought, the 1 convention can 
amend the details. 

In addition ta the Gotham 4A’s 
meeting tomorrow, Coast perform- 
ers will huddle on Monday (11) and 
Chi talent on Aug. 13. The pur- 
pose of the conclaves is to permit- 
questions involved in the profs’ 
blueprint to be thrashed out by 
all sides under one roof, so that 
the memberships will be informed 
when the question comes to a vote 
by mail. 

The idea for the profs to draw 
up a merger formula was first 
made by Equity last, fall, on the 
eve of the TVA convention. The 
TVA session, which backed the 
concept of getting university help, 
also voted for a TVA-AFRA wed- 
ding, should all five branches not 
merge by July of this year. That 
deadline was passed by, due to the 
fact that the professorial plan is 
still a potential basis for “one big 
union.’’ 

Frank Reel, AERA national 
exec secretary, states in the union 
publication: “The welfare of our 
members is protected and ad- 
vanced by acceptance of the Uni- 
versity five-branch merger plan. 
But if all five branches don’t agree, 
the welfare of our members de- 
mands AFRA-TVA merger. If 
some 4A’s branches want to back- 
and-fill, to equivocate and nego- 
tiate and obfuscate — they can do 
so. But not at the expense of the 
radio and TV performer.” 

Hazel Bishop Buys 
Edwards TV Show 

Hazel Bishop Lipstick has bought 
Ralph Edwards’ “This Is Your 
Life” on NBC-TV for' the 10- 
10:30 p.m. act on Wednesday, start- 
ing first week in October. Agency 
is Raymond Spector. 

Clorets had had an option on 
the time, but released it to buy 
rnc Gleason show on 

wo oX’ ^. us clearing the way for 
•p?’ Show is a tele edition of show 
Edwards had on radio! It will orig- 
inate m Hollywood, although hi 
tv o weeks Spector .will confer with 

inJ V ?i l ds on . Possibility. of Originat- 

e the series on bpth coasts. 

tioin Sm * e ^ c ou tht had been a par- 
igg? ^ ABC-TV’s “Stop the 
and also had backed a dra- 
veh se F les on NBC-TV with the 
Jr/«i es based on viewers’ true ex- 
WeHn nc ^ s in same 10 p.m. 
readl S< ? ay period - Web has al- 
8h J chared 21 outlets for the 


Lost: 1 Radio Station 

Wellston, O., Aug. 5» 

Radio station WKOV didn’t 
go on the air here recently be- 
cause burglars who broke in 
during the night carried every- 
thing but the kilocycles out of 
the studio. 

Announcer-engineer Jack 
Daniels arrived to open broad- 
casting activities at 7 a.m. but 
couldn’t find any microphones 
or record-playing equipment. 
The thieves had made off with 
most of the essential elements 
and messed up the studio be- 
sides. Andrew Kovalan, WKOV 
owner, who also owns WATH, 
Athens, O., and WMOD, 
Moundsville, W. Va., hurried 
the equipment necessary from 
these two stations so Wellston 
could get on the air. 


Sale to Clorets 
Gives Gleason 

SRO on CBS-TV 


CBS-TV wrapped up the spon- 
sorship y picture on its upcoming 
“Jackie Gleason Show” this week, 
when American Chicle signed on 
as the third of three participating 
bankrollers for the program. With 
the SRO signs now posted for 
Gleason in the Saturday night 8 to 
9 period, CBS has decided to offer 
the Ken Murray show on the same 
participating basis for the 9 to 10 
o’clock slot Saturday nights. 

Chicle firm earlier this year had 
wanted to buy into NBC-TV’s “All 
Star Revue” but, Kellogg and Pet 

Milk, two other participants in the 
NBC package, demurred on the 
basis that they didn’t want their 
products associated with the chicle 
firm’s Clorets, a breath-sweetener. 
NBC subsequently sold the “All 
Star” spot to Del Monte, and hand- 
ed American Chicle an option on 
its Wednesday night at 10 period. 
Chicle outfit decided Friday (D, 
however, to bypass the NBC time 
in favor of CBS’ Gleason show. 
Clorets has been sponsoring part of 
NBC’s “Saturday Night Dance 
Party” this summer. 

Gleason preems Sept. 20, with 
Schick Shaver coming in at that 
time for one-third of the program. 
American Chicle joins the show 
Oct. 4, wittTThos. Leeming & Co. 
coming in the following week (ID. 
With Murray set for the 9 to 10 
period, CBS now has only the 10 
to 10:30 slot open programwise 
Saturday nights. Possibility exists 
that the new Cass Daley situation 
comedy show may go in there, pr 
the Red Buttons variety show. 


These are trying days for the sta- 
tion- relation boys on the NBC and 
CBS television networks. Particu- 
larly as it relates to those lucra- 
tive one-station markets such as 
St. Louis, Milwaukee, Kansas City, 
etc. 

Envisioning the not-so-distant 
days when these single-station 
markets will be two and three-sta- 
tion markets, the operators of the 
existing stations are now making 
demands on the networks to guar- 
antee proection of their shows. 

In at least three instances involv- 
ing clients spending millions on 

the TV networks, the pressure for 
protection in these soon-to-open-up 
areas has been applied to a degree 
where both sponsor and station re- 
lations could be jeopardized seri- 
ously on the future. 

The networks concede it’s one of 
the toughest nuts they've hacj to 
crack in some time. 

As an illustration, an NBC af- 
filiate in one of the major single- 
station cities, in strengthening, its 
program schedule, could be carry- 
ing the CBS-TV Arthur Godfrey 
show on Wednesday nights. Comes 
the day when another video station 
in the city paves the way for a 
CBS affiliate, which naturally 
would feel entitled to the high- 
rated Godfrey stanza. 

Cognizant of the switchover pos- 
sibility, the NBC station, in effect, 
is demanding immediate assurance, 
before making any new contractual 
commitments with CBS, that God- 
frey put on the station regardless^ 
of CBS’ ambitions for its own af- 
filiate identification. 

Same situtaion applies in re- 
verse. with CBS affiliates in one- 
station markets now carrying such 
major NBC entries as “Show of 
Shows,” “All Star Revue” or Col- 
gate “Comedy Hour” demanding 
pre-guarantees from NBC of their 
continuance when new stations 
open up. 

Situation is awkward as far as 
the networks are concerned. On 
the one hand they can’t antagonize 
clients by pulling out of these 
much-needed single-station mar- 
kets from whence the demands 
originate. And on the other, they 
realize that yielding on such guar- 
antees must* inevitably invite a 
criss-cross patterning which would 
stymie the building of a network 
such as has always existed in radio. 


FCC Rule Seen Paving Way For 
Oct. 15 Okay on ABC-UPT Merger 


N. Y. News ‘Today* Buy 

Daily newspapers are appar- 
ently changing their minds 
about how much NBC-TV’s 
early-bird “Today” show usurps 
their domain. N. Y. Daily 
News this week bought into 
the show on a three-times 
weekly deal to bankroll the 
local five-minute insert, tagged 
“Today in New York.” It’s 
the first newspaper to sign on 
as a sponsor. 

“Today,” incidentally, has 
now switched over complete- 
ly into NBC’s newsroom de- 
partment. Formerly set up as 
a separate unit operating un- 
der the program department, 
it’s now become a part of 
the newsroom operation un- 
der the supervision of AM-TV . 
program veepee Charles (Bud) 
Barry. 


HAMS, ELMS JOIN 
McC-E IN EXPANSION 

McCann Erickson is expanding 
its radio-tele department to pro- 
vide closer liaison between the ac- 
counts in the broadcast media and 
the AM-TV production department 
of the agency. Storrs Haynes and 
Brooks Elms have joined the New 
York office of McC-E as account 
supervisors, each with a list of 
bankrollers to service. 

Haynes was formerly with Dan- 
cer-Fitzgerald-Sample as exec pro- 
ducer and prior to that was man- 
ager of the AM-TV department at 
Compton. Elms was formerly with 
the Biow agency, handling several 
accounts in radio and tele. Haynes 
replacement at D-F-S is Charles 
Powers, quondam ABC radio-tele 
director. • 


General Cigar In 
Hickman TV Buy 

CBS-TV wrapped up another 
quarter-hour of its Sunday spon- 
sorship picture this week, when 
General Cigar pacted to bankroll a 
new Herman Hickman sports show 
in the 8:15 to 6:30 p.m. slot, start- 
ing Oct. 5. Hickman, who is Yale 
U.’s football coach, will concen- 
trate on football material during 
the grid season and then branch 
out into other sports. 

Sale, placed through the Dona- 
hue & Coe agency, leaves the web 
with the 6 to 6:15 slot still open 
Sunday afternoons. Ford Founda- 
tion’s “Omnibus” show, which CBS 
has only just started to pitch to 
prospective agencies and clients, 
goes from 5:30 to 6, starting Nov. 9. 
and Edward R> Murrow’s “See It 
Now”. returns to the 6:30 to 7 slot 
early in the fall. Web is sold out 
from that point through 11:15 Sun- 
day night. 

General Cigar, incidentally, wall 
retain its 15-minute “Sports Spot,” 
aired Wednesday nights on CBS- 
TV after the “Pabst Blue Ribbon 
Bouts.” Hickman was a permanent 
panelist on the same web’s “Ce- 

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1 son. 


Move Schechter, 
Others as NBC’s 
Revamp Rolls On 

With NBC-TV’s early-bird “To- 
day” show' moved into the web’s 
newsroom operation as part of the 
overall realignment policy now 
being carried out, NBC has as- 
signed Abe Schechter, general ex- 
ec who had supervised the “To- 
day” operation, to start planning 
a new fullscale daytime package. 
It’s to be a super-shopping show’, 
conceived by AM-TV exec veepee 
Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver, Jr. 
Dick Pinkham, who had been man- 
ager of TV planning takes over the 
chief editorial chores on “Today.” 

In further staff switches this 
! week in line with its new re-in- 
tegration policy for radio and TV, 
the web named Leonard II. Hole 
as director of production for both 
media, reporting directly to Fred 
Wile, Jr., radio-TV production vee- 
pee. At the same time, Robert W. 
Sarnoff. veepee in charge of the 
! TV web’s film department, re- 
vealed the setup of his unit. 

Earlier, NBC realigned its con- 
troller’s office w T ith Charles J. 
Cresswell, who had been controller 
for the TV network, taking over 
as head man of the unified setup. 
Henry Sjogren, who was controller 
for radio, is now operating out of 
the owned-and-operated division 
doing similar duties. 

Named as assistant controller un- 
der Cresswell is William F. Sar- 
gent, formerly Planning and Con- 
trol manager. 

Meanwhile, Fred Shawn, director 
of AM station relations, shifts over 
to the integrated production unit 
headed by Fred Wile, Jr.; Sheldon 
Ilickox, Jr., director of TV station 
(Continued on page 42) 


Washington, Aug* 5. 

In a somewhat involved policy 
decision to “get off the hook” on 
the Paramount package hearings, 
the Federal Communications Com- 
mission last Friday (1) paved the 
way for approval of the American 
Broadcasting Co.-United Paramount 
Theatres merger, but left the case 
in the hands of Examiner Leo Res- 
nick for the writing of an initial 
opinion on the merits. 

The net effect is that final Com- 
mission action ort the merger can- 
not come much before Oct. 15 but 
the agency’s okay is virtually cer- 
tain. 

On its face, the Commission ap- 
pears to have turned down the 
petitions of ABC, UPT and Para- 
mount to eliminate the antitrust 
issues from the current proceed- 
ings in order to provide a basis for 
quick action on the merger and 
renewal of license of Par’s TV sta- 
tion in Los Angeles, KTLA. How- 
ever, the agency ruled that any 
testimony bearing on Par’s anti- 
trust violation which goes back 
beyond the consent decree of 1948 
cannot be taken into account in de- 
termining Par’s license qualifica- 
tions or, indirectly, the qualifica- 
tions of UPT to merge with ABC. 

While declaring that it does not 
believe that “complete deletion” of 
the antitrust issue is warranted, 
the Commission held that “this 
proceeding and other recent ex- 
perience of the Commission have 
demonstrated, at least with re- 
spect to applicants who are exist- 
ing licensees with records as broad- 
casters, the complete impractica- 
bility of trying to delve Into and 
evaluate the entire history, remote 
as well as recent, of such appli- 
cants’ activities in fields other than 
radio communications which may 
have involved violation of the anti- 
trust laws. 

Time of Essehce 

“Where such (anti-trust) activi- 
ties arc of recent vintage, we be- 
lieve they can and should be con- 
sidered in determining whether 
the applicant has the character 
requisite to be a broadcast li- 
censee. However, where those ac- 
tivities tookr place in the relatively 
distant past and have not contin- 
ued, we arc of the opinion that 
their materiality to a determina- 
(Continued on page 33) 


throughout last sea- 


ADLAI SHEDS TV 

STATION INTEREST 

Chicago, Aug. 5. 

Now that ,he’s the Democratic 
presidential candidate, Gov. Adlai 
Stevenson is burning his TV 
bridges behind him. The Illinois 
chief exec is selling his minority 
interest in the Sangamon Valley 
TV Corp. which has applied for 
Channel 2 in Springfield. 

Gov. Stevenson is shedding his 
2.5% interest in the outfit because 
as a presidential candidate he pre- 
fers not to be even remotely in- 
volved in a firm that has something 
pending before a Federal agency. 

• No change is expected in Steven- 
son's connection with radio station 
WJBC, Bloomington. His tieup 
with the AMcr 'is through his 25% 
ownership of the Bloomington 
Daily Pantograph which owns 90% 
of the station* 


Lam!) Envisions 
A Video Empire 

Columbus, Aug. 5. 

If the FCC acts favorably on 
three applications to build *TV sta- 
; tions. Edward Lamb, publisher, at- 
1 torney and broadcaster. will 
j eventually achieve a television em- 
! pire which will cost him $1,250,500 
■ to get on the air. 

Lamb and companies in which 
! he has controlling interest now 
own WICU-TV, WIKK and the 
Erie Dispatch in Erie, Pa.; WTVlN 
here, WTOD, Toledo, and WHOO, 
Orlando, Fla. He now has on file 
with the FCC requests to huild 
i television stations in three cities, 
in two of which he has only radio 
outlets. 

He has requested Channel 9 for 
WHOO, Orlando, to build at a cost 
of $324,415; Edward Lamb Enter- 
prises has asked Channel 23 ior 
WTEL, Massillon, O., for a $238,- 
000; and Unity Corp.. in which 
Lamb has a controlling interest has 
requested Channel 11 in Toledo for 
i a $G19,Q58 station. The Toledo 
j Blade also has requested ihc same 
* channel and would build a $400,441 
i staiion, so that undoubtedly the 
I FCC will hold a hearing on the 
| fight for the Toledo channel. 

Lamb has told the FCC he will 
spend $1,201,473 to erect the three 
outlets. If all goes according to 
plan in a year or so Lamb will own 
a total of five television stations, 
three radio stations and a news- 
paper. 





Observe the rooftop on the left* 

It marks a television home, of which 
the U,S, now contains some 17,100,000 
—each one located somewhere 

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within range of a television station* 

Represents quite an advertising 
market, doesn’t it? 

Look now at the rooftop on the right 

This marks a radio-only home, of 
which “Non-TV America” alone 
contains over 1 7, 200,000 — each one 
located beyond range of any TV* 

Represents quite an advertising 
market, doesn’t it? 

Yes, the plain fact is this: for every 
TV home in America, there’s a 
radio-only home in the 45-state area 
of “Non -TV America” ! 

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Washington* Aug, . 5, - 

With issuance last week of three 
more construction permits, the 
FCC has authorized a total' of 21 
new commercial TV stations in the 
U. S. since the lifting of the freeze- 
on April 14 and the commence- 
ment of application processing on 
July 1. These authorizations pro- 
vide local TV service to 13 cities 
which were caught in the freeze. 
Four permits for non-commercial 
outlets have $dso been, issued by 
the Commission! 

The. new authorizations went to 
Gerico Investment Co. and radio 
station WFTL in Fort Lauderdale, 
Fla., -and KBOD in El Paso, Tex. 
The Florida permits are for UHF 
channels and the Texas grant for 
VHF channel '4. 

In addition, the Commission- 
notified 17 applicants that hear- 
ings would be ’necessary on their 
applications; • bringing to 85 the 
total of applications so designated. 
Thus the agency has already acted 
on 110 of the approximately 725 
applications which have been filed 
•since the lifting of the freeze. 

In preparation . for hearings, 
agency is taking^sleps to expand 
its staff of examiners to preside 
at proceedings. Additional profes- 
sional personnel are also being 
hired under ‘ a ’ Special appropria- 
tion of $300,000- granted by Con- 
gress for handling TV applications. 

It’s expected: that hearings on 
contested 'applications’ will h® 
scheduled in the next few weeks. 


Cordic Pacted for TV 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 5. 

PittsburghVjtop radio personali- 
ty, Rege Cordic, whose three and a 
half hour show every morning on 
WWSW, beginning at 6 a. m., hits 
long been No. 1 on the local hit 
parade of . the early waker-uppers, 
is taking his second fling at TV. 

He’s just been signed by the 
Braun Baking Co. to m, c. its tele- 
phone-participation “Movie Quick 
Quiz” on WDTV, a 15-minute fea- 
ture Monday, Wednesday and Fri- 
day afternoons at 2 o’clock. 



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Mall Tune’ Series 
On World B’casting list 

.“Football Time,” 13-week series 
of quarter-hour programs aimed at 
local sponsorship, is being released 
by World Broadcasting System to 
its subscribers. 

Robert W. Friedheim,' general 
manager of the library service, said 
that last year 462 World subscrib- 
ers sold, the series to local spend- 
ers. Each airer will include four 
features: a “football thrill,” de- 
scribing a great moment in tbe 
sport; space for local football 
scores and predictions; college and 
march music conducted by top 
bands; and an honor roll of foot- 
ball immortals, including descrip- 
tions of dramatic plays and inci- 
dents in the past. 

Stations will also get promotion 
material, including mats, ads, an- 
nouncements and publicity aids. 



Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 5. 

Tommy Riggs, creator of the 
“Tommy Riggs and Betty Lou” 
stanza which recently was axed by 
WCBS, N. Y., after a long stretch 
as a 9:45 a. m. strip, has been 
appointed a program-production 
exec by Voice of Alabama, Inc., op- 
erators of WAPI, WAFM and. 
WAFM-TV, Birmingham. 

Riggs will do the “Betty Lou” 
show, featuring his ventriloquing 
a moppet voice, as a musical strip 
in an afternoon half-hour -on WAPI 
and will produce and star in 
“Breakfast in Birmingham” on 
WAFM-TV, a morning program 
from the Dinkier Tutwiler hotel. 

Since WMBR, WMBR-EM and 
WMBR-TV, Jacksonville, are under 
the* joint ownership aegis of Ed- 
ward L. Norton, board chairman of 
Voice of Alabama, Riggs is also ex- 
pected to be available for those out- 
lets. 

In 1937 Riggs was booked for a 
single guest shot on the Rudy Val- 
lee show and remained on for 49 
weeks. Subsequently he was regu- 
larly slotted on CBS’ “Kate Smith 
Hour” and in ’46 had his own CBS 
airer. * 


Cincinnati — Robert K. Williams 
has been advanced from assistant 
director to director of the^Crosley 
Broadcasting Corp. merchandising 
department by Harry Mason Smith, 
vice-president. Williams joined the 
department in 1941 and fills va- 
cancy created by recent death of 
Jack Zinselmeier. 


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RCAY Horn of Plenty 

Philadelphia, Aug. $• 
RCA Victor joined with more 
than 400 fan. club members in cere- 
monies marking the 18th year on 
the air. for: Bob Horn, veteran 
WFIL disk jockey. 

' Horn was presented with a gold 
recrird, at - Woodside Park <2) as 
the highlight of the week-long cele- 
bration of “Bob. Horn Week” at 
the park. 


Mpls. Reshuffle 
In Merger Okay 

Minneapolis, Aug. , 5. 

FCC approval of the merger of 
CBS’ local radio station WCCO and 
Mid-Continent Radio-TV’s WTCN- 
TV station and the Mid^Continent’s 
sale of WTCN radio to- a Twin 
Cities group for $325,000, forth- 
coming last week, finds ‘F. Van 
Konynenberg, who was Mid- 
Continent’s exec veepee and gen- 
eral manager, retaining that post 
for Midwest Radlo-TV, a new cor- 
poration which owns the station 
emerging from the consolidation 
and having WCCO-TV as its call 
letters. 

. The merger .also finds Larry 
Haeg* ; who has been WCCO farm 
service direCtrii^’since 1942, the new 
general manager of WCCO’s radio 
end . of the merger, succeeding 
Gene Wilkey, W CC0- general man- 
ager for nearly 10 years, who will 
be transferred by CBS to an execu- 
tive post elsewhere. The , new 
WTCN radio station owners have 
named Edward G. ;Smith, formerly 
General Mills radio-TV director, 
general manager, and Ken Light, 
a WTCN salesman for several 
years, .sales manager. The new 
WTCN radio station operation has 
applied for a TV station permit. 

Merger terms between WCCO 
and WTCN-T.V provide that the 
new corporation, Midwest Radio- 
TV, Inc., should be the depositary 
of the stock of the previous owners 
of WCCO and Mid-Continent. Mid- 
Continent will hold 53% and CBS 
47% of the stock. The 47% interest 
owned by CBS has been placed in 
a voting trust and will be voted by 
Robert Bidder, a member of the 
family which owns a number of 
newspapers, including the St. Paul 
Dispatch, and W. J. McNally, novel- 
ist-playwright and onetime drama 
editor and columnist as well as 
stockholder of the ‘Minneapolis 
Tribune before its sale to* the 
present owners, the Cowles. Bidder 
and McNally were board chairman 
and president, respectively, of 
radio and TV station WTCN before 
the merger and will occupy the 
same offices with Midwest. 

WCCO radio will continue to be 
housed in its own building while 
WTCN-TV will remain in its pres- 
ent Radio City theatre building 
quarters and will rent space to the 
new WTCN radio station, it’s an- 
nounced. No other change in 
WCCO radio personnel, aside from 
that noted, is contemplated, ac- 
cording to announcement! 

Robert Butler, who heads the 
Twin Cities group which bought 
radio station WTCN and will oper- 
ate it under the corporation name 
of the Minnesota Television Public 
Service Corp., is a former Ameri- 
can Ambassador to Australia and 
Cuba. When its application for a 
TV station is granted, he says, 
WTCN radio again will be called 
WTCN-TV. 


EXPAND STANZAS ON 
ABC’S PYRAMID PLAN 

ABC radio network is expanding 
its Pyramid Plan, upping the num- 
ber of stanzas involved from three 
a week to four, with the possibility 
that it may eventually include five 
shows. 

Objective. is four shows, all slot- 
ted at 8 p.m., running from Tues- 
day to Friday. Shows will be in 
different, program categories, to 
provide maximum dispersion of the 
advertiser’s message. They’d in- 
clude an audience participation, a 
situation comedy, “Defense Attor- 
ney” and “Top Guy.” 

Possibility for the fifth show is 
Marlene Dietrich’s “Cafe Istanbul,” 
which may be moved to 8:30 p.m, 
on Sunday, ahead of Walter Win- 
chell at 9. Setup would permit a 
bankroller to come in for one pro- 
gram or for four or five. 

Getting all shows into an 8 p.m. 
strip, it’s felt, will make them 
[easier to promote and sell. 




v WHAS, Louisville, radio program director Sam Gifford is teeint? ntt 
a saturation schedule of the public service program series, “The plnni 
Act.”. The 26-program series, originally aired over CBS with Robert 
Trout as narrator, wNs presented' by the Ford Foundation’s TV.t?»,u 
W orkshop' and the' Fund for Adult Education. • a ^ ° 

WHAS is presenting the series by transcription i n Class A time 
■airing each night for 26 consecutive nights'. WHAS program heart! 
reason that series will draw more attention and more listeners, and hav! 
greater results, through the saturation scheduling. To make’ room fo! 
the public service series, WHAS program director cancelled thw* 
week Steve Allen strip and the Saturday “Gangbuster” dramas e * 


As a novel promotion stunt, CBS Radio has transcribed segments of 
five~of its top sustaining shows for incorporation into two sides of a 
12-inch long-playing record, which it ‘is mailing out to agencies and 
prospective clients this week. Inside of the brightly-colored holder is 
a reprint of the web’s trade ad on the shows, which details their 
format, stars, etc., and "some of the favorable reviews they’ve received 
so far. - 

Excerpts of the five shows were. edited for the disk purposes bv 
Norman Frank, the web’s program manager and assistant to program 
veepee Lester Gottlieb. Shows, all of which are now on the air in 
cream time segments, include “Horatio Horablower,” “December 
Bride,” the Frank Foritaine program, “Gunsmoke” and the Steve Allen 
Show. :.v 


Fullscale promotion tie-in has beCh worked by RKO for its new 
Joan Crawford starrer, “Sudden Feai^” with the Paula Stone show 
aired on the Mutual web, via a nationwide contest for the program's 
listeners. Participants are to write 'jii. letter describing their first 
“sudden fear” and how they conquered it, with first prize being an all- 
expense paid round trip to Hollywood. - v . * 

RKO has produced a special trailer -Spotlighting Gloria Grahame 
featured in the film, and Miss Stone, which is to be Screened in theatres 
ahead of the picture. Trailer plugs the Tadio show and details the 
contest.^ Film company is .also lining up co-op newspaper advertising 
plugging the show andthe^. contest. v 


Hollywood Coordinating Committee rounded up. it film names to 
make a dozen 15-minute radio programs in belkdf of the National Con- 
ference of Christians and Jews campaign for l£52-53. 

Programs, recently completed, were made hy Eve Arden, Edward 
Arnold, William Bendix, Paul' Douglas, Susan Hayward, JeanettCi Mac- 
Donald, Mercedes MoCambridge, George Murphy, Ruth Roman, 'Bar- 
bara Stanwyck, Audrey Totter and Loretta Young. 


U. S. Civil Service Commission is hiring radio broadcast technicians 
Pay ranges from $4,620-$5,940 annually. ‘ 

Application forms can be obtained at the' civil' service office in th« 
Federal Building, N. Y., or from the State Department International 
Information Administration in N. Y. 


New York Herald Tribune editorialized last week on the plugs which 
AM and TV have giveirthe paper’s Fresh Air Fund, which sends needy 
youngsters to camp. “Virtually every radio and television station in 
this city” has given time to the fund, the Trib said, and it is “indebted 
to the radio and TV industry” for the ‘Valuable donation in terms of 
time and talent supplied” by the broadcast media. ' 


Chi ‘Ballroom; N.Y. Times 
Youth Forum to DuMont; 
Five Wind Up Hiatuses 

Two new shows are slated to 
bow out on the DuMont web this 
month and next, and fiv^ other 
shows will return after their sum- 
mer hiatuses. New shows are “Mel- 
ody Mill Ballroom,” originating 
from WGN-TV, Chicago, which 
takes over the Wednesday night 
19 to 10:30 period starting Aug. 13, 
and • “The N. Y. Times Youth 
Forum,” which goes Sunday after- 
noons from 5 to 6, starting Sept. 
14. Neither has. yet been sold. 

Returning "shows are “Kids Sc 
Co.,” which resumes in the. Satur- 
day morning 11:30 to noon slot 
under Red Goose Shoes’ sponsor- 
ship, starting this week (9); Barry 
Gray’s “TV Newspaper,” returning 
to the 11 to 11:15 p.m. strip Aug. 
25 on N. Y,’s WABD only, with 
Sealy Mattress and Michaels Bros, 
bankrolling; “Charlie Wild, Private 
Detective,” going into the Tuesday 
9 to 9:30 period starting Sept. 2 
under sponsorship of Mogen-David 
Wine; “Kiddie Kollege,” resuming 
in the Sunday 12:30 to 1 p.m. pe- 
riod Sept. 14 for Dr. A. Posner 
Shoes, and “Double C Canteen,” 
returning to the Friday night 6:30 
to 7 p.m. slot, with the Coca-Cola 
Bottling Co. as sponsor. 


1,000th Telecast For 
WBAP’s Weather Show 

Forth Worth, Tex., Aug. 5. 

“Weather Telefacts” WBAP- 
TV’s top rated weather show cel- 
ebrated its 1,000th telecast on Fri- 
day (1). Started here in October, 
1949, the telecast is seen seven 
nights each week. It had not missed 
a single show until July 8 when It 
was preempted by the Republican 
National Convention . Since Jits in- 
ception some 167 hours of weather 
info have been given out. 

Program was the idea of Walter 
Porter, Harold Taft and Bob Den- 
ney, all professional meteorologists 
for American Airlines. The pro- 
gram is one of the few shows of 
its kind in the country handled by 
professional weathermen. 


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Ethel Colby'* ‘'Broadway Mati- 
nee” and the "‘Ethel Thorsen 
Show,” previously seen only over 
WABD, DuMont’s, N. Y. flagship, 
are expanding to a full network 
spread. DuMont, meanwhile, has 
temporarily jettisoned “Rumpus 
Room” and “Woman’* Club” and 
has axed “Frontier Theatre” cross- 
the-board western film series « . . 
Comic Orson Bean guesting on 
NBC’s “Matinee in N. Yt^Monday 
(11) . , . Marge Schwarts, CBS’ 
local film service, manager, ’’current- 
ly processing a series of promo- 
tional trailers featuring the web’s 
stars in the 'CBS “eye” setting. 
They’ll be used for chain- breaks 
, Harry Eriedman, DuMont’s 
personnel relations chief, resign- 
ing to resume private law practice 
but will continue, as' a consultant 
to the web . ... Hope Miller doubles 
into two dramatic shows next week, 
holding down a featured spot-on 
WOR-TV’s “Broadway Theatre’ 
(“It’s a Boy”) Monday (11), Wed- 
nesday and Thursday, then doing 
the femme lead Friday on NBC’s 
“Doorway to Danger” , v , . Life pub- 
lisher Andrew Helskell guests to- 
night (Wed.), and ‘ Mrs. Eleanor 
Roosevelt set as. guest the follow- 
ing week (13) on Ted Granins 
“Youth Wants to Know” via NBC 
. . . Barbara Booth and Charles 
Mayer set for dead* on DuMont’s, 

* “Plainclothesnian” ... Sunday night 
(10) , . . TV actor Michael Drey- 
fuss back In town after a summer 
stock engagement . . . Michael Hig- 
gins* just returned from a tour of 
colleges throughout the country, 
has the lead on WOR-TV’s “Broad- 
way Theatre” next week . . . With 
WPIX newscaster John Tillman on 
vacation, Harry Fleetwood • takes 
over on the ‘station's Telepix News- 
reel” and Jack ■ F. A. ‘Flynn as- 
sumes Fleetwood’s duties as night 
manager . . . Herbert O. Phillips 
named exec art director in\CBS- 
TV’s scenic division . . . Seven- 
year-old Johnnie Coleman, son of 
,«ftill Coleman, radio-TV department 
chairman at Fordham U., and for- 
mer actress Imelda Wall, had the 
leads on CBS' “Lux Video Thea- 
tre” Monday night (4)„ 

Peggy Wood, star of CBS-TV’s 
“Mama,” flew Sunday (3) to Nor- 
way to be received by King Haa- 
kon and tour the country . . , 
Fred Robbins is conducting a 
search for a “femme Continental” 
on WOR-TV’s all-night shoW; pro- 
gram, incidentally, has installed a 
Western Union wire to handle 
wires from viewers (about 500 a 
night) . . . Merrill E. Jqela on loca- 
tion at Chester Springs, Pa., doing 
the lead in “Banderilla,” being 
filmed by Good News Productions; 
he’ll be back Aug. 22 . . . Harold 
L. Hadden, WOR-TV film projec- 
tion supervisor, feted Friday (1) 
on 25 years wlthfWQR . . .. When 
Jay Herbert’s "‘Sing the Words” 
was auditioned by NBC on Thurs- 
day (31) evening, the theatre was 
filled to 500 capacity and 300 
would-be spectators were turned 
away . . . Benton Sc Bowles is lining 


up some heavy promotions for Roy 
Rogers when he comes to Gotham 
for the Rodeo in September. 

John Rich, NBC video director 
on the Coast, in N. Y, this week 
on a combined business-vacation 
trip , . . Paul Levitan, CBS-TV spe- 
cial events director, analyzed the 
conventioncasts at Lou Dropkin’s 
American Theatre Wing seminar 
last week, with Robert Lewis 
Shayon guesting tomorrow (Thurs.) 
and Tom Slater following week 
. , . Harpsichordist Sylvia Mar- 
lowe on NBC-TV'* “Recital Hall” 
Sundfy (10). 


Hollywood 

Lawrence Walk kudoed on his 
KTLA program by Knights of Co- 
lumbus, which gave him an award 
for being “most outstanding and 
wholesome” entertainer on TV , . . 
Jack Wrathcr back from Washing- 
ton where he fciade application to 
FCC for TV channels in Little 
Rock, Ark., Corpus Christi, and. 
Houston, Tex., and Sacramento. 
His associate is Helen Alvarez, 
now heading KOTV in Tulsa, 
which Wrather and his mother re- 
cently bought for over $2,000,000 
. . , Committee for Eisenhower 
shelled out $3,000 for a. series of 
15-min. program* blurbing the 
GOP nominee over KTTV, paying 
$250 for each shot until election. 

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Chicago 

• Bill cralg^ Procter Sc ' Gamble 
TV chieftain, in this, week for con- 
fabs With Tommy Bartlett and Les 
Lear on “Welcome Travelers” 
video show which bows from here 
on NBC Sept. 8 for the soapery 
. . , Miller Brewing is lifting the 
tab oh ABC-TV shooting Sunday 
(10) of the final holes of the Tam 
O’Shahter" golf tourney. Harry 
Wisiuer will do the description 
. . . Disk mimics Bill Cain, Clark 
Davis and Ellen Scott return to 
WBKB tomorrow night (Thurs.) 
with a weekly half-hour sponsored 
by Cole Products . . . Lewis Goma- 
vitz, “Kukla, Fran 8c Ollie,” direc- 
tor, off bn a Mexico vacation until 
the show returns to NBC-TV Aug. 
24 as a 30-minute Sunday after- 
noon attraction . . . .WGN-TV’s re- 
mote director Don Cook invades a 
new field when he starts calling 
the shots next week (13) on sta- 
tion’s DuMont beaming from the 
Melody Mill ballroom. Bob Lewis 
will handle the scripting chores 
. . . Jack Drees takes over this 
week as regular gabber on 
WENR-TV’* 8:10 pun. sports show 
. . . Muntz TV breaks out its new 
models next week, featuring a 27- 
inch tube and new price tags 
upped $10 a unit . . . With Bob 
Murphy off on a European junket, 
newsman Arthur Kipllnger is 
pinchhitting on WENR-TV’s daily 
“Bob and Kay” show. 


Philadelphia — Cramped for space 
In its present quarters, KYW 
(Westinghouse chain outlet) is rent- 
ing office space from its old rival 
WCAU, CBS outlet, around the 
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WMPS INKS U. OF TENN. 
2-YEAR GRID PACT 

Memphis, Aug, 5. 

WMPS, Memphis' ABC outlet, 
inked /t two-year pact with the 
Univ. of Tennessee to air the Vol 
grid games exclusively in this. Sec- 
tor. Harold • Krelstein, station's 
prexy, signed the 1952-53 package 
with the U. of Tenn., and General 
Bob Neyland, w.k. coach of the Vol 
gridders who are ticketed for the 
No. 1 slot -again this season in the 
National Collegiate football ranks. 

The first game to be aired, by the 

Vol net and through WMPS will 
feature U. s of Tenn. and Missis- 
sippi State, Sept. 27, The game will 
be played here' at Crump Stadium. 
Other top grid classics on the Vol 
slate' are Duke, North Carolina, 
Vanderbilt, Kentucky and . several 
other w.k. college clubs. 

Ed Huster agency of Knoxville 
handling arrangements, and inking 
stations throughout Tennessee to 
the Vol web. • 

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D.C. B’cast Ripley: 
When Is Candidate 
Not a Candidate? 

Recent amendments to the Fed- 
eral Communications Act, which 
included a directive that stations 
shouldn't charge . political candi- 
dates more for time than regular 
commercial advertisers are billed, 
may contain a joker. . 

It’s pointed out by some station 
operators that, the amendment, 
contained in the McFarland bill 
signed by President Truman last 
month, is so worded that it applies 
to political candidates, not spokes- 
men for candidates. Thus, since 
the bulk of radio and tele time is 
bought not by the candidates 
themselves but by party and citi- 
zens committees, outlets could 
charge tfie politico groups pre- 
mium rates.- 

In the past, before the new bill 
was signed, jjnany broadcasters 
charged higher rates for paid po- 
litical talks on the theory that they 
chase audiences, that they are in- 
frequent buyers and that there is 
a big demand from the various 
parties for a limited amount of 
time. The amendment was intended 
to stop this practice. 

However, it's felt in some circles, 
the legislators overlooked the. dif- 
ference between actual office- 
seekers and spokesmen for them. 
Section 315 of the Communications 
Act, as interpreted over the years, 
differentiates between these two 
categories. The stipulation that 
higher rates are not to be charged 
applies only to candidates and not 
to their backers, in. the opinion of 
some lawyers who have studied the 
Communications Act' as amended. 

If it was Congress’ intent to 
safeguard all political advertisers 
against higher rates, it’s explained, 
the-FCC will have to issue a* clari- 
fying rule. Otherwise those sta- 
tions which are out for coin may 
put an extra bite on groups taking 
to the airlines to plug their candi- 
dates. 


KOIL Ups Swisher 

Omaha, Aug. 5. 

Major changes at KOIL during 
the week brought Arden Swisher, 
sales manager of KOIL, into the 
general manager’s job. 

General manager William J. 
Newens resigned to take a spot with 
Allen 8c Reynolds Advertising 
agency. 


AI Simmon* Switch 

Memphis, Aug. 5. 

Al Simmons, former member of 
WFAK . sales staff, daytime indie 
here, resigned to take over post 
as general manager of KCRV, Car- 
ruthersville, Mo., fulltime indie. 

Prior to Memphis post, Simmons 
served as commercial manager of 
JWMPA, Aberdeen, Miss, outlet. 


Dallas— Murray Cox, farm and 
ranOh director for WFAA,- who 
generally airs his farm news early 
in the mornings and at mid-morn- 
ing will be featured in a full half- 
hour show each Saturday night, 
starting Aug. 16. In the past Mur- 
ray has been traveling over vari- 
ous sections of the state to bring 
the latest farm and ranch reports. 


Inside Staff-Television 

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Seaboard Studios’ No. X cameraman, Jack Etra, is fast becoming a 
legend among the talent shooting TV pix there. He gives out with » 
brand of fractured French and fractured Yiddish that is a strance 
patois. “Toujours l’amour, tonight for sure’ r heralds that this shot 
counts. His cries of “m.o.l.” and “m.o.s” intrigued and puzzled the TV 
players until he explained that means “mit-out lights” or “mit-out 
sound” — a dry-run camera rehearsal. Seaboard Is in N. Y. City 


Paul Dixon's ABC weekly hour show which originated Wednesday 
(30) 7 p.m, (EST) at Coney Island in Cincinnati was easily the most 
novel and expansive TV presentation done from Cincy. 

Use of the ace amusement park’s rides crammed color, action and 
thrills into the offering. These props included the Lost River water 
chutes, down which Dixon, Wanda* Lewis and Dottie Mack made their 
initial appearance; ferris wheel, merry-go-round, Dodgem, pony track 
and, for the windup, the Wildcat high roller coaster. 

Dixon and his gang, as he terms the two femme supporters, did the 
joint and individual song pantomiming to recorded tunes which is 
regular fere on their disk jockey opry. Considering that they had to 
work without the benefit of rehearsals, results were sock. Same goes 
for the mechanical crew, as it was strictly hustle for all hands to get 
over the park’s vast layout and keep up with close timing. 


Louis G. Cowan’s newest video word game, “Super Ghost” beamed 
Sunday nights on NBC-TV, looks likely to top the phenomenal mail 
pull records racked up by the same shop’s “Down You Go” via Du- 
Mont. The NBC show, with its $50 prize for the letter writers who stop 
the panelists,* drew 21,578 letters during„the first five days after it 
bowed July 27. * 

Television Inclex, Inc., indie publication, has taken over manage- 
ment of Ross Reports on TV. Jerry Leichter, editor-publisher of 
Publicity Record, will be exec director of Reports and also continue 
with the Record, which will remain as a separate corporation. Wallace 
A. Ross, founder of Ross Reports, Tetains an interest in the company. 
He left -Sun day (?) aboard the new French -liner, Flandre, for a six- 
week vacation in Europe. 


DuMont was slated to air two shows back-to-back from the same 
floor of a single studip last night (Tues.), through the simple ex- 
pedient of erecting sets for the two shows on opposite sides of the 
stage. Arrangement was made necessary by the fact that “Keep, 
Posted,” which usually originates from Washington, was to be staged 
in N. Y. so that Vivien Kellems could guest on the show. And Miss 
Kellems has her own program, “The Power of Women,” in the half- 
hour directly preceding "Tested.” 

Under plans worked out by the DuMont production department, 
Miss Kellems was to do her own show, from 8 to 8:30 p.m., from one 
side of the Adelphi Theatre, N. Y., stage. As soon as N she signed off 
her show, she was to turn and walk across the stage to the set for 
“Posted,” aired from 8:30 to 9. Michael DISalle, mayor of Toledo and 
former JPrice Stabilization chief, was slated to guest with Miss Kellem* 
on “Posted,” 


Motorola stockholders- at a special meeting in Chicago last week 
voted a 2-for-l .split of the 879,605 common shares and also decided to 
offer 175,921 additional shares of common. Latter are to be made 
available at the rate of one share for each 10 outstanding common with 
an estimated net of $5, 000,000-$5, 500,000. 

Company will add this money to its working capital, according to 
prexy Paul V. Galvin. He said tjiat nb specific use of the added coin, 
has been decided on hut it will probably be used for expansion of 
Motorola’s plant and equipment facilities. Galvin also revealed ,the 
company’s net for the six months ended June 28 was $3,129,704, 
amounting to $3.58 per share, as compared with $3,756,863, or $4.27 
per share, for the same period In 1951. 


CLOSED CIRCUIT FEEDS 
TY TO MINOT, N. D. 

Minneapolis, Aug. 5. 

Minot, N. D., is the first of this 
territory’s towns outside of the 
Twin Cities and nearby area to get 
TV programs. They’re regularly 
scheduled by one of the town’s two 
radio stations, KCJB, which started 
its closed ‘circuit telecasting to sub- 
scribers with an initial schedule of 
13 hours daily. 

KCJB has no television permit, 
but does not require one, since no 
actual broadcasting is done. The 
programs are transmitted by co- 
axial cable. 

In Minot and a number of other 
towns in this territory funds are 
being raised to finance the con- 
struction and operation of TV sta- 
tions by the sale of stock to the 
public. The only TV stations thus 
far are KSTP and WTCN in the 
Twin Cities, both more than two 
years old. 


Salt Lake Biz Hypo 

Salt Lake City, Aug. 5. 

Rose colored glasses have be- 
come standard equipment for radio 
time salesmen here as a result of 
July biz that showed* ' solid gains 
over the usual hot weather 
doldrums. 

Practically every station in town 
reports sales have been holding up 
surprisingly well. Reasons for the 
upswing are varied, but most seem 
to agree it’s been the result of get- 
ting new advertisers on the air. 


Another N.H. Tele Bid 

^ Manchester, N.H., Aug. 5. 

# Union-Leader Corp., which pub- 
lishes the Manchester Union-Lead- 
er and the New Hampshire Sun- 
day News, has filed an application 
with the FCC for television chan- 
nel 9, alloted to this area. 

Previously, three Manchester 
radio station— -WKBR, WMUR and 
WFEA — had filed similar applica- 
tions in the race for establishment 
of New Hampshire’s first TV outlet. 


PoIanYTV Aspirations 

Huntington, W\ Va., Aug. 5. 

E. G. Polan, head of Polan Indus- 
tries, Huntington, W. Va., said his 
firm plan* a five-station four-state 
television chain, to cost an esti- 
mated $1,250,000. . 

He said that applications hav# 
been made for channels* in Ash- 
land, Ky., Parkersburg and Wheel- 
ing, W. Va., Youngstown, O., and 
Roanoke, Va., all on UHF channels. 



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ness So glad she is to 'be our next 
president - First time a woman 
ever made it. R0BERT c RU ARK 


“Betty Furness has such a hold on 
television audiences, we believe, 
that if she were nominated she 
would sweep the nation by acclaim. 
The kid Is great . , . looks good . . . 
is young . . has vitality ... a 

charming speaking voice . . . dig- 
nity. She is also undoubtedly the 
best-dressed woman who has ever 
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“WESTINGHOUSE GIRL . . . pret- 
ty, blonde Betty Furness . . = 
went on the air a total of 158 times 
to peddle her sponsor’s wares.” 

TIME 


“Here is CBS’s network control 
room. Background: commercial 
studio with tireless Betty Furness 
standing by.” 

LIFE 


"BETTY SENT ME — A utility 
called the Westinghouse headquar- 
ters at one point and asked them to 
stop their fan commercials. They 
were fresh out of fans, but custom- 
ers kept coming in and saying 
Betty Furness had sent them to 
buy one — as good a reason, other 
than the hot weather, as we can 
think of.” 

NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE 


"This convention may he referred 
to in the future as the Taft-Eisen- 
hower convention, but to the tele- 
vision audience, it will be known 
as the Governor Fine-Betty Furness 
convention.” 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE (Editorial) 



"Who’s winnning, pop— -Ike, Taft,' 
or Betty Furness?” 

THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS 
(Front page cartoon) 


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"Betty Furness; queen of television 
commercial*, is Tar "better known 
here than any movie star.” 

HEDDA HOPPER 


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by the doaen to set up what 
someone has called the next Betty 
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al can also be entertaining* in the 
best sense of the word. 

This first segment (3), as put to- 
gether by Ben Park of the Chi 
•NBC staff and Jules Pewowar of 
the Herbert S. Laufman office, was 
nothing more than a brain-picking 
expedition with visual aids. But be- 
cause tire topic was significant and 
the “brains’ 1 were authorities in 
the field it was a meaningful 30 
minute discussion. No Nielsen top- 
per, to be sure, but the sort of 
thing the medium needs to fill its 
dimensions. 

The subject was longevity. The 
pundits were University, of Chicago 
profs E. M. K. Gelling ana Robert 
IC. Havighurst; their knowledge of 
the subject at hand obviously was 
of career depth and their ease on 
the TV podium- was firstrate. They 
Were adtoitly led through their 
paces by Hugh Downs, whose in- 
terest in things scientific especially 
fits him for such an assignment. 

The parley was roughly divided 
in two parts. Professor Havighurst, 
with the ai^ of charts and maps, 
outlined the historical and geo- 
graphical aspects of the growth of 
the life span. He also touched up- 
on the psychosomatic phases of 
long life. Professor Geiling went 
into the effects of the so-called 
“wonder drugs” and radioactive 
therapy on lengthening life. He 
stepped into a mockup lab and 
demonstrated the production of 
penicillin and showed how medici- . 
nal plants are made radio active so 
that the eventual use of the drugs 
can be traced in the human system. 
These lab scenes were skillfully 
lensed and underscored the scope 
of -the hardly-scratched world of 
science awaiting video’s investiga- 
tion. ... 

It was a fine beginning that 
should be given a chance to sprout, 
further. Dave . 


ASK THE CAMERA 
With Bill Rippee 

Producers-Writers: Jane KalmuS, 

Enid Roth 

ore*. Mins.; Mon.-tliru-Fri., 6:15 p„m. 
Sustaining 
WNBT, N. Y. 

Here’s an ingenious little show 
which. might catch on with better 
production mountings. It’s a- quiz- 
zes with WNBT staff' announcer 
Bill Rippee asking the questions, 
answers to which are provided by 
film clips culled from NBC-TV’s 
mammoth film library. Home view- 
ers are supposed to compete 
against an NBC personality for the 
top score. Only trouble is, the 
NBC star supposedly completed 
the test in advance and does not 
appear on the show in person. As 
a result, with no prizes offered 
viewers, there’s little incentive for 
them actually to get interested in 
the contest. 

Format will have the questions 
based on different subjects each 
night of the week. On the inltialer 
Monday night (4), for example, the 
topic was American presidents. 
NBC’s library provides clips on all 
Prexies ever filmed, back to Wil- 


liam McKinley, who was the first 
to appear before a motion picture 
camera. Questions- and their an- 
swers provided interesting, infor- 
mative material hut the show still 
needs more of a contest gimmick 
to lure the viewers. Use of a Panel 
of name celebs to compete 'With 
each other dr against the home 
setsiders might turn the trick. 

Rippee made for a good, per- 
sonable , emcee but would project 
better if he refrained from read- 
ing so much. Film clips were well 
selected but the- editing could have 
been 'tighter. On shots featuring 
Franklin D. Roosevelt, for ex- 
ample, the film was not in the 
right progressive ordgr, jumping 
back and forth from one date to 
another of his life. Stal. 


GERALD JOHNSON 
Director: Paul Kane 
15 Mins.; Fri. 9 p.m. 

WAAM-TV, Baltimore 

Gerald Johnson is an important 
journalistic figure here, having by- 
lined for the Sunpapers in its hey- 
day of topflight writing. He has 
also cut quite a swath nationally 
with -several important books and 
articles in the major publications 
on history and the philosophy of 
present day life jn America. In 
many respects he * has taken the? 
(place formerly occupied by H. L. 
Mencken, as the “Sage or Balti- 
more,” 'and what he says is im- 
■portant. > ^ 

• Speaking from the ^living room 
of his home on old Bolton Street, 
Johnson employs a calm and de- 
tatched delivery to poiht his views 
of the current political scene, lean- 
ing toward the “liberal” side and 
'giving to his carefully developed 
theme a clarity and modest know- 
how that is a welcome switch from 
. the blatant pontificating of many 
of the hoys experting it on the 
various channels currently. 

Summation of the recent con- 
ventions and analysis of develop- 
ments thereafter worked out as he 
predicted and the overall effect of 
his spiel which builds confidence 
should develop a considerable aud- 
ience and is natural for a regular 
network pickup. Burm. 


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Summerfield, new chairman of the 
GOP national committee and a 
wealthy auto merchant, was instru- 
mental in having the plum tossed 
to Kudner, via that agency’s long- 
time association with General Mo- 
tors. Y&R, meanwhile, is in the 
running for the Citizen’s Commit- 
tee for Eisenhower account, which 
is a separate piece of business. 

While the GOP plans to spend 
that $2,500,000 in radio and TV 
time for its nominee, the party also 
may hire press agent Steve Hanna- 
gan to handle press and public re- 
lations for Eisenhower. It’s felt 
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the campaign will be won not so 
much on the airwaves as in the 
daily press and it will he Hanne- 
gan’s job, if he .draws the assign- 
ment, to see that Ike gets the right 
kind of publicity between now and 
Election Day. 

Both major parties, meanwhile, 
are expected to-reserve a half-hour 
on all networks, both radio and 
TV, the night before the election 
(Nov. 3) for a final wrapUR of their 
campaigns, as they did in 1948. . 


Tele Followups 

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cracked each of the two cases pre- 
sen ted in virtually no time. With 
only the two prepared for pres- 
entation, Rathbone was forced to 
do some painfully-obvlous padding 
to round out the 30 minutes. Rath- 
bone’s faltering delivery, incident- 
ally, indicates that he Wottld do 
well to make use of the Tele- 
prompter, which could be avail- 
able to him under CBS-TV’s con- 
tract with the prompting device. 

Lucky Strike plugs, on film for 
the summer, still relied mainly on 
that ripping-the-cigaret-down-the- 
middle routine. They're becoming 
boring through overuse on all the 
Lucky Strike-sponsored shows. 

Stal. 


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Continued from page 25 - ^=- 

throughout the world to air express 
back to N. Y. each week the partic- 
ular record or records which are 
the current faves abroad. The disks 
will then be aired on a special half- 
hour show, complete with a name 
deejay to provide the pertinent in- 
formation about each tune.^As Cott 
explained, the. show should run 
something like a Hit Parade of all 
countries. % 

" For the BBC dramatic shows, 
Cott arranged with Val Gielgud, 
BBC’s drama chief (and brother of 
actor John Gielgud) to provide 
WNBC with the best dramatic pro- 
gram aired on BBC each week. No 
swap is involved, he said, but 
WNBC ^prepared to play the Brit- 
ish shows in their full length of 
one-and-a-half or one-and-three- 
quarters hours. Cott has tentative- 
ly slotted the shows for Saturday 
afternoons in the fall, considering 
them to be good competition for 
the Metropolitan Opera pickups as 
carried by ABC,. 

As another part of the service, 
Cott said Gielgud will be in con- 
stant touch with him about Ameri- 
can preferences in programs. 
WNBC chief pointed out, however, 
that because of the big boom in 
British pictures in this country, 
coupled with the fact that most of 
the top British pic stars also do the 
BBC shows, they should catch on 
readily.- Gielgud has also prom- 
ised Cott full use of the BBC tran- 
scription library, meaning that 
WNBC can program more than one 
such show a week, or substitute a 
previously-recorded show , if the 
current one might not he as much 
to the liking of WNBC listeners. 


Mickelson 


Continued from page 24 


Chicago, while the all-important 
Missouri delegation poll-taking was 
going on at Convention Hall. 
Through on-the-spot editing, the 
web was able to preserve the top 
features of both events, thereby 
utilizing TV for the first time the 
Way it should be used. Other nets, 
Mickelson said, followed the ac- 
cepted radio technique of sticking 
to Washington alone, and so missed 
the dramatic moment when Tru- 
man’s alternate stated the Presi- 
dent was voting for Gov. Adlai 
Stevenson. 

With the transmission lines run- 
ning from D.C. to N.Y., rather than 
from D.C,- to Chicago<, Mickelson 
said, he could not see the Washing- 
ton plckhp on his monitor in Chi 
and so had to “play it strictly by 
ear.” To let viewers in on the two 
events simultaneously, CBS cut all 
audio from Washington except for 
occasional noise from the airplane 
engine to give the picture the feel- 
ing of reality, utilizing instead the 
audio from Chi, which was the Mis- 
souri poll-taking. By a combination 
of judicious editing and lucky co- 
incidence, he said, it was possible 
to have a tight one-shot of Mr. 
Truman boarding his plane for Chi 
at the precise moment when Gavin 
read the President’s vote for Gov. 

! Stevenson. 




Wednesday August 6, l9g a 



From the Production Centres 


Continued from page 30 


own. Morry Fierst will continue to operate PP . . Vickie Cor 
KDKA, leaves late tills month on a three-month taperecordin* °? 
to Africa. She'll do 36 programs for her station, a number foAfn? 1 !, 1 
Nations Radio and also write a weekly column on her 
for the .morning Post-Gazette . . . Charlie Baldour and Bcttvp es 
husband-and-wife team on Channel 3, will make an anneannn*’ 
“Strike It Rich” in late August on behalf of c a Pittsburghwoman 
Joan Pastin has-started a weekly quarter-hour Sunday afternnmV :** 
gram on WDTV aimed at teen-agers and* the post-teen age S et\ P vS' 
emphasis on fashions. Tt’s being produced by Janie Fisher ,1/lf 
rected by Boh Holt .... Jim Murray and his wife and sister ini" 
Rita Conlin, of Walker-Downing agency, leave next week for avi"' 
tion at Bedford Springs Hotel . . . Harold Lund, manager of wrvrv 
has been, named to represent the Pittsburgh Tent on the radm' *1? 
television committee of Variety Clubs International. 


Circling the Kilocycles 


St. Louis — John T. Curry has 
been named Sales Promotion Man- 
ager of KMOX, CBS, outlet, suc- 
ceeding C. W. Doebler, who has 
been transferred to WBBM, Chi- 
cago. Curry ' comes from WlBBM, 
and prior to that had been in the 
research division of McCann Erick- 
son. 


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Merge Newsrooms 

At WOR-Mutual 

The Mutual and WOR (N. Y.) 
consolidation is moving closer to 
completion with integration of the 
two newsrooms. 


Dallas — J. Carlton Adair, for- 
merly veepee of the now defunct 
Liberty Broadcasting System, is 
southwestern zone manager for 
Meek Television, Inc., which 
opened two stores , here last week. 


Moose Jaw, Sask. — Ron Hunka, 
chief announcer at CHAB, Moose 
Jaw, has joined the Canadian 
Broadcasting Corp.’s Alberta out- 
let, CBX, Edmonton. He’s a for- 
mer CJOC, Lethbridge, Alta., 
staffer. 


Manchester, N. H. — Julie Blake, 
who has had previous experience 
in conducting programs over local 
radio stations, has been named as 
home economics director of WFEA, 
effective on Aug. 4. She will han- 
dle th£ daily “Kitchen Chat” from 
9:25 to 9:55 a.m. She succeeds 
Mrs. Adeline Cassaboom . . . 
Charles W. Gray has resigned as 
news broadcaster at radio station 
WHEB, Portsmouth, a post which 
he had held since January of 1945. 


Columbus — Gene Fullen, former 
announcer at KSAL, Salma, Kan., 
and WISH, Indianapolis, has 
joined WBNS here and is being 
touted as a raid-evening disk 
jockey. 


St. Louis — Charles Stookey, 
farm editor for KXOK is now 
doubling as a platter spinner. Every 
Saturday between 10 and 11 p.m. 
Stookey plays bucolic ditties on 
the station’s Barn Dance program. 


Cleveland — Ed Stevens has been 
promoted to program director and 
Harry Dennis to chief engineer of 
WERE . . . WTAM-WNBK will ask 
Parma City Council to approve a 
$1,000,000 transmitter for WNBK. 
The TV outlet now shares space 
with ”WTAM at Brecksville . . . 
Joe Berg, who kills the English 
language on a WXEL-TV comic 
stanza, Tuesday and Thursday 
11:30 a.m. is on the speech depart- 
ment at Cleveland College . . . 
Ohio Advertising has been given 
the Ohio State Fair promotion as- 
signment irf "northern Ohio. 


Omaha, — Thirty years of unin- 
terrupted broadcasts, amounting 
to. 10,960 consecutive days were 
commemorated Sunday (3) by 
Norfolk, Neb. station WJAG. 
There was a public program in the 
auditorium at which a Miss WJAG 
was crowned. 


Louisville — Jack Kir wan has 
left WHAS-TV sales department 
to become Director’ of Radio and 
Television for Bruce B. Brewer & 
Co., advertising agency, Kansas 
City, Mo. Kirwan has been with 
WHAS-TV sales since February, 
1950. 


Richmond — Irvin G. Abeloff , gen- 
eral manager of WLEE since its 
founding in 1945, has been elected 
a v.p. 


merly with Washington, D. C. 
vertising agency, has been 
pointed assistant to John S 
WBZ WBZ-TV’s advertising 
promotion manager . . . Josep 
Cullinane has taken over the 
of publicity director for 
WBZ-TV. He was a former st 
on local dailies . . . WEII’s de 
Larry Homer, took a fling in. 
last week when he doubled a 
offstage newscaster and latei 
peared onstage as a telegraph 
man in John Hancock Hall pre 
1 Lion, “The Petrified Forest.” 


Milton Berg was named director 
of news for both MBS and WOR 
(he previously was exclusively with 
the web), with Arthur Feldman 
handling the special events for 
MBS-WOR. 

Dave Driscoll, who' had headed 
the W.OR and WOR-TV news-spe- 
cial events setup for years, switch- 
es to WOR-TV. His longtime as- 
sistant, Edythe Meserand, moves 
with him to the WOR TV Square. 
Mutual’s old newsroom' on the 19th 
floor of 1440 Broadway has been 
shifted upstairs into the WOR 
quarters on the ,24th floor. 

As part of the consolidation, the 
Mutual accounting department, 
which had been in the Longacre 
Theatre, has been shifted down 
to 1440 Broadway, thus bringing 
all MBS offices under one roof. 

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GOP IN KICKOFF 
ON OHIO NETWORK 

Columbus, Aug. 5. 

The Republicans kicked off 
their 1952 national campaign here 
Thursday (31) with a special Ohio 
radio’ and television network cover- 
ing the evening session of the one- 
day Ohio GOP Convention held in 
the RKO Palace Theatre. 

Not only,- was it the kickoff of 
the campaign but the speakers’ list 
and the speeches indicated it wa* 
an attempt on the part of the Eis- 
enhower forces to heal the wounds 
of Ohio which went down the line 
for Ohio’s Sen. Robert A. Taft at 
the convention in Chicago. Sen. 
Richard Nixon, the GOP vice-presi- 
dential nominee, delivered the 
main address and Arthur Summer- 
field, national committee chairman 
also spoke. 



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Of lings’ and Batting Averages 


a ciH#»-bar on last week's survey of the music business, that the 
-nhnnograph record is the new “king" of Tin pan Alley, is the 
n Wishers’ observations that the recording execs are only as potent 
long as they maintain. a good batting average. 

The artists & repertoire men also “play by ear," when it comes 
. deciding what to wax' and what to reject; also the manner in 
which it is allegedly keyed to this or that disk artist, determines 
thevTe heroes in and out of the trade. Anything they want to do 
thev dare to do, and this taking-Chances principle seemingly re- 
sults in a pyramiding good batting average, at least so long as the 
vogue for the “new sounds" obtains. They Can crack whips or 
crack their knuckles; ’ and it’ll' get on wax. 

Once the tide turns, the music publishers have observed, they 
become unduly cautious; manifest unSureness of position; and it's 
then that the artist becomes the tail that wags the dog— they be- 
come the songpickers and dictate the manner of interpretation. 

The trial-and-error technique, pf course, is constantly evidenced 
by the manner in which a publisher will bring in a flock of song 
manuscripts. The whim of the a. & r. man, or the manner in 
which it is allegedly keyed to this or that disk artist, dtermincs 
whether that song will ever see the light of day in published form. 
The recording decides publication and the plug. Any number of 
songs are “accepted" for publication, but the majority are done 
for the purpose of wooing diskery interest. 

The a. & r. man who has a streak of weakies is inclined not to 
be as derring-db, and by following the tried and true he frequent- 
ly compounds the tired and through. 


Victor’s ‘Extended-Play’ 45s Aim At 



RCA Victor's launching of theirf 
new “extended play" 45 rpm disks 
this fall will signify the company’s 
opening guh to restore the single 
record business in- the longhair 
field. George R. Marek, Victor’s 
overall artists and repertoire- chief . 
said the 45 EP's ^extended play) is 
designed to rediscover "the m$n 
with the $1 bill.” That’s a figurative 
statement, since it’s understood 
that the EP’js, which will give from 
six to nine minutes of music per 
side, will sell for about $1.50. Vic- 
tor execs are keeping their final 
price tag under wraps. 

Marek pointed. out that, single 
. disks constituted the bulk of long- 
hair platter sales .before the ad- 
vent of the 33 rpm disks. Since 
the 33 rpm dvelopment, Lf&wever, 
album sales of ‘full-length works 
have become dominant to the point 
where single** disk 'sales have vir- 
tually been wiped^ out in the long- 
hair field, except for such hits *as 
Mario Lanza’s “Be My Love." 

Victor’s move to EP’s stems from 
a conviction that a large market is 
ready for hundreds of shorter long-J 
hair selections which can be pack- 
aged on a single 45 rpm disk at a 
price comparable, to the bargain 
offered by the 33 rpm disks. Such 
selections as “The Blue Danube” 
and “Finlandia," for example, are 
among the short longhair pieces 
which will be among the typical 
works in Victor’s future EP cata- 
log. It’s not planned to issue any 
current hits on EP’s t but Victor 
will release standards on these 
45’s, each of which will contain 
four tunes. " * 

A key feature in .the EP project 
will be a new style packaging. In 
place of the paper covers, Victor 
will dress up the EP’s in hard- 
backed, album-styled envelops to 
give the package a more substan- 
tial look. One of the major handi- 
caps of the 45 ’b to date has been 
their tendency to get lost on the 
fetailer shelves. Unless a 45 rpm 

+ v^- er move( l fast, like the Lanza 
etchings, retailers have found no 
satisfactory method of stocking or 
Merchandising them. Special at- 
tention is being given to this prob- 
lem by RCA execs. 


Canary’s Record Flight 
To Coral Disk Pact 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Coral Records will unveil a new 
chirp, Karen Chandler, Sept. 5, 
after a new speed record had been 
established for launching a career. 

Chirp was auditioned by person- 
al manager Freddie Ansel on a 
Tuesday and signed on Wednesday. 
Thursday he had her cut four sides. 
Friday • Decca’s Gordon Jenkins 
heard them and recommended the 
plattery put Miss Chandler under 
contract. Saturday, Amsel planed 
to New York where, on Monday, he 
set a deal with Milt Gabler, A&R 
exec for Coral, Decca’s . subsid. 
Waxery takes over the original four 
sides as part of its recording deal 
with the- chirp. 


ANNUAL HANDY DINNER 
FOR HIS PET CHARITY 

Click of last year’s testimonial 
Sl nne J to W* c * Handy has resulted 
m a decision to honor the compos- 
‘St. Louis Blues" and other 
orks with an annual birthday 
«». nne !f* this year, will fall 

J Monday, Nov. 17, at the Wal- 
dorf-Astoria. N. Y. 

rurpose is to further the work 
■ruj P and y Foundation for the 
vo,, ’ ! ? c ** his Vet charity. The 
songsmith has been 
wind for many years. Noble Sissle, 
irman of the dinner committee, 

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The disk biz is taking a healthy 
swing upwards, according to sales 
reports to the major companies 
from the field. Upbeat trend was 
felt a couple of weeks ago, and is 
expected to rise steadily until the 
solid fall-winter season buying ac- 
tivity begins perking steadily. 

Columbia Records, which has 
been the pace-setter in the pop 
field for almost two years, is still 
leading the field. Currently, the 
company is riding with over 20 plat- 
ters which are selling from 10,000 
to 45,000 copies weekly. Biz is so 
healthy for Columbia that they 
have had more hits working for 
them this summer than they did 
last Christmas. 

RCA Victor execs also report an 
upswing in sales recently. Com- 
pany execs will head out across the 
country on a series of distrib meets 
to put over its fall merchandising 
program in the field. Decca is 'also 
moving upwards with several click 
sides as is Mercury Records. M-G-M’ 
Records is also hitting a good 
stride as is London Records, which 
is rolling with Vera Lynn’s etching 
of “Auf Wiedersh’n, Sweetheart." 

Publishers are encouraged by the 
disk biz upturn, anticipating a sim- 
ilar move in the sheet music field. 
Copy sales hit one of the lowest 
ebbs in recent years this summer 
and publishers need the upbeat to 
take them off the financial 0 hook for 
the year. Biz has been so rocky, 
in recent, months that top hits, 
which figured to sell over 500,000 
copies, just barely reached the 
300,000 mark. Latter figure, more- 
over, does not include the returns 
which are still due. 




Fix Law Eyed by Disk Industry 


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Ritter Recutting ‘Noon’ 

As British Take to Tune 

Tex Ritter, Capitol Records 
country vocalist currently in Eng- 
land, is recutting his. version of 
“High Noon," Dmitri Tlomkin-Ned 
Washington tune which is used as 
thematic background for the Gary 
Cooper pic starrer of the same 
title. Pic opened in England before 

it did in the U. S. and the number, 
has been 'Climbing steadily on the 
British bestseller lists. 

_ Ritter handled the soundtrack 
vocal in the picture and Capitol 
issued the first version of the tune. 
British Decca, which has a re- 
leasing deal with Capitol in Eng- 
land, is handling the new Ritter 
recording session in an attempt to 
cash in on the local interest in the 
number. 



12% of All Disk 
Sales in N.Y. Area 


Breakdown, of disk sales op a ter- 
ritorial basis shows that the New 
York area is far ahead of the rest 
of the country by accounting for 
about 12% of the nation’s total 
platter turnover. New York is one 
of the few territories which does 
more business than its population 
rating, which is about 10% of the, 
total count. 

The Coast area, ranging from 
Seattle to Southern California, is 
the most laggard sales territory in 
the U. S. Despite the fact that it 
is the fastest-growing area, popula- 
tion-wise, it only accounts for about 
3% of the total disk turnover. 


Capitol Film Slated For 
120 Showings in Fall 

Capitol Records* new 30-minute 
promotional film, “Wanna Buy A 
Record?", which was shot by prexy 
Glenn E. Wallichs, will be exhib- 
ited at. 120 dealer meetings' this 
fall as part of the diskery’s public 
relations campaign. Film will then 
be made available to Armed Serv- 
ice clubs, schools and libraries as 
a non-commercial educational doc 
umentary on how disks are made. 

Wallichs shot the film in color 
with 16m equipment from a script 
by advertising veepet Lloyd 'Hunn. 
Capitol artists Mel Blano and Billy 
May star in the pie *• an a#!***; 
sive music dealer and g reluctant 
buyer who 1# taken, on a tour of the 
Capitol plant* ta Hollywood and 
Scranton* 


15% Buying Hike 
At NAMM Confab 
In Shortage Threat 

Confronted with a strong likeli- 
hood of tighter Government re- 
strictions on vital raw materials, 
music dealers stepped up their 
buying activities by 15% at the 
National Assn, of Music Merchants 
convention which ended at the 
Hotel New Yorker, N. Y., last week. 
Orders mainly affected instru- 
ment manufacturers of pianos, 
guitars, wind and brass instru- 
ments. Retailer attendance at the 
NAMM conclave was set at 7,460, 
about the same as at the 1951 Chi- 
cago conclave. 

Henry E. r 11 away, president of 
Thearle Mi Co. in San Diego, 

was elected the new prexy of 

the NAMM, replacing Ray S. Er- 
landson who becomes chairman of 
the board. Other officers elected 
were Russell B. Wells, vice-prexy; 
Ben F. Duvall, secretary, and 
Parker M. Harris, treasurer. 

Next two NAMM conventions 
have been set for Chicago in 1953 
and 1954. Convention execs will 
take a poll of the exhibitors to de- 
termine whether they want to come 
back to N. Y. in 1955. It’s been tra- 
ditional for the NAMM to- stage 
their conventions in N. Y. once 
every three years. 

Although attendance at the cur- 
rent convention’ did not advance 
over last year’s, music execs were 
encouraged by the sharp pickup in 
floor sales by the exhibitors who 
had displays on eight floors of the 
hotel. Exhibitors included the in- 
strument companies, the radio-TV 
manufacturers, the major disk 
companies, some publishers and a 
flock of gadget accessory firms. 

4 _ 

James' Benefit in Houston 

Houston, Aug. 5. 

Harry James orch is slated for a 
one-nighter here at the City Audi- 
torium on Aug. 13. 

Proceeds of the local appearence 
will go to the Variety Clubs’ Boy# 
i Club program* 


Spot (or Victor 

With Henri Renfe due east this 
week, RCA Victor has upped Al 
Miller into the company’s top Coast 
recording spot. Miller had been 
sales manager for Victor’s country 
and blues-and-rhythm disk division, 
under Steve Sholfes, and his pro- 
motion to the Coast artists-and- 
repertoire post is in the nature of 
an experiment. Victor execs be- 
lieve that Millet's selling experi- 
ence has given him the pulse of the 
market tastes. 

Rene, who has been on the Coast 
for more than two years, will take 
over the No. 2 spot in the Victor’s 
a&r department under Dave Kapp; 
Rene will assist Kapp on artists 
and tunes as well as ct ntinue in the 
capacity of musical director. He 
was brought east at his own 
request. 

RIAA NAMES MARTIN 
FOR PROMOTION SPOT 

Implementing its project to 
launch an institutional promotion 
campaign in behalf- o$ the disk 
industry, the Record Industry 
Assn, of -America has named 
Joseph C. Martin as director of 
industry promotion. Campaign is 
slated to fee off in September 
through a cooperative effort of the’ 
41 member firms of the RIAA. 1 
Approximately $100,000 has been 
budgeted for the ad-publicity cam- 
paign. 

Martin will work under John W. 
Griffin, RIAA exec director. 


Key to the future of the disk 
industry’s price structure is seen 
hinged onto the suit filed last week 
in N. Y. Federal Court by Sam 
Goody against Cetra-Soria Records 
over the latter’s attempt to fix list 
prices on their longhair catalog. 41 
Goody, the country’s largest cut 
price platter store, is putting up the 
first challenge to the new Federal 
Fair Trade law recently signed by 
President Truman, 

Goody is attacking the Fair Trade 
law indirectly by claiming that it is 
in violation of the Defense Produc- 
tion Act of 1950 which fixed ceiling 
prices. According to Goody’s brief, 
at the time the ceiling prices were 
set, there was no Fair Trade law 
and hence his discount prices were 
not at the time violations of any 
fair trade contract. Goody further 
Claims that the attempt by Cetra- 
Soria to fix prices in excess of 
ceiling prices cannot succeed be- 
cause the Defense Production Act 
is controlling in this situation. 

Cetra-Soria is the first disk com- 
pany to attempt to fair trade its 
merchandise. Goody has been sell- 
ing the Cetra-Soria line, Which lists 
at $5.95 and $4.75 for 12 and 10r 
inch platters, for $4.17 and' 1 $3.33, 
or about 30% off. 

Major company execs, who have 
be.cn studying the legal ramifica- 
tions of the Fair Trade law*, are 
now awaiting the decision of the 
Goody-Cetra case before making 
any moves. It’s known that the 
majors are strongly in favor o£& 
setting. up firm list prices, but thly 
are afraid that there are too many 
loopholes In the law for them to go 
to the expense of drawing up fair 
trade contracts in each state.- If 
Goody’s suit is successful, it’s ex- 
pected to ring the death knell for 
any future attempt tq eliminate 
price-cutting. 

The indie companies, with the 
exception of Cfctra-Soria, are vir- 
tually unanimous in their opposi- 
tion tn the Fair Trade law. In any 
case, they do not intend to. enter 
into any price-fixing agreements 
with retailers. One indie com- 
pany exec said thtft Goody and 
other discount houses . have kept 
him in business by buying his mer- 
chandise In bulk. It’s believed that 
the indies could survive without 
heavy discounts on their platters. 


Arrest Chris Powell 
In A.C. Reefer Charge 

Atlantic City, Aug. -5. 

Chris Powell, band, leader at the 
Yacht club, mid-city .hot spot, 
faces a hearing in Municipal Court 
here -Thursday (7) when he Will 
answer charges of possession of 
marihuana. Powell was picked up 
early Sunday morning (3) by mem- 
bers of the city cleanup squad. 
Arrest was made just before final 
show got underway, with police 
allowing Powell to remain in night 
club with band until after the 
show might be given.. 

Musician, 30 years old, was play- 
ing drums with” band when cops 
searched clothing in his room, 
finding, they said, three cigarets. 
Powell denied knowledge of how 
the “reefers" were. In his clothing. 
He likewise denied smoking the 
weed as did all members of his 
band, according to detective cap- 
tain Jerry Sullivan, head of the 
cleanup -unit. 


GARNER MAPS ISRAELI, 
SCANDINAVIAN' HOPS 

Chicago, Aug. 5. 

Erroll Gamer, who just closed 
at the Chicago Theatre her§ last 
week, is bein^ scheduled for a 
Scandinavian swing, and then a 
long hop to Israeli to follow after 
the first of the year. Pianist, who 
is booked until Jan. 1, 1953, has 
been getting heavy European plat- 
ter play, and if tour works out will 
swing back to the rest of the Con- 
tinent in the fall of ’53. 

Garner Trio plays the Ebony Club, 
Cleveland, Aug. 11, for a week 
and then does 11 days in St. Louis. 
He’ll probably play theatres then 
until October, when he goes into 
the Tiffany, Hollywood, and for 
November swing up to the Black- 
hawk, San Francisco. 


Alexander to RCA For 
Ady., Sales Promotion 

William I. Alexander has been 
named advertising and sales pro- 
motion manager of RCA Victor, 
stepping into the spot vacated by 
Dave Finn’s promotion to sales 
manager of the RCA custom record 
division. Alexander will report to 
Larry Kanaga, general sales man- 
ager of the Victor disk division. 

Alexander comes to Victor from 
Montgomery Ward where he was 
director of retail advertising 
standards. 


SB 


OIfJIEyniA,^MUSI€ 


Wedn^ay, August 6 T T< ^o 



By MUtE GROSS 


Ees Paul-Mary Ford: “Meet as one of the best commercial or 
Mister^ Callaghan”-“Take Me in ganizations now around, has been 
Your irms and Hold Me” (Cap!- grinding out a consistent proces- 
tol). Les Paul has come up with slon of highclass sides. Loaded 
another brilliant instrumental on With Love” is another flashy ef- 
“Callaghan;” a British ln$trumen- fort on so-so material with the 
tal used as thematic material in a orch execution far better than the 
London legit play by the same tune. Marcle Miller and Tommy 
name. Tune has an arresting Mercer duet the lyric in good style, 
melodic 'pattern, and could be ah- Reverse is a slower item with bet- 
other “Third Man Theme” click ter charices. Anthony projects it 
via Paul’s multiple guitar .rendi- with a Miller-Mercer vocal with 
tion. On the reverse, Mary Ford fine orch and choral support, 
joins Payl with a solid vocal on an Bernice Parka: • “You Intrigue 
alfalfa tune with equally" strong Me”-“That’s What a Song Can Do” 
potential. Both sides are surefire (geger). “You Intrigue Met’ is in 
jock and juke fare. the “Kiss of Fire” groove, and may 

Jo Stafford: “Jambalaya”-“Early be handicapped by the compari- 
Autumn” (Columbia).' “Jambalaya,” sons. It’s a good tune for the 
another Louisiana bayou number, genre, however, and Bernice Parks 
is excellent ' material for Jo Staf- socks it across stylishly, without 
ford, who clicked with “Shrimp straining for any new sound. Flip 
Boats” in a similar vein. Vocal is is a big ballad and Miss Parks' de- 
atmospheric, flavorsome and livers this with maximum impact 
plenty commercial, Paul Weston with- a hardhitting open-voiced 
orch and Norman Luboff chorus, style. Fred Norman orch backs up 
providing the background kick. On in topflight style, 
the reverse, Miss Stafford vocals Loillg p r j ma orch: ‘Chile Sauce”- 
a new ballad, “Early Autumn, ^ « 0ne Mint j u lip” (Columbia); 
with a later release date, . Louis Prima come up' with two 

Vera Lyrni: “A Little Love”- snappy novelties on this coupling. 
“Mirryin’ Time” (London). Lon- “Chile Sauce” has a cute lyric with 
don Records is missing a good a Latin beat, Prima belting . the 
follow up on Vera Lynn’s click vocal in infectious style. “Julip” 
with “Auf Wiederseh’n”, by releas- is another attractive item, although 
ing these lack-lustre sides. “Marry- the beat tends to get a bit monoton- 
in’ Kind” is only a pleasant item ous. 

without sufficient power to. break D<. nny Vaurhan: “Forevermore” 
through in the U. S. market. A .“Take It Off” (MRT). • Denny 

Little Love” is a slight improve- Vaughan has firstrate pipes and, 
ment but Miss T.vrm npflris - . .-1 Jf 1. ... X UA 4 ■ Aft*. i-L AL A 


■-***/- vaugnan nas iirsuate pipes 
mem, but Miss Lynn _ needs cou i<| break through with the 
stronger material than this to p ro p er material as other young 
maintain her Standings on the hit vocalists have on indie label. “For- 
ests* - evermore” "could be the side; it’s 

Tony Bennett: “Roses of Yester- a grandiose ballad, which gets^ an 
day”-“You Could Make Me Smile appropriately eloquent rendition. 
Again” (Columbia). Tony Bennett's Reverse is a minon^fune. 1 
characteristic schmaltzy style gets 
a go.dd showcasing on “Roses,” an 

Irving Berlin tune. It’s a com- _ .. ,, . 

mercially sentimental number Art Lowry Orch: Hold Me in 
tailormade for Bennett’s delivery. Your Heart’^“Somebody Else s 
Flip is another slow ballad which Arms; “Down by the O-Hi-O - 
Bennett belts according to his typi- 'What' D6 You Mean By Loving 
cal form. Percy Faith orch lends Somebody Else” (Columbia). Art 
a suitably, sweetish background. Lowry is Columbia’s first entry in 

v* Guy Lombardo Orch: “You ** *«£ “vlihn-rS 

**Like”-“Sunshowers” (Decca). “You 
Like” is a cute novelty with a 
Latin beat which Guy Lombardo’s J 

orch bounces in attractive fashion. B 55ffimSSw 

Kenny Gardner handles the vocal 8 -,f n ^ a i°7 s ^3 uv « r 

in ace style and this side could ^ blcb T c 0C ^ 
break though for a mid-hit. Flip 1S 

gets a standard ‘Lombardo* 1 seedy nea +>^ 

arrangement for 'nice impact; Gard- a 

ner again vocalling the fair lyric. getting a bright bounce treaty 

« nrui' , , T A «« i ment, Lowry coming through with 
, Hu^o Winterhalter Orch. Hesi- a barrel-house piano style. “Some- 
t^ion - Tic - Tac - Toe (Victor), body Else” is similarly handled 
Hesitation is a sock item with W ^ 1 a • g 00( j c ftoraP arrangement 
off-beat stop-rhythm figures which an ^ Lowry’s piano featured, 

Hugo Winterhalter, frames in a ' * 

superlative instrumental and X]L lim P-. v i-xAr 

choral arrangement. Reverse is a niwura ACV1CW 

straight instrumental with a Benny Goodman Trio plays for 
snappy, vivid melodic line which Fletcher Henderson Fund (Colum- 
Winterhalter again spotlights in bia). This jazz set was taped at 
brilliant manner via racing fiddles, the Martin Block broadcast over 
Ray Anthony Orch: “Loaded WNEW, N. Y., last- year when 
With Love”-“Make Believe Benny Goodman and members of 
Dreams” (Capitol). Ray Anthony, his original band, including . Gene 
who has steadily been shaping up Krupa and Teddy Wilson, joined 


Best British Sheet Seilers 

. (Week ending July 26) 

\ London, July 28. 

Auf ' Wieddyseht’n Maurice 

• Bilie Tango . Mills 

Homing Waltz .Reine 

Never .F.D.&H. 

Kiss of Ffre i . .Duchess 

Blacksmith'-. Blues. . . .Chappell 
Won’t Live in Castle Connelly 
Pawnshop Corner . .Clnephonic 

High Noon. Robbins 

Time Say Goodbye, . Pickwick 

Be Anything Cinephomc 

I’m Yours Mellin 

Second 12 

Tell Me Why Morris 

Ay-round The Corner. . . .Dash 
Wheel -of Fortune. . .Victoria 

At Last * Pickwick 

Gandy Dancers Ball. . .Disney 

Cry FJL&H. 

A Guy Is a Guy Leeds 

Trust in Me.'. Wright 

■ Day of Jubilo Connelly 

Anytime Victoria 

Heart of a Clown Maddox 

. Didja Ever Cox 

rnmmm m 

in a concert tributes to then-ailing 
Fletcher Henderson, Goodman’s 
one-time arranger. Result was 
some sharp demonstrations of the 
swing techniques by the Goodman 
trio augmented by Lou MacGarity 
on trombone: Buck Clayton on 
trumpet; Eddie Saf-ranski on bass, 
and John Smith on guitar. Royal- 
ties on thi3 disk, incidentally, are 
being given to the Henderson 
Fund. 


Platter Pointer* 

1 Norman Greene orch has sliced 
a fine set of standards in “Roman- 
tic Moods” for M-G-M . . . Man- 
tovani orch comes up with a couple 
of ace instrumentals in “Die 
Schonbrunner” • and “The Agnes 
Waltz” (London) . . . George Cates 
orch hits hard on “Carmen’s 
Boogie” (Coral) . . . Eddie Habat 
has a cute polka side in “Blue 
Dancing Shoes” (Decca) . . . On 
the same label, Russ Morgan has 
a likely side in “Walkin' to 
Missouri” . . . Ted Heatli registers 
nicely on “Turkey in the Straw" 
for London. 



RCA’s Disney Platters 

Steve Carlin, RCA Victor juve 
disk chief, will huddle with Fred 
Raphael, Walt Disney music chief, 
this week on a series of single 
platters Victor is planning around 
Disney subjects. Raphael "arrived 
in N. Y. this week from his Coast 
headquarters. 

Carlin will also set exploitation 
plans on Victor’s original . cast al- 
bum of Disney’s forthcoming pic, 
“Peter Pan.” Set is due for Oc- 
tober release. 


The top 30 songs of week (more in case of ties), based on 
copyrighted Audience Coverage Index & Audience Trend Index 
Published by Office of Research, Inc., Dr, John Gray Peatman 
/ Director . Alphabetically listed. , ’ 

Survey Week pf July 25-31 

A Girl A Fella A Beach Umbrella ; Valando 

Any Time Hill & r 

Auf Wieder&h’n Sweetheart Hill & r 

Blue Tango * Mills 

Delicado. .' ‘ Remick 

For the Very First Time Berlin 

Forgive Me Advanced 

From The Time You 4 Say Goodbye . .' * Pickwick 

Half' As -Much Acuf-R 

Here Comes That Mood ...... .’ Life 

How Close Life 

If Someone Hajd Told Me .Witmark 

I’m Yours , Algonquin 

Just For You Burvari 

Kiss Of Fire * . . . .Duchess 

Maybe ; Robbins 

Once In A While : Miller 

Padam Padam .Leeds 

Singin’ In The Rain — t“Singin’ In The Rain” ....Robbins 

Smoke Rings Academv 

So Madly In Love Shapiro-B 

.Somewhere Along Way United 

Strange , Sensation • ; . . . i Santly-J 

Sweetest Words I Know Life 

Vanessa J E. H. Morris 

Walkin' My Baby Back Home * DeSylva-B-H 

Watermelon Weather E. H. Morris 

Wish You Were Here-r-*“Wish You Were Here”. . . . Chappell 

You Intrigue Me , .....‘...Remick 

Zing a Little Zong — fJust for You . J Burvan 

Second Group 

Be Anything (But Be Mine) Shapiro-B 

Busybody Alamo 

Here In My Heart Mellin 

Hesitation ' Mellin 

High Noon — i “High Noon” . . . . Feist 

I’m Confessin’ Bourne 

In The Good Old Summer Time Marks 

Just A Little Lovin’ ' Hill & R 

Lover ’A . . Famous 

Luna Rossa Bregma n-V 

Plink Plank Plunk Mills 

Poinciana ’ Marks 

Rosanne ABC 

Serenade To A Lemonade .’ Morris 

Sleepy Little Cowboy Beacon 

South • Peer 

There’s Doubt In My Mind Broadcast 

To Be Loved By You I . Remick 

West Of The Mountains .' Goday 

Where *Did The Night Go Chappell 

Jfoii Belong To Me *. Ridgeway 


Top 10 Songs On TV 


A Guy Is A Guy Ludlow 

Blue Tango Mills 

Delicado Remick 

Half As Much Acuff-R 

I Want A Girl K Tilzer 

I’m Yours 7, Algonquin 

Once In A While Miller 

Somewhere Along The Way .United 

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home ; DeSylva-B-H 

, Wish You Were Here — *“Wish You Were Here” . . . .Chappell 

FIVE TOP STANDARDS 

Cabin In The Sky Miller 

Getting To Know You Williamson 

How High The Moon Chappell 

Undecided , .Leeds 

You’re Breaking My Heart Algonquin 


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Continued from page 27 • i 


tion as to the qualifications of an 
existing licensee is negligible.” 

Accordingly, the agency ruled, 
it will not consider evidence in the 
Par hearings which involves ac- 
tivities occurring more than three 
years before Aug. 7, 1951, the date 

on which the hearings were or- 
dered. 

Wants Proceedings Expedited 

“Moreover,” the Commission 
held, “due to the Examiner’s fa- 
miliarity with the record, greater 
expedition may be possible in the 
final determination of these pro- 
ceedings if an initial decision is 
prepared by him. We are convinced 
that every possible effort should 
be made, consistent with a full and 
fair hearing to all parties con- 
cerned, that these proceedings be 
expedited. We are p confident that 
the Examiner may be relied upon 
to secure the cooperation of all 
participants toward this end.” 

Limitation of the antitrust issue 
to matters of recent vintage, it’s 
believed, removes the “guts” from 
the -testimony at the hearings in- 
volving Par’s license qualifications 
and thus leaves Examiner Resnick 
little choice but to recommend re- 
newal of Its license and approval 
of the ABC-UPT merger. 

Resnick, however, will still have 
a difficult decision to write on a 
collateral issue in the package pro- 


ceedings — whether Paramount, by 
virtue of its 25% holding in Du 
Mont, controls the latter. Du Mont, 
has taken a dual position on tne 
ABC-UPT merger. It is opposed 
to it per se but has no objection 
if the control question is resolved 
in its favor so that it could obtain 
its limit of five o&o TV stations. 
Otherwise, it holds, it will be lelt 
a poor fourth in the TV network 
race. 

Examiner Resnick will now have 
to decide what additional testi- 
mony, if any, can be. heard before 
winding up the hearings. Resnick 
held a- pre-hearing conference 
today (Tues.) with lawyers for the 
parties .to explore the question. 
Ofice the hearings are concluded. 
20 ' days will be given for filing 
proposed findings, after wluci 
(probably in 30 days) Resnick wn 
issue his initial decision. 

Resnick will ask the FCC to clar- 
ify whether it wants the Scophony 
question, which was being covei 

when the hearings suspended, 
taken up. If it is involved, it wfluia 
probably add 5-7 weeks to 
hearings. He also r . ulc ,f f ‘ 
credibility of witnesses isn l a 
tor, since’ testimony covering 

pre-1948 period isn’t being coa81 , 
ered. Commission counsel l’ ie 
erick Ford said that -in view o ’ 
FCC order, he’d go into r^' e 
“antitrust violations” by l >al - 







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Scoreboard 


OF 


TOP TALENT AND TUNES 


Compiled . from Statistical Reports, of Distribution 
Encompassing the Three Major Outlets 

Coin Machines Retail Disks Retail Sheet Music 

as Published in the Current Issue 

for 

WEEK ENDING AUGUST 2 


NOTE; The current comparative sales strength of the Artists and Tunes listed hereunder is 
arrived at Under a statistical system cornprising each of the three major sales outlets enu- 
merated above. These findings are correlated with data from wider sources, which are exclusive 
with Variety. The positions resulting from these findings denote the OVERALL IMPACT de- 
veloped from the ratio of points scored : two ways in the case of talent (disks, coin machines ), 
and three ways in the case of tunes (disks, coin machines, sheet music). 


POSITIONS 
This Last 
jpeek, week. 

1 1 

2 2 


8 


POSITIONS 
. This Last 

week. week. 


TALENT 

✓ 

ARTIST AND LABEL TUNE 

(Half as Much 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Columbia) )Botch^-Me 

* T vxtxy /t j V Auf Wiederseh’n 

VERA LYNN (London) Sweetheart 

AL MARTINO (BBS) Here in My Heart 

PERCY FAITH (Columbia) Delicado 

. , r . v (Walkin’ My Baby Home 

JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) ) All of Me 

(I’m Yours 

EDDIE FISHER (Victor) : ( Wish You Were Here 

FRANKIE LAINE-D. DAY (Columbia) Sugarbush 

' NAT- (KING) CODE (Capitol) Somewhere Along Way 

LES PAUL-MARY FORD (Capitol) Smoke Rings 

PEGGY LEE-G. JENKINS (Decca) Lover 

. TUNES 

tune publisher 

AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART Hill-R 

HALF AS MUCH ./ Acufl-R 

WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME DeSylva-B-H 

HERE IN MY HEART. Melliri 

KISS OF FIRE Duchess 

BOTCH- A-ME Hollis 

DELICADO Remick 

I’M YOURS Algonquin 

BLUE TANGO .• MilIs 

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY. United 



In Solid Endorsement of New Payoff 


Arthur Schwartz Into 


Hollywood, Aug. 5. 
Coast writer-members of the 
American Society of Composers,. 
Authors and Publishers unani- 

Tftwncnttn c fnl Mini mously adopted the new payoff 
lUmlMHlu 5 vUl p j an j as j. wee jt. a t a sess i on marked 

Arthur Schwartz has been named by expressions of gratitude to Stan- 
advertising manager for Columbia ley Adams and Mack David, wlia 
Records, stepping into the spot va-. co-authored the plan which lias 
cated by the promotion of Irving been approved by the Government. 
Townsend as. the diskery’s ad-pro- Session was chaired by L.' Wolfe 
motion chief. 

Schwartz held a similar spot at 
Times-Columbia, Col’s N. Y. dis- 
tributors. 


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VARIETY 10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines , Wc ^, ^ flug ; 2 . 

f +++++♦ ♦ M M M i Mtmmtirir- 

I 4 .. _ .. D Art/J-lYl PlrtA-MJJI/ f'VlTfl/'HTTlI/f T 


Title Duplication 
On Pop Tunes Now 
An Acute Problem 


Recurrent problem of title dupli- 
cation on pop tunes is once again 
coming into the foreground of the 
music industry in an acute form. 
Situation, has become especially 
Serious in the last couple of months 
with several pop numbers titled 
the same as old standards. Vet pub- 
lishers see a damaging of copyright 
values as a result and are mulling 
plans to halt the practice. 

The current click, “Auf Wieder- 
seh’n. Sweetheart,” for instance, 
can easily be confused with the 
old standard, “Auf Wiederseh'n, 
My Dear.” Another of today’s hits, 
“Pm Yours,” is titled exactly like 
the 1930 number, “Pm Yours” by 
E. Y. Harburg. As another in- 
stance, the latest Les Paul-Mary 
Ford release for Capitol has one 
side titled, “Take Me In Your Arms' 
and Hold That's too close for 
comfort to another standard, “Take 
Me In Your Arms.” 

Although most of the major pub- 
lishers have a title registry service 
through the Music Publishers Pro- 
tective Assn., there is no hold on 
non-members of MPPA to abide 
by the association’s agreement. 
MPPA’s title registry operates the 
same as the title service of the 
Motion Picture Assn, of America 
and has no legal status. 

A couple of major publishers are 
mulling a project to get an indus- 
trywide agreement against dupli- 
cating titles on songs which are 
still valid under the 56-year copy- 
right term. At present, titles can- 
not be copyrighted. Whether such 
an industry pact can be attained Is 
considered doubtful by some trade* 
execs in view of the large number 
of publishers in the field . and in 
light of the “rugged individua- 
listic” activities of several country 


Gilbert, whose keynote speech 
stressed the need for membership 
harmony. 

Details of the plan were outlined 
by Judge Ferdinand Pecora, legal 
rep for the Society, who told the 
meeting that nothing could happen 
to ASCAP, from any source, unless 
the writer-members fought among 
themselves. Specific questions as to 
details of the payoff plan, which 
includes a cushioning system to 
soften the income drops over a 
five-year period, were answered by 
general counsel ' Herman Finkle- 
stein. At the conclusion of the ex- 
planation, Arthur Freed moved 
unanimous adoption of the plan 
and the meeting promptly ap- 
proved the motion. . - . 

Prior to the meeting] David, Gil- 
bert and Finklestein met with the 
widows of deceased members of 
the society and assured them that 
they had no worries 1 under the new 
plan which continues their pay- 
ments. 

Under the new scheme, writers’ 
coin fund is broken down to a 
30-30-20-20 split instead ofthe^old 
60-20-20 division. Initial 30% will 
be based on a sustalfted perform- 
ance average and the second 30% 
is based on a new availability fund. 
The 20% categories Remain, as be- 
fore on a current one-year per- 
formance basis and a seniority rat- 
ing. Breakup of the old 60% clas- 
sification is the heart of the new 
scheme. 

Passage by the Coast "branch 
ends considerable bickering among 
members and marks a victory for 
Gilbert, who has campaigned for 
the new plan. Within the last few 
weeks only a few diehards have 
continued to voice opposition to 
the scheme and press for. a 100% 
performance payoff. 


1. 

2. 


HALF as’ MUCH (8) Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia 

AUF WIEDERSEH’N (7) (Hill-R), * * Vera Lynn .London 


3. HERE IN MY HEART (11) (Mcllin) 

■ 4. KISS OF FIRE (14) (Duchess) 


5. 

I. 

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i. 

9. 

lfl. 


BOTCH-A-ME (5) 

WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME (11) (DeSylva-B-H) 

DELICADO (10) 

SUGARBUSH 


{ Eddie Howard Mercury 

( Al Martino BBS 4- 

l Tony Bennett Columbia „ j 

]t. Martin Victor 

\G. Gitbs Mercury 

\B. Eckstine MGM 

(Hollis) *. Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia 

(Johnnie Ray Columbia 

I Nat' (King) Cole Capitol 

(P. Faith ' Columbia 

(WitmarkL ' \S. Kenton Capitol 

(2) (Schirmcr) Frankie Laine-D. Day . . Columbia 

rnm „ ► ( Eddie Fisher Victor t 

ITH YOURS (13) (Algonquin) j £ on Cornell Coral + 

MAYBE (5) (Robbins) p - Como-E . Fisher Victor 

Second Group 

T rt m? m * ^ , (Leroy Anderson Decca 

LUE TANGO (19) (Mills) \ Hugo WinterhaMer Victor 

SMOKE RINGS (Am Academy) Les Paul-Mary Ford Capitol i 

.v j Nat (King) Cole Capitol J 

;; SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY (United).. }Tony Bennett Columbia 

■ LOVER (5) (Famous) * Peggy Lee-G. Jenkins .... Decca J 

;; * 00L » FOOL, FOOL (Progressive)...- Kay Starr Cafritol 

.. BONKY TONK ANGELS Kitty Wells ...Decca ^ 

WALKIN’ TO MISSOURI (Hawthorne) Sammy Kaye Columbia j. 

L WALK ALONE (10) (Mayfair) \ Richard Hayes Mercury 

NUBS AND BEES (Duchess) Three ./..Victor / 

r tut ... Crosby-G. Martin ... Decca 

McClaurin JJerby <«■ 

MAKE me LOVE YOU (Pickwick) Georgia Gibbs '.l 

:: ‘ l °VE girls (Ardmore) Anhw Ooifrey Columbia .. 

:: “^cksmith blues (hm-r> Ella Mae Morsi :: 

; A CUE IS A GUI (9) (Ludlow) DorU Day . • ‘ ‘ T '„' 1D1 '+ 

n r M n ( Cum mmm mTm i , 1 , m n im ^ ♦ ♦ » 


BASIE JOINS ECKSTINE 
ON THIRD CONCERT TOUR 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 
-Count Basie will join the pack- 
age being lined up for Billy Eck- 
stine’s third concert tour this fall. 
Trek gets underway with an eve- 
ning performance at the 6,000-seat 
Shrine Auditorium here* kickoff 
point for the previous successful 
junkets. George Shearing Quintet, 
which has backed Eckstine in the 

tune publishers. Latter have been P* c kage *K a n 

most prominent in the title-dupli- 
cation picture. 


LANZA CUTS INITIAL 
FOUR IN VICTOR PACT 


Norman Granz will promote 
most of the bashes which are being 
booked by Shaw Artists Corp.’, in 
conjunction with the William 
Morris agency. Package will get 
a $3,500 guarantee in all situations 
with a percentage split ranging 
from 50-60%, depending upon seat- 
ing capacity. 

Eckstine now has a firm date 


Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

After bowing out of the record- 
ing date two weeks ago because 
of illness, Mario Lanza finally cut for Sept. 12 at the Shrine for an 
his initial sides for RCA Victor evening performance. A matinee 
under his new deal with the disk- may be added. Singer, now on a 
ery. The tenor etched four tunes series of eastern nitery dates, is 
Friday (1) from the score of the due back here shortly for confer- 
Metro pic, “Because You’re Mine,” ences with his manager. Milt Eb* 
in which he starred. bins. 

Due to the date’s original can- 
cellation, overtime payments to mu- 
sicians on the date will come ,to 
about $4,000. Session was held in 
Republic Picture studios which 
Victor uses regularly on the Coast. 


Brodt to Distrib Boone 
Thunderland’ Hit Tunes 


Pollack Refiles Suit 


Asheville, N. C. Aug. 5. 
Pulitzer Prize winning composer 
# Lamar Stringfield has completed 

Oyer Shrimp Bouts arrangements with the Brodt 

r . w < a ^ r Music Co., Charlotte, for national 

Ben Pol^ck A filld S his second distribution of sheet music of 
$200,000 infringement suit against original numbers written for the 

V » _ w _ - 1 <* Vl . . _ - J ^ ...lilt mA laBI A 


Walt Disney Music, Paul Weston 
and Paul Mason Howard, this time 
in L.A. Superior Court. First ac- 
tion was thrpwn out of Federal 
Court last week by Judge Pierson 
M. Hall because of lack of juris- 
diction. 

Plaintiff declares the “Shrimp 
Boats” song was lifted from his 


Daniel Boone drama with music, 
“Thunderland,” now being pre- 
sented in the Asheville Forest 
Amphitheatre eight miles from 
here. 

First two songs with words and 
music by Stringfield to be pub- 
lished are “Blue Mountain Girl 
and “Daniel Boone.” Both songs 

‘ ‘ the 


own tune, “Cajun Song,” after he have been tape-recorded by the 
had played it privately for Howard. “Thunderland” orchestra, directed 
In addition to infringements he by th«r composer, and arrange- 
charges unfair competition and un- ments to wax them are being dis- 
authorized use of an unpublished cussed with several southern rec- 
song. ord companies. 


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*** . ; • . 

WxidiiciJny, August 6 . 1952 


Sept 1 Deadlne on 

MPPA-SPA Pact 

Music publishers and writers 
have been given a Sept. 1 deadline 
on signifying their agreement with 
the recently-concluded pact be- 
tween the Music Publishers Protec- 
tive Assn, and’the Songwriters Pro- 
tective Assn. The MPPA-SPA 
agreement covered royalty pay- 
ments on song lyric book publica- 
tions and refunds to writers on 
British withholding taxes. 

v The 'pact, however, is only a rec- 
ommendation to both writers and 
publishers, and may be turned 
down by any individual pub or 
cleffer. It’s not expected that any 
opposition to the - agreement will 
be forthcoming. 

^ ■ — — 

HERB REIS EXITS DISNEY 

FOR LOESSER PUBBERY 

% • 

Herb Reis, who has been heading 
up the eastern office of Walt Dis- 
ney Music for the past year, shifted 
over -this week as general profes- 
sional manager of Frank Music, 
Frank Loesser's firm. Latter com- 
pany will work on the nine tunes 
which' Loesser wrote for the Sam- 
uel Goldwyn production, “Hans 
Christian Andersen,” starring 
Danny Kaye. Frank Music will also 
push the Loesser score of the legit 
■musical, “Guys and Dolls.” Latter 
score was originally published by 
E. H. Morris Music, but reverted 
to Loesser as of Aug. 1. 

Fred Raphael, head of Disney 
Music with headquarters on the 
Coast, is in New York with Phil 
Kahl, who will fill Reis spot. Kahl 
was a plugger in the L. A. home- 
office. 


Hendl Back to Dallas 

Dallas, Aug. 5. 

. Walter Hendl, conductor of the 
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, is due 
here on Friday (8) for a two week 
stay. He has completed engage- 
ments in Chicago and Toronto. 

He is slated to go to New York 
for two concerts with the *NBC 
Symphony. He will return here for 
the season around Oct. 1. 


TOPPING ALL LISTS 

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LEROY . 
ANDERSON 
MIHJLS MUSIC, Inc* 


It's Music by 

JESSE GREER 

Program Today Y*st«rday's 

KITTY FROM 
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'EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 

“Wish. You Were Here”— 20-4830 ., 

. 4 

8 

7 


4 • 

5 

6 

10 

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4 

33 

7 

5 

AE MARTINO (BBS) 

“HeYe In My Heart”— 101. . . . 

• • • • 

• • 

• 4 

2 

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• 4 


• • 

5 

4 

4 

8 

• 4 

32 

8 

9 

NAT COLE (Capitol) 

“Somewhere Along Way” — 2069 . . 

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5 

* 9 

5 



6 

5 

6 


• * 

• 4 

4 4 

28 

9 

7 

F. LAINE-DORIS DAY (Col.) 
- “Sugarbush”-r-39693 ........ 

• « i • 

9 

4 


• • 

3 

10 

3 

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9 • 

4 4 

26 

IP . 

12 

FRANKIE LAINBT (Columbia) 
“High Noon”— 39770 

2 

7 

• • 

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6 

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9 


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20 

11 

7 

HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) 
“Vanessa”— 20-4691 

10 


9 

6 

5 

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. . 1 


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6 

4 4 

19 

<12 

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PEGGY LEE-G. JENKINS (Decca) 
“Lover”— 28215 



3 

* • 


• 4 

• • 

7 

7 

• » 

• 4 

4 4 

16 

13A 


LES PAUL-M. FORD (Capitol) 
“Smoke Rings” — 2080 


5 

4 • 

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7 

8 

• • 

4 • 

• • 

4 4 

4 4 

13 

4 

13B 

9 

EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 

I’m Yours”— 20-4680 •. . 

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• • 




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8 

8 

10 

5 

4 4 

13 

14. 

10 

LEROY ANDERSON (Decca) 
“Blue Tango”— 40220 

• • • 4 




7 



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8 

7 

4 4 

11 

15 


ALAN DEAN (MGM) 

“Luna Rossa”— 11269 





8 



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4 4 

2 

12 

16A 


EDDY HOWARD (Mercury) 
“Auf Wiederseh’n”— 5871 




1 




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10 

16B 

8 

GEORGIA GIBBS (Mercury) 
“Kiss of Fire— 5823 

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6 

9 

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8 

10 

17 

10 

TONY MARTIN (Victor) 
“Kiss of Fire”— 20-4671 

4 4 4 4 



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2 


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• 4 

4 4 

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4 4 

9 

18 

14 

JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) 
“All of Me”— 39788 

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3 

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4 4 

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8 


FIVE 

ALB 


TOP 

UMS 


1 

BIG BAND BASH 
Billy May 

Capitol 

KCF-329 

DCN-329 

L-329 


WITH A SONG IN 
MY HEART 

Jane Froman 

Capitol 

BDN-309 

KDF-309 

L-309 


SINGtN' IN THE 
RAIN 

Hollywood Cast 

M-G-M 

M-G-M-113 

K-113 

E-113 


AMERICAN IN 
PARIS 

Hollywood Cast 
M-G-M 
E-93 
K-93 
‘ M-93 


JOHNNIE RAY 
ALBUM 
Columbia 
CO-6199 
C2-88 
B-2-88 


Band Reviews 


SHERMAN HAYES ORCH (8) 
Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City 

Terrace Grill of the Hotel 
Muehlebach is an occasional stop- 
ping place for Sherman Hayes and 
orch, this being his third or fourth 
time in recent years. This time 
he’s in with a smaller group to 
hold the stand for a three-week 
summer session. 

Orch is made up three reeds, 
pair of trumpets and rhythm sec- 
tion of piano, drums and string 
bass. Hayes leads out on his own 
reed as the pivot man of the tenor 
section and varies the proceedings 
with a turn on the soprano sax or 
the clarinet. With the tenors fea- 
tured, group has a fullness along 
standard lines which makes the 
most of the limited instrumenta- 
tion. Set up handles the varied 
rhythms satisfactorily. 

Leader also does much of the 


BMI Pk'Vfi Hit! 

YOU BELONG TO ME 

Published by Ridgeway 
Recorded by 

Jo Stafford -Paul •• (Columbia ( 

Sue Thompson [Capitol I 

Dean Martin 

Exclusively Licensed by 


vocalling, w'orking out on the pops, 
standards and show tunes. He’s 
abetted in this department by Mor- 
ton Jones, who gives with the 
rhythm and -novelty works, also a 
member of the sax section. 

Compact group is holding its 
own in this deluxe room, and on 
the basis of this performance un- 
doubtedly Hayes will be back 
again. Quin, 


TOMMY CUNNINGHAM Orch (11) 

With Ruth Torbett 

Hotel Muehlebach, Kansas City 

Newcomer in these parts is Tom- 
my Cunningham and his crew, up 
from the Texas country where 
band is a name outfit. First time 
for the band in town or the area, 
but forecasts other moves this way 
and likely into the Chicago area 
under guidance of the McConkey 
office which recently took over 
handling of the orch. He has sev- 
eral years to his credit as an im- 
portant orch on the Coast and in 
the south apd southwest. 

Curtrilngham has a two-ply 
punch in his own vocalling "and an 
instrumental setup which features 
fiddles, seldom seen in an orch of 
this size. Coupled with the three 
fiddles, Cunningham has a trio of 
reeds, a trumpet, drums, piano and 
string bass. This grouping keeps 
the musical style well on the sweet 
side, and arrangments, mostly by 
the maestro, are in the commercial, 
two-beat vein. Crew nicely handles 
list toppers, show tunes, rhythm 
and novelty numbers and Latins, 
all in the fashion which earned it 
the monicker of “moonlight 
music.” 

Vocally, Cunningham rates 
among the better singers In the 
baritone range. Musically, he’s ac- 


complished, and adds a good deal 
to his work with personable pres- 
entation and good selection of 
tunes, including the ranking pops. 
With astute handling, a record or 
two and a couple of breaks this lad 
could hold his own with the lead- 
ing singing maestros. Vocal de- 
partment is rounded out with Ruth 
Torbett, fairly new in the ranks 
of traveling orchs, but with a def- 
initely distinctive voice in the 
lower registers. Outfit is well 
geared for the hotel, club and ball- 
room circuit, and likely to be a re- 
turnee here. Quin. 

Star Productions, Inc., has been 
chartered to conduct a theatrical 
business in New York. Nathan L. 
Rock was filing attorney'. 


1 1 . 

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Continued from page Z7 

relations-, now . heads up both 
of the operation. kface{$ 

©ration* f<?r cfis-TV. and laterY 1 *’ 
wal manager of DuMont’s wj$d 
-N. Y„ had, beep production 

of NBC’s. TV network S ? 

In. his, new. combined post ioh a- 
following execs will report to hb! 

George McElrath, now technimi 
operations’ chief for both £ 
Shawn, as director of product 
services; Anthony M. Hennig, £ 
ly-named director of plant op£. 
hons; Earl H. Hettig. who con. 
tinues as TV operations chief h, 
Hollywood; Frank Lepore, col 
tinuing as manager of film m 
kinescope operations and J. Robert 
Myers, who continues as TV but 
chasing agent and will also super! 
vise the radio business office. 

Sarnoff, in rounding into shape 
his newly-created TV film division 
named John B. Cron, formerly 
manager of film syndication sale/ 
as TV film sales manager. Stanton 
M. Osgood; formerly exec assistant 
to the TV operations chief, be. 
com^s manager of TV film produc- 
tion; John W. Kiermaier, formerly 
assistant to ! -the production units 
chief, •• -becomes- Osgood’s assistant 
and 'Benjamin Raub and Robert 
Anderson will service the division 
on legal and financial matters, re- 
spectively. 


Earlier Runs 

Continued from page 5 


up. In the Los Angeles area, three 
ozoners are playing Paramount plx 
on a first-run basis simultaneously 
with four conventional spots. This 
is under Par’s new zoning plan for 
the territory. 

• Significant changes in the New 
York area are seen developing as 
a result of the threatened suit by 
Skouras Theatres against the dis- 
tribs, except 20th-Fox, and the 
Loew’s and RKO chains. Skouras 
reportedly is in line for first-nabe 
runs in some parts of Gotham be- 
cause of the threatened action. 


THE EPIC BALLAD 
FROM THE EPIC FILM 



(DO NOT FORSAKE ME) 


iLO FElST, INC. 



and His Orchestra 

Bermudiana Hotel 

Bermuda 


INTRODUCING A NEW SONG ! 

EMIL COLEMAN and His OrchMtra, with KEITH KNIGHT, 
Baritone, broadcasting from the Starlight Roof of the 
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, will Introduce 
a new song: 

“EYERYTIME” 

Words and Music by ESTELLE BEHRENS 
(Including 17 Other Songs) 

ENJOY LISTENING to a Grand Performance of a Lovely 
New Number by Timing In: 

WOK Radio Station 

August 11. 1952 — From 11:30 to 12 M, 

i 

Publishing and Recording Rights Available Through .. 

ESTELLE BEHRENS, 42 Broadway. New York 4, N. Y. RoomW 



America's Fastest 
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WrtRai^TV 

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... am portion. Th. hookup 
tl ' (. to ov«r 340 lUtlon. ' bt-' 
*£jVth« «uxlU*ry West <3oo*t 

tlm. OUferentUl. for .th« 

. P^Jot klne”— th*t pnocert Johkh 
Lwrtit* the re-telecast of 3flnch- 
•ST<:45 p-m. in tlm east 
1 more advantageousilme west 
1/ the Rockies, a* otherwise it 
would come too early in the mid- 
ifternoon out west. 

Bromo-Seltzer looks the most 
likely alternate sponsor with 
Grnen which, alone c.nnjot shoul- 
the $16,000 weekly tab for the 

IS minutes. This is « 

$12,500 for Wmchell on AM (|lr 
dOO per minute for the -actual gab 
finus by the commentator). 
tl T„dd«nt«lly. the du.l TV-AM- 
casts kayo Winchell s annual 
Florida stints -although, paradoxi- 
cally, a Miami station will carry 
him on video. However, the cable 
doesn't work both ways, at least 

^Inthe Winchell comeback, Brew 
Pearson returns to his •« p.m. 
ABC slot (AM) and hi« 11 P.m. 
TV under renewal from Carter 
Products; and George ‘ Sokolsky, 
who was allotted Pearsons former 
early evening time, returns to his 
old 10:30 p.m. spot. 


16m Suit 

; Continued front' ]W(« S 

TV interests apparently .stand alone 
as the culprits behind the suit, 
say fllmites. Under the circum- 
stances, the Justice Department 
Institutes such actions only when 
it Is in receipt of complaints from 
affected parties, it‘s pointed out. 
This, of course, leads to the ■ con- 
clusion that the TV-ers influenced 
the suit. 

Film company lawyers have. been 
huddling on the action but have 
et to draw a full line of- defense, 
here's some feeling that the dis- 
trib defendants may ask for imme- 
diate dismissal of the' suit on the 
grounds that the Department’s 
argument is simply and basically 
invalid. 


S 


The Disk Jockeys say: 

“HA!” “HA!” 
“HO!” “HO!” 


The Public says: 

“WHO?” 

“WHO?” 

“WHO?” 


m 

The Great Arturo, 
Singing the 
World's Greatest 
Love Song Since 
"JENNY DARLING" 

on MERCURY 
Number 5893 
and 5893X45 


*Disk Companies’ Best Sellers 

CAPITOL .„ TI , T 

U KAY'S LAMENT’ cT 

FOOL, FOOL, FOOL * ,Kay St * rr 

S. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAT Nat OHniO PaI* 

what does it take 1 

*' RMOM »rn«a 0L1> SUMME * WME Les Paul-Mary Ford 

*' GIN®ANd'tONIC £ 0 ' DND THE COBNE * Billy May 

*■ FCTW? N ’ MX BABT * ack H0ME (Nat (King) Cole 

COLUMBU 

1. HALF as much Ken Griffin 

AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART 

%, BOTCH- A-ME Rosemarv Cloonpv 

ON THE FIRST WARM DAT rosemary Clooney 

3. SUGARBUSH Frankie Lane-D Dnv 

HOW LOVELY COOKS THE MEAT ’ y 

4 * 1 TO X* Jo Stafford 

PRETTY BOY 

*• 5*^** Frankie Laine 

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 

CORAL 

L "STRING ALONG Ames Bros 

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER 

2. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END Don Cornell 

I CAN’T CRY ANYMORE 

3. WHO DRANK MY BEER WHILE I WAS 

IN THE REAR . Chuck Murphy 

OCEANA ROLL 

4. I’M YOURS Don Cornell 

MY MOTHER’S PEARLS 

5. YOU’RE MY DESTINY Alan Dale 

MY THRILL 

DECCA 

1. LOVER Peggy Lee-Gordon Jenkins 

YOU GO TO MY HEAD 

2. BLUE TANGO Leroy Anderson 

BELLE OF THE BALL 

3. HALF AS MUCH Guy Lombardo 

AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART 

4. SHOULD I , Four Aces 

THERE’S ONLY TONIGHT 

5. KISSES ON PAPER Red Foley 

ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME GOODBYE 

t MERCURY 

1. ONCE IN A WHILE Patti Page 

I’M GLAD YOU’RE HAPPY WITH SOMEONE ELSE 

2. AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART Eddie Howard 

I DON’T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE 

3. SO MADLY IN LOVE Georgia Gibbs 

MAKE ME LOVE YOU v 

4. I WOULD RATHER LOOK AT YOU Gloria Hart 

NICKELS, QUARTERS AND DIMES 

5. TAKE MY HEART Vic Damone 

KOSANNE 

M-C-M 

1. LUNA ROSSA Alan Dean 

I’LL FORGET YOU 

2. STRANGE SENSATION Billy Eckstine 

HAVE A GOOD TIME 

3. VANESSA David Rose & Ore. 

ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 

4. HIGH’ NOON Bill Hayes 

PADAM PADAM 

5. SERENADE TO A LEMONADE Barbara Ruick 

DELISHIOUS 


RCA VICTOR 

1. WISH YOU WERE HERE Eddie Fisher J 

THE HAND OF FATE 

2. I’M YOURS Eddie Fisher J. 

JUST A LITTLE LOVIN’ 

3. VANESSA Hugo Winterhalter J 

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY 

4. SOMEDAY ’ Tony Martin -f 

LUNA ROSSA 

5. I LAUGHED AT LOVE Sunny Gale f 

FATHER TIME * 

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Inside Orchestras— Music 

One of the influencing factors in Eddie Cantor’s deal with Capitol 
for an album based on the in-production Warner Bros, biopic, “The 
Story of Eddie Cantor,” was the $3,000 rebate for orchestral expendi- 
ture. Usually this advance is deducted from royalties. 

A mail snafu, incidentally, accounted for Cap getting the nod from 
Cantor who is normally tied to RCA Victor on a non-exclusive record- 
ing deal which is tantamount to the latter getting first refusal, espe- 
cially in light of a parallel tie by Cantor’s “Colgate Comedy Flour” 
on NBC-TV. 



Abe Olman, general manager of the Robbins-Feist-Miller combine, 
is represented as a songwriter on t>ne of the four sides cut by Colum- 
bia Resords’ new Art Lowry band. Number is “Down by the O-Hi-O” 
and it’s published by Forster Music of Chicago. Olman, incidentally, also 
has to its credit as writer such hits as “Oh, Johnny” and “I’m Waiting 
for Ships That Never Come In.” 


New York 


Ella FHagerald into Celebrity 
Club, Providence, for this week. . . 
Alan Dean booked for one frame 
at Caribe Hilton in San Juan, 
Puerto Rico, starting Friday (8) . . . 
Daughter of Sieve Levlta, produc- 
tion manager of the Robbins, Feist 
& Miller combine, gave birth to 
a daughter in N.Y., July 13. / ; Har- 
ry Belafonte went Coastwards this 
week to start work in the Metro 
film, “See How They Run”... Illi- 
nois Jacquette in for return book- 
ing at the Blrdland, N.Y., starting 
Thursday (7)... Apollo Records’ 
gospel vocalist Mahalla Jackson 
signed for six-week European tour 
starting Oct. 17... Jimmy Corday 
Trio set indefinitely at the Top Hat 
In Long Island . . . Danny Sutton 
booked into Three Rivers Inn, Syr- 
acuse. for four days opening Fri- 
day (8). 

Chicago 

Kirby Stone and Billy Ward’s 
Dominoes set for the Michigan 
State Fair Aug. 29 through Sept. 
1 . . , Nellie Lutcher has six-rday 
stand at Rossonian, Denver, Aug. 
4 . , . Curry, Byrd & LeRoy do two 
frames at Eddy's, Kansas City, 
Aug. 29 .. . . Four Freshmen start 
Sept. 2 at Playbowl, Calumet City, 
Ind, . . . Shelby Davis inked for 
Flame, Detroit, Aug. 22 for 14 days. 
. . . Louis Armstrong has week at 
the .Three Rivers Inn, Syracuse, 
Aug. 12 , . . Daryl Harper goes into 
Claridge, Memphis, Aug. 29 - for 
three stanzas . . . Charlie Ventura 
plays Cokmial, Toronto, Aug. 25 
for a weex. 

Beverly Hudson has two weeks 
at the Hollenden Hotel, Cleveland, 
Sept. 4 . , . Artie Auerbaeh signed 
for Lake Club, Springfield, week 
of Aug. 29, i 

Kansas City 

Town was heavy with name 
bands last week end, Les Brown 
playing a one-nighter in the Pla- 
Mor Ballroom Saturday (2), and 
Louis Armstrong in the. Municipal 
'Auditorium Sunday. Both played 
to strong houses . . . Tony Cun- 
ningham orch into one-nighters in 
the Texas-Olkahoma area follow- 
ing its three weeks in the Terrace 
Grill of the Hotel Muehlebach 


which ends in mid-August. Band is 
then set to open the Rice Hotel in 
Houston Sept. 4 , . . songstress 
Ruth Ray* into Stork Club, Louis- 
vilie, Ky., Aug 1 . . . Tiny Hill 
orch spends August in one-night- 
ers in Indiana, Wisconsin, Minne- 
sota, Illinois and Iowa, with tour 
broken by a full week in mid- 
August at the Riviera, take 
Geneva, Wi*. 

Dallas 

Harry James’ orch dated for one- 
niter at Longhorn Ranch Monday 
(11), with Bob Wills’ Texas Play- 
boys due Aug. 20 for one night 
. . . Russ Morgan orch and show 
set for eight nights, .Sept, 5-12, 
in Baker Hotel's Mural Room , . , 
Johnnie Bschemin again head- 
lines at Colony Club for two 
frames on Sept. 9 . ♦ . Sky Club 
has one-night stands from Woody 
Herman orch, Aug. 29, and Billy 
■May ■ crew, Nov. 9’ . . . Nellie 
Lutcher opens Aug. 20 at Pappy’s 
Showland . . . Century Room of 
Hotel Adolphus gets Kay Thomp- 
son A the Williams Bros, for two 
frames, SepC 3-10, with JHfsrry 
Rlchman due Sept. 22-27. Same 
spot has pacted Hlldegarde for 
two weeks, starting Jan. 19. 


Ted Lewis, Ex-Sideman 
Play Rival Pitt Spots 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 5. 

Ted Lewis and one of his former 
hired hands, Paul White, will be 
playing rival clubs here at the 
same time later this month. Lewis 
opens a two-week engagement at 
Andy Chakeras’ brand new Horizon 
Room at the Greater Pittsburgh 
Airport next Friday (15), while 
White comes into the Copa down- 
town Aug. 25. 

Chakeras set Lewis for his air- 
port spot on strength of business 
high-hatted tragedian of jazz al- 
ways did for the local nltery open* 
ator when he ran the Vogue Ter- 
race. Latter plaoe was sold first 
of year to John Betera when Cha- 
keras landed the cafe, bar, restau- 
rant and hotel concessions at tht 
big plane center. 



iT 

end hit orchestra 

pi«y 


BEYOND 
THE NEXT HILL 


TILLIE’S 

TANGO 


MGM 30614 
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76 RfM 
45 RPH 


M G M RECORDS 


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New Flat-Price Amus. Combo 


Launched in N.Y. as Tourist Lure 


A cafe hypo that has been tried 
■with some; success in Miami, and 
crops up from time to time else- 
where, wais launched this week in 
New Yoric as the “Nite Club Merry- 
Go-Round/’ It aims to develop 
tourist and local business via a 
flat-price setup that includes every- 
thing but the waiter’s tip. 

Outfit’s 4, de luxe” combination 
carries a tariff of $9.95 (tax includ- 
ed) for dinner and show at eithpr 
the Latin Quarter or Copacabana, 
and midnight performance at 
either Leon & Eddie’s or Zimmer- 
man’s Hungaria. Ahother pairing, 
called the "E'xmomy.Comblnation,” 
peddles for $7.95 and is available 
as a d 5nnoT ’-c v ‘QW at two sno x< ? end 
the midnighter at two others (in- 
cludes two drinks). Visitaf 5 om 
may be made on the same night 
or two different nights. Among 
spots in the deal aside from those 
mentioned are Ha v^ru -Madrid, Vil- 
lage Barn.-a.nd Bal Tabarin. 

Another $9.95 package pairs a 
nitery with a legiter on Broadway, 
there being a choice from half a 
dozen Broadway dramas or musi- 
cals followed, by a bistro. In this 
setup, seating, is in the mezzanine, 
with an orch' pew rating $1.20 ex- 
tra. On the cafe end, two drinks 
or a late snack is the choice. State 
and Federal taxes ?re included in 
all packages. 

Scheme is. the brainchild of Sam- 
uel J. Burger, veteran show biz 
promoter, who is running the deal 
in New York as' his associate, Ber- 


nie Schaeffer, continues the plan 
in Florida. They are going after 
tourists as well as persons with 
modest income via ads in the 
Bronx, Brooklyn, Newark, etc. 
They’re also hitting- contention 
groups before they arrive in town. 

Robert A. Hamilton, sales man- 
ager for the organization, says the 
combos are being sold by theatre 
ticket agencies, bell captains of 
leading hote’s, newsstands in the 
I latter, etc. Each club receives a 
‘ set sum, according to its own tariff 
designation. 



*} •• 

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THE CHORDS 

Instrumentalists without Instruments 
Aug, 4 - 10 *- CLUB DATES 
Seattle. Wash. 

Midwest Club Dates and Fairs! 

HARRY GREBEN 

203 N. Wabash Av«„ Chicago, III. 
Direction: G.A.C. 


$1,000,00# Fixup 
For Ottawa Spot 

Ottawa, Aug. 5. 

Rebuilding job to cost an esti- 
mated $1,000,000 is set for Standis- 
hall, Ottawa district hotel-nitery, 
according to owner-manager J. P. 
Maloney. New stone-and-brick, air- 
conditioned spot will include 100 
guefct rooms and dine-dance space 
for more than 2,500 persons. 

Present Standishall was fire-gut- 
ted last August, a musician losing 
his life in the blaze that occurred 
during a Louis Armstrong band 
date, leaving only the Circle Bar 
and the dancery operating. 

For a while, the spot followed a 
show policy, booking names, then 
Montreal owners sold it, along with 
Chez Henri Hotel and Chaudierre 
Golf and Country Club, back to 
original owner, Maloney. Latter 
closed show polity with late spring 
booking of Rose Murphy. Ralph 
Flanagan band, in this week, is the 
only name to appear since then. 


NICK 

LUCAS 


VACATIONING 
L. B. RANCH 

Rt. 3, COLORADO SPRINGS, 
Colorado 

Aug. 11 thru Stpt. 1 

Personal Management 
BILL LOEB 
121 5. Bavarly Drlv® 
iavtrly Hills, Cal. 


VAF Warns Yank Acts 
On Application of Its 
26-Wk. Employment Rule 

London, July 29. 

A warning to visiting vauders 
that the rule limiting their employ- 
ment for a maximum of 26 consecu- 
tive weeks must be operated strict- 
ly, was given last week by the Va- 
riety Artists Federation. They re- 
ported that two applications for 
extension have just been turned 
down. 

1 Pointing out that it is their job 
to see that the quota for foreign 
vaude artists is strictly adhered to, 
the VAF explain that only in rare 
cases are visitors allowed ta exceed 
the stipulated period of six months. 


San Antonio’s ‘1952|’ 

San Antonio, Aug. 5. 

Andy Rice, owner-operator of 
the Circus Club here, goes into a 
major policy change with the open- 
ing this week of "Blackouts of 
195214.” 

Rice is m.c. of the show, which 
includes Gary Fontaine, Walter 
Beecham, Anne Blair and Bette 
Lou. 


COMEDY BY 


MICKEY 

DEEMS 



Currently at 

PARAMOUNT, New York 

RECENTLY CONCLUDED RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL 
and LE REUIAN BLEU. Ntw Yark 


Personal Management? 

MARK J. UDDY 
L*e* Nawmgut 


Thanks f»: 
Harry Livine 
Bab Shapfra 
Beb Whiteman 


Houston’* Name Orchs 

Houston, Aug. 5. 

The Houston Club has instituted 
a name band .policy with the . Hal 
McIntyre orcb teeing off Friday 
(1). Lynn Cole, local vocalist, is 
featured. 

Orchs slated to follow are Ray 
Anthony, Sept, 27, and Jan Garber, 
Nov. 29. 


Wedbeaday, Augtigt 6. 1955 


2 Unions Press 
Coast Cresendo 
On Folding Money 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 

Plans for reopening of the shut- 
tered Crescendo, new Sunset Strip 
nitery, as a jazz rendezvous are 
being pushed as show biz unions 
prepared to present to the Labor 
Commission claims of $2,500 on 
behalf of its members. Left holding 
the bag when nitery op Harry 
Steinman was forced into bank- 
ruptcy by * creditors seeking pay- 
ment were American Guild of Va- 
riety Artists and Local 47 of Amer- 
ican Federation of Musicians. 

Steinman reportedly has re- 
turned to Philadelphia, his home 
base. 

AGVA Coast chief Eddie Rio 
said his organization would press 
claims on behalf of Ella Mae 
Morse, Champ Butler and Pat Mor- 
rissey, but was awaiting receipt 
from Miss Morse of a check ten- 
dered her by Steinman before pre- 
senting a package claim for arourld 
$1,500. Similar action is contem- 
plated by the tuners’ local, which 
seeks to collect around $1,000, of 
which some $650 is due Buddy 
DeFranco. 

Reopening plans are being 
pushed by Bill Door, owner of the 
building in which the Crescendo 
was located, and operator of the 
second-floor cocktailery, the Inter- 
lude. Latter was .forced to close 
.when the Crescendo shuttered, be- 
cause of legal technicalities. 

If Door succeeds in the takeover 
effort, he’ll operate the Interlude 
as before-. Crescendo, however, will 
undergo some alteration, including 
the installation of a dance floor, 
and Door hopes to book standard 
jazz acts. 


Night flub Reviews 


• 'Al Bernie^ Sonny Hoivatd, Luxor 
Gali Gali, The Carneys (2), LauH 
Layton, Pater Hanley, Dale Nun* 
nally, Michael Durso , Qrch; $3.50 
minimum. 


Saranac Lake 

By Happy Bcnway 
Saranac Lake, N. Y.. Aug. 5. 

Murray Weiss, Variety Clubs- 
Will Rogers exec, in from Boston 
for final inspection of the face- 
lifting job of the institution. 

Louie Williams, .formerly of 
the vaude team of Pops & Louie, 
in from N. Y. and registered for 
the observation period. 

Theresa Loomis, Coiumbia pix 
office staffer, rushed to the gener- 
al hospital with an acute attack 
of appendicitis and is now back at 
the V. C. hospital resting in com- 
fort. 

Troupers James Floyd and 
Paula Winthrop stopped off to chat 
with Forrest (Slim) Glenn. 

Bob Cosgroves Columbia Pic- 
tures’ office staffer, in from N. Y. 
for summer vacation at the Miller 
summer cottage. His annual check-- 
up rated the usual all-clear. 

A salute to Larry Kaye for his 
gift to the less fortunate here; 
ditto to George Roberts of the 
Rifkin Theatres, Boston. 

Birthday greetings to Gloria 
Davis, John Streeper, Shirley 
Houff and Forrest (Slim) Glenn, 
all at the V. C. hospital land pro- 
gressing nicely with the cure. 

Joe Fennessy, veteran vaude en- 
tertainer, in and out of general 
hospital after mastering the thor- 
acoplasty operation, is back at the 
V. C. hospital taking the comeback 
in solid comfort. 

Otto Haymen and .Teanie Reed 
received their all-clear clinics at 
the same time. Surgery and real 
care made it possible for this pair 
to regain their health. While on 
a 10-day furlough a year ago, they 
got married and now will cele- 
brate their return to good health 
and an anniversary at the same 
time. They are skedded to check 
out in the early fall, when they 
will leave for Paris, 

Edward (ABC) Davidson ended 
a two-week vacation here. He was 
accompanied by his wife, Grace, 
whose clinics are tops. 


Virginia Godwin, ex-Rogersite 
‘ ' 1948, 


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who beat the rap here In 1948, In 


— _ ap ..... - ,,, — 

for 0 , 0 , and checkup and she’s O. K. 
Write i# those who are ill. 


Barring dne or two minor, spots, 
the current Copa layout is a 
sprightly entertainment that : can 
satisfy almost any type of nitery 
clientele. It is hefty on the. com- 
edy, with Al Berniey Sonny Howard 
and Luxor Gali Gali handling that 
end, and it has enough production 
backgrounding to give the overall 
show the aura of hefty budgeting, 
certainly a novely in these swelter- 
ing days of short-coin nightclub 
entertainments. 

Bernie. is the No. 1. headliner, 
and he deserves that billing with 
a comedy fol-de-rol that is the best 
in his career. It’s around two dec- 
ades now since Bernie, as a young- 
ster, began feeling fils way around 
the varieties, and by this time he 
has certainly arrived at a peak cal- 
ibre of delivery and material. 
Bernie constantly changes his ma- 
terial, and while some of it is 
tepid, his delivery and ability to 
punch hard overcome that short* 
coming. 

He tells stories, jokes, does song 
parodies, satires on Hopalong Cas- 
sidy, Churchill and Jolson, etc.* 
and emerges at the end to a begoff. 

. Sonny Howard, with his vocal im- 
pressions of name singers, is an- 
other whammo, and no less impor- 
tant than his act itself is the pro- 
jection and obvious assurance with 
which he does his delineations. 
Howard impersonates such war- 
blers as Laine, Armstrong, Lanza, 
Sablon, Chevalier, Tony Martin, 
Ink Spots, Jan Peerce Billy Dan- 
iels, Lena Horne, Eckstine, Dur- 
ante and Jackson, and Pinza. All 
tite clever carbonings though he 
could use more comedic lyrical ma- 
terial in connection with his sub- 
jects; Howard has a legit voice on 
his own, as indicated by one or two 
spots. . 

Gali Gali, the Egyptian magico, 
is another smash with his manipu- 
lation of the coins, the chicks and 
his pieces of business with the two 
men whom he draws from the aud- 
ience. He lends great charm to his 
act with his dialectic English, and 
he knows how to handle audiences, 
as well. 

Of lesser importance to the bill 
are Lauri Layton, brunet songstress, 
who does standard tunes with lack 
of style and imagination, and the 
Cerneys, ballroom duo, who go 
through standard terps accented by 
the male’s frequent lifts. 

Dale Nunnally and Peter Hanley 
handle the production singing nice- 
ly, backgrounded by the eight Copa 
girls. Michael Durso’s orch does 
right by the showbacking and the 
audience hoofing. - Kahn. 

CIicz Farce, Chi 

Chicago, Aug. 3. 

Martin & Lewis, Kitty Kallen, 
Mayo Bros. (2), Barr & Estes, Dick 
Stabile, Johnny Martin, Chez 
Adorables (8) with Werner Twins, 
Brian Farnon Orch (22); $3.50 
minimum, $1 cover. 


This is the break-in date for the 
fall and winter tour of Martin & 
Lewis. As such, it will probably 
set a new record two-week biz here 
at Chi’s No. 1 spot. A sidelight on 
that expectancy is that after the 
first show Sunday (3), a spokesman 
for the comics insisted on removal 
of the tables from the floor. This 


action will cost the club u 
*15,000 for the fortnight “ le,sl 
* There ■ are some i'ntotv, 
Changes in the team’s basic S n 5 
perhaps .due to the fact thaW 
tour will' be for theatre? and 
tonums rather than niteriM S' 
maybe they’re sharpeS t h? f 
material for the London Palladium 
date set for early next year !? 
the Mastbaum, Philly, Aug. i 8 A ? n e { 
the L, A. .Paramount, Aug 2R 'tJ ni 
take a month layoff for 
work, then hit the road agab C a 
stand at the .Texas State jj 
October will be followed by n 

?o y 4lll°n n g e hZ ghterS ' 

“k's of the zany Jerry Lewis mi 
the deft rtraigln work oj Dc a „ 
Martin, there seems to be 51 
attempt to balance off routine? 
with Martin getting mole 
chance to go over on his own 
merits— which^ are considerable-! 
m the song department. There’? 
only a short minute or two of Lewis 
before the crooner comes out to 
belt over three tunes. 19 

Handsome crooner still sells a 
song as weir as any of the top 
baritones and the audience gives 
him a lusty hand. After this brief 
respite, mayhem gets underway 
and runs rampant for the next 45 
minutes. There is a raft of ad lib* 
with Lewis railing at the custom- 
ers, the bosses, the band and of 
course, Dick Stabile. Somewhere 
along the line, some set material 
'manages to sneak in. Much of It 
is the tried and true stuff, such as 
the directing of the orch by Lewis 
as Martin tries to sing "Oh, Marie"- 
the running leaps in the banS lead- 
(Continued on page 46) 



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By NED ARMSTRONG 


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Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. 5. 

Gloom will burfi again this fall 
Santa Fe. A compromise meeting 
S last week here ^set the formula 
for Santa Fe’s 240th Fiesta on 
t abor Day and as a result, Will 
Foster inventor of Zozobra, de- 
S ti create the 30-foot effigy 
5nd burn old man gloom once more 
to set off the fete. 

The Fiesta Council, shattered by 
4 he winter-long controversy, re- 
voked the franchise of the carnival 
operators to vote and at the same 
time banished the Cannes from the 
historic Santa Fe plaza for this 
year’s celebration • 

Oliver La Farge, Pulitzer prize- 
winning novelist, who led the fight 
against the commercialism which in 
the last few years has cheapened 
the historic Santa Fe Fiesta on 
Labor Day weekend, is now free 
once more to return to his literary 

assignments. 

The fight between the compact 
croup of Santa Fe intellectuals and 
the Fiesta Council began last De- 
cember and, at one point this 
spring, had grown to such propor- 
tions that La Farge was fearful for 
his personal safety. In a sizding 
fight, his program of restoring the 
festival to its former diignity and 
splendor had run head-on Into the 
solid opposition of carnival inter- 


ests. 

Strangely enough, following La 
Forge’s admission of defeat, and 
the universal threat of the artists 
and writer? t of this community to 
abandon' fiesta, .a fond of panic 
seized the group representing the 
carnival crowd. Fiesta Council 
chairman Johnny Valdes resigned, 
and other members of the group 
opened overtures for a peaceful 
settlement of the dispute. 

Governor Steps In 

The Santa Fe’ Fiesta is the crown- 
ing event of New Mexico’s summer- 
long tourist season, and word 
around town has it that when ad- 
verse publicity concerning the de- 
spoiling of the event began* to gain 
heavyweight proportions, Gov. Ed- 
win Mechem interceded quietly. 

As a result of the present amity, 
the carnival boys have been ex- 
pelled from the plaza and will op- 
erate their booths this year on side 
streets several * blocks from the 
heart of town. 


Reginald Fisher, director of the 
Santa Fe Art Museum, has been 
appointed by city government to 
head a committee to restore the fa- 
mous old fiesta to its former glory. 
A program is now being evolved 
for this year’s event. 


Shift ‘Capades’ Ad-Pub 
In Pitt to Ad Agency 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 5. 

Advertising and ‘publicity for 
local engagement of “Ice Capades,’’ 
which opens its annual preem 
stand here at the -Gardens Sept. 1, 
are being handled for the first time 
away from the Harris circuit office. 
In the past, campaign has always, 
-been in charge of local reps of 
.the amusement company headed by 
John H. Harris, producer of the 
icer. 

With appointment of Cliff Lewis, 
formerly head of Par studio pub- 
licity and more recently with Met- 
ro. as press boss of “Ice Capades,” 
'vith headquarters in New York, 
Harris pub-ad staff in Pittsburgh 
has been shaved to the bone. The 
account has gone to Dubin-Feld- 
man ad agency. It’ll be handled 
ny Joe Feldman, of the firm, who 
recently quit WB after 23 years — 
last job with Warners was as- 
sistant zone manager — to go into 
business with Julius Dubin. 


St. Loo Chase Woos 
Sinatra for T< 

St. Louis, Aug 

t ,,.^ a , na 8eme n t of the Chase 
wank west end nitery, is ar 
■cij, , a one-week appearanc 
*rank Sinatra to tee off its 
il 5 , eas °n on Sept. 19. A1 
Ch i ar ® - Afindy Carson sun 
*ach a * GS '® s l >ana * or Lwo ' 

attractions skedde- 
Gnhfi rP°P nee Boswell, G 
Pauf w T i e d Lewis, Wiere Bro: 
**aul Neighbor’s orch. 


Wein, Orchsters Flee 
Rockport, Mass., Fire 

Boston, Aug. 5. 

George Wein, boniface-maestro 
of Hub’s . Storyville, transferred 
to Hawthorne Inn, Gloucester, for 
summer, and six members of his 
crew narrowly escaped possible in- 
jury and lost their instruments 
and personal belongings when fire 
razed the rooming house in which 
they were quartered in Rockport 
last week. 

Wein, forced to jump from sec- 
ond-story window, escaped without 
injury, but Jack Fuller, who also 
jumped, received a back injury, ne- 
cessitating hospitalization. Ac- 
cording to eye-witnesses, 20 min- 
utes after the occupants escaped 
the two-story building burned to 
the ground. 


Mich. State Fair 
Spots Wax Names 
In Policy Shift 

Detroit, Aug. 5. 

The Michigan State Fair, which 
got mired in red ink last year when 
headliners like Bob Hope failed to 
lure big, is trying a new entertain- 
ment policy on for size this year 
by scuttling the traditional vaude 
presentation in favor of continuous 
shows featuring recording stars. 

Don Ridler, the fair’s new enter- 
tainment director, is booking the 
acts direct rather than obtaining a 
package deal through a regular 
booking agent as in the past. 

The lineup so far includes Les 
Paul & Mary Ford, Ella Fitzgerald, 
A1 Martino, Gene Krupa Trio, Kir- 
by Stone, Billy Ward & His Domi- 
noes, and the Harmonicats. They 
will appear Aug. 29 through 
Sept. 1. 

Then, the 6,400-seat State Fair- 
grounds Coliseum will be turned 
over for three days to agricultural 

(Continued on page 47) 

‘FOR SALE’ SIGN UP ON 
HIPP, BALTO LANDMARK 

Baltimore, Aug. 5. 

A “For Sale” went up on Izzy 
Rappaport’s Hippodrome this 
week, marking the demise of a 
local landmark of films and vaude. 
Originally built by Pearce & 
Schneck, pioneers in combo enter- 
tainment here, house was run by 
Loew’s, the Schanbergers, and 
Rappaport, with varying forms of 
entertainment. 

Rappaport carried the Hipp to 
heights with his indie operation, 
employing top names, but it took 
a sharp dive in repent years. House 
closed last April following a minor 
backstage fire which did some 
damage, hut occasioned the an- 
nouncement that theatre would be 
readied by fall with continuation 
of straight film policy. 

Rappaport operates the nearby 
de luxe Town and the Little, latter 
a sureseater with policy of foreign 
and art pix. 


A.C. CROWDS OKAY 
BUT SPENDING OFF 

Atlantic City, Aug. 5. 

A crowd of more than 200,000 
hit this resort over the weekend 
(2-3) according to estimates made 
by city press representatives. It 
was not the largest of the season, 
but nevertheless a healthy pull 
which gave business a good push 
upward. 

So far this season the draw is 
equal to if not a bit higher than 
a year ago, but most amusement 
and hotel people declare that the 
spending is not up to par. Some 
operators say the season is off 
25% as far as spending goes. They 
refer to big spenders, those who 
in other years did the city up 
royally. 

Smaller spots, the "avenue bars, 
etc., say they are holding- their 
own. 




, Hope Spring* Internal 

Reno, Aug. 5. 

Expressions of good luck 
poured in on Harpo & Chico 
Marx when they opened their 
nitery stand at the Mapes Ho- 
tel here. 

One wire read: 

“Good luck from Groucho, 
Gummo and the Collector of 
Internal Revenue.” 


Cops Arrest 19 
h 2 S.F. Burlies 
On Indecency 

San Francisco, Aug. 5. 

Two of the three Frisco bur- 
lesque houses were knocked off last 
week following their last shows, 
Mth 19 persons arrested and 
booked on a charge of indecency. 
The houses were the Downtown 
Theatre, a 1,000-seat Blumenfeld 
operation, and the Ellis-Princess 
(800 seats), operated by Sam 
Brisk. The bumpers and grinders 
appeared before Municipal Judge 
Lenore Underwood and pleaded not 
guilty. 

. Acting mayor of San Francisco 
Marvin Lewis added a touch of 
irony to the prpceedings by ap- 
pearing as attorney for the Blu- 
menfelds. The arrest was made by 
the juvenile detail of the police 
department. 

Judge Underwood declared that 
if the case came before her with- 
out request for a jury trial she 
would ask for re-enactment of the 
shows. The only way to judge 
whether they were offensive is to 
see “everything the officers saw,” 
she declared. 

Among those arrested were Gay 
Dawn, Junay Green, Marlene King, 
Ruby Reed and Eva Sassin of the 
Downtown Theatre, together with 
Hubert Harris, manager, and Cof- 
fee Royale, Billy Collins, Edith 
Raye, Dawn Valentino, Sandine A. 
Valentino, Kitty Ellis, Judy Kane 
and Barbara Gibson, also Samuel 
Brisk and David Bloom, managers, 
of the Ellis-Princess. All were 
booked and released on bail. 

The arresting officers chased 300 
customers out of the Ellis and 200 
out of the Downtown. Both the- 
atres reopened the next day (31). 

The police made the arrest, they 
said, because “there was nothing 
left for the imagination.” 

The President Theatre, Frisco’s 
third burley house, was not in- 
cluded in the raid. 

AGVA Asks Martha Raye 
To Explain D.J. Interview 
On Gyson’s Miami Show 

Miami Beach, Aug. 5. 

First crackdown on ruling of 
American Guild of Variety Artists 
against cuffo appearances by mem- 
bers on dee jay programs here 
came Friday (1) when local board 
wired Martha Raye to appear be- 
fore them today (Tues.) to ex- 
plain her interview on the Sam 
Gyson show aired from Mammy’s 
restaurant. 

Possible stickler in this case, 
however, is fact that Miss Raye is 
co-owner of the Five O’clock Club 
where she works the year ’round, 
and hence decision must be made 
as to whether she was appearing 
as such to plug her spot, or as a 
performer. 


Hold Canadian Maestro 
In Death of His Wife 

New Waterford, N. S., Aug. 5. 

Ralph Gregor, a veteran orch 
leader, has been arraigned on a 
charge of murder, as a result of 
the finding of the severely pattered 
body of his wife in their home here. 

Gregor, who had an orch for 
many years and furnished music at 
dances and dancehalls all through 
Cape Breton Island, was arraigned 
in minor court without plea. Hear- 
ing was deferred until after an in- 
quest slated for Aug. 18. 


0 Herb Shriner's D. C. Date 

Herb Shriner has been booked 
for the Statler Hotel, Washington, 
starting Nov. 15. , 

TV-vaude-nitery comic is in on a 

percentage. 


Guy . Mitchell Boosts 

Palladium to Top July 

London, Aug. 5. 

The Guy Mitchell fortnight 
which ended at the palladium last 
Saturday (2) has given the theatre 
the best . July season since Jack 
Benny’s engagement in 1948. The 
final week was capacity at every 
performance, and the entire house 
was sold solid by the early part of 
the week.- 

The second week spurt in busi- 
ness, beating the initial week’s 
gross of around $28,000, followed 
the broadcast from the theatre on 
the firjst Saturday night. Big crowds 
waited for the boxoffice to open 
the next Monday morning. Ar- 
rangement? are now being set for 
Mitchell to return next year for a 
comprehensive vaude tour which 
may include a return date at the 
Palladium. 


follow Girls’ For 
Cafes After Tab 
Stand bn B’way 

The tabloid “Follow the Girls,” 
Broadway legit musical of some 
years back which co-starred Ger- 
trude Niesen and Jackie Gleason, 
will go out a nitery revue after 
its Broadway engagement at the 
Holiday Theatre, N. Y., Aug. 21. 
Harry Delmar, who staged the 
original, is ’ dittoing for Frank 
Sennes, who has been booking tab 
versions of legit clicks into the 
Holiday. 

Eddie Davis, who co-authored 
the original with Guy Bolton, is 
updating the libretto for current 
vaudfilmery and nitery standards. 
Sennes and Delmar have an idea 
of eventually producing “Girls” as 
an independent filmusical. 

Willie Shore, currently at Lou 
Walters* Latin Quarter, would 
head up the nitery tour of “Girls”, 
and Louise Hoff would do the 
Niesen counterpart. 


CIRCUS MEDRANO BOSS 
ON U.S. TALENT HUNT 

Jerome Medrano, owner of the 
Cirque Medrano, Paris, arrived in 
New York from France last week 
(29) and left two days later for 
the Coast. 

Medrano, Whose circus is one 
of the most famous in Europe, Is 
here on a talent expedition, via 
the Lew & Leslie Grade Agency, 
for both the circus and a new pro- 
duction to open at the Gaumont 
Palace, Paris, next month. 

Medrano will return to Gotham 
in a fortnight, thence to the 
French capital. 


Fire Causes 10G Damage 
To Wildwood, N.J., Nitery 

Wildwood, N. X, Aug. 5. 

A fire in Marty Bohn's Nut Club 
here Sunday morning (3) caused 
damages of about $10,000, destroy- 
ing all costumes and ruining the 
dressing rooms. Blaze originated 
in the kitchen' from a defective 
refrigerator, There was no damage 
to the club proper. 

The blaze was put under control 
fit 11 a.m. and a show was given 
that afternoon. 


Ashton! for Hernia Icer 

Royal Ashtons have been pacted 
as the only non-skating turn in 
Sonja Henie’s ice show, opening 
in Chicago, Sept. 11. It’s a seven- 
month contract. 

Aero act is current at Lou Wal- 
ters’ Latin Quarter, N. Y. 


Chi 885 Club to Reopen 

Chicago, Aug. 5. 
Joe Miller’s 885 Club, which has 
been shuttered since last fall for 
alleged liquor violations, will re- 
open soon. „ 

Swank supper bistro was leased 
by Morris Aronson of St. Louis 
last week. 


With a dozen New York restau- 
rants being sued by the U« S. 
Government for $1,000,000 in 
treble damages for alleged over- 
the-ceiling price violations, nitery 
owners in Gotham and elsewhere 
are wondering how the latest Fed- 
eral drive will affect them. 

Last week (31), U. S. Attorney 
Myles J. Lane said the complaints, 
a record number, marked only the 
start of an effort against offender? 
of the regulations set up by the 
Office of Price Stabilization and 
that the alleged violations were 
“willful.” « • 

The largest amount is being 
sought from the Mid-Hudson Sys- 
tem, operating Chandler’s, an east 
side eatery frequented by many 
show bizzers. Under a suit filed in 
Federal Court, the Government 
seeks $346,640 from that spot. Run- 
ner-up is El Morocco, chichi es- 
tablishment, with $217,215. Of the 
10 other eateries named defend- 
ants, the best known are the Am- 
bassador Hotel bar and restaurant, 
$65,579, and Beef & Bourbon, $12,- 
590. 

The price stabilization bureau 
claims that those involved had 
overcharged for food and drinks. 
It alleges that, in some cases, they 
experienced lower food costs which 
should properly hav$ been reflect- 
ed in lower prices to customers. 
While there are no definite ceiling 
prices, the. OPS says that legiti- 
mate prices are based on the ratio 
of food costs to dollar sales volume. 
A similar setup obtains in the case 
of lower costs for liquor xyhich 
should have been passed on to cus- 
tomers; 

Week before, El Borracho, an- 
other east side eatery, was sued 
for $50,020 in treble damages. 

Violations by nightclubs and 
other eat spots are under investiga- 
tion by the OPS, according to Sol 
A. Liebman, metropolitan district 
enforcement officer. Some nitery 
owners theorize, however, that 
their prices include entertainment, 
dancing, etc., and that they are 
not subject to the same rules which 
apply to straight food and drink 
emporiums. 

■ — — .u— i » 

Newborn-Baum Sued 
By Gale Over Drake 

Gale Agency," N. Y,, has insti- 
tuted suit against Newborn 8c Baum 
for alleged commission on the en- 
gagement of singer Alfred Drake 
at the -Thunderbird, Las Vegas. 
Drake played that spot May 29 
through June 18 on a booking by 
Gale. Case comes up in N. Y. 
Municipal Court. Amount sought 
is $700, representing 5% of 14,000. 

According to the Gale office, 
Newborn & Baum originally had 
booked a show into the Thunder- 
bird for those dates and, in order 
to play Drake, a release had to be 
obtained from N&B*for that pe- 
riod. Upon a suggestion by Hal 
Braudis, Thunderbird booker, 
Gale says it worked out a deal 
with Newborn & Baum to move its 
show up and make -dray for Drake. 
Part of the agreement, it claims, 
was for a Split commission on the 
singer’s hooking, which has not 
been paid, hence the suit. 


3 Circus Performers 

Injured in Buffalo 

Buffalo, Aug. 5. 

Aerialists with two circuses ex- 
hibiting in this area sustained se- 
vere injuries during the past week. 
Lisette Antoniette, a member of 
the family act of that name with 
Mills Bros. Circus, fractured both 
arms when she fell from a trapeze 
while the show was playing Go- 
wanda. The girl, who is 14, fell 
about 25 feet when her wrist strap 
broke. She is in Gowanda Hos- 
pital. The family consisting of 
father, mother, two brothers and 
the girl, are from Germany. 

Searle S. Simmons and Mrs. 
Mary Sherer, trapezists with- the 
Sherer Troupe performing in Tom 
Packs’ Buffalo Police Circus at 
Civic Stadium here, were injured 
when their rigging collapsed. They 
were forced to leap from the tra- 
peze when the rigging buckled. He 
sustained a fractured ankle and 
Mrs. Sherer suffered bruises. Both 
were taken to Buffalo General 
Hospital. 



46 


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WedttexTay, Angim 6, 1952 


Night Club Reviews 


Coktlnuti from par* 44 


Cite* F*m, €hl 

er’a arms, the smooching and swish 
stuff, which, Incidentally, has been 
cut greatly. For a sharp audience 
of first-nighters, the buffons were 
of first-nighters, the buffoons were 
blue tinges. 


ness." Her satire of Lena Home 
is a -very striking carbon. - 
Miss fallen returns after bowoff 
to sock over “Daddy in the White 
House," more appropriate now,, it 
seems, than in the past, and which 
hep customers enjoy to the hilt. 
There are two dancing acts in 

a J» < V . i 1.^.1 i.ttt AWf^MA 


Lewis, while still brash, su port of the stars, but they're not 

oddly enough, sained some real i n conflict. Mayo Bros., working on 
warmth which cavers his cracked an e x eva ted platform, leave the 
voice and eyeball hysterics. In cus tomers hungry with a short few 
spite of the running reprimands minutes 0 f rapid tap work and 
that he hurls at his partner, Uie splits> Barr Sc Estes open with 
madcap projects the fact that his some eccen tric dancing and fine 
cohort really isn’t such a bad guy. car tweels by Miss Estes. 

One bit of new business aboutTV x>I C k. Stabile, who does a clicko 


commercials has some rib-tickling 
bits, but slicing is needed. The 
Ethel Merman-Russell Nype takeoff 
is heavy with laughs. 


job of conducting tbe M&L session, 
also is a strong member on the 
totem pole as a stooge. Johnny 
Martin gives out with one tune in 


Duo could still use some more the production number and acts as 
skits and discard some of the emcee. Line has flapper number 
oldies. Team still winds up doing which is one of the best chorus 
the strawhat and cane version of offerings in many a moon. Werner 
soft-shoe “Swanee River" for sock Twins are okay in their short 
getoff, but come back to quiet specialty. x . . 0<v 

jseatholders with begoff speech. Orch has been augmented to 22 

Pretty Kitty Kallen is a more pieces which is the size of the band 
than welcome divertissement to the to be used on tour, but this large 
hectic proceedings and it's a tribute S rou P isn t to £ 1( > ud fo ^ t J lls ,. spot 
to the salesmanship of the chirper due to exc tr _ at ipvi^ 
that she commands attention while Band has five Addles and ji ceWo 
the room is waiting for the head- and guitar m addition to heavy 
liners. She swings out with a fine 
beat rendition of “I Can't Give You 
Anything But Love" and then does 
a switch in mood with the ballad, 

“Look to the Rainbow." 

Thrush actually stills the vast 
»pot with her soft, wistful rendition 
of the tune from “Finian's- Rain- 
bow," in which show she starred 
several seasons ago. She also gets 


Band has five 
and guitar in addition 
doubling in the brasses. Brian 
Famon takes over the baton for 
most of the bill and shows how 
well he can really do with a bigger 
aggregation. ' Zabe. 

Thmutertilrd, Ui» Vega* 

Las Vegas, July 31. 
Mills Bros. (5), Jay Marshall, 

.. _ , , , .Peiro Bros. (2), Donna Phillips, 

a fine reception with Show BusUj Johnny O'Brien, Kathryn Duffy 

Dansations (7), Normandie Boys 
(3), AI Jahns Orch (12); no cover 
or minimum. 


costumei, 'Watermeloa Weather* 
again spots principals working in 
and around patterning! of Dansa- 
tions. Dazzling finale, “Old Fash- 
ioned Hayride." is fronted by Miss. 
Phillips’ fine ^Summertime," bow- 
ing with entire cast onstage belt- 
ing out the "Hayride" song. 

Al Jahns does a big orch job. « 

Will. 


Fabnisr IKoaae, Chi 

(EMPIRE ROOM) 

, Chicago, July 31. 
Mata ic Hart, with Lothar Perl, 
Bill Bradley and George Tomal; 
Noonan &. Marshall, Estelle Loring, 
George Prentice , Eddie O’Neal 
Orch (12); $3.50 minimum, $1 
cover. 


Merriel Abbott's unusual hold- 
over booking of Mata & Hari, stars 
of the last show, is strongly bal- 
anced with .the comedy team* of 
Noonan Sc Marshall, the songs of 
Estelle Loring, and the deft pup- 
peteering of George Prentice. It's 
perfect summer farce, for the next 
five weeks and should register 
heavily for the room’s boxoffice, 
once, the word gets, around. 

Mata Sc Hari have, with the ex- 
ception of the sock “Carnegie Hall” 
bit, changed their program for this 
They again have , the diffi- 


Carrpll gets sufficient impact 
via his sex appeal for the femmes 
and a strong set of pipes, Carroll 
projects his baritone with a heavy 
dramatic style and uses wordy 
intros to .each number. He 
essays little informal chatter and 
sticks too closely to the script to 
achieve maximum contact with. the 
audience. His repertory also needs 
updating beyond such ballads as 
“Mona Lisa," “Too Young" and 
“Hello Young Lovers," 

Carroll handles "I’m Gonna Live 
'Til I Die" effectively, although 
Georgia Gibbs, star of the previous 
show here, also did the number. 
Carroll would also do. well to pass 
by “Ole Man River" as his encore 
bit. This song is a baritone's cliche 
and unless the rendition is super- 
lative, it isn't worth risking. 

Topflight hoofing, interlude is 
provided by the Four Step Bros. 
This team Of Negro tapsters is 
among the best in the business and 
its routine has speed, class and 
change of pace for sock results. 
Lads open with an ensemble preci- 
sion bit and build with some flash 
solo turns, each member of the 
quartet doing standout specialty 
terping. It’s a begoff turn. .■ 

Eric Sc Van, disk-pantomimes, 
hit nicely in the comedy depart- 
ment (New Acts). The Cabots; two 
boys and a girl, handle the ballet 


cult 1 Job ^ starting ‘the'' show^t assignments in the production num- 
sock over a job on a New Orleans hers ‘handsomely. Cabot! are 
cheap street scene replete with regulars here. Two production 
the guy and the moll. Music by numbers, spotlight the lookers u 
Lothar Perl contributes heavily to the line in well-accoutred routines, 

the mood and scoring would make £ p r ? c j(X%h£on 

duction vocals competently. •* • 
Walter Nye orch cuts the show 
in positive fashion, also alternating 
on the bandstand with, the rhumba- 
accented Pupi Campo crew for the 
customer dansapation. . . Herm, 


International 

Ventriloquists 

LEONARDO 


cmdl 



Just lack from Korea, 
Japan and FacHIc Islands 

Again af ffte 

PALACE 

(4th Engagement} 

H»w York 

Thanks to DAN FRIENDLY 

Sailing for European Tour September 

Thanks to BERT WISHNEW 

Management.* 

JACK KALCHEIM 
HO W. 44th Street, New York 
JUdton 4-5574 



PATRICE 


JAN 


HELENE and HOWARD 

Currently 

LAST FRONTIER HOTEL 

Lay Vegas',' N«v. ' 

Dir.: M.C.A. 

P«r. Mgt. TOM SHEIL5 


Lavish mounting of all produc- 
tion touches makes this four-frame 
Thunderbird chapter one of the 
best offerings in moons. With the 
popular Mills Bros, headlining, and 
setup based on what show producer 
Hal Braudis- terms a “miniature 
musical," little doubt remains as 
to SRO biz for the next month in 
this teepee. 

The brothers Mills, with their 
father on bass notes and a guitar- 
ist giving discreet_backing, mellow 
beautifully as time goes on. Any 
tune essayed is certain to bring 
cheers at the start and an ovation 
at its finish. From “Nevertheless,” 
the voices blend “Paper Doll," 
Basin St. Blues," “Be My Life’s 
Companion," “Wish I Knew the 
Name of the Girl of >fy Dreams,” 
“Lazy River,” “Always Hurt the 
One You Love." Palm-poundings 
for the combo continue over and 
into the Dansations’ finale. 

Jay Marshall takes over deuce 
With his wry wit and comedic un- 
derplaying. Supplanting Frank 
Payne, who. suffered a broken 
leg in an auto accident while 
enroute to this engagement, Mar- 
shall is a holdover from previous 
fortnight. He puts aside his usual 
hokum magico stint to plant Sev- 
eral yockworthy sketches, includ- 
ing a GI frame of “salutes” and 
“Nomenclature of the Mop. 
Concludes with addition to his 
ventro “Lefty” routine via gloved 
“Righty," setting up amusing “We 
Three.” Marshall also ventures 
into followup production sortie 
with a walkon sally amidst Dansa- 
tions’ terps. 

Peiro Bros, hop into opening spot 
with a collection of antics designed 
to spur interest immediately. One 
uses a squeezebox while the other 
chants a Latin tune, but never seri- 
ously. There’s always a * funny 
breakup coming. In balancing some 
wood blocks, each tries to knock 
the other out of the running, but 
deal culminates in neat finish for 
big mitts. Following another tune, 
both close with rapid hat twirls on 
stocks and sock piggy-back runoff 
for cheers. 

Kathryn Duffy Dansations pull 
out all stops with three big produc- 
tions. Curtain-raiser is “Trottin’ to 
the Fair," featuring some soprjmo- 
ing by Donna Phillips, surrounded 
by Johnny O’Brien and the Nor- 
mandie Boys. Gals look fetching in 


a good disk for, some band. Pair 
return later to do the almost in- 
credible carbon of dancing mari- 
onettes with- the carefully worked 
out movements appearing as if in- 
visible strings were jerking the 
terpers beyond their control. 

With a short interlude which is 
covered capably by‘ a piece of 
froth- done by George Tomal and 
Bill Bradley, Mata Sc Hari return 
"or a reprise of “Carnegie Hall," 
a panto-doubling on all the instru- 
ments. Sketch is now done on a 
ramp before the bandstand and ap- 
pears even, more impressive, if that 
is possible, Perl conducts 


Mount Royal, Mont’l 

Montreal, Aug. 2. 
Myrus, Max Chamitov Orch 
with Norma Hutton, Bill Moody 
Trio; $1.50 minimum . 


Mark Htoldns, s. y, 

Ywtf Sumac,. Phyllis 
Moises. Vwanco, Bennv 
Orch (13); *2 ewer. V Stron » 

- The bulk of the plushv 
that came to split its ludo ?g 
tween the newly redecorated inn 
000 Peacock Court and 

wtertis wSi 

Drape? 1 d^or’ £?ench%roXui 

p 0 S?Siy^pX S ?o ra S 

through as superior bracket stuff 

The Smith management has been 

abte to turn the neat trick of mak- 
ing the room look smaller and vtf 
seat more customers. Artists will 
find it an easier place to work 
witti the lighting, sound and acorn- 
tic* all to the good. And the adia- 
cent Peacock Bar, transformed 
into a Colonial patio, will find favor 
With the' quaffing crowd seeking to 
hither away from orchestral din. 

The show which bowed into the 
refurbished premises consisting of 
Yma Sumac and Moises Vivanco 
plus. Herman Brana and David Ri- 
viera at the drums and flute and 
Phyllis Ponn, backed by Bennv 
Strong’s orch fits the festivities 
like a glove. Everybody came to 
have a good time and everybody 
did, even when they weren’t listen* 
ing. It was a tjlg night with music, 
ballet, architecture and libation 
combining to send everyone home 
two inches off the ground. 

... Miss Sumac comes on with a 
straight Inca hair-do and a sun- 
burst-bodice off the shoulder white 
gown that ‘set her off to good effect 

• (Continued on page 47) 


FOSTER AGENCY. LOND6H, 

» - >r*»ols 


Following a two-week break 
----- without entertainment, the Nor- 
fl - the mandie Room of the Mount Royal 

skits impressively with his music, brings in Myrus and his mental 
a clicko asset. • ^telepathy to mystify and please 

Noonan Sc Marshall are making the payees, 
their debut in this family supper Working a 25-minute stint, My- 
roo mand their old standbys are rus confounds all with his q. and 
fruitful fare for the conventioneers a . session and maintains complete 
and others who have not seen these attention at all times despite a 


bits before. Pair work from the 
podium mainly, which is a help in 
several of the routines. Earplug 
gag gets them started' well and 


casual voice and little showman- 
ship. Building up act, he distrib- 
utes cards throughout the room; 
asks the patrons to write a ques- 



Now Appearing 

CASINO BLANKENBERG! 
Belgium 

American Rap. WM. MORRIS AOKNCY 
TAVRL-MAROUANI AOINCY, PARIS 


then the spoken thoughts of the tion- on each card and sign their 


handsome singer, Marshall, get 
them additional laughs. 

The cafe disk jockey business 
has been tightened for better re- 
sults and the duo have inserted a 
dilly of a British film company 
with pop-eyed Noonan registering 
as the English director. Marshall 
has a straight tune, “Five Foot 
Two," which is well received and 
sets the stage for their familiar 
TV cooking school. Noonan really 


initials. The cards are collected, 
put in a plastic container in full 
view of everyone and then Myrus 
disappears for 15 minutes to es- 
tablish a “mood" for his mental 
moments. 

Coming back on the floor after 
an interlude of sharp pianoismS 
by Max Chamitov and vocalizing 
by Norma Hutton, Myrus picks 
out various folded cards, reads 
only the initial at the bottom, 


souses it up for some rib-ticklers tears up the card and then pro- 
but . messy finale, always punchy, ceeds to answer the question and 


has been toned down. Current 
version is more suitable to the 
decor of the room. 

Estelle Loring is also new to the 
Emplfe Room, but should become 
a regular on the Hilton circuit 
from her appearance here. Vibrant 
redhead switches easily from some 
fine humorous ditties to semi-torch 
tunes. Well-stacked miss has a full 
voice that bounces off the walls, 
but tones it down when needed. 
She has some new cleffings, one 

_ c v * « 1 . « * . 


THE NATION'S LEADING CONTROL ARTIST 

JACQUELINE HURLEY 


Week Aug. 3- 
Aug. 11- 
Ang. 1 8- 
Ang. 25- 
Sept. 1- 


-STEEL PIER, Atlantic City, N. J. 

-OLYMPIC PARK, Irvington, N. J. 

-HAMBURG FAIR. Hofnbitrg. N. Y. 
-CANADIAN NAT'L EXPO, Toronto 
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” Sept. 8 — -TRUMANSBERG, N. Y. FAIR 
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“ Oct. 4— DANVILLE, VA., FAIR 
" Oct. 13— ORANGEBURG, S. C., FAIR 
FOLLOWING WITH THE FLAMINGO, LAS VEGAS 
Thanks to GEORGE HAMID and LEO OR UNO 
P«r. Mgt.: BERT COLLINS 21? So. Hamilton Dr., Beverly Hills, Col. 


fill in with sundry remarks rela- 
tive to the question. 

If there is an angle to his work, 
then the gimmick is well con- 
cealed. The emphasis is entirely 
on thought transmission and his 
accuracy and quiet manner carry 
act with authority. He garners big 
reception as something different 
and novel in cafe biz. 

Femcee is Norma Hutton, who 
also sparks the Chamitov band 
during dance moments with the 


winiSi 1Ch Tt'fe certamly a topical Bill Moody Trio taking the relief 


winner. It' is “Play Me a Hurtin 
Tune," and includes a Johnnie Ray 
and Kay Starr takeoff. She winds 
things up nicely with a cute tag of 
“I Better Go Now,” walking off as 
she sings. 

It seems peculiar that the peren 
nial child fare of “Punch and 
Judy” should sell so strongly here, 
but the older folks seem to enjoy 
the clouts that are dished out to 
the woeful hero. George Prentice 
paces his characters tightly as the 
puppets knock the stuffings out of 
Punch. The many second child- 
hooders in the room give him a 
hefty round of applause for his ef- 
forts. 

Besides doing choral work for 
one of the acts and also the emcee 
chores, Eddie O’Neal manages to 
sneak in some fine dance sets be- 
tween shows. Zabe. 

Itiviern 9 Pi. Lee, IV. J. 

John Carroll, 4 Step Bros., Eric 
& Van, The Cabots (3), Arthur 
Johnson; Walter Nye and Pupi 
Campo orchs; $3.50, $5 minimums. 


sides. 


Newt. 


This is not the strongest bill 
-which this spot on the Hudson 
cliffs has come up with recently, 
but it’s an entertaining, fast 4 mov- 
ing layout. John Carroll, Republic 
Pictures' player who’s been work- 
ing the nitery circuit for the last 
couple of years, supplies the 
marquee power. The other acts 
serve as excellent support. 


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(CamplintMtt e f * Friend) 



Y~lr,M a*V, *> 1951 



47 


WEEK OF AUGUST * 

Numerals In cennw««n with bills b»l*v Indicate owning day ef shew 
Hum*"* 1 * ,n whether lull #r split week 

. t »=, i n uarenthetcl indlwtes circuit. (PM) Fanchen Mareoj «) Independent) 
SJKw SK M.W «•.> JKO, J t) lK,ll, ,r> Tivoli, <W> W.rn.r, 


Hew York GltV 
S H4» (I)/ 

*<J?er King Mozian 
. jloscelyn Lnrkln 
Roger Caldor 
Pamela Rayney 
job Williams 
Chick Chester 
William Maun 

iSffffwM 

n.P.« «) • 

Joan Brandon 
jlagld Triplet* 
Brockways 
Boss * Ross 

a® 

K s r&, 

EUlrt'uvnenco Ore 
Don Cornell 
' Mickey Deem* 

4 Evan* . , . 

• Trudy Richard* 

Roxy (l)« 

Tony Dennett 
Phil Foster 
Hoxyette* 

SplUluy Singers 

Arnold Shoda 
Manuel Del Toro 


Ann Nichols 
Gerry Mahoney 
Blades Sc Belles 
• AUSTIN (Minn) 
paramount (M 
I Only 

Asylum of Horrors 
CHICAGO 
Chicago (I*) « 

Les Paul 4? Mary 
Ford 

Frank Fontaine 
Duke Art Jr 
Gaynor & Boss 
FAIRMONT (MImi) 

Lake (r) 1J only 

Asylum of Horrors 

LA CROSSE (Wise) 
Hollywood (F) 

7 only 

»d1 W 

&."d <r> i* only 

Asylum of Horrors 
ROCHESTER (Minn) 
Chatoau (F) t Pflly 
Asylum of Horrors 

WASHINGTON 

Capitol (L) 7 
Betty Clooney 
Vince De Campo 
Ken Whitmer 
Rimacs „ 


austbaha 


ADELAIDE 

R«yal (T) 4 

Jimmy Hanley 

Babs Mackmnon 

Rosemary Miller 
June Lansell 
Valerie Keast 
Robert Levis 
meliourne 
T ivoli (T) 4 
Tommy Trlnder 
4 Botonds , \ 

Halama & Konarskl 
Prof 01<o 
Carl Ame* „ 
Royston MacGregor 
Harry Moreny 
Tony Laraond 
Pettr . 

4 Singing Girls 
J Show Girls 
4 Dancing Boy* 

12 Adorable* 
SYDNEY' 
Tivoli (T) 4 
Mara it Maurice 
J DarcBCO 


Low* 4* Ladd 
Guy Nelson 
Renlta Kramer 
Bouna . 

Overbury is Suzette 
Sonya Corbeau 
12 Show Girls 
10 Nude* 

6 Boy Dancer* is 
Singers 

12 Ballet 

NEW ZEALAND 
ChrUtchureh- 
Tivoli (I) 4 
Armand Perren 
Faye* 3 
Pat Gregory 
Gerd Bjorns tad 
Chribi 

Marika Saary 
Phillip Tappln* 
Wim De Jong 
Jacques Cartaux 
Jimmy Elder 
Joe Whltehouse 
Cissy Trenholm, 
Terry Scanlon 
Guus Brox it Myrna 


BRITAIN 


ASTON 

HloRodrom* (I) 4 

Owle Morris 
Rita Page 
Maurice Keary 
Vic Sliver 

. Rhoda Diane , 
Don Stevens 
'Dancing Klngettes 
• Burge** Bros 
1IRMINGHAM 
Hippodrome (M) 4 
Geo Mitchell Choir 
Jimmy Clltheroe 
Arthur White 
Vadlo it Hertz 
Sonny Burke 
Rexanos ' 

Jbn Joyce Dancers 
BLACKPOOL 
Opera House (I) 4 
- Letter Ferguson 
Ttrry-Thomas 
Semprlnl 
Dandy Bros 
Harry Bailey 
Pamela Kay 
Cofp* de Ballet 
Regency 8 
Albert Marland 
Magyar Dancers 
20 Tiller Girls 
Roof Top Lovelies 
Palace (I) 4 
Josef Locke 
Les Trois Poupce 
George Betton 
Jackie Co 

Hackford St Doyle 
Z Franks 

Frank Marx 'Jt Iris 
Walter Niblo 

Tawar Circus (I) 4 
C Calroll St Paul 
Knle *6 Lions 6t 
Tiger* 

Rose Gold 3 
Cheizl Bros 
Knle’s Horses it 
Zebras 

Regge Sis » 

Tosca de Lao 
Knlc's Llppizanas 
Jackie Lupescu 
OUveras 
Rnle‘s Animal 
Carousel 

Duncan's Collies 
Croekor's Bears 
Rule s Baby Ele- 
.Phanfs 
Little Jimmy 
Jimmy Scott 
Annette's Circusctte 
Winter Gardens 
* ID 4 

Cc> ers ^ armon ^ c * 
FredjHo Sales 
Puppets 
mi ? 15 £ Tamara 
McCormack 
RMhleen Gray 
j>wcen Hinton 
W Beau JBelleg 
Ronnie Ronalde 
u Roscombe 
h ppodrome (I) >4 

& £,““ ato 
.BRADFORD 
■ mhbra (M) 4 
' Jankre Howerd 
M arc Ja Owen 
Claud Williams 
Le ? Young & 
e Annette 

nil 0 Co 

*** Richards 
BRISTOL 
10 4 

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4 VY, ere Lovlles 

..toTwaT' <s> 4 

James • • • * . 


Beryl Held 
Hedley Ward 3 
p $c P Page 
Cawallnl* Dogs 
Jean Paul 
S Fisher Girls 
• miXTON 
Empress (I) 4 
Jack Anton 
David Nairn Sc Mrs 
Balmoral 4 

3 Mlhailovitch Bros 
Jill Jaye* 

Pauline Terri# 

Syd Raymond 

CHELSEA 
■Pal*ce (I) 4 
Western Bros 
Stanelll 
Leslie Sprony 
Delya 

Henglcr Bros 
Ken Wilson 
De Vere Girls 
CHISWICK 
Empire ($) 4 

4 Graham Bros 
David Keller 
Irene ^Dickson 
Peggy Frenqh 
Bertie Sellers 
Tommy Graye 
Joan Keen ’ 

Babs Douglas 
Syd Jeffery 
Crlsetta Girls 

COVENTRY 
Hippodrome (I) 4 
Sugar Chile 
Robinson 

5 Sc P Kaye 
Wilson Keppel &. 

Betty 
Virginians 
Frances Duncan 
Bobby Dennis 
Harvard* 

Merle Jfc Marie 
Len Ybung 

DERBY 

Hippodrome (S) 4 
Billy Thorburn 
Amazing Briton 
Eddy Bayes " 

Bebc Sc Belle 
EAST HAM 
Granada (I) 4 
Les Marcjiislo 
Peggys Pony 
Parade 
Shek Ben All 
Marsden it Ray 
A1 Shaw 

3 Robertis 
Metropolitan (I) 4 

Barry Lupino 
Norah Crawford 
James Keith 
Shirley Cameron 
Patricia Hornsby 
Suzanna Bandlerava 
Rogma Manclark 
Palace (I) 4 
Bartlett it Ross 
Jones it Foss 
ICenne Lucas 
Barry O’Brien 
Les Morgan 
Symmetrical* 
EDINBURGH 
Empire (M> 4 
Godfery & Kirby 
Jane Morgan 
A it B Black 
Jack Radcllffe 
L 03 Grecos 
Chow Ding 
R St M Lamar 
FINSBURY- PARK 
Empire (M) 4 
Alan Clive 
Elton Hayes 
Nat Gonella Bd 
Les Darleys 
Mak Bacon 
Nlberco Bros 
Clifford Guest 
Charlos Ancaster 

4 Jays & Jund 

GLASGOW 
, Empire (M) 4 
jJoy Nichols 
1 Anton Karas 
6,1 -Archie -Robbins' 


D & J O’Gorman 
Wally Peterson 
Cynthia it Gladys 
Les Dounos 
M it M Mills 
GRIMSBY 
Palace (I) 4 
Frank O'Brien 
Jack Mayer 
Les Trois 
D'Artognan* 

Peggy Stone 
Gordon Night Birds 
Rickey Howard 
Irene Bruce 
Harry Humphreys 
Len Hargraves 
LEEDS 
Empire (M) 4 
Cottrell Bros it 
Margerlta 
Nitwits 

Teddy Johnson 
Pepinos Circus 
G. it A Doonan 
Freddie Harris Co 
Banner Forbutt 
Richard Sis 

LEICESTER 
Palace (S) 4 
Johnnie Look wood 
Susan Scott 
Maureen Comfort 
Terry Brent 
Anton Petrof 
Blakeman 3 
A1 GUlyon 
Crochet 
Stevano 

LINCOLN 
Reyal (I) 4 
Cecil Sheridan 
Noel Talbot 
Joy Brennan 
Stephen Black 
Joe O'Reilly Sc 
Tommy 
Evelyn Henry 
May Moxons 
Shamrocks 
2 M's 

Gass 4c Keegan 
LIVERPOOL 
Empire (M) 4 
Billy Cotton Bd 
Arthur 4 Dowler 
Krista 4c Kristel 
Olympiad 3 
Roger Came 
Nenette Mongadors 
it Anne 
Nixon it Dixon 
Hamilton Twin* 
LONDON 
Palladium (M) 4 
Dolores Gray 
Winifred Atwell 
Deep River Boys • 
Nancl Crompton 
Hall Norman it 
Ladd 
A1 Burnett 
Carsony Bros 
Leslie Randall 
Allen Bros & June 
Palladium Tiller 
Girls 

Skyrockets Ore 

MANCHESTER 
Hippodrome (S) 4 
Tcsslc O'Shea 
Arthur Lake 
Morris it Cowley 
Leslie Welch 
Hans Bela it Mary 
Joe Church 
Muldoon 3 

NEWCASTLE 
Empire (M) 4 
Reg Varney 
Peter Dulay 
El Granada* Sc 
Peter 

Agnette it Silvio 
Earl Sc Oscar 
Ballet Montmartre 
NORTHAMPTON 
New (I) 4 
Ken Morris 
Len Marten 
Gordon it Colville 
Cassandras 
Downey it Daye 
De Vere Dancers „ 
Joan Savage 


NORWICH 
Hippodrome (I) 4 
Alyce Dey 
Jackie Todd 
Haynes it Gardiner 
Meltones 
B & B Adams 
Audrey Mann 
Dave Starr 
Vocalalres 
Funfair Adorables 
NOTTINGHAM 
Empire (M) 4 
Gypsy Rose Lee 
Morecambe it Wise 
Scojt it Sanders 
3 Saytons 
Paula Coutts 
2 Angelos 
Condons 
Rex it Bessie 

SHEPHERDS BUSH 
Empire (S) 4 
Ralph Reader 
Fred Stone 
Clifford Henry 
Re-c Jameson 
Dennis Bros 
Kirby & Hayes 
Richard Gilbert 
Roger Avon 
Bryan Bradley 
Anthony Gill 
David Main 

SOUTHAMPTON 
Grand (I) 4 
B Rhodes it C Lane 
Guy Eurldge 
Marche it Braun 
Caroline it Richards 
Sharron Sisters 
Denys Hackett - 
Los Rumbalcros 

SUNDERLAND 
Empire (M) 4 
Fred Lovelle 
Monte Rcy 
Will Carr Co 
Gladys Morgan 
Mooney it King 
Vic Wise 
Linda it Lana 
Yolandas 
Cur 2 on 3 

SWANSEA 
Empire <M) 4 
Donald Peers 
MacDonald it 
Graham 
Lionel King 
Walthon it 
Lorrlane 

Richman it Jackson 
Nat Hope 
P Spangler* 

Le* Spanglers 
Reggie Radcllffe 
Cyclo Bros 

WINDSOR 
Empire (I) 4 
Joe Black 
Miriam Pearse 
M it S Davifs 
Eddie Hart 
Nelville Williams 
Bebe Norma 
Dorothy Brandon 
TV Lovlles 

WOLVER- 
HAMPTON 
Grand (I) 4 
Cyril Dowler 
Rhoda Rogers 
Billy Hancox 
Noble it Denester 
WOOD GREEN 
Empire (S) 4 
Davy Kaye 
Hazel Wilson 
Ken Doevilles 
Baldwin it Castle 
Reg Darnley 
Caruna it Dodo 
Noreen Barker 
Derek Dixon 
Yvonne Duprez 
Harry Mullins 
YORK 

Empire (I) 4 
Dennis Lawes 
Tony Vaughn it Pat 
Billy O’Sullivan 
Shlela Daly 
George Esco 


Cabaret Bills 


NEW YOEK CITY 


Blrdland 

Count Basie Ore 
Blue Angel 
Eartha Kitt 
Josh White 
Portia Nelson 
Orson Bean 
..Bon Sflr 
Mae Barnes 
Hamish Menzeis 
Jimmy Daniels 
3 Flames 
Norene Tate 
Garland Wilson 
Copacabana 
Al Bernle 
Sonny Howard 
Peter Hanley 
Ball Bali 
The Carneys 
Laurl Layton 
M Durso Ore 
El Chic© 

Rosita Rios 
Ruth Vera 
Ramonita y Leon 
Los Xey 

Enrique Vizcano O 
Eduardo Roy 
Embers 

Barbara Carroll 3 

French Casino 
Gincttc Wander 
Harry Seguela 
Jane Laste 
Laura Tunisl 
Dominique 
Dassie Bros 
Buddy Clayton 
Gordon Hamilton 
Vincent Travers 
Havana-Madrld 
Rene Touzet 
Lupino & Urbino 
Jose Curbelo Oro 
Hotel Ambassador 
Jules Lande Ore 
Hotel Astor 
Carmen Cavallaro 
Hotel Blltmore 
Michael Kent Ore 
Hotel Edison 
Henry Jerome Ore 
Hotel New Yorker 
Bcrriie •* Cummins 4 IT 1 


Roymayne it Brent 
Elimar 

Jack Raffloer 
Joan Walden 
Adrian Kollinl Trio 
Hotel Roosevelt 
Lenny Herman Ore 
Hotel St. Regis 
Milt Shaw Ore 
Horace Diaz Ore 
YUlage Barn 
Peggy Norman 
Teddi King 
Bourbon & Baine 
Zeb Carver Ore 
Pote RubJno 
Village Vanguard 
Robert Clary 
Sylvia Syms 
Harry Beiafonte 
Clarence Williams 
Waldorf-Astoi la 
Chavalcs de Espana 
Trini Reyes 
Emil Coleman Ore 
Mlscha Borr Ore 
Hotel Taft 
Vincent Lopez Ore 
Latin Quarter 
Royal Ashtons 
Danielle Lamar 
Steeplechase 
Willie Shore 
Marilyn Ross 
Collette Fleurlot 
Marilyn Hightower 
Andre Philippe 
Art Waner Ore 
Riviera 
John Carroll 
Merry Mutes 
Amin Bros 
W Nyo Ore 
Campo Ore 

Leon A Eddie's 
Eddie Davis 
Wendy Waye 
Rena Folfcy 
Jack Byron 
Oliver Dors 
No. 1 Fifth Avt 
Paula Stewart 
Bob Downey 
Harold Fonville 
Hazel Webster 
Old Roumanian 
•Sidle ■Banks’”* - * 


JacJd* Phillips 
Larry Marvin 
Joe LaPorte Or# 
D’Aquilt Ore 
Park Sheraton 
Irving Fields 
Two Guitars 
Arena Rane 
Elena it Anatole 
Ell Splvak 


Mlscha Usdanoff 
Michel Mlchon 
Kostya Poliansky 
Versailles 
Ubrnice Parks 
Emile Petti Or# 
Panchlto Ore 
Wlvel 
Sal Noble 
Bob Leo 


main-MLUia beach 


Allison Hotel 
Beachcombers (4) 
Julio Sc Mae 

Casablanca Hotel 
Bcgtlca Serrano 
Sammy Walsh 
Milt Roberts Oro 
Clover Club 
Jackie Miles 
NoV’Elites (3) 

Norma Parker 
Ed May 
Tony Lopez Ore 
Diamond Horseshoe 
Collazito Ore 
Sonia 

Larry Girard 
Delmonlce 
Jack, Almcda 
Crayton it Lopez 
Carlos & Melisa Ore 

El Mamba 
George Mann 
Latin-American Rev 
Lao it Minerva 
Five O'clock 
Martha R.'iye 
Kirby Stone Quintet 
Ben Yost 5 
Petrlllo it Mitchell 
Len Dawson On- 
Frolic 1 Club 
Senorlta Herraro 
Kathic McCoy 
Don Charles Ore 
Lombardy 
Don Baker Ore 
Henry Taylor 
Julio it Mae 
Martinique Hotel 
Manplo* it Ethel 
Danny Yales Ore 
Rose it Paul 
Vincents 
Monte Carlo 
Day it Alva 
Arne Barnett 3 
Mother Kelly'* 
Joe Di Lalla 
Rene Hall Trio 
Gladys Cooper 
Nautilus Hotel 
Henny Youngman 
The Bradys (2) 


Connie Del Monte 
Ernie Bell Ore 
San Marino Hotel 
Mac Pepper 
The Jesters 
Gafetv Club 
Len E. Ross 
Olga Barrett 
Lor] Iris 
Georgia Peech, 
Che-Che 
Lynn Clayton 
Gaiety Girls 
Green Hair Girl 
Bob Morris Ore 
Johnina Hotel 
The Palmers 
Jock Murphy 
Tony Matas 
Randum 

Leon S» Eddie's 
Babe Baker Revue 
Murray Swanson 
Eddie Guortln 
Jackie Gordon 
Jackie King 
Chuckle Fontaine 
Larry Seldln Dcrs 
Sans SoucI Hot** 
Lenny Kent 
Chris Columbo 
Eddie Srt.vdei 
Sacas-'.s Ore 
Ann Herman Dcrs 
Saxony Hotel 
Jeff Davis 
Val Olman Oro 
I’ano & Dee 
Jules DcSalvo Oro 
The Saxonettes 
Shore Club 
Rosalia it Carlas 
Michael Sellcer Ore 
Shortmede-- 
Preaeher i Rollo 5 
Tony Pastor** 
Neil Stone Revue 
Billie Lee 
Chi-Chi Laverne 
Kitty O’Kelly 
Jamie Lynn 
Charlotte Winters 
Kenny Lynn . 

Vagabonds Club 
Vagabonds (4) 
Marla NegUa 
Phil Brito 
Geo Horton 
Frank Llnale Ore 
River Boat Trio 
Harbor Club 
Joe Mooney 
Charlie Page 


Freddy Calo Ore 
Rendezvous 
Bobby Lucas 
The Musicals 
Paddock Club 
Iris Adrian 
Flash Lane 
Rozanne 

CHICAGO 

Terry Taylor 
Donald Tobin • 
George Zak 
Boulovar-dears ( 6 ) 
Frankie Masters O 
Edgewater Reach 


Chez Paree 

Martin & Lewis 
Kitty Kallen 
Mayo Bros (2) 

Barr and Este* 
Dick Stabile 
Johnny Martin 
Werner Twins 
Chez Adorables 
Brian Farnon Ore 
Conrad Hilton Hot'l 
Adele Inge 
Eric Waite 
Diana Grafton 
Charles St Lucille 
Cavanaugh 
Dennis it Darlene 
Lillian Byers 
Yvonne Bidder 
Philip Fraser 


Ralph Flanagan Ore 
Harry Prime 
Kathy Sweeney 
Chordlal Aires (5) 
Trixie 

(One to fill) 

Hlld Dancers (10) 
ralmer House 
Mati it Harl and 
Co (4) „ . „ 

Noonan it Marshall 
Estelle Lorlng 
George Prentice 
Eddie O'Neal ore 


Ambassador Hote» 

Freddy Martin Ore 
Stuart Wade 
Murray 'Arnold 
The Martin Men 
Rita it Alan Farrell 
bar of Music 
Doodles it Spider 
Nancy Andrews 
Felix Decola 
Bcnno Rubinyl 
Eddie Bradford Ore 
ft Gray's bandbox 
Billy Gray 
Patti Moore 
Ben Lessy 
Pepper Sis (3) 

Bob DurWood 
Bill HowtT 


LOS ANGELES 

blltmore Hotel 
Penny Singleton 
Walton it O'Rourke 
Les Bassi Trio 
Cafe Gala 

Mel Henke Trio 
Jean Arnold 
Lon Satan 
Sheffey it Anderson 

Clro's 
Rosemarie 
Condos & Brandow 
Dick StabUe Oro 
Bobby Ramos Ore 

Mocambe 
Billy Daniel 
Peggy King 
Eddie Oliver 


LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 


Flamingo 
Spike Jones Rev 
Desert Inn 
Dlosa Costello 
Don Reynolds 
Lolo it Llta 
Roberta it Alicia 
Anthony. Allyn it 
Hodges 

Carlton Hayes Ore 

El Cortez 

Showtimers 
Helen Boice 
Alice Hall 4 
Instrumentalists 
Last Frontier 

Herb Shriner 
Yost’s Royal 
Guards 

Bieber Dancers 
Jerry Wallace 
Jimmy Sisco 
Jean Dcvlyn Girls 
Bobby Ramos Ore 
Don Baker 


El Rancho Vegas 

Billy Daniels 
Belmonts 
Bill Skipper 
Joy Walker 
El Rancho Girls 
Ted Flo Rlto orch 

Silver Slipper 
Woo Woo Stevens 
Kalantan t / 
Hank Henry 
Roberto 
Isabelle Dawn 
Jimmy Cavanaugh 
Delly Dee Line 
Gcorgo Redman 
Thunderblrd 

Mills Bros 
Jay Marshall 
Peiro Bros 
Donna Phillips 
Johnny O’Brien 
K Duffy Dansations 
Normandie Boys 
Al Jahns ore 


Palm Springs 

Continued from page 2 




Night Club Reviews 


Continued from pag# 41 


Mark Hapkiits, S.F* 

in the cleverly handled rainbow 
ighf effects. Her opener, <in the 
nca language, which not even 
maitre d’ Paul Perrier understood, 
displayed her wide vocal range 
from deep contralto to falsetto. 
This scores heavily, especially with 
the concerto group which had come 
o be amazed and was amazed that 
it was. Miss Sumac shows a ke?n 
sense of show values and a full ap- 
preciation of the art of aloofness 
and pacing to make her impact. 

“Huayno,” the national dance of 
several Latin-American countries, 
her second item, proves a gay step- 
off to her “Tumpa,’* a seance which 
has an earthquake as its motif — a 
disturbing facet in this quake-con- 
scious town. “Kariboo,” in which 
voice is by Sumac and Peruvian 
flute and bongos by Brana and Ri- 
viera, tempos got the better of the 
tdne, but scored for a strong hand 
at show caught. 

“Birds," Miss Sumac’s newest 
recording,’ shows the thrush throw- 
ing off notes that no musical in- 
strument has been able to register. 
In this item she is aided, by Vi- 
Vanco to achieve a close harmony 
of music and voice fop considerable 
impact. Her dneore, “Virgin of the 
Sun God,” In which she also works 
with Vivanco, is a dicky closer 
which leaves the customers satis- 
fied if not illuminated. 

There were arguments whether 
the Sumac art is not a job of su- 
perlative arrangements and adap- 
tions by her brilliant husband-mu- 
sician, Vivanco, who has combed 
and combined the Latin-Americo, 
Peruvian, voodoo, Gregorian and 
even Brooklynese, to achieve an 
effect. But there is no questioning 
that the gal has plenty to sell in 
class and style and that she does 
it with telling effect in the best 
traditions of show biz. 

Phyllis Ponn Is a young, refresh- 
ing balletist who delivers solidly 
with two toe items. She has a 
happy pair of gams and decorates 
the floor to good effect Hers is a 
refreshing appeal which sits well 
with all ages and particularly fits 
in the salon type of nightery. The 
gal can dance too. 

Music by Benny Strong is ex- 
cellent and plays an important part 
in the dramatizing and background- 
ing thj Sumac troupe. It's likewise 
to^s for terping. Ted. 


Last Frontier, Ljkai Vegas 

Las Vegas, July 30. 
Margaret . Whiting xoith 'Lot t 
Busch; Wiere Bros. (3) with Mil- 
dred Seymour; Jerry Wallace, Jiiti- 
my Sisco, Dolores Frazzini, Jedn 
Devlyn Line (12), Leo Dukehorn, 
Bobby Ramos Orch (10); no cover 
or minimum. 


El Cortez, Lns Vegas 

Las Vegas, July 31. 
Helen Boice, Showtimers (3), 
Pete Matz, Alice Hall Quartet; no 
cover or^ minimum. 


cal, national and Hollywood— but 
or very little, of it, finds its way 
into the American press. 

If you don’t own a few oil wells 
in Calgary (or Alberta Province) 
you’re worse than a Hollywoodian 
minus a swimming pool. They have 
.the world’s largest reserves right 
here and I’ve never seen so many 
banks as in this town. Almost as 
common as a Fox-West Coast The- 
atre in California. There are over 
350 oil companies in this town. 

Good radio programs here. 
American records featured, of 
course, but lots of live shows too. 

In Victoria, B.C.. as well as in 
Bauff, Lake Louise and Jasper we 
saw the folowing: 

Pantatorium — clothes pressing. 

Meatatorium — butcher. 

Groceteria — ma rket. 

George Brown. • 


Popularity of this downtown ho- 
tel is on the upswing, with enteiv 
tainment policy gradually taking, 
form to lure the medium-walletedT 
Since its reopening under new 
management over six weeks ago, 
a definite word-of-mouth campaign 
has resulted in placing this nitery 
on rounders’ lists. All this is quite 
a fait accompli considering the 
fact that the glittering resort ho- 
tels out on the Strip four miles 
away have costly and high-bracket 
names to ensnare the ' revelers. 

Current stanza has the flippant 
Helen Boice as topliners, and a new 
threesome, the Showtimers, ’'to 
beckon spenders into El Cortez 
portals. Miss Boice is a rather 
large-framed comedienne who chat- 
ters a mile-a-minute with spicy 
gags and ditties. Her song vig- 
nettes are on the suggestive side 
but are flung off without causing 
embarrassment. High sense of 
humor, coupled with incessant 
pounding, both vocal and pianistic 
(she almost overflows the tiny 
spinet), puts supper clubbers in 
a good mood. Has to beg off. 

Showtimers bring a touch of 
musicomedy routining into this 
room. Two guys, Loren Welch 
and John Perri, work in hyper- 
animated fashion with femme, Do- 
lores Bouche. Variegated mate 
rial includes terping as well as 
three-way and single warbling. 

Entrance with John Perri ana 
Miss Bouche as camera shutter 
bugs clicking at tablers is fast 
and effective. Segue rapidly into 
a moody “Three Lovers Search 
ing for Love," somewhat rarified in 
treatment for this spot. “Weekend 
in the Country” loses launch be 
cause of orchestra lack. “Circus’ 
is a standout to wind up their 
fljng. Material was scripted by 
Jeff Barclay, cleffed by Arthur Sie 
gel, and choreos are by Roland 
Dupree. It’s all smart stuff. Pete 


Margareth Whiting’s initial song 
soiree in the Ramona Room last 
year brought okay biz, but current 
cycle will account for bullish on- 
slaughts on the ropes. ’ 
Chantoosie’s style is natural and 
easy, with tunes and ligljit conver- 
sation flowing audienceward In 
atmosphere of warmth. She has a 
keen flair for comedy as evinced 
’n her quips, and this factor may 
prove valuable in future nitery 
rounds. She can knock off special 
material like a breeze, although 
her present setup is based on a 
more standard repertoire. * 

From “Great Day Coming 
Manana," the thrush ’steps into a 
pop fave, "’Here in My Heart," 
creating upper-decibel sounds in 
keeping with present trend, Mcd- 
‘ey of Capitol disk hits blends into 
‘Getting to Know You,” woven 
with soft-shoe terps for neat ef- 
fect. Collection of Richard Whit- 
ing’s w.k. melodies receives peak 
encomiums from tablers, capped 
by tribute to their Interest in “Too 
Marvelous for Words.” At show 
caught, thrush’s husband, Lou 
Busch, maestroed the Bobby 
Ramos orch for consistent and flu- 
ent backing. Leo Dukehorn aided 
materially with his 88 accomps. • 

Wiere Bros, make off with mid- 
way sesh of mad Antics, including 
their terp nonsense and costumed 
hilarity in “Charleston," jitterbug 
afid folk dance. Mildred Seymour, 
threesome’s accomper and foil, h^s 
her moments in the spot by rippling 
a smooth Debussy, * “Reflet# dans 
l’eau." Trio displays legmania in 
exit display of “Tea for Two" 
hoofing for big mitts. 

Jerry Wallace has prime spot 
with Impressions, including John- 
nie Ray’s “Walkin' My Babj’’ Back 
Home," self-accomping on guitar 
with a Tex Ritter plaint, and. 
culminating in a Frankie Lain* 
gesticulation. Wallace’s interpre- 
tations are on the button, but he 
should begin slicing in some of his 
own warblings. His pipes are 
okay. He works elsewhere in The 
show as emcee, guiding everything 
adeptly. 

Jean Devlyn line h as been aug- 
mented' by several blassy chicks 
with, comphy chassis, presenting a 
dazzling come-on for male orbs. 
Working in the varfous routines is 
youthful Jimmy Sisco, on loan 
from Nellis Air Force Base near 
Vegas. The. lad exhibits a way with 
jnoderne terps during curtain- 
upper, “Twilight in Turkey," but 
isn’t given a break- in “Our Waltz," 
pairing with Dolores Frazzini. He’s 
not for the waltz, but for animated 
rounds. Bobby Ramos brings in his 
assemblage of musicians these 
frames and followup fortnight. Al- 
though specializing in Latin wares, 
orch cuts an okay show, and mixes 
up tunes during show intetims to 
lure fToorfuls of terpatrons. 

‘ Will. . 


Mich. State Fair 


Continued from page 45 


events. Opening on Sept. 5 and 
continuing through the 7th will be 
Guy Lorflibardo and his own show; 
Don Cornell, Georgia Gibbs, and 
the Harmonicats in for a repeat 
performance. 

- Ridler says his “modern-day pres- 
entation of a concert" means that 
the vocalists and instrumentalists 
will give continuous performances 
from 3 p. m. until midnight in the 
Coliseum. 

It’s reported that Ridler’s enter- 
tainment budget this year is only 
$35,000, compared to $00,000 last 
year. Last year, a strike the first 
day of the fair and picketing for 
the next three days contributed to 
the sharp drop in attendance at 
Coliseum shows. 


Hope grossed only $11,910 in 
three shows and was paid $20,000. 
compared to a 1949 gross of $36,000 
Matz brings knowing touch with his ! and a salary of $21,500. Marilyn 


nimble 88ing. ’ Maxwell drew $16,425 in four days 

Alice Hall leads off with some . j^gj- yg^r and was paid $5,000. The 

„ n Ks., 4 rwi k„ gpotg^ a i S0 i95i headliners. 

grossed $8,700 in four days and 


squeezebox pumping, abetted by 
her foursome in rapid tempo to 
arouse tablers into good salvos. 

Quartet’s dansapation sets always 

bring plenty of shufflers to the, ~—i qrs 

stage which doubles for dancing. | was $37,045, compaitd to $02,965 
- * .WiH.* • J in ’1-960.* - 


were paid $6,000. 

The total Coliseum take in 1951 


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KOIIIK Hi: VIEWS 


1 • 

WcJnod^y, Augim g. 


KKO, lMtt> 

Jackie Gleason with- Art Carney > 
Winger' Jones, Stan Rom, Zamah 
Cunningham; Joe Bushkin Quartet, 
DeMarco Sisters (5)„ Elaine Dunn, 
Larry Flint Orch; ,r Duel at Silver 
Creek” (U). 

Judging from the enthusiastic re- 
action of opening-day audience, the 
one-week relighting of the stage for 
the Jackie Gleason package {the 
house has beep on a straight pic 
policy since September) should pay 
off. Comic, who refrains from mon- 
opolizing the spotlight although it 
would probably be okay with the 
customers if he did, has surrounded 
himself with topnotch supporting 
cast with entire stanza smooth, 
fast and entertaining, to click 
throughout. 

Gleason kicks off proceedings 
with a bit of zany chatter with the 
outlandish, appearing Stan Ross, a 
TV cohort, which sets pace for 
balance of lineup. However, it's the 
familiar skits the payees want, with 
mere introing of the “Honeymoon- 
ers” and Reggie Van Gleason bits 
provoking neat mitt action. Skits 
are typical TV fodder showcasing 
the frustrations of the blustering 
bus driver and his wife prepariilg 
to attend a formal ball only to 
learn they're a night late, and the 
ludicrous, spoiled playboy, Reggie, 
working as a*salesmart of women’s 
shoes. Comic gets solid support 
from Art Carney, Ginger Jones, 
who replaced the ailing Pert-Kel- 
ton, and Zamah Cunningham, each 
of whom’ are on the receiving end 
or Gleason’s verbal insults, squirt- 
ing seltzer bottles and powder bar- 
rages. It’s slapstick, but the stub- 
holders love it. 

As for the surrounding acts, they 
each score handily. "The Five De- 
marcos, last here about two years 
ago, sound better than ever, add- 
ing plenty of action to their vocal 
harmonizing. Gals dish- out “Take 
Me Out to. Ball Game,” a cute 'ar- 
rangement of “Pretty Baby,” and 
hokey finale,- “Little Gal from 
Little Rock.” Youthful Elaine Dunn 
cavorts through several fast slick 
•tap routines to tab herself as a 
comer. Thp Joe Bushkin Quartet, 
comprised of bassist Milt Hinton, 
drummer Jo Jones- and trumpet 
man Buck Clayton, turns in a solid 
sesh of upbeat jazz. Boys give out 
with “Undecided,” “Oh Look at 
Me Now,” vocalized (and cleffed) 
• by Bushkin, with windup, “Cali- 
fornia, Here I Come,” affording the 
sidemen opportunity to grab spot- 
light for terrific soloing. 

House orch leader, Larry Flint, 
emerged from -semi-retirement for 
this engagement and, as usual, 
handles the baton in solid fashion. 

Fite. 


tht seatliolden with him via bis 
running carbons of the top singers 
doing “H&m* on the Range” but 
falls back with a distasteful quickie 
about a stutterer and a palsy vic- 
tim. However, he gets ahead again 
with his socko impression of the 
moron winner of the Irish sweep- 
stakes, whose dopey laugh sets the 
audience itself into yocks. 

Duke Art and bis wife have re- 
vived One of the standard acts 
which were common fare during 
the heyday of vaude. Young man 
does some fine faces with clay and 
avoids the' waits with an amusing 
line of patter at the same time. He 
depicts a woman from a baby to 
an aged biddy, working briskly 
throughout. Flag waver of Uncle 
Sam pulls a big mitt. 

Gaynor and Ross roller skate at 
breakttecjc speed oq, an elevated 
platform. Duo work at a furious 
pace with femme doing some ex- 
cellent bend* and breaks while 
male flips her from side to side. 

Louis Basil returns from his va- 
cation and orch Is in top form, 
playing the show perfectly: 

Zabe. 


I 


C hicago, Chi 

Chicago, Aug. 1. 

L es Paul It Mary Ford, with 
Wally Kamitr and Carol Ford; 
Frank Fontaine, Duke Art & Jr., 
Gaynor It Rost, Louis Basil Orch; 
“Affair in Trinidad” (Col), 

This picture and stage combo 
should be one of the best grossers 
Of the season. There’s headline fare 
with Les Paul Sc Mary Ford and 
the added attraction of Frank Fon- 
taine .should also add a few ko- 
pecks to the till. Rest of the bill is 
good supporting fare. 

Capitol recording artists Paul & 
Ford, with Wally iCamln, bass play- 
er, flay out on their electirc gui- 
tars with “How High the Moon,” 
{nd take a breather with “Mocking 
Bird Hill,” which' features pretty 
Mary Ford vocally. Carol Ford, be- 
hind the curtains, does the voice 
opplng, which has the customers 
Wandering how it’s done, and the 
lasses get a heavy hand for the bal- 
ed. The 20 digits continue to fly 
hrough “World Is Waiting For the 
unrise” and other tunes which 
ave kept them on top throughout 
he year. 

Pair kick around, in hillblly fash- 
ion, new twist on “There’s No 
Place Like Home” done by Kamin, 
Which allows for some hoke chal- 
lenging on the strings, with the 
Customers all pulling for the beau- 
tiful femme. With “Tiger Rag” 
they race madly to a smash bowoff. 
Frank Fontaine, who hasn’t been 

S iere for six years, is also riding 
crest of popularity in radio and 
. Having fashioned an act to- 
h*r for some stage appearances, 
ueeds to be some reworking, 
jrenlal comic was working against 
he grain in not realizing that sum- 
mer tourists make up much of the 
fcarly audiences here and that refer- 
ences to video happenings may not 
register with the folks from the 
tadlo homes. Some jokes will prob- 
ably settle better with the night 
audiences. 

There are too many of the stand- 
ard characters in his Hollywood 
impressions. Eliminating them 
Vould help his other takeoffs, which 
Aren’t in the common rut. He gels 


Paramount* L. A* 

Los Angeles, Aug. 1. 

Nat (King) Cole Trio , Bell Sis- 
ters (2), Paul King, Don Rice, 
Dick Pierce Orch (14); “I Dream 
of Jeanie ” (Rep), 

• 1 * * ; ■ ■ 

Downtown Paramount aims a 
double-barreled blast with the 
second in the spasmodic layouts it 
has set up for the coming months 
— and scores. Take should be 
plenty profitable for the package 
which combines the talents of Nat 
(King) Cole with those of the Bell 
Sisters, a pair of local-gals-mak- 
ing-good. 

First of the week’s shows re- 
veals the need for more rehearsal, 
but it also provides a clue to the 
potential take. Cole is his usual 
slick, song-selling self, dosing the 
show with a walloping 25 minutes, 
and the Bell Sisters, revealed to 
hometowners for the first- time, 
are a rapidly rising attractiqn. 
Only difficulty is the failure of 
the Dick Pierce orch to provide 
proper barring. 

Bell girls lean heavily on their 
own disclicks, much of them self- 
written, pounding over such items 
as “Bermuda” and “Hang Out the 
Stars.” Youngsters have an ap- 
peal that matches, their talent and 
an easy stage presence that pays 
off. Orcfi’s lag, for example, 
doesn’t seem to throw them off 
stride,. 

Cole does hi* usual socko job on 
his standard wares like “Walking 
My Baby Back Home” and “Un- 
forgettable.” Easy* manner and 
careful phrasing win him a begoff 
after his “Calypso Blues?’ 

Rounding out the layout, are 
Paul King, a clever, long-limbed 
tapper wth some good routines"] 
fand a flair for dramatics in his 
dancing, and Don Rice, who em- 
cees and has a small comedy spot. 
Rice needs better material but he 
shows ingenuity in his choice of 
some of the w.k.’S he choses to ape, 
notably General MacArthur. 

Kap. 


Caftluo, Toronto 

Toronto, Aug. 1. 
.Gloria De Haven, Marc Ballero, 
Maxie It Millie, 2 Vallors, Russ 
& Joy Sobey , Jimmie Cameron, 
Archie Stone House Orch; “Dance 
Hall” (20th). 


In preparation for subsequent 
cafe dates, Gloria De Haven is 
breaking in a more intimate song- 
|„style here that is packing in the 
customers to whammo returns and 
augurs well for her forthcoming 
commitments. 

In blonde poodle-cut and gor- 
geous wardrobe which she eye- 
flllingly fills, Miss De Haven im- 
mediately socks over in her bouncy 
“Nice Work if You Can Get It,” a 
switch in tempo to “I’m Yours,” 
and pert delivery of “Let’s Mis- 
behave.” Songstress was over big 
on this set, when caught, but re- 
ceived greater response for her 
torchy “Here Comes the Blues” 
and another bouncy blend, plus 
waltz time, of “Almost Like Being 
in Love.” With the alternating 
throb style in rich contralto and 
contrasting blues-shouting power, 
she has no difficulty in scoring a 
terrific begoff. 

Whole surrounding 65-mlnutes 
stage stanza sees all acts over to big 
returns; Russ and Joy Sobey for 
neat taps and cross-stage pirou- 
ettes; Marc Ballero for his. im- 
pressions of screen stars and cur- 
rent pop singers; the Two Vallors 
for the novelty acrobatics; Maxie 
& Millie for clowning musician- 
ship on a score of brass and wind 
instruments. 

Neatly knitting the bill is Jim- 
mie Cameron as m.c., with Archie 
Stone and house orch contributing 
•a neat assist .to all acts. f^qS^y. 


Tmlmor, N* Y. 

Phil Lawrence k Mitzi, Betty 
Brett, Leonardo k Anita, Ben 
Yost’s Vikings (5), Joe Jackson, 
Jr., The Congaroos ( 4 ), Professor 
Backwards, Lind & Constance, Jo 
Lombardi House Orch ; “Duel At 
Silver Creek ” (V), reviewed in 
Vai otiy July 16, '52. 

Current Palace midsummer fare 
has pace, balance and rivets steady 
attention in’ the eight-act setup. 
Majority of entries are house re- 
peats and some of them come back 
with improved stylings In their 
standard turn*. Customers respond 
with enthusiasm. Such w.k.’s as 
Professor Backwards (Jimmy Ed- 
mondson), Ben Yost’S Vikihgs and 
Joe Jackson, Jr., can't help but 
supply a substantial lift to the pro- 
ceedings. The lesser-knowns pro- 
vide ample support. 

Bill tees off snappily via the ex- 
uberant tapology ana terpantom- 
ines of Phil Lawrence & MItzi. 

Graceful duo punch up the ses- 
sion midway with a humorous par- 
asol and strawhat nostalgic stanza 
and wind niftily with a hotcha 
dance. . Betty Brett - fillips the 
deuce with lively xylophonics 
plussed by personality and groom- 
ing. Gal’s medleys and “Tico Tico” 
closing* are good for a fine score. 

Leonard Sc Anita are an out- 
standing yentro act with half a 
dozen characters handled simul- 
taneously . for the tqpper. Latinos 
h|ve ^exceptional comedy elements 
in the parade of dummies. Finish- 
up “opera” contains boffo timing 
to achieve desired effect, A real 
winner. ’ . 

In fourth spot, Ben Yost’s Vik- 
ings open with blitzkrieg tune 
tactics and hold the aud through- 
out with showtune medleys and 
military vignettes. Quintet is at- 
tired in , colorful blouses and each 
member gets opportunity to show 
off his pipes. The group work is 
authoritative and deservedly sal- 
voed. 

Replete with chuckles is Junior 
Jackson's trampanto, followed by 
his antics with the misbehavin’ 
bike. This is an ultra-standard 
kind of buffoonery that is in a 
groove by Itself and worthy of any 
bill. • • 

The Congaroos, a Negro mixed 
quartet (two and two), fry the 
house with jitterbugging and jive, 
broken up by individual and 
paired terps, some in the aero 
class. The bit of the two girls is 
on the weak side, but session has 
a good exit in dippy dancing by 
the foursome. a 

In next to closing, Professor 
Backwards displays v his familiar 
patter on a variety of subjects 
and, while some of his material is 
dated, the overall score is high. 
Closing blackboard routine with 
reverse writing and voicing of 
words is, of course, his big sup- 
plementary weapon. Lind Sc Con- 
stance, aero and perch turn, close 
the show creditably (see New 
Acts). 

Jo Lombardi’s pitmen* continue 
to back these Palace layouts in 
expert \fashion. Trau. 


Rodeo Review 


To£xa8 

(HARRINGAY, LONDON) 
London, July 29. 

Tom Arnold and Francis S. 
Gentle presentation of a western 
spectacle in two acts. Devised and 
directed by Clem Butson. Stars Tex 
Ritter, with Buff & Ruby Brady, 
Buster Syd & His Boys, Charlie 
Shultz, Pat Paul , Jerry Portwood, 
Tex McLeod, The Don Zapatas, 
Buck Ryan, The Denvers, Cal 
McCord, Bunte’s Jumping Jalopy, 
Karen Greer, The Asah Indians. 
Decor, Edward Delany; choreog- 
raphy, Betty Hobbs; costumes, 
Anthony Holland ana David de 
Bethell. At Harringay Arena, Lon- 
don, July 26, '52; $1.75 top. 


companiment fit clowning by itt 
four occupants,. 

Against a covered wagon back- 
ground, Hitter contributes a batch 
of pop western tunes, including 
the title song of “High Noon,” to 
boff reception. Previously, he In- 
troduces his horse, White Flash, 
to show off a few tricks. The pol- 
ished rope work by Buff Brady, 
vocalizing by Karen Green for an 
Indian fantasia, native dance* by 
the Asah Indians, and trick rid- 
ing by the Buster Syd troupe are 
among the plu* elements In the 
production, Myro. 



This rodeo production’s timing to 
coincide with the school vacation 
period Will be a determining fac- 
tor in its success. Action-loaded 
horse spec, titled “Texas.” has 
strong appeal to the youngsters and 
will also attract the regular west- 
ern fans, particularly the Tex Rit- 
ter following. 

Within the limitations of the me- 
d'.um, Clem Butson has done a 
smart .job in fashioning a produc- 
tion which is varied in content 
and moves at a slick pace. There 
are fast action sequences, spectacu- 
r lding displays, fancy ex- 
hibitions of roping, a touch of 
clowning, and a lineup of western 
songs from the star to round off 
the show. 

. Action highspot is the bronc-rid- 
mg exhibition. Comedy is contrib- 
uted malhly by Charles Shultz, a 
casual-type clown who hits the 
laugh meter strongly with his two 
spots' on the bill. Another light- 
hearted diversion Is Inspired by 
Bunte’s Jumping Jalopy, In which 
a tired, worn-out vehicle explodes 
^pd^iPJiosjt.f^lf to pits to the ac- 


GLORIA JEAN 
Songs 
15 Min*. 

Nautilus, Miami Beach 

This is Gloria Jean’* first foray 
into the cafe run and she’s far from 
ready for this tough circuit (she 
closed second night of what was 
supposed to be one-week run). 

Former film moppet is badly 
routined,’ with uncertain approach 
vocally. Delivery Is of the “just 
out of singing school” type; stage 
deportment shows lack of direc- 
tion or training. 

Lack of staging was obvious m 
opener/a medley of “Most Unusual 
Day,” “I’m in Mood for Love” and 
“The Man I Love,” all of it too slow. 
Follows with a meaningless Mexi- 
can tune and then “Night and Day,” 
which again shows inadequate 
range. Another slow^tempo idea. 
“Call Me Darlin',” and “Sibortey’* 
round out her offering.* 

Gowning could be improved upon 
as well as coiffure. Lary. 

NICKY KIDD 
Songs 
15 Mins. 

Pavilion, Glasgow 

Nicky Kidd, who has established 
himself on radio and vaude stage in 
Scotland, mixes numbers old and 
new in pleasant style, purring over 
his melodies while attending to his 
own ivories. He possesses good 
pipes, has an intimate ..manner at 
the mike, and uses a pleasant 
choice of numbers. He’s a current 
draw in the Tommy Morgan show 
at this city's vaude spot, appealing 
both to oldsters and the moppets. 

Okay in general situations, with 
strong potential for radio and re- 
cording. Gord. 


LIND Sc CONSTANCE 
Acrobatics 
7 Mins. . 

Palace, N.Y. 

In their U.S, debut, this Parisian 
pair shows a good mixture of ortho- 
dox balancing tricks in the hand- 
to-hand and f eet-to t s h o u 1 d e r 
groove. A .chair with footstraps on 
its seat is deployed for novel use 
in some holding stanzas. 

Team’s punch resides' 1 in a high 
shoulder perch held by the male 
and on which his graceful partner 
executes a few nifty routines in- 
cluding a slow revolve. Appropri- 
ate turn for vauders, TV and out- 
doors plus niteries with desired 
ceiling. Trau. 


DENNY DESMOND 
Comedy, Piano, Dance 
20 Mins. 

Saxony, Miami BeacK 

Denny Desmond in his first cafe* 
date shows marked”* potentials for 
the class intimeries with an act 
that is well balanced* and set up 
to display versatility on the 88’s, 
flair for panto-comedy and smooth 
approach on gags. Plusses this with 
short spin-taps for added impact. 

Lad came down for juve part in 
recent Martha Raye production of 
“Annie Get Your Gun” and took 
on clubdate at Nautilus Hotel. 
Scored solidly with resultant call 
back for rest of week and subse- 
quent booking into the Saxony. As 
delivered now, his stint shows need 
of tightening and strengthening in 
spots. 

Winds up on Stein way, with 
spins and tap worked in for rous- 
ing finish.. Lary. 

ERIC Sc VAN 
Disk-Pantomime 
12 Mins. 

Riviera, Fort Lee, N. J. 

This is a clever though familiar 
pantomime turn in which Eric & 
Van do burlesque mouthings of 
vocals played offstage on disks. 
These two lads hit with their broad 
mugging and sharp caricatures for 
solid results in this New Jersey 
spot. They can fill any secondary 
comedy slot. 

Boys work over the Ethel Mer- 
man-Ray Bolger platter of “Once 
Upon a Nickel” for a fast getaway 
and follow up smartly with the 
Mary Martin-Bing Crosby etching 
of “Wait 'Til the Sun Shines, 
Nellie. Their impression of Nel- 
son Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald 
on “Lover, Come Back to Me” is 
cutting, and they wind up with 
highspot carbons on Johnnie Ray, 
the Ink Spots and Spike Jones' 
crew, . . Hewn- 



Continued from page 3 


}, h . e J ^el thaj; no Canadian new, 
Adorable Creatures.” The v-S 
selection will probably i n 2 
John Ford’s “The Quiet S 
“Carrie” and others. Man * 

Chaplin May Attend 

Still tentative is a showing 
Ch f rU, Chaplin's -LlnSV' 
which ha* been especially in & 
by the Festival. Chaplin has shown 
great interest in a Venice preview 
of his pic, but reports indicate the 
pic may not be ready in time. Ac- 
cording to Antonio Petrucci di 
rector of the festival, a date £ 
being held open for “Limelight'’ 
and the film may be accepted even 
at last minute. Chaplin has aW 
told the festival he would probably 
attend if his pic were shown at 
the fete. 

Festival Setup Enlarged 

Special activities are being 
planned for the Festival this year 
The Festival building has been 
larged to include new conference 
room*, screening theatres and 
press facilities. The theatre itself 
also has been enlarged, and a new 
wing Has been added, where side- 
line exhib* such as the film pe- 
riodical exhibition will be show- 
cased. The International Federa- 
tion of Film Academies, the Inter- 
national Film Producers Assn, and 
other filmic groups will have their 
congresses at Venice during the 
Festival. 

Afternoon Shows at the Film 
Palace will be dedicated to a com- 
prehensive retrospective showing 
of Italian, films spanning the. years 
1908-1935, including such famed 
oldies as “Cabiria” (1914), “Fablo- 
la” (1918) and Eleanora Duse’s 
“Aahes” (1916). 

Pix selected from those shown 
at the Festival will again this year 
be screened gratis for workers in 
Venice’* industrial section. 

Two major changes over past 
fetes include the abolishment of 
the “film mart,” devoted to inter- 
national trade shows of commer- 
cial flfms; and the elimination of . 
special press showings. 

Star attendance this year will be 
heavy. Among those expected dur- 
ing the festival are Elizabeth Tay- 
lor, Gregory Peck, Danielle Dar- 
rieux, Martine Carol, Ingrid Berg- 
man, and a large group of Italian 
actresses. 


U.S.-French 


Continue^ from pafce 4 


added that he’d let the American! 
know when he was ready. 

Pixite* Caught In Middle 

Actually, the film men art 
caughf I* 1 ** situation that goes far 
beyond the industry. That is tht 
steadily deteriorating relations be- 
tween the U. S. and France. It « 
tied up with ‘Washington’s policies 
on offshore procurement, defense 
allocations, etc. There’s a possi- 
bility that there .can be no final 
film deal until the basic problems 
between the two countries are fur- 
ther solved, although the MPAA 
negotiating team is. going right 
ahead With Its efforts. 

State Dept., which has stead- 
fastly opposed a subsidy arrange- 
ment as a bad precedent for other 
industries, is understood to have 
agreed to the film plan. It 1S 
termed a “discount” and will pro- 
vide $200,000 or $300,000 for estab- 
lishment of .an agency in hew 
York to help French producers 
and distribs earn dollars vvltn 
their pix in America. Sum is only 
a fraction of the $1,500,000 or so 
a year that the Yanks are giving 
to’ subsidize the Italian industrys 
Italian Films Export setup m hew 
York 

In return for this “discount, 
French industry reps agreed tna 
under the hew government decree, 
Americans should get close to £ 
import permits in addition to me 
basic 90. The added ones wouia 
be granted under Article III of tn 
decree, which provides more ois 
cretionary licenses in return tor 
subsidy. , . - r i. 

It was also agreed that Amer 
cans would be permitted wir * 
draw $1,200,000 yearly at the 01 
ficial rate of exchahge and the res 
at the capital account rate, wn 
is not quite so favorable as 
official rate. There was no men 
tion of remittances in the ree 
French decree, which was hana 
down recently in another surp aS 
move to the Americans, j 1 is 
further indication of strained P 
official feeling toward all tnins 
U. S. . 


y„w«,lay. Augart 1952 



LKClIVnUTB 



Tryouts 

‘Gypsies,' ‘Jezebel’ Excite Interest 


Tryout! of new legiters in 

W> ‘^ 0 S ra ta thew of prot 
“X s ««n properties accord- 
? fo major company story edi- 
f^.‘who regularly beat the sum- 


S theatre" bushes. There are a 
“JJli of plays,- however, which 
S jusfmade their bow this week 
S are being viewed as prospec- 

%o C nTw ones are "The Gypsies 
wore High Hats” and “Jezebel's 

^"Gypsies” is by Joseph Krainni, 
,„ttor of Kst year’s Pulitzer, prize- 
winning ‘The Shrike.” It is being 
tried out in Richard Aldrich’s 
Coonamessett, -Mass barn. "J eze- 
tal,” by Robert Nathan, is a mod- 
ern-day treatment of the Biblical 
Jezebel story. It’s being preemed 
In Mountainhome, Fa. 

“Season With Ginger,’*' which is 
currently touring, is looked on as 
‘possible grist for a lightweight pic. 
Most of the studios are shying 
away, however, from small films, 
since they have been a principal 
source of coin-dropping m recent 
years. Play is by actor Ronald 
'Alexander. 

A tryout on which the studios 
,ftave an eye, although the story 
may not be filmabto because of its 
subject, is “How to Fly On One 
Feather.” It is ,by* Richard Con- 
don, former publicity chief for 
Walt Disney and 20th-Fox. Break-' 
in will be at the end of this month 
at East Hampton, L. I. Yam is 
about a bigamist, who for a time 
successfully lives with both wives. 

Not for the strawhats, but for 
the regular season, is a possible 
musical version of “Reunion In 
Vienna.” The . Theatre 'Guild, 
which produced the. original ver- 
sion of the Robert E, Sherwood 
play, is talking with Robert Stoke 
about the musicalizatiom . Metro 
already owns, the screen rights as 
a result of having produced a- 
straight version. If a deal is made 
for Broadway musicalization, stu- 
dio might accept a customary ar- 
rangement by which it throws its 
rights into the pot for about 33V6% 
of -whatever sum the sccreen rights 
to the new musical are sold for. 


MUNSELL’S POSTHUMOUS 
CREDITS AT OLNEY, MB. 

Warren P. Munsell, Jr,’, .who died 
last week at Olney, Md„ after a 
heart attack, will get program list- 
ing as general manager “In me- 
morlam” for the balance of the sea- 
ion at the Olney Summer Theatre. 
A general and company manager 
of numerous Broadway shows, he 
was serving his initial seasofl as 
g.m, for-Evelyn Freyman and Ken- 
neth fianghart, operators of the Ol- 
ney strawhat. 

“Cornin’ Thru the Rye,” Mun- 
lell’s new drama-with-music based 
on the life of Robert Burns, is 
being tried out at Olney the week 
Aug. 19 and is tentatively schecfr' 
mod for Broadway production by 
^author's father, in partnership 
with Banghart. Final plans for, the 
tryout, including casting, were 
completed only a day or two be- 
fore young Munsell’s death, 

Howard Atlee will be resident 
manager at Olney for the balance 
ruJ u ,^ eason * with actress Mary 
Sta t k Aurelius * s executive as- 


Start ‘Girl’ on Coast 


, Hollywood, Aug. 5 
rehearsals started 

for th ® 


yesterday 
Stone-Mike 
Sri 1 ,? production of “Country 
Nan’ v h n h - stars Robert Young, 

sSo? el J y and Dane Clark. Lee 
trasberg is directing. 

ford S C0 , m P an y of the Clif- 
thrnp?f^ ts play is slated for a 
in c n ?!f?°rman ce kreak-in stand 
moves ? ieg ?’ Au *- ^30, and then 
via thi ip toward San Francisco 
stands in °c ne ' n S! r route - After 

w?th 1 hA t wiU tak * t0 the road, 

Ju„e hngS now set trough 


Dallas Sets Skinner 
New Dallas, Aug. % 5. 

vlouslv f es f °r road shows pre- 
^heatre ^ 0 n nced v, for the Melba 
in her c °rnelia Otis Skinner 
’^O.” Nov show » "Pari* 

“Th ri' 

We cfeW Wife.” wlth Hath- 
6-7. tornell » slated for March 


Crawford Aide Surveys 
Venus’ for Possible Tour 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 5. 
Producer Cheryl Crawford sent 
her general press agent, Wolfe 
Kaufman, to Pittsburgh to catch 
Civic Light Opera production of 
“One Touch of Venus,” which co- 
starred Russell Nype and 'Kyle 
MacDonnell, and examine its possi- 
bilities as a touring attraction next 
season. The original show, starring 
Mary Martin, was on the road only 
a short time because Miss Martin 
had to retire from the cast to await 
birth of a child. 

Kaufman’s report to Miss Craw- 
ford wasn’t too favorable though 
“Venus” has been one of the hits 
of the summer here and did bet- 
ter than $40,000 at the Pitt Sta- 
dium. Press agent also stayed over 
to see Blevins Davis-Robert Breen 
“Porgy and Bess” at Nixon, in 
which Miss Crawford has a rooting 
interest, being billed as production 
adviser. 


Midi TVersion Of 
‘Mama’ for B’way 

“Here’s Mama,” legit edition of 
the TV series starring Peggy Wood, 
is“a possibility for Broadway jn the 
fall under the management of Al- 
drich & Myers, in association with 

Julius Fleischmann. The show, 
which recently played sellout en- 
gagements at the Ogunquit (Me.) 
Playhouse and Aldriehto Cape Play- 
house, 'Dennis, is under 30-day op- 
tion to the producing firm, which 
may elect to take a standard 
Dramatists Guild option. Carol 
Irwin, producer of the TV series, 
also owns the legit version. 

Two strawhat stands of the show 
demonstrated the boxoffice poten- 
tial of its TV public. Although 
there were some reservations 
about the quality of the play as a 
legit offering, it played to turn- 
away business at all performances 
at the two bams,. and drew en- 
thusiastic audience comment. Much 
of the patronage was composed of 
children, and there were ovations 
for the individual members of the 
TV ca.st at all initial entrances and 
the final curtain. 

Fact that the play, using material 
from the TV series, is built around 
characters from the Kathryn Forbes 
novel, ‘Mama’s Bank Account,” 
from which John van Druten 
dramatized “I Remember Mama,” 
is figured a possible detriment to 
a Broadway presentation of this- 
new version by Frank Gahrielson. 
Since “I Remember Mama,” pro- 
duced by Rodgers & Hammerstein 
in 1944-45, with the late Mady 
Christians as star, was a critical as 
well as boxoffice smash, it’s feared 
tKe critical reception of “Here’s 
Mama” might be negative. 

The strawhat edition would 
probably be a natural for tour, but 
the Friday night telecast over CBS 
prevents suoh an arrangement. 
Also, Miss Wood is reportedly 
dubious about the physical de- 
mands of playing an extended legit 
engagement while playing the TV 
series. That’s one reason the legit 
version was hooked for only tw<f 
weeks in strawhat, despite various 
bids for additional stands. 


AnHerson Joins Power, 
Massey in ‘Brown’s Body’ 

. Hollywood, Aug. 5. 
Paul Gregory has signed Judith 
Anderson to handle the “feminine 
points, of view” in the Chautauqua 
Circuit production of Stephen ‘Vin- 
cent Benet’s “John Brown’s Body,” 
which will star Tyrone Power and 
JEtaymond Massey. Charles Laugh- 
ton is" directing. 

“Dramatic cantata” is slated for 
a 10-week tour covering 68 cities, 
starting Nov. 1. Bookings are along 
the route previously set up by 
Gregory for his First Drama Quar- 
tet production of “Don Juan in 
*Hell” 


Shelley Winters Stars 
In H’wood ‘Streetcar’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 5. 
Shelley Winters will star in 
Tennessee Williams’ “Streetcar 
Named Desire,” which opens Satur- 
day (9) as the first production of 
the J952-53 subscription season of 
the Circle Theatre, local little the- 
atre group. 

“Streetcar” will be' followed by 
an original folk drama, “Once 
”pon a Tailor,” by Baruch Lumet. 

Martin-Harrison 
For ‘Pygmalion? 

Mary Martin and Rex Harrison 
are possibilities for the leads in a 
projected musical version of “Pyg- 
malion” this season, according to 
Gabriel Pascal, who holds rights to 
all of Shaw's plays. While in Lon- 
don five weeks ago, Pascal talked 
with Miss Martin and also dis- 
cussed a deal with Harrison. 

Pascal has had a number of 
huddles with -Lawrence Langner 
of the Theatre Guild with ,3 view 
to the “Pygmalion” musical, and 
the piece would be presented un- 
der the Guild’s auspices. Casting 
is now underway. Alan Jay Lerner 
and Frederick Loewe would write 
the book and lyrics under present 
negotiations. 

Although Harrison is noted as a 
dramatic actor, Pascal says the star 
can sing since early in his career 
he frequently played musical roles. 
Meantime, Harrison, and his 
actress-wife, Lilli Palmer, are due 
back from Europe Sept. 0 after 
several montKh abroad. 



4 


Darcel Adds Songs-Terp 
To ‘Happy Time’ Siloer 

Denise Darcel, touring the straw- 
hat circuit in “Happy Time,” has 
added a dance number as well as 
three French songs. For the show’s 
engagements last week at Barnes- 
ville. Pa., and currently at York, 
Pa., the French film-legit star calls 
her hoofing bit “The Pennsylvania 
Can-Can,” and thereafter she’ll 
switch the tag according to the 
state she’s playing. One of the 
songs, “Mon Cheri,” is sung to the ! 
budding adolescent In the play. I 

Following the barn tour, Miss 
Darcel is.- under contract to appear 
in the new Esther Williams picture, 
“Dangerous When Wet.'L a story 
about a Channel swinimer. 


La Jolla’s Community 
Backs ‘Burning’ Tour 
To Help Build Playhouse 

La Jolla, Calif., Aug. 5. 

La Jolla community leaders 
banded in support of La Jolla 
Playhouse last week, dispelling re- 
ports that the present manage- 
ment would leave® the strawhat out- 
fit. 

Led by Kiwanis Club of La Jolla, 
sponsor of the Playhouse, the com- 
munity will invest some $20,000 to 
finance road tour of “The Lady’s 
Not For Burning,” scheduled as 
last play of current season. Three 
other plays have hit the' road after 
inception at La Jolla — “Angel 
Street” in 1947, “Summer and 
Smoke” in 1950, and “The Cocktail 
Party” last year — but none' under 
Playhouse banner. After the run 
In La Jolla, the Christopher Fry 
drama will open Sept. 3 at Alca- 
zar ' Theatre,' San Francisco, with 
Vincent Price starring. 

Part of the tour’s profits will aid 
in construction of a new theatre in 
La Jolla for Playhouse use as well 
as touring companies and concerts. 
Current La Jolla plays are per- 
formed in the high school -audi- 
torium here, which seats 499. Pro- 
posed theatre would be more than 
twice as large. 

Need for expanded facilities was 
crux of co-producer Mel Ferrer's 
previously announced intention of 
quitting the Playhouse. Purpose 
of his statements, Ferrer explained, 
was to jar the community into ac- 
tion on a theatre, the move ap- 
parently being successful. 

United Nations, Frisco’s 
Newest Legiter, Clicking 

San Francisco, Aug. 5. 

San Francisco’s , newest legit 
showcase, in one of its historic 
houses, the Alcazar, now named 
the United Nations, under the aegis 
of Randolph Hale, is scoring a suc- 
cessful first run with “The Moon 
Is Blue,” starring David Niven, 
Diana Lynn and Scott Brady. Al- 
cazar Theatre Associates, the pro- 
ducing organization, of which Lib- 
by McNeil heads the subscription 
activities, plans a full year of per- 
manent theatre for Frisco, using 
roadshows when available or' pro- 
ducing locally. Next in line, set 
for an Aug. 12 opening, is “Re- 
mains to Be Seen,” with Roddy 
McDowell, which will be' a local 
production. 

Subscription tickets have been 
sold for a series of five plays, rang- 
ing from $10 to $12.50 for the se- 
ries. Hale, biz executive and for- 
mer professional actor, leased the 
house, a 1,147-seater, from Fox- 
West Coast. House, which opened 
in 1886 as the Alcazar, has long 
been a local landmark* 


Packages Killing 
Barns-Koeeter 

S % 

Unless touring package shows 
are eliminated from the strawhat 

circuit, Herbert L. Kneeter is de- 
termined to close his Norwich 
(Conn.) Summer Theatre next sea- 
son. He claims the package shows 
have caused various barns to ab- 
sorb large losses this year and he 
believes they will ultimately wreck 
the business. He will try to have 
them done away with before next 
season. 

■ Replying to statements last week 
by Lewis Harmon, manager of the 
Clinton (Conn.) Summer Theatre, 
Kneeter says that he has always 
fought against inflated star terms. 
However, he claims, he signed Mae 
West at a $3,500 guarantee and 
booked package shows this sum- 
mer only after it was apparent that 
various other barn operators were 
doing likewise. He implies that 
he’d have favored sticking to the 
Stock Managers Assn, policy of 
boycotting such offerings if other 
spots had not violated it. 

“I had to decide whether to 
stick by my principles and go out 
of business, or go along with the 
rest of the managers, book the 
packages and stay in business,” he 
explains. 

“I have a $50,000 investment in 
the Norwich Theatre,” he adds. “I 
am not going to let my competition 
force me to operate under a handi- 
cap. My grosses are large enough 
so that whatever they do, I can go 
them One better. Or do these sanc- 
timonious managers expect file to 
sit back and refuse to play attrac- 
tions so they can pick them up and 
stay in business?” 


As predicted several weeks ago, 
business on the strawhat circuit 
this summer is generally pretty 
meagre. One key spot in New 
Jersey is reportedly on the verge 
of folding after a succession of 
losing weeks, and several Massa- 
chusetts stands are also' reportedly 
shaky. Grosses at virtually all • 
barns have been below early expec- 
tations. 

In general, there appear to be 
two principal difficulties. One Is 
that relatively few top stars are 
playing the silo belt this summer, 
with bearish results at the box- 
office. The other is that operating 
costs have continued to rise. There 
are various lesser factors, virtually 
all unfavorable. 

The one notable difference from 
recent seasons is the dearth of 
Hollywood names making haymow 
appearances this year. Such draws 
as Olivia de Havilland, Joan Ben- 
nett and Eve Arden are available, 
while Judy Holliday at $5,000 guar- 
antee, and Mae West, at $3,500, 
have pretty much priced them- 
selves out of the rural market. 
Some of the lesser film stars have 
been doing in-and-out business. - 
Television names are again prov- 
ing attendance magnets in the 
barns. For example, Robert Q. 
Lewis has mopped up in several 
appearances in “Charley’s Aunt,” 
while Peggy Wood and members of 
her supporting TV cast pulled ca- 
pacity grosses at Ogufiquit, Me., 
and Dennis, Mass., in “Hereto 
Mama.” However, both show* 
played only a few dates. Similarly, 
Eya Gabor, who proved a profitable 
booking in “Her Cardboard Lover” 
because of potent business and low 
cost, is available for a limited 
number of appearances* >> 

The musical packages, an inno- 
vation last year, have been spotty 
draws, getting big patronage at 
some locations and. going into the 
red at others* Somewhat the same 
has been true of the ballet troupe 
headed by Mia Slavertska, Fred- 
erick Franklin and Alexandra 
Danilova. 


PREZ AT ‘PORGY’ PREEM; 
CAST AT WHITE HOUSE 

Washington, Aug. 5. 

Entire company of “Porgy and 
Bess,” which opens tonight (Tues.) 
at the National here, went 
through the White House this 
morning. Troupe was accom 
panied by Blevins Davis, a person- 
ad friend of President Truman and 
co-producer of the show with Rob- 
ert Breen, 

The President and Mrs. Truman 
are expected to- attend tonight’s lo- 
cal opening of the Dorothy and Du 
Bose Hayward - George and Ira 
Gershwin folk opera. The Presi- 
dent is flying in from Independ- 
ence, Mo., in time for the preem. 

Unveil ‘Dump’ on Coast 

Hollywood, Aug. 5, 

“International Dump,” a story 
of Hollywood's hopefuls, will be 
the first of a series of new plays 
to be tried out by Don Brodie in 
the latest attempt to revive lag- 
ging legit interest in Hollywood. 
Script, a one-setter with 14 people, 
is by thesp Don Orlando. 

Brodie has taken an option on 
the 650-seat Cinema Theatre, long- 
time Hollywood nabe filnr house 
which has never been used for 
legit. However, it has a complete 
stage apd dressing rooms, and' no 
alterations will be needed. Brodie 
plans to launch his operations in 
the fall. 


‘DARK OF MOON’ REVIVAL 
WITH ALL-NEGRO CAST 

“Dark of the ’Moon,” the "Wil- 
liam Berney-Howard Richardson 
drama about witchcraft in tht 
southern mountains, will be Re- 
vived on’ Broadway this fall with 
an all-Negro cast. The play, a criti- 
cal success of the 1944-45 .season, 
will be produced by Harold GHeb- 
man, an attorney. The project is 
budgeted at $36,000 and the financ- 
ing is reportedly largely raised. 
Josh White is set for the leading 
role. 

“Sodom, Tennessee,” another 
play by, the same authors, is also 
set for production this fall by Wil- 
liam de Lys, as the second offer- 
ing of his Lys Theatre, in Green- 
wich Village, N. Y., following the 
presentation of John Huston’s 
“Frankie and Johnnie” as the 
opener. “Sodom,” which had a 
strawhat tryout last summer and 
has been under option to various 
managements, is about a southern 
mountain feud, and has Biblical 
overtones. 

Bemey and Richardson have also 
written a new drama, “Birds of 
Prey,” which de Lys likewise plan* 
to produce. 

Pastures,’ Drama Quartet 
Set for RP1 in November 

Troy, N. Y., Aug. 5. 

The RPI Field House, through 
Managing Director H. L. (Jack) 
Garren, has booked two dramatic 
attractions for November. On Nov. 
3 “Green Pastures” will be pre- 
sented, with its author, Marc Con- 
nelly, as narrator, Leonard de Paur 
in the lead, and a choir. Nov, 18 
will see the First Drama Quartet 
doing “Don Juan in Hell.” Unit, 
consisting of Charles Boyer, Cedric 
Hardwicke, Charles Laughton and 
Agnes Moorhead, was scheduled to 
play the Field House last fall, but 
cancelled 

The big arena will have Johnnie 
Ray in a Bob Snyder presentation 
Aug. 14, and “Ice Varieties of 
1952,” with Daphne Walker starred, 
Aug. 31-Sept. 2. The ice troupe, 
produced by George Hamid, will 
play the State Fair, Syracuse, fol- 
lowing the Troy dates. 


so 


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Wednesday, August 6 , 1953 



Pittsburgh, Aug. 5. + 

Although general strawhat trend 
over the country seems to be off 
slightly, that isn’t true in the Pitts- 
burgh district, where business is 
up a bit despite punishing steel 
strike, which has just come to an 
end. Summer opera company at 
-Pitt Stadium looks to wind up 
ahead of 1951, while White Barn 
Theatre, operated by Clay Flagg 
and Carl Low about 15 miles from 
dpwntown, is well in front of last 
year’s figures. 

Mountain Playhouse, Jenners- 
town, Pa., one of the most success- 
ful in the country, will have one 
of its best seasons, and a new- 
comer, William Penn Playhouse, 
which can’t play Saturday nights 
because room Is in a cafe and it’s 
turned into a nightclub that one 
evening, will better than break 
even, okay in first year of opera- 
tion. Pines Playhouse, which fold- 
ed as the Wagon Wheel Playhouse 
after two weeks with an Equity 
comp'any under Ffancis Mayville, 
producer-director, is more than 
holding its own as a semi-pro proj- 
ect, using chiefly college actors, 
and operated by Philip Reicher, 
owner of Pines eatery. 

Generally upped biz may be due 
to the fact that two of leading 
strawhats here of 1951, Bill Green’s 
Arena Theatre and Little Lake 
Arena Theatre, aren’t in operation 
this season, Green's because no- 
body would take the tent- under a 
one-year lease, which is all oper- 
ator would go for, and Little Lake 
because of building hazards which 
prevented it from opening at all. 
Spot will be rebuilt in time for 
1953. 


Mayor in ‘Time* 

Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 5. 

Mayor Addison Mallery of 
Saratoga Springs is making his 
professional debut as the doc- 
tor in “The Hapby Time” at 
the Spa Summer Theatre this 
week. 

Mallery and his wife acted 
with the Town Players in “An- 
other Language,” the first play 
presented in the theatre on the 
State Reservation, about 15 
-years ago. 



MARIJANE MARICLE 

Featured as “JElizabetb” 
Just Concluded 
36. consecutive weeks in the 
. Broadway Production 
'‘PAINT YOUR WAGON” 


Terrel) Maps 
D. €. Music Tent 
Plus Motorcade 



The Gypsies Wore Right You Are 

High Hutu ' Westport, Conn Aue d 

Falmouth, Mass,, Aug. 5 r ta 8 & It 1orfedv n m of thl 952 * w-Sen. 
Richard Aldrich production of comedy- pirandello, C °”adaptod *vi ts Luigi 
drama in three acts (five scenes) by Jo- Stars Alfred Drake Lf ^ JBentley 
seph Kramm, based 'on the unpublished Features Wu* •LaurtL^i 131 ™ 1 Dlln nock 
novel, "The Neighbors Needn't Know," leek, Bert Freed Fin?™’™ M S rtln Ko$. 
by Sylvia Golden. Stars. Sylvia Sidney, Catharine Doucet, Qulenie ^I.»hh na l. tro, «* 
Stephen Bekassy. S t a; e d by Kanun; by Bentley; setting and S L agc a 

scenery, Karsen Gould, from sketches by Larkin; costumes Rani n?»li tlng ’ p etcr 
Leo Kerr. Production presented by ar- Jobt CountS^layhoiSe®^'-- V West, 
rangemeni with Aldrich Myers, in as- Aug. 4, '52) 3 90 tnn Westportl Conn* 

sociatlon with Julius Flelschmann. At Lamberto Laudlsi P * A u> v 

Falmouth Playhouse, Coonamessett, J " aumsl Alfred Drake 

Mass., Aug. 4; $3.00 top ($4.20 Saturday Dina Paul ? Laur «nce 

nights). Butler* * t» ,*!, Chatla 

Fanny Benton .Sylvia Sidney simor flirnlii B: >dla 

Patsy . . . . Judy Edwards signora Sirelll Fin£ni! ht c M ® r «eld 

Uncle Walter Somor Alberg silnorn rin» Florence Sundstrom 

Francis Robbie Welsh Councillor^ AgaKi Que « n le Smith 

Nina .Hclerf Auerbach SigZraFrolf . .* * * * * MW^? e & p «cd 


Freddy Benton 


Slwor poma 






Adolph Newberger .Ralph Smiley SiHora r Mennl r«S«V n I i oslec ^ 

Aunt Margit Eva Gerson Centuri .. P ou «t 


Mrs.'Flest Ellen Mahar 


Gentleman* 'About ’ Town f! Don^E ^Glenn 

Because playwright. J o s e Rjh Signora ' Ponza • • ^ on « Medici 

Kramm garnered the Pulitzer Whether Luigi Pirandello’s 1917 
Prize last spring for his successful opus, “Right You .Are (If You 
“The Shrike,” considerable, inter- Think So),” will reward exhuming 
est has been generated In his new is dubious, even at this time when 
play, “Gypsies Wore High Hats,” redos have become the fashion, 
being tried out this .week at Rich- Eric Bentley, as adapter and stag- 
ard Aldrich’s Falmouth Playhouse, er, has given the revival a full- 
with Sylvia Sidney and Stephen sized try, with a cast of talent and 
Bekassy co-starred. “Gypsies” is rep. "But Pirandello’s dramaturgical 
as different from “The Shrike” as gymnastics about the relativity of 
salt from sugar; only thing two truth are hardly for 1952 theatre- 
works have in common is the corn- goers, despite the resourceful per- 
siderable emotional impact bptlr forming. Nor is the intentional 
convey. ’ failure of the author to resolve the 

Set in Hungarian section of New audience dilemma easy for the av- 
York in the early 1900’s, new play erage customer to take, 
tells a poignant tale of Freddy “Right You Are,” like other Pi- 
Benton, an idealist, impractical randello works, is a drama class* 
fellow and perpetual dreamer who standard, a characteristically un- 
loves, on returning from jaunts as conventional job in which the 


' Veronica $5,700, Hub , 

Boston, Aug.' 5. 

Strawhat biz not too staunch 
last week with “Petrified Forest” 
at John Hancock Hall' pulling a 
slow $5,000. Nick Russo, ‘producer 
and managing director, has re- 
signed, with his associates, Herbie- 
Erlich and Richard Waters, taking 
over reins for balance of season. 
“Love From a Stranger,” starring 
Signe Hasso, Is current. 

“Gramercy Ghost,” with Veron- 
ica Lake in top role, found week 
at Boston Summer Theatre with 
near $5,700. “On Your Toes” is 
current, following week at Falk- 
Capp’s Framingham spot, the 
County Playhouse, where It did an 
okay $10,000. “Gramercy Ghost” 
is current at County Playhouse. . 

“Sleep of Prisoners” in second 
stanza at Brattle topped' first week, 
with slick $3,000 reported. 

A double header of Bernard. 
Shaw’s “Man of Destiny” and 
“Great Catherine” opened tonight 
(Tues*. 


Reade Pic Cham 
Will Use Legits 

After experimenting with legit 
presentations last year, Walter 
Reade Theatres this season again 
will use live shows in a number of 
its New Jersey and New York film 
houses. Deal has been inked with 
the Theatre Guild, it was disclosed 
last week by circuit prez Walter 
Reade, Jr., whereby “Oklahoma” 
will be booked into the Broadway 

^O^ahoV^Day )^and^2. ° n ^ P ** Cf ^* u ^‘ j‘ a diamond salesman, to "bring gifts playwright withholds the answer 

Following the Kingston* dates J P hn Terre ^* who opened a to ^is wife, Fanny, and his three to the mystery of a husband, wife 

“Oklahoma” mnlntn Reade’s v>lv- 700 ‘ sea J arena-style summer thea- children. Unfortunately, the fam- and mother-in-law who have moved 
amn fnf Teh, V^V Park N T <w tre under ca . nvas her< * four y ear s ily needs food and clothing .more into a provincial Italian city. In 
? ago, and by concentrating on popu- than the useless baubles with prying into the situation, the nosy 
™ • r Y - - Jr e sixm, ana piay s tne j ar operettas and musicals par- which Freddy showers them. In neighbors get more and more 

Majestic Theatre, Forth Amboy, j ayed it .into a highly successful fact, the family," because' of lack bf baffled. The husband says the 

^ e P^* , v 1 an °tb er T arr ^?J; e " 1,500-seater with '^affiliates from funds Is forced to live like Gyp- mother-in-law is insane, that her 

ment handled by Reade, Jr., Mis- Hyannis to Sacramento, this 1 week sld's— hence Kramm’s title. daughter died and that he now has 

■ 2? announced plans for, a similar Mu- Freddy, -lost in his dream world, a second wife. ^The mother-in-law 

^ S ng r> t0 i!\, sic Circus, to open in .Washington, becomes more and more of an J ay £ ker daughter did not die and 

* nd *!}? Ma3es<iic ’ Perth Amboy, D. C., next summer. . outcast in the eyes of his family. 

SC Reade loop, brought the BaUet TSe^%-unlf Mo^ to 

Russe de Monte Carlo to Kingston Music Circus which will bow at Particularly as represented the she is, she says she is nobody, 
and Perth Amboy last season under th 16 _ dav Texas State Fair Dal- elder daughter, Nina, -and Freddy’s t Pirandello’s philosophy is stated 
the theory that such’ stage fare f 0 w- a -dav ores- bwn lack of it. Chief interest lies by the only sure character in the 

would find an audience in smaller ent ation^ ‘of Torie-h^r version of in ' the searching depiction of play, knowledgably portrayed by 
communities. Ballet’s success re- one-hour version of Freddy , s character. Alfred Drake, a trouper who obvi- 

sulted in the troupe being set for wThholding details on th^ Freddy combines the qhildish- 

several Reade theatres this winter. w Jll5SStonten t Sending iSking of ness Peter Pan with the optl- a il u ft 

Trapp Family Singers have already the site contract^ Terrell said ^the misitl of Mr - Micawber and the Sfi e SfflS n * 

booked for the circuit in De- trin show-off qualities of Aubrey Piper, S®5L 

>r and negotiations are'upder- George Kelly’s classic hero. All 

nr "Don .Timn In TTnlV” ? rs *. ®.^ht of these will carry the f ace t s nf his manv-sided nerson- who makes it difficult to dope that 


Wolfson Tryout’s $5,400 
Stockbridgc, Mass., Aug. 5. 

Victor Wolfson’s new play, “A 
Murder in the Family,” chalked up 
a new $5,400 for eight perform 
ances at the Berkshire Playhouse 
last week. Top price was $3 for the 
436-seater. 

Director William Miles has 
Walter Abel and Margaret Phillips 
starring in Christopher Fry’s “The 
Lady’s Not For Burning” this week 
Featured are Viola Roache and 
Reynolds Evans. 


oeen 
cember 
way for 


‘Don Juan in Hell.’ 


tent rig, 1,500 seats, and .interlock- lutyfhis* toYis^chUdr’e'nfhis °?£ 

mg steel plates which wiU be used intense pride, his penchant for 


Martin Kosleck is effectively in- 


at the site to provide a sloping dramatizing himself,- his liking for th^?,«h;^ CaS r 0 ^Wln? P m 
floor Stretching toward the. stage orante . display, are conveyed 9.! 


I 


Horton $7,50Q, Niagara 

Buffalo, Aug. 5 

Edward Everett Horton in 
“Nina” last week tallied the top 
gross of the season at the Niagara 
Falls (Ont.) Summer Theatre, 
pulling a nifty $7,500 In * seven 
performances. 

The 1,000-seat strawhalter played 
to a $2.50 top. 

Mae West Smash 11G 
In Matunuck ‘Come Up’ 

Matunuck, R. I., Aug. 5. 

Mae West, in her comedy concoc- 
tion. “Come on Up— Ring Twice,” 
grossed a whopping $li,000 last 
week at the Theatre-by-the-Sea 
here. With an extra row of seats 
installed for the engagement, the 
star pulled the season's top atten- 
dance, enabling the management 
to net a reasonable profit, despite 
Iho S3. 500 guarantee and the large 

cast. 

Hu 111 C'hattorton is starring this 


Jory-Alexis. ‘Lives’ Hot 

$1 0 900 in Norwich fnnn from the frailer-beds. One trailer vividly by" Bekassy. The, actor^who a a n rnmedv 

T IvjJvv lu nOlWlCn, vOnn. W iil be business office, boxoffice has been in Hollywood for * decade a ’inf fn lif? *« C create 

Norwich, Conn., Aug. 5. and lighting unit, and the cast of or 'more, has the lhakings of an- half * 10t l ° 1 

Victor Jory and Alexis Smith, 40— including musicians— will ride other matinee idol— a la Ezio Pinza ^ a J ljr -i^urence’s equipment is 
co-starring in Noel Coward’s “Pri- m a large bus. The Whole affair and Yul Brynnef. wasted oh the role of the mistress 

vate Lives,” drew a virtual capacity will be decorated circus-style, • Miss Sidney's flair for weepy, of the -hhuse where the mystery. en< 

gross of $10,900 last week at the Reason for bow in Dallas is two- emotional -action also is given a tangles. Bert Freed as the council- 

Norwich Summer Theatre. It rep- fold: (1) To test the draw at the field day. Serving throughout play lor, Dwight Marfield and Florence 

resented a healthy profit for the country’s biggest state fair and, as an arbiter between her husband Sundstrom as an inquisitive couple 

strawhatter, following a disastrous (2) to showcase it for managers of and the exasperated Nina, her big and Queenie Smith as another up- 

$7,500 the previous stanza with the other state fairs who usually at- scene occurs when she explains to set signora are helpful. With so 

Mae West show, “Come On Up — tend. After the fair the tent will dubious daughter the essen- much wordage, Bentley’s direction 

Ring Twice.” tour the south, Including Florida, generous quality of her hus- achieves an admirable amount of 

Angela Lansbury is .current in for the winter, and then, if plans c ¥x er :, brings action. . 

“Affairs of State,” and next week’s mature, ‘will be set up at various warm th and dignity to the role. Peter. Harkin s set, using slid ng 

bill brings the Larry Parks- state, fairs next summer, ending Newcomer Helen Auerbach rouble ^ door to create a seco 

Betty Garrett starrer, “Anonymous with dates in California. |? ore ? Fieavily as Nina. She is ob- FmoJInt * The cos- 

L0Ver ’ ’ ten F t Ut i U nc!u P de “ southern tour InS *2^®* Good^mtoo? bUs . |u P mes. fupe^ieed by Paul Blge- 

Carol Brace ‘Venus’ Tops ^ it f Judy tu & by d^&f^ — . and A* 

Olney.Md Wi th $ 10 , 400 FarnHy 

Caro. Br„«: s he n a g dto n g during Program h ad Len anniuncedf 61 ^afpk g l^y U %?T 1 poSp^ 

at the Olney (Md.1 Summer Thea- * J gohasset, As for play itself, it gathers KK IS&SSl 

tre last week, proved the top biz Sa cramento and Asbury Park — as momentum as -it goes along? First ^ arry , Ga *® s * ^ougias Watson, Amy 
getter of the season thus" far for emitlaCcrs— as proof act , which needs a good deal of 8S'%i?. , ^ e ioVcrS iU Tt “SshS, 

the Evelyn Freyman-Kenneth . , ' a P,, unaer-canvas show is work, never really comes to life, Playhouse, stockbridge. Mass.. July 28< 

Banghart strawhatter. The Kurt L eglt ® onIy grojving department to- chiefly because it is played in too ArmSd* Mar«<.naud Stuart Germain 

Weill-S. J. Perlman-Ogden Nash Jay. He eventually hopes to have muted a manner. Second and third Fr^de?fck Maretcaud i .John w Austin 

musical grossed ^10 400 inrinrUnd three traveling tent shows all over acts contain some top-notch writ- Maria Marescaud HeI £, n vi«< 

a U recor<Lsettfng * $ 1 , 757 ’ perform? the country, with a 'fleet of tractors ing. particularly in Nina’s almost ^^auVin 

ance Saturday niehf (?) to jnove them' from one date to Hysterical revolt against her father is^beiie sauvin .*.'.*.. .' Deidre owens 


ance Saturday night (2). . .. 

Jackie Cooper and Fran Warren l• anotne^ • 
are current in “Remains to Be 
Seen.” 


Garner-McDowall $8,100 

Mountainhome, Pa., Aug. 5. 


* ** T- “ ^ ^ 4.MMAVA IdMUWUC W - , 

in the last act party scene, in which Caroline Pelletier Gaye Jordon 

nrr ed n dy d h fh 0ne laSt ? in i? a ? i Sh u W " Uranic 6 Marcscaud '.’.'/.V.'. Douglas' Watson 

off and then reveals that he has inspector Legrand Larry Gate* 

Gilbert Sauvin Ho ward WlutheM 

i i — 


reformed — at least in resolve. 


Blondell-'Sfeeba' Hits 10G l Philip Barry's “The Youngest," I Mt^are'vlvidly^rawn 'and emo" I sined'productlon s'Sedufe'for this 

Joan Blonde„ C in C ^'ome Ug B^ck McLS^n ktoff 
Little" Sheba/’ 6 at "the C^k «£* at Pocono Play- « ‘IT&X 


— usituu, ai me o«il k/ieat , _ ” lJA me auuieiiee groping ior „ ,, a- \\»in Ur 

Summer Theatre, Hinsdale, 111,, SRO sign was put out hankies. However, Freddy’s long ^ u FF e ’i Whether it wi 

hmtro oil hnneo ... a t five of eight performances. (nearly iQ-mimifoi cnaanK ^ 000 . 11 . critical accolades, as did ■ 


broke all house records, racking up t™* 0 / ft e f ig K Performances. nearly 10-minute) speech describ- wright’s’S question- 

over $10,200. Boxofflce was almost vl/S Kfi, Jeze -? e i s Husband,” ing his wedding in Hungary, while able But as U niriorms no«'. "H 1 ! 

clean first part of the week arid- ®? be I l „ Nathan . ,? Urrm 2 movingly delivered, could stand the usual dortoring it should 

- Clauda Ramfi cuttmff ' prlveTbetter boxofflce atlractioh 


went SRO for the weekend. Wil- 
son Brooks, male lead in “Sheba,” 
s staying on the rest of the sum 
mer for character leads 
Patsy Kelly and Kay Westphal 


§S , i < ?T en Matt f heW8 and Jud y Although “Gypsies Wore High Fhar“LcursTon ” X It is strictly for 
Parrish, is current. Hats” is in a pretty rough state at the sophisticated. . „ 

present it has obvious potentiality It is gay, witty and fast-moving. 

Mac fha InUlv. ev 1 4. ni • j.v_ • *.1? ^ aiin tllC 


vook in John van Druten’s “Old ! opened Monday (4) in “My Sister! 
At quamtancc. ’ with Carol Good-' Eileen.” Kim 
niM* featured. Except for Frances 
Maddux, of the resident company, 
the entire cast was jobbed. Philip- 
Hastings, resident director, 


Take Over N.Y. Theatre 7 es ; With Hie polishing it will get with overtones of cynicism ana tn 
Henrietta Jacobson and Julius dur \ n S its Falmouth run and next GalliO viewpoint on sexual rei * 

Hunter and Art j Adler have leased the Downtown ? lfkSy^’didnt 1 gh f t0 e f T rg ® ti 1 ? 1 nsl J ip % th H s 
Smith follow with “They Knew; National Theatre, N. Y„ which candldat e for at least able to Broadway standards. ^ 

What They Wanted.” On Aug. 25 ' they will operate as a Yiddish play- 
Marshall Migats, impresario here. ' house. 


staged the show for producers 
Donald Wolin and Harold Schiff. 


as a , __ vv 

moderate Broadway success. The adaptor’s characterizations are v cl* 

firm of Aldrleli Rr TVlv/ii-c in flCCA— 1 v» /I a J "U i n 1 i r\ n tfiTlPHllS 3^* 


does the last straight version of They will present original re- 

3;7S ali „ 0n '” ( nf 1 ! 1 ,- Dennis and { ' onl ‘‘mporary I way In early fall if aff goes'weir'*' resorteFonly to“ the ' basic 

and Margaret Phillips. 1 writers. 1 6 Dias. ' (Continued on page 51P 


firm of Aldrich fit Myers, in asso- rounded, his lines spontaneous 
elation with Julius Fleischmann, driving; his action sufficient lo P 
Intends to bring the play to Broad- vent audience ennui. Wolfson jws 



ffirtlttesdkff Angus* 


Conventions 



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51 



Chicago, Aug. 5. 
with the politicians gone and 
•♦h cpveral large conventions now 
ISK toto Chicago, legit boxof- 
^ocxing much needed up- 

S '. C ^w?ng "Be”, Book and Can- 
JI?Ms in last two weeks, leaving 
ft 16 for Coast and N'orthwest 
ffi' "Guys and Bolls” is noticing 
K'ptum in mail orders. Matinee 
trade at both attractions was much 

better. , w . 

Estimates for Last Week 

"Bell- Book and Candle/' Har- 
ris (23rd wk) <$4.50r’ 1,000), Jumped 
to moderate $12,300.- 
"Guys and Dolls,” Shubert (23rd 
Wk) ($ 6 ; 2,100). Took a swing 
up to bright $36,800. 

TORGY’ SOUD 33iG 
IN 2D PFH WEEK 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 5. 
«Porgy and Bess” picked up 
sharply hi second and final week 
it the Nixon, on strength of con- 
tinued press support and word-of- 
mouth, finishing to solid $33,500. 
That was around $10,000 over the 
opening • take and enabled the 
Blevin Davis-Bobert Breen produc- 
tion to head for Washington. with 
t Pittsburgh profit. Final two eve- 
ning performances did about $5,000 
each, and history of attraction here 
was the same as it was in Chicago, 
slow getaway and a steady front 
climb as the engagement pro- 
gressed. 

Considering fact that Nixon had 
reopened in the middle of the sum- 
mer after being closed for the 
regular warm-weather hiatus, 
“Porgy and Bess” had no com- 
plaints, and general feeling, was 
that if show had arrived during 
the regular season, with those 
same rave notices, they f d have 
been crying- for tickets. 

At Pitt Stadium, opening-night 
washout was the only thing that 
kept “Annie Get Your Gun” from 
going to a new high for the out- 
door summer series. As it was, 
Irving Berlin musical, ' which had 
first been done here two years ago, 
clocked an okay $40,500, about the 
same as previous stanza's “One 
Touch of Venus,” with one per- 
formance more. Sandra Deel re- 
peated her 1950 role- of Annie, with 
William Shriner, Jack Rutherford, 
Art Barnett, Ruth Gillette,' Mary 
Ann Niles, Fred Haper and Gil 
Johnson in support.’ Stadium cur- 
rently has its next-to-closer, “Stu- 
dent Prince,” with Brian Sullivan, 
Mary Bartha Briney and Clifford 
Harvout. 



Sudden Switch Saves Day 
As Cape Cod Lead Aik 

Hyannis, Mass,, .Aug. 5. 
Although there was no under- 
study .for leading role when so- 
prano JWanquita Moll was taken ill 
wr? u ^ s before certain time 
st Saturday ( 2 ), the matinee per- 
rraance of “Countess Mantza” 

rv? ?? a , s sch eduled at the Cape 
Music Circus here. Quick 

X^ 5 rn? f cast me mbers by di- 
nonn ^ Uam Ross gave the after- 
how a ^ ienc e a demonstration of 

‘mergers. bU3 ‘ neSS C ° Pes with 

mS , Gardner . script In hand, 
the a secon 'daiy part to 

St ,!?’ " h . le Yolanda Dennis, of 
“•supporting cast, sang Miss 

ta hw own aSS8nment 111 " ddition 


ANTA Memberships Up 

k Ac'ad^f rlcan Nation »l Theatre 

»Wuaf Z y „ r >f CrUited 63 new lndi - 

trlbutin?^^ 6 ^' one new C0JQ - 

mcmber g gJSuo b S r , and ., one new 

°fMaviQ T, Up ( ! urillg the month 
® ne 18 , according to a 

of directors 16 orgamzation * s board 

Cu s°cSssKr erShips the vari ” 

wS s t atl ? ns are now 71 in “ 

‘ustaininiK 6 ’,^ life, six 

uti *g indiv Sua!s dU i a ^ V 

one narHnVvT s> 1,363 ^dividual, 

»ouoT a „s P * atlng ’ 13 Ubrar y. 120 

Overaji ? us tainlng groups, 

of « 0 ^ al .. ls 1.625, an increase 
U the May 19 to tal, 

‘Skylark’ For Dallas 

Shirts Dal }as, Aug. 5. 
deduction rt nlf ev t e The atre’s next 
I s "Skylark ” P Thursday (7), 
house. rK * at the Civic Play- 

Pla y runs until Aug. 17 . 


'Carousel’ Moderate 
$48,000 In Kaycee 

Kansas City, Aug. 5. 

1 Starlight Theatre wound ,up its 
sixth week of al fresco musicals in 
Swope Park, Sunday ( 3 ) with a 
$48,000 week on “Carousel.” Figure 
represents only a moderate gross, 
but includes only six performances 
in the 7,600-seat theatre. Attend- 
ance was tabbed at 38,000 with 
$3.60 top. 

“Carousel ” with Edward Roecker 
and Gloria Hamilton in leads, was 
expected to be a season highlight, 
and was well on its way to a rous- 
ing gross when rain washed out the 
Saturday ( 2 ) nigRt performance, 
second time this season weather 
forced a cancellation, 

Previous week’s production, “The 
Firefly,” wound lip the first half 
of the season, thus far operation 
being without a loss, according to 
Bill Symon, Starlight business 
manager. Outdoor theatfe actually 
is figured to be around $65,000 
ahead of the 1951 pace. Last year 
at the halfway mark theatre was 
$65,000 in the red, partly accounted 
for by first-year expenses. Aftfer 
seven-day runs of * r Great Waltz,” 
“Good News,” “Vagabond King,” 
“Where’s Charley” and “Firefly,” 
theatre has managed to break even 
this season, Symon said. 

‘4-POSTER’ $26,700, 
‘PACIFIC’ 44iG, LA. 

Los Angeles, Aug. 5. 

Legit came alive last week as 
two newcomers racked up virtual 
capacity biz despite a wave of hot, 
muggy weather and continuous 
jolts from California’s succession 
of earthquakes. And each show, 
“Fourposter” and “South Pacific,” 
looks to better business for the 
current frame. 

“Fourposter” racked up nearly 
$26,700 at the 1,636-seat Biltmore 
in the first of two frames under 
Theatre Guild Auspices. It was 
the theatre’s best session since 
the departure of the Henry Fonda 
“Mister Roberts” edmpany a year 
ago and reppetj orchestra and. bal- 
cony sellouts with the sole weak- 
ness in the gallery. 

As expected, “South Pacific” 
grabbed a smashing $44,500 in the 
first of its si£ frames- at the 2,670- 
seat’ Philharmonic Aud as a pres- 
entation of the' .Civic Light Opera 
Assn. Save for the opening of the 
Judy Garlimd shoto, it beats every- 
thing at the- Philharmonic' since 
last year’s “Guys and Dolls/', but 
the tally was' fractionally under 
the take registered 26 months ago 
when “South Pacific” made its 
Coast debut. 


Playhouse, Albany, 

Eyes Sixth Season 

Albany, Aug. 5. 

The Playhouse is proceeding 
with plans for its sixth season of 
stock, opening in October, thus 
refuting reports of its sale by Mal- 
colm Atterbury. Atterbury conced- 
ed that several men had looked at 
The Playhouse but insisted no- sale 
had been effected and no negotia- 
tions presently were in progress. 

Atterbury revealed that last 
spring’s public appeal for dona- 
tions of $55,000 to keep the theatre 
operating out of the red had result- 
ed in gifts of somewhat less than 
$ 10 , 000 . Due to unforeseen costs in 
remodeling the old Capitol and 
the withdrawal by an Albany bank 
of a promised $50,000 mortgage, 
Atterbury and his wife, Ellen 
Hardies, found fixed overhead too 
high. Their total investment is re- 
ported to be about $230,000. 


Barn Notes 


Stanley' Anton, as producer, 
heads the staff of the Canvass Top 
Theatre, Bolton Landing, Lake 
George, N. Y., for the current nine- 
week season. Associates are Ver- 
non Beebe, director; D. Arthur 
Hubbard, scenic designer; Charles 
Thomas, technical director; Nan 
Modiano, stage manager. 

Mary. Ward, press rep for Berk- 
shire Playhouse, Stockbridge, 
Mass., is leaving to go ahead of the 
“I Am a Camera” tour, opening in 
Detroit about Sept. 1. Louis Sny- 
der Jr., of Metropolitan Opera, re- 
placing Miss Ward at Berkshire. 


‘Norway’ Disappoints 
In Seattle at $38,000 

, , Seattle, Aug. 5. 

“Song of Norway,” at Civic 
Auditorium seating 4,000, proved 
boxoffice disappointment via heat 
wave and seashore attractions, 
though it got critic and showgoer 
raves galore. House, scaled from 
$4.50, grossed $32,000 in six days 
(eight performances), meaning a 
substantial loss for the Hugh 
Beckett Attractions debut; 

“Call Me Madam” is next at the 
Auditorium, getting a nice advance 
sale, opening five-day engagement 
Aug,. 26. 

‘Madam’ $60,100, 
‘Stalag’ 13G, SI; 
‘Moon’ Neat 21G 

- San Francisco, Aug. 5. 

“Call Me Madam,” with Elaine 
Stritch and Kent Smith, which 
opened at the Opera House (3,250 
seats) last week to generally favor- 
able reviews, wound up its first 
frame with a husky $60,100. This 
Civic Light Opera production is 
scaled to $4.80. 

“Stalag 17,” with John Ericson 
and George Tobias, held to $13,000 
for it* third frame at the 1,550- 
seat Geary at $3.60 top. 

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 
chalked up a pleasing $17,000 for 
its second and final week at the 
1, 758-seat Curran with the house 
scaled to $4.80. 

“The Moon Is Blue,” with David 
Niven, Diana Lynn and Scott 
Brady, held to a strong $21,300 for 
its fourth week at the 1,147-seat 
United Nations. House top is $4.20. 

■ ■ ■ t 

‘GREAT WALTZ’ FINE 
$28,500 IN LOUISVILLE 

Louisville, Aug. 5. 

“Great Waltz,” fourth bill of the 
Iroquois Amphitheatre season, 
grossed a fine $28,500 last week, 
half a grand better than previous 
week’s “Up in Central Park.” 

Show had its opening perform- 
ance under difficulties. Sudden 
wind storm blew up Monday (28) 
afternoon, and had the sets in a 
shambles. Quick work by the stage 
crew, who recruited some 25 park 
laborers to boost the sets in posi- 
tion; enabled the show to go on 
as scheduled. 

Local critics lavished encomiums 
on the production, which had 
faves Robert Shafer, Nancy Ken- 
yon and Marjorie Wellock in the 
leads. Essentially a singing show, 
ensembles and soloists were in 
good form for the Strauss music, 
and excellent support was con- 
tributed* by A. J. Herbert as Jo- 
hann Strauss, Sr., and stock play- 
ers Melton Moore, Jean Casto, Ed- 
mund Dorsay, Louis S. Crume, 
Walter Burke, William Dreyer, 
Ray Jacquemot, Robert Fischer and 
Genia Mell. 

“Carousel,” fifth in the al fresco 
series, opened Monday (4), star- 
ring Jack Kilty, Dorothy MacNeil 
and Robert Shafer, with Margot 
Moser, Jean Casto, Ray Jacquemot 
and Marion Ross. 



fish’ Up to $29 JO, Taos’ $24,300, 
‘Animal’ $12,700, Tourposter 9>/ 2 G 


‘Carousel’ Big $82,300 
In 2 Wks. at Dallas 

Dallas, Aug. & 

State Fair ‘musical, “Carousel,” 
closed Sunday (3) with a great $82,- 
300 gross from 40,700 payees for 
the fortnight’s 14 stagings in State 
Fair Auditorium, with the 4,300 
seats scaled from 90c to $3 top. 
Hit Rodgers Ac Hammerstein re- 
vival, produced here by Charles R. 
Meeker, Jr., featured Iva Withers, 
Stephen “ Douglass and Brenda 
Lewis, supported by Jet MacDon- 
ald, George Irving, Annabelle Lyon 
and Kazamir Kokic. 

“Wizard of Oz,” next to last '52 
production, opened last night 
(Mon.) for two weeks. Musical 
stars Marilyn Day, Buddy Ebsen 
and Hiram Sherman, and features 
Maria Tallchief, Erik Rhodes , Joe 
E. Marks and AnitA Boster. “Call 
Me Madam,” season’s closer, opens 
Aug. 18. 


RAIN HITS ‘MODISTE,’ 
$32,000 IN ST. LOUIS 

St. Louis, Aug.- 5.- 
Wind and heavy rainstorm 
washed away last performance of 
“Mile. Modiste” Sunday (3), and 
piece wound up one-week frame 
with fair $32,000. Hot and humid 
weather prevailed until last night. 
Piece was presented in Municipal 
Theatre Assn’s Al Fresco Play- 
house in Forest Park for the first 
time since 1934. 

Maria D'Attilli, Eric Brotherson, 
Edwin Fleer and Eileen Schauler 
were in top. roles. 

“Naughty Marietta” teed off one- 
weeker last night (Mon) with 
balmy weather on tap and mob 
of 9,200, largest opening night of 
season on deck for an estimated 
gross of $5,500. This is eighth tlmej-wk) 
piece has been presented , here. ' ~ 
Lead roles are being played by 
Rosemarie Brancato, "Jack Goode, 
David Poleri and Rowena Rollins. 


Current Road Shows 

( August 4-16) 


“Bell, Book and Candle” (Joan 
Bennett, Zachary Scott) — Harris, 
Chicago (4-16). 

“Call Me Madam” — Opera 
House, San Francisco (4-16). 

“Fourposter” ( J essica Tandy, 
Hume Cronyn) — Biltmore, Los An- 
geles (4-9); Geary, San. Francisco 
(11-16). 

“Guys and Dolls” — Shubert, » Chi 
(4-16). 

“Moon Is Blue” (David Niven, 
Diana Lynn, Scott Brady) — Alca- 
zar, San Francisco (4-9); Biltmore, 
Los Angeles (11-16). 

“Nina” (Edward Everett Horton) 
— United Nations, San Francisco 
(11-16). 

“Porgy and Bess” — National, 
Washington (4-16). 

“South .Pacific” (Janet Blair, 
Webb Tilton) — Philharmonic Aud., 
Los Angeles (4-16). 

“Stalag 17”-— Geary, San Fran- 
cisco (4-9); Mayfair, Portland (12- 
16). 


Show Finances 


- “SOUTH PACIFIC” 

(As of June 28, ’52) 

Original investment $ 

Total gross last four weeks, N. Y 173,319 

Total gross last four weeks, road 235,226 

Total profit last four weeks, N. Y. • 30,626 

Total profit last four weeks, road 67,500 

Total profit to date, both companies 3,064,288 

Payment to Roger Rico, per contract ...» 32,500 

South Pacific Enterprises revenue 231,257 

1% payment to Edwin Lester, per contract 32,631 

Net *profit to date '• 3,230,414 

Distributed profit 2,995,021 

Funds and reserves 6(3,70 8 

Balance available for distribution 174,685* 

“KING AND I” 

(As of lune 28, ’52) 

Original investment, including 20% overcall $ 360,000 

Total gross for last four weeKSt 206,757 

Total profit for last four weeks 35,849 

Total profit to date 296,902 

5% to Gertrude Lawrence, per contract 14,845 

Net profit to date 282,057 

Profit distributed June 6 , ’52 100,000 

Total distributed profit to date 200,000 

Funds and reserves 25,155 

Balance available for distribution 56,902 


Having staggered through the in- 
evitable summer slump, Broadway 
finally manifested some boxoffice 
life last week. The prevailing flur- 
ry apparently represented the start 
of the traditional pickup starting 
the long climb back from the sea- 
sonal nadir. In most cases the’im- 
provement was relatively minor, 
but a few shows reacted briskly. 
According to precedent, there 
should be a bigger spurt this week 
and still further speedup there- 
after. 

The total rrou for all Id 
show* last week was $254,0.06, 
or 65% of capacity. Week be- 
fore last the total for all 16 
shows was $238,800 or 61% 
of capacity an increase of 1% 
from the preceding week. 

A year ago last week the 
total for all 13 shows was 
$340,000, or 68%, a jump of 
3% from the week before. 

There was one temporary clos- 
ing last week, “Top Banana” start- 
ing a four-week layoff. No addi- 
tional shows are scheduled to fold, 
but “Point of No Return” resumed 
Monday night (4) after a fiv^-week 
hiatus, and “Mrs. McThing” is due 
to return in September. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Keys: C (Comedy), D (Drama), 
CD (Comedy-Drama), R (Revue), 
MC (Musical Comedy), M0 (Musi- 
cal Drama), O (Operetta). • 
Other ' parenthetic designations 
refer, respectively, to top prices; 
number of seats, capacity gross and 
stars . Price include# 20% amuse- 
ment tax, but grosses are net: i.e., 
exclusive of tax. 

“Fourposter,” Barrymore <41st 
wk) (C-$4.80; 1,012; $24,996) (Betty 
Field, Burgess Meredith). Over 
$9,500 (previous week, under $8,000 
for seven performances). 

“Guys and Dolls ” 46th St. (89th 
wk) (MC-$6.60; 1,319; $43,904). Hit 
$39,600 (previous week, $39,500). 

“King and I” St James <71st 
•wk) (MC-17.20; 1,571; $51,717) 

(Celeste Holm). Over $50,900 (pre- 
vious week, nearly $51,000); Ger- 
trude- Lawrence returns next Mon- 
day night ( 11 ) as star. 

“Male Animal,” Music Box <14th 
wk) (C-$4.80; 1,012; $25,903) (El- 
liott Nugent; Martha Scott, Robert 
Preston). Nearly $12,700 (previous 
week, $10,600). 

“Moon Is- Blue/’ Miller (74th 
wk) (C-$4.80); 020; $21,586) (Don- 
ald Cook, Harry Nelson, Maggie 
McNamara). Over $7,000 (previous 
week, $ 6 , 000 ). 

“New Faces,” . Royale (12th wk) 
(R-$ 6 ; ‘ 1,035; $30,600). Almost 

$24,300 (previous week, $22,000), 
“Pal Joey,” Broadhurst (31st 
wk) (MC-$6.60; 1,160; $39,602) 

(Vivienne Segal, Harold Lang). 
Nearly $33,300 (previous week, 
$32,200). 

“South Pacific ” Majestic (172d 
wk) (MC-$ 6 ; 1,659; $50,186) Martha 
Wright, George Britton). Over 
$32,700 (previous week, $31,000). 

“Top Banana,” Winter Garden 
(40th wk) (CD-$6.60-$7.20; 1,519; 
$51,881) (Jack Carter). Under $15.- 
000 (previous week, under $14,000); 
shuttered Saturday night (2), to re- 
open Sept. 1, with Phil Silver as 
star, for limited engagement be- 
fore going on tour; lost about 
$ 20,000 in last few weeks, 

“Wish You Were Here,” Im- 
perial ( 6 th wk) (MC-$7.20; 1,400; 
$51,847). Over $29,400 (previous 
week, $25,000). 

Reopening This Week 
“Point of No . Return,” Alvin 
(D-$4.80-$6; 1,331; $37,924) (Henry 
Fonda). Leland Hayward produc- 
tion of Paul Osborn’s dramatiza- 
tion of the John P. Marquand 
novel resumed Monday night (4) 
for its 30th week. 


TINIAN' SMASH 24G 
IN TORONTO WEEK 

Toronto, Aug. 5. 

Despite two nights’ rain and a 
long civic holiday weekend, “Fini- 
an’s Rainbow,” with Kaye Connor 
and Andrew Gainey, came through 
for a smash $24,100 sellout at the 
Melody Fair 1,640-seat tent setup 
at $3.40 top, just $90Q under the 
house record set previous week by 

With Leighton K. Brill in as ex- 
ecutive producer and Ben Kamler 
as general manager, Canada’s In- 
troduction to theatre-in-the-round 
is progressively building to phe- 
nomenal biz, with some 170 stand- 
ees nightly prepared to pay $1.50 

Current “Where’s Charley7'\ 
with Gil Lamb, had early $12,000 
advance. 



52 


LEGITIMATE 


Wednesday, August 6, I959 


f 


B’way Legit's Big Lineup 


Continued from paye \ 


thal’s London drama; Michael 
Myerberg, producer. 

"Those Familiar Spirits/' by 
Arthur Miller; Kermit Bloom- 
garden, producer. 

"Thracian Horse*/'' by , Maurice 


composers as Irving Berlin, Arthur 
Schwartz and Frank Loesser are 
not listed as having shows in the 
works. 

Quality 

In general, the. real measure of 
a seaspn is the quality of shows 
rather than the number of produc- 
tions. Thus, the 1948-49 semester 
was outstanding, despite its medico 
ere quantitative basis, because it 
produced such critical and popular 
hits as "South Pacific," “Kiss Me, 
Kate,” “Where’s Charier?” “Death 
of a Salesman” and "Detective 
Story.” Contrariwise, the 1951-52 
Stanza, despite a .fairly acceptable 
number of productions, was gener- 
ally a flop because it included no 
striking critical and boxoffice 
clicks. Thus, it wks a disappoint- 
ing season, not only qualitatively, 
but also (and as a result) in popu- 
lar acceptance, and therefore eco- 
nomically. Figured on a similar 
basis, the 1952-53 season prospects 
seem reasonably bright. More- 
over, there will pndoubtecHv - 
number of late entries, some of 
which may turn out to be c*-. 
Other announced items are fig- 
ured only remote prospects, so are 
excluded from the list. 

The ' announced projects, many 
of which will probably never come 
through, follow: 

Straight Plays 

"Amazing Adele/' adapted "by 
Anita Loos from the Paris farce by 
Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre 
Gredy; Alexander Ince hnd Joel 
Schenker, producers. 

"Ami-Ami,” adapted by . Miss 
Loos from a farce hit by the same 
French authors; Saint Subber, pro- 
ducer. 

"Be Yqur Age,” by Reginald Den- 
ham and Mary Orr; Alexander H. 
Cohen, producer. 

' "Bearding of Johnny,” by John 
Rodell;_ Ruth' Simon and Frank 
Bradley, producers. 

"Betrayal,” by Robert O’Byme 
and Edward Gilmore; Joseph 
Hteldt, producer. 

"Better Angels,” by Robert E. 
Sherwood; Playwrights Co., pro- 
ducer. 

"Birds of Prey,” by William Ber- 
ney -and Howard Richardson; Wil- 
liam de Lys, producer. 

"Blue Danube,” by Ferenc Mol- 
nar; Theron Bamberger, producer 

"Burglar in the House,” adapted 
by Dorothy Bennett frorh St. Clair 
McKelway's New York article, 
"Burglar With the Notebooks”; 
Malcolm Pearson , producer. 

"Burst of Summer,” by A. B. 
Shlffrin; Paul Vroom and William 
Costin, Jr., producers. 

"Ceremony of Innocence,” Elma 
Huganir’s dramatization of novel 
by Elizabeth Charlotte Walker; 
Emmett Rogers, producer. 

"Children of Darkness,” revival 
qf Edwin Justus Mayer melodrama 
of 1929-30; Edward Gottfried, pro- 
ducer. 

"Children’s Hour,” revival of 
Lillian Heilman’s drama of 1934- 
35; Kermit Bloomgarden, producer. 

"Comfort Me With Apples,” by 
Robert Melancon; C. Kendall 
Ware, producer. 

"Cuisine des Anges,” Paris hit 
by Albert Husson; Saint Subber 
and Rita Allen, producers. 

"Dark of the Moon,” Negro-cast 
revival of the William Berney- 
Howard Richardson folk fable of 
1944-45; Howard Gliedman> pro- 
ducer. 

"Deep Blue Sea,” Terence Rat- 
tigan's London hit, to star Margaret 
SullaVan and Alan Webb; Alfred 
de Liagre, Jr., and John C. Wilson 
producers. 

"Dial *M’ for Murder,” Frederick 
Knott’s London melodrama hit, to 
star Maurice Evans; Evans and the 
Shuberts, producers. 

"Dragon’s Mouth,” J. B. Priest- 
ley’s dramatic discussion piece 
without scenery; Paul Gregory, 
producer. 

“Emporium,” by Thornton Wil- 
«L ,Ted Harr * s . producer. 

Fourth Degree,” Jane Hinton 
?,*;? p ^ 10n Elcazar Lipsky novel. 
Murder One”; Harald Bromley, 
producer. 

“Fragile Fox,” by Norman 
Biooks; Max Allentuek and Jay 
Julien, producers. 

Louis c °xe and 
tfobert Chapman; Chandler Cowles 
aU .<o? ( ; n producers. 

Wa 9 irI . Ca » Tell,” by F. Hugh 

pi 61 ^ ei i\ r^ lc la . rd Aldrich and 
jjticnard Myers, in association with 
Ju «h. KS Fle'schmann. producers. ' 
Gypsies Wore High Jo- i 


, , Valency; David Ffolkes,' producer, 

seph -Kramm dramatiaztwn of „ Time of ^ Cuckoo » by Arthur 

Sylvia Golden s novel, The Neig - Laurents,’ to star Shirley Booth; 
bors Needn t Know ; Aldrich & Robert Whitehead and Walter 
Myers, in association with Fleisch- j Fried pro( iucers. 
mann, producers, . “Tin Wedding,” by Hagar Wilde 

“Happy Ant Hill,” by Fhanz and Judson O’Donnell; Charles 
Spencer; Courtney Burr and Elliott Bowden. and. Philip Langner, pro- 
Nugent, producers. ducers. 

"Happy Ending,” by Nelisse "Trial of Mr. Pickwick/' by Stan- 
Child; Theatre Guild, producer. ley Young; Roger L, Stevens, pro- 
"His Excellency,” by Dorothy 
and Campbell Christie; Roger L. 

Stevens,* producer. 


ducer. 

Untitled play by Moss Hart, 
adapted from "Shadows Move 
nurfrfi** T on AmSng Them/- novel , by Edgar 

Hollow, Ag»tha Christie 8 Ix> Mittdholzer; Joseph Hyman and 
pMlKrUduceS! 3 d Hir ^* CrS - ' 

Capote?* S?1 n?°Subber b ffld“Ei” AwfelrV’ by Guy Bol- 

Alien nroduchrs. ton, Eddie Davis, Fred Finklehoffe 

“If* I Wanted You,” revival of a jJJ* 

Paul Geraldy and Robert Spitzer and P i 6d ^ rs ' ... . 

play, "Si Je Youlais,” a Grace "Buttrio Square,” Billy Gilbert- 
George vehicle of 1924, under the Arthrn* Jones-Fred Stamer musical; 
title ‘.‘She Had to Know”; Arthur Gen Genovese and Edward Woods, 
Lesser, producer. producers: 

"In Any Language ” by Edmund "Cabin in the Sky ” revival of 
Beloin and Henry Garson, with Uta the Lynn Root- John Latouche-Ver- 
Hagen as* star; Jule Styne and non Duke hit of 1940-41; Albert 
George Abbott, producers. and Arthur Lewis, producers. 

"I’ve Got Sixpence,” by John vap "Can-Can,” with songs by Cole 
Druten- Gertrude Macy and WaltejrPorter, book by Abe Burrows; Cy 
Starcke, producers. Feuer and Ernest H. Martin, pro- 

“Jezebel’s Husband,” by Robert ducers * 

Nathan, starring Claude Rains; “Carnival in Flanders,” adapta- 
Roger Stevens, William Fields and tion of the French film, with book 
Hume Cronyn, producers. by George Oppenhetmer, songs by 

"John Brown’s Body,” Stephen £ ohl ™y Burke and James van 
Vincent Benet’s poem, reading by d | rec ^ ed by Bretaigne 

Tyrone Power, Judith Anderson Wmdust, choreography, by Jerome 

and Raymond Massey; Paul Greg- SSjj??* 

nrv producer Slosnc f produccrs r in association 

ory, producer. m with Julian Claman. 

"Josephine,” Sally Benson dram- v _ . 

atization of F. Scott Fitzgerald „ C * 9 ** J £ ne c s ” Arthur Carter- 
short stories; Leonard Key and Vernon Duke-Sammy Cahn treat- 
Fred Finklehoffe, producers. ™ ent the st oiY of the legendary 

"Kind Sir,” by Norman Krasna, keur^producer 11166 ^ 5 ^ chard Kra ’ 
to be directed by Joshua Logan; Keur ’ P roaucer - 


Inside Staff — Legit 

. Walter Winchell has .been doing a “Hellzapqppin” deliberate v M 
otherwise, on behalf of “Wish You Were Here” with continuous *5,,? 
that stem* from a personal contact with Joshua Logan. Latter £ 
author (with Arthur Kober) oif the libretto and co-producer with LelamI 
Hayward. Originally Winchell reported strained relations betwSI 
Logan and Hayward (during rehearsals) but since then he has bee! 
plugging the musical, which went up almost $5,000 last week anS 
which may emerge as ope of those unique Broadway instances wher* 
a show may belie a set of bad notices. Only John Chapman (News) 
liked it. 

Kober and Logan are constantly rewriting the dialog and continue 
ously rehearsing and revamping. Word-of-mouth has been good and 
a managerial idea is to invite the critics for a second Broadway 
"premiere” in September, assuming that the continued b.o. reaction 
and the extent of the new- material, because of the rewriting, warrant 
.it. ) 

Samuel Matlowsky, who was a music student in Paris not so long 
ago under the GI Bill of Rights, conducted the “Porgy and Bess* 
orchestra for practically the entire two-week engagement of the George 
Gershwin musical drama at the Nixon Theatre, Pittsburgh. Regular 
batoneer, Alexander Smallens, had previously been contracted for 
guest appearances at Nt Y/s Lewisohn Stadium during that period and 
got to Pitt for only two performances over first weekend. Matlowsky 
had been signed to play piano for the show, aiid shortly after that be- 
came SmallenS' assistant. He’s also rearranging the score for the dif- 
ferent instrumentation that will be used for European stands coming 
up in Berlin, Vienna and London, where "Porgy” opens in October 
for a run at the Stoll Theatre; 


Since Harold Clurman’s resignation as drama editor of the New 
Republic early this year when the weekly moved its editorial offices 
from New York to Washington, Eric Bentley has been appointed to 
the mag’s editorial staff as contributing editor and drama critic. It 
was erratumed that the New Republic had dropped legit coverage 
completely. Bentley will cov.er most openings on Broadway, in the 
manner which Stark Yoftng handled it for the New Republic several 
years ago, rather .than in. the form of Clurman’s bi-monthly column. 


Logan, producer. 

"Little Hut,” Nancy Mitford’S 
adaptation of Andre Roussin’s 
Parisian farce, with Robert Morley 


"Evening With Beatrice Lillie,” 
informal revue co-starring the 
comedienne and Reginald Gardi- 
ner; producer not indicated. 
"Frankie and Johnnie,’’ by John 


as star; John C. Wilson, producer. HnsirnTwimam^e^pr^ducer 
"Love of Four Colonels,” Lon- 
don success by Peter Ustinov, star- 
ring the author; Theatre Guild. 

“Man Upstairs,” by Patrick 
Hamilton; Alexander H. Cohen 


and Rita Allen, producers. 


"Golden Apple,” John Latouche- 
Jerome Moross version of the Ho- 
meric legend; Kermit Bloomgarden 
and perhaps Theatre Guild, pro- 
ducers. 

"Hazel Flagr,” adaptation of the 


"Millionairess,” Shaw’s comedy, film "Nothing Sacred,” with book 
currently a London hit with by Ren Hecht, music by Jule 
Kathartine Hepburn Theatre Guild. Styne, lyrics by Robert Hilliard, 
"Miss Hamlet,” Shakespeare’s with Helen Gallagher . as star, 
tragedy with a femme*player in the / David Alexander directing, Robert 
title part; Chris Anderson, pro- Alton choreography; Styne. and 
ducer. Anthony B.^Farrell, producers. 

"Moulin Koure” Pierre LaMure "Herald Square,” Jack Scholl- 
dramatization of his own novel of Dean Elliott musical; Robert Alda 
the same name; Arthur Lesser and R en Segal, producers. 

Be M«rd?r thi^Eamilv ” hv Vlr “Love Is the Doctor,” musical 

Murder In the Family, by Vic- version of Moliere’s "Physician in 


tor Wolfson; T. Edward Hambleton, 
producer. 

"Night in Mme. Tuasaud's,” by 
Edwin Justus Mayer, to co-star 


Spite of Himself;” Lee Sabinson, 
producer. 

"Maggie,” musical version of 
James M. Barrie’s "What Every 


Miriam Hopkins and Pete Lorre, woman KnnwV” 
with the latter directing; Bed $$am bo ^ h 


Krajnz. 

M 


r»„u Thomas; Franklin Gilbert and 
...October Girl,” by Charles Rob- 1 Jftbn n^,ir.«r« 

Charles 


insmv Jean Dalrymple, producer. I Fea - rnl ?- y ' Producers. 


Othello,” Orson Welles revival Fr'iTdman 0 " 1 ^^^^ Verrtr. 
of the Shakespeare tragedy; James “Aida” to iXtif 

Russo and Michael Ellis, producers. adaDt ’ p n hirt 

"Picnic/’ by William ifige; Thea- ducer Rbt H * Joseph * pro ' 
tre Guild, Leland Hayward and 

Joshua Logan, produoei-s. S'nS'? 1 ver " 

"Pin to See the P'eepshow,” by rhUrf^no th ni.o 
Frank Jesse; Nancy Davids, prod- “? s v P ^ ba f 0 ? k ° e ? 

"Portrait of a Lady/’- William ^ n i er u 0n : 

Archibald dramatization of Henry prvJr 6 d ^ rect ^ n 2; Robert 

James novel; Thomas Hammond, w 11 » t 

producer. , Private Music Hall,” Elsa Lan 

’^Purple Dust,” by Sean O’Casey; /i lnformal show; 

Kermit Bloomgarden, producer. Pa VjLSm?iiSL’ * pr ?? ucei ; T 
"Quiet Room,” by Jean Dal- „ PygmaHon, Alan Jay Lemer- 


rymple; Leonard Key 
Finklehoffe, producers. 


and Fred 


Frederick Loewe version of the 
Shaw comedy; Theatre Guild, pro- 


"Requiem,” William Faulkner's ai , „ „ , 

adaptation of his own novel, -rr 9°' u W ^ m ** sic P? 

"Requiem for a Nun”; Lemuel ^ vel, lyrics by Dan Shapiro 

Ayers, producer. an j Milton Pascal, book by Leon- 

"Say It With Flowers,” by Jean jf d Gershe; Milton Bender, pro- 

Guitton, to star Oscar Karlweis; au «l^ w . „ , , .. „ „ 

Sammy Lambert, producer. „ "**•» adaptation of the Edna 

"Sea Gull,” revival of the. Crek- ^ 1 k°°k by Horton 

hov drama,' to star Montgomery £o °l e ’ ( f^ 1 °hcrt Fryer, producer. 
Clift, Kevin McCarthy and Mira . 7™°* re vue with- 

Rostova; Clift and McCarthy, S et f he £ ty Charles Sherman, 
producers. • music by Vernon Due, lyrics by 

"Seagulls Over Sorrento/* Hugh Ggden Nash, to star Bette Davis 
Hastings’ longrun London farce; T fld Hiram Sherman; 

Theatre Guilds - • Jame ? £P$$q and Michael Ellis, in 

"See How They Run,” by Peter aasoc iation with Clifford Hayman 
King; Peter Glenn and John Yorke, pr ?r d B?i e , r ®: 

producers. . . _ UMUUcd musical by Richard 

"Sec the Jagpar,” by N. Richard ?i >d £ er 1 i! ! and Oscar Hammersteln 
Nash; Lemuel Ayers and Whitfield 2d v, x,r, e P rod u Ca d by them. 

Cook, producres. untitled musical adaptation 0 .. 

"Sodom, Tennessee,” by William f“ r< - e M fl rcel Pagnol plays, with 
Berney and Howard Richardson; H. 00 ^ , by Albert and Frances 
William de Lys, producer. 1 P av ^ d Merrick,. producer 

"Story on Page Three,” by Pa- Untitled operetta based on varl 
tricia Coleman; Burgess Meredith Puccini compositions, with 
and Malcolm Pearson, producers, book, by Louis Verneull, lyrics by 
"Tears for the Bride,” by Martin Swift, musical arrangements 
Berkeley; H, Clay Blaney and Roy by Deems Taylor, directed by R/.m 
P. Steckler. producers. otone; Milton Shubcrt, producer. 

"Temptation- of Maggie Ilag- Untitled revue by Leonard Sill 
gerty,” by James McGee; Herman f? la 7» possibly a new "Ziegfeld Fol- 
Levin, producer. hes’ In association with the Shu 

"Third Person,” Andrew Rosen- berts. 


Legit Shows Abroad 


LONDON 

(Week ending August 9) 

(FlgureV indicate opening date) 
♦After My fashUn/ Amb\ (5-8). 
"Albert, R. N.," Saville (7-31). 

"•et Y*ur Life," Hippodrome (2-18). 
"Call Me Madam," Coliseum (3-15). 
"Deep llu* *• a," Duchess (3-6). 

"Dial M Murdar," West. (8-19). 
"Ixcltament," Casino (3-8). 

"Cay Dog," Piccadilly (6-12). 

"OUba Ravua," Gloh.e (7-10). 

"In Chancery," Art (7-30). — 

"Innocant*," Majesty's (7-3). 

"Little Hut," Lyric (8-23-50). 

"London Lauflhs," Adelphl (4-12). 

"Lovo of Colonoli," Wyn. (5-23-51). 
"Moot Callahan," Garrick (5-27), 
"Mlllionairos," New .(6-30). 

"Paris to Piccadilly/ Pr, Wales (4-15). 
"Relative Value," Savoy (11-28-51). 
"Reluctant Heroes," White. (9-12-50). 
"Ranch In Rockies," Empress (6-5). 
"Seagulls Sorrento," Apollo (6-14-50). 
"South Pacific," Drury Lane (11-1-31). 
"Step Forward," Strand (7-30). 

"Sweet Madness," Vaudeville (5-21). 
"Under Sycamore," St. James (4-23). 
"Water of Moon," Heymarket (4-19-51). 
"Winter Journey," St. James's (4-3). 
"Woman ef Twlllsht," Vic. Pal. (G-18). 
"Zip Coes a Million," Palace (10-20-51). 
"Younf El lx.," Criterion (4-2). 


MEXICO CITY 

(Week ending July 26) 
"Jane Is Olrl," Colon. . 

"Girl In New York," Ideal. 
"Edward's Sens," Caiacol. 
"Tha’odora," Chopin. 

"The Idol," Caballlto. 


MADRID 

, (Week ending July 26) . 
"Honeymoon In Pour/ 'Alcazar. 

"Los fiuatre bases," Calderon. 

"Stars Romances," Alvarez. 

"Cuba to Spain," Carlos IU. 

"Day Nisht Madrid," Comedia. . 
"Imperial Violettas," Lope de Vega. 
"Matrimonies on la iuna," Helha. 
"Piernas de soda," Zarzuela. 


PARIS 

(Week ending August 9) 

"Amant Par Stage, " Casino. 

"Chanteur 'do Mexico," Cliatelet. 

das Carmelites," Hebertot. 
"Galllarde Aventura," Potiniere. 

Oay Paris," Casino de Paris. 
"Lyslstrata," Humour. 

"Marcel," Bernhardt. 

"Occupe-Tel Minimum," Palais-Royal. 
"Oncle Vanye," Theatre de Pouche. 
"Paris Oalant,". Capucines. 

"Puceay," Amblgu. 

"Vrale Pelle/' Folies-Bergere. ' 

AUSTRALIA 

(Week ending July 25) 

To Dorothy," Royal, Sydney. 

FoUes bergere," Tivoli, Sydney. 
"Seagulls Over Sorrente," Comedy. Mel. 
"Tommy Trlnder Shew," Tivoli, Mel. 
'Larger Than Life," Princess, Mel. 
"Casslno," Empire, Sydney. 

. Annie Get Gun," Maj., Mclb. 

"Sleeping Princess," Royal, Adel. 

IRELAND 

, (Week ending July 26) 
^Jaj^on/' Opera House. Belfast. 

My Wifi i Family," Op ora House, Cork. 

M * n '“ Abbey, Dublin, 
K‘ n X* Rhapsody," Gaiety, Dublin. 
"Three Sisters," Gate, Dublin,. 

BUENOS AIRES 

» (We6lt , ending July 26) 

"Ml Suegra," Apolo. 

, ^ Jagrlmas tamblen," Ateneo. 

*g» *»P»na Llega," Argentino. 

Cuando Jos Duendos," Astral. 
"Maruxa," Avenlda. 

Streetcar Hamad Desire," Casino, 
Fkr * n « •** F»«le," Cervantes. 

Karamaxoff," Colonial. 
"MJgyel de Mollnk/' Comedin. 

"La Umpw* Incendlda," Comico. 
"Israelite," Corricntes. 

"F.B," El* Naelonai. 

S«p« Nicola," Marconi. 

"Marlaga Figaro," Odeon. 

“ Pollteama. 

" Pueblo. 

,!?**?* Aire," Empire. 

"Ladronclto," Splendid. 

"Jaxabel," Lasnlle. 

"VandavaJ," San Martin. 

Hombras eh ml Vida," Smart. 
"Caprice*," Antigone," Van Riel, 


"Oios Llenes de Amor," Vers. 
"La Verdad ires Tu," Pat. 


TOURING BRITAIN 

(Week ending July 19) 

"Blue For Bey," Hlpp, Golder's Green. 
"Brlgadoen," Opera House, Belfast. 
"Carousel," Pavilion, Bournemouth. 
"Cosh Bey," Hlpp., Salford. 
"JFourpester," King's, Southsea. 

"Gay's the Word," New, Oxford. 
"Goodnight, Vienna," Royal, Newcastlt. 
"Hollow," Prince of Wales, Cardiff. 
"King's Rhapsody," Empire, Sheffield. 
'"Kiss Me, Kate," Court, Liverpool. 
"Ladles Night," Regent. Rotherham. 
"Lilac Time," Royal, Bath. 

"Merry Widow," Hlpp., Coventry. 

"My Wife's Ledger," New, Northamp. 
"Navy At Sea," Palace Pier, Brighton. 
"No, Nanette," Alhambra, Bradford. 
"Oklahoma," New, Cardiff. 
"Quadrille," Opera House, Manchester. 
"Stylish Marriage," Empire, Sunderland. 
"White Sheep," • Opera House, Chelt. 
"Worm's Eye View," Grand, Leeds. 

SCOTLAND 

(Week ending August 9) 
"Quadrille," Lyceum, Edinburgh. 
"Bachelors," Theatre, Paisley. 
"Halfpast Eight," Royal. Glasgow, and 
King’s, Edinburgh, 

"Priest in Family," King’s, Glasgow. 
"Sacred Flame," Alhambra, Glasgow. 



Dispute between the United 
Scenic Artists and the Scenery 
Suppliers Assn, was settled last 
week, with the signing of a con- 
tract giving the union a 10 u 
raise and a cost-of-living increase 
. . . Irving Berlin is being sought 
to provide .the songs for a musical 
version of “Broadway,” for which 
George Abbott and Philip Dunninf 
have adapted the book from their 
hit play of 1926-27 . . . Wolfe Kauf- 
man and John Yorke, respective 
pressagent manager of “Paint Your 
Wagon,” will take over the Cheryl 
Crawford production for a lau 
tour. 

Leo Freedman, pressagent for 
“Wish You Were Here,” will sail 
Sept. 9 for several months’ vaca- 
tion in Italy . ^ . Pressagents Jolnj 
Toohey and Arthur Cantor arc 
now sharing an office and have an 
informal working agreement . • • 
Producer Richard (Aldrich 
Myers returned Monday (4» frw® 
a vacation in France » , . , Rol, 7 ; 
Flcmyng, last seen on Broadway in 
“Cocktail Party,” will play Ka> h * 
arine Cornell’s philandering nusj 
band in the tour of “Constant 
Wife” this fall. The actor, who 
appeared with the star in 
Time for Comedy” in 1938-39. « 
currently subbing for the vacation- 
ing Robert Morley in “Little Hw 
in London . . . Director Mary Hun- 
ter participating in a ‘^ on ^ 
porary Drama” conference 
week at the . Harvard Summer 
School . . . Charles Iscnbcrg MJ 
resigned from the William Morr 
television-legit department to 3 
agent Flora Roberts in a sinu 
assignment. ’ 

Robin Camp was forced to 

out of this week’s P ro(ll i ctl0 Tftiia 
“The Happy Time” at La Jo* 1 * 
(Cal.) Playhouse with Warren her 
linger, who played the moppet 
in Chicago and San Francisco, tan 
ing over . . . Film director 
Arzncr joined the Pasadena P 
house staff to head the cinema 
television department of the 
house College of -Theatre Ai t- • 


y^Mdar, Anijufl Ij) 53 



Strawhat Reviews 


Continue* ft & tt pajce SO sc 


* Murder I* *h® F**dly 

^ ■ *T^ wr itten it from.au Angh- 

r’Ss^ss.w 

Pineal and there h a. fpziness 
ultimate career of-young 
Frank Marescaud. These are easily 

^Audience* expectancy, due to the 
if S be forn mysterydrama, 
rise of the curtain may 
» nd u 1 with its femme shriek 

C °^he thud of a falling object. 

S d e author Verses : th« . notion 

with the entrance of the first char- 
J[HL and the comedy mood is on 
move from thereon. Story un- 
folds^the inadvertent death of the 
matriarch of the Marescaud family 
an^his family’s effort* to cover up 
the resultant disgrace Wh«i it be- 
comes known that the old fellow 
Sd out from a scuffle he had 
SSth his part-time secretary, who 
Jd not submit to his. amorous ad- 

Va Ca e sting in most parts was at a 
high level. Top honors go to Larry 
fiates as the plain and understand- 
Eg Inspector with littl^reverence 
fbr the Marescaud - tradition, and 
Stuart Germain, the esthetic and 
sympathetic son who wanted to be 

* pianist much to his fathers deri- 
sion. Amy Douglass plays hi* wife* 
who goes through life with little ap- 
preciation of the honor- of being a 
Marescaud-in-law, in a homey 
fashion. Mary Jackson- makes a 
vinegary and cynical Sylvia Sauvm. 
The precocious moppet is well 
handled- by Deidre Owens, who 
makes the part bearable and hu- 
morous. Helen Craig, as. the only 
daughter, is inclined to too much 
austerity. Betty Bunce adds a 
savoir faire to her role of the maid, 
over whose sex delights the patri- 
arch and his grandson had battled. 

Douglas Watson lends a bit too. 
much juvenility’ to his role, which 
may be a fault of the ■ script in 
drawing the similarity of character 
between the industrialist and his 
grandson. This same fault may be 
the reason for the unevenness of 
the part of Caroline Pelletier, 
played by Gaye Jordan. 

William Miles directed with an 
obvious understanding of the script, 
and the setting of William Roberts 
has a fine Gallic flavor. Russ. 

Sweet Fire 

' Abingdon, Va., July 29. 

Barter Theatre-Robert Porterfield pro- 
duction of romantic comedy in three 
fctj ; .S scene*) by Lee Marion. Staged 
W Margaret Perry; setting*. Made La- 
tham; lighting, Lauren Farr. Opened at, 
g» rt <* Theatre, Abingdon, Va., July 

*V| *4« 

& David Patton 

ipw »ly Michael Lewis 

First Queen's Player Frank Lowe 

Second Queen's Player . Charles Qulnlivan 

SH*® Lauren Farr 

Joel .Parson* 

David Crow 

jte Mel Fillini 

wf*. Tab £ h * Dorothy LaVera 

S. n ? e ,? vcs Mark Spencer 

C° nde h Gaby Rodgers 

SU&,; * «V • • -* ob « rt GaUicb 

Wnr ov^ y Woman Kay Kasberger 

niL S o aWts P earc Frit* Weaver 

s Player Bill pember 

K h o,? Uee . n ’s Piayer Andy Maxey 

Dick P1 *y« r Keith Michael 

V Bill p « mb «r 

EJl nf 5®H9»tapt°ni John Holland 

-A W^K>! dford Jerry Oddo 

HoS Chman Robert Galileo 

Bettv v»U,‘ Caddell Burroughs 

Firrt & on * deo HoUaday 

rim Soldier . . .Keith Michael 


Frits: Weaver, Barter's accom- 
plished leading man, plays Shake- 
speare and achieves his best effects 
in the rehearsal scenes. Handi- 
capped by the play's too*great rev- 
erence for the Bard, Weaver man- 
ages to make Will as convincing a 
lover as the part allows him. 

Mark Spencer is unable to do 
Jmciuch with, the lines - of Revelation 
Reaves,, preacher determined to 
save Phyllis from- sin; John Hoi-; 
land, as Lord- Henry, makes the 
most of a. well-written characteri- 
zation. Gaby Rodgers, brought 
from New - York to play Phyllis, 
puts whimsy and gaiety into the 
part, making innocence as believ- 
able as it could be in the cooked-up 
situation. 

Staging by Margaret Perry is 
imaingatlve, and three sets by 
Mack Statham do well in giving 
Elizabethan flavor. 

Business of street scenes was ef- 
fectively arranged, but even Miss 
Perry’s imagination couldn’t keep 
a forced quality out of the rowdi- 
ness. It would seem impossible to 
equal Shakespeare’s skill In the hu- 
mor of earthy banter, but the at- 
tempt, nevertheless, is unfortunate. 

• Elan. 




Eli?aKh+! room farce dressed up in 
finery, with Will 
W are , fiiniself as chief 
Kf S o d + ucer ’ ** about all 
doK/ re turns out t0 fie. It’s 

52S 1 fJSS meidal th * atr€ in lts 

how tSI « fi as ed on an account’ of 
the woma n actor came to 

stage. Phyllis Con- 

Phtlin tn qi J e y ad o S x_ as fi er fijf°ther 
PanvaJS ^°i in Shakespear** com- 

S2n^h p } ay Juliet before the 
*ex of th? +K ke ! pea , re discovers the 
the tw 0 h = e r ? eatre ~ lovin £ lady after 
Urd e £ sc ? nsed J n rooms of 

*nd somp y ’c Ea ; r i? Southampton, 
tnsye ° Lorri S ?r ig ^H y scamperings 
0,1 the s?tn d a f^ enry s J wlfe walks 

undoing phvnff ? nd ,comes near 
Phvllic ls s t a Se aspirations. 

P la ns to s S ^ * s Juliet and 
lel ena° the compnay as 

'pream” An ^dsummer Night’s 

bw's ana^f hei j. ***** in Lord 
f?hyli] s S haf a h^ ent dlscl °ses- that 
fife for Win the Iove of his 
f °r her ch A S^espeare, and he 

JP°a learning h . er virtue 

• c ° m torted h? t W , llX £ wjbfe -and i* 
fusing ^sunLJ L0rd Henry in an 
deve'lnS 6 ?, Complica- 

% real donhf * s never 

c ° m Pamr f fiat disaster to the 
( > of ; ^ tft ned by the pres- 
et will PhvTH^ n ’ averted, 

ft^re’i as Shake- 

Udy Aspiration and leading 

ht ^ose i 5 used to good effect. 


Tlte Fig Leif 

Saratoga, N.Y.,July30. 

John Huntinrton production of comedy 
In three *ct* by Norman Brooks and 
John Gerstad. Stars Ernest Truex and 
Sylvia Field. Staged by Brooks; setting, 
Pe* Crossfield and John W. Keck. At 
Spa Summer Theatre, Saratoga Springs, 
N. Y., July- 28, '92. 

Fred McCall Ernest Truex 

Carrie McCall......... Sylvia Field 

Carmen Cassidy ‘ Jean Duffy 

Donald Duffy ...Michael Dreyfuss 

Harold HlllstoYer ..James Leo 

Heidi MoCaU Alfreds Wallace 

George "Bink w Binkley. .Clifford Cpthern 

The participants in the world 
preem of this tenuous little comedy 
are all theatre^wise, so it is doubt- 
ful that they will tempt a Broadway 
scrutiny of this script. Elliot 
Nugent, father-in-law of co-author 
John Gerstad, is rumored in line 
for the directorial assignment, if 
and when a Broadway showing is 
made. However, the subject matter 
bars it from pix and video. With 
Ernest Truex starred, a* he is herje, 
it could be used successfully ovfcr 
the bam circuit. 

The authors stretch a great deal 
for laughs hi their injection of 
spice in the tale of a modern lass 
7 returning to her home in a preg- 
nant and unwedded state. Her 
condition and ideas on the same 
are bombshells in her 'parents’ 
household, where golf tournaments, 
country cliff) social activities and 
every-day suburban life are the 
heights of excitement and adven- 
ture. She totes along with her the 
lad who is the pappy of the alleged 
future citizen. She loves him but 
is not convinced that he -recipro- 
cates, as he has not uttered the 
words In true romeo fashion. 

The balance of the action and 
lines are based "on this situation, 
with father McCall abetting boy- 
friend, who is discovered to be a 
fellow " fraternity, brother; and 
mother McCall on the side lines for 
the daughter and a former beau. 
The situation is finally worked to 
a happy ending and the audience 
has a bombshell cast at them. A 
telephone call just before the final 
curtain reveals that the modern 
miss is not pfegnant at alL A doc- 
tor friend who was anxious for the 
youngsters to marry had given out 
this hoax to hurry matters along. 

Ernest Truex, a master of timing 
and underplaying, is his usual tops 
as the father of the expectant 
mother, Sylvia Fields (Mrs. Truex) 
ably plays the mother. Michael 
Dreyfuss is excellent as the callow 
youth engaged in selling ice cream 
delicacies and carrying on with 
the McCalls' paiitime maid. The 
latter part is overplayed by Jean 
Duffy. Balance of -the cast is ade- 
quate. , Russ. 

N« ensiling Today 

Spring Lake, N. J., Aug. 5. 

Rea John Powers production of revue 
in two act* (33 scenes), with sketches, 
story-line and. lyrics by Alex Bennett 
Kahn, music by Kahn, WiUiam Provost, 
Gene Bone, Howard, -Fenton. Features 
Kay Medford. Staffed by Earl Dawson; 
musical direction. Bone; entire produc- 
tion supervised by Kahn. At Ivy Tower 
Playhouse, Spring; Lake, N. J., Aug. 
-i, '52. 

Cast; Kay Medford, Rea John Powers, 
Frank Bara, Alan Grammcr, Peggy 
O’Hara, Mark Eliot, Richard Crowley, 
Marya Saunders, Lex Whatley, Paul Roc* 
bling, Anthony Spaulding, Ann Sullivan, 
Marilyn Rowse, Diana Lauri, Tom DeGae- 
tani, Dixie Lyons, Patricia lx, Diana 
Jones. Annina Hardyiberg. Ritzy Carle- 
ton, Dean Drummoc/ Ann Gorman, Joan 
Aragona, CharleJ’S^nssinger. 

Alex Bennett '^ahn has tagged 
his "No Casting Todays” a "revusi- 
cal,” and as seen at Rea John 
Powers’ Ivy Tower Playhouse, 
Spring , Lake, N. J., a "revusical” 
mean* a revue with a book. It also 
demonstrates that a revue and a 


book show don’t combine worth a 
ticket stub. 

The format devised by Kahn 
suggests, however, that such a 
"No Casting Today” 
could fit into a summer schedule 
un -der proper rehearsal conditions 
and the right casting. The results 
proved at Spring Lake are that no 
musical should be produced in a 
week’s time, no matter if all hands 
involved work ’round the clock. 

Opening night went along with- 
out any noticeable hitch, but 
speed, timing and polish were miss- 
ing and it was obvious that none of 
the material had been re-worked 
and that there had not been time 
to decide which of it should go and 
which should stay. 

"No Casting Today” is a show 
biz. story with Walgreen’s trim- 
mings, emphasizing young talent 
trying to get its chance. A talent 
scout picks from the audience the 
kids for the show. It is never clear 
if the scout is a producer and what 
we see later is his show, or if it is 
a series of auditions, or if it is 
filling up the time while the book 
writer Is resting. Kahn seems to be 
playing for another "New Faces,” 
but he is moving without a clear 
idea in what direction the inti- 
mate show should go. Few of the 
sketches seem to have a bearing 
on the book part of the "revusi- 
cal.” 

Kay Medford, last seen in 
"Paint Your Wagon,” carries the 
major load and she does "The Un- 
derstudy’s Prayer,” which she per- 
formed so effectively in "Talent 
’52” last spring. It is still effec- 
tive. Much of her material rests 
on her ability to give impressions 
and impersonations. Besides be- 
coming monotonous, it seems more 
suitable, to night clubs. 

Peggy O'Hara, as pert and Irish 
as her name, has definite musical 
comedy possibilities. She can sing 
and dance and has looks. Richard 
Crowley, male dancer, has a like- 
able personality and the working 
freshness for this kind of show. 
Marya Saunders, femme dancer, 
lias looks, but works too hard on 
pomedy routines. Rea John Powers, 
producer at Ivy Tower, plays the 
producer, or talent scout, or what- 
ever he is supposed to .be. Direc- 
tor Earl Dawson got the produc- 
tion on without incident 

Most of the tunes are service- 
able, if undistinguished. 

As a summer try, "No Casting 
Today” passes. It’s a lot farther 
from Spring Lake to Broadway, 
however, than a speedometer indi- 
cates. Vem. 


The Barnum Diary 

Westport, Conn., Aug. 2. 

Whit* Barn Theatre Foundation. Inc. 
(Lucille Lortel, director) production of 
musical in two acts (12 scenes). Book, 
Albert Dlckason; music, Billy Robbins, 
lyric*, Tish and BiUy Robbins. Staged by 
Steffen Zachkrias; choreography* Elean- 
ore -Chapin. At White Barn Theatre, 
Westport, Conn., AuB. 3, '52. 

Ringmaster Lee Moulton 

Boxofflce Girl Linda Soma 

Phineas T. Barnum ....Gordon B. Clarke 

Nancy 

Nancy Tina Louise, 

Isobel Robins 

Cathy Sandra Godowsky, 

Gertrude Seagrave* 

Dave Ruscavage Ken Clifford 

Rev. McParsons ..Linda Soma 

Bum Michael Orln Nlmkoff 

Madam Clofullia Linda Marcus 

Freaks .....Betty Lee Baum, 

Linda Marcus, Linda Soma, Bill 

Carrothers 

Tom Thumb Cheryl Fran 

Robert Don Falasoo 

Mr*. Hutchins Dawn Steinkamp 

Maruschak Lee Moultdn 

Thunderhead Betty Lee Baum 

Band Leader Martin Krever 

Queen Victoria Dawn Steinkamp 

Judge D«e Moulton 


Presented by Lucille Lortel at 
her White Bam Theatre (Westport, 
Conn.), "The Barnum Diary,” a 
new musical based on the life of 
the showman, is no three-ring at- 
traction. Possible salvage for legit 
are the initial idea and the music 
by Billy Robbins, who has provided 
some good ballads and novelty 
tunes. 

Despite its potentially # colorful 
subject matter, Albert Dickason's 
book manages to consistently lack 
punch. The random goings-on deal 
with P.T.’s visit to England’s Queen 
Victoria with bis star, Tom Thumb; 
his purchase of Jumbo the ele- 
phant, and his merging with the 
English' Bailey to produce The 
Greatest Show on Earth. Defect is 
the colorless character of the phe- 
nomenal Barnum. Maybe a top- 
notch comedian could bring his own 
style to the leading role and give 
it the personality it now lacks. 

Under the direction of Steffen 
Zacharias, who keeps things mov- 
ing at a good pace, Gordon B. 
Clarke brings what life he can to 
Barnum. Isabel Robins adds zest 
as an Ado Annie type of character, 
Bamum’s secretary who captures 
a Duke, while Dawn Steinkamp and 
Betty Lee Baum contribute some 
sprightly comic hits. Unfortunate- 
ly, a moppet is cast as Tom Thumb. 

Among the musical numbers 
that impress are the ballads, "It’s 
Hard to Keep Your Mind on Your 
Work” and "I Think of You ’’both 
delivered well by Ken Clifford, 
and the novelties. "Circus Days” 
and "This is Fbr Me.” Vent. 


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Literati 

4 


’Saucer*’ In Many Tongues 

Frank Scully’s "Behind The Fly- 
ing Saucers” has just gone into its 
10th translated version, Lindquists 
of Stockholm has brought out a 
translation entitled "De Flygande 
Telfaten,” the Swedes adding some 
of their own sightings to the appen- 
dix. 

O Cruizerio, the Rio de Janeiro 
publication that is asking Life 
$25,000 for its pix of flying saucers, 
has asked if they might translate 
the Scully saga' in Portuguese and 
Spanish for the South American 
market and K. N. Samarth, founder 
of the Asia Film Academy and a 
W-k. playwright and picture direc- 
tor in Bombay, has made an offer 
for the Indian rights. 

Scully is working now on "The 
Journal Of A Flying Saucerian” for 
Holt at Desert Springs, Calif. 


RAH BUg 

Ezio Pinza paraphrased a Rodg- 
ers & Hammerstein song title into 
"Across A Crowded World,” for his 
autobiography, which Doubleday is 
publishing this fall, and Deems 
Taylor likewise has borrowed from 
the same "South Pacific” ballad for 
his biography of the songsmiths- 
showmen which Simon A Schuster 
will publish under the title of 
"Some Enchanted Evenings” in the 
fall of "53. 

James Thurber’s "Thurber Coun- 
try” and S. J. Perelman’s "Spring- 
time for Sydney” are two. humor 
books due at the same* time, via the 
same house, which is also publish- 
ing "Th'e Private Papers of 
Groucho Marx” next spring. Ben- 
nett Cerf, author-prez of Random 
House, goes to S&S for publication 
of his^new collection of recollec- 
tions and anecdotes about authors 
and publishing. 

Military’s Comic Book Ban 
Honolulu, Aug. 5. 

Navy has banned certain comic 
books from base stores, with action 
said to be aimed at war-slinted 
comics of one publisher. Firm, 
however, wa* hot identified. 

Action was taken on basis of 
"classified” (i.e., secret) order from 
Adm. Arthur Radford, Pacific com- 
mander in chief. 

While Navy was reluctant to give 
any information on the ban, Hono- 
lulu magazine distributor admitted 
Navy ordered him to "cut out war 
comics” in his delivery to base 
stores. 

An unofficial Navy source indi- 
cated feeling was that some of the 
banned magazines may have tinge 
of unAmericanism and might even 
be aimed deliberately toward low- 
ering morale. No pressure has been 
applied toward suppressing civilian 
sales of the same magazines in 
Honolulu. Comic books ar6 top 
reading for enlisted personnel, a 
factor which has put Honolulu 
•sales among nation’s highest on per 

capita basis. 

« . 

Junket Lead* To Altar 

Universal’s recent Alaskan ex- 
ploitation junket for "World In His 
Arms” produced a romance among 
two of the newswriters covering 
it that will culminate in marriage . 
later this month. Pair are Eleanor; 
Skaag, gal Friday for columnist 
Harold Heffernan, and Frank 
Quinn of the New York Mirror. 

Miss Skaag, who headquartered 
in San Francisco, has quit her job 
and is coming east permanently. 
Lohengrinning is set for about 

Aug. 22. 

Another ’Confidential’ Suit 

Anthony B.. Cassius, owner of a 
Minneapolis Negro night club and 
bar, has filed a $300,000 damage 
suit in district court against two 
of the biggest Minneapolis -depart- 
ment stores for distributing the 
book, "U. S. A: Confidential.’* The 
suit was not filed against the book’s 
authors. Jack Lait and Lee Mor- 
timer, and its publisher. Crown,' 
Cassius’ attorney explained, be- 
cause they have no agent in Min- 
neapolis and could not be served 
for a district court action. 

Cassius in his suit charges that 
the book libeled him In "a false, 
scandalous and defamatory state- 
ment that there are two colored 
policy wheels operating in Olson-* 
Lindale neighborhood and the boss 
of Little Harlem is a liquor dealer 
named Cassius.” 

The complaint also quotes the 
book as stating that Negro com- 
munities here arc "places in which 
criminal, illegal and immoral ac- 
tivities are openly" and wantonly 
practiced and flourish without in- 
tervention by laws enforcement 
authorities.” 

Suit cites Cassius’ record as a 
director of the Minneapolis Urban 
League, an officer ofthe Minneapo- 
lis Credit Union ana** former busi- 
ness agent of the Cooks and Wait- 
ers union, AFL, as well a* his 
membership in the Pilgrim Baptist 
church. 

Defendant department stores, 


Dayton’s and Donaldson’s, are not 
now selling the book and almost 
all other establishments have simi- 
larly ceased doing so. 


CHATTER 

Robert J. Casey subtitles. "Chi- 
cago Medium Rare,” his book of 
Chi reminiscenses, "when we were 
both younger,” Which Bobbs-Mer- 
rill is publishing next month. 

Lionel Barrymore completed a 
novel, "Mr. Cantonwine,” for pub- 
lication by Little, Brown A Co. . 

Sale of Lasli LaRue’s comic book 
went into the second million -since 
he started his TV show. "Tales of 
Famous Outlaws.” 

Fourth volume of "History of the 
(London) Times” due from Mac- 
millan presses Sept. 30. It cover* 
1912-48. 

John Steinbeck’s "East of Eden,” 
longest book ever written by the 
author, due via Viking in Septem- 
ber, 

Ruth Fountain, formerly as- 
sistant editor of Scrcenland and 
Silver Screen, upped as managing 
editor of the two publications. 
Reba and Bonnie Churchill have 
also joined the mags* staff 
Hollywood editors. 

George E. Sullivan, previously 
publicity director for Falconer A 
Sullivan Co,, joined promotion 
staff of Real mag, * new publica- 
tion for men which Ned L. Pines 
plans to unveil In September, 


Tdemslsr 

• • ~ • Continued from page 1 

Telemeter itself to know more 
about the potential of pay-as-you- 
See. TV has continued to make in- 
roads since the Phonevision experi- 
ment, large-screen tele appear* 
less likely to provide a panacea 
and there’s a feeling that subscrip- 
tion TV may provide answers to 
some .of the Hollywood problems. 

There’s .another interesting in- 
dustry angle in the Par-Telemeter 
plans. That’s the scheme whereby 
exhibs in each town will be given 
the first crack at the TM franchise. 
This will be Inaugurated in Palm 
Springs, so that the local theatre- 
man will be a part of the test and 
obviously be as anxious as anyone 
else to get the best possible film 
product for it * 

Leserman said that i,t is felt the 
test can best be run with feature 
pix, but that TM may try some 
other attractions just as an experi- 
ment. One of these, he stated, 
might be spring practice of one or 
more of the four major league 
baseball team* that camp in Cali- 
fornia. Price he’s thinking -of, he 
said, is 10c or 13c "just to see 
what, will happen.” 

The TM exec, who’s been com- 
muting about every two weeks be- 
tween New York and California, is 
planning to return to the Coast 
at the end of this week. 



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Broadway 


Billy Wilder arrives over the 
weekend on the Liberte after a 10- 
week tour of Europe. 

Bob Hope oft Friday (8) for 
London and a Continental tour. His 
first date is at the Palladium, 

Pat Duggan, Paramount pro- 
ducer, has returned west after 10 
days of huddles at the homeoffice. 

Jack (Film Daily) Alicoate's sec- 
ond daughter, Virginia Colleen, en- 
gaged to Marine Lt, John Turley 
Henningsen, 

Maurice Silverstein, Loew’s exec 
in charge of Latin America, in for 
a round of homeoffice confabs, 
then oft Monday (4) for a studio 
visit. 

Joseph D. Karp, of Warners 
legal department, has been named 
to the committee oh trade regula- 
tion and trademarks of N.Y, Bar 

David H. 'Isacson, formerly with 
film industry law firm of Sargoy 
& Stein, nailing up his own 
ahingle in partnership with Arnold 
Malkan. 

Betta St. John, formerly in a 
featured spot in "South Pacific, 
heads tor Culver City this week 
for an assignment in Metro s 
"Dream Wife," 

Alfred Hitchcock in from .the 
Coast for final casting on Trans- 
atlantic Pictures’ "I Confess’ prior 
to leaving for Quebec, where the 
Warner release rolls Aug. IV 
Samuel Schneider, Warner vee 
pee, accompanied by his wife, sails 
today (Wed.) on the Queen Eliza- 
beth on a one-month tour ol wu 
offices in London, Paris and Rome. 

Herman Hoffman, production 
assistant to Metro studio chief 
Dore Schary, returned to Culver 
City after three yeeks in the east 
on research for the upcoming The 
Hoaxters." 

Anna D. Wiman, writer-producer 
and daughter of the late Dwight 
Deere Wiman, legit producer, was 
injured slightly Monday night (4) 
when she lost control of her car 
in Manhattan. 

Sherry-Netherland Hotel will 
observe its 25th anni with a Silver 
Jubilee ball In November. Coinci- 
dentally, the hotel will mark the 
60th anni of the founding of the 
first S-N hotel in 1892. 

Sol A. Schwartz, prez of RKO 
Theatres, flipped a cocktailery at 
“21” Monday (4) for William 
Howard, Eddie Grainger and Harry 
Mandel on occasion of their recent 
new appointments with the chain, 

Linda Bablts, 11-year-old con- 
cert pianist arid daughter of pub- 
licist Seth Barits, inked by Co- 
lumbia Pictures to appear in a se- 
ries of "Broadway Cavalcade 
shorts which Harry Foster will 
produce. 

Maurice Evans, who just com 
pleted starring in the Frank Laun- 
der-Sidney Gilliat film, Mr. Gil- 
bert and Mr. Sullivan," planed in 
from London last week. Lopert 
Films will distribute the picture 
in the U, S. 

Arthur Lubin, director of four 
films in Universal* "Francis” se- 
ries, in from a European vacation 
today (Wed.) and stays in town for 
several days to help bally Francis 
Goes to West Point.” which 
preems at the Globe Theatre Fri- 
day (8). 

Don Prince, RKO eastern 

S ublicity director, , accompanying 
oan Crawford on a awing through 
Cleveland,* Toronto, Detroit and 
Boston to plug respective preems 
of her starrer, "Suddeij. Fear, in 
those keys. Tour winds up in Bos- 
ton Aug. 17. 

Thornton (Fox-West Coast The- 
atres) Sargent east for the wedding 
this weekend of his sox\f? Thornton 
Sargent, 3d, to Victoria Moran in 
Bernardsville, N. J. Prespective 
groom is a physicist with U. S. 
Naval Ordnance on the Coast; his 
brother, Richard, will be best man. 

Terrific European heat wave 
chased Beth and Barry Gray home 
ahead of schedule by two weeks 
but he doesn’t reopen at Chandler’s 
until Aug. 22, per schedule. Will 
continue his vacation in N. Y. Gray 
writes from Venice, "So many 
Americans here they’re holding 
Kiwanis meetings in gondolas.’’ 

Arthur Kober, Boswell of the 
summer resorts (viz., -"Wish You 
Were Here," ne "Having Wonder- 
ful Time") took Hollywood direc- 
tor-producer David Miller and Co- 
lumbia Piets talent scout Erwin 
Gclsey to Camp Milford, Kent, 
Conn., over the weekehd. Latter 
had never seen one in operation. 


chores as new Paris rep for Mo- 
tion Picture Assn, of America. 

Ginger Rogers, over on a ten-day 
jaunt, visiting Paris, Switzerland 
and London before returning to 
Paramount for "Rosalind," 

Marcel Pagnol, c o‘m p 1 e t i n g 
"Manon of the Spring” film, finds 
he has enough footage for two pix 
and may release it that way. 

Marcel Came and Charles Spaak 
back in town after a hideaway to 
finish the script for the new pic, 
"Theresa Raquin.” It will be di- 
rected by Came. 

"Fanfan La Tulipe,” one of top 
grossing pix here, being dubbed 
into German by the Kobel Co. It 
wil be released under the title of 
"Fanfan Der Hussard.” 

Martha Labarr, American ac- 
tress, landed a leading role in a 
new French pic, "Evil Is My 
Destiny.” It will be directed by its 
author Raymond Quignon. 

Evelyn Keyes, settled here and 
learning French, approached to 
play the lead in a Franco-Amen* 
can remake of "The Baker’s Wife,’ 
to be done in English and French. 

Maria Vincent, Gallic chantoo- 
sey, who will be singing at the 
Versailles in N. Y. this winter, has 
a stipulation in her contract that 
she must lose 10 pounds before 
filling her U. S. date. 

Miles White, after conferring 
with John Ringling North, return- 
ing to N. Y. to costume Bette Dfcvis 
revue. Designer will return to 
Paris to complete costumes for 
circus later in the year. 

Ralph Bellamy, Equity prez, 
searching Paris and London for a 
vehicle, will attend confabs in Lon- 
don with Raymond Massey and 
Maurice Evans in effort to iron out 
employment difficulties of Ameri- 
can actors in Great Britain and 
visa versa. 


London 


Rome 


By Helen McGill Tubbs 

S. Jay Kaufman came by cargo 
ship for a Rome- vacation. 

American dance team, Phyllis 
Gehrig & Don Weissmuller, at the 
Casino della Rose. 

Orson Welles will difcect the 
English ,dubbing version of Italo- 
fllm, ‘Don Camillo.” 

Jerry Carter, U. S. singer, 
signed for date at Villa del Cesar, 
outdoor restaurant. 

Henry Henigsen, production 
manager of "Roman Holiday," 
underwent miner surgery at a lo- 
cal hospital. 

Sam Spiegel jetplaned in from 
London to set deal for shooting 
exteriors of his pic, "Melba" here. 
Interiors all being done in London. 

TV producer Roland Reed, re- 
turns to the U. S. soon after set- 
ting up tele production here. The 
Billy Wilders motored in from 
Cortina D’Ampezzo for a visit. He 
may do some exteriors in Venice 
next fall for his next picture. 


Giro’s Club shuttered for sum- 
mer vacation and reopening with 
a celebrity gala Sept, 11. 

Robert Clark reelected to board 
of Associated British Picture Corp. 
at annual stockholders meeting. 

Felix Kink, band leader ■ at Col- 
ony Restaurant, planing out Aug. 
12 on month’s vacation to N.Y. and 
Hollywood. 

Gilbert Miller off to the Riviera 
on month’s vacation. His principal 
aide, Morton Gottleib, also vaca- 
tioning In France. 

Walt Disney broadcasting on Fri- 
day (8) with film critic Campbell 
Dixon in a .program called "Mr. 
Disney Comes to Town.” 

John Davis tossing a luncheon 
tomorrow (Thurs.) to honor win- 
ners in. the J. Arthur Rank circuits 
spring showmanship contest. 

Mike Frankovich and Montagu 
Marks have acquired the western 
hemisphere and European right to 
"Aan,” India’s first Technicolor 
feature, which is currently at the 
Rialto. 

Archie Robbins, currently play- 
ing Glasgow following his recent 
Palladium stint, inked for Richard 
Afton’s TV show on Aug. 16. Vir- 
ginia Somers, now at the Colony, 
will be on same program. 

Right after Guy Mitchell closes 
at the London Palladium, he trains 
for Blackpool for a special Sunday 
concert at. the Opera House for 
Harold Fielding; then planes for 
New York the next day where he 
starts a two-week record session 
for Columbia Records. 

Soon after they arrived in Lon 
don, the Deep River Boys made 
an appearance in TV on Vic Oliver’s 
| Saturday feature, "This is Show 
I Business,” Aug. 2, as start, guesters; 
then planed to Douglas, Isle of 
Man for Sunday concert, returning 
to open at the London Palladium 
Aug. 4. 

Hector Michon, 39, reception 
manager of the Savoy Hotel here, 
died in Bourg-en-Bresse, . France, 
after an auto accident. He had one 
of the most famous autograph 
collections In England, its entries 
including Jimmy Durante, Arturo 
Toscanini, Fred Astaire, Duke and 
Duchess of Windsor and other 
celebs and royalty who visited the 
Savoy, 


o the Copa middle of next month 
or another run. 

Morty Henderson, manager of 
Perry Theatre, and his wife off for 
Miami. Beach vacation. ■ 

Jackie Heller has set Sept. 5 for 
reopening of his Carousel after 
two-month summer shutdown. 

Sandy Evans home for a visit 
after leaving Jimmy Dorsey s band 
o do TV and club work in the east. 

Irene Cowan and Jay Looney co- 
authored "Little Woman,”- trying 
out this week at Rochester, N. Y., 
Arena Theatre. 

Big delegation from film row 
went to Clarksburg, W. Va., for 
funeral of Jack Marks, 80-year-old 
;ri-state exhib, " 

Local singer Mary Martha Brlney 
playing Kathie opposite Brian 
SUllivan in "Student Prince> this 
week at Pitt Stadium. 


Philadelohia 


Chicago 


Kay Ashton Stevens now doing 
a nightly stint on WBBM. 

Duke Ellington being hosted here 
on his 30th anni as a bandleader. 

Jane Russell stuck around to 
help reopen the Oriental last week 
with "Son of Paleface.” ’ 

Joan Crawford stopped off to dis- 
cuss plans for midwest preem of 
"Sudden Fear” here next month. 

Mae West doing theatre-in-the- 
round at Chevy Chase this week 
with "Come On Up, Rinfr Twice.” 

Salt Creek has Patsy Kelly and 
Kay Westphall in "My Sister Ei- 
leen” while Jeffrey Lynn holds 
forth in "Hasty Heart;’’ at Drury 
Lane.* silo. 


Hollywood 


Scotland 


Australia 


By Eric Gorrlck 

"Brigadoon” continues smash biz 
run in New Zealand for William- 
son. 

Grappling season has been lush 
in Sydney and Melbourne with 
U. S. matmen featured. 

Here McIntyre, former topper 
for Universal here, planes back 
here August from world tour. 

"Streetcar” (WB) is 'setting new 
house records in Sydney and Mel- 
bourne for Hoyts in third stanzas. 

Evie Hayes planes back to U. S. 
early in August after four weeks’ 
revival run "Annie Get Your Gun.” 

Sidney Schwartz, exec of Loews 
International, due for looksee here, 
after which he planes back to New 
York via London. 

Williamson legit management 
reported dickering for "Winter 
Journey,” "Call Me Madam" and 
"Murder in Motley.” 

Burl Ives clicked in New Zealand 
for the Williamson management 
after Aussie tour for the Australian 
Broadcasting Commission. 

Charles Chauvel has got his pro- 
duction "Jedda" under way in the 
Aussie hinterland. Pic will be 
filmed in color with local cast. It’s 
the only major production in work 
here currently. 


By jerry ' Gaghan 

Broadcaster Ramon Bruce has 
opened a public relations office as 
a sideline. 

Jack Curtis, nitery vocalist re- 
cently released from hospital, has 
joined cast at Yacht Club, Atlantic 
City. 

The Jerry Williams Quintet, of 
WKDN, Camden, took over band- 
stand at Lou’s Moravian after 22 
weeks at Charley Ventura’s Open 
House. 

Louis Prima’s orch, which 
opened Monday (4) at Chubby’s, is 
first band ever to play, spot, which 
features strictly musical and record 
names. 

Kenny Shaffer, former front for 
Western combo, is working as 
single at Orsatti’s, Somers Point, 
N. J., Shaffer’s big Harrisburg cafe 
was wiped out by fire. 

Dick Jones, secretary of local 
AGVA branch, is staging drive in 
town’s 135 labor unions to have 
organizations put oh benefits with 
shows packaged by AGVA. 

Sunnybrook Ballroom, near 
Pottstown, Pa., long-time name 
band showcase, has folded because 
of extra school tax imposed on 
amusements In township, accord- 
ing to manager Ray Hartenstine. 

Jack Steck, manager of programs 
and production for WFILrTV, is 
staging "Night of Stars,” at Muni- 
cipal Staudium (8) for state con- 
vention of American Legion. Head- 
liners include Victor Borge, the 
Mariners, Borrah Minevitch Har- 
monica Rascals and Junie Keegan. 


By Gordon Irving 

Frankie Laine set . for Empire, 
Glasgow, Sept. 8. 

A $300,000 cinema planned for 
East Kilbride, Lanarkshire. , 

Ivor Novello’s "King’s Rhapsody” 
set for return to Alhambra Thea- 
tre, Glasgow, this fall. 

. Dennis Price and Betty Paul 
inked for leads in "Husband Don’t 
Count,” due at King’s, Glasgow, 
.A.\i£ 25 

Scot radio airing 60-minute pro- 
gram telling story of Gaiety Thea- 
tre, Ayr, Clyde coast theatre built 
50 years ago. r, 

Peter Potter, Glasgow Citizens’ 
Theatre producer, due back in 
August from director chores in 
summer rep near Toronto, Canada. 

Robert Wilson, Scot -singer, di- 
rector of new company, Kerr Music 
Corp. set to make disks and 
recordings besides music publish- 
ing. 


San Franciscff 

By Ted Friend 

Mai Henke at the Blackhawk; 
Paula Drake at the Chi Chi. 

George A. . Hickey, Metro sales 
manager, in for biz confabs. 

Marilyn Monroe to L. A. follow- 
ing weekend visit with DiMaggio 
family. 

Arthur Fiedler doing the seven 
hills prior to start of Civic Audito- 
rium "Pop” concerts. 

Yma Sumac with Benny Strong 
orch reopen Peacock Court at 
Mark Hopkins after room had been 
shuttered for eight months. 

Victor Samrock, general mana- 
ger of Playwrights Co., in; ditto 
Warren Caro, Theatre Guild exec, 
who’s confering with William 
Zwissig, Curran and Geary gen- 
eral manager. 


Pittsburgh 




Paris 


Peter Lind Hayes and Mary 
Healy in town after windup at the 
Palladium. 

Dennis Day hopping down to 
Chateauroux to entertain the Air 
Force stationed there. 

Ted Smith here to • take up 


Dallas 

By Bill Barker 

Civic Playhouse offering “Ten 
Little Indians" for 10 nights. 

Harold Francis named manager 
of Beverly Hills, art film house. 

Femme hypnotist Joan Brandon 
a holdover at Pappy’s Showland. 

Walter Titus, Republic pix vee- 
pee, here on the start of a tour of 
branch offices. 

Bishop Fulton J. Sheen set for 
Christian Culture Series speech in 
Fair Park Auditorium Oct. 31. 

Exhibs toted the b.o. and claimed 
biz better than ever during both 
the GOP and Dfemmy convention 
weeks. 

WFAA’s Reuben Bradford bowed 
an NBC series Saturday (26) with 
his caustic "Opera Once Over 
Lightly" show. 


By Hal Cohcp 

Mrs. Pearl Rogal has taken over 
publicity at Pines Playhouse. 

Bill Elder, Penn boss, taking the 
family to Maine for vacation. 

Hiram College, O., Show Boat 
has docked’ 'here for a limited run. 

Hypnotist Dr. Arthur Ellen held 
over again at Alan Clark’s Monte 
Carlo. ' 

Beatrice Sharp, 12 -year -old 
actress, in Municipal Hospital with 
polio. 

Nitery owner Bill Green’s father, 
70, coming along fine after a major 
operation. 

Kap Monahan, Press drama 
critic, off on a three-week Lake 
Erie vacation. 

Bob Carter Into St. Joseph’s 
Hospital for observation ot a 
kidney ailment. 

Songwriter Fred Ahlert In from 
N. Y. for funeral of his brother, 
Emil H. Ahlert. 

Miriam Sax* Dancers returning 


Ireland 


By Maxwell Sweeney 
James Pattinson, 20th-Fox sales 
manager, due here to check on 
local setup. . 

Joe Rackow, prexy of Cinema 
and General Films, Dublin, planed 
in after attending Cinema Exhibi 
tors Assn, gabfest in Wales. 

Plans for new Abbey Theatre to 
replace the burned-out building 
will provide for 800-seater in place 
of the old 525-seat house on same 
site. 

"Greatest Show on Earth” (Par) 
gets its Irish preem with midnight 
show under Variety Club Tent 41 
sponsorship at Adelphi, Dublin, 
Aug. 14. 

Portland, Ore. 

' By Ray Feves 

Herb Royster getting set to 
stage "Stalag 17" at Mayfair for 
one week starting Aug. 12. 

Arthur Lee . Simpkins and the 
Talbots held over at Amato’s Sup 
per Club after SRG first inning. 

Nino Milo do a ser^nd stanza at 
Clover Club. The ftbjKbnis in for 
the first on two-we\Zwk. Paul Gil- 
bert inked to open Sept. 1. 

Patricia Duggan up from San 
Francisco to assist brother Wil- 
liam in presenting "Song of Nor- 
way," ''Cali Me Madam" and 

"South Pacific” at Civic Audito- 
rium 


Lee J, Cobbs divorced. 

^Rosemary Clooney planed to 

Smiley Burnette in town after k 
tour. 

George Raft planed in from Eng- 
land. b 

Fred Quimby to Honolulu on va- 
cation. 

Carl Esmond bedded with a knee 
injury. 

Fred Sweeney hospitalized for a 
checkup. 

Jean Phillips divorced. Francis 
S. Swann. 

Norman Taurog vacationing at 
Del Monte. 

• Jerry Hoffman on vacation at 
Lake Tahoe. 

David Taps in from N.Y. visiting 
his son, Jonie. 

Andre De Toth's mother became 
a U. S. citizen. 

Rosetta Duncan recovering from 
throat surgery. 

Kay Williams divorced Adolph 
B. Spreckels II. 

Charles -Winnlnger on vacation 
at Palm Springs. 

Jimmy Hyland in from N. Y. for 
TV appearances. 

Dick Haymes in town after two 
weeks in Canada. 

Frank DeVol on siesta at Alisal 
Ranch, Santa Ynez. 

Tommy Cgpk (Little Beaver) 
joined the Marines. 

Anna Maria Alberghetti laid up 
with an injured ankle. 

Gene Reynolds in from N. Y, 
aftejr a season on TV. 

Maureen O’Hara filed suit to di- 
vorce William H. Price. 

F. Hugh Herbert at home after 
a month in the hospital. 

Bernard Gorcey to Mexico on a 
two-week fishing cruise. 

Don Frank and Mike Gold form- 
ed the Frank-Gold Agency. 

Frank Rosenberg resting at La- 
guna under doctor’s orders. 

Peggy Ryan finalized her decree 
of divorce from James Cross. 

Fred Zinnemann vacationing for 
10 days in the High Sierras. 

Jane Russell home from a tour 
plugging "Son of Paleface.” 

Danny Kaye returned from a 
USO tour of Europe and Africa. 

Herb Steinberg in from N. Y. for 
publicity huddles at Paramount, 

Tom Hull convalescing from 
virus pleumonia at Lake Tahoe. 

Dennis Morgan in town after 
personals in Denver and Cheyenne. 

Joseph Bernhard in from N.Y. 
for final editing of "Ruby Gentry.” 

Walter .Wanger applied for a 
parole from the County Honor 
Farm. . x . . 

Walter Mirish returned to his 
Monogram desk after a month in 
Europe. 

Dorothy Lamour signed for three 
-years with the William Morris 
Agency. 

Jan Sterling to Fort Lee. Va., to 
visit her husband, Paul Douglas, 
on location. __ 

Norman Panama to San Fran- 
cisco to round up material for a 

Rhonda Fleming checked in at 
Columbia after a brief honeymoon 
at Lake Tahoe. , , , . 

Rodolfo Acosta wounded during 
a knife-fight scene for "Sixty Sad- 
dles For Gobi.” . 

Claude Binyoh to Dallas as guest 
speaker before Lions Club at the 
Shamrock Hotel. . 

" Friars tossed a roastmaster din- 
ner for George Jessel before his 
departure ~f or the east. . 

Don Hartman left for a two-weeK 
vacation, accompanied by an arm- 
ful of Paramount scripts. 

Bertha Klausner in from N. 
for literary huddles with motion 
picture and TV producers. 

Janet Leigh, Barbara Bumk, 
Marilyn Erskine and Tony Cun 
entertained soldiers at Camp Coo . ^ 
Donald O'Connor taking a 
week's vacation before ^hecki £ 
into 20th-Fox for "Call Me Mad 


am.” 

Bob Lee will conduct a two- 
week writing course at the u. 
Alberta during vacation from n 
TV job. 

Ed Simmons and Norman Lear 
cited by the National Gag Wylers 
Institute as "Best Comedy Writers 
of 1951-52.” 

Eddie Cantor appointed honor- 
ary chairman of Yeshiva U. . s 3> > 
000,000 campaign to estahiisn 
medical centre. 

Seattle 

Patricia Dean’s line of giNs now 
at Show Box, where Norm Iloagy 
band is current. for 

Yvette Dare into- Balomai 
eight-day stand, with Arthui 
“Dagwood” Co. to follow. , 

Jan Rubini at Olympic Hotel 

Georgian Room, playing e( j 
music. Dinner dancing droppe 
for summer months. , t 

"Lost Horizon” at Showoo^ 

Theatre; new play py w e ] S " 
Hughes, "On the Side of Angeis, 
opened at Penthouse Theatre 


i 


*» l* 5 * 


OBITUARIES 


* n 1937» had roles in Prior to joining Capehart, early 
U*”) ,pi a y* ^ an Froip this year, he had been a. district 

qjj f* un< * Chekhov s “The Sea manager with Admiral Corp. 


HENRY OTTO 


CARL LAMAC 

Carl Lamac, 54, German dim di- 


Biz UabMl 


Henry Otto, 74, veteran silent rector, died in Hamburg Aug. 2. 

! .1 * i . «« .« _ V - ^ S i, .1 i__ ii vv in « 


from M(« 1 dl 

ficial cooling in theatres, hot weath- 


, va iphLINGER ' the "Magic Key" programs, but af- picture director, died in Hollywood Lamac emigrated to the U. S. in e r further lost much of its curse. 

C,,A Y MintSr 88 dean of ter two years returned to Frisco Aug. 3. He was active in the early 1936 but returned to Germany a In th e past several years bis has 

Charles .Jennng . * ^ ^ere^he had resided since. , . ’20s at the William Fox studio, few months ago to direct -a picture, picked up strongly in late July, 

Ihe American , New York July Surviving are his wife and two directing “Dante’s Inferno," . — only to drop off again in October 

made A rts V^®vear illness. In bis daughters. ~ ‘‘Temple of Venus," “Folly of Hector Michon, 39, reception a » d November, when the big video 

29 after a ™£tion With the Acade- ZSSS” “Ancient Mariner" and manager of the Savoy Hotel, Lon- shows began to make their dent. 

5$-year association w of s tu- xrtm a TWiT.Tnxr othors. — — - - * r ™-*' *- - *- 


^ ar Mdtaught scores of stu- 
SShwho became screen and stage 


WrWNV* M VA tfiv ua Y KJJ AAV VUJL| 4JUir * ’ 

u • • 0t 7X. s * i. J .. . . ^ don, wa$ killed recently in a car That is a conditioning factor in 

Vera Milton, 43, A chorine m Otto had retired about 25 years accident in France while on vaca- convincing some distribs that tele’s 

Broadway musicals- about 20 years ago because of illness, but had tion. He had’ gladhanded all the hiatus period should be taken ad- 


stars. , f nre most teachers of ago, died in St. Clare’s Hospital, played occasional bits in the last prominent visitors to the hotel, in 

One of At n the U. S„ Jehlin- N. Y„ Aug 3 following an opera- eight years. eluding the big Show biz con 

dramatic a ^, s , nt ; n the-first class tion. English-born, Miss Milton tingent from Broadway and Holly 

ger was a stuaen 188 4 when made her mark m the 0 S. as JAMES B. CASSIDY wood. 

n f the Academy far ^ “the dumbest showgirl on Broad- James B. Cassidy, 39, indie film 


i of the Academy u< tbe £afr , “ the dumbest showgirl on Broad- James B. Cassidy, 39, indie film 

it was J later he became way." It was her own .billing exec, died in Memorial Hospital, 

ully ^nXfSool fn 1923. which she devised after having dif- N. Y., Aug. 2. Cassidy owned the 

head of the senuu . or ficul t y coping with American slang, world film rights to the plays of 


prominent visitors to the hotel, in- vantage of with best possible, prod- 
eluding the big Show biz con- uct. 

tingent from Broadway and Holly- No one’s so convinced, however, 

that he’s ready to take outlandish 
chances with heavy-budgeted prod- 
Robert C. Melroy,- 70, former uct that can’t afford to be released 
theatre owner, died of a heart at- a t anytime but during top market 


ead of the senool ... ficlty coplng with American slang, world film rights to the p ays of ack Aug in T Sin O He -built at a i?, Ume T du !™ 8 T “T*®* 

jchllnger, Who had been >n P hls ghe danced Earl Carroll>s Henrik J bsen 8 He produced lb- he Arcade Theatre there In 1914 f ondlt ons - Move is on. though, at 
health, ™> s the presence "Vanities” and "Sketch Book” in sen’s “A Doll's House” in 1944. operating it until l93? when he ] , eas ‘ t0 ex P enment ' a . nd < l ui , te * 

Hotel LangneV codirector 1929 and 1930 and in "Ziegfeld Prior to entering the film business, retired. Wife survives. few big pix have gone into release 

of La 'EofvP Guild and president' Follies’’ of 1931. Around 1936, he was associated with Bobbs-Mer- t! } ls y ear during the latter weeks 

,of the l-neat v>oat , <I of t rU st ee s, she was a taxi-dancer in Broadway rill, book publishers. XT , of July. Results have been ex- 

I ()f the AC^uCniy ** u ^ v . •* n.., v> I « v , Natih q Mil( 2 An cD/»rntivu n f OAtV».. ! i ^ r. 


of th r w ife*** Arinina Mar- dancehalls. ' Surviving are his wife, Dale Malr „ worma wiison, secretary at 20 th- tremely encouraging, so a still fur- 

,nd Langner , ^ Survived by her husband and bourne, concert pianist; father and * or 11 years, died July 29 in ther moveup next year is an ob- 

chall. who were visiung twn Hollywood alter a heart attack. 


ou ‘ yiV '°* this year during the latter weeks. 

of July. Results have been ex- 
Norma Nilson, secretary at 20th- tremely encouraging, so a still fur- 


shall, who were — 

‘‘Among his pupils were Walter 
Alii Clare Eames, Lauren Bacall, 
S’a Barrymore, Lee_ Bowman, 


two sisters. 

REBECCA WEINTRAUB 

Rebecca. Weintraub, 79, veteran 


two sisters. 

CHARLES K. FRENCH 
Charles K. French, 92, one of 


r « rwi Hume Cronyn, Kirk actress of the Yiddish stage, died the oldest living minstrelmen and a M .. _ . . ., . ■ , 

Sfelas W Betty Field, Grace in New York July 30. Bom in a pioneer film director, died Aug. u ,A lb ? rt Ba i ley i ac I or ^i in ®y a J t labl J Ities or subsequent runs. 

Grace Kelly, Sam Levene, Odessa,. Russia, she came to the 2 in Hollywood after a heart attack. w~®5 n ® } kT A ° T f , S ^ haV j to wait until the 

Gathv. O’Donnell, U. S. as a girl and began a theso- Whilp tourincf wiih minstrpi ehnwc horses, was found dead July 31 pioduct filters down to them, it is 


Hollywood after a heart attack, 
She had previously Worked for 
Cecil B. DeMille and kt Universal- 
International. 

/ 


vious try. 

Partial Relief 

That will relieve the situation 
only partially for houses with late 


Armina Marshall, Cathy. O Donnell, U» S. as a girl and began a thesp- ,, um. mm uuuauci amjwo, • , , - rr ’ll , . « , 

Krf Porterfield, Edward 'G. ing career which led lo top roles French made a series of minstrel m 11 hl 1 ^ Hollywood -home. Police often weeks before they can profit 
Rnhinson Ezra Stone, Edith Van with such stars as . Molly Picon, banjo recordings on cylinders for ca B ed ^ suicide by gunshot. by top releases of late July and 


- While touring with minstrel shows, 


Robinson. Ezra btone, , 

Heve and Lucile Watson. 

A sister and nephew survive. 


an early-day film director in New 


IRVING L. JACOBS Yiddish theatre actor-manager, she came to Hollywood in 1909. 

t vine L Jacobs 44, legit produ- is survived by a son, Milton, secre- Granddaughter is sole su 

! owner-operator of Mam- tary-treasurer of the Assn, of The- 

Sth Gardens, Denver, died of a atrical Press Agents and Managers, GEORGE E. HUSSEI 

niuui \ A • l: m Mnui ann turn noiicrhTtf>rc n ~ m tt r* a 


Jacob P. Adler and Bertha Kalish, the old Edison Phonograph. He was early August. By that' time the 

among others. an early-day film director in New Max Baadcr, 69, building super- summer’s gone. 

Widow of Sigmund Weintraub, York, earning $100 weekly. He intendent and assistant doorman of The only real cure for summer 

ddish theatre actor-manager, she came to Hollywood in 1909. the Capitol Theatre in- Edmonton, miseries will come when distribs 

survived by a son, Milton, secre- Granddaughter is sole survivor. Alta., for 32 years, died in that are fully convinced of the payoff 

ry-treasurer of the Assn, of The- city recently, of big pix sent out in Mav and 

d C t a Wd e fl S n^t^ t§ ManagerS ’ „ GEORGE E. HUSSEY = June and release skeds take on an 

d two daughters. George E. Hussey, 54, Coast Walter J. Thompson, 64, veteran all-year balance. The convincing 

* 1 Y*Av\ nfitTA -T/nv* •/ AMi^h ID ndi A .1.. J! . *. 1 i - .1 * l A . _ w 


■moth Gardens, Denver, died of a acncai^ress Agents ana managers, GEORGE E. HUSSEY : June and release skeds take on an 

Lart attack Aug_._ 4 his New and two daughters. George E. Hussey, 54, Coast Walter J. Thompson, 64, veteran all-year balance. The convincing 

York apartment. He produced two LUDWIG MARUM representative for Zenith Radio studio policeman, died of a may be speeded up by the fact that 

shows on Broadway, “Sound of uudwig makum and phonevision, died July 30 in celebral hemorrhage July 29 while some houses have been forced bv 

Hunt ng“ G945) and “Clutterbuck" Ludwig Marum, 88, violinist, Hollywood after a brain hemor- on duty on the plromount lot. S 0 f good nroduct to shut dowJ 

iS?nV ot til* timp of his death concertmaster and conductor, died r h a 2 e Before moving to Hollv- ! acK 01 go „ oa P l0 ?y CI: to snut aown 

he had been preparing three pro- in -New York July 29. Bom in wood he was public relations coun- M Qn . because o£ poor biz during the hot 

Ltinns tor the upcoming season. Mannheim, Germany, he came to sel for uUlity firms in Florida. At D Mothcr, 90, of songwriter Cole weather—and won’t reopen. Just 

J, c . “tJai'n-n-Hinp ” which the U. S. in 1887 and for a time one time he was on the Dublieitv died _ a t ber home in West- to maintain their, outlets, distribs 


5K were “Bernardine," which the U. S. in 1887 and lor a time 
-n ?nto vpbenrsnl Aug 25; was a concertmaster in Chicago. 

^ iefr M ln New York,, he was with the 

Monweu Metropolitan Opera as first violin- 

Jpcobs was a pioneer distributor 1st and also was a music super- 
at foreign films He was named visor for the New York City 
Coast distrib for Gaumont-British “hools. 


one time he was on the publicity f. b ' Ulta at 
staff of 20th-Fox. leigh Farm, Per, 

Hussey was a veteran of two IS scde sur vivor. 
wars and one of the organizers of — 

the Hollywood Executives Club. Samuel R. 1 


leigh Farm, Peru, Ind., Aug. 2. Son may be pushed into better releases 
is sole survivor. during the high-mercury peribd. 

A contributing convince!* — al- 


CHARLES E. HARPE 


ILOdSL Lilbll i V J.UJL *-'•*-* % - n *o j . v-/ aaxkav m-m kj aai&iva ju 

fcorp. in 1934 and later held the 4 T dal i g^lt ? r, Charles E. Harpe, 43, poet and 

tame post with Grand National . Weinberg, who under her maiden piay^ight, died in St. Alexandre 

Pictures. He acquired Mammoth nam ® of a Com " de Kamouraska, Que., July 30, dur- 

r.Qrri»nc cnnrts nrpna. in 1938. de- poser and singer, survives. i nfi , nerformance of a historical 


Samuel R. Hawkins, 55, with \ though only psychological— is the 
Paramount’s set construction de- i squawks of exhibs, which have 
partment for 25 years, died July never been louder than this year 


Gardens, sports arena, in 1938, de- 
veloping it into one of the most 
successful operations of its kind 
in the west. 


r ir ^REEN inemoration of the Canadian vil- centlv' 

Jack S. Greene, known profes-. PPn t Pn arv centiy. 


Charles E. Harpe, 43, poet and 27/ in Hollywood. on the dearth of super pix to at- 

playwright, died in St. Alexandre • tract hot weather trade. Even such 

de Kamouraska, Que., July 30, dur- c n 9 o pharW F West high-powered theatremen as Leon- 
ing performance of a historical editing chief at Paramount ard Goldenson, prez jf United Par- 

pageant he had written in com- was kiUed f n action in Korea re- amount, have taken repeated shots 


M.A «iaen. o. \jaecne, wiuwu piuics-. lacnx'c ^ntpnarv 

Surviving are his wife, father .SS?’ Harpe also authored .a Passion 


ind two sisters. 


nitery comic and emcee, died of pla y \^hich • was given ^annually at Dana Clark, guest relations chief p - so ™ 

cancer Aug. 1 in Hollywood. He tb nearby town of St Jean Port at the American Broadcasting Co., "beefing is beginning to tell. 

.reeee .ed f/VT LUC U,Y IUWU <JL Of. al Call AVIV ne l_ ■fT.lt. . 


ntly. at the distribs for their practice of 

^ releasing, only lesser product dur- 

Dana Clark, guest relations chief L ng the summer and some of the 


HENRY W. PEMBERTON had worked for many years and for Joli died of a stroke July 26 in Jtiolly- 

Henry W. Pemberton, 77, for- a time had his own i spot .He had woo dl 

merly in legit and films, died in appeared in H° rsch * Capades. JESSIE H. WHITE 

brlando, Fla July 26. He had Green of illness and Mrs. Jessie H. White, religioso Father, 65 of Sidney J. Harris, 

etired several vears ago. . montns, Decause oi mness anu pAmphcp.- HiaH in rwAiAnH Chicago Dailv News drama critic. II r M . f , , II 

.Pemberton at one time was ae- ^“ were bemg made for ^neflt song eomposer.^ied^in Clevel ^ djed ^ ^ ^ != c.nu.n.d fr.m p«, 1 

ive in both legit and in stock. He «>r ^rnm ^to De neia at nmy uray s mTTy H< White> Chrysler Corp. $6,750,000 for miscellaneous activ- 

iad his own stock company in St. a wff in/w obildr^n nar- exec, and her first husband was Sidney Samuel Stein (Sidney ities and $6,600,000 for local trans- 
oms for a number of years, *and wife ^ twe ^ miant^cnuaren, par Ernest Ball t compoS e r of “Mother Hall), 59, . former vaude comic, portation, in addition to the amuse- 

E d w n . vaud ? vlUe wltl ? Peggy tullive Machree” and “When Irish Eyes died in Chicago Aug. 1. fnent and restaurant-cafe qutlays, 

pood. Working in companies play- survive. Am smiiim#” . ^ . 

. — Although no breakdown Is in-. 

eluded with the agency^ .report, it's 
XAfflf figured that pix and legit get major 


died of a stroke July 26 in Holly- 
woodl 


Father, 65, of Sidney J. Harris, 


JESSIE H. WHITE 

Mrs. Jessie H. White, religioso 


N.Y. Conventions 


Continued from page 1 


$6,750,000 for miscellaneous activ- 

Sidney Samuel Stein (Sidney ities and $6,600,000 for local trans- 


fVood. Working in companies play- survive. ^ re 

ng out of Chicago, he was best „ nr r p .v 1T Tv 

»n for his appearance in “Gen- ^ i vive 

leman From Mississippi," “Golden Edgar C. Paul, 72, theatie man- 
Ilrl” and “Damaged Goods." He ager and former Sun-time mana- 
>ppeared in pictures made by the a JL d circus pressagent, <ned 

'Id Gaumont company on Long du ly 2 ^*. ^ I i A ?t!P gan, 9* 

shnd. His activity with the Play- brated bis 50th year in show busi- actre 


Are Smiling." 

Two sons .and two daughters sur- 


• ALICE KEOGH 
Alice Keogh, 36, legit and radio 


Saratoga 

Continued from pace 1 


actress, died of a heart attack July resu ited in the lights-out schedule 


'S ? kind of terel ness in 1947. Before going to Logan, 22 In La Jolla, .Cal. A native of teries 


(re, was 


of the WPA Federal Thea- where he managed the Chakeres Omaha Q S he was a gradua ^® Trial of Dr. Arthur J. Leohard, 

highlv successful nro- Theatre for 18 years, he was gen- American Academy of Dramatic n . mopraHo lpad# . r thp rftIin fv t h< > u ^ h th ® overall attendance rec- 

5 y SUCCCSSIUl, V , i fine Cun A.vtc dnH lafnr armparprl in a num- UCITlOCrauC ICSfler OI 1116 . COUIlty ftr( l tiAPn nn unH Hmi/n th* 


portions of the amusement spend- 
ing. 

The statement shows a consistent 
rise in the number of conventions 
over the last seven years. And al- 


lucing funds for relief under state oral manager of the Gus Sun Arts and later appeared in a num 
(uwrvision. Amusement Co., in Springfield, O., ber of stock companies. 

He is survived by his wife and I° r 18 years. For many years be- Surviving are two brothers. 


i sister. 


fore that he was advance agent 
for Barnum 8c Bailey. 

Survived by wife and brother. 


— - — -- — — - ^ ord has been iip and down, the 

and former Saratoga Spring* pub- vohlme o£ visitin *g delegate* Iron? 
lie safety commissioner, and of six out 0l town ha. grown 'steadily, 
others indicted by the grand jury Thus, while the numbfir of conVen- 
began this week Dr. Leonard was tions has i ncre ,sed from 36« to 


WILLIAM H. BRIGGS 


for Barnum 8c Bailey. CLAUDE E. LINDSEY ? egai ? a s . r * J -* e ® nara was tions has increased from 366 to 

J. FARRELL MACDONALD Survived by wife and brother. Claude E. Lindsey, 52, booker indicted April 30 on charges of ^07, the number of registered out- 

l J . Farrell MacDonald 77 veteran ^ for Warner Bros,’ Dallas exchange, conspiracy, accepting bribes and 0 f_town delegates, has riseh from 

h actor, died Aue 2 in Hollv- WILLIAM H. BRIGGS died in that city July 26 of a heart taking unlawful fees. Two of the 209,400 to 618,380. Yearly total at- 

H A Yale grad,* he sang in William H. Briggs, 76, play- attack. He had been in film biz men being tried with him* reput- tendance, meanwhile, registered a 

Jdon grand opera before enter- wright, author and editor, died in since he was 13, in Atlanta, Okla- edly had an interest in one of low of 1,212,940 in 1946, hit a 

l theatricals. He was a Balti- New York, July 31, after a long homa City, New Orleans and the big after-dark spots shuttered. 2 500 000 high in 1948 and has 

ore and Denver newspaperman illness. He was book editor of Dallas. . This is the first case to be heard varied between those extremes in 

ter World War I servW Harper 8c Bros, for some 44 years. His wife survives. before Supreme Court Justice Leo 


i|. 1T , „ iigvYoyapvJUiuau v. ’ ~ 

tier World War I service Harper 8c Bros, for some 44 years. 

MacDonald started with Bio- As a playwright, Briggs saw his 
2P h after considerable legit ex- “Behold Thy Wife" produced on 


This is the first case to be heard varied between those extremes in 
before Supreme Court Justice Leo other years< 

9Ph after "considerable" legit*ex- "Behold' Thy Wifi” produced on HENKY CBEMEB gambltag probe began°’ jLme. V The CVB ’P'''* 11 ' th ? 4 ■“ s P en * 

WKnce, and worked as director Broadway in 1915 under Henry W. Henry Cremer, 86, designer of j^ e ry a ] eac jing locarattorney and * or promotion in 1951 and 

, »«tor for Imp Triangle Sen- Savage’s aegis. Among his other the interiors for many large thea- n'^bHcan boss of the cSv is P lans t0 «>« oil^y to 

»st A u r iCa S’ P^he^and’ other Produced plays were "TheCros- ountry ’ d,ed intotment by the'sp S *300,000 this year. 

ia° S ro^s e ^aflhMrfst £& SS^ind theatres cial grand {-y for per jun- ' 

meant in wm <■ 6 „„ which he worked were the Despite the limited night life; 


. rru.O JLJLIOAA 1 — " «=» 

^eant m William Fox’s “Iron mg.” 

, Ia recent years he had His wife survives. 

Kr 1 1 n man y 20th-Fox films. 

SJ n ?, st role was in 20th’s “Elope- BENJAMIN D. 
iiL? £ ear a 8o- He was featured Benjamin ,D. (Da^ 


on which he worked were the Despite the limited night life; 
Egyptian, the Million Dollar and prospects for another successful 


the United Artists. 


' ?, st r°le was in 20th’s “Elope- BENJAMIN D. COCKRILL 

*5 a year ago. He was featured Benjamin ,D. (Dave) Cockrill, 54, NOYINA FOX 

" lore than 150 pix and appeared managing director of the Denham Novina Fox, 47, talent scout and 

D S m , an y more in smaller roles. Theatre, Denver, and prexy of the dramatic coach, died July 26 in Los 

aoghter and granddaughter Greater Indianapolis Amus. Co., Angeles after a heart attack. She 

irvive. * anaaau 8™ er with £our houses in Indianapolis, was a sister of the late William Fox 


season are considered good. 


Par’s Billings 

Continne4 from pace 3 


■ 


Ozark Preacher’ 


Continued from pace 1 


being named in a similar suit in 
New York. 

Last year, Howard copped a 
$3,125 award from a U. S. Federal 


died in Denver Aug. 1, and had been in the the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis-star- jury here in a suit for $320,000 

A film salesman and pubhclt.y 25 er, “Jumping Jacks," and Cecil B. damages against the Capitol Rec- 

man for Universal, and interest- Hal Wallis, Warners and 2 Utn-*ox. n qhnw n n ords over the recording of the 


Arm AND GIRARD A film salesman and publicity for 25 years, with Howard Hui 

^ Kg* ” d ”- 

saafir; 134 to d op ;r ^ tsttzsA s 

npic« 0n x les and around San Survived by his wife, a daughter, Philip Aronson, bJ, recirea sing sion runs last year, ^urreni ween. “ia/zv" and caused peo- 

S*.?, ssax- ■ - "r- |S»s“.sssi l .a£ srsr«8Ftxm: 

I™® s ffi-s, -fk snr-^s ssn reus su. Ttc i...; ...t « 

l hvn e i lt P r °gram on KGO-TV 66, retired actres^'who had ap- Widow, two daughters and two “ Tha t’g My Boy,” accounted for a was charged that Newsome, a wit- 

Ui£np5 ays prior to his death peared in several Broadway plays, grandsons survwe. goodly portion of the 1951 “Para- ness for the record company, 

sihS gear’s contract with died in New York July 30 after a mi p /nount Week” income. Otiier pix played the ditty over the air while 

''tard Rv.f ell ‘ Brook .- i lon g illness. Born in Copenhagen, WILLIAM c - n 1G drawing big coin that session were the jury was deliberating the case. 

[I. ’V 5 ** , sa ng oh radio ia! she came to the U. S. about 40 William C. Cole, man g Bing Crosby’s “Here Comes the ; No announcement was made of the 

to New Yorlc in | years ago. P a ^f ha ^ Fa f n ^ 0 n r rv flipd P 'in De- Groom” and DeMille’s “Samson & breakdown of the settlement as to 

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Nighttime Radio Ratings Hit Alltime 


Low of 5.5; Da ytime Polls Ahead SHEET SALES 

* • i Y_ * A, - 1 * 


Nighttime radio ratings hit af 
new alltime low in the June 29- [ 
July 5 period, according to the 
latest Nielsen tallies released this 
week. While obviously the sum- 
mer doldrums, the absence of some 
of 'the major shows on hiatus and 
the July 4 weekend were important 
factors, nonetheless the unprece- 
dented rating decline provides am- 
munition for the major network 
advertisers who have been beating 
the drums for a downward adjust- 
ment of the nighttime radio rate 
structure. 

Top rating for the June 29- July 
5 period was a 5.5, copped by the 
Groucho Marx “You Bet Your Life” 
show on NBC. This represents a 
slashing nearly in half of the top rat- 
ing achieved for the comparable 
period last year, when “Lux Radio 
Theatre" (on its final show before 
checking off for the summer) hit 
a 9.1 to lead the June 30, ’51 Niel- 
sen parade. 

While Nielsen did not rate the 
Top 10 daytime shows for the 
June 29-July 5 period this year, 
nonetheless there is every indica- 
tion that, for one of the few times 
in radio annals, the big-pulling 
morning and afternoon soap operas 
on NBC and CBS went ^head of 
the top-rated nighttime,' 1 entries. 
This feat was accomplished for the 
first time last August. (The 
Nielsens released two weeks ago 
•showed the major daytime entry 
pulling a 7.3). 

Factor for the holding up of 
summertime daytime audiences in 
f* 1 * -face of the nightttime decline 
is "that the weepers 8re a year- 
Programming commodity 
tt ^ their month-in-month-out 
steady audiences, whereas few 

(Continued on page 55) 

Symington Goes Back 
To Pro Stance After 
Helping Pa’s Candidacy 

T St. Louis, Aug. 12. 

James Symington, whose war- 
ing aided his father, J. Stuart 
rrif- mg * on ’ * n C0 PPing the Demo- 
S C w° mination f °r U. S. Senator 

om Missouri in last •'Week’s pri-- 
Action, will resume his 
dav 1I /?f'\ Career by opening Satur- 
u-Pef j a * Town and Country, 

*est end nitery. 

wac 0 ]^ Symington, who recently' 
erW tu ^ ed at the Sherry Neth- 
W ds ,p arn ival Room in New 
and attl> acted wide attention 
tourp>d U £° advertising when he 
sane d t M S souri with his dad. He 
hear tS le ^owds gathered to 

cording S t^ pater ’ s spiels and » ac “ 
ents news Paper correspond- 

th rough °f u covar f d the campaign 
Was a 8 enn ^ e , state’s 114 counties, 

His k a *ty for the cause. 

«ter » ft ™ on the nomination 
Attornev n Fd bat Ue with Missouri 
had thp y ~^ n ^ ra * -S- Taylor, who 
toan. nod ^ rom President Tru- 


Pinza-Lukas-Molnar 


Broadway production of “Blue 
Danube,” Ferenc Molnar’s posthu- 
mous play tried out last week at 
the Bucks County Playhouse, New 
Hope, Pa., apparently depends on 
the availability of a personality 
male star. 

Theron . „ , 

producer, who holds the rights to 
the script, is reportedly trying to 
get Ezio Pinza or Paul Lukas for 
the assignment. Lili Darvas, the 
author’s widow, who was featured 
in the play opposite Sam Jaffe, is 
figured the likely choice for the 
same part for Broadway. 



Although the majority of the vet 
publishers have beeh squawking 
about modern-day record company 
techniques, recent diskery releases 
have been bringing in new found 
royalty coin to the pubs on their 
catalog tunes. The diskeries have 
been dipping more and more into 
the standard songs for the gimmick 
treatment and in most instances 
Bamberger, Playhouse j the old tunes have brbken through 




Laine’s ‘Jealousy 
7th in 1, 

Charmed Circle 

Frankie Laine . passed the 
1,000,000 sales mark with his sev- 
enth .platter last week. Tune, 
which jumped into the golden cir- 
cle was “Jealousy,” etched last 
year on the Columbia label. Laine, 
who began recording in 1946 for 
Mercury records, had previously 
hit the 1,000,000 mark with “That’s 
My Desire,” “Shine,” , “Lucky Old 
Sun,” “Cry of the Wild Goose,” 
“Mule Train” and “Jezebel.” All 
but the latter, which was cut. by 
Col, were released on the Mercury 
label. 

Laihe planed to England yester- 
day (Tues.) for a date at the Lon- 
don Palladium beginning Aug. 18. 
He’s also set for a. week’s engage- 
ment at the Empire Theatre, Glas- 
gow, Sept. 18. 


M&L SETTING 20-YEAR 
RECORD AT CHI CHEZ 

Chicago, Aug. 12. 

Martin & Lewis show, with 
Kitty Kallen, is breaking all two- 
week engagement records at the 
Chez Paree here. Dave Halper, 
host of the nitery, has stopped 
taking reservations for the rest of 
the run which ends Saturday (16). 
He figures that if anyone cancels 
out, he can fill it from more than [ 
200 customers who are turned 
away every performance. 

Record of $70,000 for one week, 
set by Jimmy Durante a few weeks 
ago, has ‘not been reached as yet, 
but overall figure for the two 
frames will be an all-time high for 
the' 20 years the spot has been 
operated. 

Comics open at the Mastbaum 
Theatre, Pniiadelphia, Aug. 18. 
and then play the Paramount, Los 
Angeles. 


on the current pop hit lists. Not 
only have the pubs been picking up 
unexpected ' mechanical royalties 
but the disks have created a new 
demand in the market for sheet 
copies. 

Chappell Music, for example, has 
been racking up big sheet sales 
during the slow summer months 
on the oldie, “Walking My Baby 
Back* Home.” Tune was given a re- 
vival jolt via waxings by Johnnie 
Ray onHhe Columbia label and Nat 
(King) Cole for Capitol. Mayfair 
Music, an E. H. Morris subsid, also 
has been getting hefty returns on 
its 10-year-old copyright, ' “I’ll 
Walk Alone.” Tune's comeback is 
attributed to the recent waxings of 
Don Cornell on Coral and Jane 
Froman on Capitol. 

Since the disk companies usual- 
ly assign their top artists to the 
old tunes and give the platters 
prime promotional treatment, they 
fall into line by rearranging their 
plugging setup to j*et behind t]he 
oldie. Newly acquired copyrights 
are held in abeyance so that the 
pubs can lay on the old numbers. 
E. B. Marks Music plugging staff, 
for instance, went all out on “In 
the Good Old Summertime” after 
Cap released the Les Paul-Mary 
Ford waxing. The Marks staff also 
centered its plugging guns on 
“Poinciana” when the Steve 
Lawrence workover on the King 
label began to make some noise 
in the market. Both tunes have 
been steady selling sheet items 
since the disks broke out. 

Other oldies that have hit the 
comeback trail via click platters 
are the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz 
Hart fave, “Lover,” which got a 

(Continued on page 55) 


Win, Place, & Show Biz 

Georgie Price set out for 
Goshen, N. Y., last Wednesday 
(6) to attend the Hambletonian, 
trotting race classic, but found 
the event- washed out by rain 
when he arrived. He then 
drove three hours to the Mon- 
mouth Park, N. J., track, ar- 
riving there in time for the 
seventh race. Horse was en- 
tered named “Big Time,” (title 
of his CBS Radio show) so 
Price played his hunch and 
the nag came in, paying 8 to 1. 

In the next and final race, a 
horse was entered named 
“Master Showman,” which 
Price considered a natural to 
1 parlay his winnings. He bet it 
to win. 

P.S. — Horse isn’t in yet. 


Anti-Trust Laws May Be Revised 
To Meet TVs Growing Need of Pix 


; 4 - 

DeMilles Wed 50 Yrs. 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Paramount president Barney Bal- 
aban plus other Par homeoffice 
execs will attend Cecil B. DeMille’s 
50th wedding anniversary party on 
the Coast. 

Celebration takes place at the 
film-maker’s home Jn Hollywood 
Saturday (16). 


‘Zong Breaks Jinx 
As Bing Pic Tune 
Crashes Hit List 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

For the first time in several sea- 
sons a song from a pic mtisical is 
breaking through on the pop hit 1 
lists. Tune, “Zing a Little Zong,” 
from the Paramount film, “Just 
For You,” is already in the top 
brackets after only three weeks on 
the market. Pic, which stars Bing 
Crosby and Jane Wyman, is yet to 
be released. 

At one time a number’s show- 
casing in an important film was re- 
garded by tradesters as an im- 
portant plugging facet, but recent 
failure of the flock of film score 
entries has diminished the values. 
Breakthrough of “Zing a Little 
Zong” isn’t altering their attitude, 
since the pic is not yet out, but 
music biz circles are waiting to 
see if any sales impetus is added 
once the film starts hitting the 
film houses .around the country. 

“Zong,” a novelty number, was 
penned by Leo Robin and Harry 
Warren. 


GRAYSON TO VICTOR, 
GARLAND TO CAPITOL 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Two pic warblers, Judy Garland 
and Kathryn Grayson, were inked 
to major diskery pacts this week. 
Capitol Records latched on to Miss 
Garland with a two-year term and 
an option for. another two-years 
while RCA Victor signed Miss 
Grayson to a five-year aeai. 

Victor’s initial release with Miss 
Grayson will be an album of “The 
Desert Song,” in which the thrush 
will be teamed with Tony Martin. 
Miss Grayson recently completed 
the Warner Bros, remake of “The 
Desert Song,” in which she’s co- 
starred with Gordon MacRae. It’s 
expected that Cap will sked Miss 
Garland for its upcoming album 
releases. Victor, incidentally, was 
dickering Miss Garland last fall 
but deal was stalemated on guar- 
antee agreements. Miss Garland 
will record 16 sides per year for 
Gap. 


Washington, Aug. 12. 

Development of television may 
necessitate a revision of the anti- 
trust laws, Attorney General 
James P. McGranery hinted today 
(Tues.), 

McGranery, whose department 
has launched an action to compel 
film distributors to sell 16ip reels 
to video, told Variety the suit is 
entirely justified under existing 
laws but admitted that “something 
new has been added.” 

“We fdund,” he said, “a conspir- 
acy among the defendants to 
drastically limit the sale of 16m 
prints. The basic question was, 
‘Is it a combination in restraint of 
trade?' When we find such a 
combination we have no choice 
but to act. This issue was under 
careful investigation for months. 
Then we acted as dictated by the 
anti-trust laws passed by Con- 
gress.” 

McGranery admitted, however, 
video may have made some basic 
changes in the effect of the laws. 

“Television,” he explained, “has 
Introduced many new factors into 
our way of living; In many ways 
it has affected sports — football, 
baseball and boxing — as well as the 
motion picture industry. No doubt 
it has had a direct impact upon the 
economics that govern or control 
these enterprises. 

“It may be that, upon mature 
reflection,’ the law or laws should 
be revised in order to encourage 
the full development of television 
without at the same time adversely 
affecting these other things. 

“I feel it is certainly too early 
(Continued on page 54) 


‘Favoritism’ to Dems 
By TV, Charged By 
Rembusch, Stirs Stew 

Statement by Trueman Rem- 
busch, Allied of Indiana prexy, al- 
leging that telecasters did an in- 
tentionally better job in lensing 
the Democratic ' national conven- 
tion than In covering the Republi- 
can conclave, has some of his fel- 
low-industryites in New York doing 
a bum. Point of the Rembusch 
blast was that the Dem administra- 
tion and TV-ers are going steady 
and the Department of Justice suit 
to force the sale of pix to telecast- 
ers was an upshot of the romance. 

Some exhib and distrib execs in 
Gotham in private conversations 
this week stated that the Rembusch 
charges were simply unsound and 
could reflect upon the entire trade. 
Other exhibs accused the Dems 
and the TV Interests of having 
some sort of “unholy” relationship. 

But the feeling in certain N. Y. 
circles is that Rembusch went too 
far in his rap and, if called upon 
to do so, could hardly come up 
with any facts to back up his po- 
sition. Rembusch made the state- 
ment in a letter to Attorney Gen- 
eral James P. McGranery* copies of 
which were circulated to the press. 










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187 No. 10 


NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1952 


PRICE 25 CENTS 



^ Nighttime radio ratings hit a 
fffew alltime low in the June 29- 
I |iily 5 period, according to the 
fittest Nielsen tallies released this 
l 'week. While obviously the sum- 
i : ;;jner doldrums, the absence of some 
Kw^the major shows on hiatus and 
-the July 4 weekend were important 
‘factors, nonetheless the unprece- 
? dented rating decline provides am- 
munition for the major network 
advertisers who have been beating 
^’the drums for a downward adjust- 
p inent of the nighttime radio rate 
■,'ftnlcture. 

- - Top rating for the June 29- July 
.5 period was a 5.5, copped by the 
Groucho Marx “You Bet Your Life” 
■how on NBC. This represents a 
flashing nearly in half of the top rat- 
ing achieved for the comparable 
•period last year, when “Lux Radio 
Theatre” (on its final show before 
checking off for the summer) hit 
a 9.1 to lead the June 30, ’51 Niel- 
li sen parade. 

While Nielsen did not rate the 
Top 10 daytime shows for the 
June 29- July 5 period this year, 
nonetheless there is every indica- 
tion that, for one of the few times 
\ in radio annals, the big-pulling 
morning and afternoon soap operas 
on NBC and CBS went ahead of 
the top-rated nighttime entries. 
This feat was accomplished for the 
first time last August. (The 
. Nielsens released two weeks ago 
i.ihbwed the major daytime entry 
■pulling a 7.3). 

Factor for the holding up of 
Summertime daytime audiences in 
the face of the nightttime decline 
?. is that the weepers ire a year- 
round programming commodity 
> ‘with their month-in-month-out 
■' steady audiences, whereas few 

(Continued on page 55) 

Symington Goes Back 
To Pro Stance After 
Helping Pa’s Candidacy 

St. Louis, Aug. 12. 

. James Symington, whose war- 
bling aided his father, J. Stuart 
Symington, in copping the Demo- 
cratic nomination for U. S. Senator 
from Missouri in last ^Week’s pri- 
mary election, will resume his 
singing career by opening Satur- 
day (16) at Town and Country, 
'west end nitery. 

Young Symington, who recently 
Was featured at the Sherry Neth- 
erlands Carnival Room in New 
York, attracted wide attention 
and euffo advertising when he 
loured Missouri with his dad. He 
Jang to the crowds gathered to 
llear his pater’s spiels end, ac- 
cording to newspaper correspond- 
ents who covered the campaign 
nrough the state’s 114 counties, 
as a sock bally for the cause, 
af* 1S * a *her won the nomination 
A ter a hard battle with Missouri 
Uorney-General J. E. Taylor, who 

ao the nod from President Tru- 
man. 


Pinza-Lukas-Molnar 

Broadway production of “Blue 
Danube,” Ferenc Molnar’s posthu- 
mous play tried out last week at 
the Bucks County Playhouse, New 
Hope, Pa., apparently depends on 
the availability of a personality 
male star. 

Theron Bamberger, Playhouse 
producer, who holds the rights to 
the script, is reportedly trying to 
get Ezio Pinza or Paul Lukas for 
the assignment. Lili Darvas, the 
author’s widow, who was featured 
in the play opposite Sam Jaffe, is 
figured the likely choice for the 
same part for Broadway. 


f • 9 6 f 1 2 

Lame s Jealousy 

7th in 1,000,900 

Charmed Circle 

Frankie Laine passed the 
1,000,000 sales mark with his sev- 
enth . platter last week. Tune, 
which jumped into the golden cir- 
cle was “Jealousy,” etched last 
year on the Columbia label. Laine, 
who began recording in 1946 for 
Mercury records, had previously 
hit the 1,000,000 mark with “That’s 
My Desire,” “Shine,” “Lucky Old 
Sun,” “Cry of the Wild Goose,” 
“Mtrle Train” and “Jezebel.” All 
but the latter, which was cut by 
Col, were released on the Mercury 
label. 

Laine planed to England yester- 
day (Tues.) for a date at the Lon- 
don Palladium beginning Aug. 18. 
He’s also set for a week’s engage- 
ment at the Empire Theatre, Glas- 
gow, Sept. 18. 


M&L SETTING 20-YEAR 
RECORD AT CHI CHE 

Chicago, Aug. 12. 

Martin & Lewis show, with 
Kitty Kallen, is breaking all two- 
week engagement records at the 
Chez Paree here. Dave Halper, 
host of the nitery, has stopped 
taking reservations for the rest of 
the run which ends Saturday (16). 
He figures that if anyone cancels 
out, he can fill it from more than 
200 customers who are turned 
away every performance. 

Record of $7Q,000 for one week, 
set by Jimmy Durante a few weeks 
ago, has not been reached as yet, 
but overall figure for the two 
frames will be an all-time high for 
the' 20 years the spot has been 
operated. 

Comics open at the Mastbaum ! 
Theatre, Pniiadelphia, Aug. 18. j 
and then play the Paramount, Los 
I Angeles. * 


Although the majority of the vet 
publishers have beeh squawking 
about modern-day record company 
techniques, recent diskery releases 
have been bringing in new found 
royalty coin to the pubs on their 
catalog tunes. The diskerles have 
been dipping more and more into 
the standard songs for the gimmick 
j treatment and in most instances 
the old tunes have broken through v 
on the current pop hit lists. Not 
only have the pubs been picking up 
unexpected mechanical royalties 
but the disks have created a new 
demand in the market for sheet 
copies. 

Chappell Music, for example, has 
been racking up big sheet sales 
during the slow summer months 
on the oldie, “Walking My Baby 
Back" Home.” Tune was given a re- 
vival jolt via waxings by Johnnie 
Ray on the Columbia label and Nat 
(King) Cole for Capitol. Mayfair 
Music, an E. H. Morris subsid, also 
has been getting hefty returns on 
its 10-year-old copyright, “I’ll 
Walk Alone.” Tune’s comeback is 
attributed to the recent waxings of 
Don Cornell on Coral and Jane 
Froman on Capitol. 

Since the disk companies usual- 
ly assign their top artists to the 
old tunes and give the platters 
prime promotional treatment, they 
fall into line by rearranging their 
plugging setup to get behind the 
oldie. Newly acquired copyrights 
are held in abeyance so that the 
pubs can lay on the old numbers. 
E. B. Marks Music plugging staff, 
for instance, went all out on “In 
the Good Old Summertime” after 
Cap released the Les Paul-Mary 
Ford waxing. The Marks staff also 
centered its plugging guns on 
“Poinciana” when the Steve 
Lawrence workover on the King 
label began to make some noise 
in the market. Both tunes have 
been steady selling sheet items 
since the disks broke out. 

Other oldies that have hit the 
comeback trail via click platters 
are the Richard Rodgers-Lorenz 
Hart fave, “Lover,” which got a 

(Continued on page 55) 


Win, Place. & Show Biz 

Georgie Price set out for 
Goshen, N. Y., last Wednesday 
(6) to attend the Hambletonian, 
trotting race classic, but found 
the event- washed out by rain 
when he arrived. He then 
drove three hours to the Mon- 
mouth Park, N. J., track, ar- 
riving there in time for the 
seventh race. Horse was en- 
tered named “Big Time,” (title 
of his CBS Radio show) so 
Price played his hunch and 
the nag came in, paying 8 to 1. 

In the next and final race, a 
horse was entered named 
“Master Showman,” which 
Price considered a natural to 
parlay his winnings. He bet it 
to win. 

P.S. — Horse isn’t in yet 


Anti-Trust Laws May Be Revised 
To Meet TV’s Growing Need of Pix 


+ 

DeMilles Wed 50 Yrs. 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Paramount president Barney Bal- 
aban plus other Par homeofflee 
execs will attend Cecil B. DeMille’s 
50th wedding anniversary party on 
the Coast. 

Celebration takes place at the 
film-maker’s home Jn Hollywood 
Saturday (16). 


‘Zong Breaks Jinx 
As Bing Pic Tune 
Crashes Hit List 

4 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

For the first time in several sea : 
sons a song from a pic mtisical is 
breaking through on the pop hit 1 
lists. Tune, “Zing a Little Zong,” 
from the Paramount film, “Just 
For You,” is already in the top 
brackets after only three weeks on 
the market. Pic, which stars Bing 
Crosby and Jane Wyman, is yet to 
be released. 

At one time a number’s show- 
casing in an important film was re- 
garded by tradesters as an im- 
portant plugging facet, but recent 
failure of the flock of film score 
entries has diminished the values. 
Breakthrough of “Zing a Little 
Zong” isn’t altering their attitude, 
since the pic is not yet out, but 
music biz circles are waiting to 
see if any sales impetus is added 
once the film starts hitting the 
film houses around the country. 

“Zong,” a novelty number, was 
penned by Leo Robin and Harry 
Warren. 


GRAYSON TO VICTOR, I 
GARLAND TO CAPITOL 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Two pic warblers, Judy Garland 
and Kathryn Grayson, were inked 
to major diskery pacts this week. 
Capitol Records latched on to Miss 
Garland with a two-year term and 
an option for another two-years 
while RCA Victor signed Miss 
Grayson to a five-year deal. 

Victor’s initial release with Miss 
Grayson will be an album of “The 
Desert Song,” in which the thrush 
will be teamed with Tony Martin. 
Misrs Grayson recently completed 
the Warner Bros, remake of “The 
Desert Song,” in which she’s co- 
starred with Gordon MacRae. It’s 
expected that Cap will sked Miss 
Garland for its upcoming album 
releases. Victor, incidentally, was 
dickering Miss Garland last fall 
but deal was stalemated on guar- 
antee agreements. Miss Garland 
will record 16 sides per year for 
Cap. 


Washington, Aug. 12. 

Development of television may 
necessitate a revision of the anti- 
trust laws, Attorney General 
James P. McGranery hinted today 
(Tues.). 

McGranery, whose department 
has launched an action to compel 
film distributors to sell 16tu reels 
to video, told Variety the suit is 
entirely justified under existing 
laws but admitted that “something 
new has been added.” 

“We fdund,” he said, “a conspir- 
acy among tbe defendants to 
drastically limit the sale of 16ra 
prints. The basic question was, 
‘Is it a combination in restraint of 
trade?’ When we find such a 
combination we have no choice 
but to act. This issue was under 
careful investigation for months. 
Then we acted as dictated by the 
anti-trust laws passed by Con- 
gress.’' 

McGranery admitted, however, 
video may have made some basie 
changes in the effect of the laws. 

“Television,” he explained, “has 
Introduced many new factors into 
our way of living.' In many ways 
it has affected sports — football, 
baseball and boxing-^as well as the 
motion picture industry. No doubt 
it has had a direct impact upon the 
economics that govern or control 
these enterprises. 

“It may be that, upon mature 
reflection,’ the law or laws should 
be revised in order to encourage 
the full development of television 
without at the same time adversely 
affecting these other things. 

“I feel it certainly too early 
(Continued on page 54) 


‘Favoritism’ to Dems 
By TV, Charged By 
Rembusch, Stirs Stew 

Statement by Trueman Rem- 
busch, Allied of Indiana prexy, al- 
leging that telecasters did an in- 
tentionally better job in lensing 
the Democratic national conven- 
tion than in covering the Republi- 
can conclave, has some of his fel- 
low-industryites in New York doing 
a burn. Point of the Rembusch 
blast was that the Dem administra- 
tion and TV-ers are going steady 
and the Department of Justice suit 
to force the sale of pix to telecast- 
ers was an upshot of the romance. 

Rome exhib and distrib execs in 
Gotham in private conversations 
this week stated that the Rembusch 
charges were simply unsound and 
could reflect upon the entire trade. 
Other exhibs accused the Dems 
and the TV interests of having 
some sort of “unholy” relationship. 

But the feeling in certain N. Y. 
circles is that Rembusch went loo 
far in his rap and, if called upon 
to do so, could hardly come up 
with any facts to back up his po- 
sition. Rembusch made the state- 
ment in a letter to Attorney Gen- 
eral James P McGianery. copies of 
which were circulated to the press 


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Hollywood, Aug. 12. • 

Undetermined number of script- 
ers finishing deadline assignments 
as the Screen Writer*: Guild 
launched a strike against the Alli- 
ance of TV Film Producer* yester- 
day (Mop.) will be permitted -to 
complete their chore*, the Guild 
announced. ' 

By next week, however, no SWG 
members will be working for the 
ATFP under any circumstances, to 
make the Guild’s,, first walkout 
100% effective. "Member* were 
also warned to investigate 'any 
scripting offer from other indie 
producers or ad agencies to avoid 
backdoor violations of the strike. 

Write** were told at the Monday 
night strike rally that $2,330 
weekly is being thrown into war 
fund, with the writers contribut- 
ing $1,330 and the Guild the re- 
mainder from a $25,000 fund al- 
ready set up Tor the "situation. 
About 300-350 scribes attended* the 
session presided over by prexy 
Mary McCall, Jr., who announced 
the schedule of payments. High- 
est is $75 weekly for staff writers 
employed }00% by ATFP in the 
last six months'. Also a revolving 
fund will make non-interest emer- 
gency loans. 

Arthur Schwartz, member of the 
Authors League Council, said the 
ALA Is solidly behind the strike 
which is “necessary and will be 
won.” Wires from ALA prexy Rex 
Stout^ and veepee John Hersey af- 
firmed ALA support, with Moss 
•Hart reporting Dramatists Guild 
support. Schwartz deplored appar- 
(Continued on page 54) 

Battle of Thorny Roses 
Finds Billy No Lily 
In Eyes of Newsmen 

Show people are quoting a fa- 
vorite line credited to New York’s 
late Mayor Jimmy Walker — “Never 
argue with a newspaperman; he 
goes to press too often” — as the 
why fore * for Billy Rose’s current 
“bad press” in the latter’s marital 
troubles. It is obvious .that the 
dailies, particularly the metropoli- 
tan New York tabloids, have not 
been giving the “bantam Barnum” 
the best of it in the Eleanor Holm 
(Mrs. Rose) fracas. 

The Walker analogy stems from 
Rose’s oft-repeated cracks that (1), 
he hit the largest circulation when 
he essayed a “different” type of 
Broadway column; and. (2), boasted 
that he could be a big league col- 
umnist with ease and at the same 
time collect a fancy annuity from 
ASCAP, operate the Ziegfeld Thea- 
tre (N. Y.), which he owns; pro- 
duce legit shows and operate a 
nitery (the Diamond Horseshoe, 
now under a new tag and new man- 
agement). The journalistic “com- 
petition” never rested well with a 
(Continued on page 47) 

Ask Share in Rights 

To De Sylva Tunes 

Los Angeles, Aug. 12. 

Marie Ballentine, mother of 
Stephen William Ballentine, legally 
designated as Buddy De Sylva’s 
son, filed suit in Federal Court to 
establish the boy’s rights to copy- 
rights on his father’s tunes. 

Plaintiff declares the songwrit- 
er’s widow, Mrs. Marie De Sylva, 
has renewed numerous copyrights 
under her own name and refuses 
the boy’s demands for equal rights 
in the renewals. 


Robeson Passport Suit 
Nixedby .U-S.Court 

Washington, Aug.' 12. 

U. S. Circuit Court last week 
threw out Paul Robeson’s passport 
suit on technical grounds. Robeson 
sued to compel the State Depart- 
ment to permit him to travel 
abroad after' the Department had 
nixed Jthe trip. 

Court pointed out that Robeson’S 
passport expired in '’January, 1951, 
just a few weeks after he filed 
suit. But he failed to apply for a 
renewal of the passports Hence, 
said the Circuit Court, Robeson 
had no- “live” passport, did not try 
to get one, and so the matter was 
*‘moot”. * 

Paris’ Merry-Go-Round 
Of Fashion’ Openings; 
Big Influx Ffom Abroad 

Paris, Aug, 5. 

The merry-go-round of the,. Paris 
fashion openings Has started in an 
atmosphere of feverish curiosity. 
Many more press correspondents, 
buyers and manufacturers have 
made the trip this season— a num- 
ber of them coming from Italy 
and en route to Spain — and cou- 
turiers have never been faced with 
a more cosmopolitan and undis- 
ciplined crowd. 

In the front-row seats. General 
Ridgway's wife and Ginger Rogers 
are always the center of attraction, 
and photographers all snap 
"Penny’s” hats. But as sooruas the 
first mannequin walks in, all con- 
versation stops. 

The couture is divided: an open 
war has been declared between 
those who are for “Le Flou” (Fluid 
lines) and those who are against. 

Every couturier in Paris stresses 
the fluid line; Christian Dior, the 
dictator, condemns it. Fortunately 
they agree on many other points: 
skirts are three inches longer; 
they are generally straight for day- 
time and wide after 5. Sleeves 
are slim, waists are normal and 
more or less well indicated, 
bosoms are emphasized, necklines 
are draped and very becoming, get- 
ting deeper as the hour advances. 
Many fabrics have a modern 
bronze or stfeel look. Dozens of 
new details distinguish the 1953 
silhouette. 

Jacques Fath was the first to 
lead the parade. “The lady will be 
free, thanks to new techniques and 
new materials,” Snd he names hir 
line the “Freed. Line.” The bodice 
is long and end* at the hips, with 
a straight skirt. All the dresses 
— day, cocktail and evening— rare 
built on these lines, with a slight 
drape at the waist, like a glorified 
“middy” silhouette of the Chanel 
and Vionnet days. Two-piece 
dresses are important for' all hours 
of the day and night. The 

(Continued nn page 48) 


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London, Aug. 12. . 

Harry Foster, head of Fosters' 
Agency, was taken seriously ill at 
the Sophie Tucker farewell party 
thrown by Bill Little at his club, 
the Albany, Aug. 6. 

Foster was- rushed to his home 
where examined by his medico, 
who has confined him to his house 
for “the next few weeks. 


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In what may be. , considered the 
casting surprise of the year, Charl- 
ton Heston is being eyed for the 
role of Moses in Cecil B, DeMillo’s 
upcoming , “The Ten Command- 
ments.” Heston played the circus 
boss in PeMille’s “Greatest Show 
on Earth.” 

DeMille, it’s reported, . is im- 
pressed by the resemblance be- 
tween the Hebrew prophet', as 
sculptured by Michelangelo, and 
the actor. 


Paris, Aug. 5. 

French picking of their entries 
in the forthcoming Venice Film 
Festival^has been slowed up by 
Various complications. Selection 
committee finally got Its choices 
down to, the Marcello Pagliero 
adaption of ’the Jean-Paul Sartre 
legiter, “The Respectful Prosti- 
tute,” Rene Clement's fine moppet 
pic “Forbidden Games,” the full- 
length animated film of Paul 
Gtfmault “Shepherd And The 
Chimneysweep,”, based on a Hans 
Christian Andersen story; and the 
Claude Vormorel pic shot entirely 
in Africa, “The . Solitary Con-t 
querors.” The difficulty started 
after the choices had finally been 
made. 

Committee feared that the For- 
eign Office would never permit 
“Prostitute” to play at an inter- 
national fete because -of its touchy 
social problem. Pic got censorship 
approval here and now has to wait 
for the Venice okay. 

“Forbidden Games” and “Con- 
querors” * both played the Cannes 
Fest but were shown as pix out of 
competition. If Venice applies the 
letter of its bylaws these two could 
be disqualified. Both films got good 
reception in Cannes. 

The fourth film, “The Shep- 
herd,” was the cause of litigation 
last year when Paul JGrimault 
claimed that the producer Andre 
Surrat had pulled out support and 
taken over the film to finish it 
himself. Film is still not entirely 
finished. However, the pic ap- 
parently is still in the running. 
Franco-Italian coproduction “The 
Beauties of the Night,” a Rene 
Clair film, has been invited to the 
fest and counts outside of. the four 
film quota and is also in the com- 
petition. Film, with a predominant- 
ly French cast and director, will be 
classified as French. 

American films which are up for 
the' fest 'are William Wyler’s 
“Carrie” (Par), “Ivanhoe” (Metro), 
“Phone Call From A Stranger” 
<20th-Fox), and tentatively 
“Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima” 
(Warner). These four are up for 
quota and the fest itself has in- 
vited “Death of A Salesman” (Col), 
John Ford's “The Quiet Man” 
(Rep) making this Republic’s first 
big entry in a fest, and the Charlie 
Chaplin film “Limelight” (UA). 


Totter’s USO Trek 

Audrey Totter left Hollywood 
Sunday (10) for a four weeks’ tour 
of U. S. military hospitals in Korea 
and Japan. It’s the film player's 
third trek in the Far East within 
12 months for USO-Camp Shows. 
She’s to do a one-woman show. 

Also off on a GI junket playing 
posts in Europe is Camp Shows’ 
“Laffs-a-Poppin.” Latest revue lay- 
out of CS left this country on Mon- 
day (11). In the troupe are the 
Kemmys, Palmer & Lady Hawkins, 
Eddie Dawson, Niblicks Trio and 
the Alexanders. . 

Patricia Neal, first Hollywood 
name to* visit the Korean front 
since last Christmas, is making a 
bid for other screen personalities 
to make the trip. 

“The boys want somebody they 
rememb m on the screen,” Miss 
Neal explained. “There are num- 
erous USO units in Korea, assem- 
bled in New York, but the GIs 
seem to prefer familiar faces from 
Hollywood.” 


Hildcgarde Sailing Home 

Hildegarde and her manager, 
Anna Sosenko, who recently 
wound up a tour of U. S. Army 
bases in Europe, head back to the 
U. S. tomorrow (Thurs.) on „the 
S. S. United States. - 

They’ll remain in New- York 
about three weeks before begin- 
ning their fall concert and nitery 
tour. 


Wcdncfday, August 13 , 1953 





8 





By Funk Scully 


. Hollywood 

For years I have heard rumors that if you want to find Scully in * 
crowd look fora cluster of beautiful girl* and you will find him tryini 
to match his wit against theit obvious allurements. I suppose this was 
what started producers into casting luscious femmes fatales, particu- 
larly blondes, as spies to lure diplomats off their chartered courses. 

Such blondes never fetch me, and If I' Were Secretary of state 1 
wouldn’t even bother to flick ashes on them, But I da admit I can be 
fetched by feminine charm, especially young charm. Recently I was 
lured into a 300-mile trip on receipt of a letter from a six-year-old fan 
whose pitch was so direct and whose script was ,so legible that It took 
precedence over hundreds of unanswered letters which are making the 
Upper Story of '-Bedside Manor, a likely objective for the next paper 
drive. • 

“Good Morning, Mr. Scully,” the letter began. “We are your friends 
but you do not know us. We like your book, ’Blessed Mother Goose’ 
We go to St. John of the Cross school in Lemon Grove. On June 15 
we will have a big rodeo. We would like you to come and have a good 
time. You can eat lunch here. You can. see the cowboys rope the 
calves. Maybe you will win a prize. We want to see you at the rodeo. 
We want you to. see us. 

“From Blessed Mother Goose’s little Geese hoys and girls of Grade . 
One. (Rosemary TakanashU” 

Ten years ago J would have been telephoning the FBI that a Tokyo 
Rose, j.g., was '"trying to lure me to a compound on the outskirts of 
San Diego and asking whether . I should go, and if so Wouldn’t it be 
prudent for them to .tail me. But time has healed all those wounds 
and what I did instead w*a to accept this Invitation from the little 
geese and goslings of Lemon Grove: 


Out Where the Weal Rerln* 

I’m an old hand at enjoying the vicarious thrill of rodeos. I saw 
practically the first of them at Prescott, Arizona, the scene of Harold 
Bell Wright’s “When a Man's a Man.” I was there when Sol Lesser 
brought his. troupe- in from Hollywood to make the picture. Eddie Cline 
was the director and Marguerite de la Motte was the femme fatale. I 
.have forgotten the name of the actor Who simulated the guy who 
climbed over the fence, entered, the rodeo "and walked off with all the 
prizes, including Miss La Motte, and perhaps it's just as well, because 
years later he walked into the wide Pacific when neglects came upon 
.him and was listed in the police records as a probable suicide. 

Years later I rounded up about a hundred Hollywood celebrities as 
sponsors of the first Victorville Rodeo. This one had a different 
angle’ than all the others. All the guys handling the show' were pros, 
but the contestants were amateurs. So the show ran fast and the re- 
sults were unpredictable, laughable and sometimes terrific. The first 
show was dedicated to Will Rogers, the second to William S. Hart and 
•the third to the old Scullywag. 

A few weeks before that third- show got rolling Will Rogers took his 
last flight, and Jimmy, one of his boys, was entered in a roping contest 
I thought surely his mother would ask him not* to compete, not wanting 
a lethal lightning bolt to strike twice in the same place. But she didn't 
do anything of the sort. In fact, she decided to encourage him by at- 
tending the show. He got a bad fall, and I saw her leap to her feet 
with fright. But he came through a winner, proving that in any league 
courage counts too. I don’t, suppose small things like this are in the 
“Will Rogers Story” (WB)» but it was the sort of thing that warmed 
my ^admiration for Betty Rogers. 

At that rodeo Andy Juaregi, a Basque, who lived near Harry Carey’s 
ranch at Saugus, supplied all the stock for the rodeo. He had two of 
the cutest looking . little girls around the age of this fetching little 
Rosemary Takanashi, and I kept my eyes more on them than I did on 
the bucking bronchos. 

A lot of flash flood? drowned out areas of California before I saw 
Andy Juaregi again and that was, of all places, at the Mission Rancho* 
Rodeo at Lemon Grove; 15 years later. This time he was not only 
supplying the stock, but the old crook was actually competing in a 
ealf-tieing contest. The first time he beat the gun by a fraction of 
a second and was penalized 10 seconds, for his impatience. But on 
his next try he gave the calf plenty time to get away and even so roped 
him and tied, him to the satisfaction of the judges in 14 seconds, fast 
roping in any league. It brought him first money. 

The arena had eight brand new chutes, and everything was run with 
speed and precision. The stands held 4,500 people,- but at least 10,000 
were fringed on the hills beyond the stands. If you want to 
know where the people who used to go to pictures are, when not glued 
"to their TV screens, you might find some of them here. 

This show was run by the Rev. John- McDonagh, a soft-spoken, pious 
man of God, who was bom iii Ireland and could hardly have had any 
course in showmanship in the seminary. Indeed, if there were one 
cross I suspect he would have asked not to bear, it was "one like this. 
We met him first in Victorville, wherd he had been sent for his health. 
His first sermon that we heard brought Alice Scully’s first fan-letter 
she had ever written in her life. 

Deadpan, he was giving a financial statement to a handful of parishi- 
oners and a few visitors who had managed to get ftp that early between 
the preliminaries and the final rounds of the rodeo.^ It seems he had 
collected $542 all year and had spent $125 for a refrigerator. This, he 
explained, was a saving because it made it possible for him to elim- 
inate a housekeeper. 


The Padre Hopes a Gag' 

As he got to the end of his financial report, he told the story of * 
rancher who had driven his cattle up into the mountains for better 
grazing in the summer months, and while there got caught in a terrific 
thunderstorm. His only shelter was a big hole in a pine tree. He 
climbed in there, but the rain kept coming down. He fell asleep and 
when he awakened Jhe rain had cut off his escape. By that time the 
hole had become so^ small he couldn’t get out. Believing he was sure 
to die, he began recapitulating his life. He thought he had done pretty 
well with the Ten Commandments. But when he began recapitulating 
how he had supported his church and his pastor he began to feel pretty 
small. “And the smaller he felt the smaller he got, and then the 
miracle happened. He walked out of the hole.” 

While the congregation laughed as if he were Jerry Lewis, he turned, 
without a smile, back to the altar and continued with the Mass. 

So here he was, years later, having inherited an annual rodeo to 
reduce a $170,000 debt on his church and school. This particular 
rodeo grossed $14,000 and was preceded by a two-raile-long parade, 
with the ringfnaster of the Scully Circus in third position billed as 
“The Hollywood Celebrity.” t 

On the way home we remembered that Jack’ Norworth lived m 
Laguna, and so we stopped at the 5 outskirts of the town, looked in the 
phone book, and found we were only a block away, from his hideaway. 
He has a duplex apartment above a Chinese restaurant, and there we 
found the old tobacco-chewing champ, rosy-cheeked, full of life , ^ 

crackerjacks, and surrounded by the most amazing collection of minia- 
tures ever owned by one- man in such a small space. • k 

He told us Fred Allen tried to find him, but apparently didn t m 
in the phone book. And Joe Laurie, Jr., his pal for years, came in 
a little comment, too. Joe, It seems, on his trip west last winter, pn- " 
ing for “Show Biz,” asked Jack to meet him at the Pasadena sta 3 0I \ 
the Santa Fe. That happens to be a 75-mile ride, but this particu 
Paul Revere made it in a little Hillman Minx. Then the rains came anu 
what those two characters went through might better be reserved 
1 their autobiographies. 




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♦ 



Give ’Ei 


the Right Attraction! 


just before they sailed, for Europe Jim Mulvey took Frances 
and Sam Goldwyn to the Polo Grounds for one of those games 
that only Dem Bums arid the Jints can whip up. When the 
Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants cross bats it defies' 
Frank MerriweU and the earliest Hollywood cinematic techniques, 
because the real-life climaxes would be almost unbelieveable in 
film or fiction. Mulvey’s family owns a fancy slice of the Brook-; 
lyn ball club, so he has more than casual interest in the Dodgers. 

The Goldwyns. don’t see any big league baseball on the Qoast, 
and the traffic Jam approaching the Polo Grounds caused the 
producer to soliloquize, “It’s not enough that we have television, 
this also must hurt the picture business.” At the seventh inning- 
stretch he asked what was the gross, and Mulvey explained that 
between the daytime and night games that day - (two separate 
admissions; not a doubleheader) they had between 70,000 and 
80,000 people and, at the $1-$1.25 average gate, the day's take 
Was over $80,000. Mused Goldwyn: “And this is also on TV.” 

Proving, of course, that despite the original cast being seen 
on TV, for free; they jammed the ballpark. And where the pic-, 
ture business still maintains the edge by keeping the fresh new. 
“original casts” off -.the' airwaves, plus the fact that the public 
still goes for the road company pix — the oldies — the big new 
product still, gets them out in throngs. 

Spyros SkouraS attests to this via 20th 's current Marilyn Mon- 
roe sleeper, “Don't Bother to Knock”; Barney Balaban has been 
watching the advanced-admission returns on “Greatest Show On 
Earth”; Nick Schenck, ditto on “Ivanhoe.” And there are others. 
All of which adds up that the want-to-see, be it a hot new b.o. 
babe or a b.o. pic, will get ’em out of the house in droves. 

It still goes— there’s no ‘Reason” on a hit. Department stores 
do biggest, true, with the Zmas rush, but they’re a 365-day 
operation. Ditto the picture business. Just give ’em the right 
attraction and they'll come out, TV or otherwise. Abel, 


Nick Schenck Calls Multiple-Runs Top 
Hazard; Cool on Pay-as-You-See TV 


Metro prexy Nicholas M. Schenck -f 
sees dilution of the audience poten- 
tial via multiple runs in a single 
area a greater menace to the in- 
dustry than TV or' the Govern- 
ment's new pitch for release of 16m 
features to video. He also says that 
he “just doesn’t understand” the 
Values* of 'subscription tele. 

-“There is just so much money to 
be gotten from one zone,” Schenck 
told Variety last week “When you 
have a series of simultaneous runs 
you achieve nothing but a dilution 
of the boxoffice potential. No the- 
atre makes any big money and it 
costs the distributor twice as much, 
and more, for his participation in 
a selling campaign to try to bolster 
business of the theatres.” 

The Metro topper’s reaction to 
the vast number of day-and-dates 
that have grown out of trade prac- 
tice changes initiated by antitrust 
decrees echoes views already ex- 
pressed by Paramount prez Barney 
Balaban and. United Paramount 
Theatres chief Leonard Goldenson. 

Exhib leaders . likewise have ex- 
pressed the opinion that the large 
number of simultaneous runs de- 

( Continued on pageT8) 


Amvets Organizer 
Blasts Outfit For 
Smear-H’ wood Push 


Hollywood, Aug. 12. . 

Reply to the letter of D’Estell 
Iszard, one of the organizers of the 
Amvets in California, blasting the. 
vet outfit for climbing on the 
smear-Hollywood bandwagon, is 
expected to clear the situation. In- 
dustryites are anxiously waiting-'to 
see what answer 1 Iszard receives 
from Hampton Hutton, ‘ Amvets 
chief. Recent announcement by the 
vet group that it would, ask Holly- 
wood for assurances regarding 'the 
non-employment of Communist 
sympathizers prompted the Iszard 


Iszard, a freelance unit produc : 
uon manager and on the board oi 
pm , Unit Production Managers 
^ Ul i announcement a 
xtf^ricity-seeking move” and noted 
mat the organization itself has 
ee n accused of having been in : 
nitrated by Communists. 

who explained that he 
hfc ?.! en * n trie 'film industry all 
? • e> defied any ' industry tc 
, a recor d as good as Holly ; 

° 1 * n getting rid of “the .Conr 
UtUS /o eleme nt in the film 
(Continued on page 16) 


UA Whistle* At ‘Noon’ 

United Artists has "rechris- 
tened “High Noon” for release 
in France.' New title: 

“When the Whistle Blows 
Three Times.” 

1 1 1 

Loge Tops Living 

Room as Pix Site 
In Coast Survey 

Hollywood, Aug. 13. 
The pessimistic prophets who 
have been predicting that televi- 
sion would kill the motion picture 

theatres may have panicked some 
of the faint-hearted — but Joe .Pub- 
lic is In , definite disagreement. 
Despite the wails of the crying 
towel set, an overwhelming major- 
ity of people prefers the loge to 
the living room for a ringside seat 
at a celluloid romance, according 
to a survey conducted by Applied 
Psychology Associates. 

Both ‘teleset owners and non-set 
owners were quizzed in a careful 
study of the entertainment prefer- 
ences of Los Angeles residents, 
arid the results underline the be- 
lief that the film industry can con- 
tinue to lead a profitable existence 

(Continued-on page 20) 


Pauley Reported In 
Huddles on RKO §tock 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Meetings of the top calibre which 
suggest ' possible wide - scale 
changes in operation or ownership 
have been taking place at RKO the 
past week, all very iriuch on the 
qt. In absence of official comment 
the report persists that a sale of 
stock by Howard Hughes may be 
involved. 

Repping Hughes at the confer- 
ences is Thomas Slack, his attor- 
ney, who in past' has handled all 
legalities which had cropped up 
anent the controlling shares. Eye- 
ing the stock, it’s hinted in some 
quarters," is Ed Pauley, heavily 
bankrolled oilman, who also has 
TV interests. 


Skouras’ 



Also Should K.O. 




SPURS IICI1 

After some 20 years of palaver, 
“distribution- streamlining” finally 
appear* to be approaching possible 
realization. That’s largely due to 
determination by Alfred W. Schwal- 
berg,. chairman of the general sales- 
managers committee of the Motion 
Picture Assn, of America, that if 
the industry is really ever to 
achieve a coin-saving form of dis- 
tribution it must move out of the 
exploratory and into the action 
stage. 

Salesmanagers group has had 
the streamlining project .under ac- 
tive consideration for the past six 
months or . so, but 'set it aside to 
give precedence to getting arbitra- 
tion procedures set up. Schwalberg 
now feels • that arbitration is far 
enough along to permit return to 
consideration of problems of re- 
vising distribution rqechanics. 

The Paramount, sales chief, who 
has the highly-erithusiastic support 
of MPAA prez Eric A. Johnston in 
(Continued on page 22) 


MPAA Would Line Up 
UX. Stars Now Abroad 
For Venice Pic Festival 

Efforts are being made by Mo- 
tion Picture Assn, of America reps 
abroad to line up for attendance 
at the Venice Film Festival Holly- 
wood stars who are ^already over- 
seas. Yank industry will not ex- 
port any players from the U. S. 

With numerous stars, including 
such top names as Clark Gable 
and Ginger Rogers, vacationing in 
Europe, MP^LA hopes to make an 
impression at the Venice fete for 
minimum cost. Jt .will provide 
transportation and accommoda-r 
tions within Europe for the players 
and guarantee them, plenty of pub- 
licity. 

Neither Eric A. Johnston, prez 
of the MPAA, nor John G. McCar- 
thy, director of its international 
division, is likely to get to Venice 
for the festival, which runs from 
next Wednesday (20) to Sept. 10. 
Aside 7rom other problems, the 
MPAA toppers must prepare and 
be on hand to meet with British 
government reps Sept. 8. 

Arriving on . that date are Sir 
Frank Lee, Undersecretary of 'the 
(Continued on page 22) v 


The boxoffice upbeat continues 
— in spades. Mild Weather, with 
considerable rain in many of the 
bigger key cities, is helping the 
strong product, now playing key 
cities covered by Variety to max- 
imum results. The fine batch of 
pix just being launched augurs well 
for early fall biz, too. 

“High Noon” (UA), which was 
second the two previous weeks, . is 
pushing up to top position, with 
sbme 12 playdates. Gary Cooper 
starrer shows up good to sock in a 
vast majority of keys. “Jumping 
Jacks” (Par), in first ^ place for 
three weeks in a row, is mushing 
second, pic being on holdover or 
extended-run in a number of 
places. 

“Affair in Trinidad” (Col), 
preemed in three spots, last week, 
is taking third money, hands down. 
Fourth position goes to “King 
Kong” (RKO), as this reissue con- 
tinues to amass great totals. 

“World in His Arms” (U) is push- 
ing up to fifth spot, first session it 
has been around to any extent in 
larger cities. “Robin Hood” (RKO- 
Disriey) is winding .up sixth while 
“Lovely To Look At” (M-G) will be 
seventh. . 

“Island of Desire” (UA), a fresh 
entry, will capture eighth position, 
with “Greatest Show” (Par) in 
ninth. “Francis to West^ Point” 
(U), again among the top 12, is 
landing 10th place/ “We’re Not 
Married” (20th) and “Anybody. 


Bogie Lost in Bali 

Humphrey Bogart pops up 
in Paramount’s “Road to Bali,” 
Bing Crosby-Bob Hope-Dor o- 
thy Lamour costarrer, which 
is now finishing. Hope and 
Crosby, wandering through the 
South S>eas island, stop short 
at the incongruous sight of 
„ Bogart towing a riverboat. 
"Boy, is he lost,” cracks Hope. 

Actual footage from -“Afri- 
can Queen” i* used for bit. 



$400,000 a Year 
For ASCAP Music 

i 


U. S. exhibs will pay close to 
$400,000 annually to the American 
Society . of Composers, Authors Ac 
Publishers for public performance 
rights to the licensing outfit’s mu- 
sic, And this tlriie theatre men see 
little possibility of any legal squab- 
bling, in contrast to a few- years 
ago, when ASCAP and exhibs in 
New York fought out their differ- 
ences in Federal Court, This led 
to the injunction enjoining ASCAP 
from .collecting public perform- 
ance rights fees from exhibs for 
the ihusic in films. 

New twist is that ASCAP is now 
sending a bill to exhibs only for 
recorded music played in theatres 
during intermission and 'at open- 
ing and closing. Rates are $15 per 
year for each theatre with up to 
600 seats, $24, 601 to 1,200 seats; 
$36, 1,201 to 1,600 seats, and $48. 
for houses .seating over 1,600.. 
Drive-ins are to pay at the rate of 
$36 for up to 300-car capacity,- $48 
for 351 to 650 cars and $60 for 
over 650. <t> 

, ASCAP ex£ cs declined to offer 
any ■ prediction on the extent of 
the new source of revenue which 
the organization is now pressing 
for. However, film tradesters be- 
lieve that a great majority of the- 
atres will pay up without too much 
(Continued on, page 4) * 


Seen My Gal” (U) round out the 
Big 12 list in that sequence. 

List of new pix just getting 
started 'is headed by “Ivanhoe” 
(M-GI and “Dreamboat” (20th). 
Former is big in Cleveland, sock 
in Frisco and terrific in N.Y., where 
its second week at Music Hall is 
only a step behind a record first 
session. “Dreamboat” shapes sock 
in N.Y., big in Cleveland and sturdy 
in Buffalo. “Sudden Fear” (RKO), 
terrific in N.Y., also is great in 
Cleveland. 

“Fearless Fagan” (M-G), neatly 
exploited, is nice in Indianapolis 
and Louisville. “Carrie” (Par), also 
new, looms trim in Frisco and fine 
in N.Y. “Lure of*Wilderness” (20th) 
is rated big in L’ville and okay in 
Clncy. “Don’t Bother To Knock” 
(20th) is shaping as fast in Philly 
as it has been in N.Y.- 

“Son of Paleface” (Par) looms 
brisk on second Chi week. “The 
Prize” (Indie) is doing fine for a 
foreign-made in Frisco. “Duel at 
Silver Creek” (U), nice in Pitts-' 
burgh, looks mild in L.A. 

’“Washington Story” (M-G), fair 
in Detroit and Buffalo, is dull in 
K.C. “Across Street” (U) looks good 
in Chi. “Encore” (Par), sturdy in 
N,Y. and Cleveland, is great in Chi. 

“Lydia Baily” (20th) looms hefty 
in K.C. “Wild Heart” (RKO) con- 
tinues generally disappointing but 
looms stout in L.A. 

(Complete, Boxoffice Reports on 
Pages 8-12) 


As if to offset exhib suspicion* 
that the AHstribs are riot fhroperly 
concerned about the anti-trust 
suit whose aim is a forced sale of 
films to TV, 20th-Fox president 
Spyros P. Skouras yesterday 
(Tues.) bitterly condemned the 
Dept, of Justice for the action 
which, he said, “is a threat to the 
‘veiy existence of the motion pic-* 
ture industry* of America.” 

Skouras made it clear -that 20th 
is not assuming any non-belliger- 
ent attitude such as .had been 
feared by some theatremen. “We 
must » understand the crisis that 
we and the- public face and meet 
it with deadly earnestness,” he 
said. 

In a statement issued to 20th 
executive personnel and the press, 
Skouras declared that the D, of J., 
all members of Congress, and even 
the President must be “persuaded” 
that the suit *“18 not in the inter- 
est of the American public,” 

Skouras was the first exec of a 
film outfit named in the complaint 
to issue such a counterattack , pub- 
licly, He stated: “Indeed; it is not 
in the public interest to endanger 
the economy of the U. S. by de- 
stroying the theatres which .are the 
heartbeat of every American com- 
(Continuei on page 16) 

C. P. Skouras Replies 
To Wolfberg’s Blast; 
Stresses TV Dangers 

National Theatres prez Charles 
P. Skouras Wants an absence of 
hassling among exhibs. Instead he 
wants them to cooperate with each 
other, to awaken to the dangers 
inherent in TV competition and 
come up with sound, business meas- 
ures to combat these danger*. 

That’s the way Skouras answers 
the blast leveled at him last week 
by John M. Wolf berg, president of 
Rocky Mountain Independent The- 
atres. In an attack published in a 
RMIT membership bulletin, Wolf- 
berg charged Skouras with assum- 
ing the role of prophet of doom. 
He complained that the NT chief 
(Continued on page 4) 



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Attys. Worried by Execs’ Refusal 



The Aim industry is In flnfe shapes 
for the first, or technical, phase of 
the theatre* television hearings 
Which commence 'Oct' 2Q, according 
to producer and exhibitor spokes- 
men here, 

However, it’s a different story 
about the . second (non-tecluiical) 
phase, at 'which some of the indus- 
try's top business and creative fig- 
ures will take the standi Prepara- 
tions are reported far 4 * ■ behind 
schedule. Talk is that some of the 
key witnesses won't spare the time 
for the necessary briefing. These 
men claim they are too busy and, 
what’s more, they’ll know how to 
handle themselves when the time 
comes. They say they can And out 
all they need to know the day be- 
fore they are due’ to appear before 
the Federal Communications Com- 
mission. 

This is a source of considerable 
concern to industry attorneys. They 
point out the detailed preparation 
and care with which broadcast sta- 
tions and networks ' ready their 
cases for the FCC; and remind that 
a careless slip of the. tongue by 
one ot two witnesses— mot properly 
coached on the probable lines of 
cross-examination — could ruin an 
otherwise perfect presentation. 
Some execs in New York and 
Hollywood have refused for as long 
as three or four months to' get to- 
gether' with the lawyers and engi- 
neers. Situation is. said to be irking 
reps of the exhibitor associations, 
Who have made far^more progress. 

Best guessing, among the experts 
Is that the Arst portion of, the hear- 
ings will probably last four to six 
Weeks. 

The industry’s witnesses, mostly 
engineers and cost accountants, ate 
expected to present their direct 
testimony in Ave to 10 days, ' de- 
pending upon hoW’ many hours a 
day the FCC decides to sit. This 
will be followed with cross-exami- 
nation by the FCC commissioners 
' > and their Counsel. Then A.T.&T., 
principal, opponent of theatre TV 
channels, will take over for cross- 
examination and present some di- 
rect testimony of its own, followed 
by cross-examination by Aim Indus- 
try lawyers. 

Film people expect A.T.&T. to 
make the pitch that it will be able 
to provide adequate transmission 
service at a fair , price ^ by the time 
the studios an<J theatres are ready 
to launch into extensive theatre 
television. A. T. & T, has . been 
providing the service for theatre 
video prize Aghts. The picture in- 
dustry ' takes the • position it can 
offer service cheaper, with higher 
clarity of pictures, and that it must 
have its own channels for emer- 
gency use. ! 

Following this portion of the 
case, the non-technical part is 
scheduled to, be heard next Janu- 
ary. Upwards of 40 producer and 
exhibitor spokesmen may testify 
on such things as the nature of the 
programs tq’be offered, the me- 
chanics of getting the programs 
ready, background information on 
the companies involved, how the 
public interest would be served by 
special channels for theatre TV — 
in general, all about how the serv- 
ice would be utilized. 

Only a very few of those to ap- 
pear have ever testiAed before the 
FCC, a quasi-judicial ' body; not 
‘ many are familiar with the wide 
variety of questions which could 
he asked on cross-examination. 
This is the situation which con- 
cerns those who are readying the 
case for the film industry. 

It is pointed out that this case 
has nothing to' do with the award 
of channels to any particular appli- 
cations. It is merely to persuade 
FCC to set aside channels for the 
motion picture industry. 


‘Milestone’ Award 

Goes to L. B. Mayer 

Hollywood, Aug. 12, 
^Milestone” award, of the Screen 

Producers ^Guild this year will go 

to Louis B. Mayer, it was disclosed 
this week by Guild prexy Sol C. 
Siegel at the organization’s quar- 
terly membership meeting. Pres- 
entation is to' be made at the 
Guild’s “Milestone”* dinner to be 
held at the new Statler Hotel, Los 
Angeles, Ocf. 22. 


C.P. Sktaras 

C«bObu«4 J 


told a Denver pres* conference that 
TV would put 50% of the theatres 
out of business, and this, said Wolf- 
berg, was public relations at its 
Worst. Denverite further rapped 
Skouras for backing _a move for 
daylight savings time bn >tlie Coast 
which. Wolfberg declared, would 
cost Skouras’ company “thousands 
and thousands of dollars in daily 
revenue.” Variety asked Skouras 
for his side of the story, and latter 
wired the" following reply i 

“First, I think it is a mistake to 
continue any bickering between ex- 
hibitors. Our greatest need is co- 
operation and friendly exchange of 
ideas between all exhibitors. I can- 
Inot be angry because another~ex* 

T- V ,< » I % 1 1 _ _ _ ft' 


is accorded to individuals whose ef- 
forts and achievements Constitute a 
“milestone” in the film industry. 
In making the announcement of 
Mayer’s selection, Siegel pointed 


system as It exists today 

Initial “Milestone” award last 
year went to Jesse L. Lasky, 


Established last year, the award hibitor bolds a n opinion differing 

from mine, and I certainly will not 
challenge or eondemn any exhibitor 
for differing with me. 

* “The interview with me that you 

refer ter related entirely to the ef- 
out that the former Metro veepee fect of television on theatre busi- 
has been primarily responsible for ne$s and p i aC e in Denver, 

formation of the creative producer wbere they have no television and 

have rtot felt its effect. In almost 
every area served by television, 
motion picture ' theatres have -been 
severely affected. We cannot ig- 
nore that fact. - , , 

“I sincerely hope that television 
will not affect theatre business in 
Denver. I also . hope that all ex- 
hibitors can be aroused to the dan- 
ger to our business to a degree 
that will produce a sound business 
answer to thq problem In better 
theatre operation and the furnish- 
ing of large-screen ' television and 
Whatever other forms of amuse- 
ment and entertainment our pa- 
trons require. Any Claim that day- 
light savings cost’ my company 
thousands in daily revenue is ab- 
surd. The real competition to the 
motion picture theatre * is televi- 


FCC to Bar Add! 
Testimony in Par, 


sion. 


Scophony Cases 

Washington, Aug. 12. 

Federal -Communication Com 
mission members are expected to 
meet here tomorrow (Wed.) .to rule 
out any further testimony on the 
Scophony case and. cyrrent anti- 
trust - actions against Paramount. 

These involve the package proceed- 
ings on Par and the proposed mer- 
ger of the American Broadcasting hesitation when solicited by 
* TT ,, , p aramoim j. The- ASCAP reps. On the basis of the 

rate structure, it's figured, the an- 
nual take for ASCAP eventually 
will reach $400,000, or close. 

First to sign a pact for the plat- 


Exhibs-ASCAP 

Continued from page 3 




Co. and United 
atres. 

Commission’s order of last week, 
which directed that the hearings 

be brought to a conclusion as soon - - ... 

as possible, limited a-t testimony ter public performance rights — as 
to activities since 1948. It’s be- distinguished from both perform- 
lieVedf this new action will mean a* ance an< * synchronization rights 
virtual closing of the proceedings, for pix, which are paid for by the 
approval of the ABC-UPT merger producer — was Harry Brandt, N- Y. 
and renewal of the license for circuit op. Joint statement on the 
KTLA, Par's TV station in Los deal was made hy Brandt and 
Angeles. Status of this. outlet had L M, Celling, ASCAP general man 
been in doubt because of Par's a-t a 8 e L i n Gotham last Thursday (7). 
history. Unknown is the determin- It was Brandt who had a key 
ation of o the Par-DuMont control role a few years ago in knocking 
which Examiner Leo Resnick will ASCAP out of the theatre-collect- 
cover in his initial opinion, due in ing field. Plaintiffs in the court 
about two months* action vs. ASCAP. were members 

Meanwhile, in anticipation -of of the Independent Theatre Own- 
the Commission’s ruling, Kesnick ers Assn., of which Brandt was, 
held hearings today - with counsel and still is* prexy. They .contended 
for parties to the proceedings to that their deals wit* 1 producer- 
clean up procedural odds and ends distributors covered all licensing 
of the five-month record of the -rights to pix they were exhibiting, 
case. The examiner gave the law- consequently ASCAP was without 
yers 30 days to file' proposed find- le ^ al ground in demanding public 
ings on the various issues involved performance coin from the exhibs. 
and ruled that DuMont need not Court agreed, handing down a de- 
submit recommendations on the cree directing ASCAP to collect 
ABC-UPT merger question from producers for the public per- 

Paul Spearman, counsel - for £ ?™>nce, plus the synchronization, 
radio station WSMB, New Orleans nghts 
protested against further delays 


Coyne Forced to Bow Out 
Of COMPO Coast Talks 

Robert W. Coyne, Council of 


in the . decision. Spearman, whose 
client is involved in the proceed- 
ings by virtue of UPT’s 50% in- 

wc e n S /r« in the station - said that 
WSMB cannot get auction on TV 
applications for New Orleans until 
the Par case is decided. 

Evergreen Buys Parker 
Out in Portland House 

t t P° rtla nd, Ore., Aug. 12. 

. Parker Theatres, headed 

by Mrs. J. J. Parker, sold its half 
interest in the Mayfair Theatre 
here to Evergreen State Amus. Co., 
Inc.,, for a reported $500,000. 
Parker loop and Evergreen had 


w. uoyne, uouncu evergreen naa 

Motion Picture Organizations’ spe- ' operated the Mayfair for the past 




cial counsel, bowed out of this 
week’s meetings of fop COMPO- 
ites with studio brass and unions 
on the Coast. Four-day series of 
conferences began yesterday 
(Tucs.) in Hollywood with Safh 
Pinanski and Trueman Rembusch, 
members of the exec board, and 
Robert J. O’Donnell, chairman of 
the “Movietime” campaign, 
ping Die industry org. 


rep- 


11 years through a partnership 
known as the Willamette Amus. 
Co. and Taylor St. Corp. Mayfair 
was originally built in 1909 by the 
Heilg family as a legit house. 
Parker and Evergreen leased the 
theatre from the Heilig estate in 
1934. Sale of her 50 interest 
leaves Mrs. Parker with ownership 
of the Broadway, United Artists 
and Guild Theatres in Portland; 


V„? , had planned to attend j the Liberty, Riviera and Viking 
5 J he , couldn t take time Theatres in Astoria and the United 

out iiom work in the east. 1 Artists in Pendleton. 


N. Y. to Europe 

George Barnes 
Milton Baron 
Suzanne Cloutier 
Rudolf Friml 
Martin Gang 
David Golding 
Frances Goldwyn 
Samuel Goldwyn 
Henry JHathaway 
Bob Hope 
George Jessel 
Harry Kopf 
Frankie Laine 
Fredric March 
Edwin M. Reiskind 
Robert Stolz 
William L. Taub 
Clifton Utley 
Jack Warren 

Europe to N, Y* 

Ralph Bellamy 
Rita Gam 
Hildegarde 
Arthur Laurents 
Beverly Linet 
Sidney Lumet 
Lenl Lynn 
Norton V. Ritchey 
Ted Shapiro 
Ethel 3mi.th 
Anna Soscnko 
Sophie Tucker 
Billy Wilder 


0 



. Marilyn Monroe Is apparently proving ! lucky touchstone in 
swinging the Hollywood press corps’ emphasis hack to * greater 
concentration oh sex as tht No. I b.o. commodity. Not only is 
Miss Monroe showing herself to he a surefire, money attraction in 
20th-Fox’s current “Don’t Bother to Knock,” Out, more important 
from an industry standpoint, she’s got the Hollywood correspon- 
dents suddenly realizing that there are also. quite a few other sexy 
femmes around, in pix, 

Papers and magazines have been full in the past month or so of 
articles and photo-stories hyphenating Hollywood and sex, most of 
them built around Miss Monroe^ Oldtime showmen in the biz are 
delighted, There’s long been a growing feeling among them that 
part of the lackadaisical public response to films in recent years 
has grown out of Hollywood’s developing dignity and emphasis on 
tfie folksiness of stars.. 

Showmen think there’s a lot of truth in the quote attributed by 
Erskine Johnson to actress Joanne Dru (a mother herself). Sez she 
of the “happy homelife” publicity: “People like to think of stars as 
from some other planet.- The minute they know there are a lot of 
kiddies around the house and that you are wiping their noses, the 
glamor is gone.” . 

Incidentally, a series of. four^ Johnson pieces syndicated by NEA 
has gotten tremendous space — of the ticket-selling type — in- sub- 
scribing newspapers during the past week. Decorated with appro- 
priate. art, they proclaimed the return of sex to films. Johnson 
summed up his thesis in article No. 1: “Television competition and 
the high price of living sent the studios as . Well as exhibitors into 
' a 'panic. Something had to be done. Somber, arty movies and 
movies with a message werfe junked, Hollywood. remembered that * 
. sex was big boxoffice when the movies were young and gay. So 
now it’s back to sex and- glamor and. gaiety to win back a lost movie 
audience,” 

Actually, the Monroe buildup has resulted in. more emphasis on 
• “Hollywood’s return to sex” in newspaper and mag yarns than is 
evident in pix themselves. The Breen office continues to keep a 
careful eye peeled, as do the Legion, of Decency, and other watch- 
dog agencies. There’s been no reflex from any of them at all — 
which is highly unlikely were pix getting quite as frisky as the 
writers, are saying. 



$20,000,000 Annually to ILS. Fdmites 


*-f Despite the. new curb on U. S. 
pix suddenly imposed, by Brazil last 


Hitchcock to Quebec 

To Begin ‘Confess’ 

Alfred Hitchcock leaves New 
•York for Quebec this week to be- 
gin the filming of “I Confess,” 
Transatlantic picture which Warner 
Bros, will release. Director ex- 
pects to spend about four Weeks in 
the Canadian city filming exteriors 
and then will return to Hollywood 
to complete the film. 

While in.N. Y., Hitchcock com- 
pleted the casting for the pic, which 
will see Montgomery Clift, >Anne 
Baxter, and Karl Maiden ijn lead- 
ing roles. 

Film concerns a priest who hears 
a murder confession, and although 
he is later accused of the' crime 
himself cannot betray the con- 
fessional trust. ‘ 


Cinerama, Oboler 
In Tri-Dimensional 
Race for N.Y. Bow 

What appears to be a race for 
the first official New York unveil- 
ing of a tri-dimensional film appar- 
ently is brewing between Cinerama 
and indie producer Arch Oboler. 
Since both are novelty attractions, 
the feeling probably is that .the 
“fustest” will win the -widest ac- 
ceptance. 

Both processes differ greatly. 
Cinerama gives a tri-dimensional 
effect and requires the use of spe- 
cial cameras and screen. Oboler’s 
venture ls~ based on the use of 
Polaroid specs which will be dis- 
tribbed to patrons on their en- 
trance to theatres. ■ 

Cinerama is set to unveil its ini- 
tial project late in September at 
the Broadway Theatre, Its fitst pic, 
“This Is Cinerama,” is more or less 
a demonstration film in the form 
of a travelog. Oboler's effort, 
known as “Bwana Devil,” is a film 
with a story. Although no theatre 
(Continued on page 20) 


N. Y. to L. A. 

Barney Balaban 
Ed Downies 
Lloyd Dunn 
Charles K. Feldman 
Y. Frank Freeman 
Shirley Graf 
Walter Hampden 
1 George Joy 
Nat Lorman 
Joseph Sistrom 
Spyros P. Skouras 
Paula Stone 
Jack L, Warner 
Billy Wilder 


week and theYank industry’s long- 
standing difficulties in Argentina, 

the Latin American market re- 
mains one of' the rltiost lucrative in 
the world. About $20,000,000 an- 
mually, according to best estimates, 
continues to come from such sub- 
stantial sources as Mexico, Vene- 
zuela,' Uruguay, Colombia, Peru 
and Chile. 

While there’s a protectionist an- 
gle for local producers involved in 
both the Brazilian and Argentine 
difficulties, American distribs feel 
that normal balance-of-trade fac- 
tors that have made the two coun- 
tries dollar-shy are the basic, prob- 
lem. Yanks' regret is that two na- 
tions that are among the richest 
in the world in natural resources 
should be running into such severe 
shortages as the result of political 
and economic ineptness. 

. Latest Brazilian move has been 
to drop films from the list of es- 
sential imports. . That means no 
further licenses will b v e granted to 
bring them into the country. 

Motion Picture Assn, of America 
has already enlisted the aid of the 
State Dept., the -Embassy in Rio 
and the local film board there in an 
effort to have pix restored to the 
essential list. Also being shot back 
to, the Brazilian capital in a few 
days is* Joaquin Rickard, Latin 
American rep of the MPAA, who 
returned to. New York from Rio 
only over the Weekend. The dele- 

■ (Continued on page 22) 


L. A. to N. Y. 

Dawn Addams 
A1 Allerdale 
Joseph Auerbach 
Betty Black 
Dan Bloomberg 
Howard Dietz - 
-Joe DiMaggio - 
Josephine Earl 
Nina Foch 
Frank Freeman, Jr. 
Betty Furness 
Leo Genn 
Nap Gray 
M. ,L. Gunzberg 
Grace Hartman 
Edith Head 
Wanda Hendrix . 
Kenjiro Matushita 
Jack. Lloyd 
David Loew 
Victor McLaglen 
Edward L. Peskay 
William Pine 
Sid Pink 
Joel'Preston 
Ron Randell 
Mikhail Rasumny 
Will Rogers, Jr. 

Paul Small 
Sid Solow 
Dave Tebet 
Mike Todd 
Edgar G. Ulmer 


irJnwJiTi AwgM* • 13» 1952 





ricTuus s ■- 






Some distribs estimate that 75% of the cost of selling pix goes 
Into getting the last 25% of a Aim’s income. As a result, this 
naradox naturally comes to the fore in any thinking on stream- 
lining of distribution. Solving it is much tougher, however, than 
consolidation of shipping and other "backroom” operations, which 
is now under consideration. There’s a strong antitrust angle in- 
volved, as well as . inter-company rivalry in. selling. 

One plan that has been suggested is* that smalltown theatres in 
non-competitive situations agree for a year in advance to buy a 
certain percentage of the pix of each of the distribs the exhib has 
normally been dealing With. The number would be based on an k 
averaging of the past several years. The distribs would then agree 
among themselves that no salesmen would be sent into such a 
town, with all the selling of the pix the exhib has contracted for 
the rest of the year to be. done by riiail. This would greatly reduce- 
sales costs to the distributors and they would pass a substantial 
share of the saving along' to the exhib. In that way, both sides 
would profit and the handling of the small accounts would be put on 
a more economic basis. , 

■ i ■ ~ 



Entire staff of the Roxy, N. Y., 
will receive letters with their pay 
tomorrow (Thurs.) formally notify- 
ing them that their employment is 
terminated . as • of ^Sept. 2T; That’s 
the date when' divorcement be- 
comes effective for 20th-Fox, which 
owns the house, and the' Roxy will 
pass into, the, hands of . the then- 
independent National Theatres. 

Actually, the news has already 
been given to all employees in per- 
son by Roxy manager David Katz — 
who has included himself, inci- 
dentally, in the notices to the staff. 
Move is not quite so drastic 'as it 
seems, however, Katz has informed 
the employees. It merely ; means 
that National Theatres chief 
Charles P. Skouras wants to be in 
a completely flexible position to 
move as he sees fit when he takes 


Rose Tunes in Tales’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Rights to Billy Rose’s entire 
music library were acquired .by 
Alex Gottlieb for use in his indie 
production, "Tales of Broadway.” 

Songs include 4 'Me and My Shad- 
ow,” ’‘Million Dollar Baby,” "That 
Old Gang of Mine, ’’. ‘‘Great Day,” 
"Back in Your Own. Back Yard,” 
"Follow the Swallows,” “Rainbow 
’Round My Shoulder,” "I Want to 
Be Loved,” • ‘‘Paper Moon,” and 
"Lonesomest Gal hi' Town.” 


Woo Wolf son 


over. 

Katz, in his talk to staff mem- 
bers, said that it was obvious that 
Skouras would need' help to oper- 
ate the giant Broadway showfcase 
and it was logical that employees 
trained and experienced there 
would be retained. 

* Sammy Rauch, who is in charge 
of the Roxy’s stageshpws, is in r 
eluded in those who will get ter- 
mination letters tomorrow signed 
by Katz on instructions from 
Skouras. Affected will b«'115 non- 
union employees, including the ad- 
ministrative, accounting and ho'use 
itaff, and 150 union workers. 

Unions are being notified under 
terms of their master contracts 
(Continued on page 1$) 


6-Day Runs, at Least, 
Pushed by Par For 
'Show’ in Snttll Towns 

. Paramount is insisting on mini- 
mum runs of six or Seven days in 
licensing deals for "Greatest Show 
on Earth” with sihajl-town exhibs, 
jt was indicated in distrib circles 
this week. Exhib proposals to play 
the Cecil B. DeMille film for any 
period short bf the six days are 
being nixed by Par in many cases. 

Result is that hinterland theatre 
,°ps whose situations are of lesser 
calibre are entering Unprecedented 
long-run” pacts for the film. Spots 
Which never before held a pic be- 
yond two or three days are giving 
m to Par’s demand in "order to 
nab the film. 

A. W. Sclnvalberg, Par sales top- 
per., said last week that "Greatest 
^how In a single day has been 
n :° or eXce eding "Samson and 
einah” business for three or four 
nays ‘in practically every small- 
own engagement.” For example, 
e said, the DeMille pic rolled up 
a Week s gross of $3,067 In a thea- 
* seating less than 400 in an Iowa 
of a population of 6,000. 
IqiqP at the same spot drew 
tw’ ^^ded. Schwalberg claimed 
9 rea test Show” in big and 
towns alike is outgrossing 
JrP by an average of ,230%. 

*° on ty tha small-town 
whA^ hwalber * added: "Theatres 
wiH. re ^ lree days is an average run, 
hav* one ~day holdover a rarity, 
™ gi y en DeMille circus epic 

H»ying 1 time.*"’ 0 wetks " cxtended 


To Remain As 
Prexy of TOA 

1 Next month’s annual convention 
of, Theatre Owners of America in 
Washington likely will be preceded 
by efforts of. some highly-placed 
TOA-ers to induce Mitchell Wolf- 
son to accept, the presidency for a 
second term.* Wolf son, who’s a 
Florida circuit operator, has given 
the Job much’ time over the past 
year, often in New York' headquar- 
ters or in . communication with it ' 
from his Miami hofiie l^ase. 

_ Yla his active record- at the helm, ! 
Wolf son has won the confidence of 
many members and officers of the 
org apd Is a cinch tq be given im- 
portant consideration as a candi- 
date for xeelection when -the nom- 
inating committee goes into ses- 
sion. There’s no certainty, though, 
that he’d accept. 

Operation of .the theatre chain, 
plus Miami's only television sta- 
tion, is a man-sized job and Wolf- 
son may prefer to duck the respon- 
sibilities that the TOA presidency 
would mean for another year. 

Heading this year's nominating 
committee is Morris Loewensteirt, 
Oklahoma City exhib. Others on 
the committee are R. B. Wilby, 
Elmer Rhoden) A1 Pincus, Sam 
Kirby, M. A. Lichtman, Henry 
Reeve, Mack Jackson, George Ker- 
asotes and Tom Ribble. TOA con- 
clave is ! set for D. C.’s Shoreham 
Hotel,' Sept. 14-18. 

Jack Warner Back 

To Coast After Talks 

Jack L. Warner, Warner Bros, 
executive veepee and production 
topper, returned to the Coast from 
New York Friday (8) following sev- 
eral days of confabs with homeof- 
fice execs. Studio topper stopped 
off in Gotham following his return 
from Europe. 

Meanwhile, Mort Blumenstock, 
ad-pub chief, arrived in New York 
last week from the Coast, where 
he now headquarters, for several 
weeks’ stay at the homeoffice. He 
is expected to remain for the Aug. 
20 preem of “Our Lady of Fatima.” 






After three years of strife, and 
struggle, Council of Motion Pic- 
ture Organizations appears at the 
moment to be On the verge of get- 
ting its first solid foothold as an 
industry force. Campaign for 
funds, which began Monday (11), 
is going 'excellently and the. three- 
man executive triumvirate;, estab- 
lished purely as an expedient, is 
working out surprisingly well. 

Nub of COMPO’s new-found suc- 
cess is its focal position in the cur- 
rent fight on the 20% amusement 
tax; It is the industry’s only over- 
all organization and thus is a con- 
venient rallying point for all the 
forces in the tax battle.* 

If the tax fight is successful, ,or 
even only partially successful, it is 
hoped . that COMPO by that time 
will have gained the. confidence of 
all the industry groups that are 
participating. Also that the execu- 
tive and' financial pattern will be 
so Well established that the organi- 
zation can go right on functioning 
and get into the broader public 
relations aspects for which it was 
originally designed.. 

Coming of the tax campaign at 
this time is particularly fortunate 
in focusing industry attention in j 
(Continued on pag 6) 

‘4-Poster’ Will Day-Date 
On B’way and Art House 
In Adopting ‘Outcast’ Plan 

Columbia is set to repeat ' with 
“The Four-Poster” the dual Broad- 
Way and att house New York first- 
run pioneered by Lopert Films 
with. "Outcast of -the Islands.” The 
Stanley Kramer film will open day- 
and-date at ; the Victoria on Broad- 
way and the Fine Arts on the upper 
east side: / 

‘‘Outcast,” a Carol Reed import 
from England* Was preemed simul- 
taneously at the . Astor on Broad- 
way and the Fine Arts. Astor and 
Vic are next to each other on the 
Stem and, both’ owned* by City In- 
vesting Co. 

Twin opening worked so well 
that Col is anxious to try it with a 
pic it feels especially suited for it. 
"Four-Poster”v has only two char- 
acters, played J by Rex Harrison and 
Lilli Palmer,- With the play on 
which It was based still current 
oh • Broadway. *' Burgess Meredith 
and Betty Field are playing it on 
Broadway, in the parts created by 
Jessica Tandy, and Hume Cronyn. 
Latter |4i*e now touring." in. the show. 

“Outcast” ,8°t a four-week run 
at the 'Astor and is still at the 
Fine Arts, where it . is in its 13th 
week: .Lopett execs — and, evident- 
ly, Coliinibia— feel the dual-run 
idea is good because it gives them 
a chance to reap a much bigger 

(Continued on page 6) 




UA Adds 4 Indies 


ftollywood, Aug. 12/ 
United Artists- • added four pic- 
tures to its distribution program 
between now and the end of 1953, 
making a total of 47 features slated 
for release in the next 17 months. 

Additions to the schedule are 
Charles Chaplin’s "Limelight;” 
Danziger Brothers’ "Babes in Bag- 
dad,” Jewell Productions’ "Un- 
tamed Women” and a feature still 
untitled. 


Something New 

At UA: In Black 


Scratch figures for the first six 
months, of 1952, worked up. by 
United Artists’’ accountants last 
week, show the. company to have 
wound .Up in the black in, both 
domestic and foreign operation. 
This is the first time, since the war 
that the releasing, outfit has shown 
a profit for any such sustained 
period. 

While the margin of black was 
small and certain writeoffs were 
not included which the Arthur B, 
Krim management group ’ feejs 
eventually ■ must be , taken, they 
are naturally gratified at the re- 
sult. They are particularly pleased 
that aside from heavy income from 
a few big pix, there was sufficient 
take from other product to pro- 
vide a fairly good weekly base. 

Domestic department has shown 
a consistent profit Since the be- 
gining of the year, but the for- 
eign was in the ( carmine during 
much of the six-month period. For 
that reason; UA execs had feared 
until almost the end of the half- 
year that the overseas division 
would pull the overall total below 
the .break-even ntartc. • 

Foreign department is only now 
being brought Into anything near 
full productivity by Arnold Picker, 
who was brought in last fall to 
resuscitate It. The' Krim contin- 
gent, including . Robert $. Ben- 
jamin, Matty Fox;, May E; Young- 
stein and William J. Heiriemah, 
took over the company early in 
1951. 

Heaviest ' contribution . to the 
good domestic showing sq far this 
year was made ’ by "African 
Queen.” The Sam . Spiegel- John' 
Huston production last week 
crossed the • $3, 000, 000, gross 

marker. It went into release last 
February and has had about 5,000 
dates. It is figured to do close 
to $1,000,000 more. 


Rackmil Gets $80,000, Blumberg 78G 
In Universal’s New Management Setup 


As a result of the change in 
Universal’s managerial setup, the 
company has come to terms on an 
employment contract for Milton R. 
Rackmil, Its hew prexy, and on an 
amended agreement for Nate* J, 
Blumberg, outgoing president and 
now chairman of the board. 

Pacts, filed with the Securities 
Sc Exchange Commission, call for 
Rackmil to receive an annual sal- 
ary of $80,000 and Blumberg $78,- 
000. Latter’s salary is similar to 
that which he received as com- 
pany prexy, but the new agree- 
ment amends his duties. U also 
announced the signing of a new 
one-year pact with David Lipton, 
national advertising and publicity 
director,. Pact, covering period 
from January, 1952, to January, 
1953, calls for Lipton to receive 
$900 weekly. 

Under Blumberg’s new deal,' 
which has to be approved at (lie 
annual meeting of stockholders in 


March, 1953, the new board chair- 
man’s duties will be mainly con- 
sultative and! advisory. Rackmil, 
on the other hand, will be the oper- 
ating boss of . the company, and 
according to his pa^t will have 
“general supervision of the busi- 
ness and affairs of Universal . . . 
and general powers of supervision 
and management,” Rackmil’s 
agreement states that he shall not 
be directly or indirectly connected 
in any competitive business, though 
he may serve as an officer or con- 
sultant of Decca Records, of which 
he is currently prexy,. His salary 
at Decca has been $85,000 a year, 
but it was reduced when he as- 
sumed the U post. The new figure 
was not revealed. Pact limits him 
to spend only one-third of his 
time on Decca biz. 

It allows him further to continue 
any bjiz relationships he now has, 
but prevents him from assuming 
(Continued on page 16) 


While reps of exhib organiza- 
tions and major distribs were bat- 
tling in the recent arbitration 
meetings over whether bids should 
he made public, United Artists 
took the hull by the horns. Com- 
pany, it was disclosed this week, 
has. been opening Winning bids for 
exhib Inspection for the past three 
weeks, 

William J. Heipeman, UA’s v.p. 
in charge of sales, has ruled that 
losing bidders, by making applica- 
tion in person or in writing to the 
local branch within seven days of 
the deadline for bids, may see the 
winning offer. 

In cases where UA has accepted 
none of the bids and subsequently 
sold a pic through negotiation, the 
low men are permitted to gander 
the final terms achieved via the 
face-to-face palaver. On the other » 
hand, in no case is the top bidder • 
permitted' to o.o, the proffers of 
the exhibs Who failed’ to get a pfc, 

"We thought jthat opening win- ■ 
nlog bids to the losers,” explained 
Heineman, "was the only way to ^ 
head off possible law suits and to 
stop talk by exhibitors that they 
were being finagled out of pictures. 
We have quickly proved to them 
that that isn’t so.” 0 

UA sales chief said that the new 
plan actually 'hasn't been in use 
long enough to get any widespread 
exhib reaction. He opined, 
ever, from rumblings so far that 
some theatremen like it and som* 
don’t. That pretty well agrees with 
what other distribs forecasLduring 
long hassles with exhib leaders 
during the recent sessioffs to work 
out an industry arbitration system. 

Many theatremen, ever since 
bidding was instituted, have de- 
(Contlnued on page 16) 

N.Y, Won’t Tolerate 
Bingo, Etc., h Plas 
For Revival by Indies 

New York City will continue its 
policy of opposing the playing of - 
Bingo, Screeno and other give- 
away games in theatres, according 
to License Commissioner Edward 
T. McCaffrey. City official was 
surprised at . the news that a group 
of unaffiliated, independent ops of 
nabe houses were putting on a 
drive to revive the games since, he 
pointed out, "the various motion 
picture associations have been in 
full cooperation with the depart- 
ment's policy.” 

; Exhibs, operators of small-seat- 
£rs, many in fringe areas, feel that 
the' cote lures ^ould aid As a b.o. 
hypo as they did during the der 
pression era. Ops are planning to 
petition Mayor Impellitteri for a 
ruling on what position the city 
Would take if the games were re- 
vived. ■ Leaders of the movement 
have pointed out that the games 
were not illegal and that they were 
wlnthin the state's law pertaining 
to lotteries. The city, they noted, 
has N been able to bring a halt to the 
games by harassment via Its licens- 
ing, powers. 

894G Claims Vs. FC 
Would Settle for 179G 

Some $893,976 in claims that the 
Chemical Bank Sc Trust Co. and 
Cinecolor Corp. have filed against 
the defunct Film Classics, Inc., 
would be settled for $178,849, it 
was disclosed in New York last 
week by FC assignee Irving Kauf- 
man. That adjustment of the claims 
may be made was revealed when 
Kaufman sought court approval for 
the move. 

Acting upon Kaufman’s petition, 
N. Y. Supreme Court Justice Irving 
H. Saypol directed all FC creditors 
to show cause by Aug. 21 why an 
order should not be made author- 
izing the settlement. In event the 
step receives a grcenlight from 
creditors, it would also result in 
discontinuance of a suit now pend- 
ing between the Chemical Bank, as 
plaintiff, and Kaufman and others, 
as defendants. 



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Makes TIivm 


thtcreittnr ehlM thriller with 
Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli. 
Lensed In poatwar CUrmany. 

Hollywood, Aug. 12> 

Metro release of Richard Goldstone 
production. Stars Cans Krily* Pier An- 
gel! : features Richard Reber. Richard 
£gan> Claus Clausen, Wilfrled Seyferth, 
Margot Hielscher, Annie Rosar. Directed 
by Andrew Mj>rt+W>V, . g er s sOp li K -lorry 
Davis; based on stesgr jnr Lawrenee Badb- 
ntann; camera, Vaclar Vlch; editor, Ben 
Lewis! musical direction," Rudolph G. 
Kopp. Previewed Aug. 11, 'll. -Running 
{time.;*? MIN*. 

Capt/.Aeft Eliot ^'Csa* KeUr 

Wllhelmina (WlUle) Lehrt . .Pier Angell 

Col, James Terry .Richard Rober 

Lt. Parker .y* ,R lebard . Egan 

Hefsemann Clans Clausen 

. Hsnslg ,.... s ..».WUfrled 8ey<erth 

Cabaret Singer Margot Hlpledber 

Mrs.. Kelgler Annie Resar 

Set. at Airport ........ .Harold Renedlct 

Mr. Nolder 1 .,. ..., Ottp Gabuhr 

Mrs. Nolder Gertrud Wolle 

* Kelgler Heinrich Gretler 

Girl In Phone Booth . . Charlotte Flemming 

Lt. Farris Charles Gordon Howard 

Oberlitt .....Bum Kruger 

Walter ,-Claua Benton Lombard 

Sigmund Neffs Ivin Petrovich 

Customs Official — German .....Sepp Rlst 
Ernst Ifaltmann .... Michael Tellerinr 


Postwar Germany provides the 
background for an interesting 
chase thriller that will be liked in 
the general market. Snow-covered 
Munich, Salzburg, Berchtesgaden 
and Hitler’s bombed-out Adlerhorst 
are the plot settings, and the play- 
ers Involved in ^he melodrama car- 
ry it off’ for audience attention 
over the 89-mlnutfe footage, 

Lawrence Bachmann’s story, 
■’Autobahn,’’ supplies the basis for 
Jerry Davis’ script. Story deals 
with ah underground movement to 
revive the Nazi Party and how 
Counter-Intelligence, with the aid 
of Gene Kelly, Air Force captain, 
and Pier Angeli, a 1 German 3-girl, 
put down the aspirations of one 
wpuld-be fuehrer, 

Kelly, after several, years ab- 
sence from Germany, 'returns to 
Munich to spend Christmas with a 
family that had aided him escape 
the Nazis when his pUne was shot 
down in the war/Hennd* the par- 
*ents dead— from an Allied bomb — 
and the daughter grown up to be 
Miss Angeli, now a bitter girl mak- 
ing'. a discouraging living shilling 
drlpks In a nitery and using Army 
officers to smuggle trade goods be- 
tween Munich and Salzburg, .. . 

Miss. Angeli confesses to Kelly 
and' promises to give up the smug- 
^ gling. Kelly refuses to spoil his 
" new-found love when the Cl asks 
him to help spot the means by 
which the underground Nazi move- 
ment Is transferring its gold caches 
from one hiding place to the other 
but, when Miss Ahgeli 'asks him to 
makevahother smuggling trip, he's 
convinced: she is mixed up in the 
more dangerous plot. Through a 
flUke,‘ he discovers the fenders on- 
the oar he is using are gold and the 
knowledge nearly costs his life and 
that of Miss Angeli before the au- 
thorities can move in and take over. 

The chase thrills and suspehse 
momenta come across expertly un- 
der Andrew Marton’s direction, but 
he is inclined t$ pace the film a bit 
too slowly in other spots. One of 
the top thriller sequences in the 
motorcycle race on a frozen lake, 
during which the villain is re- 
vealed, and the following chase as 
the heavy flees to the wrecked Ad- 
lerhorst • and is captured against 
the frame of Hitler's vast picture 
Window in the house. Quite a few 
humorous scenes are spotted, 
among them » trio singing an 
American pop tune in German, a 
group of German jitterbugs and a 
slapping dance. Other music in- 
cludes several torches by sultry 
Margot Hielscher and some songs 
by Claus Clausen, the villain who 
poses as a la-de-da cafe singer. - 

Kelly and Miss Angeli make" a 
good starring team, the actress do- 
ing particularly well with her char- 
acterization. The late Richard Ro- 
her, Richard Egan and Charles 
Gordon Howard are among the 
American officers. The German 
characters are interestingly por- 
trayed. 

Richard Goldstone’s production 
gains in value from the location 
lensmg, which provides, a real back- 
ground that sharpens the melo- 
dramatics. Vaclav Vich did the ex- 
cellent photography. The editing 
musical direction and other credits 
are - good. Btoq. 

Phoenix Co. Takeover 

Phoenix, Aug. 12. 

th A S frf ‘ 0f the T recent ly defunct 
Tn-Amencan Productions have 
been taken over by Frontier Pro- 

nrodn^Hn new + ^ incorporated film 

niy in C H° n whlch ha s several 

sePkini ma J ung and is currently 
f a national distributor. 

Jack S ing new C0I ^pany is 
olll . ns * w ho has rented stu- 
dio space in Phoenix. Most shoot- 
ing, however, will be done on loca- 

J imnn’t W i lh / C t ors ’ directors, et 
a . imported from the east and 
v*est coasts. 


|ti •f AU Mmhm 

iCOLOR) 

Okay escapUi entertainment 
for programmer market. 

Universal M J, M O j »jrd QMdgMta 

E roductlon. Start Tony j. Curtis. Pipur 
auris; features Sussn Cabot. William 
Reynolds. Ruth 0*BrUn. Victor Jory. Di- 
rected by Kurt Neumann. Story and 
screenplay. GeraM Drayeopa Adams; cam- 
era (TaotinMeMr). Maury Gerteman; edi- 
tor, yirait VeathT^ Myl t al diratof* 
Joseph CsrdMHMt Trmidiiws. N. Y.» 
-Aug, 9. *9*. Running time. 79 MINS. 

Kashina Baba,.^.*.. -• . ..Tony Curtis 
Kikl .Piper Laurte. 

Tala .•■...'...•..■...•...•.■Suun Cabot 
Mustafa ............. .WlUkm Reynolds 

Hussein ....... Iv. ....... .Hugh O'Brtata 

Caliph Victor Jory 

All Bsba...,..^.. -Morris Ankruin 

Kareeb Philip Van Zmndt 

Bahu *I>#oo Balasoo 

Phtou^v t is* • 1 1 « tt ^ * •• • ♦ * sem 

Thada /» ............ viBarbani Knudson 

Calu ...... ,T. .............. Alice Kelley 

Capt.' Youagef., Gerald Mohr 

Zaza .. * Mllada Mladoya 

Princcaa Karma,. Katherlna Warren 

Commandant Robert Barratt 


The Arabian Nights get another 
tongue-in-cheek going-over in Uni- 
versal-International’s ’’Son .of All 
Baba,” With Tony Curtis and Piper 
Laurie furnishing the marquee ap- 
peal and a wealth of physical trap- 
pings providing Oriental atmos- 
phere, the film adds up to a, stout 
dualer in the escapist vein, 

. Screenplayed by Gerald Drayson 
Adams from his own original, the 
yarn U a fanciful, tale of 1 intrigue 
as practiced IA ancient Bagdad, 
Victor Jory; a "greedy caliph, has 
designs upon the treasures of All 
Baba {Morris Ankrum). To carry 
out his plans, he seizes a princess 
(Piper Laurie) and forces her to 
pose as a slave girl and flee to the 
•home of All Baba’s cadet son (Tony 
Curtis). 

Having Miss Laurie seek a haven 
with Curtis is merely part of Jory’s 
strategy, for. she has already' been 
committed as a bride for the Shah. 
Thus, In the guise of doing the 
Shah a favor, he could now move 
in to recapture her and grab the 
[-plunder at the same time. He par- 
tially succeeds but Curtis and. his 
fellow cadets put an end to the 
skullduggery in .a rousing finale 
replete with sabre clashing. 

Fortunately, none of the cast 
plays it* straight.- Curtis makes a 
good attempt at the heroics via a 
[jiUrriber of fencing scenes. But his 
forte is pitching woo, and there are 
plenty of scantily clad girls on 
hand for that. Miss Laurie is pert 
and pretty as the princess who 
eventually .winds up in a clinch 
with Curtis. 

Susan Cabot, who’s cast as a 
femme archer, shoots a mean ar- 
row as well as sporting a snappy 
chassis. Jory is a, standard menace 
as the Caliph, while Ankrum’s por- 
trayal of All Baba measures up to 
the demands of the script Barbers 
Knudson and Alice Kelley contrite 
ute a note of -levity as a couple of 
harem gals In search Qf male com- 
panionship. Others supply routine 
support. 

Producer Leonard. Goldstein, 
who recently left the U-I fold, 
dressed the film with some eye- 
arresting sets which Maury Gerts- 
man’s Technicolor cameras caught 
admirably. Lens also' picked up 
the cadets' cavalry formations to 
advantage, Kurt Neumann’s direc- 
tion accented the light touch. Edit- 
ing of Virgil Vogel and Joseph 
Gershenson’sfnuslCal direction are 
competent, as are other technical 
credits. Gilb. 


Kid From Broken Gnn 

(SONG) 


Routine program western in 
the Charles Startett series. 


, Hollywood, Aug. 8. 

Columbia release of Colbert dark pro- 
duction. Stars Charlee Starred; features 
Jack Mahoney, Smiley Burnette, Angela. 
Stevens, Tristaun Coffin. Myron Healey, 
Helen Mowery. Directed- by Fred F. Sears. 
Written by Barry Shipman, JEd Ear! Repp; 
camera, Fayte Browne; editor, Paul. Bor- 
ofsky. Previewed Au*. 9. *32. Running 
time, SS MINS. 

Steve Reynolds 1 . 

The Durango Kid $ Charles Starrett 

j Smiley Burnette Smiley Burnette 

: Mahoney Jack Mahoney 

'Gall Kingston Angela Stevens 

Martin Donohugh Tristram Coffin 

KJ«fer Myrbn Healey 

Dixie King ................ Helen Mowery 

. Sheriff Maurltz Hugo 

i Judge Hallo way Edgar Dearing 

I .... ... ........ Cns Alcaide 

I Doc Handy Pat O’Malley 

! Chuck John Cason 


This is a complicated program 
, western in the Charles Starrett 
series that will get only a mild 
reception from juve oater fans. The 
plot is too involved and too much 
of the action is talked out, making 
for a slow 55 minutes. 

j Footage is padded out with gen- 
erous use of clips from older Star- 
. rett oaters, spotted via flashbacks 
that are tied in with the story be- 
* ing told. Plot has Jack Mahoney 
in trouble with the law and having 
to be rescued from chaf-ges of 
murder and theft by Starrett. It’s 
mostly courtroom action, with vari* 
ous witnesses giving their versions 
i of the crime and Starrett taking 


th* stRiht. to deUfl past history of 
the’ stolen glld coini. Finally, in. 
hig Bi*skje4.';charact*r of the Du- 
rango Kid, he forces a. retrial so 
Mahoney can be cleared and the 

J 'ullt fastened on Angela Stevens, 
etnrae lawyer who la supposed to 
be defending the accused min, and 
Tristram Coffin, express operator. 
There isn't much the players can 
do with their characters,, .so they 
come off in . stereotype fashion to 
fit the script and direction, Smiley 
Burnett, Stafrett’s laddie pal, tries 
for laughs and is seen in a mul- 
titude of characters ■ all singing 
”It’s the Law.” Myron Healey, the 
prosecuting attorney, and - other! 
are > adequate to the film’s light 
demands. 

Technical credits backing the 
Colbert Clark production are in 
keeping with the budget values. 

Brop. 


f . 


The Jungle 

Exploitation programmer for 
aller ballyhoo spots. 


Hollywood* Aug, 7. 

Lipp«rt Picture* release of T. R. Sund- 
ara m- W illlam Berke production, directed 
by Berke. Stars Rod Cameron, Cesar Ro- 
mero, Marie Windsor; features Sulochana, 
M.. N. Nambisr, David Abraham, Rama- 
krlahna. Chltra Devi. Screenplay, Carroll 
Young* added, dialog. Orville Hampton; 
camera, Clyde De Vinna; editor, L. Balu; 
music, Dakshinamoorthy and G. Rama- 
nathan. Previewed Aug. 6, "32. Running 
time, 74 MINS. 

Steve Bentley Rod Cameron 

Rama Singh ' .Cesar Romero 

Princess Mirl Marie Windsor 

The Aunt Sulochana 

M ahaR M. N. Nambiar 

Prime Minister...... David Abraham 

Young Boy .RamakrJahna 

The Dancer, Chltra Devi 


As an exploitation picture, ’’The 
Jungle** will serve its purpose in 
the programmer houses when bally- 
hoo effort is put forth., to sell the 
Values to be, found in wild animal 
Aghts, elephant stampedes and 
other jungle background material. 
An asset .to the selling is the ac- 
tual lensing in India. 

The Carroll Young original 
script is 'an adequate basis for the 
film. ~ and had producer-director 
William JBerke taken half as much 
care making the plot development 
logical as he did in obtaining au- 
thentic backgrounds, the picture 
might have risen above its present 
exploitation-programmer level. 

Stars Rod , Cameron, Cesar Ro- 
mero and Marie Windsor all made 
the .trek to' India for the lensing 
but weren’t able to make anything 
of ' the- Illogical characters and the 
poor dialog. They provide the hu- 
man equation for an elephant hunt 
trek into the jungles. Miss Wind- 
sor, ruler of Sunadar; and Romero/ 
her advisor, do not believe the story 
of Cameron, white hunter, that the 
elephants in her domain are being 
stampeded by prehistoric mam- 
moths. He is proven right, how- 
ever, wherf the safari, after going 
through a succession of jungle per- 
ils, comes upon the mammoths. 
They fight off the monsters with 
hand grenades, the explosions start 
a landside and Cameron dies sav- 
ing Miss Windsor, so the sugges- 
tion of a romance between them 
comes to naqght. 

For thrills, footage shows fights 
between a tiger and a bear, and a 
leopard and a boar, plus slithering 
Teptiles • and other jungle fauna. 
The elephant stampedes are rather 
lame and the mammoths ludicrous. 
A plushy look is given to parts of 
the production by several palace 
sequences and Clyde De Vinna’s 
camera work looks good. Sepia 
tone print is a help. 

Picture has several interesting 
native dances, and the music score 
has a different sound. Ellis Dun- 
jvgan acted as associate producer to 
Berke, and the film was produced 
with the facilities of Modern Thea- 
tres, Ltd.* of Salem, India. Editing 
Is choppy. Brog, 

Untamed Women 


Exploitation picture Jfor sec- 
ondary market. 

tinlted ArtiiU release of Richard Kay 
P rod «ction. Features 
Mikel Conrad, Doria Merrick. Directed 
W. Merle Connell. Screenplay, George 
c *mera, Glen Gano; editor, 
William Connell; music, Raoul Kraushaar. 
Tradeahown, N. Y., Aug. U, '52. Run- 
ning time, 74 MINS. 

Stev« Mike! Conrad 

Sandra Doris Merrick 

2? nny Richard Monahan 

Mark Lowell 

Andy Morgan Jones 

Mvra Midge Ware 

Vnldra Juc^y Brubaker 

Tannua Carol Brewster 

£ i / ' ‘ ,* * Autumn Rice 

Col. Lorlng L yle T ai bot 

Warren ..... Montgomery Pittman 
Nurse Edmunds Miriam Kayior 

Scantily clad gals, prehistoric 
monsters and an abundance of 
special effects give an exploitation- 
al lift to “Untamed Women.” 
Otherwise, this indie effort indi- 
cates only fair returns from the 
lower half of the duals, for the 
story is. ludicrous, acting amateur- 
ish and production values meagre. 

' But exhibitors with an eye to 
showmanship may generate better- 


ttwn-Ji veragfr grosses' if v they dev|*«; j tanffiW rtaron for exhih. 
a ; cRin^tign'i in k«*ph|f ,with the through? with their dues 
pictured subject. Marquee and match the ’ Dlst ^bs 

theatre front displays « blowups’ tioni dollar-for^nlfnv cont nbu- 
Of dlnoaaura, as well fts partially ffiJJ aS 

undraped gals, should stimulate a °" e | “ * the 
the public’s, curiosity. ■ ' < 5 -"Sf 1 } for mm com pa £ 

Forced down at sea after an at- b?8an their collection — e * 
tack on a Japanese cruiser,, a four- 
man U. S. bomber crew is Washed 
ashore on an island inhabited by 
beautiful women. Aitmen are "cap- 1 


tured by the -gals, whose speech 
and environment are contemporary 
with that of the ancient Druids. 
Their captors, later release them to 
assist* in driving, off .some “hair- 
men” invaders. 

At the height of the struggle a 
volcano erupts: Molten lava kills 
all life on the island with sole ex- 
ception of crew leader Mikel Con- 
rad, who escapes on a rubber boat. 
He’s subsequently rescued and his 
story is told in flashback .from a 
hospital bed. 

Direction' of W. Merle Connell 
gave the cast little help in making 
the George W. Sayre script credi- 
ble. .Conrad plays his role straight 
but others are hardly believable. 
Doris Merrick, as the women’s 
leader, is particularly ineffective. ’ 

Camerawork of Glen Gano is 
fair while Paul Spruiick has done 
a comparatively good job in his 
special effects and art, direction. 
Producer • Richard Kay* who obvi- 
ously worked /from a shoestring 
budget, padded the footage with a 
number of stbek shots. Editing of 
William Connfell is so-so, as are 
other technical credits:. Gilb, 


Blackhawk 

(SERIAL; CHAPTER 1) 

Columbia rclaaa* of Sal Kmtzmau pro- 
duction. Stars Kirk Alynj features Carol 
Forman and John Crawford. Directed by 
Spencer Bennot and Fred F. Sears. 
Screenplay, George H. Plympton. Royal 
K. Cole. Sherman L. Lowe, baaed on char- 
actors created by Reed Crandall and 
Charlea Culdera; camera,. William Whit- 
ley; editor, Earl Turner; music, Mlscha 
Bakalelnikoff. Tradeahown In N. Y.. /illy 
30. '53. In 19 parts: Running, time (first 
episode). 19 MINS. 

Blackhawk.... Kirk Alyn 

Laska. ................... , Carol Forman 

Chuck John Crawford 

Mr, Case...., Mlcnael Fox 

Olaf Don Harvey 

Stan ' l ' • , 

Boris S Rick Vallln 

Andre Larry Stewart 

Chop Chop Weaver Levy 

Bork... Zon Murray 

Cress Nick ' Stuart 

Aller Marshall Reed 

Dyke Pierce Lyden. 

Dr, Rolph .William Fiwcatt 

Hodge .............Rory MalUnson 

Hendrickson...... ......Frank Jills 


Latest serial from Sam Katz- 
man’s assembly line it the 15-part 
“Blackhawk*” with the same stars 
as Columbia’s earlier “Superman” 
episodic opus. It's grooved strictly 
for the juve market. There are ex- 
ploitation . potentials, in . the fact 
that the yarn is. based • on char- 
acters of the Blackhawk comic 
mag, although not as strong ’as 
Col's previous “Captain Video” or 
“Superman.” 

Story gets plenty of action in a 
spy-saboteur framework. Spies are 
from an unnamed foreign country, 
but fSct that they’re given names 
like Boris points in the Russian di- 
rection. • They ’re headed by-Carol 
Forman, who played the “Spider 
Lady”' in “Superman,” and are 
masterminded by a leader who’s 
consistently- lensed with his back 
to the camera. 

The “good guys” are the Black- 
hawks, a “brotherhood of fearless 
fighters for' freedom,” uniformed 
group that speeds by plane .or car 
to wherever the saboteurs are 
working. The wreckers are up to 
plenty, of mischief, but the Black- 
hawks upset their plans with re- 
markable consistency. Blackhawk 
himself is played by Kirk Alyn, 
title-roleist in “Superman.” 

Plot twist unfolded in the first 
episode is the planting by the 
saboteurs of one of their members 
in the place of his twin brother, a 
bonafide member of the Black- 
huwks, inside the latter organiza- 
tion. 

Miss Forman, in the lone femme 
role, is purely a menace, the 
script eschewing love interest. 
Scripting, acting and direction — 
in the serial tradition — aim at 
moppet minds with not much at- 
tention to logic or details. Bril. 


COMPO 

Continued from page 3 


COMPO. It was becoming almost 
moribund as the* result of lack of 
interest by some industry groups 
and the difficult time it had finding 
a prexy to succeed Ned E. Depinet. 

The 20% crusade is likewise for- 
tunate in providing steam for the 
new financing plan set up last win- 
ter. While it was agreed that the 
scheme of payments was a good 
one, lack of definite activity by 
COMPO made it difficult to collect 
the coin. ' 

Dlstrlbs Match Exhibg 

Now, with the tax campaign hav- 
ing first call on all COMPO funds 
required, there's a strong and 


Monday and are reporting^ucm? 
Tenor of exhib feeling before B 
however, as expressed at" vaS 
local organizational meetings u 
c *ntbr, ra.de it clear that the 
collection procedure was ceX 
of success. 

This Will mark the first tlm. 
that COMPO will have any broad 
ly-based exhib financial suS 
In. the vHt .it has ,11 comeK 
few large circuits and the MnH™ 
Picture Assik of .America 1 Q 
.It is hoped that establishment 
Of this pattern will insure a future 
for COMPO. Exhibs will have* 
•direct Interest via their payment* 

f ey>U a ^^tively S: 

less -contribution and they’ll see 
•how their funds, put to work co- 
operatively, can win results for th# 

industry. 

Other angle that is upplnv 
COMPO’s stock is the threeS 
executive body that is functioning 
|n place of a prexy. Trio has shown 
great interest and enthusiasm and 
has sort of acted ab a catalyst to 
increase -respect ' for COMPO 
among the groups which each of 
the three men represents. 

. Triumvirate consists 'of Trueman 
Rembusch, .repping Allied States 
Assn; of Exhibitors; Sam Pinanski 
repping Theatre Owners of Amer- 
ica, . and A1 Lichtman, repping the 
MPAA, 

When , the three-man plan was 
adopted out of desperation, it was 
feared that it would mean a divi- 
sion, of authority and insurance 
that practically nothing would ever 
get done because of the difficulty 
in getting the trio together either 
physically or in approach. 

Actually, the opposite has hap- 
pened. The triumvirate is much 
closer 'to the day-to-day affairs of 
COMPO than was Depinet during 
his tenure as prexy, because of his 
pre-occupation with the RKO situ- 
ation. 

The three are in constant con- 
tact. In addition, Lichtman has 
named his assistant sales chief at 
20th-Fox, William Gehring, as his 
COMPO -deputy with full authority 
to act, so that when Lichtman isn’t 
available, a quick decision is al- 
ways to be had from Gehring. 
There’s virtually no stalling. 

Robert W. Coyne has also proved 
more than equal to the job of suc- 
ceeding Arthur L. Mayer as op- 
erating h^ad of COMPO. Suspi- 
cious attitude that Allied held to- 
ward Coyne because of his previ- 
ous tie with TOA is rapidly being 
whittled away. 


ITOO’s 20% Drive 
Columbus, O., Aug. 12. 

Independent Theatre Owners of 
Ohio has thrown the full weight of 
its organization -behind the COMPO 
drive to repeal the 20% Federal 
admission tax. Robert Wile, ITOO 
executive secretary, and a member 
of the state committee for the cam- 
paign, his announced the appoint- 
ment of a committee of exhibitor* 
in each of the 23 Congressional dis- 
tricts of Ohio. 

Committees have been instructed 
personally to buttonhole Represen- 
tatiyes and Senators in their re- 
spective districts. 


‘Four-Poster’ 

Continued from page 5 


profit than normal out of first-run 
in New York. 

Ordinarily there’s not too mueft 
Income — if any at all — out of * 
Broadway engagement for this 
type picture because the advertis- 
ing chews up .so much coin. With 
the dual plan, advertising costs no 
more and there’s a chance to reap 
from the long run in the art house 
the pr6flt that’s not forthcoming 
out of the Broadway theatre. 

At the same time, the scheme is 
advantageous because it 
mark a. pic as “art house product, 
which would occur if it ,°P e . n ® 
only it a sureseater, and it S 1 y® 
the pic the added advantage of to 
national advertising and P ut, j ic ^„ 
accruing from a Broadway first-ru 

date. j.u« 

Giving some bolstering to m 
“Outcast” run at the Fine Arts w 

a short which got considerable 

tention and even some plugging 
ads, which is unusual. - It is 1 . 
louse Lautrec, Painter of 
Parisian Boheme.” It was P. t 
duced by Peter Riethof, W1 ^ 
by Carolyn Hector and narra 
by Conrad Nagel. 


rn„l,w»tUr. 1»52 



'film makers may And the majors 
'Sing this freight lot the indies 
Sinon Picture Assn, of America 

member-companies may undertake 

■S out up the independents' share 
■S fbe ante in, order to achieve an 
•fereement with the french. 

8 plan hasn’t been discussed offi- 
cially by the MPAA board yet, hut 
£ known to be a definite possibil- 
ity The majors, of course, don t 
Se the subsidy idea any more 
than does SIMPP, but a number of 
companies are willing to compro- 
mise on it in order to start getting 
out of France coin tied tip there 

since tire end of last year. 

• Dickering with the French, which 
practically broke down a, couple 
weeks ago, has been resumed in 
Paris Reports reaching the majors 
are that the Gallic negotiators -are 
determined on a ; d * s ™ un t -T* 
euphemism for a subsidy— that 
would support an organization in. 
New York to promote French prod- 

U< While the terms of the “dis- 
count" are modest, calling for- pay- 
ment of only .$200,000 to $300,000 
a year, SIMPP refuses to entertain 
the idea as a matter of principle, 
‘it feels that the French plan is an 
outgrowth of a subsidy for promo: 
dion started in Italy and that any 
•further extension Will mean spread 
of the subsidization throughout the 
world. 

The State Dept., which would be 
the actual signatory of any deal 
with the French, is also strong 
(Continued on * page- 22) 


Plan Feature Film 

On Oldie Newsreels 

Hollywood, Aug, 12. 

Howard Wall and agent Herman 
Bernie have secured approximate- 
ly- 3,000,000 feet of early-day 
newsreel footage for compilation 
into a feature-length pic for which 
they are talking a U. S, release 
deal. 

Present plans are to incorporate 
the footage, dating from 1896 to 
1910. Included are such events as 
opening of the N. Y. subway, sink- 
ing of the Titanic, first Vanderbilt 
Cup Race in 1904, the General 
Slocum disaster and Frisco earth- 
quake. * 


Theatre Parties, Souvenir 
Programs to Mark Bow 
In N Y. of WB’s ‘Fatima’ 

Legit-type operation, complete 
with theatre parties and souvenir 
programs, will , mark the showing 
of Warner Bros.' . “Our Lady of 
Fatima" at the Bijou Theatre, N. Y. 
Pic opens at the house Aug. 20 and 
will run on a seven-night’ three- 
matinees-a r week basis.* At same 
time, “Fatima'’ will be exhibited 
at the Astor Theatre On a contin- 
uous run policy. 

• Religioso film has attracted con- 
siderable attention in .Catholic and 
other religious circles, and WB has 
received many requests for blocks 
of seats. Rather than turn over 
the operation to an established 
theatre party organization. War- 
nereis handling the theatre party 
arrangements on its own. On the 
basis of the initial voluntary re- 
quests, it set up a department to 
handle these requests as well as 
to solicit additional theatre party 
hiz. As . of the ..present, company 
has lined up . aboiit 40 parties. 
Groups being solicited are mainly 
Catholic groups, but Warners re- 
ports that interest has been ex- 
pressed by other denominations 
and civic outfits. 

• If policy works in the New York 
engagement, company will outline 
details to its fieldmen in the hope 
that the pattern will be adopted in 
°utlying districts. 


Dozen Imports 
In New U.S. Deals 

♦ 

♦ 

On the prowl for fresh overseas 
product for the fall and winter sea- 
son, foreign film distributors so 
far this month have come up with 
more than a dozen imports.* • 
Joseph Burstyn disclosed in New 
York Monday (11) that he’s ac- 
quired U. H>. distribution rights to 
“Le Garcon Sauvage," French-film, 
in a deal with Joseph Bercholz, 
the picture’s producer. Directed by 
Jean Delannoy, it stars Madeleine 
Robinson and will be released as 
“Savafge Boy.’’ ' 

Discina International picked up 
“Casque. d’Or,” French film which 
Jacques Becker directed from a 
screenplay by himself and Jacques 
Companeez. Simone $ignoret plays 
the title role. A. F. E. Corp., head- 
ed by .Paul Graetz, will distribute 
“Rome, 11 O’clock,” which Grfaetz 
produced in Rome. His French film, 
“Devil in the Flesh,” is to be re- 
issued in the TJ. S. in a recently 
completed English-^dubbed- version. 

Times ‘Film Jjorp., headed by' 
Jean Goldwurm, is prepping the 
Swedish-made “One Summer of 
Happiness,” .and. Manor Films is 
readying “The French Way.” Her- 
man Weinberg authored the Eng- 
lish titles on both as well as A. F. 
Ei's “Rome, 11 O’clock.” Mayer Sc 
Kingsley’s British import,' “Brandy 
for the Parson,” is scheduled to 
preem at the Park Ave. Theatre, 
N. Y., Saturday ’(16). 

Recently returned from Europe, 
foreign film distrib Arthur Davis 
lahded U. S. rights fo three Italian 
(Continued on page 20) 


Film industry’s dividend pros- 
pects for stockholders look good, 
for the most part, based on earn- 
ings racked up as of mid-yearr 
Majority of outfits which* Tiave 
reached the halfway mark in their 
fiscal years have profits sufficient 
or exceeding the rate of divvies 
regularly shelled out to investors. 
Only rub, of course, is that Loew’s 
and United Paramount Theatres 
recehtly voted substantial cuts in 
their regular rates. 

Paramount this past *week re- 
ported estimated earnings of $2,- 
785,000. for the six months ended 
June 28, -equal to $1.19 per com- 
mon share. Par’s divvy rate is $2 
Annually, consequently there’s no 
indication of any slicing here. Par 
profit, incidentally, compared with 
$2,832,000 for the first half of 1951, 
equal to $1.23 pe‘r share. 

-Loew’s chalked up a net profit 
of $4,478,133 for the 40-week period 
ended June 5, equal to 87c per 
common share. Corporation’s div- 
vy is now at the rate of 80c per 
year, down from the previous $1.50. 
Thus, if the outfit breaks, even in 
the- final 12 weeks of the. current 
fiscal year, the profit would still 
be 7 ft over meeting divvy require- 
ments. 

Standout 

Universal is standout, having re- 
ported earnings of $1,220,440 for 
the six months ended May 3, rep- 
resenting $1.14 per common share. 
U recently indicated a new divvy 
policy of $1 annually and, on the 
basis of the upbeat report for the 
half-year span, this looks like a 
sute thing. 

Although 20th-Fox earnings for 
the first quarter of this calendar 
year nosedived to 1c per share, the 
(Continued on page 50) 


Weiss- Co* Sues 

Los Angeles, Aug. 12. 

* Charging the loss of a reel 
of film, Louis Weiss & Co., 
producer of commercial and 
theatrical films, filed suit 
against Hollywood Film Enter- 
prises for $10,000. 

Plaintiff claims a two-reeler, 
“Winnie’s Vacation,” was turn- 
ed over to defendant fo* proc- 
essing and only one reel came 
hack, making the film worth- 
less. 


Ohio Newsreel 



BOGEAUS CO. PETITION 
ASKS TIME ON DEBTS 

V 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 
Petition seeking more time for 
1 Payment of debts has. been filed in 
Federal Court by Benedict Bo- 
• geaus Productions, Inc., which 
' °"£ s i a . total of $221,117.93. 

Petition says “there is no bank- 
ruptcy now pending, but firm 
' could be forced into .involuntary 
bankruptcy by premature creditor 
pressure.” It asks time for profits 
on ‘My Outla\v Brother” to ac- 
Uhiulate so it can pay off. 

rJr? gest . sin « le obligation is $60,- 
ouu to Mickey Rooney, for serv- 
es, and Robert Preston, $20,000. 

as an individual is owed 
t 5.000 by the corporation. 


INDIE DISTRIBS SUE WB 
FOR 350G ON ‘FACE* 

• * # a 

Charging that Warners’ current 
release,- “About Face,” unfairly 
competes with their reissue of the 
old Hal Roach picture of the same 
title, three indie distributing com- 
panies filed a $350,000 damage suit 
in N, Y. Federal Court Friday (8) 
against Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. 

Favorite Films Corp. wants 
$100,000 for Warners' “unlawful 
use” of- the tag in the Western 
Hemisphere, Favorite Films Inter- 
national Corp. seeks $100,000 for 
the Eastern Hemisphere, while Re- 
gal Television Corp. asks $150,000 
in connection with the TV field. 

The two Favorite firms, accord- 
ing to the complaint, acquired sole 
reissue rights to the Roach feature 
in 1947. The following year Regal 
assertedly picked up the TV rights. 
In leveling piracy charges at WB, 
the plaintiffs claim the Roach pic 
was copyrighted in 1941. 

Records show that .Hal Roach 
and Fred Guiol turned out “About 
Face” for. United Artists release in 
1942 with William Tracy and- Joe 
Sawyer in top roles. Warners' 
“Face,” which moved into distri- 
bution last May, was adapted from 
the John Monks, Jr.-Fred F. Fin- 
klehoffe play, “Brother Rat.” 

In addition to damages, an ac- 
counting of the profits of the War- 
ner 'film as well as an injunction 
are sought 


Gals in the Saddle 
In Us Glam Ride 

Westerns with sex appeal will 
reportedly play an important- part 
in Universal’s forthcoming product 
array. Product picture is currently 
being set at top-echelon confabs 
’on the Coast, .with Milton R. Rack- 
mil, company’s new prexy, presid- 
ing. Participating in th^talks are 
Nate Blumberg, new chairman of 
the. board; Alfred E, Daff, executive 
veepee; William Goetz, production 
chief; Edward Muhl, v.p. ahd Stu- 
dio manager, and David Lipton, 
ad-pub head. 

Success with Varied types of ac- 
tion yarns is believed to have 
prompted U to try the oaters-with- 
s.a. These pix, it’s indicated, would 
be in “The Outlaw” and “"‘Duel in 
the Sun“ category, t^oth sagebrush 
sagas with a femme glamor angle. 
Feeling of the company is that 
these pix would have a great mass 
appeal and could achieve greater 
popularity than the kissless oaters. 

Plan reportedly is to turn out 
between six or eight s.a. westerns 
annually, with the total releases 
remaining at 36 pix yearly. 


Nominating Committees 
Set for SAG Election 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Screen Actors Guild appointed 
nominating committees in prepara- 
tion for the annual election and 
membership meeting to be held 
Nov. 9. Class A members of the 
committee are Edward ^Arnold, 
chairman; Frank Faylen, William 
Lundigan, Anne Baxter, Don De- 
FoCe, Don Dillaway, Thurston Hall, 
Cameron Mitchell and Randolph 
Scott. Class A-J committee con- 
sists of Philo McCullough, .chair- 
man, Gertrude Astor, Warren 
Mace, Ben Corbett, Leo Eddy, Ella 
Ethridge, Ramona Magrill, Jack 
Mower and Robert Shaw. 

Positions to be filled are those 
of president, first, second «and third 
veepees, recording secretary, treas- 
urer and 13 members of the board 
of directors. 


Toledo, Aug. 12t* 
Decision on Ohio’s right to cen- 
sor newsreels, and'' possibly' all 
films, is expected to be handed 
down in about three weeks follow- 
ing an examination of the briefs 
submitted by -an Ohio exhib and 
the state’s attorney general. 

Permission for the attorney gen- 
eral to enter a brief was granted 
at a hearing Friday (8) befOre 
Municipal Court Judge Frank W. 
Wiley. Request was made by^As-. 
sistant City Prosecutor Louis 
Young, who was allowed two weeks 
to. enter the brief. • At the same 
time, the court granted the attor- 
neys for Martin G. Smith, exhib 
charged with showing an uncen- 
sored reel, an extra week to reply 
to the state’s brief. 

At the hearing, Smith entered 
a plea of not guilty. As part of the 
film industry’s test of the right , of. 
Ohio to bluepencil newsreels, 
Smith, owner of the Westwood The- 
atre here, deliberately displayed on 
July 17 a newsreel that had not 
been submitted to the Ohio censors 
for approval. He Was arrested the 
following day and the newsreel was 
confiscated by the state censors. 

Reel as well as a trailer preced- 
ing it, announcing that the news 
film had not been submitted far 
censorship, were screened before 
the court Friday and entered as 
(Continued on page 16) 

, - i j ■ i ■ ■ — 

ARNALL DECISION 
AWAITED ON SIMPP 

Whether he’ll return to the ac- 
tive presidency of the Society of 
Independent Motion . Picture Pro- 
ducers will be determined 'by Ellis 
G. Arnalb after current indecision 
is resolved on his ejtit as the Gov- 
ernment’s Price Stabilizer. . His 
resignation is now on President 
Truman’s desk. 

Mr. Truman reportedly has re- 
fused to accept if and has request- 
ed Arnall to keep the Government 
post until after the election. Araall 
is anxious to got out. Situation is 
expected to be clarified this week. 

Following his departure from the 
Stabilization agency, the former 
Georgia governor plans to spend 
most of his time in his law prac- 
tice in Atlanta. Possibility is also 
seen that he’ll re-enter politics 
there. 


Minneapolis, Aug: 12. 

As. a result of action taken at 
last week’s International Alllapce 
of Theatrical Stage Employees ant 
Motion Picture Operators biennial 
convention here, with 1,200 dele- 
gates in attendance, the big Union 
is lining up its forces to extend 
a more helping .hand to the film 
industry in , the latter’s hour of 
great need. 

Locals started this Week td 1 en- 
courage theatre attendance and 
to use pressure on' members of 
Congress to help bring about re- 
peal of the Federal admission tax. 

Upon his return to his New York 
headquarters, International Presi- 
dent Richard F. Walsh, reelected 
unanimously without opposition for 
a sixth two-year term, acting upon 
the convention’s instructions pre- 
pared to seek to have , the Justice 
Department reconsider its action 
with respect to t,hc motion picture 
antitrust case. 

The union is on record to the ef- 
fect that “various governihtent ac- 
tions leading to divorcement, bid- 
ding, etc., have reacted against the 
very exhibitors who were supposed 
to he helped.’’ 

Walsh will call the Governmeht’s 
attention to the fact that “the less 
interest producers have in theatres 
Or theatre exhibition the greater 
will be their interest in producing 
for television,” and, a continued, de- 
cline in movie theatres’' position 
“will have a disastrous effect on 
thousands of IA members;!’ caus- 
ing them loss of employment. 

At the same time, the IA general 
office this week will take* up a res- 
olution, adopted at the convention, 
calling for the union to resist the 
Justice Department’s suit to com- 
pel producers to release their pic- 
tures to television. 

The resolution declares that “the 
institution of thi* lawsuit^ is a per- 
version* of the objectives Of the 
Federal statutes under which, if ip 
(Continued Oft page 20) 


‘Miracle’ in Smash 

4G Buffalo Opening 

Buffalo, Aug. 12. 

Engagement of “The Miracle” 
for its first showing outside of New 
York metropolitan area at the 
Mercury here proved the second 
biggest opening in the history of 
the house. 

Although the local Legion of De 
cency had announced in the news- 
papers that it would oppose exhi- 
bition of the film, no action ap-4 
pears to have* been taken and 
there was no organized opposition 
to the showing. Theatre reports 
that a number of crank letters 
were received by the managemeht. 

Gross for the opening week was 
just over $4,000, with the picture 
set for three weeks. 


New Stockholders’ 

Suit Challenges M-G 
Settlement With Mayer 

A derivative stockholders’ action 
brought' in N, Y. Federal Gourt 
Monday (11) challenges settlement 
of Louis B. Mayer’s Metro contract 
for an asserted $2,750,000 as a . 
“Waste of corporate assets.” Plain- 
tiffs are Frank B. and Margaret B. 
McMullin as well as Daisy DeltSch. 
The McMullins hold 150 shares of 
Loew’s, Inc. (Metro’s parent com- 
pany) common, while Miss Peitsch 
h.d.s 25 

In firing the legal blast through 
attorney A. K. Weber, the minority 
stockholders also charge that 
Loew’s violated a provision of the 
Securities Sc Exchange Commission 
law of 1934, which prohibits con- 
cealment of facts from sharehold- 
ers. This, centers around the claim 
that the management falsified the 
true value of residual rights of cer- 
tain Metro pictures. 

Mayer, according to the com- 
plaint, entered into a five-year em- 
ployment pact with Loew’s in 1949. 
Agreement, which made Mayer 
veepee in charge of all studio ac- 
tivities, could be cancelled by 
either party in 1951 oje earlier. A 
1950 deal between the production 
exec, ahd the company called off 
the contract by assertedly giving 
him 10% ownership of all films 
turned out while he was studio 
chief. He left the lot as of Aug. 31, 
1951. 

Named as defendants in the suit 
besides Mayer are Loew’s, Inc., 
company prexy Nicholas M, Schenck 
and the entire board. Monies to be 
recovered, of course, would revert 
to the Loew’s treasury for the ben- 
efit of all shareholders. Action, in- 
cidentally, is the second such suit 
to be filed In N. Y. Federal Court 
against the firm in px*otest of the 
Mayer settlement. One was brought 
last January by Gustave B. Gar- 
field, as president of Geramy Hold- 
ing Corp. Outfit holds 100 shares 
of Loew’s common. 


riCTumE crosses 


TeJnc*day< August 13 , 1953 



$61,000, ‘Kong’ Reissue Terrif $35,000, 
‘Ivanhoe’ 174G,2d, Drean 




Favorable weather and the addi- 
tion of some new, strong product 
are keeping buslhiias booming 'at 
Broadway 7 first-runs this session. 
Trade last Saturday *and Sunday 
reached such proportions that some 
managers described it as the closest 
thing to New Year's eve since the 
first Of the year. Big influx of out- 
of-towners and rain four days of 
the last seven helped swell busi- 
ness, The fact that there are six 
hr seven strong pictures currently 
playing undoubtedly proved a'mag- 
aiet in drawing prowds to .Broad- 
way. ' 1 

"£udden Fear/’ at the State, and 
"King Kong” on reissue at the 
Palace, with vaude, are both ter- 
rific. "Fear” Is heading for a 
mighty $61,000, biggest at the State 
in many months, with extra shows 
needed to handle crowds. "Kong” 
looks to bit;' smash $35,000. In the 
first three days, It gave the Palace 
its greatest Wz under present pol- 
icy since the house started it in 
1949. 

"Ivanhoe” with stageshow is 
holding .very close to opening 
week's figure at the Music Hall, 
with a colossal $174,000 likely for 
second session as against $176,000, 
new non-holiday high, for first 
week. "Jumping Jacks,” with stage- 
show topped by Hon Cornell and 
Elliot Lawrence band, continues 
smash With $94,000 in third stanza 
at the Paramount. It is holding Into 
a fifth week, making first pic this 
year ta stay more, than three weeks 
there. " 

“Affair in Trinidad” also is still 
great at $39,000 in initial holdover 
round at the Victoria, Film came 
close to the house record at a $1.80 
top to reach $40,500 opening week. 
"Dreamboat/ 11 With Tony Bennett, 
Phil Foster and iceshow on stage, 
is holding close to second session’s 
total c with socko $88,000 likely for 
third frame at the Boxy, . 

“High Noon” likewise continues 
sockeroo in its third week at the 
Mayfair with $32,000 as compared 
to $36,000 for second round. "Car- 
rie” still is in the "chips with $15,- 
600 fpr fourth stanza at the Capitol. 

Estimates for This Week 

Aster (City Inv.) (1,300; 70-$1.50) 
—“Story of Will Rogers” (WB) (5th 
wk). Fourth round ended last night 
(Tues.) held at $8,000, still very 
slow, after $9,500 for third week. 
Continues Until next week, with 
"Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima” 
(WB) opening Aug. 21, day-date 
with Bijou. Latter reopening is on 
uppecbscale basis. 

Capitol (Loew’s) (4,820; 70-$1.50) 
—“Carrie” (Par) (5th wk). Fourth 
stanza wound up with ^16,000, still 


strong but down sharply from 
great $24, ~ 


very s j _ 

,000 for third week. "Quiet 
Man” (Bep) set to open Aug. 21. 

Criterion (Moss) (1,700; 50-$1.80) 
— “Robin Hood” (RKO-Disney). 
Current frame is holding near $15,- 
000 after big $16,500 for sixth 
week. "Big Sky 7 ’ (RKO) due in 
Aug. 19. 

Fine Arts (Davis) (468; 90-$1.80J 
—“Outcast of Islands” (UA) (13th 
wk). Holding around $4,500 after 
the same for 12th round. 

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 50-$1.50) 
—“Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) 
(4th-final wk). Held over a fourth 
week unexpectedly when third 
held up so well. Current frame 
looks to hold at $11,500. Third 
week was fine $13,500, over hopes. 
“Francis Goes to West Point” (U) 
opens tomorrow (Thurs.). 

Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 5G-$1.50) 
—“High .Noon” (UA) (3d wk). Con- 
tinues in sock fashion at $32,000 
after $36,000 for second session. 
Stays indef. 

Normandie (Normandie Thea- 
tres) (592: fl.V$1.80) — “Encore” 
(Par) (20th wk). The 19th session 
ended last .night (Tues.) continued 
in chips with sturdy $6,200 after 
$6,000 for 18th week. 

Palace (RKO) (1,700; 75-$1.40)— 
“King Kong” (RKO) (reissue) with 
eight acts of vaudeville. Soaring to 
socko $35,000, with ”Kong” the 
obvious draw. Combo did better in 
first three days than house has 
been doing on some recent weeks. 
Last week, "Duel at Silver Creek’ 
witb eight vaude acts, big 
$23,U00, way over expectancy, 
cooler weather helping boost total. 

Paramount (Par) (3,664; 80-$1.80) 
— Jumping Jacks” (Par) with Don 
Cornell, Elliot Lawrence orch top- 
ping stageshow (4th-final wk). 
llnrd session ended last night 
S es : continued smash at $94,- 
000 after $101,000 for second week. 
Holding a fifth session. 

Park Ave. (Reade) (583; 90-$1.50) 
— Isiand Rescue” (U) (7th wk). 
Still okay at $4,200 after $4,600 


for sixth week. "Brandy For Par- 
son” (Mayer) opens Saturday (16), 

Paris (Indie) (568; $1.25-$1.80)— 
“Strange Ones” (Mayer) *(3d-fina! 
wk). Second round ended Sunday 
(10) slipped to $6,500 after fairly 
good $8,000 opening week. "Casque 
D’ot” (Discina) opens Aug. 18. 

Radio City ■ Music Hall (Rocke- 
fellers) (5,945; 80-$2.40) — "Ivan- 
hoe” (M-G) with stageshow .(2d 
wk). This combo is continuing very 
close to initial week’s record fig- 
ure with terrific $174,000 or near. 
First week was huge $176,000, 
new non-holiday mark at Hall, be- 
ing third biggest session in 
house’s history. Only "Sirtgin’ in 
Rain” (M-G) and “See You In My 
Dreams” (WB), have topped it, 
both on holiday weeks. "Dreams” 
holds all-time high of $180,500, 
''made last New Year’s-Xmas week. 
Stays indef. 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$2.20)— 
“Dreamboat” (20 th), plus Tony. 
Bennett. Phil Foster, ieeshow on- 
stage (3la wk). Third stanza wind- 
ing up tomorrow (ThurS.) is hold- 
ing very close to 'second week^3 
figure with rousing $88,000. Busi- 
ness has been so good bill is set to 
hold full fourth week. Second week 
was socko $90,500, very close to 
initial rouna. "What Price Glory” 
(20th), originally due -in Aug. 8, 
now won’t open until Aug. 22. 

State (Loew’s) (3,450; 55-$1.50)-— 
"Sudden Fear” (RKO). Hypoed by 
personals of Joan Crawford, Jack 
Palance opening day, this is soai> 
ing to a terrific $61,000, biggest 
opening week here in many 
months. Forced to stay open until 
3 o'clock in the morning to handle 
Sunday crowds and gave extra 
shows on Saturday and Sunday. 
Holds. In ahead, "Glory Alley” 
(M-G), slow $10,000 in 9 days. 

Sutton (R&B) (561; '90-$1.50)-- 
"Man in White Suit” (U) (19th wk). 
Held at big $7,200 \in 18th round 
ended Monday (11) after $7,000 for 

1 7th Wfelt 

Trans-Lux 60th St. (T-L) (453; 
90~$1.50) — “Lady Vanishes” (Indie) 
(2d wk). Holding at fancy $6,700 
after $7,500 in initial round. Stays 
on. 

Trans-Lux 52d St. (T-L) (540; 90- 
$1.50)— “High Treason” (Indie) 
(13th wk). Still doing okay with 
$3,000 or near after $3,200 for 12th 
week 

✓Victoria (City Inv.) (1,060; 70- 
$1,80)— ^‘Affair in Trinidad” (Col) 
(3d wk). Initial holdover session 
ended last bight (Tues.) held at 
giant $33,000, not far from the 
huge $40,500 registered opening 
week. This, however,' was. slightly 
below hopes, aftd justmisfced break- 
ing the old house record for a pic 
at $1.80 x top. 


Loud 19G, Francis’ 12G 


Portland, Ore., Aug. 12, 
Trade is 0ft upgrade here despite 
the hot Weather, "Jumping Jacks 
looms smash at Paramount and 
Oriental. "Francis TO West Point” 
also is very strong, “High Noon 
is the ace holdover. 

Estimates for TJd* Week 
Broadway (Parker) (1,890; 65-90) 
"Francis To West Point” <U) and 
"Dark Command” (reissue) (Rep). 
Tall $12,000. Last week, “Pat and 
Mike” (M-G) and "Glory Alley” 
(M-G) (3d wk), $6,600. 

Liberty (Hamrick) (1,850; 65-90) 
—“High Noon” (UA) and "Lady 
Says No? (UA) (2d wk). Husky 
$9,000. Last week, $15,500. 

Mayfair (Evergreen) (1,500; 85- 
90)-— “King Kong” (RKO) and "The 
Leopard Man” (RKO) (reissues) 
/m.o,). Oke $3,000 in 6 days. Last 
week, “We’re Not Married” (20th) 
and “Rodeo” (Mono) (m.o.), $3,600. 

Oriental (Evergreen) (2,000; 65- 
60 ) — “Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
"Atomic’ City” (Par), day-date with 
Paramount, Sock $6,500. Last 
week,. "Will Rogers'' (WB) and 
“Rose Cimarron” (20th), $3,300. 

Orpheum (Evergreen) (1,750; 65- 
90) — -"Wait Till Sun Shines Nellie” 
(20th)- and “Roaring City” (Indie). 
So-so $6*000. Last week, “Will 
Rogers” (WB) and “Rose Cimarron” 
(20th), $7,400. 

Paramount (Evergreen) (3,400; 
65-90) — “Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
"Atomic City” (Par). Big $12,500. 
Last week, “King Kong” * (RKO) 
and “Leopard Man” (RKO) (re- 
issues), $9,500. 


United Artists (Parker) (890; 65- 
— ‘JY.rtVftiv Look At” (M-G) (3rd 
$5,000. Last week, 


wk). Fine 
$7,300. 


‘Arms’ Smash §/•$, 
Omaha; ‘Sword’ 7G 

Omaha, Aug. 12. 

Despite rainy openings, down- 
town first-runs are doing fairly 
well this round. “World in His 
Arms,” smash at the Omaha looks 
to make best showing. “Story of 
Will Rogers” at .the Orpheum 
opened encouragingly but will 
probably be just good on week. 
The Brandeis, with “At Sword’s 
Point” and "Half-Breed” looms 
sturdy. 

Estimates for This Week 



,000. Kong’ 


Last week, 
Gal” (U), 

(3,000; 16- 
(WB) and 


‘Fear’ Boffo at $18,000, 
Cleve; 'Dreamboat’ Big 
12G, ‘Ivanhoe’ 28G, 2d 

Cleveland, Aug. 12. 

Cool weather, which is wiping 
out outdoor activities, is being 
reflected currently by a nice box- 
office upbeat at cinemas. "Ivanhoe” 
still is smash in second round at 
Stillman, out-drawing big biz done 
by “Quo Vadis” with capacity on 
week nights. Ace newcomer is 
“Sudden Fear” great at Palace, 
while “Dreamboat” looms big at 
State. 

Estimates for This Week 

Allen (Warner) (3,000; 55-80) — 
"Win Rogers” (WB).GoOd $12,500. 
Last week, “Lure of Wilderness” 
(20th), same. 

Hipp (Scheftel-Burger) (3,700; 
55-80)— “Don’t Bother to Knock” 
(20th). Oke $13,000. Last week, 
“Robin Hood” (WB) (2d wk), 
$ 10 , 000 . 

Ohio (Loew’s) (1,305; 55-80) — 
“Wagons West” (Mono) and' “Wild 
Stallion.” (Mono),,.. Good $6,000. 
Last week, “Island of Desire” (UA) 
(m.o.), $4,500. 

Palace (RKO) (3,300; 55-80) — 
"Sudden Fear” (RKO). Great $18,- 
000. Last week, “Francis To West 
Point” (U), $10,500. 

, State (Loew’s) (3,450; 55-80) — 
“Dreamboat” (20th). Big $12,000. 
Last week, “All Because of Sally” 
(U), $8,000. 

Stillman (Loew’s) (2,700; 55-80) — 
"Ivanhoe” (M-G) (2d wk). Held at 
$28,000. Last week, socko $36,000. 

Tower (Scheftel-Burger) (500; 55- 
80) — “Aladdin” (Mono) and “Desert 
Pursuit” (Mono). Oke $3,500, Last 
week, “Tembo” (RKO), $4,500. 

Lower Mall (Community) (585; 
55-80) — “Encore” (Par) (2d wk). 
Held near $4,000. Last week, fast 
$4,000. 


Omaha (Tristates) (2,100; - 16-70) 
—“World in His Arms” (U)rSmash 
$9,500, and holdover. 

“Anybody Seen My 

$ 8 , 000 . 

Orpheum (Tristates) 

70) — "Will Rogers” 

“Wild jStallion” (Mono). Good $10,- 
000. Last week, "Jumping Jacks” 
(Par) (2d wk) with “Desert Pursuit” 
(Mono); good $10,500. 6 

Brandeis (RKO) (1,500; 16-70) — 
"At Sword’s Point” (RKO) and 
"The Half-Breed” (RKO). Trim 
$7,000. Last week, "Robin Hood” 
(RKO-Disney) (2d wk) split with 
"Captain Blood” (WB) and "Dallhs” 
(WB) (reissues), $6,500. 

State (Goldberg (865; 25-76) — 
"Pat and Mike” (M-G) and "Wash- 
ington Story” (M-G)., Opened Satur- 
day (9). Last week, "Skirts Ahoy” 
(M-G) (2d wk), nice $3,800. 

'ROBIN’ RICH $12,000, 
INDPLS.; ‘FAGAN 11G 

Indianapolis, Aug. 12. 

Biz is lively at first-runs here 
this . stanza, most of them being 
hypoed by stronger product. 
"Robin Hoad,” getting big family 
play at Indiana* will lead city with 
nice figure. "Fearless Fagan” at 
Loew’s shapes stout and Compara- 
tive's’ stronger. "Will Rogers” at 
Circle looks good. 

Estimates for This Week 

Circle (Cockrill-Dolle) (2,800; 50- 
76) — "Will Rogers” (WB) and 
"Storm Over . Tibet” (Col). Good 
$10,000. Last week, “Lure of 
Wilderness” (20th) and “Train of 
Events” (Indie), fair $9,000. 

IndLrna (C-D) (3,200; 50-76) — 
“Robin Hood” (RKO). Fast $12,000, 
Last week, "Jumping Jacks” (Par) 
(2d wk), stout $10,000. 

Locw’s (Loew’s) (2,427; 50-76) — 
"Fearless Fagan” (M-G) and "Con- 
fidence Girl” (UA). Neat $11,000, 
helped by Carleton Carpenter’s 
•personal opening day. Last week, 
“Island Of Desire” (UA) and “Cap- 
tive City” (UA), mild $9,500. 

Lyric (C-D) (1,600; 50-76) — 
"Ivory punter” (U) and "Call Me 
Mister” (20th) (reissue). Tepid 
$4,000. Last week, “Tulsa” (UA) 
and "Red River” (UA) (reissues), 
good $5,500. 



Estimates Are Net 

Filin giro**. estimates ** re* 
ported herewith from the vari- 
ous key cities, are net; L 
without the 20% tax, Distrib- 
utors share on net take, when 
- playing percentage, hence the 
estimated figures ate net in- 
come. 

The parenthetic admission 
prices, however* as indicated, 
include the U. amusement 
tax. 



$16,000 in Del. 

Detroit, Aug. 12. 

Two .holdovers and one new- 
comer are doing well this week, 
“Island of Desire” looks strong at 
the Palms. "High Noon” In second 
week at the Fox and "Jumping 
Jacks” in fourth week at the Michi- 
gan are staying aloft very nicely. 

Estimates for This Week 

Fox (Fox-Detroit) (5,000; 70-95)— 
"High Noon” (UA) and "Without 
Warning” (UA) (2d wk>. Good 
$21,000. Last week, $35,000. 

Michigan (United Detroit) (4,-000;- 
70-95) — "Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
“Brigand” (Col) (4th wk). Fine 
$14,000. Last week, $17,000. 

Palms (UD) (2,961; 70-95)— "In- 
land of Desire” (UA) and “3*For 
Bedroom C” (WB). Strong $16,000. 
"Paula” (C 


Chicago grosses C ale coming 


continuing 
of holiday 


Last / week, 


ol) and 
Grande” (Par), 


"Deliver Rio 

$ 10 , 000 . 

Madison (UD)' (1.900; 70-95) - 
"Day Earth Stood Still” (20th) and 
"The Thing” (RKO) .(reissues). 
Slow $7,000. Last week, “Spanish 
Main” (RKO) and "Navy Comes 
Through” (RKO), $6,000. 

United Artists (UA) (1,900; 70-95) 
—"Washington Story” (M-G) and 
"Gold Fever” (Mono). Fair $10,000. 
Last week, "Valley of Eages” (Lip) 
and /'Stolen Face* (Lip), $8,600/ 
Adams (Ralaban) • (1,700; 70-95) 

‘ "World in Arms” (U) (2d wk). 
Holding at big $11,000. Last week, 
sock $14,500. 

Philly Perking; ‘Cairo’ 

Hot $11,000, ‘Arms’ Fancy 
14G, ‘Came’ 12G on H O. 

•Philadelphia, Aug. 12. 

Film biz here is perkier than 
usual with the state American Le- 
gion convention enlivening the 
town. Rain and threats of same 
aided weekend trade. Such a brisk 
showing is being madfe despite the 
fact that only one new . film 
opened, other first-runs standing 
pat on their product. ‘.‘Cairo Road,” 
this lone new entry, 'shapes fine 
at the Stanton. One of strongest 
holdovers is "World in His Arms,” 
which continues big in second 
round at Randolph. "High Noon” 
held lofty in third Boyd session. 

Estimates for This Week 

Arcadia (S&S) (625; 85-$l,20)— 
"Scaramouche” (M-GF (9th wk). 
Nice $5,000. Last week, $5,400. 

Boyd (WB) (2,360; » 50-99) — 
"High Noon” (UA) (3d Wk). Held 
at .$11,000. Last week, fine $14,000. 

Fox (20th) (2,250; 50-99) — 

"Jumping Jacks” (Par) (5th wk). 
Fancy $13,000 or near for final 
week. Last week, $12,000: 

Goldman (Goldman) (1,200; 50- 
99)— "Robin Hood” .(RKO) (2d wk). 
Neat $12,000. Last week, $18,000. 

MastbaUm (WB) (4,360; 50-99) — 
"Island of Desire” (UA) (2d wk). 
Slow $11,000. Last week, $17,000. 

Midtown (Goldman) (1,000; 50-99) 
— "Don’t Bother to" Knock” (20th) 
(2d wk). Fast $11,000. Last week, 
$15,000. 

Randolph (Goldman) (2,500; 50- 
99) — "World in Arms” (U) (2d wk). 
Still big at $14,000. Last week, 
great $25,000. 

Stanley (WB) (2,900; 50-99) — 
"Carrie” (Par) (2d wk). Okay $12,- 
000. Last week, $15,000, 

Stanton (WB) (1,473; 50-99)— 
"Cairo Road” (Indie). Big- $11,000 
or near. Last week, "Duel at Sil- 
ver Creek” (U), $9,500. 

Studio (Goldberg) (500: 50-99) — 
"Encore” (Par) (7th wk). Held at 
$2,000. Last week, good $2,200. 

Trans-Lux (T-L) (500; 85-$1.20) 
— "Diplomatic Courier” (20th) (3d 
wk). Great $6,500. Last week, 
$ 8 , 000 . 


sock. With exception 
weeksWmdy City talmcurS 
should be the highest this week 
in Rve year?. t 

The Chicago’ is headed for a 
tremendous $63,000 in its 
fcaw* of ‘*A/alr> Trtoidad' " K 
by Les Paul and Mary Ford head* 
ing stageshow.’ "King Kong” -with 
"Ledpard Man ” both oldies at 
United Artists is dragging down 
best figure at house in years with 
smash* $32,000, "High Noon’’ couS 
4ed with "Captive City” is shoot 
ing for fancy $36,000 at State* 
Rake,. 

Second weekers are also holding 
amazingly Well. "Robin Hood” it 
still dragging in the moppets with 
•lush session at the Roosevelt. "Big 
Sky” at Woods is edging toward 
torrid total. 

"Son of Paleface” at the Orien- 
tal is extra brisk in second round. 
"Greatest Show on Earth” exhibit! 
-strong staying powers at Palaci 
with neat $20,000 for 14th week. 
Grand is nice with second week of 
"Across the Street” and “Scarlet 
Angel.”. 

- Estimates for This Week 

Chicago (B&K) (3,900; 98-S1.25) 
— "Affair in Trinidad” (Col) with 
Les Paul and Mary Ford, Frank 
Fontaine onstage (2d wk). Giant 
$63,000. Last week huge $67,000. 

✓ Grand (RKO) (1,500; 55-98)- 
"Across the Street” (U) and “Scar- 
let Angel” (U) (2d wk). Good $10* 
000. Last week, fine' $13,000. 

Oriental (Indie) (3,400; 98)— 
"Son of Paleface” (Par) (2d wk). 
Brisk $28,000. Last week, smash 
$45 000. 

Palace (Ritel) (2,50D; 98-$1.25)— 
"Greatest Show” (Par) (14th wk). 
Should stay until Labor Day with 
sturdy $20,000 this frame. Last 
week il7 OOO 

Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 55-98)- 
"Robin Hood” (RKO) (2d wk). 
Solid $20,000. Last week, great 
$32,000. 

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 55-98) 
—"High Noon” (UA) and ‘.‘Captive 
City” (UA), Smash $36,000. Last 
week* "Lovely Look At” (M-G) (4th 
wk). Oke $12,000. 

Surf (H&E Balaban) (685; 98)— 
“Encore”* (Par) (2d wk). Rave re- 
views helping this to great $8,000 
after initial $9,000. 

United Artists (B&K) (2,700; 55- 
98>t— “K ing Kong” (RKO) and 
“Leopard Man” (RKO) (reissues). 
Mighty $32,000. Last week, “Girl in 
White” and “Washington Story’* 
(M-G). (2d wk), $9,000. 

Woods (Essaness) (1,073; 98)— 
*Big Sky”. RKO) (2d wk). Nifty 
$24,000. Last week, socko $35,000. 

World (Indie) (587; 98)— “Young 
and Damned” (Indie) 4th wk). Still 
big with $4,000. Last week, same. . 

‘CARRIE’ HEFTY 13G, 
PUT; ‘DESIRE' DITTO 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 12. 

Health of film business generally 
seems, to be on upgrade in Golden 
Triangle, and optimism continues. 
“Carrie” looks like Stanley’s best 
in some time, drawing heavy femme 
trade, while Penn with “Island of 
Desire” and Fulton with “Duel at 
Silver Creek” are both doing okay. 
Three holdovers, “High Noon at 
Harris. “Robin Hood” at Warner 
and “Run' for Your Money at 
Squirrel Hill, are all staying in the 
chips. 

Estimates for This Week 

•Fulton (Shea) (1,700; 50-85)- 
"Duel at Silver Creek” (U). Nice 
$5,500. Last week, “Black Swan 
(20th) and “To Shores of Tripoli 
(20th). (reissues, $5,000. 

Harris (Harris) (2,200; 50-85)— 
“High Noon” (UA) (3d wk-5 days). 
■Gary Cooper starrer best here m 
18 months. Strong $5,000. Last 
week, $9,000. _ . OK . 

Penn (Loew’s) (3,300; 50-85)— 
"Island of Desire” OJA). Staying 
9 days in order to give Merry 
Widow” (M-G) Saturday opening. 
Good $13,000. Last week, ‘Lovely 
Look At” (M-G) (2d wk), $10,500. 

Squirrel Hill (WB) (900; 50-85)— 
"Run For Money” (U) (2d wk). 
Okay $2,000 on top of nearly 
500 last _ n p -» 

• Stanley (WB) (3,800; 50-85 - 
"Carrie” (Par). Women are goms 
for this one but only $ 13,000 looms, 
hefty dough here. Last week, vv 
Rogers” (WB), $10,000. 

Warner (WB) (2.000; 50-85) 
"Robin Hood” (RKO) (3d wk). Best 
run here since reissue °f * 

Disney picture, “Snow W h v 
Shooting for solid $5,500. 
week, $7,000. . 


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ts of greatness . ... I saw 


‘The Snows of Kilimanjaro’ 

. * , * • • 

Rarely does a motion picture comprise, simultaneously, such a wealth 
of elements that insure stirring, unforgettable entertainment with such 

unlimited boxoffice potential, among young and old. It has . . . 

/ 

A Great Title: Widely known in ev.ery land . . . conjuring up a 
vastness of scope, an aura of mystery, the tingle of anticipation. 

A Great Author: It is based on one of Ernest Hemingway’s most 
• celebrated, most compelling masterpieces. 

Great Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner — 

/ * 

.supported by Hildegarde Neff,, Leo G. Carroll, Torin Thatcher, Ava 
Norring, Helene Stanley and Vicente Gomez. 

A Great Producer: It has been personally produced by Darryl 

%» 

F. ZanOck, who gave you such outstanding entertainments as 
“David and Bathsheba,” “All About Eve,” “12 O’Clock High,” 
“Gentleman’s Agreement” and “Pinky.” 

A Great Director: It has been directed by Henry King, who 
brought you “David and Bathsheba,” “Song of Bernadette” and “12 
O’Clock High ” ' • 



' #> 


A Great Photo g rapher: Filmed in heretofore uiienvisioned splen- 

' , . - * * 

dors of Technicolor by three-time Academy Award winner Leon 
Shamroy, who photographed “David and Bathsbeba,” “Cheaper By 

The Dozen,” “Wilson” and “Leave Her To Heaven.” 

*» ► * 

* •» ' 

A Great Campai gn: The most extensive, most penetrating adver- 
tising, publicity and exploitation campaign in our company’s history. 

It moves across the world on the broadest of canvases from Africa to Frarice 

7 , 

m 

and Spain arid to the Wisconsin of America’s Middle West— -from the heady 

• » *. * . ✓ 1 s ' 

wine and tender hours of Parisian nights to hippopotami-teeming waters of , 

/ 

the throbbing jungle. It has unrivalled scenery and the spectacular excitement 

, 

of the bull-ring in Madrid. It has a hyena that produces the greatest animal: 
thrill ever filmed; It excites with the menace of the lion and the vulture 
—and the furious charge of the rhinoceros. 


" The Snows of Kiliman j aro " is the greatest love story I have 

ever seen — and in my opinion the finest motion picture our-company 

\ 

has ever produced. 

r' t ' 

It will be available for pre-release engagements in a number of selected theatres 
in a limited number, of ; large cities beginning early in October;, following its 
World Premiere. Presentation at the Rivoli Theatre, New York; on September 

18th. The, tremendous exploitation penetration accruing from these pre-release 

* 

engagements will give' “The Snows of Kilimanjaro" word-of-mouth publicity 
seldom before attained by any motion picture. 

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Very soon, we will announce trade showings. 1 urge every exhibitor 
to be. sure to attend. 



AL LICHTMAN . . . 20th Century-Fox 




nCTCRK GROSSES 



'Affair Standout in L.A., Sock $45 


Los Angeles, Aug* 12. - 
First-run biz here this -week is 
dominated by “Affair in Trinidad,” 
which is' heading for socko $45,000 
in two theatres. Elsewhere, the 
pace is slow, many extended-runs 
cutting down qveratl total. Cap- 
tain Pirate” is not getting far with 
$24,000 in three houses. ‘Island of 
Desire” shapes, light $17,000, also 
in three spots. ' 4 , 

Only a thin $7,500 is expected 
for “Lady in Iron Mask” playing 
two locations. Most holdovers are 
droopy/ “Lovely To Look At” is 
rated fair $14,000 in two sites. 
However, “Jumping Jacks” looks 
pice $18,000 in three situations for 
third week. 

Estimates for This Week 
Los Angeles, • Chinese, Rite 
(FWC) (2,097', 2,048; 1,270; 70- 
$1.10) — “Island of Desire” (UA) 
and “If Moscow Strikes” (Indie). 
Light $17,000. Last week, “We’re 
Not Married”- (20th> and “Sea 
Tiger” (Mono) (2d wk), $17,200. 

Hollywood, Wiltern, Los Angeles 
Paramount (WB-UPT) (2,756; 2,344; 
3*200; 70-$1.10) — “Capt. Pirate” 
(Col) and “Last Train Bombay” 
(Col). Mild $24,000. Last week, 
Hollywood, Wiltern, .Globe, “Don’t 
Bother. Knock” (20th) <9 days 
H’wood, Wiltern), $26,700. Holds 
• for good $5,000 on second week at 
Globe, Last week, L. A. Para- 
mount, “Dream of Jeanie” (Rep) 
with Nat "King” Cole, Bell Sisters 
heading stageshow, $30*200. 

Beverly Hills, Downtown (WB) 
<1,612; 1.757; 80$1,255 “Will 

Rogers” UWB) (5th wk), Down to 
$10,000, Last week, $11,000, doing 
better downtown \tftan at west end 
house. 

Egyptian, Orpheum (UATC- Met- 
ropolitan) (l,538j 2,213; 70-$1.IO)— 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G) (3d wk). 
Fair $14,000. Last week, $16,700. 

Hiilstreet, Vantages (RKO) (2,752: 
2,812; 70-$l,10)— “Affair. Trinidad’ 
(Col) and ^Rainbow Round Should 
der” (Cbl). ' Sock $45,000. Last 
week, “Brigand” (Coll and “Cripple 
Creek” (Cdl), $18,400. ; 

Rialto, Hollywood Paramount, 
Loyola' (Metrripolitan-F&M-FWC) 
(840; 1,430; 1,248; : ;70-$l.l0) — 
“Jumping ‘Jacks” (Par) (3d wk). 
Nice $18,000 ;or near. Last week, 


Broadway Grosses 

Estimated Total Gross 

This Week $605,200 

, (Based on 18 theatres) 

Last Year $498, TOO 

X Based pn 18 theatres) 

Jacks’ Gigantic 



Cincinnati, Aug. 12. 
“Jumping Jacks,” sensational at 


ISfcT&JJi. 'A 


‘Kong* Giant $25,000, 
Toronto; ^Marines* 18G 

1 ^ • Toronto, Aug, y 12.- . 

^TCipg Kopg,” out on reissue, is 
racking up tremendous this week at 
Imperial, “Here, Come the Ma- 
rines” . is also hot oh six-house 
cpmbo, with “We’re Not Married” 
neat on second stanza 
; ; Estimates for This. Week 
Crest, Downtown* Glendaie, May- 
fair, Scarboro, State (Taylor) (863; 
1,059; 955; 470; 698; 694; 35-60)— 
“Here .Come Marines” (Mono) and 
“Montana Territory” (Col). . Hefty 
$18,000. Last week, “Atomic City” 
(Par) and “Bal Tabarin” (Rep), 
$ 10 , 000 . 

, Eglinton V (FPK (1,080; - 40-80)— 
“Lady Godiva Rides” (London) (2d 
wk). Fair $5,000. Last week, *$6,- 
000. ■ ' . 

Imperial \(FP) (3,373'; 50-80)— 
“King Kong” (RICO) (reissue). 
Smash, $25,000. Last week, “Jump- 
ing Jacks” ’ (Par) (3d wk), $15,000. 

-Loew’s (Loew) : (2,748; 50-80)— 
“Island of ; Desire”’ ,(UA), ’ Fairish 
$10,500. Blast week, “Scaramouche” 
(M-G) (4th wk), $10,500. . 

Odeon (Rank). (2,390; 50-90) — 


foot 13, 1952 


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Estimated Total Gross j , « . 1 , 
This week ’. . . 530,100 

* {Based on. 23 citie^, 201 the- 
■ atres, chiefly first runs; Include 
ring. Ns Y.) ; 

Total Gross Same Week 

y Last Year $2,422,000 

. • • (Based xfn. 2*5 .210., 

• | fheatres,). . . : : ‘ ' .* \ T ■ 




huge Albee, is dominating “High Noon” (UA) (3d wk). Okay 

. w _ . . .* . •’ _ - ^ mn nnn t - _i. aa r a a 


downtown biz this round. The 
Martin and Lewis pic will hold 
there . for another stanza. . Two 
other' new bills; “Island of Desire” 
at the Palace and “Lure of Wilder- 
ness” in the Grand, are fairly good. 

Estimates for This Week 
Albee .(RKO) . (3,100; 55r75l -rr 
“Jumping Jacks” (Park ;Serisa- 


$7,000. Last week, .$9,500. , 

Shea’s (FP) (2,396; 40-80)— 
“We’re Not Married” (20th) (2d 
wk). Good. $11,000/ Last .week, 
$14,000.' ..... 

Tivoli, University (FP 1 ) (1,436; 
1,558; 40-80)— “Shores of Tripoli” 
(20th) (reissue) and 1 “G.I. ; Jane” 
(MonriU Fair '•‘$8,000. Last’ week; 



fill liKAIira CHI 


tionaf $26,000. and town’s tallest* ^ “Woman’s Anafe” ’(AB) $6 500 
take in some time. Holds. Last womans Angie (ABJ $b5UO. 

week, “Will Rogers” (WB), $15,500. ( - ^Pmwn (Loew) (2,743; 40-80>— 

Grand (RKO) (1,400; 55-75) — An^y {X P io d 

“Lure' of Wilderness” (20th) and wk). Fair $6,500. Last week, $8,- 

“Mr. Peek-a-Boo” (UA). Hedging 500 *’ 

$8,000; Last week, “Captain Pirate” 

(Col) and “Last Train From Bom- 
bay” (Col), $7,500. . ■ 

Lyric (RKO) (1,400; -55-75) — 

“Frankenstein’*. (R e a 1 a r t) and 
“Dracula” (Realart) (reissues). No 
complaint at $5,000. Last week, 

“Watusi” (Indie) * and ‘‘Cajun” 

(Indie), $$0,000, 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 55-75) — 

“Island of * Desire” (UA): - Oke 
$9,500. Last week, “Diplomatic 
Courier” (20th), $11,500. 


‘My Gal’-Vaude Rousing 
$23,500 in D.G.; ‘Francis* 
TaU13G, < JacksM4G,2d 

'Washington, Aug. 12. 

■ Predominance of . holdovers is 


solid $25,4O0 : , with combined $56,- . Predominance of holdovers is 

000 total . four hard^tops, thr,eU : Wf h WL down the b.o. average's 
ozoneirs. ’ along ,the main stem. but biz con- 

Wilshlre (FWC) (2,236; 70-$l,10) tinues steady. “Has Anybody .Seen 
—“Diplomatic GottHer’ ’(20th) (3d — * -* 


” Providence,' Aug. 12. 
“The World In His Arms” at 
Majestic looks standout this week 

as rain over the weekend again 
kept the motorists near home and 
the cinemas. Also strong, are “Rain- 
bow Rourid My Shoulder” at Straird 
and “Fraricis' Goes T6 West Point” 
at' RKO Albee. “Lovely to Look 
Atf’ is a slow holdover at'Loew's 
State, ** - • 

Estimates for This Week 
Albee (RKO)' (2,200; 44-05)— 
“Francis To .West Point” (U) and 
“Wild Jungle Captive” (Emb). Fine 

iv a aa C: . _ • . , . 




week, $5,000. . . . •. . 

Hawaii, United Artiste (G&S- 
UATC) (1*10.6;: 2,100; 7(p$lfiQ). — ; 
“Lady Ircm Mask” (20th). Thin $7,- 
500. Last week, Hawaii, “Untamed 
Frontier” -(U) (2d wk), $2,600. Last- 
week. United Artists Uptown; 
“Dark Command” (Rep) arid “Brim- 
stone” (Rep) (reissues), $5,400. ■ 

El Key, Xris, Loew’* State. (FWC- 
UATC) (861; 814; 2,404; 70-$1.10)— 
“Duel Silver Creek” (U) and “Cpl. 
Dolan AWOL” (Rep) (reissue) (2d 
wk). Mild $6,500 in 4 days. Last 
Week, nice $14,000. 

Vogue (FWC) (885; 70-$l) — 
“Greatest Show” (Par) (5th wk). 
Off to $2,500. 'Last week; big $3,- 
500. 

Fine Arts (FWC) 1679); 80-$1.20) 
—“Never Take No For Answer” 
(Indie). Slow $3,000. Last week, 
“Man White Suit” (U) (10th wk), 
$ 2 , 000 . 

Four Star (UATC) (900; 85-$1.20) 
—“Wild Heart” (RKO) (4th wk). 
Sturdy $4,500. Last week, $4,800. 

Canon (ABC) (520; $1)— “Actors 


lur-i, r«4T»r 'I/'t nr mu uungie captive iJ^mo;. rane 

Cariit.nl fit ^8.000 or near.; Last week,j“Robin 

f 0M^e4otfe? S ,“ffi lit"? s^; (V) ^ 

blf. “Wt?dHtalUo™ S (M^) S s£L $11? 

“Frankenstein” °are : ^enKatinvnil^at week, ’“We’re Not Mar- 

are . sensational at (20th) arrd “Dreain of Jean- 


Columbia. . Most holdovers are 
steady, \vith “Latuko” at Lopert’s 


ie” .(Rep), ,$9,000. 
State (Loew) 




Ca»ttoi m (LolwW Tf 434^ S*in5> <HrO> (2d w»': Slo.w $Sr 

“AnvbnrtvR^T imS* 500. Last week. $10,000. 

vaude °Sturdv n $23 50& a \ Strand (Silverman) (2,200; 44-65) 

“We’re -Not - Married”* (20th) ~“ Rain bow Round My Shoulder” 

vaudfe topped by £v Smair dttto (C°l) , and “The Brigand” (Col). 

Dunont P (LoDert) f^72- ?0-R??' Plk ° miain g neat $9,000. Last week, 
xmpont (Lopert) (372, 50-85) — -jumping j acks .. (Par) (3d wk 4 

(Continued on page 22) days), $3,000. 

Rain Hikes Hub; In Anns’ Sod 28G, 
‘Married’ Lusty $15,0(10. Trancis’ 10G 


oiuiuy ^,uuu. juasc weex, ^,OUU. , A n« 19 

Canon (ABC) (520; $1) — “Actors a h a Bost on, Aug. 12. 

and Sin” wlrl onnT.ll A spell of rainy weather, almost 

week S4 600 ’■ N $4,20 °- La9t M important to exhibs as farmers 

' ' ’ following a long dry spell, has re- 

suited in biz upbeat here this round 
with “World in His Arms” pulling 


‘Lure’ Big $14,000 Tops 
L’ville; ‘Fagan’ Fast 116, 
‘Rogers’ Perky Sf G, 2d 

Louisville, Aug. 12. 
Biz is showing considerable life 
hereabouts in current week. Pace 
is iweiy at the Rialto wicket, where 
Lure Of Wilderness” is much bet- 
ter than anticipated. “Fearless Fa- 
gan at the State looks good 

Arnt an ^^°K^ M a * ^ ran( l is mod- 
f£ at v 4 An y bo dy Seen My Gal” at 
the Kentucky is okay in third week. 

. Estimates for This Week 


500. Last week, “Will Rogers Story” 
(WB) fcnd “Sea Tiger” (Mono), $3,- 
200 . 

Memorial (RKO) (3,000; 40-85) — 
“World in His Arms” (U) and 
“Stolen Face” (Lip). Socko $27,- 


socko trade to the Memorial, and 000 to pace city. Last week, “Dip- 
leading town by wide- margin, lomatic Courier” (20th) and 
“We’re Not Married” at Paramount “Breakdown” • (Indie) split week 

.te J _ i • Jxi. ii.i_ uni. . « «*i • «i.« ^ . • i’ 


leading town by wide- margin. 
“We’re Not Married” at Paramount 
and Fenway shapes nice with 
“Francis Goes to West Point” at 
RKO-Boston also okay. “Jumping 
Jacks’.’ in third round at Met still 
is 4n chips as is “High Noon” in 
third at Astor. 

Estimates for This -Week 


“Breakdown” (Ipdie) split week 
with “Shores of Tripoli” (20th) and 
“Black Swan” (20th) (reissues), 
$ 10 , 000 . 

. Metropolitan (NET) (4,367; 40-85) 
—“Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
“Without Warning” (UA) (3d wk). 
Nice $15,000 after big $22,000 for 
second round. 


Astor (B&Q) (1,500; 50-95) — second round. 

“High Noon” (UA) (3d wk). Down Orpheum (Loew’s) (3,000* 40-85) 
to near $7,500 after nice $11,500 — “Island of Desire” (UA) and 
erate.^'Anybody See^Mv r™ oa : ^ second. “Glory Alley” (Mono) Opened 

the Kentucky ^ Bea c<m Hill (Beacon Hill) (682; Saturday (9). Last week, “Lovely 

.Estimates for Th£ w„i wee ’ t - 50-90)— "Cairo Road" (Indie) Fair- Look At" (M-G) and ^Confidence 
Kentueky (SwSo Jw. ish * 4 . 500 ' Last week, “Run for Girl" (UA) (2d wk). $12^000. 

—"Anybody Seen My (kr°(’tJ 5 | 4 »n 5 ,] < J2 an ? “Happiest Days Paramount (NET) (1,700; 40-85) 

“Just Across Street" an , a E? °l L l e (Regal) (2d wk-10 days). — ‘We’re Not Married" (20th) and 
Healthy *3 non 'V' < 3d wk). nice $5,000. “Flesh and Blood" (Indie) Oke 


Healthy $3,000 ‘alter last ^eS 

54 ? 7 sf y ^fn rS = n (People’s) (1,200; 
tlf e..y m posers” (WB) (2d 


C4 her ,1,,.:””*“ a) u.,4uu "Desert Pi 

wk) Th,Y 1U ? 08e ^ s ”. (WB > (2d $lo!oOO I 
fi/ct Stl , 1 P. erk y at $5,500 after ver Creek 

p- r eka livel y ^,ooo. eo£ rJX* 

*54 7<?) lt0 «. T Fourth Avenue) (3,000; 

54-75)-— Lure of Wilderness” (20th) 

(Continued on page 22) 


f Life ’ (Regal) (2d wk-10 days), —“We’re Not Married” (20th) and 
ice $5,000. “Flesh and Blood” (Indie). Oke 

Boston (RKO) (8,000; 40-85)— $10,500, Last week, “Will Rogers” 
Francis To West Point” (U) and (WB) and “Sea Tiger” (Mono) $8 - 


“Desert Pursuit” (Mono). Not bad 
$10,000. Last Week, “Duel at Sil- 


ohn B) and <<Sca (Mono), $8,- 

«uu< 

State (Loew) (3,500; 40-85)— “Ifr 


(U) with Jackie Glea- land of Desire” (UA) and “Glorv 
son onstage, oke $30,000. Alley” (Mono). Opened Saturday 

*<w C . nwa ?r < N ET) (1,373; ' 40*85) — (9). Last week, “Lovely Look At” 
We’re Not Married” (20th) and (M-G) and “Confident Girl (UA) 
“Flesh & Blood” (Indie). OK $4,- (2d wk), $0,500. 1 tUA 


San -Francisco; Adg. 12. 
Strong pace of last week is 
slowed • somewhat thi.s se$ision by 
the„ surplus *ofi holdovers and, reisr 
sues. Vlvanhoe”. still is standout at 
Warfield with'sockd second round. 
“Greatest-Show on Earth” looms as 
biggest ’newcomer’ ’witf/fine: session 
at Paramount while' “Carrie” is 
rAted trim at St, Francis. “Affair 
in Trinidad” ' at . Orpheum and 
“High Noon” .at United Artists are 
holding nicely in second rounds. 

Estimates for TJik Week 
Golden Gate (RKO) .'(2,850; 65- 
95)w“Champion” (UA) arid “Body 
And Soul” (UA) (reissues). Trim 
$10,000. Last week, .“Montana Ter- 
ritory”, (Col) . and “Kansas Terri- 
tofy’MMonoI, $9;000; ' ' 

..For. (FWC) (4,651; 65-95)—* ‘Will 
Rogers” (WB) and “Navajo” (Lip- 
pert) (2d' wk); Only $7,500 in 4 
days. Last week, $14,000. 

* Warfield (Loew’s (2,650; 80-$1.50) 
— “Ivanhoe” (M-G) (2d wk>. Sock 
$28,000. Last week, $43,000. 

paramount (Par) (?, 646; 65-95)— 
“Greatest Show” (Par), first scale 
date here. Fine $17,000 Or near. 
Last ‘week,- “Jumping’ Jacks” (Par) 
(3d wk), $10,500. 

Si Francis (Par) (1,400; 65-95)— 
“Carrie”. (Par). Trim $12,000 or 
oven Last week, “Don’t Bother .to 
Knock” (20th) (2d wk),:’ $9,000. ,■ * 
’ Orpheum (No. Coast) .. (2,448; 65- 
95) — “Affair in Trinidad 4 ’(Col) 
and “Rainbow • Round r My Shoul- 
der”. (Col) (2d wk).- Good $13,000. 
or better. Last week, $22,000, 

United Artists (No. Coast) (1,207; 
65-95)— “High Noon” (UA> (2d.wkb 
Husky $11,500, Last week! $18,000. 

Stagedoor. (A-R) (370; 86-$l) — 
“Laura” (20th) and “This Above 
All” . (20th)’ v (reissues). (3d wk). 
Holding at ' $3,200. . Last week; 
sturdy $3,600. * 

Clay (Rasener) * (400: 65 : 85) — 
“The. Prize”. (Iiidi5e),^me. $2,800/ 
Last week, “Portrmt - of Clare” 
(Mono) only $2,000. 


‘Lydia’ Sturdy $14,000, 
KU; ‘Heart’ Slow $5,000, 
‘Show’ Great 9G ht .2d 

Kansas City, Aug. 12. 

- Boxoffice is holding well this 
week, led by “Lydia Bailey,” doing 
hearty biz in four Fox Midwest ( 
houses.. “Washington Story” is’ 
average at the Midland while “Wild 
Heart”* is slow, at, the Missouri,, 
town’s other newcomers. 

Top holdover is “Greatest Show 
on Earth” gre’at at the Paramount 
in second week. 

Estimates for This Week 

Kimo (Dickinson) (504; 50-75)— 
“Narrow Margin” (RKO) (2d wk). 
Oke $1,200. Last week, $1,700. 

Midland (Loew’s) (3,500; 50-75)— 
“Washington Story” (M-G) and 
“Montana Territory” (Col). Slow 
$10,000. Last week, “Island of De- 
sire” (UA) and “First Legion” (UA). 
$9,000. 

• Missouri (RKO) (2,650; 50-75) — 
“Wild Heart” (RKO) and “Break- 
down” (Indie). Dull $5,000. Last 
week, “Robin Hood” (RKO) (2d wk- 
4 days), $3,500 and “Winchester 
’73” (U) and “Comanche Terri- 
tory” (U) (reissues), $2,000 in 3 
days. 

Paramount (Tri-States) (1,900; 
50-75) — “Greatest Show” (Par) (2d 
wk). Great $9,000, and topping 
most first weeks. First time at reg- 
ular prices; ^likely be held over 
again. Last "week, giant $14,000. 

Tower, Uptown, Fairway, Gra- 
nada (Fox Midwest) (2,100; 2:043; 
700; -1,217; ,50-75)— “Lydia Bailey” 
Sturdy $14,000. Last week, 
“Duel at Silver Creek” (U) and “I 
Dream of Jeanie” (Rep), $12,000. 

Vogue (Golden) (550; 50-85) — 
“Last Holiday” (Indie) (3d wk). Off 

1 b week, pleasing 
1 $1,600, 


T c v, Minneapolis, Aug. 12 
Such $p6k growers as “JumDin* 
King Kong” and “We’r? 
Not Married ’ current newcomer? 
are. keeping the boxoffice highS 
this week. The previous week’s 22 
entries, “Robin Hood” and “HU? 
Noon,” in their second stanzas still 
kre strong,* especially the latter 
“King Kdrig” on its first day drew 
a line of youngsters a block and a 

2 acks a ?so is coming 
rth^origli 'in tne. ufeual big Martin & 
Lewis way Wim^ “We’re Not MaS 
fied stay at Woild 

for several weeks. 

Estimates for This Week 
Century <Par) (1,600; 50-76)^ 
T ,bis Abo V e Ail” (20th) and ‘‘Lau- 
ra - (20tb) (reissues). Fair, $4,000 
Last week, • ♦Actors and Sin” (UA) 
$3,500* ' ■ , 

■ GhiAer (Berger) (1,000; 50-76)— 

^ Women" (Lip). Modest 
$3,500. Last week, “Just Across 
Street” . (U), . $3,700. 

Lyri<? (Par) (1,000; 50-76)— ‘‘The 
Fighter” (UA) and “Jet Job* 
(Mono). Slow $$,000. Last week 
“Glory- Alley”' (M-G) and “Leave 
To Marines” (Lip), $2,800. 

„ .City (Par) (4,000; 50-76)— 
“Jumping Jacks” (Par). Right 
down the boxoffice alley. Socko 
$15,000, Last week, “Lovely Look 
At” (M-G) (2d Wk), $6,500. * 

RKO-Orphemu ’ (RKO) (2,800;- 
40-76)— “King Kong” (RKO) (re- 
issue). . Knocking ’em dead here 
the same as Elsewhere. Immense 
$15,500. Last week, “Robin Hood” 
(RKO-Disney), $16,000. 

RKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; 40-76)— 
“Robin Hood7 (RKO) (m.o.) Still 
potent at $7,500, Last week, 
Stolen Face”. (Lip) and “Sleeping 
City” <UU2d run), $4,500. 

State (Par) (2,300; 50-76)— “High 
Noon” (UA) (2d wk). Continuing in 
high at $6,500." Last week, smash 
$13,500. 

- . World (Mann) (400; 85-$1.20)— 
“We're Not. Married”. (20th). Mar- 
quee names, crix praises and word- 
of-mouth « spell prosperity here. 
Virffe $4,500, Last week, “Encore”- 
(Par) (2d wk)/ $2,900. 

‘MARRIED’ LIVELY 14G, 
St. L; ‘DESIRE’ $16,000 

* ■' * , ' St. Louis, Aug. 12. 
Top new entry .here .this stanza 
is “We’re Not Married” with a 
nice '■session £t dhe f Missouri. “Is- 
land: Cf "Desire” also shapes very 
good at Loew’s ' while; ‘jumping 
Jacks,” in second ' round, still is 
big at • the > Fox. . “Wild Heart” is 
holdffig up surprisingly well in 
two small-seaters, second frame.. 
Biz is very strong all* over this 
week. 

‘ Estimates for This Week 
Ambassador . (F&M) (3.000; 60- 
75) — “Will- Rogers” (WB) and 
“Half-Breed”- (RKO): Good $11,- 
000. Last week, “Working Way 
Through. Col-1 e'g e” (WB) and 
“Francis To West* Point” (U), fine 
$13,500. \ , 

Fox* (F&M) (5,000; 6075) r 

“Jumping Jacks” (par) and “Atomic 
City” (Par)’ (2d wk). Solid $16,500 • 
following $27,000 opening session, 
Loew’s (Loew) (3,172; 50-75) — 
“Island of Desire” (UA). Swell 
$16,000. Last week, “Lovely Look 
At” (M-G) (2d Wk), $12,000. 

Missouri (F&M) (3,500; 60-75)— 
“We’re Not Married” (20th) and 
“Bal Tabariri” (Rep). Fine $14,000. 
Last week, “Dream of Jeanie 
(Rep) and “3 for Rpdroom C” (WB), 
$9,000." * ' 

Pageant (St: Louis Amus.) (1,000; 
00)— ‘‘Wild Heart” (RKO) (2d wk). 
Good $3,500 after $4,000 initial 
stanza. 

Shady Oak (St. L. Amus.) (800; 
90) — “Wild Heart” (RKO) (2d wk). 
Good $4,000 after $4,500 first 
frame. 

‘Lovely’ Lush $14,000 
.. Denver; ‘Show’ 11G, 2d 

Denver, Aug. 12. 
By showing six weeks on its 
roadshow 1 engagement and going 
into its third round on popscale 
run, “Greatest Show on Earth is 
easily hanging up a record tor 
length of time any film has shown 
at any first-run house here. It »s 
big currently in second frame av 
the Denham, with third week set. 
“High Noon” is rated very good m 
two theatres. “Lovely To Look At, 
also is. doing so well it will hoia 
over at Broadway. * . . 

Estimates for This Week 
Aladdin (Fox) <1.400; 50-85' *r 
*‘Kangaroo” (20th) and T< JHf h 
Girl” (Col), (reissue), day-date witn 
Tabor, Webber. Fair $6, 000. Last 
week, “River” (UA) an< * 

Heart” (Rep) (2d wk), $6,500. 
Broadway (Wolf berg) (1,200, 

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London, Aug, 12, 4-; 

Once a year the Tilm mogul*. here 
discard their respbrinlbiiitleS for a 
little diversion. This occurred Aug. 

7 when the Arthur Hank Organiza- 
tion gave a lunehedh at the Dor- 
chester Hotel In order to present 
prizes to the winners of the Circuit 
Managers Assn,. Showman's Fair. 

The only one in a serioUs mood 
was John Davis, managing director j 
of the Bank outfit, who occupied 
the chair. He stressed that it would 
be a great thing if the film indus- 
try, without asking for anything, in 
exchange, told the government thajt 
it wished to arrange an extension 
of the Eady scheme. He said it 
would be a grand opportunity for 
the Cinema. Exhibitors Assn, to 
lead the, way and show the other 
three trade associations its faith in 
British films. 

Explaining that the .Eady Fund 
was an arrangement which enabled 
the producer to plan superior Brit- 
ish films with a reasonable assur- 
ance of a recovery of at least thdir 
production cost, lie emphasized 
that the production side had done 
much in recent years to put its 
house in order, and had made films 
of entertainment value at an eco- 
nomic cost. A continuity of the 
Eady plan would be of greater help 
in .the future as it is, only lately 
that its full benefit has .begun to 
be’Jelt. 

Davis stressed that {he more the 
Industry operated on its own with- 
out any government, interference; 
the better.it would be' for the in- 
dustry. 

Boom was turned jinto, a circus 
ground with , Bank discarding, his 
conservative attire, and donning a 
ringmaster’s outfit. He *aaid that 
present film showmanship lacked 
the ’.'human touch/' but hinted 
that the industry had climbed a 
long Way Up the ladder and still 
has sbme. distance to" go before 
reaching the top. 



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London, Aug. 5. 

Nanci Crompton, American bal- 
lerina, who opened a two-week en- 
gagement at the London Palladium, 

Aug* 4, was immediately • signed 
by, Vel Parnell for a further two 
weeks. This means that she will 
be one of the attractions on the 
next bill which will be headed by 
Frankie. Laine. 

The dancer also has been signed 
to play $ four-week cabaret date at 
the Savoy hotel, opening Aug. 11, 
by booker Carroll Gibbons, after 
seeing her the Palladium. 


To Test Underwater TV 

London, Aug. 5. 

First public demonstration of 
Underwater television will be given 
at thia. year’s Badlo and TV Ex- 
hibition which opens at Earl’s 
Court Augv 27, • 

Other features of the exhibition. 
Which will run until Sept. 6, will 
be a robot announcer to give 
details of the daily programs in 
various ' languages; a mobile TV 
research unit; and’ a Hall of Tele- 
vision, with booths "for manufac- 
turers. 




Aussie Prods. Protest 

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Nips Seek MPAA Aid 
On Censorship Project 

Tokyo, Augi 5. 

Faced with continued resistance 
by XT. S. majors to participation 
in the film screening . setup pro- 
posed by Japanese distributors, 
the Nip industry has requested the 
Japanese Embassy in Washington 
to approach Eric Johntson, head 
of the Motion Picture Assn, of 
America, to. exert his pressure to 

S et the reluctant companies into 
ne. 

Meanwhile, 15 members of the 
Foreign Picture Committee were 
selected with vacancies left for 
three reps of the major American 
companies and three berths for 
neutral experts. **■ 

Committee, which will Work un- 
der the Picture Code of Ethics 
board of the Motion Picture Assn, 
of Japan, is composed of distribu- 
tor reps, representatives of ex- 
hibitors and three representative 
members of European film* 0 com- 
panies. 


« - Sydney, Aug. 5. 

Reported move by Common-. 
Wealth Government’s Films Divi- 
sion. to take over Ealing's Page- 
wood Studios has brought a, -storm 

of protest from local independent 
producers headed by Phil Budden, 
prexy of Avondale Studio here. 
Budden indicated that his members 
were strongly opposed to a govern- 
mental department entering into 
film production competition with 
Aussie producers. 

Reported that the government 
has made an offer to Ealing of 
about $330,000 for takeover of 
Pagewood. It will be recalled that 
Ealing, long in production here, 
•decided spme time ago to quit local 
production following the govern- 
ment's decision to halt the flow of 
additional coin into a production 
upbeat, 

Spokesman fpr the government 
said that Mr. Budden was “wide 
of the mark 0 when he said the gov- 
ernment planned .to enter the pro- 
duction Held In opposition to local 
producers, He claimed it was mere- 
ly the plan of the government to 
a lease : portion of the Pagewood 
studios to increase production of 
short features by its Films Division, 
mainly ’for educational purposes. 
Pointed out that all production 
facilities at Pagewood Would be 
available to any raoducer, -local or 
overseas,* for feature production. 

Pic industry here feels that the 
government's Films Division has 
for a long time been very costly 
to the Aussie taxpayer, pointing 
out that few pix carrying the 1 gov- 
ernmental tag have found dates in 
local cinemas. Checkup here dis- 
closed that few if any exhibitors 
are willing to buy pix made by the 
government's Films Division be- 
cause of their non-entertainment 
value. 


‘Marriage’ Given 50*50 
Chance of London Run 

London, Aug. 8. 

John Clements in his first bid 
as actor-author-director-producer 
brought “A Happy Marriage” to 
the Duke of York’s last Thursday 
(7) after a provincial tryout. He 
adapted it from the French, pro- 
viding a perfect role for his wife 
Kay Hammond and a lesser one for 
himself as her tolerant husband in 
a psychopathic martlmonlal tangle. 

An excellent cast makes the play 
seem better than it is. It has in 
even chance, on the stars’ popular- 
ity despite the mixed reception. 
The comedy was a Broadway flop 
last season under the title, “Faith- 
fully Yours,” with Robert Cum- 
mings an/. Ann Sothern costarred. 

‘Kate’ Solid in Sydney 

, ... • Sydney, Aug. 5. 

After a record run in Melbourne, 

Kiss Me, Kate” got off to a solid 
start at the Royal here Aug. 2 under 
the Williamson banner. Advance 
ticket sales indicate another long 
run. 6 

The lavish mountings, fast tem- 
po. outstanding dance routines and 
*>P performances by Britisher 
Joy Turpin and American Hayes 
Oordon in principal roles were 
lauded. 


Tel-Aviv, Aug, 5. 

With preparations foif"Hazamir, 
the International Festival of Jew- 
ish Choirs to he held in Israel Aug. 
6-21, well under way, it is esti- 
mated that at least 13 foreign 
choirs with about 1,000 singers will 
participate. Maiiy will arrive from 
Marseille Aug. 5. The festival, 
purpose of which is to foster the 
bands between Jewish youth in the 
Diaspora and in Israel through 
song and music, is under the 
patronage of the Foreign Minister 
and is being arranged through the 
joint efforts of the Ministry of 
Eduction, the Jewish Agency and 
the government tourist department. 
The expenses will be guaranteed by 
the government, the national insti- 
tutions, municipal councils, private 
donations and. via sale tickets. 

The U. contingent will be a 
large one with seven choirs total- 
ling 430 persons. Other groups 
are. coming from Canada, Uruguay, 0 ] 
England, Ireland, Algiers, Italy, 
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Aus- 
tria, Turkey and Yugoslavia. • The 
local Israel choirs will be about 
*1,500 stroflg. All the choirs must 
sing three Hebrew songs while the 
remainder of their programs may 
be made up of Hebrew or folklore 
songs. 

After their arrival in Israel, all 
foreign singers will be the guests 
of the government. While the first 
performance of the choirs, and the 
opening ceremony will be in Jeru- 
salem Aug. 6, the concert .at the 
Ramat-Gan stadium, with a seating 
capacity of 50,000, on Aug. 10 is 
considered the highlight of the 
festival. 

During the trip through Galilee, 
the singers 'Will stay in Kibbutzim 
and Moshavoth. Ori"tWo days* the 
choirs will participate at'the vin- 
tage-festival in Zichron-Yaacov on 
the' occasion of the 70th birthday 
of the. township. 


Mex TV Station’s Own Juice Plant 

Mexico City, Aug. 5. 
Mexico’s pioneer video station, 
XHTV, which started two years 
ago, is the first Mexican, station to 
‘have its own electricity so that its 
service is not interrupted by hav- 
ing to depend upon the public light 
and power company, 

XHTV has installed a Diesel 
generator as an emergency juice 
plant. ■ 



in ’51-52 Season at Paris lst-Rnns 


Mex City’s Iris Closes 
When Vaude-Revue Flops 

Mexico City, Aug. 5. 

Teatro Iris, name house of Es- 
peranza Iris, vet comedienne, and 
one of the best local theatres, is 
dark again. ‘ This- stems from the 
second, flop of vaude-revpe policy. 
First attempt ran a month and 
cost the house $11,500* {Second ef- 
fort lived only 10 days and wound 
up $5,000 in the red. 

Iris has been tentatively hired 
for. an" international fiance mara- 
thon for pros and amateurs to be 
run by an Mexican-U. S. syndicate. 
It is scheduled to operf this month. 

TV-E1 Mundo, 2d Caban 
Tele Chain, Plans Starting 
Operations Early in ’53 

Havana, Aug. 5, 

TV-E1 Mnndo, one s of largest 
video' chains in Latin America, 
plans to be operating in Cuba by 
the, first of 1953, according to Luis” 
Botifoll,* a top official. The chain, 
which is costing about $4,000,000 
to construct, will have five stations 
covering the island. All stations, 
will telecast the same programs. 
These will originate at . headquar- 
ters of the chain here, which,. will* 
transmit them to the other stations 
via microwave relays. < 

Three months ago, TV-EL Mundo 
purchased Radio-TV, the first sta- 
tion to telecast in Cuba. UR-TV 
will be moved from Its present 
building to TV-El Mundo, but it 
will not form part of the chain. 
It will have its own programs 
aimed at Havana audiences, where- 
as the TV network will have wider 
appeal. 

At' present UR-TV is being used 
as a training, ground for TV-EI 
Mundo technicians and an experi- 
ment with new programs. One of. 
these, “The World Today,” does- 
its first telecast Aug. 4. Program 
will have a roving van with tele; 
casting equipment to cover news 
vents. 

Main" competition for TV-El 
Mundo will come from CMQ-TV; 
which has five . stations covering 
Cuba. Botifoll asserted that talent 
(or a lack of it) will be the major 
problem faced by TV-El Mundo and 
CMQ-TV in the battle , to obtain 
the largest audience. He pointed 
out that Cuba has neither a legit 
theatre nor a film industry from 
which talent can • be drawn. Only 
Cuba’s large radio industry (over 
40 stations here- alone - ) has any 
sizeable talent, and a good part 
of this Is not suitable Lor TV. 

TV talent raids on radio and 
greater audience interest in TV al- 
ready have hurt Cuban radio pro- 
grams and ad revenue, Mr. Botifoll 
said. He added that TV has had no 
apparent effect on newspapers. 


LONDON 

(Week ending August 9) 

(Figures indicate opening date) 
"Albert, R. N.," Savllle (7-31). 

"Bet Your Life," Hippodrome (2-18). 
"Call Me Madam," Coliseum (3-15). 
"Deep Blue Sea," Duchess (3-6). 

"Dial M Murder," West. (6-19). 
"Excitement," Casino (3-8). 

"Gay Dog," Piccadilly (6-12). 

"Globe Revue," Globe (7-10). 

"Happy Marriage," Duke York (8-7). 

"In Chancery," Art (7-30). 

"Innocents," Majesty's (7-3). 

"Little Hut," Lyric (8-23-50). 

"London Laughs," Adelphi (4-12). 

"Love of Colonels," Wyn. (5*23-51). 
"Meet Callahan," Garrick (5-27). 
"Millionaires," New (6-30). 

"Paris to Piccadilly,' Pr. Wales (4-15). 
"Relative Value," Savoy (11-28-51), 
"Reluctant Heroes," White. (9-12-50). 
"Ranch In Rockies," Empress (6-5). 
"Seagulls Sorrento," Apollo (&14-50). 
"South Pacific," Drury- Lane (11-1-51). 
"Step Forward," Strand (7-30). 

"Sweet Madness," Vaudeville (5-21). 
"Under Sycamore," St. James (4-23). 
\"Wat*r of Moon," Heymarket (4-19-5D. 
"Winter Journey," St. James's (4-3). 
"Woman of Twilight," Vic. Pal. (6-18). 
"Zip Goes a Million," Palace (10-20-5D. 
"Young Ellx.," Criterionfe<4-2), 

MEXICO CITY 

(Week ending August 2) 

"The Duel," Bellas Artes. 

"Jano Is Girl," Colon. 

"Stork's Visit," Ideal. 

' Edward's Sons," Caxacol. 

"Theodora," Chopin. 

"The Idol," Caballito. 


Legit Shows A broad 


MADRID 

(Week ending July 26) 

"Honeymoon In Four,' 'Alcazar. 
"Los quatro besos," Calderon. 
"Stars Romancos," Alvarez. 
"Cuba to Spain," Carlos III. 
"Day Night Madrid," Comedia. 


"Imperla 1 Violettas," Lope de Vega. 
"Matrimonies en la tuna, Reina. 
"Plernas de seda," Zarzuela. 

PARIS 

, (Week ending August 9) , 
"Amant Par Etage," Casino. 

"Chanteur de Mexico," Chatelet. 
"Dialogues des Carmelites," Hebertot. 
"Gay Paris," Casino de Paris. 
"Lyslstrata," Humour. 

"Marcel," Bernhardt. 

"Occupe-Tol Mlnlmugi." Palais-Royal. 
"Oncle Vanya," Theatre de Pouche. 
"Paris Galant," Capuclnes. 

"Puc*au," Amblgu. 

'/Vlolette. Imperiales," Mogadon 
Vrale Folio/' Folies-Bcrgere. 

AUSTRALIA 

Week ending August 9) 

Kiss Me, Kate," Royal, Sydney. 

2£ ol ]? s Bergero," Tivoli. Sydney. 
"Medley," Empire, Sydney. 

"Seagulls Over Sorrento," Comedy, Mel. 
"Tommy Trlnder Show," Tivoli, Mel. 
^Larger Than Life," Princess. Mel, 
Cassino," Empire, Sydney. 

"Sleeping Princess," Maj., Mclb. 

"To Dorothy," Royal, Adel. 

"Take Peek," Royal, Bris. 

"Don Giovanni," Maj., Bris. 

IRELAND 

... . (Week ending July 26) 

' Brloadoon'" Opera House, Belfast. 

w,f * 5 Family," Opera House, Cork. 
, £ f n S, Friday's Men," Abbey, Dublin. 

s Rhapsody," Gaiety, Dublin. 
"Three Sisters," Gate, Dublin. 

BUENQSAIRES 

(Week ending July 26) 

"MI Suegra," Apolo. 

"Las lagrlmas tamblen," Ateneo. 
F*pana Llega," Argentlno. 

Cuando los Duendos," Astral. 
"Maruxa," Avonida. 

"Streetcar Named Desire," Casino. 
"Florence est Folle," Cervantes. 


"Brothers Karamaxoff," Colonial. 
"Miguel de Molina," Comedia. 

"La Lampara Encendlda," Comico. 
"Israelite," Corrientcs. 

"F.B," El Naclonal. 

"Sepa Nicola," Marconi. 

"Marlage Figaro," Odeon. 

"Sombra Querlda," Politeama. 
"Chocolate Soldier," Pueblo. 
"Celos-del Aire," Empire. 
"Ladronclto," Splendid. 

"Jezebel," Lasalle. 

"Vendaval," San Martin. 

"Hombres en ml Vida," Smart. 
"Caprices," Antigone," Van Riel. 
"OIos Llenos de Amor," Vers. 

"La Verdad Eres .Tu," Pat. 


TOURING BRITAIN 

(Week ending July 19) 

"Blue For Boy," Hipp, Golder's Green. 
' Brigadoon," Opera House, Belfast. 
"Carousel," Pavilion, Bournemouth. 
"Cosh Boy," Hipp., Salford. 
"Fourposter," King's, Southsea. 

"Gay's the Word," Now, Oxford. 

y ,enn *'“ Royal, Newcastle 
"Hollow," Prince of Wales, Cardiff. 

Rhapsody," Empire, Sheffield. 
"Kiss Me, Kate," Court, Liverpool. 

Resent, Rotherham. 
"Lilac Time," Royal, Bath. 

«w er i2 ! , W , Jd ? w '," HI PP*’ Coventry. 

"My Wife's Lodger," New, Northamp. 

' Nayy At Sea," Palace Pier, Brighton. 
'No, Nanette," Alhambra, Bradford. 
"Oklahoma," New, Cardiff. 

''Quadrille," Opera House, Manchester. 
;' s /y l* h Marriage," Empire, Sunderland. 
, jy hlte , sl l? ep ' .°P era House, Chelt. 
"Worm's Eye View," Grand, Leeds. 

SCOTLAND 

(Week ending August 16) 
"Quadrille," King's, Glasgow. 

"Husbands Don't Count," Lyceum, 
Edinburgh. 

"Half-Past Eight," Royal, Glasgow, and 
King's, Edinburgh. 

"High Temperature," Alhambra, Glas- 
gow. 


^ Paris, Auc 

With the 1951-52 fiscal film *». 
son coming to * close, a look-see Jt" 
receipts shows the Gallic prefer 
ence in still primarily for their 
own pix and that quality fi^s 
color spectacles and lush pro £ 
tions are still boxoffice block- 
busters here. In the Paris area 
only 55 films, of which 32 were 
French and. 23- foreign, passed the 
$00,000 mark in grosses, while in 
the provinces! 53 pix topped the 
$18,000 mark, : . v ine 

Grosses also reveal that the same 
films which are big moneymakers 
in the largest cities also are smash 
in ’the stix except in some instances 
such as Strasbourg where German- 
language films are tops. Of the 
top 23 foreign films at Paris first- 
runs 18 were American, A highlight 
is the top b.o* of “Gone With th* 
Wind” (M-Co.), which in its sec- 
ond run with French dubbing and 
roadshow prices grossed $ 294 - 
000. About 60% of the toppers 
are French. ' The American leaders 
were “Alice in Wonderland” 
(RKO), “King Solomon’s Mines” 
(M-Co.) and “Samson and Delila” 
(Par). 

French-Italo Films Top Draws 

Top Paris money passing the 
$300,000 mark went to the French 
Italo production, “Little World of 
Don Camillo” and another French 
Italo pic, “F-anfan La Tulipe.” 
“Camillo,” directed by Julien 
Duviver, stars Femandel. “Fan- 
fan” stars Gerard Philipe is a 
parody qostumer. 

Of the films in the $150,000 to 
$300,000 category, three are^Ameri- 
can and three are French' Yank 
pix .are “Alice,” “Mines” and 
“Samson.” Gallic coin-getters are 
“The Perfectionist,” with Pierre 
Fresnay, which has already played 
in the’ U, S. to negligible results; 
“We Are All Murderers,” the An- 
dre Cayatee yarn against capital 
punisfuiient, which won the special 
jury prize :at the Cannes Film Fes- 
tival* and “Love Madame,” a 
comedy starring Arletty and Fran- 
cois Perier. 

Pix in the* $120,000 to $150,000 
bracket are composed of three 
American, one English, two Franco- 
Italian. and sevein French films. 
The American films are Street- 
car framed Desire” (WB), “The 
River’ (XJA) and “Great Ca- 
ruso” (M-Co.) “Lavendar Hill 
Moh” (Ealing) is the British entry, 
released in the U. S. by Universal. 
“Messaline” and “The Seven Capi- 
tal - Sins” are the Franco-Italo 
grosser s’. French pix in this- setup 
range from “Bluebeard” to “The 
Pleasure” and from “Wild Boy,” a 
story of a prostie and her son, to 
the Sacha Guitry ironic parody, 
“The Poison.” 

4 TJ . S. Pix $90,000-$120,000 

$90,000 to $120,000 category has 
four American and one English 
film in th'e lineup as well as 10 
French. American entries are the 
RKO double bill of “Kon-Tiki” and 
“Greenland,” .“Flame and Arrow” 
(WB) and “David and Bethsheba” 
(20th). The English film is “Man 
in White Suit” (Ealing), now in4ts 
18th Week at a smallseater here. 
|* Last-named -is handled by Univer- 
sal in the U. S. French pix range 
from .comedies and musicals to 
heavy dramas. Among them are 
“Casque ' D’Or,” “Lethernose,” 
starring Jean Maris; the Ray Ven- 
tura musical, “.We’ll Go To Monte 
Carlo” and the Claude Autant-Lara 
macabre comedy, “The Red Inn, 
with Fernandel. 

The $60,000 to $90,000 class has 
nine American films, one Mexican, 
nine French pix and one Italo- 
American co-production. Ameri- 
can pix are, “Capt. Hornblower 
(WB), “African Queen” lUA), 
“Bom Yesterday” (Col), “Septem- 
ber Affair” (Par), “Pagan Love 
Song” (M-Co.), “Apache Drums 
(U), “Halls of Montezuma” (20th), 
“Bird of Paradise” (20th) and 
“Strangers on aTrain” (WB). 

13 Foreign Pix Click in Stix 

Of the 53 top province grossers, 
29 went over the $18,000 hurdles*, 
16 being French and 13 foreign pix ; 
leaders were “Samson,” “Fanfan.^ 
“Caruso,” "Mines,” “Monte Carlo. 
“Perfectionist” and a Fernando 


starrer, “Ladies’ Hairdresser. 


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figures reveal that a good film can 
draw even in the usually slack su ■ 
mer months. In spite oi , , 
scorching heat and lack of suit 
air-conditioning in Paris h° l ’ 
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For Cleaning House, 
Leading Anti-Red Fight 

Los Angeles, Aug. 12, 
Hollywood’s film industry is “in 
the forefront of the fight against 
Communism in the U. S, M That is 
the gist of a resolution adopted by 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars at its 
53rd national encampment. , 
Motion picture producers were 
lauded ' for the “extraordinary 
financial and legal risks” they took 
in their battle against Bed infiltra- 
tion. At the same time, YEW an- 
nounced that it would utilise all its 
power to drive Commies and their 
sympathizers out of other branches* 1 
of show biz. Resolution reads, in 
part: 

Whereas the motion picture in- 
dustry has defeated the objectives 
of the Communist Party in Holly- 
wood; the motion picture industry 
has produced a considerable num- 
ber of effective anti-Cdmmunlst 
films; 

Therefore, be it resolved that the 
53rd National Encampment of the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars com- 
mend the motion picture industry 
for its. example in fighting Com- 
munism and pledge full support of 
the VFW to the industry's continu- 
ing battle against subversive per- 
sons and activities, and that the 
VFW strongly affirms its intention 
to utilize every weapon of public 
protest and action to rout Com- 
munists from other branches of 
entertainment and all other areas 
of American life which have been 
infiltrated by Communists. 


Continue*! from pass $ 



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Continue# from page 5 


with the Roxy, The International 
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em- 
ployees, which takes in stagehands 
and projectionists, it covered by a 
two-week notification clause. Amer- 
ican Guild of Variety Artists, to 
which gals in the chorus belong, 
has one-week clause* 

A somewhat complicated situ** 
tio exists regarding the pit band. 

Contract with the American Fed- 
eration of Musicians expires Aug, 

31 and, instead of a normal two- 
year renewal* Katz is attempting to 
negotiate a temporary four-week 
extension. The local has it under 
consideration. 

One of Skouras* reasons for the 
notices is the possibility that' he 
may want to close the Roxy for re- 
furbishing, He has anew seats • on 
tentative order. ’ . . ^ 

By closing down the 25-year-old 
house for a short time and replac- 
ing seats, carpets, drapes and oth- 
erwise dolling it Up, National The* 
atress would have a worthwhile ban- 1 was only for purposes of a test 
die for a hefty publicity campaign* 
marking the new management 
This Would fit in with 'Skouras* 
determination to make it the No, 1 
house in New. York, rather than 
taking a back seat, .to the Music 
Hall. He'd use the campaign in his 
endeavor to lasso top product from 
all the dlstribs. 

Actually, as far as can be 
learned, Skouras has not yet fully 
determined the house policy under 
his management, which' is another 
reason he desires 'flexibility as far 
as the staff is concerned. It', is 
thought, however, that- stageshows 
will be retained in the present 
form or some variation of it. 

The 5,886-seater is believed too 
big and to have fixed charges that 


Failed to Have Okay 
From Legfon,Royle 
Nixed by Friedlob 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 
Selena Boyle, charged she was 
cancelled out of Bert Friedlob’s 
“The Star" for lack of a “letter 
of apology from the American Le- 
gion,” Actress has been trying to 
get the Legion to affirm* or deny 
she's on the list of persons whose 
loyalty the Legion suspects. • 
Friedlob says the story is “ridic- 
ulous,” declaring she . and two 
others had been under considera- 
tion for the small role of the pro- 
ducer's wife, and that he and di- 
rector Stuart Heisler simply de- 
cided on - another actress, 

Actress' agent, Walter Kohner, 
said he believed the deal was all 
set until casting director Maurice 
Golden called and “implied” the 
indie producer wouldn’t be able to 
use Miss Boyle without a letter. 
Miss Boyle said she had already 
had a wardrobe fitting for. the role," 
but Golden contended the fitting 


Weditewilay, August 13, 1952 


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Issues Speech Which 
Legion Nixed Hearing 

Turned down in her recent request 
to address an American Legion con- 
clave on the subject of blacklisting 
of Hollywood personalities, actress 
Selena Hoyle this week released 
the speech she had intended to de- 
liver. Miss Hoyle, who^e name is 
on the Legion list submitted to pro- 
ducers, had asked for five minutes 
to present her case as well as those 
of others who could hot obtain 
film jobs because of the Legion’s 
action. California State conven- 
tion of the American Legion, 
which convened at Fresno Aug. 


Inside Stuff-Pictures 

Unusual promotional mailing was sent out by Jerry Wald this week 
on his new pic, “The Lusty Mert v ” soon to be released by KKO. Ac- 
companied by a personalized letter from the producer, it is an en- 
largement of four frames from the film. 

Fix show one actress being kicked in the stem by another. Letter 
states: “Take $ look at a girl being kicked toward stardom. Her name 
is Eleanor Todd. As the well-stacked target for a well-aimed boot by 
Susan Hayward in The Lusty Men,' this 19-year-old Miss Todd achieves 
the most violent movie debut .sintfe Mae Clarke's memorable encounter 
with a flying grapefruit .from the hands of Jimmy Cagney in ‘Publie 
Enemy'.” 1 ' ' 

• Wald goes on to predict stardom for the. actress, -“whose exciting 
beauty and provocative talent make her far and away the screen's 
freshest screen discovery.” 

Businessmen and -ad agency execs who don’t know an “academy 
leader” from a “zoom shot” will find that and everything in between 
included iu a new, simplified book titled “Motion. Picture Technique for 
Businessmen.” The 50-page opus, available for $1, was put together 
by Charles Curran, prezi of Times Square Productions, N. Y., which 
makes commercial and TV films, 

Curran found that with the Increasing use of pix by industry and 
by agencies and sponsors in TV, a serious need had developed among 
businessmen for a handbook that would clarify for them terms and 
processes that were flying, over their heads. His treatise, with plenty 
of -charts, handily serves the purpose. It contains a glossary and step* 
by-step description of the technical end of pic-making, as well as giv- 
ing costs and. other data on commercial and TV films. 

, Undoubtedly, critics and audiences seeing Charles Chaplin's “Lime- 
light,” will be led to conjecture on how much of it is autobiographical 
—and United Artists won't do anything to discourage them. Distrib’s 
campaign on the pic, which will go Into release later this year, will, in 
fact, be based partially on cultivating natural public curiosity as to 
how much Chaplin is telling his own story, Chaplin is understood t« 
have .fid. objection to this type of publicity. 

UA execs who attended^ a screening 10 days ago on the Coast say 
that actually there are some aspects of the character of the aging music 
hall comedian in the film that resemble Chaplin, and there are many 
Other points of dissimilarity. , 




manded that they be able to see 
winning bids. They at-gued that in 
no other way could they bo sure 
that a distrib was playing fair and 
actually giving a film to the top 
man. They fought for an opett-bid 
proviso in the arbitration huddles 
and finally, won "but in a move by 
the distribs to keep the peace. 

Distribs now say 'that they don’t 
think the exhibitors . have won 
much* and that as, time goes on 
they’ll find themselves less and 
less pleased with their victory. 
One major company sales chief ex- 
plained it thus: 

“Every time a bid is opened to 
a theatreman, he learns something 
about hi$ competitor’s business. 
That naturally pleases him when 
he’s the loser. But when he’s the 
winner, he's not going to • be so 
happy, because his affairs are being 
exposed to his competitor. I think 
eventually exhibitors may well find 
that they’d rather keep their deals 
to themselves, even if it means 
that occasionally they get a glimpse 
at the other fellow’s.” 1 

Distribs have generally feared 
making bids available to losers be- 
cause it can open the way to end- 
less arguments and bickering. Best 
bid in the eyes of distribs is not 
necessarily th$t with the biggest 
cash guarantee or any other single 
superior factor. A flock of consid- 
erations, can go into what the dis- 
trib feels is best for him and the 
picture. Obviously, a losing exhib 
may well not see eye-to-eye with 
the releasing company on these 
points, and so the way is opened 
for trouble. 

That’s not happened so far, how- 
ever, Heineman said last week. He 
explained that UA Was being very 
careful in its naming of high bid- 
der, and that low men were appar- 
ently well-satisfied once they got a 
gander at the winning terms. 


Ohio Verdict 

Continued from page 7 — 

evidence. In addition to submitting 
a brief for Smith, defense attorney 
Robert P. Goldman, of the law firm 
of Paxton & Seasongold, called 
only one witness to the stand. He 
was Walton C. Ament, v.p. and 
general manager of Warner News, 
Inc. Ament outlined the history of 
newsreels, detailed their operation 
and coverage, and stressed the part 
they had played in World War II. 

In brief filed with the court, 
Smith sharply attacked the Ohio 
censorship law and declared that 
motion pictures are entitled to the 
free speech and free press guaran- 
ties of the Federal Constitution 
and the constitution of the state*of 
Ohio, 


0 8 did ^ant .permission to Miss 

are to° great to allow ILto be oper- ^ 0 yj e to address the group, 
ated a straight filmer. It could - •- 
hardly compete for product on that 


basis against smaller houses with 
A lower nut, which could provide 
distribs with greater film rentals 
via longer runs. 

Likewise, it is believed that the 
mdney-saving type of show pre- 
sented by the Paramount, N. Y., 
would be inappropriate in the vast 
expanses of the Roxy. Production 
nut could be shaved, however, by 
following the Par example and put- 
ting the band on the pit elevator 
and the performers on the apron 
in front of ft. By thus mot having 
to open the curtains, IA permits 
use of substantially fewer stage- 
hands and projectionists, and the 
cost of the line and other exten- 
sive production is also saved. 

House has only two pix booked. 
They are “What Price Glory,” 
which follows the current “Dream- 
boat” next Wednesday (20), and 
“Monkey Business” which follows 
that. Depending on biz, they are ex- 
pected to carry the Roxy to the 
Sept. 27 deadline or perhaps a week 
or so beyond. 


Rackmil, Blumberg Contracts 


Continued from page $ 



Skouras on 16m 


Continued from page 3 


munity and deprive the public of 
the continuation of the production 


In the speech .she had prepared 
she said she wanted to appear be- 
fore the groups because she had 
received no reply from any Legion 
official to the open-letter adver- 
tisement she inserted in Daily 
Variety denying Communist af- 
filiation. 

In the address, Miss Royle re- 
vealed that she was suing Red 
Channels for $150,000. 

“I am* bure,” her speech says, 
“that there are those here today 
who feel as I do that the Legion put 
the cart before the horse when, after 
having submitted a list of some 200 
names as suspect Americans to the 
motion picture studios, they then 
instigated an investigation and 
cleared 200. Certainly it would 
have been more humane, more in 
the American tradition if in your 
hearts you truthfully felt a list 
from you was imperative to have 
investigated first. before pointing 
the finger of ^suspicion.” 

Miss Royle also declared that she 
took strong exception to the state- 
ment that the belated “clearing” 
will do those cleared “good.” “I 
believe I am an authority on this 
score,” she said. “I can assure you 
that to be deprived of the oppor- 
tunity 'to work at your chosen 
profession, to suffer indignities 
and slights because of self-ap- 
pointed policeman calls you a 
‘suspect* without opportunity of 


any new obligation, excepting ad- 
ditional directorships of Decca or 
its affiliates. 

N. Y., H’wood Offices 

Rackmil’s pact, for seven years 
effective July 15, 1952, and expir- 
ing July 14, 1959, calls for him to 
receive $1,538.50 weekly, plus ex- 
penses, with offices in New York 
and Hollywood. The services to be 
rendered by Rackmil, the pact 
says, “are of a special, unique, ex- 
traordinary and intellectual char- 
acter, 1 the loss of which cannot be 
reasonably' or adequately com- 


Blumberg’s agreement also con- 
tains the ‘^unique” clause that is 
in Rackmij’s agreement. How- 
ever, it calls for no injunctive re- 
lief and sets up arbitration ma- 
chinery in case of a breach. Both 
Blumberg and Rackmil are granted 
31 days vacation annually with full 
pay. 

Rackmil’s pact also contains 
provisions in case of his illness or 
death. If illness incapacitates him 
for six consecutive months, the 
pact says that the board has the 
right to terminate his- employment 


V 


pensated in damages in any action without liability. However, if such 
at lqw, and a breach, by Rackmil an*illness should occur after July 
of any of the provisions of this 15, 1955, Rackmil has the option 
agreement will cause Universal ir- to continue in a consultative or ad- 
reparable injury and damage, and visory capacity,- exclusive to U ex- 
Universal shall- be entitled to in- cept for Decca. During , the period 
unctive and other equitable relief he acts on such a basis, the pacts 
o prevfent a breach of ‘this agree- entitles him to $770 weekly. 

In the event of his death after 
July, 1955, but during the term of 
his agreement, .the company has 
agreed to p%y his designee or es- 
tate an amount equal to his salary 
for one year, . 

Liptords pact , says that his serv- 
ices may be used for other duties 
other than ad-pub topper, and it 
stipulates that the company shall 
own all rights “of every kind and 
to all the results and proceeds of 
your services.” _ . 


MMMllMi 


Amvots’ Blast 

Continued from pace 3 


of American motion Pictures as : it bllc rebutta , doe? n0 one any 
now knows them. Our Government g 00( j »» 
can spend billions and yet never B 
repay the injury , that this will 
bring to the American economy.” 

Urges Union Co-op 
Language of the statement clear- 
ly placed 20th in the same camp 
wtih exhibs and all other film in- 
dustry interests unconditionally 
opposed to the Department’s ac- 
tion. He particularly called upon 
labor unions in Hollywood to un- 
derstand the peril and cooperate 
in the fight against it, 

“Without product the theatres 
would close and without the reven- 
ue the theatres can afford to pay, 
the producers no longer would be 
able to turn out fine attractions,” 
he asserted, adding: “The pre- 
eminence of American' motion pic- 
tures would be destroyed.” 

The Skouras statement said in 
part: “The Government’s action 
would be ruinous to exhibitors and 
in turn would be "destructive Jo an 
industry which must and does em- 
ploy the greatest creative and artis- 
tic talent in the world In order to 
satisfy the public’s demand for this 
superior theatre entertainment. 

“For 20th Century-Fox and my 
associates, I pledge myself to this a protest against filmltes suspected 
cause and to unceasing vigilance to of subversive activities wak passed 
resist this ruinous plan which the by the California department of the 
Dept, of Justice insists upon. American Legion at Us .annual 
“We are wiling to test our faith convention here, 
in the f airmindedness of the Amer- Subject was referred to the na 

lean public and its institutions,” tlonal convention In N, Y, 


colony.” Letter demanded to know 
why, if the announcement were not 
merely publicity-seeking, the vets’ 
group has not challenged other in- 
dustries. 

“The first place any organiza 
tion goes for help is to Hollywood 
and the motion picture industry,” 
the letter pointed out, adding that 
“the first thing any organization 
does to get its name in print is to 
attack the very same industry.” 

Letter also declared that there 
are “phony” lists in existence nam- 
ing persons of questionable loy- 
alty, but the lists cannot be relied 
upon because they were “put to- 
gether by amateurs without any 
investigation or cross-checking and 
without any proof to support their 
conclusions.” 


Delayed Protest 

Fresno, Aug. 32. 
Question of picketing theatres as 


ment. 

Under Blumberg’s new agree- 
ment he is set to receive $1,500 
weekly, plus expenses, until Dec. 
31, 1955, and $1,000 weekly there- 
after until Dec. 31, 1960. His serv- 
ices are on a non-exclusive basis. 
The contract states that Blumberg 
shall make himself available for 
such services “upon reasonable 
notice and with due regard to. the 
other activities in which he may be 
engaged.” In event there is a con- 
flict, the pact continues, “Blum- 
berg shall cooperate in making 
himself available for such services 
to Universal as expeditiously as is 
reasonably practicable 
Until December, 1955, Blumberg 
is not permitted to become asso- 
ciated or have financial interest in 
a competitive outfit. This restric- 
tion, it explains, ..terminates auto- 
matically if stockholders fail to 
continue Blumberg in office or if 
the board of directors fails to name 
him board chairman. It provides, 
however, that Blumberg may ac- 
quire and own securities listed on 
any public stock 'exchanges. How- 
ever, the agreement does not obli- 
gate the exec to continue to serve 
as a director or as board chairman. 
Company, the pact requires, 


Warners Announces 

Promotions in Sales 

In a series, of promotions in 
Warner BriJSr sales staff announced 
by Ben Kalfpenson^ distribution 
chief, James S. Abrose was ad- 
vanced from Cincinnati" branch 
manager to thepost of central dis- 
trict manager* succeeding F. R* 
(Qinty) Moore, who has resigned. 
Abrose will headquarter in Cin- 
cinnati. * 

Further shifts call for Robert H. 
Dunbar, Jacksonville branch man- 
ager, to take over the Cincy spot 
vacated by Abrose; Ralph Iannuzzt, 
Atlanta branch manager, replaces 


branch manager, . 

shall maintain offices for Biurnberg I peorge W. Horan, on indefinite 
both in New York and Hollywood, ~ 


and these offices must be equal to 
those of the company prexy. He is 
allowed to determine where he 
shall spend his time in connection 
with U biz. 

Profit-Sharing Clause 

If options, warrants or any rights 
to profit-sharing deals are granted 
any execs of the company, Blum- 
berg is entitled to a deal similar 
to the most favored exec. In event 


leave of absence because of ill- 
ness, as Boston branch manager; 


and Charles T. Jordan, Jr., Atlanta 
salesman, will manage the Jackson- 
ville exchange. Atlanta replace* 
| ment will be announced at a later 
date. 


Hartford’* RKO Deal 

Hollywood, Aug. }2. 

7 RKO closed IT deal to please 

of Blumberg’s death any time dur- seven pictures, produced by Hon- 
ing the pact, U has agreed to make tington Hartford Enterprises, start- 
payments from the date of his ing next month with “Face ' 


death to December, 1960, of $1,000 
weekly to Mrs. Blumberg or his 
estate. If he becomes disabled or 
incapacitated any time during the 
agreement, U is not relieved of 
its obligations to make the weekly 
payments, 


to 

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Face,” a two-part feature recent y 
completed. Contract callsfors 
more films to be delivered within 
three years. , .. 

“ Studio recently signed a 
tion pact with Aubrey SehencK, 
calling for six. pix in three years. 



































HOUSE REVIEWS 


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Palladium, LcMitH’ 

London, Aug* 5. 
Dolores Gray, Alien Bros , 2c 
Jtlne (3), Al Barnett, Peep River 
Boys (5), Hall, Norman & Ladd, 
Winifred Atwell , Carsony Bros. 
(3), Hand Crompton , Leslie Ran- 
dall, Palladium Tiller Girls (id), 
Woolf Phillips Skyrockets Orcn, 

Topping the Palladium's ne& bill, 
beautlmlly gowned -Dolores Gray 
comes on to a socko reception* 
She gets into stride with .Rodgers 
and HsSimersteVhW ^^md^Night 
For Singing,” foBoW/^^with ^Cole 
Porter's “In The Still b£ the Night" 
and semi-Italian number, '‘Dancing 
on the Grapes," just recorded for 
Brunswick. This calls for another, 
which proves to be the “Casa- 
blanca" themer, “As Time Goes 
By." 

Miss Gray switches to string of 
nostalgics, including “Blue Skies," 
“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime, 
“When The Lights Go On Again. 
As a climax, she discards her gown, 
going behind a screen, revealing 
herself as Annie, which made her 
a clicko in 1947 via “Annie, Get 
Your Gun," having played the 
London Coliseum for three years 
less one week. 

Getting big mitt for famous 
character, She unloads several of 
the hits from show, including 
“Doing What Comes Naturally" 
and “You Can’t Get a Man with a 
Gun,” to showstopping dimensions. 
She is compelled to Deg off with, 
a short speech of thanks. 

London Palladium gals (161, 
trained by the Tiller school, open 
in peppy stepping. They give way 
to Allen Bros. &* June in dancing 
of another type* Trio indulges in 
straight ballrooming, suddenly de- 
veloping comedy falls and tumbles, 
to surprise of . the audience, with 
the male? duo -finally taking a tum- 
ble Into the orch pit. Good for 
laughs. 

A1 Burnett, dubbing himself as 
the English Milton Berle, unloads 
a lot of comedy gab, some on blue 
side, with holiday crowd lapping it 
up. 

Rack from six weeks' tour in 
Sv/eden, the Deep River Boys, 
great faves- here, are solid. They 
tee Off with “There'll Be A Jubi- 
lee," followed by “Tell Me More,” 
arid to top it off, they attempt “Old 
Man Rlv.er" to full response. Fol- 
low with “Who's Sorry Now,” in 
lighter vein, with Insistent demand 
bringing 'Tt’s Only a Shanty in Old, 
Shanty Town,” to full quota of 
plaudits, 

Called back team obliges with 
“Honey, Honey, Honey" and “Shad- 
rack," which Is never left out of 
their routine. Forced encore brings 
out "Water. Boy," one ojTthose tra- 
ditional Negro' work songs which 
almost tied up the proceedings at 
show, caught. 

Hall, Norman and Ladd, comedy 
musickers just back from the Con- 
tinent, are another team of favor- 
ites here. Trio unloads plenty. of 
comedy stuff which, is always as- 
sured of big response. 

Winifred Atwell, a name on 
radio, TV -and records, is a pleas- 
ingly plump dusky gal' who can 
thump the ivories* Gets into stride 
with “Cross Hands Boogie," switch- 
ing to “Ei Cumbanchero," and 
varying program with Grieg’s 
classical “Piano Concerto," fol- 
lowed by her own arrangement of 
"Jezebel." 

Gal takes a turn at jazzing up 
the perennial “Swanee River" <0 
hefty mitts. Ends with electric 
piano renditions of a medley of 
pops to high appeal. 

Opening intermission, the Palla- 
dium line, in American gob outfit, 
do Scottish hornpipe to U. S. 
melody. Carsony Bros, follow with 
neat line of aero, precision balanc- 
ing and juggling. Act is enhanced 
by two of the boys being twins. 
This is an ideal nitery act. 

Newcomer here, Nanci Cromp- 
ton, is ballerina who performs 
some very intricate pirouettes and 
leg spins gyrating continuously on 
one toe. Some of her whirls are 
breathtaking. 

Another radio and TV name, 
Leslie Randall, has easy style of 
delivery, with original material 
anent varied methods of smoking, 
sleeping and handshaking, which 
is very amusing. Act, one of the 
uovplties of the show, is a sure bet 
for revue and cabaret. Rege. 

Cnsino, Toronto 

Toronto, Aug. 8. 
Johnnie Ray, Gary Morton, Bud 
St Cece Robinson, Wells & Four 
Fays , Archie Stone House Orch; 
*' Havana Rose" (Rep). 


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Still palm-banging the top of 
hat piano, plus his down-on-both- 
knees acrobatics, Johnnie Ray is 
jamming them into the Casino for 
a six-a-day sked that sees biz the 
biggest here in several weeks. On 
second engagement here, when 
taught, the mop-haired performer 
now has the customers laughing at 
mm and not, as previously, with 


him: gets titters instead of squeals; 
but he's still doing terrific biz* 

Sideways at the keyboard, Ray 
opens with a bouncy “Walking My 
Baby Back Home,” works the aisles 
for "Cloud" and femme-kissing, 
does a robust “All of Me," and a 
wham finale of “Cry." (Lad's 
heart, however, didn’t seem to be 
in historic when caught. His Wife 
is in - WiRard Fillmore Hospital* 
Buffalo, with' pneumonia, and he 
is motoring the 120 miles nightly 
there.) ; • 

On surrounding bill, Gary Mor- 
ton i$ .over big on m.e. patter ana 
a terrific trumpet finish; Bud & 
Cece Robinson for their collegiate 
jitterbug routines and tap chal- 
lenges and Wells & Four Fays for 
tHeir adroit acrobatics. McStay. 

\ 

Erapire^ Glasgow 

Glasgow, Apg. 7. 

Joy . Nichols ( Jack Markham at 
piano), Anton Karas , Mary & 
Michael Mills, Cynthia with 
Gladys, Archie Robbins, Wally 
Peterson, ' Dave & Joe O’Gorman, 
Les Dounos (2), Bill Matthew 
House Orch ; twice nightly . • 

With odd exception in one 
comedy turn, this is a strong vaude 
stanza, meriting customers' coin 
and. warm mitting. Moss Empires' 
outfit wins dividends for itself 
through click casting, Scot audi- 
ences,’ tuned to good native bills, 
being keyed to expect the best on 
this key junction of the national 
loop. 

Joy Nichols, headlining, draws 
the mob through her top British 
radio name, being vital femme 
song-and-comedy spark of the ILK. 
Weekly airer, “Take It From Here." 
fJhe draws the mitting through her 
stage experience, having climbed 
the ladder viajlive shows. Gal has 
a fresh, warm personality, clowns 
cleverly. Warbles pop numbers to 
solid effect, apd is-- both bouncing- 
with vitality and seffenely modest 
in charm. She’s blonde,* fluffy, full 
of bright eyes and cashes in nicely 
on her radio name by. occasional 
references to her show, costar 
Jimmy Edwards, and the sense of 
fun they find in airer. « 

Comedy thrush opens with im- 
personation of a dumb blonde from 
Brooklyn, of type she frequently 
characterizes • on the airwaves. 
Highlight is a slick number About 
a quiet night by the radio, takeoff 
on radio ihellers. Act,, ip which- 
Jack Markham attends carefully to 
the -ivories, has star potential for 
TJ. S. video, vaude, radio andfil- 
musical markets. -Gal, an AuSsie 
and one of the latest London stars, 
would be. a useful capture .by 
Hollywood producers seeking new 
femme talent for musical pix, 

Archie Robbins, young American 
comic, offers a breezy act, -high- 
light being his takeoff on spon- 
sored U.S. video. He 'Jfisualizes TV 
packages lauding various wares 
via opera. At show caught; Robbins 
clicked big with string of bright, 
pithy gags, closing the first half of 
bill, but spoke too close to mike, 
suit being thatv his Speech' - was 
muffled in auditorium. He’s smiling 
and friendly, but minor fault 
(which he could quickly correct) is 
that he pauses at times, seemingly' 
waiting i to acknowledge effect of. 
gags. Act has much appeal and; 
even with gags that don't brfng 
expected laffs on the instant, he* 
waves the temporary brushoff aside 
in easy subtle style by smiling ref- 
erence to the misfire. 

Zither-playing Anton Karas 
needs to add some talk to his act. 
He’s the musician from Vienna who 
played the zither music in pic, 
‘The Third Man," and novelty ef- 
fect of act is a bit dated by now. 
Player squats at table with zither 
before him like a chessboard and 
rises between numbers to take an 
automatic bow. Mid-European 
flavor could be enhanced if the 
fellow reminisced about the pic, 
with anecdotes relating to the 
zither and various pieces of 'music. 

Wally Peterson, billed as singing 
^taf from “Oklahoma!" and “South 
Pacific," gives out in current pops, 
including “I’m Yours." He revives 
recent memories via “Surrey with 
the Fringe on Top” from “Okla- 
homa!" Act is virile and strong, 
though as yet in the tryout stage. 

Dave & Joe O’Gorman, assisted 
by two stooges, male and femme, 
have an old-fashioned comedy act 
that garners mild laffs. It’s also 
marred by being on the blue side 
in spots. Gags are dated and, by 
modern standards, weak. Duo, 
whose first-half offering adds up to 
n.s.h, quality, come back in second 
segment to stronger effect, one 
partner being a beret-capped car- 
toonist suffering interruptions from 
a box by his brother. 

. Les Dounos, a couple of near- 
silent acrobats, close the bill slickly 
m tumbling knockabout. Mary & 
Michael Mills, terpers, make the 
most of opening spots, one of the 
most difficult and least-appreciated 
positions on British vaude bills. 

- Gord. 


Palau*, Y» 

Church & Hate, Ross Sc Ross, 
Apus %t Eitrellita, Magid Triplets . 
Joan Brandon (%),. The Clef 
DweUers (&), Frank Marlowe, The 
Brockways (2), Jo Lombardi 
House Orch; "King Kong ' (KJftOL 

* The Palace is jampacking 'em 
this week with the much bally- 
booed reissue of that 1933 thriller- 
diller, “King Kong." The juves 
are storming the house in record 
numbers and making such a.; din 
with their stomps and shouts that 
some of the acts are at a playing 
disadvantage even though the 
noise is mostly .in their . favor. • 

. To wring the ultimate out . of 
“Kong" as a latter-day lure, house 
carded five shows Friday-Satuj> 
day, regular four on Sunday* and 
was to resume the flyers for the 
rest of the week ending tomorrow 
(ThursJ. To "achieve -this hardy 
schedule, the stage hill Isl down to 
a snappy 65 minutes* or soj against 
the usual 80 minutes or more, and 
theatre opens its doors earlier. It's 
obvious the mob is here* for the 
pic. 

Half the turns are fresh fodder 
in Variety’s New Acts files. They 
are Church & Hale, tapologists, 
who open show; Magid Triplets, 
eight-year-olds, who sing and 
dance;- the Clef Dwellers, chirping 
sextet, and the Brockways, bike 
duo, who wind the layout. 

The other four are more or less 
standard. Biggest scorer is comic 
Frank Marlowe in next to closing. 
He’s loud, fresh and about as zany 
as they come. With no. style that 
can be. tabbed, and ditto the ma- 
terial, .he just gets in there and 
overpowers with 4 pratfalls, boff- 
ingly timed interruptions, excur- 
sions -into the • aud, etc* Even if- 
he sharpened a pencil the mob 
would be ypck-crazy. His energy 
is amazing. 

% Joan. Brandon, name-your drink 
magician, has the most •trouble 
with noisy Bitters hut. beats the rap 
easily with -her rapid* concoctions 
called for by the aud. After set- 
tling them, she clicks with her 
finishing multiple egg trick* Sev- 
eral ushers and her onstage 
brother distribute the drinks to 
callers. Act, of course, is very 
similar to 'the longtime standard 
“Think-a-Drink" Hoffman. 

. Apus & Estrellita, Negro duo, 
are in the tray with comedy songs 
and terps. A good deal of the 
patter is from the vintage shelf but 
they get by on hard Work, gaudy 
garb and eccentric stuff. Their 
south - of - border terp with ..exag- 
gerated rhythmics is a neat closer. 

Ross & Ross are tops in the bag- 
punching department. They hit 
the leather from all positions and 
With all limbs deployed. Male’s 
topper has five of ’em going in op- 
posite directions, using legs, arms 
and head, for an exiting saiVo. ’ 

Jo Lombardi’s pit crew cuts the 
show, capably. ■ Tran. 

Capitol* Wash* 

Washington, Aug. 10. 

Betty Clooney, Vinni De Campo, 
Ken Whitmer, Ciro Rimac & Co. 
(4); “Has Anybody Seen My 
Gal?" (U). 


♦ This is well-rounded vaude, light 
ahd frothy, with plenty of gallery 
appeal. Despite accent on musical 
acts, there’s enough variety to go 
around and customers like through- 
out. 

Betty. Clooney, Rosemary’s little 
sister, shares marquee hilling with 
another, newcomer, Vinni De 
Campo. Miss Clooney has a per- 
sonality of her own and registers 
on. her own merits. Gal has a re- 
freshing outdoors look and style, 
and handles her tUne in a less 
stylized fashion than most current 
chantooseys. 

TeeSf off with “Let Your Smile 
Be Your Umbrella," then goes on. 
to a husky version of “Along the 
Avenue." Really arrives when she 
segues into “A Guy Is a Guy," de- 
livered in a slyly -ingenue manner. 
Socks across with a novelty based 
on her relationship to Rosemary, 
a medley of “I’ll Never Get Mar- 
ried," “A Good. Man Is Hard to 
Find" arid' other assorted tunes, 
“Good Man" is her one reference 
to her sister, and delights the cus- 
tomers-. Winds up with “You’re a 
Sweetheart." 

Vinni De Campo, product of the 
Kate Smith daytime TV show, 
makes an uncertain entry to the 
vaude circuit. He has the casual 
style of dress -and the romantic 
throb in his throat so dear to the 
hearts of the jukebox set. But 
payees seemed uncertain at show 
caught and gave him only a polite 
reception. 

Lad has a good set of pipes and 
generally good pitch, though he 
goes off base now and then, 
whether intentionally or not it’s 
hard to tell. Comes out with “Take 
All of Me” and then goes on to a 
low-pitched version of “I’m Yours," 
with lyrics barely intelligible. Does 
, best with revival type of number, 
I The Devil Sat Down and Cried," 


with audience joining in on the 
clapping parts. Winds up with 
“Temptation," another sultry tune, 
ahd gets nice sendoff* 

Ciro Rimac does a hep job with 
his trio of assistants in a miniature 
variety show along Latin lines. Ac- 
centing ' south-of-the-bordertunes 
and steps, the Brazilian showman 
has a fast, bright revue which does 
more- than a mere curtain-raising 
job. The two men and. two femmes 
who 'comprise team ,do , a . series, of 
rhumbas, sambas, tangos and nov- 
elty numbers in .various combos 
ana with keen footwork; albeit less 
hep warbling. Crowd gives warm 
response throughout' the 20-minute 
act. 

•Ken 'Whitmer, the jack of all 
Instruments and master of many, 
emerges as nearest thing to show- 
stopper on bilL Despite the laughs 
which 'greet his entrance, complete 
with yock-provoMng props, includ- 
ing a zany fiddle stand, a cigar 
that whistles and an umbrella that 
makes like a flute, comic-musician 
registers on his straight virtuosity. 

After a strictly-for-laughs intfco, 
Whitmer impresses with some real 
music on the violin, trombone, 
trumpet, sax and clarinet ih quick 
succession. He then descends, -to 
the pit to show his skill on the 
ivories and the drums, and winds 
up with a take off on Clyde McCoy 
and his “Sugar 'Blues." Walks off 
to heftiest mitt action of bill. . 

. . . . Lowe . 


New Acts 


magid triplets 

Song-Dance 
8 Mins. 

Palace, N. Y. 

This kid trio (Eddie, Mike and 
Dennis), billed as, eight years of 
age, have had.multiple appearances 
on the Milton Berle afid Ken Mur- 
ray TV shows. They look as. cute 
as they should in their, blazers, 
strawhats and canes, and there*; is 
no doubt that audience interest is 1 
aroused . in their behalf. Beyond 
that, they look to b<=i future stars, 
provided they can stick together in 
the tough years ahead. They try 
and often succeed in. -displaying 
“grown up" attitudes via such” sohg 
and dance numbers' as “Darktown 
Strutters Ball” and a naval stanza 
with comedy interpolations. 

Kids have a good exit stint in a 
rah-rah session with vintage terp- 
Cry, including . the Charleston. 

. Trau. 


CHURCH & HALE 
Dance 
6 Mins. 

Palace, N. Y. 

Although this dance duo has 
been around,, they have not been 
previously recorded in the Variety 
New Acts files. ’ 

This is a highly polished pair, 
solo or in tandem. Marilyn Hale 
Is a gamful blonde with a fine' con- 
ception of the whirlaway stuff. 
George Church' is a big, graceful 
tapper with lots of aplomb and a 
facile way with his limbs. 

Both are creamy smooth in their 
tapology and rate bookings in all 
situations. Trait. 



Arnkm**} p | tt 

Pittsburgh, -Aug a 

Geon/e - Arnold production of 
7^*2* 0H /ce," with 
Arnold, George Arnold, Phil Rich! 

Y py»* £****> Ice Cubettes 
A 4) t‘%V nv c ° n fer> Baron EUiott'J 
Orch (8); no cover or minimum. 

This is the . third edition of the 
bright little Ice ; revues George 
Arnold has been staging at Ankara 
since middle of ApriL and thev’r* 
getting better all th'e time. c ur ! 
rent one has a Latin-American 
motif, carried out chiefly i n the 
costumes, .and it’s sparked by re- 
turn of June Arnold* trio relation 
to producer), long a fave at slick 
highway room about 10 miles from 
downtown Pittsburgh. 

Miss Arnold looks like a million 
bucks *on skates and displays 
plenty of skill in her solos as 
well as in her numbers with Phil 
Richards and George Arnold. Both 
boys are crack bladesters and 
score on several appearances. Miss 
Arnold • does .some acrobatic spins 
and turns that on a big rink might 
not look particularly dangerous, 
but on the small surface of the 
Ankara, they’re breathtaking. 

Same gods for the figure stuff 
with the. quick, flashing stops right 
at the edge of ringside, of Arnold. 
He’s a wiry guy with lots of class 
and gives his routines a showy 
flair. Richards has a couple of 
strong arms,’ and needs them when 
he’s twisting; Miss Arnold around, 
as Weir as a solid skating stance. 

Lynn Dwyer is the comic of the 
troupe, depending principally on 
his. outlandish getups but at the 
same t^rrie able, to hold his pwn 
in the skate department as well. 
Line. of four girls make attractive 
pictures personally and neat pat- 
terns on the ice. Their costumes, 
along with .those of the principals, 
are . striking: For a company of 
only eight people, this is crack 
entertainment; proof enough is in 
the fact that while Ankara was a 
hit-and-iniss operation J for a long 
time, it’s been steadily in the 
black ever since going in for icers. 
Big dinner trade always brings out 
a flock Of children, which may be 
a tipoff.- 

Jimmy Confer, vocalist with the 
Baron Elliott band* does the rink- 
mastering and currently steps out 
for a solo midway in the show to 
wham across “You'll Never Walk 
Alone." Elliott’s music gives the 
revue plenty of lift and it’s on the 
nose for dancing too. Cohen. 


THE CLEF DWELLERS (6) 

Songs 
10 Mins. 

Palace, N. Y. 

In their Palace debut, this sextet 
of" two -girls and four boys show 
enough stuff to go places. A good 
deal of their strength resides* - in 
the big soprano of one of the 
femmes, which is used to the hilt. 

Their opening, “Get Happy," is 
standard. Their important har- 
monics are displayed in a special 
arrangement of the novelty, “Hick- 
ory, Dickory, Dock," and a con- 
cluding ballad which really show- 
cases the clicko pipes of the’ lead 
soprano. Good, bet for niteries, 
TV and vauders. Trau.' 


THE BROCKWAYS" 

Bicycle 
6 Mins, 

Palace, N. Y. $ 

The Brockways are a Parisian 
bike duo in their . U. S. debut. 
Mixed team open with straight bi- 
cycle stunting but roach their big- 
gest responses via trick two-wheel- 
ers and unis, with which they seem 
more at home. 

Their specialty is a fast parade 
of cartoon and fable characters, 
some of them on square and other 
irregular, vehicles. The costuming 
is exceptional. A boffo bit is via a 
tiny bike, probably the smallest 
ever worked on a stage and mount- 
ed by the male. . 

They qualify for other bookings 
in visual situations including fairs. 

t Trau. 

AboaPs Globa! Trek 

Americo Aboaf, Universal’s for* 
eign sales chief, takes off on an 
eight-week round-the-world biz 
trek next week. 

U exec will devote most of his 
time to the Far East. 


Nick Schenck 

Continued from page 3 — 

prives the public of an adequate 
choice of product. It also results in 
pix going through the exhibition 
mill $o fast that they’re out of 
town* before the word gets around 
on them and publicity values are 
built up. 

No one has come up with a 
solution as yet, since exhibs na- 
turally want. as early a run as 
possible. Some of them have sug- 
gested, however, that they’d move 
back if the distribs gave them a 
break . by 'reducing percentage 
demands. . Releasing companies 
have balked at that. 

Subscription tele gets an un- 
sympathetic reaction from 
Schenck. He says of pay-as-you-see 
TV: ‘>Gene MaoDonald (Zenith 
prexy) is an old friend of mine. 
He “showed me his Phonevision 
principle. Another old friend, Dave 
Sarnoff (RGA ' topper), has his 
views on toll-vision. I know there 
are also other gadgets that will put 
a boxoffice'into the home. But I 
just don’t understand them, not 
only because of their complicated 
scientific and bookkeeping systems, 
but how this can ever be as good 
as a hit movie in the big theatre. 

Schenck reviewed his protracted 
stay on the Coast; how he told the 
rank-and-fileFs as well as the top 
executives that, via the pension 
plan, Loew’s, Inc., “bought the 
loyalty of necessary personnel, 
from top executives to the average 
level.” But. in going around to sun- 
dry groups Among the crafts, guilds 
and other personnel, he told them 
that he doesn't want to “buy any- 
thing or to “sell" anything, excep t 
the enlistment of an honest day s 
wbrk for a day's pay. 

He says that results are begin- 
ning to show. He sees production 
costs being trimmed’. He said i 
has had rousing reaction from em- 
ployee. leaders endorsing the spn 
of his approach; that they recog- 
nize that if the picture business 
goes under, “we all gd under. 



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despite the rapid growth of tele- terest in television, Participants 

vision. . • who do not now. own television sets 

^ apa riffwtm* ' Ward were asked/as * httkl question, if 
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parts of thg country. 

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ings hy Pecca Records <i>£ Univer- 
sal picture* common stock is 406,- 
175 shares, plus warrants for an 
additional 37,500 shares* the Secur- 
ities tc Exchange Cbmmisslon re- 


house. Among non-setowriers the 
figure edged up to 83%. 

Query was carefully worded, to 
’ avoid misunderstanding. Each par- 
ticipant was asked “If you were to 
: watch the same movie, would' you 
prefer to Watch it on television or I showing of "Devil” in Boston and 


on. Sid Rink, O holer’s biz associate, 
is currently in New York to line up 
a release deal and nas announced 
that it- will be shown in Gotham 
“soon”* 

Pink will, also set up dates for 


in a movie theatre?” 

Roughly one out of ^ every four 
teleset owners still goes but to see 
a picture about once in two weeks. 
Among non-owners, the proportion 
fis slightly more than, one out of 
three. In both groups, however, 
the “once-every-two-weeks” classi- 
fication is the largest, . 

Breakdown of attendance fig- 
ures in the two groups shows: 

Set Non- 
Own- Own- 
ers ers 
2% 
34% 
38% 
* 1 % 
4% 
3% 


More than snee a week...... 1% 

About once a week 23% 

About once every two weeks.. 38% 

About once a- month ..24% 

About once every two months. .18% 
Less than once in two month*. . 10% 


Tastes in films expressed by 
members of the two groups^ are 

itr»- . 


Washington while east. At a press 
confab yesterday (Tues.) he re- 
vealed that Oct. 18 had been set 
as the date for pic’s preem on the 
Coast with the Paramount .Down- 
town, Los 'Angeles, and the Para- 
mount, Hollywood, committed for 
Showings. He also, disclosed the 
formation of * new distribution 
company called Arch Oboler Pro- 
ductions. New outfit' -1 - will Handle 
the distribution of the Oboler tri- 
dimensional pix as well as the re- 
lease of- the indie producer’s re- 
cently completed conventional 
film, “Twonkey.” 

. Although it will primarily dis- 
trib Oboler pix. Pink said it would 
also take pn the pix oif‘ other 
indies. 

Meanwhile, Cinerama, of which 


extremely close, TV owners picked Lowell Thomas is chairman of the 
musicals as first choice with ro- board, is proceeding with plans to 
mance second, non-owners revers- turn out at least two pictures a 
*l^* erettce ‘ 111 e *°k c ! ass ~ year in that process. A non-exclu- 
IficatiOfi there was some fluctua- s i ve loanout deal has been set with 
. fion as to the .popularity of adven- Argosy Pictures Corp,, for the serV- 
|ure-action, comedy and mystery ices of Its preky* Merian C. Cot>- 

, per, who will serve as general man- 

Big surprise, however, is the po- ager in charge of all production for 
• gition voted to westerns, long re- Cinerama, Loanout arrangement 
garded as the backbone of the filtn takes effect Upon completion of 
biz. In each group, western pix Argosy’s next production for Re- 
Wpre listed as least popular of the public, "The Sun Shines Bright,” 
definitely-labeled types of films. which John Ford; Cooper’s partner 
- However, the survey conclusively in Argosy, will direct beginning 
Underlined the ever-increasing *in- next week. 


ports. In.its July summary of "in- H 
sider” stock transactions, it added 

that Daniel M, Sheaffer, a director 
of Universal, owned only seven 
shares hut controlled another 400 
in his. father’s estate. John J. 
O’Connor, also a U board member, 
sold his TOO shares of Upref erred ^ 
stock and retained only 100 shares 
of common. 

Harry Brandt added 8,300 shares 
of Trans-LuX common, giving him 
110,115 of the chain’s stock. His 
wife has 17,700 shares and he con- 
trols two trusts <• with a total of 
6,300. LoeVs,; Inc., buying stock 
of Loew’s Boston Theatres, added 
106 shares of the subsidiary’s com- 
mon during the month arid. now 
owns 129,737, Walter E. Green, 
officer and, director of General 
Precision Equipment Corp., bought 
another 25 shares of Precision’s 
common during the month; now 
he has 165. 

A. H. Blank, on the board, of 
United. Paramount Theatres, noti- 
fied SEC he had transferred eight 
shares of the circuit’s common 
stock but still kept 2,587 in his 
Own name. The eight shares were 
added to his Raymond Trust and 
Myron Trust, giving each trust ac- 
count an even 700. Blank also con- 
trols two other trust accounts with 
a total of 1,200 shares of UPT com- 
mon. 

David J. Greene; of RKO Thea- 
tres Cdrp., acquired 7,000 shares 
of its common stock to build up 
his trust fund to 25,800. He has 
another 16,450 in his own name 
and 10,000 in a partnership ac- 
count.” Members, of his family 
own 3,600 shares. W. Ray John- 
ston notified the Securities Com- 
mission. that he sold 2,20Q shares 
of Monogram Pix common. This 
left him 2>3 17 shares. ‘ . , r 


Weekly Weekly Weekly 

Tues. 

Net. 
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for week 

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Low 

Close 

N. Y. Stock Exchange 

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36^ 

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+ % 
+ % 
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C/O)*. a *'.0 ooioAr^ooovao^ 

21 

12% 

12% 

12% 

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108 

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Eastman .Kodak 

193 

4m 

45V^ 

46 

XiOtW J » * •♦•vaaaooe ^oi o 0 * 4 <»-« 

241 

IWs 

12% 

13% 

Paramount. * * .. ... .... . .. 

206 

25 

23 

247/s 

Jphilco a a ^ ♦ 10 Ct fll 

78 

nr*. 

31 

31 


229 

26% 

,25% 

25% 

RKO Pictures. ........... 

126 

4 

3% 

4 

RKO Theatres. ...... .... 

168 

m 

314 

3% 


Republic . 

20 

m 

3% 

3% 

+ % 
+ 4 

+ 34 

— 1 'a 

Rep., pfd... 

12 ; . 

10 

m • 

10 

20th“Fox 

86 

15% 

15 

15% 

Un. Par. Th 

134 . 

14 

13% 

13% 

Univ... 

72 

12% 

11% 

123/4 

+ % 
—1 

+ ?'8 

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Univ. pfd. 

.« 

63 

62 

‘62 

Warner Bros.. ............ 

64 

1Z% 

12^4 

13% 

Zenith * 

15 

im 

76 

76 

N. Y. Curb Exchange 

Du Mont ....... * 

45 

16 

15% 

15% 

Monogram. 

28 

m 

3 

3% 

+ it 
+ it 

Technicolor.* 

1« 

22 

21% 

213/4 

fc Orer-the-Corinter Securities 
"Diriecolor . . ......... ^ ...... • • 


Bid 

1 

Ask 

1% 

Chesapeake Industries (Pathe). . . 


3%. 

41/4 


U. A. Theatres .......... 


4% 

5% 


Walt Disney 

« 0 • « • p 

iff-tTTT. 

■7% 

8% 


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brought in that it threatens a sub- 
stantial segment of the film indus- 
try with practical confiscation and 
possible disintegration. There would 

be consequent unemployment and 
economic disaster for the many 
thousands of workers who depend 
upon the industry for their present 
and future livelihood, according to 
the resolution. • 

Delegates are back home after 
having heard such film industry 
representatives as Eric A. John- 
ston tell them that while the in- 
dustry is facing -a crisis now and 
undergoing a transition, and, at- 




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Cordingly needs the union’s help to 
eradicate such crushing burdens as 
the- Federal admission tax, it will 
eventually, emerge triumphant and 
greater thin .ever. 

They also are back with their 
locals informing the latter that 
tfieir Own president has no doubts 
about exhibitors survival: that 
there can be no wage relief for 
distressed exhibitors at tHis time 
because rising living costs preclude 
it; that Communist attempts to in- 
filtrate the union have been de- 
feated; that -the IA, while taking 
up itr cqdgels for the film indus- 
try, js.nb less friendly toward. tele- 
vision, which now is providing 
ihembers with much employment 
and whifch will be more thoroughly 
organized by the Alliance; that the 
IA will combat to the limit present 
efforts of the Colosseum of Film 
Salesmen to lure film exchanges 
employees from the fold and will 
strive to obtain higher wages and 
improved working conditions for 
the latter, and that “much of the 
so-called -ToSt theatre audience’ can 
be brought back by energetic show- 
manship now that management is 
awake.” . . 

Fight Prod. Abroad 

As a consequence of convention 
action, the locals this week are 
joining in a campaign to halt 
Arrierican producers from going 
abroad to produce pictures for 
Abaerican theatres and television, 
including advertising films, when 
the motive is -to save taxes and 
take advantage of cheap production 
and. labor costs. 

The IA also is ph record to stop 
the further use of safety film m 
the production of all motion pic- 
tures because projectionists have 
found it unsatisfactory; to withhold 
the union label from films made 
abroad specifically for economic 
reasons and to direct projectionist 
members not to run them, and to 
prevent the illegal use of the ia 
emblem on pictures produced for 
theatres or TV under standard 
lower than those now required oy 
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Italo pix include “Buon Giorn . 
Elephants!”, “The First Commu- 
nion” and “Don Camillo and tae 
Mistress of .the Mountains. Gallic 
films are “La Beaute du Diable, 
“Montmartre;” “Les Peches Capi 
tauX,” “Malou of Pans, hex 
tette,” “Ramuntcho,” ‘.Behavior of 
the Sexes,” “The Passionate Loves 
of Franz Liszt” plus an untitled 

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In a reissue deaI ;„ Mal \ or ..Tabu” 
took over “Torment and 
for U. S. release. A Swedish 
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house, sold by realty (Operator 
Irving Maidmafi to the Kasfcle 
Holding Corp. tetter firm l* 1 af- 
filiated with the - Ha* Cohen in- 
terests- which have extended its 
lease on the premises for 00 years. 
Property is ;apM*»sed at- $560,000, 
©£ which $135,000 is on the 1,200- 
seat theatre. , • 

Harry KMmhie, prexy* and gen- 
eral manager of Warner Bros. The- 
atres, and Harry Goldberg,, theatre 
ad-pub director,' left yesterday 


lj|? w YfHIlC Ushers Assn, started production at 

* , ** * . State College, Pa., on a film -which 

The Harris, a West 42d St, grind will sfio# the place of a newspaper 
" in the life of a corrmuudify. Being 

handled by picture and recording 
studio of Penn » State, 

Bernard. H. Buchheit, Matfos 
chain exec, recuperating at his 
home in Greensburg after being 
hospitalized there following- a heart 
attack. 

Charles Argentine sold his. in- 
terest in the Keith in Burgettstown 
to his partner, James Morasco, and 
will move to California* 

. ^ „ xeeoff of WB circuits* annual 13- 

<Tues.) for Pittsburgh to attend a week Showmanship drive will bring 
meeting of theatre managers in the more, than 100 managers from four 
Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas. states, Pennsylvania, New York, 

Ohio and West Virginia, here for 
f nq ANCPI Fg a three-day meeting beginning to- 

„ ^ ^ , ; V , day (Tues.) at the Hotel Roosevelt.' 

Robert L.Lippert closed a deal Moe Silver, Pitt zone. Chief, is in 
to release five German-made pic- charge. Coming on to address 
tures annually in this country, gathering are Harry Kalmine, gen- 
First of the group is /'Tiger Man," eral manager of WB theatres; Par's 
a circus story, slated for Septem- Jerry Pickman, 20th’s Stirling 
her. * Silliphant and Metro’s . Mike 

Metro - will hold its western Simons, 
room .of “The Merry Widow" in 

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Competitive bidding enabled two 
independent loop houses, the World 
and Gopher, to land - additional im- 


£ 


ansas City, Aug. 20, followed by 
dual openings in the Egyptian $nd 
Loew’s State theatres in the L. A. 
territory Aug. 23. Picture will be 
a Labor Day show in more than 
100 cities. 


Four/ Metro branch managers portant pictures although United 


named film exchange area chair- 
men for 1952 National Cerebral Pal- 


Paramount has four and RKQ« 
Theatres two downtown theatres 
gy campaign. They are Jack Reville, here. World mhbed off /‘Encore" 
Charlotte; Foster B. Gauker, In- and ‘‘We’re Npt Married" and Go - 
clianapolisr William GaddonD Kan- P fa er "World in His* Arms” 4 “ — 
gas City, and Jerry Adams, Wash- cent weeks, 

Ington, D.C, , — 

Arthur Greenfield, Portland; 


in re- 

Downtown: St. Paul World, re- 
opening after facelift and under 


Ore,, winner of Universal* 40th new management of Ted Mann, 
Anni Bales Drive, awarded a two- Minneapolis World owner, and 
week trip to Europe. One-week George Granstrom, who operates 
trips to Hollywood went to . 10 two St Paul nahes, will bid com- 
other branch managers? Don Gillin; petitively for top product. 

Seattle;. Jack Langaii, Kansas City; Columbia holding sneak prevue 
C. R. Orts, New Orleans; Ted of The Happy • Time at RKO- 
Reisch, San Francisco; R; C. Set- Orpheum Aug. 18, with’ invitations 
toon, Memphis; R. N. Wilkinson, t°,^ x h i bs. 

Dallas;. Joe Gins, Washington; J. . Walter Hoffman, long a 20th-Fox 
W. Greenleaf, Charlotte; Harry* exploiter, here and now with Par- 
Hynes,. Sfc Louis, aridC.R. Wade, amount in same capacity at Seat- 
Salt Lake City; % celebrating arrival of secohd 

child and also Schwallberg award 
* /Mt»c for year's best exploitation job. 

OX* LUUlp Favorable biz sign for exhibitors 

Pirtle Amus. Co** operators of here, is fact that department store 
two theatres in Beardstown, 111., sales for third consecutive week, 
mulling plans for new ozoner near ending July 26, showed a gain in 
Jersey ville, 111* - dollar value over comparable pe- 

Joe Ansell back at his desk after riod last year, 
minor operation at a local hospi- xv Bill Westerman *an addition to 
tal. National Screen- sales staff, suc- 

Jimmy Frisina, film buyer for ceeding Jack Greenberg, resigned. 
Frisina Amus. Co., Taylorville, HI., . Charlie Weiner, film, salesman, 
was a tyro participant in recent back with United Artists. 

Tara O’ Shanter golf tournament. Ignoring fact that United Para- 
in Chicago. mount Theatres are retaining, a 

Forrest Tucker, of Paramount, 12c kid admission*, local RKO 
and Tony Romano, of Columbia, houses, Orpheum and Pan, have in- 
film players, made personals at stituted a 20e scale for youngsters, 
ozoner# in this trade area. W. R. Frank, circuit owner-film 

Tumer-Farrar Assn., Harrisburg, producer, in from Hollywood. 

111., controlled by’ the Tumer- 
Farrar Theatres, operators of 18 
theatres in Southern Illinois, ear- CINCINNATI 

marked $169,190 {or a new TV sta- sale of the eight-story Lyric 
tiee. Application is Rending be- Theatre buUaing, to make room for 
fere the FCC. a parking lot, is being considered. 

•Vacancy notice for Jan. 1 was 
PITTSBURGH served on a clothing. firm occupy- 

n - , , lug the ground floor storeroom, 

B. F. (Dinty) Moore resigned as the 60 other beauty 1 shops and 
^?, sale s manager for district com- other tenants being on a monthly 
prising Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Cm- rental basis 6 * y 

einnatl and Indianapolis, and will Besides the Lyric. RKO Theatres 
announce a new connection shortly, is now operating the Albee, 
Moore had been with company Palace and Grand. The three other 
more than 14 years, being replaced downtown houses, Keith’s, Capitol 
by Jimmy Abrose, head of Cincin- and Shubert, are shuttered. They 
nati branch. 1 are Mid-States Theatres opera- 

Grand Theatre in Latrobe, which tions. y a 

was closed recently by Manos 
Circuit, will be dismantled, ahd 
made into a store. 

Irving Frankel resigned his sales A m ^ ^ ^ 

ost here with UA. He had come ..Allied Theatre Owners of In- 
~ack here several months ago from 2i ana oka y on plans for 

Washington, D. C., where also with ? lr ?. framework tent at 

UA. New addition to UA staff here In £ aw j* State Fair Aug. 28-Sept. 5. 
is Audbrey Liberman in contract ** on f a “ in Hotel Lincoln pledged 
department. 

Pennsylvania 


a practical way of substantially 
shaving costs. It has been explored 
verbally in the past and now is 
being studied statistically in 'the 
hope of coming Up with data that 
will irrefutably break down con- 
tinuing opposition from some of 
the sales chiefs. 

Schwalberg, in his enthusiasm 
for the idea, takes the direct ap-> 
proach. He says; ^ . 

."If you start from the uncon- 
tradictable -point that it is cheaper 
to have one ‘backroom’ operation 
than 12, -that inspectresses and 
shippers kept busy handling a max- 
imum number of reels per day hre 
more efficiently employed than 
those with Idle time, then there’s 
no further exploration or study of 
the concept required. All you have 
to do is work out the mechanics.” 

One of the problems that has al- 
ways presented itself is that the 
various distribs’ leases on their 
headquarters in any exchange city 
differ in expiration date. Some 
companies don’t want to continue 
to pay rent on these properties, 
while also contributing to consoli- 
dated backroom. 

Schwalberg feels that is. faulty 
reasoning* Which, if" it continued 
to be applied, would keep stream- 
lining from ever becoming a re- 
ality. Since consolidation will mem 
moneysaving in the long run, he 
feels- distribs must accept the rent 
duplication for a limited time. 

"At least, once that you’re start- 
ed," he says, "you, know that when 
your lease Comes up again you are 
not going to renew it." 

Clark Bros, in Philly, which 
heads a nationwide net of shipping 
agencies handling much film, has 
volunteered to provide consolidat- 
ed facilities throughout the coun- 
try on almost any basis the sgles- 
managers desire. It would set up 
central depots in ea6h exchange 
city on its- own, or in a co-op; with 
the distribs or via a special distrlb- 
managed corporation. 


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all-out support of producers in 
fighting Government anti-trust 
suit to force release of * films to 
television. 

ATOI prexy Trueman Rembusch 
announced Herbert Yates, head of 
Republic Pictures, has agreed to 
make cowboy star Rex Alien 
available for "Hollywood at’ Fair" 
exhibit. 

Fair .exhibit will key second 
Movietone U. S. A.’* tour of the 
state scheduled for Sept. 8-12. 


against subsidies as a matter of 
principle, but reportedly will go 
for the "discount" plan. Thus, if 
it inks tbe-deal with the Paris gov- 
ernment at the , behest of -MPAA, 
it applies to the whole American 
industry, including SIMPP. 

- Can Blow Up Deal 

But since SIMPP members, say 
they’ll allow no deductions from 
their balances for a subsidy, they’re 
in position to blow up the whole 
deal, Rather than have that hap- 
pen, some execs of MPAA member 
companies think it would be better 
for the majors to-shoulder the very 
small additional load of the indie 
subsidies. 

By granting the subsidy, Yank 
companies have been led to believe 
they can restore the annual num- 
ber of film import permits avail- 
able to them from the 90 the 
French originally offered to almost 
the 121 of last year. They’ll also 
get out, they’ve been told, $1,200,- 
000 a year at the legal rate and 
ajl the rest of their coin at a slight 
ly less favorable rate. 

Sudden replacement last week of 
Michele. Fourre-Cormeray, boss of 
the French government's film ac- 
tivities, is concluded by American 
reps now to have had no signifi- 
cance regarding the U.S. pact. 
They’ve learned that he was slated 
for a Foreign Office post for some 
time and that it finally came 
through. 

Fayette W. Allport, MPAA’s 
London rep, heads the Yank nego- 
tiating team, which includes' Eu- 
gene Van Dee, MPAA’s Italian rep 
and Ted Smith, newly-named Con- 
tinental manager. 


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the project, is planning a session 
shortly with Johnston and the 
other sales chiefs to get action. 
Initial move would be to consoli- 
date "backroom” operations — ship- 
ping, inspection, etc. — of all the 
distribs as an experiment in one 
exchange city. 

‘This has long been discussed as 


Continued from pace 3 


» August 13 , 1952 



LOUISVILLE 

(Continued from page 12) 

and "Sea Tiger" (Mono). Big $14,- 
000. Last week, "Jumping Jacks" 
(Par) (2d wk), $13,500. 

gtate (Loew’s) (3,000; 54-75) — 
"Fearless Fagan" (M-GJ and ^'Glory 
Alley" (M-G). Had benefit of per- 
sonal by. Carleton Carpenter Fri- 
day (8) to give' pic fast sendoff. 
Fast $11,000 or over. Last week, 
"Francis To West Point" (U) and 
"Captive -City” (UA), $11,000. 

Strand <FA) (1,200; 54-75)— 
"Strange World" (UA) and "With- 
out Warning" (UA). Moderate $4^ 
500. Last week, "Outlaw Women" 
(Lip) and "Stolen Face" (Lip), $3,- 
000. ’ - 

H,0/s Hobble Seattle; 
Wadis’ Lusty $9,000 

Seattle, Aug. 12, 
Playing two Sterling houses, 
Roosevelt ahd Palomar, "King 
Kong," on reissue, is holding great” 
in. second stanzas. Town is nearly 
100% holdover, "Qup Vadis" 
looms solid but below hopes at 
Liberty. "Jumping Jacks" at Coli- 
seum looks best of holdovers, with 
bifc takings in third session.* 
Ejrtiniates. for Thl* Week 

Blue Mouse (Hamrick) (800- 65- 
90) — ■- "Francis To West point" 
(Par) (4th wk). Solid $3,000 after 
$3,200 last week. 

Coliseum (Evergreen) (1,829; 65- 
90) — "Jumping Jacks” (Par) ahd 
"Montana Incident" (Mono) *(3d 
wk). Swell $8,500. Last week* $12,- 
500. 

Fifth Avenue (Evergreen) (2,366: 
65-90)—^" We’re Not Married" (20th) 
(2d wk). Fair $6,000; Last week, 
good $9,400. . - ; 

Liberty (Hamrick) (1,650; 65-90) 
/‘Quo Vadis" (M-G). Looks solid 
$9,000 on popscale return date, hut 
expected more. Last Week, "Wom- 
an of North Country" (Rep) and 
"Dream of Jeanie" (Rep), $3,900. 

Music Box (Hamrick) (850; 65- 
90) — "Tales of Hoffmann” (UA). 
On regular-price run okay $4,500. 
Last week; "Working Way Through 
College" (WB), $2,600. 

Music Hall (2,282; 65-90)— "Scar- 
amouche” (M-G) (2d wk). Still big 
at $8,000 following $10,600 
opener. 

Orpheum (Hamrick) ^ (2,599; 65- 
90)— "Will Rogers" (WB) (2d wk). 
Big $7,000. Last week, $9,600. 

Palomar (Sterling) (1,350; 45-70) 
—‘‘King Kong" (RKO) and "Leop- 
ard . Man" • (RKO) (reissues). Day- 
date with Roosevelt (2d wk). 
Lofty $4,000.. Last week, $6,000. 

Paramount (Evergreen) (3,039; 
•65-90) — "High Noon" (UA) and 
"Diplomatic Courier” (20th) X2d 
wk). Held at . nice $8,500. Last 
week, $14,800. 4 

Roosevelt -(Sterling) (800; 45-70) 
—‘‘King Kong" (RKO) and. "Leop- 
ard Man” (RKO) (reissues), (2d 
wk). Stout $4,000. Last week, $6,- 
700. 


‘Dreamboaf Dandy 12G, 
Buff.; ‘Gal’ Hep $10,000 

Buffalo, Aug. 12 
"Dreamboat" looms as best bet 


here 

the 

Seen 


Boarc^ of Trade, and a number of 
technical aides to negotiate a neyv 
Anglo-U. S. film pact. Eugene 
Van Dee, MPAA rep in Italy, will 
be the top American industry of- 
ficial on hand Venice. 

McCarthy and his wife "attended 
last year’s festival and threw a 
number of shindigs which made a 
favorable impression on the 
Italians after the Americans had 
pretty much ignored their fete' in 
previous years. Irene Dunne 
headed a party flown to Venice 
from Hollywood. 


DENVER 

(Continued from page 12) 

85)— "Lovely To Look At" (M-G). 
Big $14,000. Last week, "Scara- 
mouche" (M-G) (3d wk), $7,000. 

Denham (Coekrill) (1,750; 50-85) 
— ^Greatest Show" (Par) (2d wk). 
Big $11,000. Holds again.. Last 
week, $16,000. 

Denver (Fox) (2,525; 50-85) — 
"High Noon" (UA) mid "Bal Ta- 
barin’* (Rep), day-date witth Es- 
quire. Good $15,000. Last Week, 
"Will Rogers" (WB) and "Confi- 
dence Girl" (UA), $17,000. 

Esquire (Fox) (742; 50-85) — 
"High Noon" * (UA) and "Bal Ta- 
barin" (Rep). Fine $3,000. Last 
week, "Will Rogers" (WB) and 
"Confidence Girl 55 (UA>* $3,500. 

Orpheum (RKO) (2,600; 50-85)- 
"Wild Heart" (RKO) and "African 
Treasure" (Mono). Poor $7,500. 
L$st week, "King' Kong" (RKO) 
and "Leopard Man" (RKO) (reis- 
sues), $15,000. 

Paramount (Wolfberg) (2,200 
50-85) — "Lost in Alaska" (U) and 
‘‘Pistol Harvest" (RKO). Fine, $14,- 
00O, Last week, "Wait ’Till Sun 
Shines Nellie" (20th) and "Captive 
City" (UA), $13,000. 

Tabor (Fox) (1,967; 50-85)-— "Kan- 
garoo" (20th) and' "Tough Girl" 
(Col) (reissue). Fair $6,500. Last 
week, "Models* Inc." (Indie) and 
"KSd Monk Baroni" (Realart) 
$5,000. 

Webber (Fox) (750; 50-85) — 
“Kangaroo” (20th) and "Tough 
Girl" (Col) (reissue). Mild $3,000. 
Last week, "Models, Inc.” (Indie) 
and "Kid Monk Baroni" (Realart) 
$2,500. 


iwjns «5 oesi bef 
this stanza, being sturdy at 
Ptpnjount. “Has Anybody 
occii My Gal* is rated heftv at 
Lafayette while “High Noon’' 
shapes big on holdover round at 
Century. Elsewhere takings are not 
so good. 

Estimates for This Week 

Buffalo (Loew’s) (3,000; 40-70)— 

"Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) 

Opened today (Tues.). Last week* 

“Washington Story” (M-G) and 

'Confidence Girl” (UA), only fair 
$8,000. * y iair 

Paramount (Par) (3,000; 40*70)— 
"Dreamboat" (WB) and “Maytime 
in Mayfair" (U). Sturdy mm. 
Last week, "Greatest Show” (par) 
(9 daysJy $15,000, ' 

Center- (Par) (2,100; 40-70)— 
Will Rogers" (WB) (2d wk). Tame 
$6,000. Last week, $9,000. 

Lafayette (Basil) (3,000; 40-70)— 
"Anybody Seen My Gal” (U) and 
"Navhjo” (Lip). Hefty $10,000. Last 
week, "Brigand" (Col) and “Mon- 
tana Territory" .(Col), $7,200. 

Century (20th Cent.) (3,000; 40- 
70)— "High Noon" (UA) (2d wk). 
Neat $10,000. Last week, $15,000. 

WASHINGTON 

(Continued from page 12) 

"Latuko" (Indie) (2d wk). Very 
ancy $7,000 after sock $8,500 for 
opener. Holds. 

Ctfumbi* (Loew’s (1,174; 50-80) 
— "Dracula" (Indie) and “Franken- 
stein" (Indie) (reissues). Torrid 
$8,000. Last week, "Pat and Mike" 
(M-G) (m.o.) (2d wk), $4,000. 

Keith’s (RKO) (1,939; 50-85) - 
"Francis. To West Point" (U). 
Brisk $13,000, bettering previous 
“Francis" film. Last week, “King 
Kong” (RKO) (reissue) (2d wk), 
$ 8 , 000 . 

Metropolitan (Warner) (1,200; 50- 
80) — “Montana Territory” (Col). 
Okay $5,000. Last week, "Brave 
Warrior" (Col), same. 

Palace. (Loew*s) (2,370; 50-80)— 
"Lovely Look At" (M-G) (2d wk). 
Pleasant $14,000 after $21,000 last 
week. 

Playhouse (Lopert) (485; 50-$l) 
•"Outcast of Islands" (UA) (3d 
wk). Stout $5,000 after $6,000 last 
week. Stays. 

Warner (WB) (2,174; 50-80) — 
"Jumping Jacks" (Par) (2d wk). 
Solid $14,000 after $23,500 last 
week. 


Latin fimeNca 

Continued from page 4 


tion Of pix from the essential list 
occurred the day after he left. 

That protection of the local in- 
dustry is involved in Brazil is made 
clear from the fact that U. S. dis- 
tribs were almost on the same day 
granted their first dollar allocation 
quota in mbnths. It was for last 
January and permits partial remit- 
tance of Warnings for the period 
around September and October, 
1951. 

Only a small number of dollars 
have been coming out of Brazil, 
U. S. distribs haven’t been pushing 
too hard, recognizing the country s 
economic difficulties. They feared 
what happened last week — the loss 
of import licenses. In their lexicon 
it is always better to keep pix go- 
ing into a country, even if coin isn t 
coming out, since 1 **! holds the mar- 
ket and the money almost invaria- 
bly is eventually unfrozen. 

. Feature import licenses on hand 
by Americans now will cover their 
requirements' for several months, 
so therfe will be no immediate stop- 


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LAST DAY OF" MY LIFE 
(Chevron, Theatre) 

With Hillary Brooke, Onslow Ste- 
ens, Craig Stevens, Ann Tyrrell, 
Robert Crosson ■ 

Distributor: MCA-TV Ltd. 
Producer: Revue Productions 
Director: Axel Gruenber* 

Writer: Howard^. Green* Fenton 
Earnshaw 

SO Mins.; Fri., 0 p.m. 

CHEVRON STATIONS 
KLAC, Hollywood 
This story of a Just retribution 
takes on the appearance of a class 


by Ed Flynn, On Saturday, when 
thqshpw hits for 80 riilmites/at! 9 
p.m„ strips . are supplemented by 
live intervlW^ that^Ca^Sella, con- 
ducts with officials, trainers and* 
jockeys. : -• . 

Feature, destined - for .extension 
to New York in the Mil, was 'still 
in the experimental . stage during 
the first week of 87th season at the 
Spa, but was improving noticeably. 
Technical flaws, in shooting and in 


production from the owning recording,- had riot been complete- 
scene. .. Intriguing ^ ly ironed -out, though they substan- 

fered when Hillaiy Brooke, return p r0m j 5e d to be./ Steady 

ing to her luxurious analysis of. the camera work and 

J.mui a f nf h mv W Sfe^ constant general rechecking. should 

This, is the last day^ of my «*®? .smooth and- tighten’ program. Aside 
written by an unknoum hand m from . technical phase; several 
her diary. Narrative is told via chan g es cou i^ build floor presenta- 
flashback sequences skillfully t j onJ mention of weather,, tabbing 
linked together. n . track conditidp, ana brief -com- 

P ot Jip e whnTnmb: mentary on riding. Weights, when 

an ambitious secretary^ who lauds s ig n ifi Can t, might be touched. 

ment office Through tho eftote of the r * clh£ know1 ' 

SheHlowly e |SlnSatcs V hereeU into It prob.bly , would be necessary 

the lives of all she comes in con- to shear off One race— four or five 
tact with, leaving misery behind telecast during quarter-hours, 
her as she ruthlessly forges up- sevph. ^^m halfehour. : 

ward on her doublecrossing ■ rise of n nSv h ° 

to the goal slie has set for herself. 1 |v. P b^ j nl _ ll 2°'2l*w e> ?!2. J h a?hfit 
Any one of the several people con- the field run rather long, albeit 

celvably could hove written the with - beautiful, sometime thrilling, 
frightening words. Yarn ends with 
her death through fright. 

Miss «Brookc delivers solidly, 
strengthened through ' the fine 
photography of Ellsworth - Fred- 
ricks and the gowns she wears. 

Both her male Co-stars likewise ac- 
quit themsClvesf'Satisfactorily, and 
Ann Tyrrell has her good moments, ,| ! 
too. Direction, of Axel Gruenberg 
makes tile most of -the dramatic 
opportunities of the piece, scripted . 


CapojSsella, -who teams on CBS co- 


axial with Sammy Renick during 
metropolitan dates; has no superior 
ip describing a race accurately and 
Impartially. Ris accounts, which 
go. over track p.a„ except; for final 
lengths, may. not b$ too dramatic, 
but they, are authoritative and al- 
most flawlessly delivered In a clear, 
high-pitched- voice. ... 

Commercials avoid, the persistent 
and blatant, Bob Oswald engineers 
for Thoroughbred. Show, in view 
of keen Capital District interest in 
Spa racing, caii' hardly miss. 


EW> OF THE ROAD 
(Sunktst Premiere Playhouse) 

With James Griffith, Jeanette No- 
lan, Billy Gray, others 
Producer; Gil Ralfeton 
Distributor; Screen Televideo 
Director: Arthur- Hilton 
Writer: Howard Dimsdale 
SUNKIST 

30 Mins.; Frl. 9:30 p.nt. 

KTLA, Hollywood 
A routiner about the crusading 
editor in a small frontier town 
cowed by a gunman, “End .of the 
Road” is -a better than average pic 
due to the generally^ fine quality of 
acting, able direction and script. 
Only flaw is a confused character- 
ization of the killer; he's pictured 
first as a real tough' gunslinger 
•who Would eat his own mother for 
breakfast, but at climax he scrams 
'opt ofi town, when ordered to .be- 
cause he doesn’t want to shoot 
some women who have their guns 
on him. Aside from his mixed ver- 
sion of the heavy, Howard Dirris- 
dale r s script of Leopold L. Atlas' 
Original is a good one. ' 

•James Griffith is the editor who 


defies the local fynraan Running 
for sheriff, and-endorses his op-, 
ponent.- Matters are brought to in 
abrupt conclusion when the edi- 
tor's young son is killed Wh«h hit 
by a stray bullet, during a gun 
duel in which the . : hefivy ; .elim- 
inates his opponeht for sheriff. 
As a result, the editor's* wife who. 
has been pleading for him to leave 
before’s he's killed changes ..her 
mind and decides to stay; the edi- 
tor rounds up .the ,? good people" 
and they gang up on the killer and 
his coteirie to chase them out of 
town. Gentlemanly, heavy refuses 
to lift a gun against the women 
and leaves. This is not too, believa- 
ble. but because ', of manner in 
which production* is handled comes 
out as entertaining fare, ' ■ > 
Griffith and Jeanette Nolan 
register as the editor and wife, 
Billy Gray is very good as the 
moppet, and Robert Osterloh is a 
good heavy. Arthur Hilton’s* direc- 
tion is cohesive and fast-packed. 
Stu Thompson's camera work .is 
excellent. Daku. 



TWayehoff TVer on Film . 

Still another i^ajor television net- 
work entry .will ge film this fall. 
It’s been revealed that the Eddie 
Mayehoff . show, which Reynolds 
Metals has bought, for the Sunday 
night' 7:30 to 8 slot on NBC.-TV, is 
to be filmed on the Coast. ’ . 

Show is. to be directed by Rich- f 
ard Bare, who scripts ■ and- directs 
the “Joe McDoakes" comedy reels 
for Warner Bros, theatrical release 
and is also associate producer on 
Paramount’s “Topsy and Eva.” 


TV Films in Production 


as of Friday, Aug. 8 


ARROW PRODUCTIONS 
KTTV Studio*. Hollywood 
"RAMA* OF THE JUNGLE" 3« half* 


Director*: Wallace Fox, Geo. Archainbaud 
New series of Julf-hour western dramas 
entitled "DEATH VALLEY DAYS" now, 

intelligently by Howard J. Green hour^^sle^^ilventure' Ulepbc** series Producer: Darrell McGowan 

and Fenjton Eanishaw, and partlcu- resume In mid August. Producers: Harry Director: Stuart McGowan 

Inrlv flnp o pf liir^ction A further ^* Rothschild. Leon FroBikts, 
lany iipe an; direction is a lurwiix p rot jucer; Rudolph Fiothow 

asset. Whit . Director; Wally Fox 


W^R. FRANK PRODS. 


WILLIAM F. BROIDY PRODS. 

SUn^et Studios, Hollywood 


THE EYEGLASSES 

J MCI. « I “WILD FILL HICKOK" series o£ half Director: Reginald LeBorE 

With Gertrude Michael, Phillip I hour western adventure series now in Production Manager: Bart Carre 


General Service' Studios: Hollywood 
Group of - 4 30-minuti "MEDAL OP 
HONOR" telepix now shooting. 

Producers: W. R. Frank, WilUam Dean 


ROLAND : IkEED PRODS. 

Hal Roach Studiost Culver City 
M NoW_ shooting . "TROUBLE WITH 
FATHER" series of 30-minute situation 
comedies. 

Producer: Roland Reed 
Director: Howard Bretherton 
; "MY LITTLE MARGIE" series of half 
hour comedy telepix now shooting. 
Charles Farrell and Gale Storm head cast. 
Philip Morris ‘ sponsors. 

Producer: Hal Roach 
Director: Hal Yates 


Terry, Helen Gilbert, other* 
Distributor-producer: Ziv TV 
Director: , Sobey Martin 
Writer; Doris Gilbert 
30 Minis.: Frl. fe;3Q p.m. 

ACME BEER •- 
KECA-TV, Hollywood 
This excursion into fantasy fails 
short of its mark as it, succeeds in 
generating interest through use of 
a glmiriick; then leaves the viewer 


preparation to resume 'shoo tin* mid-Au- 
gust. Guy Madison, Andy Devine set 
loads. ‘ . . 

: "CA*E HISTORY" featuring Regis Too- 
mcy. Sara Hayden, and ."TRAIL T BLAZ- 
ERS" with -Alan Hale, Jr., as set lead, 
also in preparation for fall shooting. 
Executive producer: William F. Broidy. 
Producer: Wesley Barry j. 

Director: Frank- McDonald 


REVUE ^PRODUCTIONS 

Eagle Lion Studios: Hollywood 
Half-hour series --of adult, drama tele- 


GROSS-KRASNE, INC. 

General Sorvice Studios: Hollywood _ _ _ 

Now shooting "BIO TOWN" series of plx now shooting for Revue Prods. 

26 half hour telepix sponsored by Lever Producer: Revue Productions 
Brothers. Patrick McVey and Jane Nigh Directors: Richard. Irving, Norman. Lloyd* 
set leads. 


JACK .CHERTOK PRODS. 

General Service ■ Studios. Hollywood 
"LONE RANGER" half hour series Of 02 
to shift for himself at he end as to vldeoaters now shooting. John Hart, Jay 

how and why. everything happened.. Aok 

Gimmick- In this case consists of Associate Producer: Harry Poppe. 
spectacles found by the femme 

lead, glasses which permit the BING CROSBY ENTERPRISES 
lady to see people for what they RKO-Pathc, culver city 

really are. • . Shooting "rebound" 


Producers: Jack J. Gross and Philip N. 
• Krasne 

Director: E. A. Dupont. 

JOHN GUEDEL PRODS. 

600 Taft Bldg.. Hollywood * 

Art Linklettcr starring in a series of 
104 15-mlnuto vidpix titled "LINKLETTER 
AND THE KIDS." 

Producer-diTector; Maxwell Shan* 
Associate producer: Irvin -Atkins : 

PAUL F. HEARD, INC. 

KTTV Studios: Hollywood 


HAL ROACH PRODUCTIONS 

Hal Roach Studios: - Culver City • ! 
"AMOS /N* ANpY" series of character 
comedy telepix now shooting. Sponsored 
by Blatz Beer for CBS-TV, . • 

Cast: Tim Moore, Spencer Williams, Alvin 
Childress. Ernestine Wade. Johnny Lee. 
. Horace Stewart. 

Supervisors: Freeman 'Gosden, Charles 
Correll, Sidney Van Keuren 
Director: Charles Barton 
Production executive: James Fonda' 
Assistant director; Emmett Emerson 


j,..# Series of 13 quarter-hour telepics en- 
- I . . 1 ^' hi pLwrd titled "WHAT'S YOUR TROUBLE?" with 

In this manner she learns her S/S 8pons ? red by pacl ^ d Or. and Mrs. Norman Vincent Peale. 


ever-loving spouse hates her and Executive producer: Basil Griiio 


Producer: Paul F. Heard 


C T5 C r4w,,J? r 2 a ^ C ^*A? Vor Director: Paul F. Heard 

J 3 0*1 r, Tl5 /m m” 1 * v tot Production supervisor: Harry Cohen 

with her best friend, who also producer: John Nasht 
hates her with homicidal intensity. „ Half ji^ur sends of adult drama films 


wants to kill her so he can go off i „ A chair on the boulevard . 1 


The lady, a successful career worn- l^^rs^RichlidDiJs^ te preparation * 
an, is so frightened by the truth "those were the days" half-hour 
she breaks the glasses in a fit of. telepix series now in preparation. 


anger^ Then she goes to a psy 
chiatnst to tell him all. He con- 
cludes she's seeing things, molli 


DESILU PRODUCTIONS 
: General Service Studios, Hollywood 


JAN PRODUCTIONS, INC. 

General Sorvice Studios: Hollywood . 
"IT'* THE BICKERSONS" series of half 
hour comedy telepix now shooting. Lew 
Parker and Virginia Grey set leads. 
Producer: Jack Denove 
Production supervisor: C. M. Florence 
Director-writer: Phil Rapp 

EDWARD LEWIS PRCDS. 

Motion Picture Center, Hollywood 


ROY*. ROGERS PRODUCTIONS 

Goldwyn Studio’, Hollywood 
, ROY ROGER* noW shooting 15' oater 
telepix. Vidpix are half-hour each. Roy 
Rogers, Dale Evans topline. Pat Brady 
In support. General western parts to fill, 
Sponsored by General Foods for NBC-TV, 
Producer: Roy. Rogers 
Associate producer: Jack Lacey 
Director: Bob Walker 


fieT her with five eirtliihl? Zh "■ LOVE LUCY" half hour comedy se-. 
nes her with nve-syllable words Hes, sponsored by Philip Morris shooting 

and send.s her off to be killed by for fall season. . > • «S«rl*q at half-hmir tAlenfv featurln* 

the husband and his g.f. When he r ‘'j&3?S u VuS- vl™. ArnM ' wuu,m i™o Dunn. L Su w .hootSl 
learns of her death, he calls the Pr^erfj.^' oSr.TTh" todr ‘ ‘ - - - 

police, apparently operating on a Director: wuuam Asher 
bettei*-late-than-never theory. writers: . Jess Oppenhelmer. Madelya 

Gertrude Michael is highly com- "our mi*** brook*" half-hour cam- 
petent as the career woman, and edy drama' series now shooting for cbs- 
Phillip Terry convinces as the cad. Sy; f . G ^ r 5l £°„ od ^ J?™* 0 *- 


Producer: Edward Letvis 
Production manager: William Steven* 



thorn le a " Director; A1 Lewis 

mere |8 0.\V. Assistant direotor: Jim Paisley 

Sobey Martin s direction is ex- Writers* Al s Lewis. Joe Quiilan 

Doris'' Gilbert* who eoncef^d’She ! ? C ' 

& n t?on gla e S nT £1 IjS 

r^i i » i*° n , en *l there. Daniel hour situation comedies noW shooting 
Clark s lensing is good, other tech-* 30 * Barbara Britton, Richard Den- 
nical credits standard ning, Francis do Sales head cast. 

Mac* rnolleMo ft « * , it. , Producer:. Federal TV Corporation. 

Most realistic flavor of the half- Director;. Ralph Murphy, 

hour is Hank Weaver’s sampling of ^ 

Acme Beer in the commercials- he FRANK FERRIN PRODUCTIONS 

seems to enjoy this stint no 6320 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 

J sunc ena. Casttnc: Virginia Mazzuca 

Daku. "SMILIN' ED'S GANG" series now shoot- 
ing. Ed McConnell, Nino Marcel head cast. 
CAPA itaa A *, A rvr. c. Producer-director: Frank, --Perrin 

RACES Associate producer: Ralph Ferrin 

With Fred Capossela, Ed Flynn Assistant director: Don Olsen 

FILMCRAFT PRODS. 


•SCREEN GEMS 

1302 N. Gower, Hollywood 
Now preparing the FORD THEATRE 
series of 39 half-hour telepix to . begin 
shooting August 8. 

Producer-director: Jules Brlcken 
Assistant director: Eddie Seata 

SCREEN TELEVIDEO PRODS. 

Eagle Lion Studios, Hollywood ~ 
Series 'of half-hour dramas resume in 
mid-August. 

Producers: Gil Ralston, Jaques Braunstein 

SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS 

Hal Roach Studios, Culver City 

_ ml f - rar ._ .lien * w T / resume shoot- 

half hour telepix series Aug. 23. 
Benadaret. Harry Von Producer: Hal Roach, Jr.: Carroll Case 

Producr* halph L.vy Director, Jto Tlnlto, 

Write'S" Pii'fHcImSir. Sid Dorfmas. Bar- TABLEAU-CHINA SMITH 
vey Helm. William Bums __ PRODS. 

Motion Picture Center: Hollywood 
MARCH OF TIME Casting: Billie Greene 

. 369 Lexington Ave„ N. Y. „ Serlesof 26 half-hour telepix entitled 

"AMERICAN WIT AND HUMOR" SC* “AFFAIR* OF CHINA SMITH," starring 

rles’of 26 half-hour pix. Thomas Mitchell, £ an , Duryea shooting, 
narrator, with cast including Gene Lock* Producer: Bemie Tahakln 
hart, Jeffrey Lynn. Arnold Moss. Ann Production manager: William Stevens 
‘ Directors: Eddio Mann, Arthur Pierson 


THE McCADDEN CORP. 

General Service Studios: Hollywood 
"THE BURN* AND ALLEN SHOW" 
now shooting series of half Jiour comedy 
telepix. The Carnation Co, sponsor. 

and Grade Allen. 


New York 

BabotiB (Babs) Doriiger and John 
McGowan teamed to form a new 
TV film production outfit, Televi- 
sion Snapshots, which will script 
edit and produce films . . .Reiflj 
Kaufman, Guild Films prexy, on a 
tour of TV stations and agencies 
around the country. He> slated to 
arrive in N.Y. today (Wed.) from 
Chicago, and then head for New 
England * and Canada ...Orville 
Lawson and Ralph Pryce named 
sales reps for United Artists-TV m 
Minneapolis and Omaha, respec- 
tively. ..Lalley & Love, indie vid- 
Alm production firm, is preparing a 
new audience participation show ' 
for the fall, titled “Professor Yes 
V No" and starring Bill Cullen as 
emcee. ..Robert J. Kingsley, for- 
merly production chief for the As- 
sociated Press TV newsreel, has 
joined PSI-TV ds production super- 
visor. 

4 

Hollywood 

Robert Florey is slated to direct 
two telepi* in “Four Star Theatre’’ 
'series, with Dick Powell starred in 
“Dante’s Inferno" and Charles 
Boyer in “My Wife Geraldine" . . , 
Prexy Louig Snader of Snader 
Telescriptions in N. Y. on biz . . , 
“Ozzie and Harriet" begins filming 
Aug. 22 for ABC, with Volcano 
Productions shooting 40 half-hour 
shows at General Service studios 
and “Ellery Queen" will be filmed 
here by Norman Pincus . . Nor- 

man McCabe appointed animation 
director of Five Star Productions, 
vice Howard Swift who ankled to 

join Ch'arle* Chaplin . . . Harry 
Cohen joined Paul F. Heard as pro- 
ductionco-ordlnator . . . UI’s tele- 
pix’ sUbsid, United World, is at 
peak production, shooting “The 
Fighting • Man" ^series plus tele- 
blurbs . . . Series of 13 half-hour 
vidpix penned by Ernie Lazarus 
and starring Glgi Perteau has been 
p&cakaged by R and R TV produc- 
tions, ^with Janine Perreau and 
Peter Miles, featured ... Jaffe 
agency closed, deal for new vidfilm 
series with General Telecasting, 
untitled series to be written and 
directed by Blake Edwards . . . 
Prcx:r Isidore Lindenbaum of 
Pilmcraft * Productions returned 
from several weeks junket to. Goth- 
am . . . Andrea King draws $1,009 
for lead in Revue Productions’ 
“Long, Long Ago,” at Eagle Lion 
studios, and Queenie Leonard gets 
a featured spot . . . Willis Gold- 
beck to write and direct new “Rex 
Morgan, M. D." series starring 
Louis Hayward, to be produced by 
Hafner-Haleprin Sept. 15 at the 
Hal Roach, studios . . : Gil Ralston 
and Jacques Braunstein of Screen 
Televideo prepping five new half- 
hour telepix for new series, “Your 
Jeweler's Showcase," to be made 
for Hamilton Watch Co. and In- 
ternational Silver. Co. as joint 
sponsors, with first two scripted 
being “Canal Street Encounter" 
and “Furlough" . . . Bill Lester in 
.“Fireside Theatre’s," “One and 
One," and Ralph Faulkner, Glase 
Lohman, Robert Arthur, Hermine 
*Sterler, Simon De Burgh, Peter 
Bourne and Leonard Nemoy in 
“Man of Peace" for Frank Wisbar. 
Roy Engel to do narration for 
“The 12th Juror" for “Fireside" 
, . . John Clark set for role in 
“Heartbreak for Sale," “Racket 
Squad" telepic . . : Dick Seals cast 
in the “Little People" series lens- 
ing at Swanstrom studios. 




Director: Ted Baughn 
15 Mins.; Mon.-thru-Sat., 7 n m 
FITZGERALD BREWING P 
IVRGB, Schenectady 

i George R. Nelson) 
Summer television trots out 

Snni'if ak K P * 1,0£?aniS ’ but il al SO OC- 

casionaUy bnngs on a better-grade 
one, such as the pioneering “Sara- 
toga Races," staged across the 
nS, “ W ? GB the 

nights a week, consists of race 

bv Thnr Cn lh i e Sarat °ga track 
bj Thoroughbred Pictures, with 
recorded descriptions by Fred Ca- 
possela, olLcial announcer at New 
Yoik courses,, and studio bridges 


rrey 

Burr and Olive Decrin*. 

Producer: Marion Parsonnet 
Director: Fred Stephanl. 

PARSONNET TV FILM STUDIOS, 
INC. 

108 Larchmont Boulevard, Hollywood 
Casting: Jack Murton. Fred Messenger 
Shooting hall-hour dramas for scries en- 
titled "The Doctor," sponsored by Proctor 
& Gamble. Features Warner Anderson. 
Producer: Marion Parsonnet 
Production manager: Henry Spitz 


Melrose. Hollywood . Directors: Robert Aldrich, Don Siegel 
GROUCHO MARX starred in 39 half-hour Ass't direetprs: Jack Berne, Frank Fo: 
audience participation film productions, to 


ox 


bo made once a week for NBC. DcSoto* 
Plymouth sponsoring. 

Producer: John Guedcl 
Film producer: I. Lindenbaum 
Directors: Bob Dwan, Bornie Smith 


FLYING A PRODUCTIONS 

6920 Sunset Blvd.. Hollywood 
. OAKLEY" new series of 52 

naif-nour vldeoaters now in praparation. 
Gail Davis, Billy Gray head cast. Parts to 
fill 

Second series of - 52 half-hour Gene 
Autry Western telepix shooting. Gene 
Autry, Pat Buttram set leads. 

RANGE RIDER" silo o tin" second se- 
, * ic s of 32 half-hour videnfers. Jack Ma- 
honey, Dick Jones head cast. 

1 Produce!*: Louis Gray 


LINDSLEY PARSONS PRODS. 

KTTV Studios: Hollywood 
Shooting "THE FILE OF JEFFREY 
JONES series of half hour adventure 
telepix. 

Producer: Lindsley Parsons 

Director: Lew Landers 

Associate producer: Warren Douglas 

PATIIESCOPE PRODUCTIONS 

380 Fifth Ave.. New York City 
Now shooting "THE HUNTER," sorlc* 
or 13 nalMiour telepix* sponsored by 
SfinJ*’ Tobacco Co, through 

William Esty. Barry Nelson heads cast. 
Producer: Ed Monlagno 
Production Supervisors: Walter Raft 
Robert Drucker 
Director: Oscar Rudolph. 


.UNITED WORLD FILMS, INC. 

Universal International Studios, 

Hollywood 

, VX HB *J*HTING MAN," scries of 13 
half-hour telepix, now shooting. Michael 
Thomas, Cliff Clark set leads. 

Director: George Blair 

FRANK WISBAR PRODS. 

Eagle Lion Studios: Hollywood 
"FIRESIDE THEATRE" series of half 
hour adult dramas now shooting. 

Producer-director: Frank Wisbar 
Associate producer: Sidney Smith 

WIZARD TELEPICTURES CO. 

Larchmont Studios: Hollywood 
DREAM IT DP" series of 15-mlnutc 
comedy toiepix begin shooting August 13. 

Cluck Chandler starred with Franklin 
Pangborn. Gu« Schilling, Benny Baker in 
-support. 

Producer: B. L. Pctroff 
Associate producer: Bert Douglas 
Director: B. L. Petroff 
Production m .uager: H. A. Hirshficld 

ZIV TV 

in + J< i BO i STO K Jackie" series of packages which CBS will J al ! in g 
half-hour telepix shoot in Aujrust. I n^nriimArc in N Hilling 

Directors: Eddie Davis. Sobey Martin. t0 indie pr0dUCe L 
Geo. m. Cahan. j the next few months. 


CBS-TV May Syndicate 
Tangier’ Film Series 

Half-hour drama-adventure series 
“Tangier," may be the first CBS- 
TV package to be sold on a syndi- 
cated film basis through lack of 
available time on the network to 
pitch it for network sponsorship. 
With the initial stanza slated for 
filming the last week in August, 
web program execs declared this 

wfcek that they’ll attempt to find 
a network slot for it first but. n 
none opens up, then it will projj' 
ably be -turned over to the rh™ 
Sales Department for sponsorship 
on a local or regional basis acio 
the country. 

Series is to be filmed at the 
Caravel Studios, N. Y-, ' vltl1 . 
Helmore as the lead. It n J ar ^f Ililltt 
first -of several projected ^ v _‘ d, J )Ut 


Tf-non 


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Examination of Filmed Teleblurbs 


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♦ 





Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

The “embarrassment of riches” 
suffered by Betty Furness during 
the telecasting of the- political con- 
ventions is being carefully studied 
by television execs as a model of 
what to avoid in future. pools where 
live commercials and filmed com- 
mercials will have to be integrated. 
Unwise use of the filmed commer- 
cials on tlie coast during the con- 
ventions brought Miss Furness an 
undeserved spate 6f bad publicity 
that only a concentrated series of 
press interviews locally has over- 
come. 

Complaints against the CBS 
“presidential nominee” originated 
solely on the Coast where, accord- 
ing to one disgruntled viewer 
Miss Furness was seen “as often 
as the chairmen of either conven- 
tion.” Beefs stemmed from the 
fact that Coast CBS outlets, 
using filmed commercials, used the 
blurbs extensively during the con- 
vention coverage, racking up *a 
higher time total than was achieved 
in the east'where her commercials 
were seen live. Adding to the diffi- 
culty' was the- occasional hitch-hike 
which the layman, viewer auto- 
matically blamed on Miss Furness. 

Actually,; 'Miss Furness reported 
this week, her 'quick spot, check re- 
veals that the filmed teleblurbs 
here were used only 11 times 
mpre than were the live commer- 
cials in the east.. “However,” she 
pointed out, “they undoubtedly 
seemed to be longer and morq of a 
nuisance because they were on film 
and were an abrubt break from 
the regular convention proceed- 
ings. For the live commercials in 
the east, I integrated tfle announce* 
ments as much as possible, finding 
some method of tying in rhy mes- 
sage to the events on the floor.” 

Miss Furness was heard live on 
the Coast just once, during a spe- 
cial “voice-over” near the conclu- 
sion of the Republican convention. 
In that seg, she mentioned that 
she would be in California over the 
weekend and hoped for good 
weather. On arrival here, the num- 
ber of people who apologized for 
the heat wave made her realize 
the penetration achieved by the 
telecast. 

Miss Furness returned to New 
York over the weekend to begin 
her new “Pick The Winner” show 
for Westinghouse^ which will con- 
tinue through until election, time. 
She’s tied to. the appliance % manu- 
facturer on a year Jto year contract, 
current portion of it ending in De- 
cember but which she expects to 
renew. 

One of the Coast compiainers re- 
ported to Miss "Furness that appar- 
ently the only time he’d missed 
her during the* convention was 
when she was on the “voice-over” 
seg, having shifted to NBC at about 
that time because a ghost had de- 
veloped on his set. 

“That was no ghost,” she re- 
torted a trifle' bitterly. “That was 
probably me.” 


Easy Aces’ Looms 
As Telepic Series 


Ziff-Davis Into Vidpix 

Ziff-Davis, publisher of books, 
mags and comic books, is entering 
the telefilm field. 

Outfit has packaged “GI Joe,” 
based on its comic book property, 
and has a pilot film ready. Show 
was produced and 'directed by 
Barry Thompson and was written 
by Larry Menkin. 

If “GI Joe” clicks, Z-D may draw 
on others of its 30 comic books for 
Vldpic series. 


Joan Davis Vidpix 
For Gen. Electric 

General Electric finalized its deal 
this week to sponsor the new Joan 
Davis show Wednesday nights from 
8 to 8:30 on NBC-TV. In wrapping 
up the contract, however, NBC Ip* 
to move duPont’s “Cavalcade of 
America”' 1 vidpix series, previously 
scheduled for the 8 o’clock slot, 
back to the 8:30 to 9 period, fol- 
lowing GE’s insistence that it get 
the earlier half-hour. 

Miss Davis’ show, to be filmed 
on the Coast, is titled “I Married 
Joanie.” It’s a situation comedy 
format, with Jim' Backus as the 
male' lead. With duPont in only for 
an alternate-week ride on “Caval- 
cade,” NBC still must find a spon- 
sor for the rotating 8:30 to 9 pe- 
riod each week to round out its 
Wednesday night schedule. 


All-Electronic TV City 
Paraded Before Auto 
Industry by CBS Execs 

Detroit, Aug. 12. 

Contingent of top CBS-TV brass, 
headed by prez J. L. Van Volken- 
burg, showed off the web’s all- 
electronic TV City model to top 
execs of the automotive industry at 
the Detroit Athletic Club here yes- 
terday (Mon.). It was the latest 
in a string of pitches being made 
by CBS to current or prospective 
agencies and clients demonstrating 
how the web, utilizing similar mass 
production techniques as those 
used by big industry, hopes to de- 
liver better quality shows at lower 
cost.’ 

Web’s eastern sales manager; 
William Hylan, who attended the 
demonstration, remained in Detroit 
to shop for new business among 
several pf the auto firms. Other 
web execs in Detroit were Merle 
S. Jones, o&q stations veepee, and 
David Jacobson, director of public 
relations. Van Volkenburg, inci- 
dentally, left from here for a two- 
wfeek fishing vacation in Iowa. 

Model was moved from the Ath- 
letic Club today to the J. L. Hud- 
son department store, where it will 
be on view for the next two weeks 
to the public. From there, CBS 
is taking it to the Minnesota State 
Fair at Minneapolis. Jacobson, 
who returned to N. Y. yesterday, 
will fly out to Minneapolis to meet 
Van Volkenburg. 


Hollywood, Aug. 12, 
Pair of guest stints on the Sat- 
urday Night “All Star Revue” on 
TV may set the pattern for a tele- 
pic series based on “Easy Aces.” 
Grace Hartman planed east over 
the weekend to prep for the guest- 
fags which were written by Good- 
man Ace, who will also direct. 

Deal set by Sam Weisbord of the 
wmiam Morris office calls for the 
guest shots to be integrated 
? a P^ot reel for the projected 
vi/V^ s ‘ deal goes through, 

coa-t* ke lensed here on the 


onn Iai 'l* v ^ ay ^ as been set to 
p ^ 3 J lte Miss Hartman in 
sucst spots. 


‘BL0NDIE’ TV SERIES 
PEDDLED AT 19|G 

ABC-Ty and William Morris are 
pitching a tele edition of “Blondie” 
as a live half-hour weekly series, 
priced at $19,500. Web is showing 
a kinescope of the show to poten- 
tial bankrollers. 

Jeff Donnell is in the title role . 
with'*. John Harvey cast as Dagwood. 
Marc Daniels, who directed “Ford 
TV Theatre,” “Nash Airflyte Thea- 
tre” and more recently “I Love 
Lucy,” will direct the airer. Show 
is based on the Chic Young comic 
strip, which also served as the 
basis for 28 films and for a radio 
show which ran for nine years 
(1939-48). 


Agency men who control the 
purse strings pf major television 
advertisers are advancing, a itock 
of new reasons why their clients 
should . embrace spot film buying 
in preference to “going network.” 
There’s no question but that the 
trend to spots is taking increasing 
hold in agency thinking and in the 
prepping of new budget schedules. 

Many of the agency execs- aren’t 
convinced that, from a strictly eco- 
nomic standpoint, network TV is. 
sound or feasible. They’re not only 
disturbed over the rising costs of 
programming and spiraling ^net- 
work time costs, but the auxiliary 
facets are as equally disturbing. 

Not a few of the agency men 
involved in live programming have 
been squawking over the addition- 
al coin burdens put on the client 
for studio use, rehearsal tabs and 
other allied raps, which frequently 
send a show’s cost spiraling by sev- 
eral thousands of dollars. 

Agency represented by one- of 
the major nighttime TV musical 
shows has been huddling with the 
network prexy with the ultimatum 
to “shave off those extra, burden- 
some (fosts — or else.” 

But beyond that the agencies 
now find themselves saddled with 
a brand new administrative ex- 
pense — staffing their organization 
With hep men, at approximately 
$15,000 a year per head, whose sole 
duty it is to circuit the television 
cities and convince stations that 
they must clear time for their 
client’s show. It’s not easy to do. 

The word “flexibility” has taken 
on a new meaning to agencies and 
their clients. They . maintain that 
that’s something they, cannot get 
by adhering to rigid formulas and 
patterns of live network program- 
ming but can only be achieved 
through telepix on a spot basis, 
which permits for a greater free- 
dom of movement in program 
placements. Arid they’re not par- 
ticularly excited over the fact that, 
in courting live network program- 
ming^ they find it necessary to go 
into the station relations business. 

Another , factor as it relates to 
some clients is that they’ve been 
frozen out of choice time segments 
on the major networks, so they’re 
going' into spot film this time in 
retaliation. Decision of U. -S. Rub- 
ber, which is currently auditioning 
vidpix availabilities, to embrace 
spot buying in key markets report- 
edly stems from the fact that it was 
yanked out of . the Sunday night 
at 7 time on NBC to pave the way 
for Red Skelton’s new time, and 
there was nothing it could do 
about it. 


Donato’s Guild Post 

Nat V. Donato has been named 
eastern sales manager of Guild 
Films, indie vidfilm outfit headed 
by fteub Kaufman. Donato was for- 
merly national sales chief for C. P. 
MacGregor, Hollywood radio pack- 
age firm. 

He’ll headquarter at Guild’s 
N. Y. offices. 


Pontiac in High Gear 

WCBS-TV, the CBS video 
web’s flagship, has accom- 
plished something .this sum- 
mer via its programming of 
feature films which the net- 
work could not do — and that’s 
getting the Tuesday night at 
8 slot into the To$ 10 “or 
N. Y. Station’s “Pontiac Film 
Theatre” series copped -a fat 
25.3 in its first rating test, ac- 
cording to American Research 
Bureau figures, putting it 
ahead of the Groucho Marx 
show, “Philco Playhouse,” 
■“Lux Video Theatre” and oth- 
ers. 

WCBS-TV, of course, does • 
not have to buck Milton Berle 
in that , period this summer. 
NBC has replaced Berle for 
the summer with “Midwestern 
Hayride.” Rating points up, • 
nonetheless, the hefty audi- 
ence acceptance of 'feature 
films on TV. 


t- By NAT KAHN . 


Pic Aid* TV 

Hollywood, Aug. T2. 

Something different in show 
biz — using film to sell a live 
TV. show instead of vice' versa 
. — is being tried out by the 
Sam Jaffe Agency. Film, run- 
ning 25 minutes, features Rick 
‘Roman explaining the work- 
ings of a new video show „ 
titled “Finders Keepers.’”” 

Prints of the film are being 
sent to leading ad agencies, 

Sterling’s Vidpix, 

AM at$2J0,000 

ABC has snagged a $2,200,000 
contract from Sterling Drug, -which 
is bringing backets “Mystery The- 
atre” on both . radio apd television 
this fall. Shows had taken a hia- 
tus and their return has beeiifcan 
iffy question. 

“Mystery” will take the Monday 
8 p.m. slot on TV and the 8 p.m. 
Wednesday slot on radio. Total of 
47 new telepix are in the can, mak- 
ing a total of 75 “Mystery” features 
with last year's episodes. -- How- 
ever, it won’t he necessary to re- 
peat any for a while. Agency is 
Dancer-Fitzgerald-Samplc. 


Life Mag Calls It Quits - 
On ‘We, the People’; To 
Scan TV for Own Show 

Life magazine, after a .series of 
huddles with’ Young Sc Rubicam 
and Gulf Oil execs, decided last 
week to call It quits on Its produc- 
tion participation in the Gulf-spon- 
sored “We the People.” 

Life teamed up with the pro- 
gram for a 13-week series, which 
ended last Friday, to tie" in with 
the political conventions and cam- 
paigning, and was mulling the ad- 
visability. of continuing for another. 
13 weeks, With a switchback to 
“People’s” original format. ■ 

It was decided, instead, to “scan 
the video horizons” with an eye 
toward staking a programming 
claim of its own. 

WJZ-TV’S 300G 

PACKAGE OF 60 PIX 

WJZ-TV, ABC’s Gotham key, 
has bought a package of 00 films 
via Matty Fpx for an outlay of 
$300,000. 

Celluloid will be usea on an 
early evening pix parade, 6:30- 
7:30 o’colck cfoss-the-board for 52 
weeks, which preems Aug. 25. New 
stanza will steal a amrch on WCBS- 
TV’s “Early Show,” which, rolls at 
6:45, and it is intended to give 
strong sales competition to old film 
programs on other N. Y. outlets. 

Snader Sues to Stop 
Rental Studio Billing 

v Los Angeles, Aug. 12. 

Seeking declaratory relief, 
Snader Telescriptions asked Fed- 
eral Court for an order absolving 
it from payment of a claim amount- 
ing to $4,387.71, presented by Sun- 
set Enterprises, Inc.‘ Claim covers 
labor, materials and minor items. 

Snader declares all charges have 
.been paid in full under an oral 
agreement for the rental of stage 
space from late 1951 to early 1952. 


Louis Hayward Inked 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. * 
Louis Hayward is the latest star 
to enter video, inking a three-year 
pact to play the title role in “Rex 
Morgan, M.D.” series, based on the 
syndicated comic strip, for Hafner- 
Halperin, Inc. He’ll make 26 tele- 
pix annually. 

Series starts Sept. 15. 


As part of an overall expansion 
of his varied enterprises, TMax Lieb- 
man revealed this week that he 
plans a wide-scale purchase of top- 
budgeted theatrical films for dis- 
tribution on TV. The films, df 
course, would be those long since 
past their theatrical distribution 
prime, and it is Liebman’s plan to 
set up a separate distribution com- * 
pany, as part of the Max Liebman 
Enterprises, for the sole purpose 
of selling these pictures to video. 

The distribution ' idea would in 
no way affect Llebman’s relation- 
ship with NBC, for which he pro- 
duces-directs “Your Show of 
Shows.” The 90-minute revue re* 
sumes Sept. 6. 

Liebman’s new film distribution 
company, with the William Morris 
Agency an important factor in the 
setup, Is the outgrowth of an origi- 
nal Liebman plan by .which he fig* 
ured to buV up European-made 
pictures for release to American 
television. He went to Europe in 
June with that idea in mind, scout- 
ing for films .in Rome, Madrid, Vi- 
enna and elsewhere, but failed to 
come up y with - sufficient films that 
he thought would warrant a place 
In U. *S. video, * , 

“There were, perhaps, three or 
four pictures that might have been 
acceptable on American TV,” Lieb- 
man reveals. “But they would 
hardly be enough reason • to go 
ahead with the kind of film-distri- 
bution plan that f had in mind, 
Consequently, I. figured on trying 
to buy up the best. American the* 
atrical films, like. a 'Rebecca/ 'tip 
in Arms’ or 'The Best Years of Our 
Lives/ and arranging for a long- 
term leasing arrangement with the 
films’ producers/’ 

Liebman would not cut the films 
to fit current TV programming 
schedules. He would run them in 
their entirety, showing them in two 
evenings, with editing and inser- 
tions to give them continuity from 
one evening to the next. He would 
model the dis'trib company pretty 
much after the regular theatrical 
film dlstribs, with an advertising- 
publicity unit and a sales organiza- 
tion. The William Morris ‘Agency 
has already begun negotiations 
with producers for their product. 

Liebman has. no intentions -of 
going into production of films for 
TV. He returned from the Coast 
last week, after 10 days of huddles 
there with the Morris office re- 
garding the project. He had gone 
directly to the Coast following his 
return from Europe. 

Regarding TV In Continental 
Europe, Liebman found some 
curiosity there about American' TV 
- (Contin :ed “on page 32) 



Thesp Vidpix Deal 

Hollywood, Aug. 12. 

Screen Actors Guild and Colum- 
bia* are close to the signing point 
in their negotiations 'Tor a basic 
contract covering payments to 
thesps in telcpics. Actual signing 
will be a long step forward in TV 
film production by major studios. 
It is believed that Universal-Inter- 
national will follow Columbia’s 
example. 

Currently both companies are 
making vidpix through subsidi- 
aries — Columbia through Screen 
Gems and UI through United 
World Productions. 


Ruppert’s TV Pix Coin 

Ruppert beer has bought the 
“11th Hour Theatre” on WNBT, 
N. Y., on Thursday and Friday 
nights, starting Sept. 4. Continuing 
the trend to on-screen gabbers de- 
livering the commercials, Ruppert 
will probably use an actor as 
Father Knickerbocker to plug its 
Knickerbocker brew. 

Best Foods bought the Saturday 
edition of “11th Hour” last week. ' 


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ft ABIO-TEU VISION 


WtJnrtJuy, August 13, 1952 


BARRY’S EVERYBODY ON 
PROGRAM CONCEPT FOR 




CBS-TV Corrals 



New and broad Program concept MgC . LettllC6 

has been evolved by NBC whereby, lfI ” iwpw . , . 
in the words of Charles A. (Bud) Mutual last week picked up 

Barry AM-TV program chief, "it’s two-week campaign from Lettuce, 
no longer radio and/or television, Inc., which will bankroll segments 
but just broadcasting, with the on* of "Queen for a Day'/ Monday, 
ly difference between the 5th floor Wednesday And Friday from Aug 
TV department and the 4th floor 18-29. 

AM division, one flight of stairs." ; . Sponsor will -plug G-7 lettuce, 
Thus in the reintegrated program via John Cohan agency, 
pattern, NBC, under Barry’s over- 
all program . guidance, will hew to 
n tandem type utilization of all 
creative facets (including perform- 
ers, directors, producers, etc.) that 
represents a radical departure in 
network, programming. 

"If, for example," explains Bar- 
ry, "we need a Robert Montgomery, 
a Max Liebman, a Fred Coe or a 
Tony Miner from the TV roster for 
a radio show that’s peculiarly 
adaptable to' their talents, we’ll 

have no hesitancy in calling on wV-anned no n‘ans this 

£nd r em r tp e e ra Uo” wm 'be ”£! week to go o^ afta SfBC-TV's 

plicable to top talent under con- att e ™ 0 °n .? oU ?/L e 

tract to the network.” schedulb^in^the fall with its own 

Naming of Dee Engelbach to 1^ -\veeks . of football ° n ly CBS 

status of executive producer for will he airing games played by the 
both radio and television, (for the top service teams around the coun- 
past two seasons he was strictly try . - . „ „ 

in the radio facet Wa the late Web has obtained full coopera- 
"Big Show") is illustrative of the tion from the fpur major branches 
type deals NBC is now engineer- of the armed forces, and accord- 
ing. Engelbach will supervise pro- to one CBS video exec, this 

duction on the new "Baby Snooks" should do. more to unify the serv- 
show, which starts as a live AM at- ^es than Congress has ever done . 
traction, then goes TV as a separ- Army, Navy, Air Force d Ma- 
ate program entity, with Engelbach rines j°* n 111 glamorizing 
repeating his chore. Similarly, the grid games as much as pos- 
Caroline Burke, until now a TV sible, hoping thereby to utilize the, 
producer, becomes producer of P^ups as a prirhary component 
both the AM and TV versions of'?* their • recruiting drives. CBS, 
"Snooks/' m a< iiti° n * Wl11 have, the right to 

It doesn’t necessarily mean that se B the schedule to one or more 
Hebmah, Coe, et al, will be chan- s P?usors. - , 

lieled into radio on a steady tan- Web spokesman pointed out that 
JtJem diet, says Barry, but wherever f uhmber of -top athletes, from 
the opportunity presents itself to both the amateur and pfo ranks, 
Utilize their talents'* in providing a have, recently been draped, and 
program lift for AM, the web will predicted that- the service teams 
have such talent at its command, will have as many name players 
; Refuting claims that under the. coming season as they 

Integrated, pattern radio will wind bad during the war, .when the 
up with a "Rexall penny sale" two- Great Lakes Naval Training Cen- 
for-one status, Barry maintains that tre, El Toro Air Base, etc., were 
just the opposite will prevail when Playing and beating the top college 
the "spreading the talent" formula teams m the country. With micro- 
gets rolling, U radio in a posl- wave. extendmgfrom 


In Doubtful Column 

, Two of CBS-TV’s. top per- 
sonalities last season, Ken 
Murray and Sam Levenson, 
may not have their., own shows 
on the web this year. With 
the Tuesday night program log 
now completed and only a 
half-hour, still to fill on Satur- 
days, there’s no time left for 
them. Levenson may be seen 
only as a permanent panelist 
on "This Is $how Business' 1 
and CBS has decided to air 
Murray’s show only ’ if it can 
come up with a sponsor in 
advance. 

Possibility still exists that 
Bristol-Myers, which is audi- 
tioning a number of new shows 
as possible replacement for its 
"Break* the Bank" Sunday 
nights, may decide to go with 
a half-hour variety show star- 
ring Murray. 


Same Show, But 

l ■ » ,w 


1 - 


Different Soap 


Procter # Gamble, which is du- 
plicating in television the record 
it’s long held in radio as the top 

spender in the medium, expanded j | * »i <»■< j > *11 

its .video billings still’ further this LOOKS LlKO lOUKV HOfO 
week by pacting for alternate week w n . minsi 

sponsorship of NBC-TV-s “One J<) Stay ' as NBLTV S 

Man s Family. F&G, for its Ivory J 

S6ap, will replace Sweetheart Soap 
on "Family," alternating weekly 
with Miles Labs when the show 
returns in the fall. Agency is 
Compton. 

New sale gives NBC-TV only one 
alternate-week half-hour left to fill 


Professor Robert Cuphmaw, specialist in constitutional law and 
head of the government department Of Cornell KJ„ has prepared a 
report on the question of^de&ling with "blacklisting"' for Television 
Authority. Blueprint has' not yet been released, but it has been 
discussed at the TVA board and will probably be made available 
to the -membership of the video talent union in a few weeks for 
consideration and possible, adoption, • 

The report deals with the probltm’ of handling the cases of per- 
sons charged with "leftist sympathies” or associations with "front 
organizations" and similar allegations. It is said to embody some 
- of- the. plans which TVA has been considering in the past for a 
board of distinguished individuals who are ^above suspicion" and 
who could pass On cases of tele performers against whom charges 
are made. 

As such, according to reports, it would consist of a "clearance 
machinery’ 1 which would "separate the sheep from the goats," i.e 
provide a, channel by. which those who wanted to offer an explana- 
tion of charges against them could do so. 

It's recalled that the American Federation of Radio Artists tried 
a plan whereby artists wanting to make statements could file them 
with the unions. Then a prospective employer, considering a per- 
former against whom charges had been published, could get a copy 
of thd performer’s statement by going through the American Assn, 
of Advertising Agencies or Assri. of National .Advertisers. How- 
ever^ it has been conceded generally, this plan has not been suc- 
cessful. * . 

There has been divided opinion in the union on how blacklisting 
should be handled. • On one side are those who feel that some of 
those ""affected "have had it coming to them," although granting 
that some individuals have been unfairly hit. On the other side 
are those who contend that a performer’s politics are his own con- 
cern and hiring should be . Strictly on the basis of artistic ability. 
' Another group deplores . the '"hysteria”, but feels that the union 
doesn’t have the legal power to fight blacklisting directly and call 
in webs- or packagers against whom there are allegations of black- 
listing. . . • 

Profs of Cornell U. participated in the drafting of the so-called 
"professors’ blueprint” for a- merger- of the five talent unions in the 
TVA trusteeship. However, that was handled by the labor rela- 
tions school of Cornell, while Dr. Cushman is in the government 
department. 


Early-Bird Hits Jackpot 

Indicating that NBC-TV’s 7 to 
9 a.m. ".Today" show has bedome 
solidly entrenched audience-wise, 
American Research Bureau ratings 
for the week of July 7-11 give the 
in its Saturday night lineup for program an average of over 7 for 
the fall. That’s for "Goldbergs,” the week, with two days hitting 
which is Slated to take over the over an 8, the highest, its yet 
7 to 7:30 period and on which reached. Throughout the five-day 


tion to 
stature. 


achieve a new-found 



coast to coast, CBS will have avail- 
able the best teams from around 
the country although a conflict 
might arise with NBC over the sin- 
gle relay in some sections. 

CBS aired a few games played 
by service teams on Saturday af- 
ternoons at the tag end of last .sea- 
son, after it had completed its 
football pickups in color. Games 
which originated via WT OP-TV, 
the • CBS affiliate in Washington, 
Former screen star Carmel drew ratings which compared fa 
Myers, now the wife of Paramount vorably with those pul le d by NBC. 

sales chief Alfred W. Schwalberg', 
has acquired the radio rights to all 
Mark Hellinger’s stories and is 
packaging them into .a half-hour 
show. The Louis G. Cowan office is 
producing and handling the series 
and reportedly has some network 
and sponsor interest. 

Edward Arnold provides a frame- 
work voice to tie the shows in the 
series together. Actor takes the 
role of a bystander making com- 
ments on people in the various 
stories. 

Miss Myers plays a part in the 
audition transcription, but won’t 


American Vitamin Corp. has al- 
ready bought in for the sklp-a- 
week pattern. "Family” goes 7:30 
to 8; "All. JStar Revue," with its 
trio of participating bankrollers 
set, is in for 8 to 9; "Your Show 


period, "Today” topped the pull of 
CBS’ "Arthur Godfrey Time,” per- 
ennially * the highest-rated early- 
mdrning show. 

It’s pointed out that ARB’s rating 
week covered the period when the 


9 to 10:30. time, and Lucky Strike 
will be back with "Hit Parade" 
from 10:30 to 11. 


‘Profs Plan’ on Merger Gets 4A’s 
Kickaroimd, But Unions at Variance 


Members of unions in the Asso- 
ciated Actors & Artistes of Amer- 
ica appear to have gotten a better 
insight into the principles of the 
"professors plan” for a merger of 
the five eastern branches of the 
4A’s and Television Authority at 
. . , , the mass meeting held in New York 

necessarily be m future ones. j as t week. Coast performers held 
Shes been doing some TV o and a s i m n a r meeting Monday (11) and 


of Shows,” also SRO on a multiple Republican National Convention 
sponsorship basis, resumes in the W as in progress in Chicago. With 
~ ‘ " ** ’ " "Today’s” emphasis on news. ( show 

had a number of direct pickups 
from Chi during the week), part of 
its rating pull was probably due to 
viewers’ interest in the convention. 
Godfrey’s show, aired from 10 to 
11:30 a.m:, was pre-empted for 
the convention coverage, in fact, on 
Wednesday and Friday of that 
week. 

ARB ratings, compiled via the 
diary technique, show "Today” 
with a 6.4 July 7 (Monday), com- 
pared with a 5.5 for .Godfrey, On 
Tuesday, the NBC show had a 5.9, 
compared with an average 4.6 iot 
Godfrey. "Today” pulled an 8.3 on 
Wednesday, when the Godfrey time 
was pre-empted, and came back 
with a 7.4 on Thursday, when God- 
frey’s average was a 3.3. On Friday, 
when NBC again had no competi- 
tion, "Today” hit an 8.2. 


Prestone’s Grid Bay 

Prestone has bought "Football 
This Week” over WNBT, N. Y., for 
the 6 p.m. Friday slot during the 
grid season. 

Agency is William Esty. . 


radio work in New York the past 
couple years. Sherman Marks is 
producing and directing the cur 
rent effort for the Cowan office. 


WHDH’s Record July Biz 

Boston, Aug. 12. 
WHDH, indie AM outlet here, 
had its biggest July ever last 
month, with national and local 




Chi talent meets today (Wed.) 

Several courses are now open: 
(1) The unions 'agree to submit 
the plan to their memberships in a 
referendum; (2) they submit the 
plan to memberships with the pro- 
viso that the unions will not be 
bound on certain points to which 
they object; (3) some unions, such 
as Actors Equity, reject the plan, 
which would result in American 
Federation of Radio Artists and 

VmcinPQQ mlw t. i i TVA pressing for bi-partite merger 

Dusiness 118% above July. 1951, | immed iately. In view of the pres- 

1 ent balance of forces, it’s figured 
likely that the second course will 
eventuate, as the most acceptable 
compromise. 

At the meeting in Gotham, which 
jvas attended by 503 performers, 
two chief opposing forces were 
those of Equity and AFRA-TVA. 
Equity viewpoint, as expressed by 
Newbold Morris, Special assistant 
to the prez, and Willard Swire, as- 


its previous high for the period. 

Station topper Bill McGrath 
also announced that the indie en- 
tered this month with the largest 
amount of signed August biz in its 
history. He said that many radio 
outlets, "particularly indies," will 
nave a similar story because "new 
national accounts are entering the 
s Pot field and others who left for 
a total fling at tele are putting 
some money back into the medium 
mat is still the only one reaching 
all the people." 


if the plans aren’t right, they 
should wait until they get the right 
blueprint. In short, Equity feels, 
its objections to the Cornell U.- 
UCLA blueprint are fundamental 
and should be ironed out before 
the plan is put to a referendum. 

The AFRA-TVA position, second 

ed by American Guild of Musical WNBT, N. Y., is hypoing its local 
Artists and generally endorsed by inserts in the two-hpur-long NBC- 


Early Morning Inserts 
Get WNBT Dress-Up 


American Guild of Variety Artists, 
is that all concerns want phases 
of the- blueprint adjusted, but the 
unions have an obligation to sub- 
mit it. to the members as it is, with 
any amendments being made at 
the constitutional convention. 

The TVA stand, Voiced by exec 
secretary George Heller, is that 
TVA recognizes Equity’s doubts 
about the plan, because for Equity 
it would require the most radical 
changes. But, TVA asks, if it will 
take time to get the "one big 
union," how can Equity oppose the 
TVA-AFRA wedding which the 
broadcast performers feel they 
need quickly for their protection? 
TVA-AFRA argue that creation of 
a merged AFTRA wouldn't preju- 
dice eventual development of a 
fullscale talent consolidation. 

Gcorgic Price: ‘We’re Ready’ 

Georgie Price, AGVA exec, said 
that his union is ready to merge 


sistant exec secretary of Equity, is with anyone, with the four other 


that performers are all in one fam 
ily which is building a new house; 


branches or with an AFTRA. 
(Continued on page 34) 


TV "Today" strip. Aim is to create 
a group of four five-minute pro- 
grams that are varied, saleable 

At 7:25 a.m. the outlet will 
schedule "Today’s Exercises,” with 
Buster Crabbe demonstrating the 
gymnastics. It’s a leaf from the 
radio book in the Twenties, when 
morning calisthenics were a popu- 
lar feature. Insert starts Monday 
(18). 

At 8:55 a.m., beginning in mid- 
September, the station will insert 
"Today’s Women," a femme show 
produced in cooperation with the 
distaff staffs of Look and Quick 
mags. It will utilize personnel and 
editorial features of the two Cowles 
magazines. 

The two news programs, at 7:55 
and 8:25 a.m., will also be dressed 
Up. N. Y. Daily News is taking over 
the 7:55 spot. The 8:25 strip will 
get more emphasis on local news, 
including suburbs of N. Y., and 
will be taken over by a new per- 
sonality* 


TVA Convention 
Called in Impasse 

'On 4As Merger 

A special convention of Televi- 
sion Authority has been called for 
Sept. 25-27 in New York because of 
the failure of the Associated Actors 
& Artistes of America to okay a 
TVA-Americap Federation of Radio 
Artists wedding and failure of the 
five eastern branches of the' 4A’s 
to merge, TVA exec secretary 
George Heller announced yesterday 
(Tues.). 

Confab has been called under 
instructions of last December’s 
TVA convention, which said that 
if the five branches didn’t blend by 
July !, .a merged AFTRA should be 
Set up, and if neither of these de- 
velopments occurred by July 15, 
another TVA convention should be 
Called by Sept. 15. 

At the second TVA convention, 
either TVA will merge with one or 
more -other 4A’s branches or TVA 
will be set up as a separate union, 
Heller said. If 4he latter course is 
taken, TVA would undoubtedly ap- 
ply to the 4A’s for a charter. 

"This move has been forced on 
us by the 4A’s refusal to act on 
TVA-AFRA merger," Heller told 
Variety. "Last week's 4A’s mem- 
bership meeting indicated that the 
performers want a five-branch mer- 
ger, and this would solve our prob- 
lems. Three branches — AGVA, 
AGMA and AFRA— approved the 
professors' blueprint. The issue is 
now up to Actors' Equity and Cho- 
rus Equity. They seem to want to 
talk merger, rather than merge. I 
don-’t think.- the 4A’s membership 
agrees with the Equity position 
that the differences on the profes- 
sors’ plan are of major Importance. 
The other unions are willing to be 
bound by what a constitutional con- 
vention decides, while Equity is 
refusing to be bound." 

Nominating petitions for dele- 
gates must be filed by Aug. *o. 
Deadline for balloting will be Sept. 
9. Election will be on the basis ox 
one delegate for every 50 members. 

WABD’s 200G Spot Deal 

Brewing Corp. of America has 
pacted for a unique spot eamP ag 
on WABD, DuMont’s N. Y. flag 
ship, in which a series of two to 
five 10-second spots each xugn 
will give late news bulletins ana - 

weather forecast. 

Fifty-two week deal represent 
almost- $200,000 -in new business 
for the station. Spots wl ?].Pi.i lC 
Carling’s ale and beer, with 
Benton & Bowles agency handling 

the account 


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TV’s Lincoln-Douglas Debates?* 

Television networks this, week jumped on the proposal that 
Dwight D: Eisenhower and Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the two major 
party Presidential nominees, conduct a series of two-man, face-to- 
face debates on video between now and election day. Web news 
and special events chiefs envisage the project, which was proposed 
by Sen. Blair Moody ID.-Mich.), as one of the best ideas yet de- 
vised to utilize ..TV ini its true value, but are going into intense 
~ huddles with their legal departments before actually offering time 
for the debates, through iear that the project might lay them open 
to demands from all other parties that their candidates be given 
equal time on the air. 

Noting that Sec. 315 of the FCC Code requires a network or 
station to, provide the same time for one candidate that it provides 
for another, CBS-TV news and special events chief Sig Mickelson 
declared that “if we ,clear time for a series of Eisenhower-Steven- 
son debates, we’d probably have to clear time also for the Vege- 
tarian Party, the Progressives, the Socialist Party and all the 
others.” He said, however, that he’s very much interested in the 
idea and, if the web’s legalities okay it, he’ll definitely offer time 
for the debates on CBS. Question remains, of course, whether 
the two Presidential candidates would agree to face each other on 
the show. 

Station Reps Rally ’Round ABC-TV’s 



The juiciest TV billings plum of 4 
the year is on the market. It in- 
volves about $8,000,000 in spot busi- 
ness placed annually on the five 
ABC - TV - owned-and-operated sta- 
tions. Fact that in the each of the five 
markets — New York, Chicago, De- 
troit, Los Angeles and San Fran- 
cisco— these are the third largest 
TV stations, indicates the amount 
and importance of the billings in- 
volved. 

ABC-TV is reported ready to re- 
linquish its spot sales division, 
which places the spot biz for -its 
o&o stations. There is some fast 
and furious jockeying among the 
key station rep outfits in a ^id to 
inherit the biz.' In the running, 
itfs understood, are such outfits as 
Petry & Co., Free & Peters and 
Blair, with reports that Petry may 
be in the favored spot. Should 
Petry cop the biz, it would just 
about double his video billings. 

ABC-TV’s dropping of its Spot 
sales division is said to stem from 
reasons of economy. ' 


‘Match’ Subs ‘Those 2’ 

“Those Two,” the Pinky Lee- 
Martha Stewart show on NBC-TV, 
will take a two-week hiatus, start- 
ing Aug. 25, with Jan Murray’s 
“Meet Your Match” as replace- 
ment, with Procter & Gamble pick- 
ing up the tab via Benton & Bowles 
agency. 

“Match” will fill the Monday- 
Wednesday-Ffiday 7:30 p.m. slot 
for six performances, and will also 
continue on NBC radio, Tuesdays 
at 9 p.m. “Two” is hiatusing to 
give its stars a vacation. 


Tallu to Tee Off 
NBC-TV ‘All Star’ 

It now looks like Tallulah Bank- 
head will' tee off the NBC-TV 
Saturday night “All Star Revue” on 
Sept. 6, marking the initial video 
appearance of the former femcee 

of the NBC radio network's “Big 
Show.’’ Series- was originally 
scheduled to bow Sept. 13, but the 
show’s multiple clients are being 
asked to move up the premiere a 
week. Dee Engelbach, who now has 
an executive producer status with 
the web, is scheduled to produce, 
m view of his two-season “Big 
Show” association with Miss Bank- 
head. 

**A?i eorge Jessel Sets the Sept. 13 
All Star” spotlight, also marking 
his initial entry intd the major TV 
showcase. Jessel sajled last Friday 
to ' on the S.S. Constitution for 
a visit to Israel. 


Jergen 


’s Lotion, "Set . 

For AM, Also Wants TV 

• Jergen’s Lotion, which last week 
p^MSht a new half-hour show on 
Radio, is also shopping for a 
show on CBS-TV. Video web is 
Pitching the alternate-week spon- 
sorship on “It’s News to Me,” which 
goe 5 i n the Friday night at 10:30 
m the fall with Simmons 

bankroll* ^ 38 °^ ier rota ^hg 

9 BS " A M, Jergen’s bought a 
iHn^J ric . w - ^iv Package,- which 
ill be titled “Jergen’s Hollywood 

; ^ e ’’ It’s the first radio ad- 
e in lts ! n S for the cosmetics firm 
\ t s P°hsored Walter Winchell 
several years ago on ABC. ’ 


CBS Rate Hike For 
Affiliates in TV 
‘Placating’ Move? 

In what some construe as a par- 
tial placating of CBS “Radio affili- 
ates for the projected cut in their 
nighttime rates, the CBS-TV net- 
work is putting through rate hikes 
for several of the AM affiliates’ 
sister TV oultlets. Underscoring the 
reported reasoning behind the CBS 
move is the fact that one of the 
video stations slated for the boost 
in rates Sept. 1 is Louisville’s 
WHAS-TV, whose general manager 
is Victor A. Scholis u sparkplug of 
the radio affiliates in their first 
meeting with CBS brass on the 
controversial issue of rate cuts. 

At the same time, it’s been 
leai’ned that CBS-TV is Upping the 
network rate for WBKB,. its Chi- 
cago affiliate, from $2,000 to $2,350 
Sept. 1. Web is reportedly taking 
that step with an eye towards its 
projected purchase of WBKB for 
$6, O&O, 000 as soon as the United 
Paramount Theatres-ABC merger 
goes through, which • will require 
UPT, present owner of WBKB, to 
sell the station. Upping the rate 
at this time, it’s pointed out, will 
give CBS a cushion on rates for 
when it assumes ownership of the 
station. 

In Louisville; the web is boost- 
ing the Class A hourly rate for 
WHAS-TV from $600 to $725, 
while no such move is contem- 
plated by NBC-TV for WAVE-TV, 
its Louisville affiliate, which is re- 
taining its $575 charge. CBS is 
also upping rates on KPRC-TV, 
Houston, from $600, -$700; on KYL- 
TV, San Antonio, from $400 to 
$500, and on KING-TV, Seattle, 
from $650 to $725. 

New rates mean that the CBS 
video web will be charging higher 
prices for its affiliates in 16 mar- 
kets, compared with the two mar- 
kets in which the NBC rates are 
higher (Los Angeles and Detroit). 
NBC’s card rate for its full 64- 
station lineup is $30,870, compared 
with the CBS rate of $30,975 for 
its full 62-station network. 



Chicago, Aug. 12. 

CBS network and its** affiliates 
committee finally came to terms 
here today (Tues.) on the all-im- 
portant radio rate-cut controversy, 
jointly adopting a new discount 
structure for advertisers which, in 
effect, provides sponsors with the 
lower costs sought after by the 
network without forcing the affili- 
ates actually to _ cut their card 
rates. Deal takes effect if 80% of 
outlets approve it by Aug. 20. 

After a day-long meeting at the 
Conrad Hilton Hotel, chairmanned 
by CBS prez Frank Stanton, it Was 
agreed, that there would be no 
actual cut in card rates for at least 
a year, but that the network would 
provide sponsors with additional 
frequency discounts adding up to 
^approximately a 25% cut in the 
sponsor’s cost per nighttime show. 
Web also . agreed to restore the 
10% cut previously instituted^ by 
boosting daytime rates by 11%, 
with the affiliates receiving a 5V£% 
hike for daytime shows in their 
compensation by the net. 

With Stanton reiterating that it 
would be economically unfeasible 
for CBS to go along with the cur- 
rent rate setup, the affiliates* agreed 
to get the web off the hook, by -ac- 
cepting a 15% cut in station pay- 
ments by the web up and down the 
line. New formula, which takes 
effect Aug. 25, also gets the affili- 
ates off the hook with their na- 
tional spot accounts. 

Affiliates had been adamant 
against accepting the net’s pro- 
posed straight 35% cut in 
nightime rates, on the assump- 
tion that such a move would put 
their network rates lower than 
their local card rates. As a result, 
they would not have been able to 
justify their rate cards to their 
local and national spot advertisers. 
Under the new setup, in which the 
frequency discount system compen- 
sates network advertisers for no 
trimming of nighttime rates, the 
affiliates can hold the line on their 
local cards. 

CBS and its affiliates had been 
involved in the • rate controversy 
for the last two months. NBC web 
has been sitting on the sidelines, 
waiting to ascertain what CBS 
would do before setting any new 
rate formula of its own. Now that 
the CBS setup has been finally 
agreed, on, it’s expected that it- will 
set a pattern for NBC to follow, 

(Continued on page 35) 


Fred Allen Back, To 
Rest Balance of Ypar; 
Shriner Seen as Silk 

Fred Allen, who returned from 
his Cape Cod vacation oyer the 
weekend, is recuperating rapidly 
from his recent virus attack but 
will stick to his doctor’s orders 
that he- do no work until at least 
the first of next year. Allen suffers 
from a chronic high blood pres- 
sure condition, and his virus attack 
was complicated by an overdose of 
sunshine, 

William Morris agency, mean- 
while, will probably set Hei;b 
Shriner to replace Allen on “Two 
for the Money,” quiz show which 
Old Gold will sponsor on both 
NBC radio and TV Tuesday nights. 


CBS’ Malti-MOlion Dollar Building 
Program Blueprinted; New Plants For 
Washington, Chi Along With LA.; N.Y. 


WNYC BM for TV Com 


CBS, which already has a $12,- 
000,000 stake in its TV City in Los 
Angeles, which is scheduled Tot 1 


WNYC, New York City’s munict- ! an Oct. 1 opening, also has on tint 
pal station, goes before the City| age nda a multi-million dollar 

Planning Commission Tuesday (19) QQ a gt-to-coast construction pro- 
to request funds for a television “ ^ 

channel. 1 2ram, it s been learned. It includes 

Seymour N. Siegel, WNYC top- ! the construction of two new TV 
per, is seeking $379,000 from the plants — one in Washington, which 
budget for construction of j is becoming increasingly impoi- 
a TV station, should the city gov-> tant as an origination point for 


emment be granted a channel by 
the FCC. 


Pabst Goes For 

Round 4 C52- 53) 

At 30G Per Bout 

. Chicago, Aug. 12. 

Pabst Brewing Co. and the Inter- 
national Boxing Club this week are 
putting the final touches to a new , . J A 
52-week pact for the Wednesday I jected to overcrowded conditions* 


programming, particularly in the 
realm of news and forum shows’* 
and another in Chicago. 

The latter is in anticipation of 
CBS’ acquisition of WBKB, for 
which the network is paying $6,- 
000,000 once the FCC gives the 
final g6-ahead to ABC for its mer- 
ger with United Paramount Thea- 
tres. Present WBKB facilities are 
considered much too inadequate 
for CBS’ purposes, and plans for 
a new building are already in the 
blueprint Stage, It’s estimated it 
will cost in the neighborhood of 
$3,000,000. . 

CBS’ plans, for a modem, elab- 
orate Washington edifice for 
WTOP-TV, which is presently sub- 


night boxing shows aired on CBS 
radio and TV, New contract which 


is, of course, pn a collaborative 
basis with the Washington Post, 


starts with the Sept. 10 bout, marks • CBS is 45% owner of the station. 


the fourth season the suds firm has 
bankrolled the IBC c'ards. 

The boxing outfit reportedly has 
upped the tab to $30,000 weekly 
for the new series. Pabst shelled 


with the newspaper in majority 
control. The Post and CBS are 
proceeding with their plans for an 
early construction program. It’s 
understood it will entail an outlay" 


out an average of $25,000 for last ! m excess °f $2,000,000. 

• • ■ « , . . » ( tr i_ •*_ 1 1 i . _ 


winter’s regular attractions. Brew 
ery is also getting nicked for an 


Meanwhile the network plans a 
full-speed-ahead program on its 


of the tele pie from $1,500 to 
$2,000 each. 

The new-season deal also assures 
pabst of an opportunity to bid for 
the championship fights on the IBC 
winter schedule. These bouts, how- 
ever, generally carry a considera- 
bly higher price tag, 


ONLY 2 MARKETS/SO 
SEALY ANKLES ‘BUDGET’ 


additional $1,000; a fight under the [elaborate refurbishing of the Shef- 
neW TV pact with the Managers’ | held warehouse on West 57th St., 
Guild, which hoists the pugs’ slice ! New York, near the Hudson River, 

* ’which will be the focal. point for 

Its Gotham TV operation for at 
least the next five years. (Eventu- 
ally CBS envisions construction of 
a TV City outside of New York, 
probably in Westchester County, 
but that's a few years off.) 

As the web’s TV activity begins 
to spurt at the Sheffield Building, 
CBS will be in a position to gradu- 
ally relinquish some of its 19' 
scattered prbperties throughout 
New York City, including' a flock 
of ex-legit houses. 

With CBS-TV able to clear time j For the time being, all the me- 
in only two markets, Sealy Mat- > chanical phases of the TV opera- 
tress has cancelled out on its deal] tion will be concentrated at the 
to sponsor “Balance Your Budget” 
in the Tuesday night 10:30 to 11 
period this fall. Bankroller Is eye- 
ing several other possibilities on 
CBS but, if it doesn’t find anything 
to its liking, reportedly will take 
its business to another’ network. 

Web sales execs attributed their 
inability »to clear* time primarily to 
the fact that Sealy was due to buy 
in on an alternate-week basis only, 
and no second sponsor had been 
inked for the rotating weeks. That 
particular slot has been program-, 
med for a number Of mouths on a j NBC veepee Edward D. Madden, 

local basis by the web’s affiliates, I who was recently named exec as- 


West 57th St. property, but in a 
year or two CBS will start opening 
up studio space there for program 
originations. 


Madden Slated For 
NBC Pub Relations 


with most of thefia having sold the 
time. Affiliates consequently could 
not see the wisdom in giving up 
their lucrative weekly shows to 
take a network program sponsored 


sistant, to prez Joseph M. McCon- 
nell, will reportedly be tapped as 
successor to William F. Brooks in 
charge of the web's public relations 


only every other week. Fact that se tup. It’s expected that Madden 

M h0 ‘ d «* — 

into Ihe affiliated thumbs-down on > currently. 


it. 


ABC s ‘Xmas in October 

Mood at ABC is perking with hopes of “Christmas in October” 
as result of the favorable picture regarding the web’s merger with 
United Paramount Theatres, putting $30,000,000 at the network’s 
disposal. 

ABC prez Robert E. Kintner memoed the staff last week that* 
although it would be difficult to predict the date of windup of the 
proceedings and “any forecast is subject to change by developments 
in Washington, we are now hopeful that the merger may be c#m-.. 
pleted by the end of October.” 

Kintner cited the fact that the FCC had directed its personnel 
to speed up the hearings and said that the FCC order, which took 
out of consideration tills so-called anti-trust issues prior to 1948, 
“has important significance and indicates that the FCC wilL finally 
approve the merger.” 


j Veepee in 'charges of TV sales 
: and -operations prior to NBC’s re- 
cent reintegration of its AM and 
video operations, Madden was 
moved over as exec assistant to 
McConnell When John K. Herbert, 
sales veepee for radio, also took 
over, the top job in TV sales. Mad- 
den has a long public relations 
background. He was prexy of the 
American Newspaper Advertisers 
Network prior to joining NBC, and 
before that had been a veepee at 
McCann-Erickson for a number of 
years. 

J Brooks’ resignation, tendered last 
! week, is effective Oct. 1. He will 
: set up his own PR company and 
'■ has three major clients already 
Inked, one of which is NJBC, which 
he’ll serve on a consultant basis. 



TEEEVISMW MEVIEWS 


'W«dn«*J»y, August 13, 1953 


«VESSWHAT? e Mifk E.rrrf.,. *»***■, *ri»rn 

“riudrS «9?‘ tm **'■ 25W »£5& 54 $ -* v * v .* v “ w ;’ j 

tr^u«n,: LaVr, Wklte, M *"" y Pr ^* r - Art Stark KEDGOOSESHOES ' * * * M * ** ♦♦♦»♦♦♦ 4 M ' H i ,, ++ ++4 

tiWaSII? Hirrv Covle Director :’ Alan Neuman ; DuMont, fro* New Y*rk There are times when Ben Blue day evening on NBC-TV’s “Meet 

KS*5hw. 30 Mins.; Thur*., S;30 JMU* „ Westhetmcf A *l»ck) shows mU eh 0 f the .Chaplinesque the Press 0 so that his appearance 

««£5 w K*»ii eS r»F AMERICA Sustaining 111 starting its second year under q Ua jj ty to his comedy, but what on the Pearson show represented 

f?«m N Y NBC-TV, from New York Red Goose Shoes sponsorship, are you gonna do when the guy pretty much of a reprise. Blu- 

DuMont, from N.Y. Latest addition to the panels on “Kids & Co.” retains the same gem- get g inundated with inferior mate- menthal and Anderson provided a 


KIDS & CO- 


•» * Geller) . eiiriomst th6 half-hour show gf, nicf b5iWup fo7WSoS«o Tlge? 

Take the high spots town most the chMneis J», wn _ _ pp has relied upon in the past. Be- over the weelcend on NBC’s "All backpouud up to and including 

of the successful panel quiz shows The angle of this ymeo game is gumption Qf the stanza on the Du- star Summ er Revue,” when neith- his demonstration of how to pick 

on TV, put ’em all together and that each guest has had something Mont net Saturday morning (9) er glue , nor his co-headliner, Roger cotton. They queried him forth- 

they spell “Guq$$. What?” the new un jq ue or amusing, happen to him again had Johnny Olsen hanalmg p r | ce C oui<i rescue this show from rightly about reports that he had 

quizzer now holding down the s0 ^ M got wr itten up in the the emcee chores. Other features the heat> 0 r whatever happened to once been a member of the Ku 

Tuesday night 9 to 9:30 slot on Du- news p ape y s . Home viewers * are of the i layout -Were a k;d of the be bothering this hour-long enter- Klux Klan and Sparkman came 

Mont. For viewers who stiU like ^ hown a sUde with a headline tel- week,” a salute to a moppet who s tainment . back with just as forthright a 

to watch guest celebs bat the r ii ng the guest's story, and the pan- overcome f handicap, and some denial, emphasizing that neither he 

brains out against each other, this elites have to elicit the information child talent for a change of pace. ^nere were a coupie oi n k y nor me mberS . of his family. S ym- 

one will probably fill the bill. An d , ^ asking questions. Stanza might Saluted on Saturday s session them a panto bit in the box of P^thized with the Klan or any of 

based on the. success of similar be tagged Y ‘What’s My Headline?" was a Latrobe Pa., girl who had of them a panto bit ae Dox^t }ts >pril? ciples. He provided an • 

panel quizzers, there s no reason Q n p^eem Thursday (7) the collected $500 in a personal dnv o ,,. piece of rhaterial by now interesting sidelight on the recent 

Shy it should^. _ SSMS, 


*t, front . New York There are times when Ben Blue day evening on NBC-TV’s “Meet 

<We*the\mer A Block) s b 0WS much of the .Chaplinesque the Press" so that his appearance 

hnrtincr its second year unaer H „ n iu„ Me M «n»^v hut whnt on the Penrsnn show r x 


panel quizzers, there's no reason 
why it shouldn't. 

Format has Dick Kollmar as em- 
cee, pitching the questions to the 
panel via short quotations or state- 
ments which he delivers dramati- 
cally and often in dialect. . Panel- 


Frank 


cany aim uncu v.:v consnsieu oa uwga j hnrirh Dn a ornss-countrv tour tneme, was a complete missout. ,, n +„ , 

ists then ask questions which can Gallop, Maureen Stapleton and Jurgn. un a cross country tour e this however could be u £ ts ’ which , sponsors Pearson’s 

be answered either yes or nw, with L isa f erraday, of whom funnyman S”dBes I for 2 «ie h blood k hank P 8 ’ 0 °° laid at the door of^Blue%asio5ly a show - were to rather bad las ‘ e -, 

the problem passing to the next m Pr i Ce and sonorous-voiced Gallop „f a t u e r,r 0gram very funny guy with a very funny. Stal 

line each time one gets a no an- “Lights Out" host seemed the best Tgentporti on f l program J«y s & a gSoffoS ' - 

ewer. If the panel identifies the hets. Group didn’t know how to ™ ot varying enecuveness^ xwo for B1 Armstrong Cork Co.'s “Circle 

person, event or whatever it !S, work together to press for the solu- and dance r^uSel a Price, with his monologs, was Tfieatre" on' NBC-TV came through 

KoUmar drops some mo^y into a tion, ^as the foams on l 20 i 2 -year-old girl yodeler followed spotty in his material, and-it doesn’t last Tuesday (5) with a pleasant lit- 

jar, and if the panelists miss, then ,t 10 ns and What s My Line? do, J oiri JnntHhhPd an ac- make much difference as to who tie comedy-farce, Frank P. Felit- 


swers in Stifiia+inn P Ben Grauer, usually an excellent s j, oes e ^ c But the jackpot goes to’ much of Wally Cox in delivery hnd son Faussett production treated of 

gabber, didn’t prove 'hep enough ^ d S ’ 0 f the Week" ^ 'whoallS col- style. E. G. MarshaB,. an American in 


E. G. Marshall, an American in 


package. Emcee Olsen guides the need to brush up -on routining and 


Eerradav TV comedian Cliff Nor- , xne happenings wie uu<uu iuju • tkeir se if-consciousness. He also Docky's dog act, notable for its xx Y ll r l rt . *' c 

ton and actress Audrey Christie, 0 ^ T,a I ffn a c?i?arter1 ■. i r ' i., *i. p ? _ , ii.? ■i. -t* it. _ •_!?. • i • Y Durincr the • nhin 


their self-consciousness. He also Docky's dog act, notable ,for its 


. Plugs for Mogen-David Wine, charge, and a fortune teller whose ^uce emmes m ai sira^g ~~ uct Kellogg’s l\ii-Bran Lade of Monship with Muriel Kirkland, a 

delivered live, were interesting, crys f a l' baU Was stolen-seemed me ? ts * GU0 * ill d to i^SSiaritv ,a?d fact which suppUed a serious but 

demonstrating some of the cool promising enough, but somehow the comme^^^^^ vou not to ° heavily underscored note, 

summer drmks that can be made didn * t provoke much hilarity. They GEORGE V. DENNY iwant vnn'vS Marshall, Miss Kirkland and 

with the product.. Stal. • m ight have been top silly to gen- Producer: Gene Wyckoff ( eot to b n a il- h ran^ii 1 vThit Hoey played' their roles with re- 

erate interest in whether or not Writers: Denny and Wyckoff r bow wa u: phlv s strained effectiveness and received 

wnw iwem msir v the y wil1 guessed. 15 Mins., Mon, thru Fri., 10.45 p.m. 8 y 8 a ' Kahn good support from Vincent Barby, 

Wth Mack Phillins. Channie Chan- Each edition has one special BARR MANUFACTURING CO. • as an Italo spouting museum at- 

* PhUIips> ChappiC C " aP guest. On the kickoff it Was Jack KECA-TV, Hollywood tendant, and Anthony Dawson, as 

Producer- Pet* Kate Norton, comic who specializes in It’s curiosity more than any other Artie Shaw makes a considerable the Lloyd’s man. The set by Herb 

Y)ir*AtAr«« Wavn #? Wolf f^rt Allen an inebriate act. Panel had to factor that tempted the dialer to dent in the TV medium. And he Andrews provided appropriate at- 

Rlankenbaker * guess his yarn, which was his this channel. For all the years of doesn’t need a clarinet to score, mosphere. Tran. 

Writer** Pete Kate Minor Clark inheriting part interest in a milk his moderating “Town Meeting of Appearing on “Author Meets the 

30 Mins Sat 8 p’m bar. His turn provided some bright the Air," the voice of George V. Critics" last Thursday (7) over the CBS-TV’s “Toast of the Town," 

WHAC-TV Louisville moments, although the interroga- Denny was as Well known as most., DuMont net to front his book, during emcee Ed Sullivan’s vaca- 

Fmirth chnw in a series slanted Uon yield much ‘ in . th ® Now they wanted to see what Jie “The Trouble With Cinderella,” he tion, fs using guest stars to sub as 

Fourth show in a series sianteu. of humor. BnZ. looks like. aU *> ut stole the show. host. • Talent budget has been 

toward men viewers concerned Denny didn’t disappoint them on The quondam bandleader, fre- pared for the dog days" and inking 

fishing in Kentucky Lakes. At * either score despite a bumpy, take- quently’ a controversial figure in of comics as conferences is an 

show caught, Herrington and S^ L t? F TH E off. There were moments of brief the musical firmament, balanced asset, since they can also double 

Dewev Lakes two of the State’s 5? th * D ® n S wllm la Pf es and, repetition and his articulateness with proper spic- with their own acts. On Sunday’s 

Dewey .Lakes, two oi.tne states Director: Robert Kneger intruding Commercials threw him ings of candor and self-effacement, edition (10) nnst wa«? ablv held 

Bivln a&X. Mu& ofteS PROtiTIGTS °? hi 3 T ™ ard the close he even onto sometimes agreeing with downby Ja& Carter, who” had his 

fS Ssed on the show wis nro- SAS^ A ^i.i , .a^K. R0DlJCTS • off tW v° “““tes early and the evaluations of his anti-critih. own show on NBC-TV for a couple 

WPTZ, Philadelphia had to come back to finish up. He Leo Gurko of Hunter College, N.Y. 0 f seasons ’ Carter used some of 

vided by A replica of the Atlantic City has a scholarly approach and Shaw’s own appraisal of his work his old material such as his im- 

Director of the Kentucky Dept. Of “TVrtcc AtyiatHm” naffMiit. fnnludintf — __ Ulb oau _ maieiiai, such as nit, nn 


Kahn. 


Strained effectiveness and received 
good support from Vincent Barby, 
as an Italo spouting museum at- 
tendant, and Anthony Dawson, as 


"Miss America" pageant,^ including f^dly 3 demea^ and should find seemed ‘“more “on the personatiZr” but 5 " addld'' 1 ^™ 

Fish and Wildlife Resource, v o an accountant to check the jmrys f or himself a place in television side of objectivity than the voic- fresh stuff ’and registered well 

,™1ng tt P show! e MLt ph«ny” ? » tarTvrtmf PhlS?f m- Sia^’on^ fe^proS^ngt"’ UteSry* critic' and P w-?h‘ h ? sm , 0 f °SnS 

* j ...«n it , a ^amwiamayiI 1 aivi non uta j awv avtamImh ( ^ period pollticfll Eltlitli "Wflltoii* Qiiidcrclld is the other biros' Altogether it was 


loco o UI canuiuaies, juenny saiu ne ouaw s jl v woras; wno got into tne easier to talre 

ig, in future weeks. would undertake to un-confuse the wrong thing and tried to fight his e Chirp Pearl* Bailev socked across 

Saturday’s (9) show included in- g +he mixed minds and promised a “po- way out of the jungle.’’ The work, “Tired^ a laugh-getting number 

strtfetion on sculling and jig cast- Bib cal who litical education” to those who he said, - was not a justification of she has done for vea?f bm it’s 

ing; a film of the lake areas, and q^hSi make him a nightly dialing habit, his attitude but a dissection of it. still strong fnd Lfled for more 

!“n n e g of^the^ffi. fncide^- "ea^MisI ^nnolJeTol ^lESS^^ ^ &ls Aussie duo which 

allv the fish were transported to program that she plans to use any Shaw also works on ice, did their clicko 

fhP ’ cSriin fn soerill tinks with scholarship awards , that _.might S SSff ^ acro-comedy stint, with their slow- 


logical Seminary xx can generaie as muen wuny, since onaw seemea Detter The Dnhlin Plnver« THch trouoe 

to help keep them alive. Selection g^* g6od evidence to -ehthusiasm and controversy as he qualified to handle Gurko’s barbs, which has PrevioJsiv’ heen on X 

Prominent in the -show was television audlence ofever-hmreas- dld on- “Town Meeting" he should At one point she accused Gurko of Sullivan S lavout ^excerpted the 
-Chappie" Chapman, a real fisher- ingTX Atlanric City get beyond his trial period, which making moral judgments and not drawingroom^ ^scene from George 

^nan, who acted, his role with com- bathing beauty show Handling of was indicated when he told of the evaluating the book. Some of the BerLr^hLv “PvtfmXnn ’’ in a 
plete naturalness in the studio ^rls by D?nn Bennett who d? d program’s format “for the next few exchanges between the critics were pSShed 

SSSSd^^Xt autS 9- weeks." Helm. on the side of Preciousness, but l5 Zewa's JESS X^AnSSSS! 

ticitv to hisDortraval of a fishSg an If l m . ay ’ ot . If int e rSg made an W h 0 pleased with “Fa La Nanna 

enthusiast^ ^ addSg ^instructions ^n S?! wiU , approach • m queries. FAMILY BATTLE show U g d ft absorbmg Bambim’’ and “Lo, Hear .the Gentle 

eninusiast, aaarng msirucuons in stress on intellect was also much with Virginia Woodv Tavlor sn 9, w * „ •• Lark " ; And mMHnp of larks 

how to tie a fly, bait a hook, and all in evidence The four finalists were W wi vr « ' Faye Emerson was aided in the +• , r n ?,.* s i >ea l ln f 

the minute details utnived hv fish- *^iv ni i ausis were. Nicky Kevin and Christopher moderation oJ ne Valentines Birds, flock of feath-: 

Jrmen who Judy ffvaga^efof' fi2 rta^Defatt, Sg "If P^ceV^y kIo”. was on the • qui vive to male!a of G pa 

ce ^ 

the finny tribe almost everything, actions speak louder than words, SS^Hhuffan point wherever it appeared neces- Neat commercial twist was oro- 

that is, except the answer to one what actions would convince other Vo Mins * ThIJrs 8^0 n m sa^y Whether he was acting or vided hv f Pnnrh and Tndv intro 

question, “Where did you catch nations that we want peace?" The 8,dU p * * not, Shaw’s modesty and flexibility tn t r and • i dy {Sf° 

your biggest one?" winner was for the uST Sft and his whole manner suggested 3 Llnc0ln " Mercury spiel * Bnl 

It was the intention of the pro- Miss Greater Philly on her tal- With a Vi+tie tightening here and substantial debating skill. Trau. , r . f Tnil *. n 

ducers to have viewers phone in ent did an excerpt from Shaw’s VjLfSS ^evented by playwright Lillian 

their questions about fishing, which "Saint Joan,” which could hardly nian c„ i r -r, ^5 0ni r s ,^ n | be f„ 

were to have been answered hv the have added noints to her fin&l'tab the Klose cl^n may well carve out Sen* John Sparkman, Democratic other Part of the Forest this 

experts on the show but time did The other young ladies did recita- a . sb^ble niche for itself in the Vice - Presidential nominee, im- week (4-8), producer Warren Wade 
not^ Sow tor^ the q and a Slh tibns^ fro£ ^ Shakespeare^ ^ C and nighttime dialing derby. Format is pressed as having a good TV was forced to toss in a last-minute 

l ^ a . a : sesh * Browning “II Bacio” a woman’s routine enough, with emcee John personality which can count in replacement for his “Broadway TV 

an/v ectl0I? club takeoff, and C the regular 3 ^- W ie gle pegging sent-in queries at corralling some votes from viewers Theatre” series— a dull little 

£S;SH and ^ ls assistant f sortmentof paSfultalentsPro- the P anel - But it’s the family cir- when he guested Sunday night fa rce, Gertrude Tonkonogy’s 

simulaSn of ^ boS aich^red in^ duction was mounted better than f. le rostrum that gives the offering <10) on the Drew Pearson show via “Three Cornered Moon,”, which 

lake While the d any Previous TV beauty contest, its staying power. The Kloses— ABC-TV. Pearson himself is on a bad a Broadway run back in 1933. 

ently engaged g ki tS fiES with an attempt to relieve static mom and P°P and ^ur youngsters four-week vacation, and his inter- Haste with which the production 

have required iJigemiUv®’ 5E* aspects by having girls and dates —are a personable bunch and their viewing chores were taken over by ^ ust . hay e been put together for 

should 1 anoeal tn ^ bow against vacation background using fnendly competition in the brains two of his staff assistants, Fred lbs airing via WOR-TV, N. Y. in- 

and doubtfess the fll? *JL sports paraphernalia. The jury was department is the stuff on which a Blumenthal and John Anderson. dl ?» was evident in the plethora of 

“interesting S tnn G fair Sex d also blue ribbon — the head of a 8°? d audience rapport is built, Sparkman utilized his politico biiscastings. Staging, however, was 

e> IQ0, Wied. fashionable girls school, several J dea pits mother Virginia Klose privilege of skirting several ques- ? ur prisingly good 1 for a last-minute 

artists, social and civic notables, and sons Taylor and Kevin against “ on s put to him, but also gave j° b ’ with the physical action com- 
c VMM1CD ka * Bennett handled the girls easily father Woody and Nicky and Chris- forthright answers to other stick- in £ without a slip on the mgnt 

Kt'i’fTpr C Jt Se wcvt> , ow 1 n ’. f ,? rm ® r and . interviewed jury filling in topher. On show seen (7) Mrs. K. lors, such as why he had endorsed ca ught (7). But the play itself, rc- 

Et-itinn JS'i 0 *? lndle radl ° lulls during changes neatly. Com- and her half of the panel wound 5 wi £ht D< Eisenhower, now the volv ing about a wacky family |a 

*./„« A Km . mercials were live and stressed up on top. Questions were gener- Republican Presidential nominee “You Can’t Take It With ^ou) 

Brown forn^Su,’ , lnd i e ^ TV outlet< that sponsors’ stockings, ally of a historical or scientific na- as a potential candidate in 1948 and its troubles when the dim- 

rounpprTwWv 0rk T? e i d ? s briefs, etc., could he purchased in ture with some of them based on and why he had backed the Dixie- witted mother lost their dough m 

and KFnA Ai^or.ui rt Elmlra ‘ N,Y " a tbousa nds of grocery stares film clips— technique that could be crat ticket that year. the stock market, was on tdalc(1 

, Amarino. throughout area. Gagh. expanded upon. Daue. Sparkman guested earlier Sun- (Continued on page 32) 


to liave^b^en* answered’ by^the h^added^ointe to her'fin^ tag the Klose V may well ca^e° out Sen John : Sparkman, Democratic othe^^art °?f thTloresf” this 
rts on the show, but time did The other young ladies did recita- a { 


^wsd«Y< Au»m is* MSH 


AAtolO.TEUVLSIOiV 


29 



OF BITER 



Scorecard On Veepees 

With the appointment of W. Spencer Harrison as veepee in 
charge of legal and business affairs for CBS Television and I. S. 
Seeker as a veepee in charge of business affairs for CBS Radio, 
the Columbia vs. NBC scorecard on vice-presidents breaks down 

aS CBS has 11 veepees, In radio; 10 in television, for a total of 21. 
This is exclusive of the 12 vice-presidents operating as 20th floor 
general executives; .of the overall operating company, which CBS 
considers comparable to the NBC parent company’s RCA executive 
v p stnfF# 

CBS’ 21 runs about neck and neck with NBC’s 22. When William 
f Brooks resigns his public relations job Oct. 1 to set up his new 
office, both -webs will be' all even at 21. A couple more are ex- 
pected to be lopped off in the current NBC integration shakeu p. 

It’s Not the Rating But Radio’s 
Ability to Sell Product: NBC’s Pitch 

NBC, in its new campaign to re- 
vive the flagging interest of spon- 
sors in network radio, is expected 
to switch emphasis from straight' 
rating studies, such as the Nielsens, 

Hoopers, etc., to the effective job 
done by AM in actually selling the 
advertiser’s product. That’s the 
most significant point in the web’s 
new study of radio’s “effective 
sales power,” which rdv&als that 
some network programs boost 
sales of their clients as much as 
111 %. 

Survey, conducted for the web 
among matched samples of listen- 
ers and non-listeners, was under- 
taken to determine how many lis- 
teners actually went out and bought 
a product because “a program they 
liked talked them into it.” Primary 
conclusion arrived at is that radio- 
today does ’as good a selling job as 
it ever did, despite, the growth of 
television. According to sales 'vee- 
pee Rudd Lawrence, thfe* web’s pro- 
motion, planning and development 
chief, this is the first qualitative 
survey of radio’s selling effective- 
ness in the last 12 yearls. 

To punch home to agencies and 
sponsors the results of its survey, 

NBC revealed how radio sells the 
advertiser's product on certain 
basic program types. On “Voice of 
Firestone,” an evening musical’ 
show, for example, the web found 
that^sales are 11% higher among 
listeners than among non-listeners. 

In Alka .Seltzer’s “News of the 
World,” sales among ‘listeners are 
20% higher. On “Halls of Ivy,” a 
' ™ n com edy bankrolled by 
Schlitz, the web found sales. 24%. 
higher among listeners. On “Mary 
Lee Taylor,” a once-weekly day- 
time show slanted to housewives, 
sales of Pet Milk among listeners 
were 20% higher than among those 
who don’t tune in the shows. Simi- 
lar gams were found for other pro- 
grams, up to “Hollywood Theatre,” 
on which sales of Turns among lis- 
teners were 111% higher than 
among non-listeners; 

Survey was initiated by Hugh'M. 

Seville, Jr., NBQ plahg and ’ re- 
search chief, arid conducted under 
n e „. su P ervi sion of Dr. Thomas E. 
v7 ln W who originated the NBC 
3° Hofstra reports. Actual field 
work was conducted during March, 

(Continued on page 32) 

•> 

D.C. Transit Radio 

_ t 

Faces New Attack 

fp__ .. Washington, Aug. 12. 

* *™nsit Radio > upheld in the Su- 
c °urt, just a few months 
Trane!* att ack again. The 

th« l\5 lders Assn «. Which began 
bm«eL e gainst FM radio in 
Sen?? trolle ys of the Capital 
fou?h**Sr 0, here > back in 1949 and 
CW* u case U P to the Supreme 

Tfli h , as a new 

lai S .? a Petition with the FCC 

condrf askin S the FCC to re- 

een<J+ rec ent renewal of li- 

broartn , Station WWDC-FM, which 

Assn ? a r ts to the transit vehicles. 

C a s t ^ latlon claimed these broad^ 

and a !! re not in the public interest 

genpiif no i for tbe benefit of the 
general public. 

theppo 1 for WWDC-FM said that 
far-tc . was fully aware of the 

er'infnl 1 i he case at tile time it 
ed the license renewal. 




Which Side You On? 

One thing which NBC did 
not explain in its new study 
on radio’s “effective . sales 
power” study is the apparent 
disparity on the comparative 
size of the radio and TV audi- 
ences as disclosed in the ESP 
survey and the web’s “Summer 
TV” Hofstra report of last 
spring. According to the new 
radio' study, the average per- 
son watches TV 83 minutes 
daily but listens to radio 124 
minutes per day. Yet the Hoft- 
sra TV survey found the aver- 
age “family head” watches TV 
76 minutes daily but listens to 
radio only 74 minutes. 

It’s pointed out, of course, 
that the two surveys covered 
different areas of the country 
and also were taken during 
different periods of the year. 
While the Hofstra report on 
summer video covered viewers 
in the metropolitan N. Y. area, 
the radio ESP 'survey covered 
Davenport, la., and Fort 
Wayne, Ind. And, while the 
TV study was compiled in 
August, 1951, the AM study 
was researched last March. 


Educl B casters’ 




It’s Alan Young, Red Buttons Vs. Berle 
As Tues. Lineup; jCBS Also Sets Sat. 


Culture Exchange 

National Assn, of Educational 
Broadcasters is sending a delega- 
tion to London, Paris, Rome' and 
Geneva later this month in a top 
level push to prorriote the interna 
tional exchange of cultural and in- 
formation programs. The project 
embraces video as well as radio, 
and the committee will seek to 
swap educational telepix with the 
other countries. 

Accompanying the NAEB group 
will be Neil Morrison, production 
chief of the Canadian Broadcasting 
Corp. The junket grew out of re- 
cent meetings NAEB held with 
jjCBC and British- Broadcasting 
Corp. execs on the cultural inter- 
change of programs, when it was 
decided that the broadcasters of 
the three English-Speaking coun- 
tries would trade educational pro- 
grams in a round-jrobin. 

NAEB group consists of Seymour 
N. Siegel, head of WNYC, N. Y., 
and NAEB prez; George Probst, di- 
rector of “U. of Chicago Round 
Table,” and chairman of' NAEB 
adult education committee; and 
Parker Wheatley, of WGBH, Bos- 
ton, ancf the Lowell Institute Broad- 
cast Council. 

They were invited to Britain by 
(Continued on page 34) 


By GEORGE ROSEN 

The current administrative up- 
heaval at NBC, and to a lesser ex- 
tent the waiting-with-baited-breath 
status of the regimes at ABC, CBS 
and Mutual, highlights, perhaps as 
never before, the existing confu- 
sions, tensions and “has-anybody- 
'got-the-answers?” anxieties pre- 
vailing in a year that finds the four 
major networks juggling the AM 
vs. TV ball smack in the middle of 
unprecedented chaos. 

The NBC story, of course, is now 
a matter of record, with personnel 
shifts an 'almost daily occurrence 
as the network, completely revers- 
ing itself and going whole hog on 
integration, strives for a modus 
operand! that will permit radio and 
TV to live together under a sane 
economy. 

For Mutual it’s a completely new 
order these days, with Tom O’Neil 
as the new masterminder backed 
by the General Tire fortunes. 
After years of operation strictly 
in the runner-up status among the 
competitive radio networks, Mutual 
has hurled the TV challenge in its 
bid for prosperity and preemin- 
ence as the first “celluloid net- 
work” among the video impres- 
arios. 

ABC is only awaiting the FCC 
final go-ahead on the UPT merger, 
and only last week gained a par- 
tial victory on separating the wed- 
ding from the Par anti-trust hear- 
ings which may bring it the all- 
clear by Oct. 15 — the day that 
will find UPT’s Leonard Goldenson 
and $30,000,000 treasure chest 
moving in on the network as the 
prelude to a sweeping reorganiza- 
tion. 

Perhaps of all the webs CBS 
alone seems to be settling for the 
status quo on establishing a work- 
ing organizational formula, al- 
though even here there has been 
some speculation as to whether 
board chairman William S. Paley’s 
“homecoming” (after winding up 
his Metals. Procurement report for 
the D. C. big brass) might npt in- 
vite a reappraisal and reshuffling' 
among the “penthouse boys”’ at 
485 Madison Avenue headquarters 
upon his return from his European 
vacation. 

Already there’s been a minor 
reorganization of sorts among the 
upper echelon fraternity, prompted 
by the resignation and retirement 
of executive vice-president Joseph 
R. -Ream. While Richard S. Salant, 
former law partner with Rosen- 
man, Goldmark, Colin Sc Kay 
(CBS’ legalites) was moved into 
the CBS fold, Ream’s job as such 
has not been filled, with Salant 
operating in the “general execu- 
tive” area of veepees comprising 
such men as Larry Lowman, Daniel 
T. O’Shea, Howard Meighan, etc. 

Around CBS it’s generally ac- 
knowledged that the stepping aside 
of Ream (he officially left Aug. 1 
to reside in Florida with his ailing 
wife) and the breaking up of the 
Frank Stanton-Ream combo of ex- 
ecutive masterminding has its par- 
allel only in the bustup of the 
wartime administrative regime of 
the Paul Kesteri-Stanton team 
when Kesten, in ill health, found it 
necessary to turn in his resigna- 
tion. 

There’s been some conjecture 
around CBS as to whether Colum- 
bia will continue to champion the 
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Schine Files for TV 

Washington, Aug. 12. 

Application „ for TV station in 
Albany, N. Y., was filed with the 
FCQ yesterday (Mon.) by the 
Schine Theatre Circuit through its 
subsidiary, Patroon Broadcasting 
Co. . 

Patroop operates radio station 
WPTR in Albany. 


CBS’ Splash Preem 

CBS-TV is taking a leaf out 
of the major film studios’ ex- 
ploitation book for the launch- 
ing of its new video programs 
in the fall, teeing off two Tues- 
day night shows on the. same 
date and three Saturday night 
shows simultaneously for a 
splash preem deal. New Alan 
Young and Red Buttons shows 
both start on the same Tues- 
day night early in October, 
while Eddie Albert’s “Leave 
It to Dad” and Jane Froman’s 
“USO Canteen” will both bow 
in Sept. 20 for the Saturday 
night viewing trade, along with 
the Jackie Gleason show, 

CBS plans to give the 
preems the full ballyhoo treats 
ment preceding their inaugu- 
rals, including newspaper and 
on-the-air plugging, ABC-TV, 
incidentally, utilized the same 
technique two years ago, when 
it launched “Stop the Music,” 
“Blind Date” and "Crusade in 
Europe” all on the same Thurs- 
day night. 


‘Kukla’ Ousted In 
Revere s Demand 

For NBC-TV Time 


In a unique situation of a tele- 
vision sponsor sacrificing a num- 
ber of live markets in order to get 
a more advantageous time period 
for .its show, Revere Copper St 
Brass has insisted that NBC-TV 
give it the Sunday 6 to 6:30 p.m. 
slot for Its “Meet the Press’ for 
the 1952-53 season. Web, after con- 
siderable deliberation, finally ac- 
ceded to Revere’s demand, even 
though it meant ousting “Kukla, 
Fran Sc Ollie,” a house package, 
from that time. 

Revere has been aired at 7:30 
this summer, but that Slot will be 
occupied by the Eddie Mayehoff 
show, bankrolled by the competing 
Reynolds Metals Co.,' starting this 
fall. NBC had panted to move 
“Press” back into the 4 p.m. period 
Sundays, where the show could 
have had a live station lineup of at 
least 42 markets. But the sponsor 
and its agency, St. Georges Sc 
Keyes, refused to renew the show 
unless it could get the 6 o’clock 
time, where it will have only 22 
live markets, on the assumption 
that* the later period will still draw 
a larger audience for the show. 

NBC had previously set RCA, .its 
parent company, as alternate-week 
sponsor of “KF&O.” What time 
period that show will get and 
whether RCA Will still he repre- 
sented on it remain to be de- 
termined. 


10 More for Dinah 

NBC-TV has picked up an addi- 
tional 10 video markets for the 
Dinah Shore show, which returns 
to the 7:30 to 7:45 p.m. slot Tues- 
days and Thursdays, starting next 
month. Local Chevrolet Dealers 
continue as sponsor, through 
Campbell-Ewald. 

I Miss Shore’s show last year was 
aired in 26 markets on a live basis, 
and fed to 10 others on a delayed 
j kinescope setup. For the 1952-53 
! season, she’ll have . a live lineup 
I of 41 markets, plus five other mar- 
|kets via the kine route. 


CBS-TV will attempt to fight fire, 
with fire again this season, schedul- 
ing two top-budgeted half-hour 
variety, shows to air directly oppo- 
site the high-rated Milton Berle 
show on NBC-TV. CBS this week 
also completed most of Its Satur- 
day night programming plans, 
inking in Eddie Albert’s new half- 
hour situation comedy, “Leave It 
to Dad,” for the 9 to 9:30 period, 
and a new show starring Jane 
Froman for the 9:30 to 10 period. 

Two Tuesday night shows are a 
new Alan Young starrer, which is 
to be filmed on the Coast for the 
8 to 8:30 slot, .and a variety show 
starring Red Buttons as comic- 
emcee, which .will originate live in 
N. Y. for the 8:30 to 9 period. Web 
programming execs completed the 
Tuesday and Saturday night line- 
ups only this week, so the sales 
staffers have onl£ started to pitch 
them to prospective agencies and 
clients. CBS previously, of course, 
had wrapped up three participating 
bankrollers for its new Jackie 
Gleason show, which goes Saturday 
nights from 8 to 9. Trio of spon- 
sors are Schick Shaver, Clorets and 
Thos. Leeming Sc Co. 

CBS has tried several times in 
the past to crack Berle’fr “Texaco 
Star Theatre” with variety pro- 
grams, hut has never succeeded* 
either rating-wise or sponsor-wise. 
Web last season had an hour-long 
Frank Sinatra show in the Tuesday 
night at jt period but had only 
various quarter - hour segments 
sponsored sporadically through the 
year. Show nicked the Berle rating 
sufficiently to drag Berle out of top 
place in the listings but never 
came close on a point-for-point 
comparison. Previous to that, CBS 
had an all-Negro variety show 
opposite Berle and also tried an 
hour-long dramatic series, Which, 
was sponsored by Prudential In- 
surance. 

On Saturday nights, Albert’s 
show will be staged live in N. Y. 
Miss Froman’s show, to be titled 
“USO Canteen,” will have a serv- 
icemen’s setting, thereby tying in 
with the singer’s rep as one of the 
performers who has done most to 
entertain GIs during and since the 
war. CBS previously had sold the 
10:30 to 11 p.m, Saturday slot to 
Serutan for “Battle of the Ages,” 
leavirig the 10 to 10:30 period the 
only Saturday night slot which still 
must be filled. If no Sponser is 
forthcoming for that slojt, CBS 
will fill with the Cass Daley show. 


GRUEN BUYS WW ON 



Gruen -watch, which previously 
had been inked tp bankroll Walter 
Winchell for alternate weeks on 
ABC radio and . television, will 
bankroll the gabber on consecutive 
weeks, starting Oct. 5. However, 
the door is not closed to an alter- 
nate sponsorship. 

According to a novel clause in 
the contract, an alternate sponsor 
can still get aboard the Winchell- 
casts if he signs before mid-Sep- 
tember. If the second backer isri’t 
firmed by that deadline, Gruen 
v/ill have the consecutive sponsor- 
ship for 13 weeks. That would rule 
out another advertiser’s coming in 
until after the first of the year. 
At that time the WW shows may 
again be available for a second 
sponsor. 

Winchell will be slotted at 6:45 
p.m. Sundays on ABC-TY and will 
have his longtime berth at 9 p.m. 

I on ABC radio. * 




The days of the $100,000-a-year 
consultancy deals in television are 
over, certainly as far as NBC is 
concerned. In the wake of disclos- 
ures that Billy Rose has been quiet- 
ly dropped Off the network’s con- 
sultancy payroll, upon expiration of 
his year’s contract, it’s also been 
learned that Henry Ginsberg, the 
former chief of production at Para- 
mount, has also been “scratched” 
off the NBC Coast TV list. 

Rose Was signed at $100,000 a 
year. He came upwith one analyti- 
cal report on TV showmanship 
which web execs have described 
as • “enlightening” but , which has 
since been relegated ;to a shelf. 
Ginsberg’s, fee as a consultant has 
not been disclosed, but was re- 
portedly in an upper bracket. 
NBC hasn’t disclosed his contribu- 
tion as .a consultant. . 


Chet Campbell Into 

Jack Ryan’s Chi Post 

Chicago, Ayg. 12. 

Chet Campbell this week takes 
over as publicity director for Chi. 
NBC, replacing Jack Ryan who re- 
signed the web berth after 15 years 
to make his home on the Coast. 

Campbell has been the assistant 
director of the department for the 
past couple of years. He joined 
NBC as a staff writer in 1945. 


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PICK THE WINNER 
With Dwight Cooke, moderator; 
Betty Fumeis, Stuart Metz, 51 a* 
noutteer* 

Producer: At Morgin 
30 Mins.; Sun.* 4:3* p 4 to. 
WESTlNGHOUSE ' 

CBS froth Now- York 
{ Ketchum, McLeod & Grove ) 

"‘Pick the Winner’* is a pre-elec- 
tion series presenting spokesmen 
for the Democrats and Republicans 
on the various issues in the Presi- 
dential campaign. Same series 


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(Thurs.), also sponsored by West- 
inghouse, which is backing the 
convention-election spread on Co- 
lumbia. 

On the initialer Sunday ( 10 ) the 
opponents were Sen. Theodore 
Green (R.I.) in the Democrats’ cor- 
ner and Sen. James Duff (Pa.) in 
the GOP’s. While future editions 
will each be devoted to a specific 
sector of the political battle ground, 
the kickoff broadcast "covered the 
waterfront,’’ by way Of introduc- 
tion, with Korea, corruption in 
government, the Fair Employment 
Practices question and similar mat- 
ters coming up for debate. 

Most of the bones of contention 
have been well gnawed on various 
other radio and tele forums. How- 
ever, the senators* were articulate 
and their rundown on the ‘ major 
questions provided a summary of 
the key points on which the two 
parties are slugging it out. There 
is, of course, a certain amount of 
argument-by-formula, with the 
"ins” plugging "good times” and 
the "outs” urging the meed for 
change. 

Airer’s chief asset is Dwight 
Cooke, vet referee on "People’s 
Platform,” who is able to keep 
things moving smoothly and to 
keep his charges to a consistent 
line of argument. A noteworthy 
feature is the program's call for 
more citizens to get out and vote. 
Betty Furness handles the com- 
mercials with her usual deftness 
for the bankrolled Bril. 


BILL HARRINGTON $llOW 
With Roy Ross Orch 
Producer: Bill Kal&nd 
55 Mins.; Mon.-Fri., noon 
Participating 
WNEW, New York 
As replacement for Bob Haymes 
(now installed on WCBS, N,Y.>, 
WNEW has set Bill Harrington in 
the noon strip (Allyn Edwards has 
been brought back to take over 
Haymes’ other cross - the - board 
show, at 9:35 a.m.). Indie has a 
good bet in Harrington, who has 
just been released from his hour- 

? lus daily chores on WJZ-TV, N. Y. 

r oung singer is a multi-threat per- 
former, also playing a good jazz 

E iano and a pleasant accordion, 
esides gabbing and warbling. 

Harrington’s vocalizing should 
please the midday femme dialers 
and his personality comes across in 
his chatter. (His commercials, in- 
cidentally, are handled nicely.) He 
gets neat backing by Roy Ross’ 
WNEW house orch. His banter on 
the preem Monday ( 11 ) wasn’t as 
assured as Haymes’, but there’s 
room for development along these 
lines. In addition to the live music, 
Harrington spins about five d’sks 
during the session. Bril. 


THE ASIA STORY 
With Carlos P. Romulo, guest; Bill 
Costello, Bill Downs, Griffin? 
Bancroft 

Producer: - Lewis Shollenberger 
39 Mins.; Sun., 12 noon 
Sustaining 

CBS, from Washington 
With primary attention now cen- 
tering around Asia as the* focal 
point of the fight against Soviet 
aggression, CBS Radio has 
launched an interesting and highly- 
informative public service series 


correspondents interview members 
of the diplomatic corps from 
Asiatic countries stationed in 
Washington. Series should help 
considerably to provide a much- 
needed background for listeners in 
their understanding of the politi- 
cal, economic and ethnological 
problems confronting. the U. S. in 
its attempt to retain these coun- 
tries as allies, and CBS rates credit 
for devoting air time to the series, 
which obviously will crack no Top 
10 rating lists. 

Gen. Carlos P. Romulo, ambassa- 
dor from the Philippines to the 
U. S., guested on the initialer Sun- 
day ( 10 ) and furnished some per- 
ceptive commentaries on the role 
being played by his country in the 
anti-Red battle. As a military 
leader in the Philippines during 
the war and a former top exec in 
the United Nations, Romulo came 
to the show with an excellent back- 
ground of experience and informa- 
tion. Under' questioning by the 
trio of CBS newSmen, including 
Bill Costello, Bill Downs and Graf- 
ing Bancroft, he touched on the 
recent Anzus conference in Hawaii, 
participation of Filipino troops in 
Korea, his countrys battle against 
the Hulks, etc. 

Show’s format follows basically 
the "Meet the Press” pattern, with 
the correspondents firing their 
questions at point-blank range at 
the guest. It’s probably the best 
technique possible for a show of 
this type, and producer Lewis 
Shollenberger, who is CBS Radio's 
special events chief in D. C., han- 
dled it well. Stal. 


St. L. School Board Okays 
75G for TV Station 

St. Louis, Aug. 12. 

Members of the local School 
Board last week went on record 
as okaying a plan to appropriate 
$75,000 of the funds of the board 
for the first year of operation of a 
proposed educational TV station. 
A committee that’k been delving 
into the matter has estimated that 
a station could be set up 'at a mini- 
mum cost of $175,000 and could be 
operated for $150,000 per annum. 

The board’s attorney will deter- 
mine whether some of. thfe board’s 
radio station could be used for TV. 
This would include use of .part of 
the studios and the 375-foot radio 
broadcasting tower. A survey also 
will be made to determine what 
schools in St. Louis County and in 
Illinois communities across the 
Mississippi from here would con- 
tribute funds for the establishment 
and operation of the TV station. 


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COVINGTON SINGS 
With Wamn Covington;, Alfredo 
AuiOttiuL Orch 

ProduceXHlirector: Oliver Daniel 
15 Mins., Sat., 5 p.ns. 

Sustaining 

CBS, from New York 
CBS has a pleasant quarter-hodr 
filler for its late Saturday after- 
noon programming sked in "Cov- 
ington Sings.” Its simple format 
of presenting vocals by baritone 
Warren Covington and an Insbrur 
mental by the Alfredo Antonini 
orch makes for okay listening and 
should hold on to the dialers 
who’ve already got the web tuned 
in. 

• Covington has an amiable if not 
exciting piping technique and he 
belts out his well selected song- 
alog with assurance. His brief in- 
tro patter helps establish an effec- 
tive rapport with the listener. On 
the preem show Saturday (9), Cov- 
ington’s tune course included 
"Walking My Baby Back* Home,” 
"Wish You Were Here,” "Tumbling 
Tumbleweeds” - and "I’m Gonna Sit 
Right Down . and Write Myself a 
Letter.” Selection displayed his 
vocal versatility and held attention 
all the way. The Antonini orch 
backing was tasteful. Orch, how- 
ever, could have done mpre with 
its instrumental workover of "Deli- 
cato.” Arrangements was average 
and rendition lacked spirit. Gros. 

FANS IN THE STANDS 
With Bill Bennett, others 
15 Mins.; Mon.-thru-Sat., 5:15 p.m. 
SAW ANA MINERAL WATERS 
WPTR, Albany 

Interview program from Sara- 
toga racetrack, guided by Bill 
Bennett, did not break fast from 
the gate, but showed indications of 
possessing the stamina for a good 
showing during the 24-day run. 
Better preparation, tighter screen- 
ing, sharper technical handling and 
briefer advertising would make it 
a strong entry in the listener 
sweepstakes!' Potent guest material 
abounds at the famed course, if the 
same can be mobilized and taken 
to the grandstand roof. Possibly 
the time — after the feature event, 
broadcast, over WPTR and a special 
web — is not the best to corral visi- 
tors. 

Opening show, included- inter- 
views with Mrs. Anna Clare, track 
superintendent, and the owner of 
a winning horse. The second shot 
brought on the wives of two 
Casales — father and son — who are 
turf writers and handicappers, with 
a promise the men might appear 
later. The third was climaxed by 
an interesting five-minute exchange 
with Sammy Renick, former 
jockey and now featured on CBS- 
TV "Racing With Renick” Satur- 
day block. Others presented were 
Saratogans, present or former, and 
fans. With them, the conversation 
sometimes detoured into dull lis- 
tening and padded plugging. 

Bennett, featured on a heavy 
deejay schedule, acquits himself 
reasonably well with assignment in 
a new field. Jaco. 


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Robert Q. Lewis, substituting 
for Arthur Godfrey onwCBS radio 
during his vacation, used his tour 
of strawhats in "Charley’s Aunt” 
as . a peg around which to hang a 
series ~nf stories, gags, comments 
and tie-ins to commercials. Lewis, 
his usual brisk, loquacious, quizzi- 
cal, kidding and sometimes dry 
self, with the addition* of several 
vocal tricks possibly developed 
while starring in the ancient farce, 
hit a nice pace after a rather slqjv 
start. He received good coopera- 
tion from announcer Tony Martin 
and other members of the "Little 
Show” cast. 

Lewis called himself "not a good 
actor” but explained that "no fine 
expects great things in summer 
stock, although everybody works 
hard. My main idea was too make 
.people laugh.” He noted plenty of 
potentially "great” youthful talent 
in stock. Lewis also spoke convin- 
cingly of "rediscovering radio” dur- 
ing his silo swing. Jaco. 


Kay Ashton-Stevens is again 
showcasing her abilities as a racon- 
teur via WBBM, Chicago, filling in 
for the vacationing Irv Kupcinet 
for the next several weeks on his 
nightly air column. And it’s must- 
dialing for the Windy City show 
biz cognoscenti. 

Besides a thorough knowledge of 
the contemporary local and na- 
tional picture, Mrs. Stevens has a 
font of knowledge of things thea- 
trical garnered from her own stage 
career and her long associate role 
with her late husband, Ashton- 
Stevens, dean of American drama 
critics. 

There were sprightly anecdotes 
aplenty on edition heard (5), rang- 
ing from local society tidbits to 
yarns about George Jcsscl and Tal- 
lulah Bankhead. ’. Dave. 


New York 


Martin Manulls, CBS producer, 
spending his two weeks vacation 
directing and co-producing “How 
to Fly With One Feather” with 
Philip Barry, Jr., at East Hamp- 
ton, L. I,: legiter is being prepped 
for Broadway . . . Connie Russell, 
ex-"Dave Garroway At Large,” is 
replacing Francey Lane, who is on 
leave from "Breakfast With Music” 
on WNBT to have a baby . . . 
Broadway producer Robert White- 
head (ANTA exec) being repped 
for television by Priscilla Morgan 
and Lidbling-Wood ... Walter 
Hart is directing ABC-TV’s "Ellery 
Queen” this week. Donald 
Richardson has left the stanza, 
with a new .megger not yet pet by 
packagers Norman and Irving 
Pincus . . . Dumont has lined up 
53 stations in 52 separate markets 
for its coverage of the Los Angeles 
Rams-College All Stars football 
game Friday night (15), which it 
claims is the largest network ever 
set. for a sports telecast. DuMont 
pickup is being bankrolled by Ad- 
miral . . r, Comic Will Jordan guest- 
ing on CBS’ "Arthur Murray 
Show” Friday * * . Video consultant 
Rudy Breta completing his training 
in Toronto this* week of CBS’s TV 
staff. He goes from there to WOI-' 
TV, Ames, la., to participate in 
the station’s Educational TV Work- 
shop . . . 12-year-old Denise Alex- 
ander set for a featured role on 
"Kraft Theatre’s presentation of 
"Lace on Her Petticoat” tonight 
(Wed.) . . . Richard B. Stark, for- 
merly with the Katz station rep 
outfit, has joined the DuMont' 
sales staff as an account exec. . 

Actress Shirley Blade in "Wid- 
owers’ Houses,” legiter at the 
Greenwich News Theatre . . . Film 
thesp Mihail Kasuinny arrived from 
Hollywood yesterday (Tues.) to do 
the comedy lead in' a vidpic series 
for CBS-TV . . . Dannon Yogurt 
will launch a year-long concen- 
trated spot drive over WOR-TV via 
the Zlowe agency . , . Wilbur Stark, 
subbing for his wife, Kathi Norris, 
on WABD, is baking a cake- for 
sale at the Connecticut Yankee 
Fair in Wilton, Conn., Saturday 
(16) . . . Red Reynolds getting the 
radio-TV veepeeship nod at tne 
Fletcher D. Richards agency . . . 
Sandy Becker now emceeing “Ask 
the Camera” cross the board on- 
WNBT, and will also play the lead 
on "Armstrong’s Theatre of Today” 
Saturday (16). 

Wright King back from the 
Coast and into the lead role in 
"Night-Must Fall” next week on 
WORrTV’s "Broadway .Theatre” . . . 
Sam K. Maxwell, formerly with 
CBS Radio Spot Sales, joined the 
CBS-TV web’s sales department as 
an account exec . . . Martin Magnar 
has resigned ‘as a director at CBS 
to freelance. His .first’ assignment 
is on NBC-TV’s "Curtain Call” se- 
ries Friday night (15). . .Shirley 
Eggleston repeating her role in "A 
Child Is Crying” for the repeat 
performance of the show on ABC’s 
"Tales of Tomorrow” Friday night. 
Bert Lytcll and Robin Morgan star 
in the show. 

Scripter John Rocburt ("Barrie 
Craig, ” "Private Files of Matthew 
Bell” and "Inner Sanctum”) con- 
tracted to script four NBC-TV 
"Lights Out” chillers. Next opus, 
"Twist of Fate,” is lensed Monday 
(18). 


by Pacific Sports-fishine a cc „ 
KTLA negotiating for^ite on*]'^ 
next to present location WI 01 
studio , . . "Your All Time 
ites” on KHJ-TV on brief hi\ 0r ' 
with Ted Meyers and gueste? s rik’ 
mg over . . KLAC-TV Een lSi 
manager Don Fedderson to pH 
on biz . . . Donald Q’Connnrti! 
off his first Colgate Comedv m?. es 
on NBC in fall on Oct 5 ! y H ° Ur 

Chicago 

Studs Terkel subbing f or 

during hh hiatus on his 
WBKB "Column oY the Air” 
Kiddie science clubs chartered hv* 
and tied in with his 
"Mr. Wizard NBC-TV show 3 
total 1,500 groups in 35 states w?th 
a membership of 15,000 . , inter 
national Shoe picking up the hk 
for WGN-TV’s Saturday "ILS 
for Kids” . . . Charles Stampstaken 
on by NBC as associate TV director 
. . . Hal Tate is again deejaying 

WBKB Qer ¥?„,Si: SiC c al J h °rts vif 
YV-UKB . . . Dorothy Sands and un. 

derstndy Ethel Woodruff from the 
"Bell, Book and Candle” cast fea- 
red in DuMont’s "They Stand 
Accused last week . . . Dannv 
O’Neil’s "Musical Nitecap” wind- 
ing up on WBKB . . . WNBQ beam- 
ing the Little League baseball tour- 
ney Saturday (16) with Chick 
Hearn doing the play-by-play and 
Illinois Bell bankrolling 
Luckey North, WBKB’s femme’gab^ 
ber, named • chairman of CARE'S 
citizens’ iron lung committee for 
Japan . . . Gottfried Motors has 
bought into WGN-TV’s pickup of 
the Monday night DuMont boxing 
show from the Parkway Arena . . 
WBKB is reprising its sidewalk in- 
teryiew strip Sept. 1 with Chuck 
Bill handling the curbstone chores 
and Nelson Bros, bankrolling . . . 
William Coyne back at his -Chi 
NBC-TV projection duties after a 
16-month hitch in the air force . . . 
Lee Salberg, WBKB publicity-pro- 
motion chief, and missus off for a 
Florida vacation . . . Patricia 
Greene added to the WBKB sales 
staff. 


James Pollack, former ABC-TV 
program manager in Chicago, re- 
places Alvin Flanagan as program 
director at KECA-TV . . . KTLA 
and KTTV covered arrival and talk 
here of G.O.P. Presidential candi- 
date Dwight D. Eisenhower . . . 
Betty Hoyt of KNBH’s "Food for 
Thought” back from a vacation in 
Yo Semite ... Ed Kemmer of ABC- 
TV’s "Space- Patrol” back from 
N. Y. personals, and Lyn Osborn of 
same show took off on vacash to 

Baja, Calif KTTV bought block 

of 300 motion pictures for showing 
On ""Jackson’s Theatre,” getting pix 
from Motion Pictures for Televi- 
sion . . . Nils T. Granlund is 
negotiating with KECA-TV for 
transfer of his KNXT show along 
With participating sponsors, whose 
billing is over $ 1,000 a week . . . 
Frank Falknor,. CBS veepee in 
charge of operations, here checking 
on progress of net’s Television 
City, opening in fall . . . KTTV 
upped Class A time rates to $1,200 

» n h0 Ji r n ^ KNXT bought 50 pix 
for $50,000 . , . John Vrba of 
KTTV to Chi and Gotham on biz. 
, . . Doty Edouardc new sales man- 
ager of KNBH, replacing Robert 
DeSousa, who ankled . . . KNBH 
manager Don Nonnan left for 
meeting of NBC station managers 

l 11 » i Bailey returned 

to his chores on "Queen for a Dav” 
onKHJ-TV following an illness . . . 
* lshing Facts” on KTTV renewed 


London 

«A new American play by Stan- 
ley Young, titled "Mystery Story,’’ 
being produced by Douglas Allene 
Aug. 17 and ‘21. Its background is 
the U. S. with unusual camera 
shots and sound effects. Two 
Canadians are featured, Olga Lan- 
diak and Vernon Gray, with U. S. 
supporting character actors . . . 
"The Declining Years,” documen- 
tary program depicting living con- 
ditions of elder folk being pre- 
sented by Caryl Doncaster next 
Mon. (18) ... A new serial play 
for .children opens on Tues. (19) 
in four weekly parts. Naomi 
Capon will produce the first epi- 
sode, titled "The March of the 
Peasants” . . . Wilfred Pickles, top 
ranking BBC interviewer will bo 
seen in excerpts from "The Gay 
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Lester Gottlieb, CBS Radio programming veepee, guesting on his own 
network Friday (15); he’ll discuss “Summer Programming” on Dwight 
Cooke’s “You and the World” strip. . . . WOR’s Barbara Welles to tape 

a' show from N. Y. Stock Exchange tomorrow (Thurs.) WLXB 

launches a new series, minute-long “Prayers for Today,” to be aired 

at 6:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily by Negro churchmen John Mohler 

back as. a WOE accoimt exec after tour with army intelligence; Rollin 
Boynton upped to account exec with the MBS outlet .... WMGM’s 
Eileen O’Connell to officiate at the Men’s National A.A.A. swimming 

meet Aug. 26 Charles Gussman’s resignation as writer of NBC’s 

“Road of Life” takes effect next week; he quit after two years and 

takes the “Road to Mexico” . for two months WLIB airs a memorial 

to the late Dr. C. C. Spauding, pioneer Negro banker, tomorrow 
(Thurs.) at 11:45 a.m., with William. Marshall as narrator and Loften 

Mitchell scripting Shirley Graf of Gainsborough Associates winged 

to Coast yesterday (Tues,). , . .Qpast actor Jack Lloyd, in town for an 
appearance this week on “The Chase,” via NBC. .. .Jack Hoynes back 
with “Original Amateur Hour” staff after major surgery, which kept 
him out two months. „ . , Mercer McLeod to “Helen Trent” . . . Added 
to “Front Page Farrell” are Sylvia Lefch, John Grigrs, Mary Jane 

Hiffby, Joseph Curtin, Crair McDonnell, Ann Lorlng Sidney Smith 

subbing for Karl Swenson during his vacation from “Lorenzo, Jones” 
and Ronald Long, Bill Zuckert and Agnes Young have been added to 
“Lorenzo” cast. ! 

Theodore C. Strelbert, prez of General Telecasting, elected to board 
of trustees of Adelphi College, Garden City .... Fred Blumehthal and 
John Anderson 7 subbing for Drew Pearson on ABC during his four- 
week vacation.. .Alberto Castillo, top Argentine singer, guests on 
Pru Devon’s WQXR stanza Friday (15) night. . . Henry Ford II, national 
chairman, has named Richard B. Walsh as exec vice-chairman of Cru- 
sade for Freedom; ...Harold L. McOlinton, prez of Calkins Sc Holden, 
Carlock McClinton & Smith, heading the public relations committee of 
Travelers Aid Assn.T. ..Stan Johnson student who auditioned on “Play- 
house on Broadway,” appears in the film “What Price Glory?” opening 

in N, Y. this week Helen Hall, (WOR’s “Barbara Welles”) leaves for 

a European tour Monday (18) Dolores Dwyer, CBS Radio clerk, 

was part of a U. S. Olympic team which set a new women’s world 
record for the 880-yard relay in a London post-Olympic meet. . . .WINS’ 
Dick Winters off for a week’s hiatus .... Staats Cotsworth, ’ AM-T V actor, 
will be listed this year .in “Who’s Who in American Art”; he’s having 
a one-man show of his watercolors at the Berkshire Playhouse, Stock- 

bridge, prior to his appearance there in “Macbeth” .Wauhiilau La 

Hay, flack chief of N. W. Ayer, is authoress of a piece on being an 
Indian in New York, for the Aug. ,30 -edition of -Collier’s; originally 
titled YHow Aboriginal Can Yoji Get?”, self-portrait is now labeled 
“Smile When You Call Me Pocahontas” .... WMGM Sc MBS gabber 

Paula' Stone left Friday (8) for two-week biz-pleasure trek to Coast 

Norman R, Prouty, sales manager of WFIL, Philly, returns to the Katz 
agency sales staff; he’s previously been with Ed Petry and ABC.... 
W. W. Chaplin is taking , over Clifton Utley’s NBC radio newscasts on 
Sunday for three weeks while Utley swings around the globe, hitting 
Europe, the Near East, India, the Far East, Tokyo and Korea. 

IJV HOLLYWOOD . . . 

Bill Robson, who jseems to flower on long hours and hard work, 
hopped east to tape 13 quarter hours in four days for American Med- 
ical Assn. 1 Last spring he knocked off 20 Errol Flynn’s in 10 days. 
When he gets back he winds up • his . Frederic Ziv assignment on the 
Ty Power series . , . .George Gruskln’a frau, the ex-Flo Halop, left 
Gotharp’s .humidity behind for sunshine and shakes. Morris’ TV and 
radio man due. but lAter. . . .Carroll .Carroll chugged in from a provin- 
cial’s holiday through ihetourist traps and. not once did an index finger 
tap a typewriter key, . . .NBC's Joseph McConnell around but. mostly 
to golf and fish, he says, . Those huddles with John K. West can’t be 
all about which fly or dub to use .... NBC landed Marilyn Monroe for 
her first radio' guesting on “Hollywood Star Playhouse” Aug. 31. Jack 
Johnstone directs her in ‘“Statement hi: Full”. , . .CBS taped the third 
of its “singer” Series starring Jo Stafford. ,Othels are Doris Day and 
Nelson Eddy. Rill Brennan produced the Stafford audition from Glenn 
Wheaton’s script: Half hour ifiusicais, ate- being .marketed for $4,000 
. . . .No longer on .ABO Will newscasters or commentators refer to- Los 
Angeles as L. A. Civic pride, he says, prompted Frank LaTourette, head 


of the net's news and special events, to order full and complete Identity 
for City of the. Angels. 

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Chi NBC veep Harry Kqpf skies to Europe fot a month this Week- 
end after a round of homeoffice conferences. . . ..Clifton Utley, Chi NBC 
newsmaij, likewise off to Europe on a quickie round-the-globe looksee 

Jay Trompter now hosting WIND’S “Record Shop” replacing Jim 

Loimsbury, who is leaving the staff to freelance .... Painters are busy 
this week re-doing Ken Craig’s WBBM office, badly singed by a late- 
night fire .... George Bond, former Schwinn Bicycle ad manager, has' 
joined BozeU*& Jacobs as an associate account exec. . . .WGN’s “Chicago 
At Midnight” nitery chatter session hostfed by. Roy Topper moved this 
week from the Cairo to the Cameo restaurant. Nelson Bros, bankrolls 

the first half of the hour-long Monday-thru-Saturday show Singer 

Johnnie Desmond taking his annual two-week hiatus from ABC’s “Break- 
fast Club” Wheatena Cereal picks up the tab stairting .S^pt. 8 for 

Jack Angell’s 11:55-12 (noon) daily WMAQ newscasts WBBM farm 

director Harry Campbell packing his tape recorder around the state 
fair circuit. .. .Johnson & Johnson purchased a daily spot .on Ernie 
Simon’s afternoon spread on WGN....WBBM produce^ Sain Parnas 
vacationing in St. Louis. . . .With promotion chief .John Drake and pro- 
gram director -Harold Safford ahead as advance men last week the 
WLS National Barn Dance display made its annual trek to the Illinois 
State Fair. . . .WBBM Paul Gibson ordered by his - docs to slow down 
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Kenny Kenfield is the new manager of WPGH, with Howard Lazarus 
going back to head of sales again .... Marv Boone, deejay at WHJB In 

Greensburg, has switched to WMMN in Fairmont, W. Va., a CBS af- 
filiate Jane Gibson and Jim Thompson have started a new daily 

half-hour program called “Musical Market” on KQV. It airs at 10 

a.m Iron City Beer is using Harry Wismer’s “Telesports Digest” 

on WDTV Monday evenings at 9 until live “Perfection Time” resumes 
in the fall .... Dlaife Futerman and Gall Epstein are new additions to 
the KDKA secretariat. . . .Fred .Utell. brought on to m.c. Rosenbaum’s 
“Guest to Ghost” show- while Bill Burns is vacationing. Faye- Parker 
has become a permanent addition- to this panel stanza. . , .Leonard 
Kapner, general manager of WCAE, and his family are vacationing at 

Beach Haven, N. J Carl Mara, head of publicity at WJAS, taking 

a two-week rest in Quebec. ,. .Art Brown’s wife is co-statring with 
him and Johnny Costa on “Prom Time” Wednesday afternoons over 
Channel 3 until Betty Carr returns. 


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and -uninteresting, making for an 
overall impression of dullness. 

With that in mind, some mem- 
bers of the cast came out ahead 
of their dialog and situations. 
Bethel Leslie, for example, play- 
ing the romantic daughter, turned 
in a standout performance, being 
one of the few to generate any 
viewer sympathy. William. Post, 
Jr., playing the doctor-friend of 
the family, was one of those mis- 
cast. He has shown to much better 
advantage in other video shows. 
Helen MacKellar overplayed to 
the point of absurdity her role as 
the mother, but Jean Carson, cast 
as the dumb-dora girlfriend of one 
of the sons, suffered most.’ She 
should never have accepted the 
role,' and her poor showing re- 
-flected the major fluff on the part 
of director Richard Lukin and 
stager Charles W. Christenberry. 
Ben' Cooper, Wright King and 
Anthony Carr, as the three 
brothers, and Murray Hamilton as 
the dreaming novelist whom the 
family supported for ^awhile, were 
good. 

Wade and his associate, Lola 
Montez, could have primed the 
show with better production 
mountings but erred in their selec- 
tion of background music, the sin- 
gle set, etc. Commercials for Gen- 
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Worthington L. (Tony) Miner 
came up Friday night (8) with 
what was probably his best pro- 
duction to date in his summer 
“Curtain Call” series on NBC-TV, 
via his presentation of “Season for 
Divorce.” Excellently scripted 
by Norman Lessing from a short 
story by John Cheever, the yarn 
made tor adult video drama at its 
best. Standout cast, toplined by 
Leora Dana, Shepperd Strudwick 
and Richard Kiley, all reflected 
their sensitive thesping ability and 
Miner’s production, coupled with 
direction by Clark Jones, provided 
the topping to make it a fine half- 
hour. 

Probably the best feature of the 
show was the way it dealt with 
adult emotions without attempting 
to play down to the audience. Show 
had Miss Dana as a contented jwife, 
happy with her husband and two 
young children until a well-to-do 
medico, obsessed with her to the 
point where he was willing to sac- 
rifice both his home and hers, made 
her temporarily tire of her way 
of life. Emotional interplay was 
built neatly via her husband's 
trouble at his office and the ill- 
ness of her youngest child, which 
had both of them near the break- 
up point. Because of the skillful 
scripting and playing, the soap 
opera aspects of the yarn were 
completely sublimated and it 
emerged as a poignant vignette. 

Miss Dana registered solidly as 
the wife, with Strudwick, as the 
medico, and Kiley, as her husband, 
matching her step for step. Small 
supporting cast was competent. 
Miner’s production mountings, par- 


ticularly- the sets, gave the show 
an A-budgeted look. One minor 
drawback occurred during the 
sequence devoted to the child-’s ill- 
ness, when rapidly-cut shots of a 
doctor’s thermometer, the child’s 
bed, etc., became slightly confus- 
ing. As usual on this series, the 
RCA Victor plugs, confined to the 
opening and closing spots only, 
were dignified and interesting. 

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Continued from pare Z* 


“split down the middle” operation- 
al technique (with its resultant 
separate organizations and six dif- 
ferent presidents), or whether, like 
NBC, , Paley, .Stanton Sc Co. will 
hew closer toward a policy of in- 
tegration. Stanton is known to 
take the position that, .with each 
medium .having its own problems 
to resolve; the split technique adds 
up to the most sense — at least 
Until something- better comes along. 

Since the Columbia separations 
and setting up of distinct compa- 
nies for radio, television, record- 
ings, manufacturing, etc., plus the 
Stanton-guided parent, company, 
.there has been one major casualty 
in the year-old “experiment” — 
Howard Meighan being replaced 
last winter as CBS Radio president 
by Adrian Murphy, until then pres- 
ident of GBS Laboratories, Inc. 
Murphy’s ex-spot has never been 
filled. Meighan has returned to the 
penthouse of general executives. 


NBC Pitch 

Continued from page 29 



1952, by W. R, Simmons, an indie 
outfit. To £tudy the job done by- 
radio in TV as against non-TV 
areas, interviewers worked in Dav- 
enport la., which has TV, and in 
Fort Wayne, Ind., which has no TV. 
Web pointed out that, since TV 
saturation ownership for the total 
sample is about 45%, results can 
be projected on a national basis. 
Its expected that nation-wide TV 
saturation will hit 45% by Jan. 1. 

Under the direction of ad-pro- 
motion chief Japob A. Evarifc, NBC' 
has prepared a slide-film presenta- 
tion on the study, with Meredith 
Willson as narrator, which will be 
used to pitch results to agencies 
and clients. In addition, a book on 
the research techniques utilized 
will be mailed to agency and client 
research heads, while a brochure 
listing the chief findings are to be 
sent to top execs in the 100 largest 
firms in the country. Web is also 
planning a iullscale on-the-air cam- 
paign for its “ESP” message, plug- 
ging the work for the next 13 
weeks on the Elmo Roper show and 
‘American Forum of the Air.” 


NBC closed out another J 
of its Tuesday night radinT““ l 
this week when Miller's fflgh r?f P 
Beer pacted to bankroll . * 

sion of “First brighter" i„ 
to 11 period, starting in , 
Slotting of the dramatic 
that time means that the $ 
tee off the night wfth dra^tH 
have a two-hour comedy bto 
then close with drama at l(Hn ^ 
Present Tuesday night school 
tor the fall season has dSw 
“Cavalcade of America’’ at 8 m 
R ed Skelton show, which has not 
yet been sold, at 8:30; Martin 5 

Lewis, with Chesterfield bankroU 

mg, at 9; Fibber & Molly 2' 
sored by Reynolds Metals* at Mn- 
the Old Gold replacement for th,! 
Fred Allen show at 10, and “PiM 
Nighter” at 10:30. Alta, 

was to have been “Two for the 
Money,” which was set for NRP. 
TV at the same time. Herb 

Shriner will replace the ailing 

Allen in the quizzer for both AM 

and TV. 


Liebman 

Continued from page 23 


-“but that was all.” They’re doing 
little about bringing TV to the fore, 
he added.' In ; fact, he saw only one 
TV set while in Europe— and that 
was on exhibition, as a curiosity 
item, at a general exposition in 
Munich, of ‘multiple products. 

“British TV, of course, is much 
more . advanced,” Liebman added, 
“though the programming is still 
pretty inadequate!” 

Regarding show biz in general, 
Liebman was considerably im- 
pressed by the British enthusiasm 
for the theatre. “The prices are 
cheaper, production costs are 
cheaper, and everything is general- 
ly more conductive to going to the 
theatre,” he stated. 

“Most of the plays, of course, 
might not have much of a chance 
on Broadway, but the British audi- 
ences, with their traditional lovi 
for the theatre, have many peren- 
nial favorites among the perform- 
ers, arid they support them better 
than is done in America.” 

There were about 50 shows run- 
ning in London when he was there, 
Liebman added, “and I saw as 
many as three a day.” The unor- 
thodox theatre time schedule 
there, coupled with the fact that he 
would rush from the first act of 
one play to the second act of an- 
other, enabled him to catch almost 
all the shows in_the West End, 


Greensboro, N. C. — Addison P. 
Penfield has been named sports 
director of WBIG here. He’s cur- 
rently doing two nightly sports- 
casts. In the fall, Penfield will 
handle the play-by-play broadcasts 
of the newly-formed Duke Univer- 
sity football network. 

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i.~,er\oan ' Civil Liberties ‘Union is telling the FCC today (Wed,) 
r valid objection on civil liberties founds can be raised to the 
Jlniated merger”- of ABC and* United ^Paramount Theatres. 
c0 Arru said that arguments that the blending would “possibly create 
* A nnoolv are far outweighed by the likelihood of strengthening ABC 
•* j t ^ ou id be fully capable- of 'providing a third major outlet for 
dissemination of information and opinion, thus insuring greater 
diversification of communication** and increasing competition with NBC 

and CBS. . 

breakdown of ARB ratings on the political conventions show an un- 
wod contrast between the audiences tuned, to the Admiral coverage 
?AflC) and those for Westinghouse <CfiS) and Philco (NBC). In the 
w«tinghouse and Philco . audierices, women outnumbered thp men by 
bout 10%; in the Admiral audience; however,, the men outnumbered 
the women by about 12%. 

ABC figures that men are better versed in politics than women and. 
that its coverage cornered “a more discriminating audience.’.’ 

iVJZ-TV, N. Y., will air a half-hour film program on behalf of the 
m y Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund on Monday (18) at 9:30 p.m. 

Program will consist of highlights of the FAF all-star football games 
of the past 16 years. ‘’Flashback Came” idea was suggested by Irving 
Marsh of the H-T, due to fact , that this year the newspaper-backed 
charity isn’t tied in with the N\Y'. grid Giants as in ^previous years. 
r how will be narrated by Herinan Hickman, who resigned this week 


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Yale coach to devote more time to tele. 


‘Hometown’ Block of TV 
Soap Operas Peddled 
At 2G Per 15-Min.Seg 

NBC’s projected new daytime 
TV soap opera block, titled “Home- 
town,” will sell at about ' $2,000 
per quarter-hour segment:' per-day^ 
which is far less than any similar 
show now on the air. Reason for 

•the low budget is that the weh 
thinks it has licked the cost probr 
Iem by building a permanent, 
standing set at its Brooklyn j N. Y., 
studios on which all font dally 
‘quarter-hour segments will playj 
thereby eliminating such’ budget- 
hikers as set construction/ truck- 
ing, etc. 

Hour-long block is slated' to 
preem early in October and will 
hold down the 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. 
Reriod cross-the-board. Web will 
Sell each quarter-hour segment to 
a single sponsor for the five days 
or sell it on a participating basis 
within each show, Procter! 
Gamble has reportedly already 
evidenced considerable interest’ in 
the project, but web execs said 
this- week they will start the se- 
.ries even though it’s . not entirely 
sold out by its scheduled *teeoff 
date. 

As detailed this week by NBC 
veepee Sylvester L. (Pat)' Weaver, 
the show is to be a “soap opera on 
a higher level,” in which the fact 
that the scripters will be working 
against a background of American 
life should stimulate .them to 
“something new and better— into 
story values stronger than am- 
nesia.” Hour is to be divided into 
four different daytime straps, each 
featuring separate lead character^, 
but with various minor character^ 
appearing in as many as all four 
shows. Characters from, each!, of 
the four shows will utilize all parts 
of the set, which will also help tie 
v «tti° us -segments together'.. 

Idea for the show was conceived 
by Bill Kaufman. Ted, Mills ‘Will 
produce and Charles Speer will be 
story editor. & 


McDonnell’s F-C-B Post 

. Thomas M. McDonnell has been 
appointed director of program de- 
velopment at Foo.te, Cone & Beld- 
irigj under AM-TV v.p. Roger 
Pryor. George Wolf 'takes over 
his previous post of director of 
rhdio and tele production. 

McDonnell joined FC&B in 
1947. 


JUNE VALU SET FOR 
‘HIT PARADE’ ON 0 

Lucky Strike’s “Hit Parade’^ will 
have a major' change in personnel 
for the first time since it went TV 
when it returns to the NBC video 
web "Aug. 80. Vocalist June Valli 
succeeds Eileen Wilson on the 
show,, joining Snooky Lanson, Dor- 
othy Collins and Russell Arms to 
continue the two boy-two girl sing- 
ing setup. 

Sue Bennett, third femme sing- 
er on the show last season, is bow- 
ing off and will not be replaced. 
Raymond Scott’s orch will con- 
tinue. Miss Valli was. a permanent 
member of the “Stop the Music” 
video production before it was 
axed off the ABC web' about a 
month' ago and has since then 
guested on a number of TV pro- 
grams. She’s an RCA Victor ■ re- 
cording artist and recently played 
both the Broadway Paramount and 
La Vie en Rose, N. Y. nitery. 

R'adio version of “Hit Parade,” 
meanwhile, returns to the NBC 
radio network Aug. 29 under 
Lucky Strike sponsorship. Guy 
Lombardo and his orch will again 
pliy the show, with the new sea- 
son’s preem slated .to emanate from 
St. Albans veterans hospital on 
Long Island, N. Y. Singer Eileen 
Barton guests on the preem. 
BBD&O is the agency on both 
shows; 


If Radio ls Deal How Come 300 Bids 



Indianapolis, Aug. 12. 
FCC Chairman Paul Walker dis- 
closed here yesterday (Mon.) that 
despite the impact of TV on radio, 
the demand for new AM stations 
continues brisk, with 300 applica- 
tions on file with the agency. 

Speaking at the seventh annual 
Radio Workshop of Butler School 
of Religion, Walker said there are 
now 2,350 AM stations on the* air, 
with 100 more under construction. 
There are more communities today 
with radio stations than with daily 
newspapers, he added. 

^ In addition, he said, there are 
630 FM stations on the air, 18 
others under construction, and 12 
applications pending. 

Through recent authorizations is- 
sued by the commission, Walker 
said, there are 23 TV stations be- 
ing built and applications pending 
for 725 more. 

Walker revealed that 25 religious 
organizations operate radio stations 
and that three have applied for 
commercial TV outlets. 

With the broadcasting system 
constantly expanding, said Walker, 
there is increasing opportunity for 
religious faiths to present their 
message to the public. Pointing out 
that facilities have been made 


available for 2,000 TV stations,.; he 
declared that “properly used, no 
other medium can better help us 
to move toward our 'common goal 
— the brotherhood of man.” 


Clyde, Biunny North TVer 
Gets Sponsor for Philly 

Providence, Aug. 12. 
Clyde and Bunny North TV show, 
song and patter stint featuring 
Bunny’s piano playing and singing, 
has been picked up by Gracious 
Living, Inc., for presentation over 
WFIL-TV, Philadelphia, Sunday 
nights at 6:30, starting Sept, 7, 
Show formerly originated from 
W JAR-TV. “ 

Group is believed to be only 
genuine family of four in the me- 
dium in the east, and includes 
Clyde, Bunny and their two daugh- 
ters, Claudia, 9, and Jennifer, 5, 
Sponsor .seeking time in four ^ther 
markets for fall. 


Kansas City— Shift at KMBC- 
KFEM brings in Ed Dahl to work 
local sales, under direction of 
George Higgins, general manager.* 
Dahl formerly was with Ziv ^Trah- 
scriptions office here. 



KPRS Shift Okayed 

Kansas City, Aug. 12. . 
Approval of the FCC has been 
*° t* 16 proposal to move 
* rom Olathe, Kans„ to Kan- 
City, Mo. Application for the 
inove .was filed some months ago 
by Twin Cities Advertising Agen- 
cy, Inc., here, which sought to 
jwy the station from the -Johnson 
County Broadcasting Co. 

Locating of KPRS in Kansas 
k lty will raise the number of sta- 
ins in the metropolitan area, to 
^ven. it is the only one owned 
y an advertising agency. 


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Video 


The various parts of the video signals that carry a 
television picture through a coaxial cable travel at different 
speeds. When they leave the studio, they accurately 
represent the scene before the camera. But, like sprinters^ 
some are faster than others and pull ahead in the “race” 
to the receiving point. 

Bell System technicians insure a “photo finish” 
by making intricate adjustments to coaxial cable facilities* 

Using special equipment, capable of measuring fractions 

of a millionth of a second, they slow down the faster frequencies 

so that all arrive at the same time. 1 

This is an interesting example of the great care 

the Bell System takes to insure .high-quality transmission of 

television signals. It's only a small part of the total 

investment of money, equipment and personnel that is 

involved in making network television possible. 

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Yet the cost of the service is low. The Telephone 
Company’s total network charges average about io cents a 
mile for a half hour of program time. 


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Progressive Party said this week ) 
that it is starting to . “crack 
through broadcsaters* ' discrimina- 
tion against us” NBC, which 
failed to. carry any of PP’s July 
convention, will carry speeches by 
PP candidates, Vincent Hallman 
and Mrs. Charlotta A. Bass, on 
Saturday, Sept. 6 at 1:30-# p.m., 
on both radio and tele.. Party 
spokesman also said that DuMont 
will give it a half-hour and CBS- 
TV will carry an additional pro- 
gram. The Progressive candidates 
will then have been aired on all 
networks at least ‘once. 

While the networks have bden 
or will be carrying PP candidates, 
the party said it has found it neces- 
sary to “police” all radio and tele- 
vision stations individually to 
make certain that they take the 
web broadcasts. On July 31 it sent 
letters to all AM and TV stations, 
putting them on notice that they 
must comply with the July 3 rul- 
ing of the JFCC, telling stations 
which carry speeches by the Re- 
publican or Democratic candidates 
to afford equal facilities to the 
Progressives. 

Progressives said that although 
the chains had aired their broad- 
casts, most affiliates had not been 
picking them up. However, in re- 
ply ‘to the PP letter citing the FCC 
position, most stations explained 
they had not been informed' that 
their network was carrying the PP 
speeches. As a result, the webs 
have sent the program out again 
on closed circuit, for stations 
which have not carried them to 
record and play’ back later. Webs 
are also making transcriptions 
available. 

A few stations, about 10%, said 
they would carry the PP speakers 
only if they were sponsored. The 
party declared that it would file 
for revocation of their licenses for 
failure to comply with the .Com- 
mission’s order. The FCC said, “A 
broadcast licensee who has made 
or proposes to make opportunities 
available for acceptance speeches 
by one candidate for a particular 
office is under a firm" obligation 


With virtually all the holes in- 
its"*' Tuesday, and Saturday night 
program lineups now filled, CBS- 
to make equal opportunities avail- TV is wrapping up plans for a new 
aable to all other legally qualified s it ua tion comedy series based oh 

Betty McDonald's Can 

shall be no “discrimination in Do Anything. Date for-the lensmg 
charges, pracices, regulations, of a kinescope audition will be set 
facilities or services for or in con- as S00Ii as the cas tipg is completed, 

to with the web now talking with 

any candidate for public office or Audrey Christie and Virginia Gil- 
subjcct any such candidate to any more to take .over the two femme 


Inside Stuff-Radio 

Radio at the local station level’ will’ get* a nice chunk of the 
which Druggists Supply Corp., largest wholesale drug groun 
country, will spend on its forthcoming Christmas promotion 
DSC,’ with 154 member wholesale firms, will combine with 21 l 
ing Christmas gift manufacturers in. a solid two-week radio and*. 


prejudice or disadvantage.” 

.The small, group or stations 


leads. 

Show is contemplated as a half- 


which said, it would not air the hour, once-weekly production, 

WM « « « « <1. . 1. • — ^ - . - _ a Jt 


PP speeches did so on the basis 
that the GOP and Democratic 


which would be aired live' from 
N. Y. Since its fall lineup is now 


speeches were sponsored. This, a i mos t completely finalized, CBS 
the PP argues, proves its earlier has n0 particular time period in 
'contention that sponsorship of the mind for the show at this time. If 
nominating conventions by -Ad- the audit i 0 ri turns out well, how- 
miral., Philco and Westmghouse, ever it wiu h e one of those which 


the web will be pitching to its cur 
rent clients as possible stronger 
entries than the programs they 
now bankroll. 


4A’s Merger 

Continued froni page 26 



placed It under “unfair discrimina- 
tion.” It declared that if the 
speeches are rejected, it would 
stkrt proceedings to revoke the 
licenses of those outlets “because 
they have made illegal contracts, 
giving two parties preference .over 
the others.” • 

During the first week of July, 

CBS-TV aired a half-hour of the 

Progressive convention, ABC and - . 

ABC-TV carried 15 minutes and AGVA apparently holds the bal- 
Mutual took a half-hour. PP con- ance of power. Should Equity and 
trasted these rfigures with the ap- Chorus Equity oppose five-branch 
proximately 80 hours given to the merger on the profs’ plan, AGVA s 
GOP and Democratic conclaves on vote in the '4A r s could permit re- 
each of tfie AM and TV webs. alization of an AFTRA. 

One factor pushing the guilds to 
a relatively early settlement of the' 
impasse is the decisions made last 
winter at thevTVA convention. At 
that time the TVA convention said 
that its first wish was a five-branch 
merger; that if this was not 
achieved ' by July, it wanted an 
Pittsburgh, Aug. 12. AFTJRA;. and further if AFTRA 
There seems to be a trend around wasn t effected earlier, there 
here in the. booking agencies to would have to be another TyA 
add deejays to -their staffs in dif- convention by Sept. 15 to deter- 
ferent capacities, chiefly public re- mine whether TVA would ask to be 
lations. lit started when Sid Dick- a § a separate branch in 

Ier, who spins* platters daily for 4A s » ra lher than the trustee 

WMCK, McKeesport, and does pub- is V 

licity on the side, got quarters in JV A J development into- a sepa- 
agent J oe Hiller’s office in return un -°j 1 1 ®. something most per- 
for doing press work on clients * ormers don t wish, since it would 
handled by Hiller. At the same mean 4 «2°£er guild to which dues 
time, Dickler has a broadcasting an( * would have to 

studio downtown and does his P ai .v Heller said at the meeting 
WMCK remotes from there, fre- Equity will not oppose 

quently using Hiller accounts for AFTRA, a separate TVA would not 
guests when they drop in to see Jl ome existence, TVA opposes 
about bookings and pay their com- continuation as a trusteeship, 


Pitt Deejays Doubling 
Into Public Relations 
For Booking Agencies 


paper ad campaign beginning Dec. 1. Spot announcements at the r 
of 25-30 daily will be used in saturation drives over more thanSS 
stations, reaching alixiost 00% of the TJ. S, population. Network 
and' TV will he bypassed. K radl <> 

Agency is Ruthrauff & Ryan. Long-range aim is to bring traffic int 
;he drug store and fight inroads made by food supermarkets 
s “Gifts Galore— and a dollar’s worth more.” Spot commercial m 
a jingle penned by Alan and Marilyn Scott, Larchmont (N.Y.) couple 3 

Broad^stjrig and film commission of the National Council cf 
Churches of Christ has published “Broadcasting Religion,” a mann l 
on AM and TV for religiosos. It includ.es chapters on denominational 
broadcasting policy, script writing, audience measurement, the vari 
program formats,, dealing with stations, governmental aspects of broad 
casting, available radio transcriptions and films for TV, etc. aQ ’ 
The “bible” was compiled by Clayton T. Griswold and Charles H 
Schmitz, with 11 other religious and broadcasting contributors. ^ 
NBC Chimes, monthly mag ipr NBC employees, has been' given 
new, more professional format, Expanded house organ will eventually 
coVer NBC staffers across the country. . v 

Journal is edited by Neil*Gahagan; aided by correspondents in each 
department. 1 

“Way Back Home,” new radio series produced by Armed Forces 
Radio Service, will go on the air Aug. 17 from 60 AFRS stations abroad 
Every day the show will present items from three or four American 
communities, each about three-four minutes long. By mail the folks 
at’ home tell the troops the exact dates their home towns are slated 
for worldwide airing, so that the. GIs can hear the segment containing 
their home-town features, neighborhood music groups, and other chan, 
acteristic community bits. 

Show is produced with the cooperation of radio stations across the 
country. They send taped segments to AFRS headquarters in Holly, 
wood, commanded by Col. William Mason Wright. Tapes afe edited 
into 15-minute shows, covering various phases of Americana. 

Joe Franklin, the antique record collector, on Monday (11) gave 
NBC program v.p. Charles (Bud) Barry a 27-year-old disk as a gag- 
present for Sylvester Li (Pat) Weaver, NBC v.p. for radio and tele. 
The Qkeh platter of “Railroad Porter Blues” and “Polecat Blues” was 
sungf by an oldtimer named Sylvester Weaver (sans the L. and Pat), no 
relation to the NBC exec. 

Franklin came across the collectors’ item while poring over his wax 
museum which contains 30,000 ancient acetates. 


missions. 

Shortly after, George Claire, an- 
other Pitt 10%er, ‘announced that 
Jan Andree, WPIT disk jockey, was 
coming into his office to do public 
ity and also head up a TV depart 
ment. Andree was at .WWSW for 


since its governing board is. not 
elected by the; members but by the 
five branches which are in the 
4A’s. 

-"Because Equity opposes a sepa- 
rate TVA and the AFRA-TVA wed- 
ding, compromise on the profs’ 


years, later going to WJAS and blueprint is a possibility. There 

only recently switching to WPIT mi Sht he a stipulation that the 

when Jay Michael left that station university format would provide 
to. go with WJAS. .He’s not man- the basis of a constitutional con- 
ning his mikes at Claire’s, how- vention where some of the differ- 
ever, since studio is only a couple en ?t s .y° „ lron od out. 

of blocks away. With Dickler, the N. Y. meeting, 4A s prez 

WMCK’s out in McKeesport, about £ a £ l Dulzell presided and Prof. 
18 miles distant from Golden Tri- Robert Aronson, of Cornell, took 
.angle, and .the Hiller headquarters P ai> t. Other union reps participat- 
enables him to get guesters he was in & were Ben Irving, of Chorus 


never able to induce before to take 
the long ride. 


Equity; Howard Laramy, AGMA 
exec secretary; and A. Frank Reel 
AFRA exec secretary. 


Patterson’s WPIX Post 


John- (Jack) Patterson has been 
named sales director of the -N. Y. 
Daily News’ WPIX. He succeeds 
Jack Noone, resigned. 

Patterson has been with the 
station or the News since 1932, 


Educ’l B’casters 


Continued from page 29 


Harman Grisewood, director of the 
spoken word for BBC, and wil 
meet Lord Simons, outgoing BBC 
except for a few years with Stand- chairman, and Sir Alexander Cado 
ard Oil and his stint as a Navy gan , new BBC chief. In Paris 


Frederic W: Ziv is launching an “I Like America” announcement 
series for stations carrying its new Tyrone Power-starrer, "Freedom, 
U. S. A.” Project is intended as a public service and as an audience- 
promotion tool. 

For example, in Atlanta, where WGST will air “Freedom,” Power will 
be recorded saying, “This is Tyrone Power. I like America. In Atlanta, 
I like WGST.” Individual disks will be sent to all subscribing stations. 

Show, which starts late next month, has been bought by over 150 sta- 
tions so far. Last week it was picked up by thq five McClatchy stations 
in California. Ziv is also, off ering scripts of quizzes, based on the con- 
tent of each broadcast, for use on the air and for distribution to schools. 
Students will be quizzed on facts about civics .and government con- 
tained on each Show, which describes the adventure of a U. S. senator, 


officer during the war. He was 
most recently assistant sales chief 
for WPIX. 


Schenectady — Bob Stone now 
teaming with Howard de Freitas | with TV film producers 


they’ll be escorted by Pierre Cre- 
nesse, North American head of 
RDF. the French broadcasting sys- 
tem. In Rome they’ll confer .with 
RIA, the Italian network, and meet 


and Roy Shudt in a weekly tele 
cast via WRGB from the Saratoga 
Raceway, under sponsorship of 
Saratoga. Vichy., It’s an hour pro- 
gram. 



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In the countries they visit, the 
NAEB reps will also talk to U. S.‘ 
embassy officials, heads of the vari- 
ous U. S. missions abroad, the 
Mutual Security Administration,, 
etc. 

The trip is likely to result in 
the greatest interchange of cul- 
| tural and informational shows 
across national frontiers that has 
j ever been seen, Siegel said this 
1 week. Typical of the programs 
which the delegation is trying to 
develop, he noted, is a ‘ series in 
which the editorial comments of 
leading European periodicals, par- 
| ticularly as they refer to the U. S., 

‘ will be available for broadcast 
here, so that Amtericans can see 
how we are viewed overseas. 

NAEB-ers sail on the lie de 
France Aug. 20 and return on the 
Queen Mary Sept. 23. 


Gen. Foods, B&B Nicked 
As Morgan Wins 375G 
For Bellringing Idea 

Los Angeles, Aug. 12. 

Raymond. R. Morgan, the. Coast 
ad agency head, won $375,000 ver- 
dict against Benton & Bowles and 
Generalr Foods on charges of un- 
fair competition and breach of im- 
plied contract. It was the first 
such judgment ever recorded in 
local courts/ for legal protection of 
a promotion idea tied in with radio. 

Morgan had first sued for 
$1,00)0,000 but just before the trial 
-was concluded after three weeks, 
he dropped -the punitive cause of 
action and asked only compen- 
satory damages of $500,000. After 
one hour’s deliberation, the jurors 
awarded Morgan $750,000 but 
halved the figure when told of 
Morgan’s abandonment of punish- 
ment damages. 

General Foods, on behalf of its 
Iftand, Maxwell House coffee, and 
its agency, B&B, were charged by 
Morgan with appropriating his 
copyrighted “doorbell ringiqg 
plan” and without compensation or 
agreement with him, using it in 
competitive territory. Previously, 
Morgan testified, the agency’s Hol- 
lywood office solicited him on the 
plan and the price — $200 a week 
royalty in key cities and $100 a 
week in smaller communities — and 
then went ahead and used it in 
competition with his client. 
Folger’s coffee, in Spokane, Wash. 

Sales graphs were shown in 
court to prove Morgan’s statement 
that in the four years his mer- 
chandising plan was used, sales of 
Folger’s coffee, in Spokane, rose 
from $4,000,000 to $40,000,000. 
Others using his doorbell Tinging 
sales promotion are Old Gold and 
Coca Cola. 


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‘It’s Peddlin’ Time’ 
For Webs in Chi 

Chicago, Atig. 12. 
with operations back on a nor- 
! k eel now 'that the political 
conventions are out of the way, 
Chi radio network sales crews are 
busy beating the bushes for those 
autumn accounts. 

First to scare up a client were 
fhe ABC peddlers who latched on 
to the O’Cedar Corp. for a tri- 
weekly ride on Don McNeill’s 
‘‘Breakfast Club.” Mop firm moves 
into the first quarter hour Monday, 
Wednesday and Friday of the early 
morning strip, as of Sept. 8, £ding 
into the spot vacated earlier this 
summer by General Foods Jell-O. 
As the McNeill airer has been con- 
sistently sold out during its 19-year 
run, ABCers expect to line up in 
short order the remaining Tuesday 
and Thursday availabilities. Philco 
and Swift continue with their iden- 
tity on the rest of the hour-long 
show. 

At NBC, they’re putting the fin- 
ishing touches to a 52-week renew- 
al pact by - Armour for the daily 
quarter-hour ‘-‘Dial Dave Garro- 
way" show which is in the bag 
except for the formal signing. Same 
web is pitching a nighttime half- 
hour. to the Miller Brewing Co., 
which has expressed interest in a 
Tuesday night slot for' an unre- 
vealed show. 

Although Pitt Brewery 
Strike Is Over, Talent 
Continues to Take Rap 

Pittsburgh, Aug, 12. 

Big live TV musical^ shows spon- 
sored by local breweries may be a 
long time returning in wake of 
nearly four-month strike which 
just ended. Duquesne’s “Shpw 
Time” series, Iron City’s “Perfec- 
tion Time” and Tech’s “Varieties,” 
which were originally scheduled to 
resume In* the fall, aren’t doing 
that- immediately on account of 
terrific losses suffered during 103- 
day walkout, and It may be late. 
November at the earliest, if then, 
before active production is 
resumed. — 

However, one old program which 
has already been activated is Sat- 
urday afternoon wrestling at the 
Grotto on the Northside, with 
Fort Pitt bringing in Wayne Grif- 
fin from Chicago every week to 
announce the bouts. Same bank- 
roller has started’ a live news show 
with Dave Murray' and Kay Scott 
every night at 11 for 15 minutes, 
but this was to have been launched 
early in JMay, as a replacement for 
the “Suppertime” early evening 
quarter-hour musical strip, and 
had been postponed when the 
strike was called in the meantime. 

Otherwise, Duquesne is hanging 
on to its 8-8:30 Wednesday evening 
slot with “The .Unexpected” film 
series; Tech regumes “Files of 
Jeffrey Jones” telepix Friday 
mghts at 9, previously held down 
by ‘Varieties,” and Iron City has 
Harry Wismer’s “Telesports Digest” 
running in place of “Perfection 
Time' Mondays at 9 p.m. Live 15- 
minute “Time Out” show every 
evening at 7:30 continues for Du- 
quesne. It was never off, however, 
even during strike. 

Channel 3, of course, isn’t being 
hurt, but talent is. 


MEREDITH PUBLISHERS’ 
TWIN CITIES TLB1D 

Minneapolis, Aug. 12. 

Meredith Co., Des Moines, pub-, 
lishers of magazines Better Homes 
and Gardens and Successful Farm- 
ing and owners of WHEN, Syra- 
cuse, N. V.;. WOW-TV, Omaha, and 
KPHO-TV, Phoenix, and with ap- 
plications pending for TV ‘stations 
in Kochester, N. Y., and St. Louis, 
wants a TV station in the Twin 
Cities, too. * 

Its application just filed with 
the FCC, one of 10 now before the 
commission _ for new Twin Cities 
TV stations,” is for channel 11, with 
a transmitter on the Foshay tower, 
tallest local office building, and a 
plant to ,c os t approximately 
$732,000. * 

Seahrook Farms Back As 
‘Matthew Bell’ Sponsor 

Seabrook Farms was inked last 
week to bring back “Private Files 
of Matthew Bell,” Joseph Cotten- 
starrer, on Mutual starting Sept. 7. 

Airer is currently on hiatus. It 
takes the Sunday 4:30-4:55 p.m. 
spot. Agency is Hilton Ac Riggio. 

Web also got a renewal on “Wild 
Bill Hickok” from Kellogg's. Show 
returns Sept. 8 in the Monday- 
Wednesday-Friday 5:30-5:55 p.m. 
slot. Agency is Leo Burnett. 

San Antonio — Mike Carpenter, 
news editor of KTRN,* Wichita 
Falls, has been elected new prez of 
the Texas AP Broadcasters Assn. 
Carpenter succeeds Corwin Rid- 
dell, Houston, who recently re- 
signed the post. He was chosen 
in a mail election. 


Philly TV Actor Mugged 

Philadelphia, Aug. 12. 

William A. Wells, 29, TV actor, 
was beaten and robbed by four^ 
men in sailor uniforms early Fri- 
day (8) in the heart of Philly’s 
Bohemian cafe district. 

Wells, who lives in Clifton 
Heights, Pa., was knocked to the 
pavement and the thieves escaped 
with $15 in cash and his wrist 
watch, valued at $100. 

Joe Reicliman’s Marathon 
Stint on Tex. Station 

Dallas, Aug. 12. 

Joe Reichman will begin a new 
Sunday half-hour weekly series 
on WFAA, part recordings and 
part featuring his own piano mus- 
ings. This puts Reichman, . band 
leader turned disk jockey, in the 
air time at over nine hours weekly. 
He is heard dally on WFAA at 1 
p.m. and again at 6 p.m. on Mon- 
day, Wednesday and Friday. 


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Continued from page 27 


and perhaps for the other radio 
networks. 

Adrian Murphy, prez of CBS 
Radio, accompanied Stanton to 
Chicago to sit in on the huddles. 
George B. Storer, prez of Storer 
Stations, who had chairmanned the 
affiliates committee, is ill and 
could not be present for today’s 
meet. At a result, John Fetzer, 
general manager of WKZO, Kala- 
mazoo, (also Kansas City), pre- 
sided for the affiliated group. 


NBC O&O’s Fuliscale Convention 



With the owned-and-operated 
stations becoming mbre of an im- 
portant segment of the networks’ 
operations, particularly from the 
income-earning viewpoint, NBC 
this week is holding a fuliscale 
meeting of its radio and tele sta- 
tion managers and some of their 
top staffers. Big plans are being 
mapped at the sessions currently 
under way in N. Y„ with toppers 
from the five TV and o-and-o's and 
the six AM o-and-o’s taking part. 

Plans won’t incorporate organ- 
izational changes, since the o-and- 
o’s have an integrated setup with 
station managers covering both 
AM and TV, a format which has 
proved successful and which antic- 
ipated the network’s new organiza- 
tional concept. . Sales, program- 
ming and promotion facets are be- 
ing covered at the four-day meet. 

Jim Gaines, o-and-o v.p., is chair- 
ing the meeting, with Charles R. 
Denny, v.p. over o&o stations; 
Carleton Smith, o&o operations 
v.p.; Tom McFadden, national spot 
chief; Red Neubert, spot merchan- 
dising manager; Jack Reber, spot 
TV sales chief; Bill Davidson,, spot 
AM sales chief; Henry Sjogren, 
o&o controller; Luellen Stearns, 
TV spot sales; Richard Close, rep- 
resented stations; Hank Sheppard, 
ad-promotion director, and other 
o&o department execs. 

Stations and out-of-town execs at 
the powwows include Ted Cott, 


WNBC-WNBT. N. .Y., general man- 
ager; Jules Herbuveaux, TV opera- 
tions .dbector in Chi; George 
Heinemann, WNBQ program man- 
ager, Chi; Harry Kopf, general 
manager WNBQ and WMAQ, Chi; 
A1 . Crapsey, KNBC, Frisco, sales 
manager; Lloyd Yoder, KNB<? sta- 
tion manager; Eugene Juster, 
WROWNBW, D. C., station man- 
ager; Hamilton Shea, WTAM- 
WNBK, Cleveland, manager; Don 
Norman, KNBH, Hollywood, man- 
ager; Charles Bevls, KOA, Den« 
ver, manager; George Greaves, as- 
sistant general manager, KNBC; 
Robert Leder, WNBC sales man- 
ager; and Dick Pack, program 
director, WNBT. 


Fran Harris to London For 
Radio Lux 'Perry Mason’ 

Fran Harris flies tomorrow 
(Thurs.) to London to direct the 
"Perry Mason” strip for Peter 
Saunders, British indie packager. 
Series is sponsored by Thomas 
Headley & Son, a Young & Rubi- 
cam account, and is heard six 
nights weekly over Radio Luxem- 
bourg for Tide. 

Miss Harris formerly with Me- 
Cann-Erickson for seven years and 
with William Morris Agency. Deal 
is for flye- weeks of intensive re- 
cording sessions, with possibility 
of more. * * 


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With, most' of the 1 major ‘diskers hopping on the instrumental, “Meet 
Mr. Callaghan/' new British import, it's anticipated in trade circles 
that the tune will repeat the click of “The Third Man Theme" several 
seasons hack,. Tune, which, was penned by Brie Speare, is used as 
thematic material for the legit meller. “Meet Mr. Callaghan," how 
running at the Garrick Theatre, London. Already on release are wax 
versions' by Les Paul-Mary Ford (Capitol); The Melachri.no Strings 
(RCA Victor); Sid Phillips (Coral); Peter Todd (M-G-M) and Frank 
Gove (London). “Callaghan" is published in England by David Toff 
ahd in, .the U, S. by Leeds Music. 


Fast getaway of Guy Mitchell's “Feet TJp" and Frankie Laine's “Rock 
of Gibraltar," both on the Columbia label, further indicates the growing 
performer-writer identification the two singers have developed during 
. the past several years. Bob' Merrill, who wrote “Feet Up," has al- 
ready come up with' such hits for Mitchell as “My Truly, Truly Fair," 
“Belle, Belle, My Liberty Belle," “Sparrow in the Treetop" and “Pitts- 
burgh, Pa." Terry Gilkysqn, who penned '‘Gibraltar,” has penned 
such other Laine dlsqlicks as “Girl In the Wood," “Gambella the 
Gambling Lady" and 1,000,000 disk seller, “Cry of the Wild Goose.” 


Leroy Anderson's click instrumental, “Blue Tango," which topped 
the 1,000,000 sales mark on the Decca label, has been given a lyric 
treatment by Mitchell Parish, ' Mills Music, which publishes the tune,* 
'assigned Parish and** Irving Gordon^to submit their lyric ideas several 
months ago and Parishes treatment won out Parish' has written lyrics 
for more than 1,000 songs including “Stardust," “Deep Purple," “So- 
phisticated Lady" and “Lilacs In the Rain," 

Another instrumental number recently given' a lyric is Ralph Bums' 
“Early Autumn." Tune, which was originally , published by. Woody 
‘ Herman's firm, Charting Music, '’was picked up by Howie Richmond 
for his Cromwell Music subsid 1 with a lyric penned by Johnny Mercer. 


Morgan Band For Dallas 

Dallas, .Aug. 12. 

Russ Morgan’s band^has been 
booked for the Mural Room, Baker 
Hotel, Sept. 5-13. 


Jinlmy Hilliard, newly-appointed 
artists and repertoire chief for 
Decca Records, headed for the 
Coast last week for a series of 
recording sessions. He’ll be gone 
about 10 days. 


The top 30 songs of week ( more in case of ties), based on 
copyrighted Audience Coverage Index & Audience Trend Index . 
Published by Office of Research, Inc., Dr. John Gray Peatman, 
Director . Alphabetically listed. 

Survey Week of August 1-7 

A Girl A Fella A Beach Umbrella .Valando 

Auf Wlederseh’n Sweetheart Hill 8c R 

Be Anything (But Be Mine) ; Shapirq-B 

Blue Tango Mills 

Delicado * ,v . . . . . .Remick 

For the Very First Time Berlin 

Half As Much Acuff-R 

. Here Comes That Mood ! . , Life . 

Here In My Heart r'. Mellin 

High Noon — t“High Noon" Feist 

How Close Life 

I'm Yours .\ : . v Algonquin 

Just For You — 1“Just For You", . , . ^ . .Burvan 

Kiss O* Fire Duchess 

Lovely. To Look At Harms « 

Lover * Famous 

Luna Rossa Bregman-V-C 

Maybe - Robbins 

Once In A While . ...f. Miller 

Padam Padam Leeds s 

So Madly In Love . ... . . Shaphro-B 

Somewhere Along Way : United 

> South Peer “ 

Sweetest Wofds I Know - Life' 

Vanessa ........... , E. H. Morris 

Walkin' My Baby Back Home. v DeSylva-B-H 

Watermelon Weather E. H. Morris 

Wish You Were Here— *“Wish You Were Her$" .... Chappell 

You Intrigue Me ; Remick 

Zing a Little Zong — 1“Just For You" Burvan: 

Second Group ' 

Botch-A-Me. : . . Hollis 

Busybody .♦ ' Alamo 

Cling To Me ♦. Ardmore 

Forgive Me Advanced 

From The Time You Say Goodbye Pickwick 

Ginny.. Goday 

I Love You So Jerome 

If Someone Had Told Me Witmark 

I’ll Forget You Witmark 

I'm Confessin' Bourne 

In The Good Old Summer Time Marks 

Plink Plank Plunk Mills 

Rosanne *...... ABC 

Roses Of Yesterday Berlin 

Sleepy Little Cowboy ' . . . Beacon 

Smoke Rings Am Academy 

This Is the Beginning Of the End Robbins 

West Of the Mountains „ Goday 

When I Fall In Love Young 

Why Did You Leave Me Roncom 

You Belong To Me Ridgeway 


Top 10 Songs On TV 


Blacksmith Blues . . • Hill & R 

Gonna Get Along Without You Now Kellem 

Goody Goody DeSylva-B-H 

1 Want A Girt Tilzer 

I Wish I Wuz ' United 

Kisses On Paper Wizell & D 

l j0ver Famous 

Somewhere Along The Way United 

What Good Is a Gal Miller 

Wish You Were Here— ’"“Wish You Were Here" . . . Chappell 

, mi five top standards 

(»irl That I Marry Berlin 

^ Love You Feist 

lell ]\ie Ti\at You Love Me Tonight Harms 

T 1 , f .? ld o. Black Magic Famous 

Twelfth Street Rag Shapiro-B 


^ Filmusical. *■' Legit musical. 




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Scoreboard 


OF 

* 


TOP TALENT AND TUNES 


Compiled from Statistical Reports of Distribution 
Encompassing the Three Major ^Outlets 

Coin Machines' Retail Disks Retail Sheet Music 

as Published in the Current Issue 

for 

—WEEK ENDING AUGUST 9 

W 

NOTE: The current comparative sales strength of the 'Artists and Tunes listed hereunder is 
arrived at under a statistical system comprising each of the three major sales outlets enu- ■ 
merated above. These findings are correlated with data from wider sources, which are exclusive 
with Variety. The positions resulting from these findings denote the OVERALL IMPACT de- 
veloped from the ratio' of points scored: two ways in the case of 'talent i disks , coin machines), 
and three ways in the case of tunes, (.disks, coin machines, sheet music). 

\ 


POSITIONS 
This Last 
week. week. 

1 1 

2 2 ' 



TALENT 


ARTIST AND LABEL 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Columbia) . . . 
VERA LYNN (London) 

EDDIE FISHER. (Victor) 

v. « 

AL MARTINO (BBS) 

JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) 

FRANKIE LAINE-D. DAY (Columbia) 
PERCY FAITH (Columbia) 

NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) ...... . 

COMOFISHER (Victor) 

TONY MARTIN (Victor) ‘ 


TUNE 

(Half as Much 
) Botch-A-Me 
Auf Wiederseh’n 
(I’m Yours 

) Wish You Were Here 
Here in My Heart 
(.Walkin’ My Baby Home 
) All of Me 

Sugarbush 

Delicado 

(Walkin’ My Baby Home 
) Somewhere Along Way 

Maybe 
Kiss of Fire 


' TUNES 

POSITIONS 

mi *- v . M i. 


■ week. week. TUNE PUBLISHER 

1 1 AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART Hill-R 

2 2 HALF AS MUCH . . . / ; Acuff-R 

3 6 BOTCH-A-ME Hollis 

’4 3 WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME . . DeSylva-B-H 

5 4 HERE IN MY HE ART .... : .' Mellin 

6 9 BLUE -TANGO '. Mills 

- 7 7 ...DELICADO Remick 

8 5 KISS OF FIRE Duchess 

9 . . WISH YOU WERE HERE ....". Chappell 

10 ^ 8 I’M YOURS-. Algonquin 

y S » 


10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines Week of 9 

+-M -M U I UI I D »++++♦ 

1. AUF WIEDERSEHN (8) (Hill-R) {3* ^Zard » 

HALF AS MUCH (9) (Acuff-R) ...... Rosemary Clooney . . . .Columbia y 

BOTCH-A-ME (6) (Hollis) . : Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia ■ • 

HERE IN MY HEART (12) (Mellin) { fLTteZtt \V.V.V.Xohmto jj 

WALKIN’ MY Baby BACK- HOME (12) (DeSylva-B-H) { Na^Ki^CoU ! ! ! ' C °C^tol ■■ 

SUGARBUSH (3) (Schimer) Frankie Laine-D. Day. .Columbia ■■ 

DELICADO (ID (Witmark) i £• £ 2it C °Sitol ■■ 

l S. Kenton . ... capuo i 

MAYBE 16) (Robbins) p # Como-E. Fisher Victor .. 

. Martin Victor 

KISS OF FIRE (15) (Duchess) i . ; G. Gibbs Mercury 

l B Eckstine * ■ MGM 

WISH YOU WERE HERE (1) (Chappell) Eddie Fisher '. Victor J 

Second Group 

i. I'M YOURS (13) (Algonquin) •. 

SO 3IADLY IN LOVE (Shapiro-B) . . .„ 

** LOVER (5) (Famous).: • 

« » FOOL, FOOL, FOOL (Progressive) 

; : WALKIN’ TO MISSOURI (Hawthorne) 

- BLUE TANGO (19) (Mills) 

«>■ * * * • 1 

“1 SMOKE RINGS (Am Academy) 

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY (United). 


2 . 

3. 

+ 4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

+ 10 . 


I’LL WALK ALONE (10) (Mayfair) 

MAKE ME LOVE- YOU (Pickwick) 

I LOVE GIRLS (Ardmore) 1 

I MAY HATE MYSELF IN THE MORNING (Valando) 

TILL THE END OF THE WORLD (Southern) 

HONKY TONK ANGELS (Pecr-IntT) 

[Figures in parentheses indicate number of weeks song 

tt f 1 t I I 1 1 tl H M ) t M H t H M t M I t n M> h t 


f Eddie Fisher Victor 

( Don Cornell C° rfl ‘ •• 

Georgia Gibs Mercury y 

Peggy Lee-G. Jenkins — Decca ■■ 

Kay Starr Capitol .. 

Sammy Kaye Columbia 

( Leroy Anderson -- 

] Hugo Winterhalter Victor .. 

Les PauVMary Ford Capito _ 

l Nat (King) Cole t 

l Tony Bennett Columbia 

j Don Cornell 

( Richard Hayes - ^ eTC y 




Georgia Gibbs Mercury J 

Atthur Godfrey Cohan i 

Betty McClaurin ....y - Dcr y 
Bing Crosby-G. Martin . . .Decc 

Kitty Wells Dec 

has been in the Top 101 


August 13i 1952 


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BANDS ROLUNG FOR BIG SEASON 



An«nt the platter biz controversy over the new Federal Trade 
law signed last month by President Truman, James B. Conkling, 
nrez of Columbia Becords, said Monday (11) that several years ago 
Col had succeeded in establishing in the courts that records are a 
product which can be fair traded and that that is a “distinct and 
important advantage on which, our present consideration of the 
problem is based* 

v ‘‘Columbia now wishes to be certain,” he added, “that if it at- 
tempts to fair trade/ again, it will be able to enforce its fair trade 
prices. There are, many collateral problems which must be con- 
sidered, such as interstate mailing of records, the effect of fair 
trading on various dealers subject to different OPS ceiling prices, 
etc. Columbia believes that non-effective and unfair trading would 
be worse than none at all. Therefore, we are not yet prepared 
to announce our plans for enforcing such a decision.” 


Pubs Prowlng Foreign Market 
For Pops in New Import Upbeat 


Clicks of 'the German tune, “Auf4 
Wiederseh’n,” and the Italian iim- 
port, “Botch-A-Me,” in the U. S. 
pop market have sent pubs on the 
prowl again for foreign melodies. 
“Atif Wiederseh’n” and “Botch-A- 
Me, “ which were kicked off here 
via platters by Vera Lynn (London) 
-and Rosemary Clooney* (Columbia), 
respectively, is seen reversing the 
American pubs’ attitude regarding 
imports, which they've been eyeing 
cautiously for the past year be- 
cause of the big gamble involved. 

Many of the pubs had been 
brushing off foreign tunes because 
of the difficulty in getting a suit- 
able lyric and the stiff coin de- 
mands made by the European pub- 
lishing firms. Many of them were 
asking from s $l,000 to $2,000 ad- 
vance with a' 50-50 split on royal- 
ties. American pub also has • to 
shell out an additional royalty to 
the English lyric writer — which 
leaves a small • profit if the tune 
clicks and a big outlay if it doesn’t. 
The top bracket positions of “Auf 
Wiederseh’n” and “Botch-A-Me,” 
however, have put the pubs in a 
bullish mood on foreign properties. 

European melodies already set 
here for a big pop push are “Make 
It Soon,” adapted from the French 
song, “Le Loupe, La Biche et Le 
Chevalier,” “Whispering Sere- 
nade,” adapted, from the French 
“Avril au Portugal,” and “My Love 
and Devotion” and “Say You’ll 
Wait For Me,” both of which were 
adapted from the Italian composi- 
tions of J. B. Mascheroni. “Meet 
Mr. Callghan,” an instrumental 
from England, is currently makihg 
some noise in the market via the 
Les Paul-Mary Ford waxing for 
Capitol Records. ; ' 

CORNELL-LAWRENCE AS 
COMBO SET FOR TOUR 

Bon Cornell and the Elliot Law- 
rence orch are being packaged for 
a series of combination terp and 
concert dates. The one-niter trek 
which will .cover New England 
Canada and the southeast, is ex- 
pected to tee off Sept. 25 for a 
six-week routing. Cornell and 
Lawrence are currently headlin 
at the Paramount Theatre 
N. Y. 

Package is being booked by the 
Associated Booking Corp. in con- 
junction with the William Morris 
Agency. ABC reps Lawrence while 
Morris handles Cornell. 


Decca’s 270(3 6-Month Net 

Decca Records’ net earnings for 
six-month period ended Jpne 30 
amounted to $270,923 after pro- 
vision of $279,174 for income tax. 
Earnings are equal to 35c per 
share on the 776,650 share out- 
standing on that date. 

Earnings compare with net of 
$362,204 or 47c per capital share 
for the corresponding period of 
1951. 


Como’s Ist-Hand 
View of How Disk 
Hits Are Made 


Perry Como decided to accom- 
pany RCA Victor sales manager 
Larry Kanaga on a 10-day swing, 
covering nine cities, to meet the 
trade, the deejays, coin-machine 
operators and a segment of the 
public. He came away greatly sur- 
prised and considerably enlight- 
ened. 

It was nj fan mag, daily press or 
cocktailery pitch — it. was an intra- 
trade closeup on what makes the 
phonograph record biz tick, and 
Como was reimpressed by the large 
local impact that the regional disk 
jockeys exercise in <?ities like Bos- 
(Continued on page 42) 



Indies Take on 




Emerging from its healthiest 
summer since the end of the war, 
the band biz is rolling in high gear 
into a strong fall season. Bullish 
signs are being felt by the band 
agencies which are currently lin- 
ing up fall tours ‘ for their orch 
properties without any difficulty. 
General Artists, for example, has 
most of its band pactees solidly 
booked for September, October and 
November. 

According to the agency men, 
the -ballroom operators around the 
country are going all out on their 
fall bookings because of the socko 
b,o. racked up by the onchs dur-| 
ing the hot weather season. An- 
other important factor in the 
pickup, they claim, is the public’s 
renewed Interest in dancing. 

The upbeat encompasses the 
non-name orchs as well as the 
name outfits and the ops report 
that terpsters are coming out more 
than ever before for the the semi- 
name bands. Resistance to book- 
ing the lesser name crews is stead- 
ily diminishing since the majority 
of the ops discovered that the terp- 
ing lure isn’t limited to marquee 
power alone. During the months 
of June and July, the lesser names 
have been able to keep the ops in 
the black by pulling a hefty turn- 
out. 

The name bands, of course, are 
getting the cream location and one- 
niter assignments. Last year’s 
standout grossers, Ray Anthony, 
Ralph Flanagan, Sammy Kaye and 
Guy Lombardo continue to get most 
of the calls. The new disk-launched 
orchs, Sauter-Finegan (RCA Vic- 
tor) and Art Lowry (Columbia) are 
attracting plenty of op interest for 
fall dates via their initial platters. 

The agencies believe that the 
sock summer b.o. can be repeated 
in the fall if ops continue their 
hypoed promotional activities. Ex- 
tensive exploitation in newspapers, 
radio-TV spots, window cards, etc., 
helped bring up the summer 
grosses. For example, Sammy 
Solomom, ballroom operator in 
i Laurenberg, N. C., with a popula- 
tion of only 7,500, has upped his 
window card order to between 750 
and 1,500 for each band booked. 
The agencies are helping out :on 
the exploitation end' with, updated 
press books and more eye-catching 
ad mats. They are also tieing 
with record companies to plug the 
orch’s appearance on the disk 
jockey and retail level. 


ASCAP’* Exhib Tap 

ASCAP this week began 
moving in on a new source .of 
coin — motion picture theatre* 
Licensing org is out to col- 
lect for recorded music played 
in pic houses during intermis- . 
siqns, at openings and closings. 
Details in film section. 


Col Stable Rides 
Through Summer 
With Pop Smashes 

With its entire pop artists roster 
repped by high riding disk entries, 
Columbia Records is completing 
one of the strongest summer sales 
seasons in its history. Although the 
diskery has been pacing the shel- 
lac field for the past couple of 
years, this marks the first time all 
of its pop stable have been riding 
together with top bracket etchings. 
Company has had as many as 20 
releases selling more than 10,000 
platters weekly during the summer 
dogdays. 

Topping Col’s sales lists for the 
past 10 weeks have been Rosemary 
Clooney with “Botch-A-Me” and 
“Half As Much,” Frankie Laine 
with the “High Noon”-“Rock of 
Gibraltar” coupling, Johnnie Ray 
with “Walking My Baby Back 
Home” and “AU of Me,” and Tony 
Bennett's “Have a Good Time.” 
Other click items are Jo Stafford’s 
“You Belong to Me,” Sammy 
Kaye’s “Walkin’ to Missouri,” “Su- 
gar Bush” with Laine and Doris 
Day and the Toni Arden-Ghamp 
Butler waxing of “Remembering.” 
Among the platters released within 
the past two weeks Guy Mitchell’s 
“Feet Up” and Miss Stafford’s 
“Jambalaya” are already showing 
up as top commercial entries. Doris 
Day’s cutting of “A Guy Is a Guy,” 
although a late spring release, has 
carried over with top impact- dur- 
ing July and early August. 

Col also is racking up big sales 
in the album field with its Johnnie 
Ray package. In the instrumental 
groove, Percy Faith’s “Delicado” 
has been a steady seller. 


With the small record companies 
continuing to break through on the 
hit lists, the indie distributors * 
handling their lineiS have steadily 
been growing in importance to the 
dealers around the country. In 
many territories the major com** 
pany distrlbs are attempting to re- 
gear their setup tq buck the in- 
roads made by the indies. 

Most of’ the indie distrlbs, how- 
ever, have developed to such an 
extent during the past three yekrs * 
that their position as solid disk 
merchandisers has become secure. 
Such indie distrlbs as. Jerry Blaine, 
who. operates in the New York and 
Fhilly area via Cosnat, Sam Clark, 
who heads up New England Music 
in Boston, and James Martin who 
covers the Chicago, territory, are 
cuxrently topping the field in plat- 
ter sales. 

The indies have been able to 
overtake the big company distrlbs 
in selling techniques because of 
the free hand with which they can 
market their disks. "They’re not 
bound by any- institutional limita- 
tions “anq can make such deals as 
“bonus, records” and “introductory 
offers” without having to check 
with the front office. The indies 
also are free to . peddle any platter 
in their line since they’re not bun* 
dened with a complete big diskery 
catalog that they’ve got to move. 
Since the indies cart make their 
own specialized terms, they’ve 
managed to build a strohg rela- 
tionship with the coinbox opera- 
tors who’ve become increasingly 
important in helping a disk brea*~* 
out. 

Along the . same . lines, they’ve 
also made strong contact with the 
“one-stoppers,” disk jobbers and/ 
or middlemen, to whom more and 
more dealers are going for their 
platters. The “one-pt*ppers” serve 
as central stations it r the retailer 
vvho doesn't want to shop around 
the many distrib outlets in his 
area and they also^ facilitate the 
purchasing problem by' making 
quick deals for cash. They don't 
want to carry a big line; so the 
indies have stepped in and taken 
hold. 

Many of these distrlbs also are 
beginning to taka' on a classical 
long play line from ‘the small 
manufacturers.*. Although' the ma- 
jors still have, a stranglehold in 
this department, the indie distrlbs 
have managed to move in on their 
sales. 


■f'&RiE’fr 


Survey of retail sheet music 
sales , based on reports obtained 
from leading stores in 12 cities 
and showing comparative sales 
rating for this and last week. 


Rodgers ‘Victory’ Tunes 
On Chappell Schedule 

A couple of themes from Rich- 
ard Rodgers’ background score for 
NBC-TV’s “Victory At Sea,” which 
the web will preem, in the fall, 
are being prepped for pop diskery 
coverage by Chappell Music. Num- 
bers being readied for. record com- 
pany submission are “Guadalcanal 
March” and an untitled tango. 

The background score recently 
was completed by Rodgers, who 
Penned it especially for the tele 
sen es . Rodgers debuted the 
March” at Lewisohn Stadium, 
^ n ’’ severa l weeks ago. 

Only other tele-pegged composi- 
tions which have attracted diskery 
interest so far haye been Tony 
m a ’ s background scores for 
CBS-TV’g “Danger” which M-G-M 
records packaged last year, H , 


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Sammy Kaye Auditions 
New Crew; Big Tour Of 
LNiters Set for Fall 

Sammy Kaye, whose 1 orch was 
Out apart last month when 10 side- 
men exited to form their own orch, 
is currently auditioning tooters for 
a new crew which he’ll take out in 
the fall. 

Already lined up are Joe De 
Rosa, who’s returning to his spot 
in the lead sax chair, and trumpeter 
Andy Russo. Russo, former Tom- 
my Tucker, Buddy Morrow and 
Heniw Busse sideman, will also 
handle the comedy assignments for 
the Kaye outfit. Kaye expects to 
launch a two-month one-niter tour, 
in October. 


RCA DICKERING FOR 
EARTHA KIH SERIES 

In a move to latch on to new 
name personalities for its artists 
roster, RCA Victor 'is dickering 
with Eartha Kitt, Negro thrush who 
is currently appearing in the 
Broadway -revue, “New Faces of 
1952.” Miss Kitt etched several 
songs which she sings in the show 
for Victor’s original cast album of 
“New Faces” which will be re- 
leased within the next few weeks. 

Diskery plans to package a flock 
of Miss Kitt’s international song- 
alog for her first solo when the pact 
is consummated. 


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Patti Page: “I Went To Your 
Wed5ing’-“You Belong To Me’' 
(Mercury). This is a money platter. 
Both numbers are hit list poten- 
tials and Patti Page’s excellent de- 
livery assures a fast getaway. 
“Wedding” is right up Miss Page’s 
piping alley in melody and lyric 
moojd. It’s sentimental, \ flavorsome 
and should get a solid ride on all 
levels. “Belong To Me” is a stand- 
out ballad entry which is getting 
wide diskery coverage. Miss Page’s 
rendition will be hard to boat. 

Perry Como: “Sweetheart’s Hol- 
iday ”-“My Love and Devotion” 
(Victor). “Sweetheart’s Holiday” is 
a lilting number which _shows Per- 
ry Como off in a gay, zestful mood. 
Tune has a rollicking beat and a 
rousing lyric which Como belts out 
with an ingratiating spirit Rates 
plenty of spins. “Love and Devo- 
tion” is a grandiose ballad which 
Como handles eloquently. 

Dick Todd: “You’re More Like 
Your Mommy Ev’ry Day”-“Some- 
one To Kiss Your Tears Away” 
(Decca). Dick Todd has a surefire 
follow up to his .clicko “Daddy’s 
Little Girl” in “You’re More Like 
Your Mommy Ev'ry Day.” It’s in 
the same simple groove, loaded 
with paternal sentiment and 
worked over in top form by Todd. 
His pleasant vocaling manner gets 
the most out of the neat lyric. Bot- 
tom slice is a slow, moody ballad 
that gets a standard Todd treat- 
ment. 

Ray Shaw: “The World Is Mine”- 
•‘Today, Tomorrow - and Always” 
(Mercury). Ray Shaw, newest addi- 
tion to the Mercury stable, im- 
presses as a good bet to crash the 
solid bloc of male vocalists, He’s 
got a full-bodied piping quality 
and knows how to project the kind 
of wax excitement that clicks with 
the teen-age platter buyers. 'More 
c x are in enunciation is about all he 
needs. “World Is Mine” is another 
offspring of the “Kiss of Fir*- 
genre but it still packs plenty of 
drive. Shaw belts it out for all it’s 
worth. On the reverse, he works 
over an average waltz ballad for 
fair results. Xavier Cugat’s orch 
provides a- fiery backing. 

June Christy: “Some Folks Do’ - 


“Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen” (Capitol). 
June Christy, who has worked over 
some solid jump tunes as vocalist 
with Stan Kenton’s orch, has come 
up with a so-so solo effort in “Some 
Folks Do.” The spirit is still there 
but the number, in general, doesn’t 
seem to be worth her efforts. The 
oldie on the flipover, however, 
shows her off in top form 1 and it 
could start a revival. Fete Rugolo 
assists with a firstrate backing job. 

Neal Hefti Orch-Franccs Wayne: 
“ J ambalaya”-“Two-Faced C 1 o c k” 
(Coral). The captivating bayou 
bounce of “Jambalaya” gives the 
Neal Hefti orch and warbler Fran- 
ces Wayne plenty of opportunity to 

showcase their stylish musician- 
ship., . It’s a slick, commercial 
number which most of the 
diskeries are hopping on but the 
Hefti-Mtss Wayne treatment will be 
able to hold its own in the compe- 
tition. Jocks and jukes will over- 
look the reverse, “Two-Faced 
Clock,” to spin its mate. Tune has 
a distinctive beat but a pointless 
lyric.- 

April Stevens: “That Naughty 
Waltz”-“I Like To Talk To Myself” 
(Victor). The whispery April Stev- 
ens styling gets the echo chamber 
treatment on “That Naughty 
Waltz,” an ear-appealing number 
with mid-hit possibilities. The mul- 
tiple-voice gimmick doesn’t hinder 
Miss Stevens smooth delivery and 
makes the side okay juke fodder. 
Miss Stevens puts it on a little too 
thick on “Talk To Myself” dissi- 
pating tune’s values. Henri Rene 
orch lends an appropriate backing. 

Bill Hayes: “My Search For You 
Is Ended”-“Say You’ll Wait For 
Me” (M-G-M). Hayes has one of 
his most impressive sides in some 
time in “My Search For You Is 
Ended.” Number lends itself to 
the big-voice, lush orch backing 
that’s currently clicking with the 
platter . buying clientele and it 
could take ' off. Hayes projects 
plenty of appeal with his rousing 
vocal and the femmes will go for 
his emotional styling. Reverse is 
a sock adaptation of an Italian tune 
which get solid spins. 

Doris Day: “Make It Soon”-“My 


Guy/ Tune has a neat bounce and nut to msserjaavantage inan ixs sons ago in the leam n e™vu 
a cute lyric which Miss Day works mate. . • , } n Carousel/’ which Decca YiJh 

over in a sly and charming fashion. Jeanne Gayle: “Bim Bam. Baby”- , an original cast album 
The jukes should go for this in a “it Wasn’t God Who Made The Ho s-.got a strong set of pine? 3ft 
big way. On the bottom slice, Miss Honky Tonk Angels” (Capitol), he handles for top results 


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big way. On the bottom slice, Miss Honky Tonk Angels” (Capitol). ne handles for top results Hi? ™)? 
Day changes pace for a serious bal- “Bim Bam Baby” is an okay jump range and excellent phrasing IS 
lad number for fair results. Tune tube which Jeanne Gayle socks wand attention. Tunes fm™ a 
is a routine Tin Pan Alley entry across for maximum impact. Her forthcoming Metro musical 
but Miss Day’s treatment gives it drive and enthusiasm will get' it cause You’re Mine,” serve «/ 
some distinction. Fercy Faith sup- plenty of spinning time especially ceilent showcases for his vorSini* 
plies a topflight backing job on on the juke level. “Honky Tonk Tltle song has a quasiclassicni S*' 
both sides. Angels” is strictly off the cob ih necr but has a sock pop potentS 

Pearl Bailey: “Takes Two- To melody, and lyric sentiment. Miss ,^ge^ Smg is a standout adattS 
Tang o”-“Let There Be Love” Gayle delivers with a twangy au- BJ®. * he Third Movement^ 
(Coral). Pearl Bailey gets a chance thenticity and Cliff ie Stone’s orch HI and itftM 

at some excellent material ui dishes out a snappY alfalfa backing the pop market 

“Takes Two To Tango” and she but it’ll be hard thing -to sell to camarat* s backing is excellent * 
makes it a good commercial entry, the urban ear. • . 

She belts out the catchy Jyric, John Raltt: “Because You re r latter* 

blended with a captivating beat. Mine”-“The ’ Song Angels Sing” 
in the effortless manner that’s (Dacca). John Raitt steps out as a 


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Disk Companies' Best Sellers 



CAPITOL 


ARTIST 

,Kay Starr 


KAY’SL LAMENT /. •. * . - Kay Starr 

FOOL/FOOL, FOOL 

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY Nat (King) Cole 

WHAT DOES IT TAKE ' 

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME. .Les Paul-Mary Ford 
SMOKE RINGS 

LOVE IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER Billy May 

GIN AND TONIC 

WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME -.(Nat (King) Cole 

FUNNY 


1. PRETTY BOY Jo Stafford 

YOU BELONG TO ME 

2. BOTCH- A-ME Rosemary Clooney 

. ON THE FIRST WARM DAY * 

3. HALF AS MUCH ...‘ Rosemary Clooney 

PQOK WHIP POOR WILL 

4. HIGH NOON Frankie Laine 

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 

5. HOW LOVELY COOKS THE MEAT Frankie Laine-D. Day 

SUGARBUSH 

CORAL ’ 

1. STRING ALONG Ames Bros. 

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER 

2. MY THRILL Alan Dale 

YOU’RE MY DESTINY 

3. JAMBALAYA .. ... Neil Hefti & F. Wayne 

TWO FACED CLOCK : 


' THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END. 
/I CAN’T CRY ANYMORE 

IT TAKES ^WO' TO SAMBA 

LET THERE BE LOVE 


. .Don Cornell 


Pearl Bailey 


DECCA 

1. SHOULD I Four Aces 

THERE’S ONLY TONIGHT 

2: BLUE TANGO Leroy Anderson 

BELLE OF THE BALL 

3. AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART Guy Lombardo 

HALF AS MUCH 

4. BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL Mills Bros. 

JUST WHEN WE’RE FALLING IN LOVE 

5. WISH YOU WERE HERE Guy Lombardo 

HONKY TONK SWEETHEART 

MERCURY 

1. AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART Eddy Howard 

I DON’T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE 

2. ONCE IN A WHILE , , , Patti Page 

I’M GLAD YOU’RE HAPPY WITH SOMEONE ELSE 

3. SO MADLY IN LOVE Georgia Gibbs 

MAKE ME LOVE YOU 

4. ROSANNE Vic Damone 

TAKE MY HEART 

5. YOU BELONG TO ME Patti Page 

I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING 

M-G-M 

1. I’LL FORGET YOU Alan Dean 

LUNA ROSA . * ’ 

2. STRANGE SENSATION Billy Eckstine 

HAVE A GOOD TIME 

3. BEYOND THlf NEXT HILL. Acquaviva & Orch 

TILLIE’S TANGO 

4. KISS OF FIRE , , Billy Eckstine 

NEVER LIKE THIS * 

5 * * David Rose & Orch. 

ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 

RCA VICTOR 

1. WISH YOU WERE HERE Eddie Fisher 

the Hand of fate 

2. I M YOURS Eddie Fisher 

JUST A LITTLE LOVIN' 

3. VANESSA ! .....Hugo Winterhalter 

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY vvmteraaiter 


4. SOMEDAY * 

LUNA ROSSA 


Platter* Pointers 

Red Foley and Roberta Lee have 
a surefire commercial slice 
“Don’t Believe Everything You 
Hear” (Decca) ... Ray Bloch orch's 
workover of “Someday” on the 
Coral label rates lots of spinning 
time. Ronnie Deauville’s vocal h 
standout... Jan G arber hiu 

smoothly on “You Belong To Me" 
(Capitol). . .Henri Rene orch dnpi 
a neat job on “Since You W 

f0 / Vict ? r - Loa DinS 
warbling is an added fiUp. . .Xavier 
Cugat s orch has an exciting treat, 
ment of “Oooh!” (Mercui) 
n » y Prophet impresses oi 
Z h !r r f In ,?>? Wo /, ld '' to £ 

die Kern label ... Alfred Ncwm™ 
batons the Hollywood Symph Orch 
in a standout cutting of “Jamaican 
Rhumba (Mercury) ... Nora Mor* 
ales has a good bolero entry in 
Bella Mujer” (M-G-M), . .Ralph 
Flanagan has a hit potential in "I 
Should Care” (Victo?). .Scnc! 
Welk orch has a pleasant slice in 
Cocoanut Grove.” 

Standout folk, western, religious, 
blues, rhythm, etc.: Bill Monroe, 
Pike County Breakdown” (Decca) 
■ • • Slim Williams, “Yoke of Oxen” 
(Coral) ... Skeets Yaney, “So Dis- 
hearted” (M-G-M) ... The Harmon* 
eers Quartet, “I Just Can’t Help 
Loving My Jesus” (Bibletone). 


" Forms Whitehall Music Co, 
Whitehall Music Corp. char- 
tered to conduct a music publish- 
ing business in New York. Capital 
stock is 200 shares, no par value. 

A. Edward Masters is a director 
and filing attorney. 



“I WENT TO 
YOUR WEDDING” 


Tony Martin 


^ Hugo Winterhalter 


MERCURY RECORD 

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Aiigi**t 13, 19S2 



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“LONDON, Aug. 2.— *The British are traditionally cagey 
about coming across with figures. But one thing is cer- 
tain— Guy Mitchell is doing fabulous business at the Pal- 
ladium. He was easy, relaxed, obviously in complete con- 
trol of his audience. And what an audience! Rumor says 
Mitchell is the biggest draw after Danny Kaye, who comes 
into a special category at the Palladium. When I caught 
the show again, Britain was sweltering under a heat wave 
—usually enough to keep crowds away from the un-cooled 
Palladium. But on that night I counted only six unoc- 
cupied seats in the stalls. Even the boxes were filled, 
with the crowds standing along the walls I estimate that 
there were 2,800 people there. And that has been a typi- 
cal reaction to Mitchell, which .startled even the Palladium 
staff, who had not realized his disk reputation carried such 
weight here. Val Parnell signed him up for a second sea- 
son within a few days of the opening. And he seldom 
tambles on anything but winners.” 


I'SSlEFr, lomloiy July 22 

u'a 1 ® 1 '* 9 an he no two opinions about the impact mad® 
tSwiy j^hchell on his Palladium debut. With a reputa- 
&*de solely on the sale of his disks, he hits the top 
on?.? p n bis first entrance here and stays there through- 
J&- gl Y, Ing *be customers a non-stop performance and 
thc time-wasting speeches that too frequently 
ctactenze the work of first-timers. 

? ct . astutely designed' to please the fans, but 
* 0] r those hot familiar with his past 
Wevements. All his noted hit songs are there. 

ovation at the opening maintained the re- 
Palladium tradition. His first appearance was 
ecstatic delight, and the delirium remained 
forSS. out 10 numbers, The fans were jstill clamoring 
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Mnggsy Spanier arch plays a 
jazz concert at Childs Paramount, 
N. Y„ Sunday. (17) . , . Buddy Basch 
handling promotion, for the Art 
Mooney orch . , . Illinois Jacquet 
orch into the Capitol Lounge, Chi- J 
qago, Aug. 20 . . . Herb Cochran 
joined' General Artists Corp, cock- 
tail department . . . Ella Fitzgerald 
opens at the Bifdland, N.Y., tomor- 
row (Thurs.) , . , Joe Licbowitz, 
prez of Wajjis RecordSj indie label, 
leaves for Europe Friday (15) to 
set up distribution deals for his 
company . . . Jerry Forrest orch 
opens at Pep’s, Philly, Aug. 18 . . . 
Sherm Feller- launched a new disk 
jockey show on WLAW, Boston, 
Monday (11) . . . Cress Courtney 
and Tim Gale feted Frankie Laine 
at a cocktailery at Idlewild Airport, 
N. Y., yesterday (Tues.) prior to 
Laine’s takeoff for England. 

Chicago 

Diplomats signed with Harry 
Greben office and open at .the 
Beverly Hills Country Club, New- 
port, ICy.. Aug. 29- . . . Cy-Clowns 
invade Miller’s Supper club, Mar- 
ion, Ind., Aug. 15 for two frames 
. . ; Billy Devroe booked for the 
Pic-Wic, Syracuse, Ind., Aug. 15 
for 14 day$ . . . Janie O’Brien re- 
turned to the Steakhouse Aug. 10 
o . . Harmonicats and Jan August 
cut four sides last week for Mer- 
cury . . Mill Bros, have a week at 

Zanzibar, Denver> Sept. 15 . . , 
Russ Morgan set for some one- 
nighters in that territory before go- 
ing into the Baker Hotel, Dallas, 
Sept. 5 . , . Jimmy Featherstone 
does a month repeat at the Cava- 
lier Hot^l, Virginia Beach, starting 
Sept. 9 . . . Count Basle does a string 
of one-nighters in Texas beginning 
Aug. 18 , , . Ronald Bros, move 
from the Preview to the Cairo for 
an extended run ... . Margaret 
Whiting headlines the DuQuoin, 
111. State Fair Aug. 25 for a week 
with Lou Breeae's orch and Will 
Mahoney . . , Mel Johnson ,and Bob 
Morton/of the Wayne King teevee 
show, are singing this- summer at 
the Whitcomb Hotel,. St. » Joseph, 

. . . Lila Leeds chirps at Nob Hill, 
backed by the Lefty Bates Trio, 
starting Nov. 10 . .Estelle Loring 

does four weeks at the Jefferson 
Hotel, St. Louis, Oct. 1 . ; . Fifth 
Ave. Club has opened. In Chicago 
With Freddie Williamson of Asso- 
ciated Bookj.ng setting the talent. 
Bistro has Stump Jordan for first 


TOPPING ALL LISTS 



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LEROY 
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MILLS MUSIC, Inc. 


It's Music by 

JESSE GREER 

' Program Today Yastarday's 

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attraction , . . Claude Jones and 
Johnny Palt inked for the Stream- 
liner Aug, 11 . . . Harry. Ranch 
orch fills three weeks- at the 
Deschler-Wallick, Columbus, O,, 
then returns to the Colony Cluh, 
McClure, 111, Oct. 7 . . . Muggsy 
Spanler plays the Colonial, Tor- 
onto, for the third time within a 
year and also does a quick repeat 
at the Frolics, Columbus, Sept. 22 
for three stanzas. 

Towne Rbom'TPacted names for 
the rest of the summer and fall. 
Cy Coleman into the spot Aug. 19 
for four weeks, followed by Eddie 
South for four more beginning 
Sept, 16. Rest of the stands will be 
two-week bookings. Ray Cura- is 
inked In for Oct. 14, with Bobby 
Wayne doing his third stand there 
within the year, Oct. 28, unless 


projected theatre tour interferes. 
Wally Griffin headlines Nov. 11 
and Teddl Ktng does 14 days start- 
ing Now. >25, 

Pittsburgh . 

Pianist Harry WMrrs left Bob 
Stewart’s orch at Blaqkmore Boat 
Club after four years to join the 
Jack Peck unit in the southwest. 
Joe Rozmarln replacing him with 
Stewart, - .Bill Owens, Howdy 
Baum’s tenor saxman, smashed up 
badly in an, auto crackup, but Ver- 
non Lodge, another Baum musician 
who Was .riding • with him at the 
time, walked away unhurt. . .Larry 
Faith’s crew will become the reg- 
ular house band *at the new Hori- 
zon Room at the • Greater Pitts- 
burgh Airport. , .Ernie Rudy band 
booked for return at Bill Green’s 
beginning Aug. 25* In the same 
room, organist Dave Betchcr’s op 
tion picked, np again . . . Three Suns 
booked into the Twin Coaches La- 
bor- Day week (Sept. 1) ..pianist 
Harry Walton landed another tee- 
vee show, “Fun With Faye” (Park- 
er), Wednesday nights at 10:15. 


Jack Robbing Setting Tip 
Subsid Desi Arnaz Pubs 

Best Arnaz ^Publications, Inc., is 
being set up by Jack Robbins on a 
50-50 basis to publish an “X Love 
Lucy” theme song, which * Arnaz 
has asked Johnny Mercer and Han* 
¥y Warren to write as a thematic 

for their TV show (Lucille Ball) 
and also to specialize in general 
music publishing. 

. J. J, Robbins & Sons also has 
50% of the World & Music firm 
with Cork O’Keefe. Ed Kastner, 
in turn, is in for 50% of the Rob- 
bins firm w (not to be confused 'with 
Metro’s Robbins Music Corp.), with 
an option to buy within 10 years 
from 1951 when the tentative work- 
ing agreement was first set up. 


In its initial institutional p Mm . 

tion campaign for the disk | niI 

try, the Hecord Industry Ass. 4 I 
America is currently 

the collection of a complete 
of American folk music records 
for a catalog being compiled by 
International Folk Mmip r / . 
London. Catalog isTein^Jf 1 ’ 

gether for the United Nations to 
cational, Scientific and 
Organization (UNESCO). 

RIAA is working on the project 
in conjunction with Librarv ! 
Congress. Harold Spivacke chi!! 
Lloyd Dunn, Capitol Records j of the Library of Congress’’ mu jj 
veepee, heads back to the diskery’s l div J?ion, is handling the American 
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“Half As Much”— 39710 4 


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EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 

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FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) 
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ton, Buffalo, Cleveland and De- 
troit. 

He learned how hits can start 
and call mushroom away from the 
big cities. He learned 1 ow jukebox 
operators have an uncanny knack 
of picking hits; how, 'by the very 
reprise of the first 10 or 12 bars, 
they sense how well a. platter will 
click. (It’s for this reason that the 
“sing high” klckqff is such a cur- 
rent new. vogue.) 

From the kids he learne$ how 
they measure values; how they 
even sense when and how an artist 
was perhaps “tired” that day, or 
didnt’ have confidence in what he 
was doing. These hinterland 
junkets obviously are no secret to 


every diskery but a special revela- 
tion to an artist like Como. 

Incidentally, . both were so busy 
that Kanaga couldn’t find time to 
take a haircut, whereupon Como 
broke out his clippers and cutters, 
ala his onetime profession, and 
coiffed the RCA Victor general 
sales chieftain's pate into what (at 
this ivriting) is a ■ rather unusual 
crewcut. 


Mercury Records Adds 
Det. Symph to Roster 

Detroit, Aug. 12. 

A long-term recording contract 
has been signed by the Detroit 
Symphony Orchestra and Mercurv 
Records. First cutting sessions will 
be early in 1953, under the dlrec* 
tion of the orch’s permanent con. 
ductor, Paul Paray. 

Detroit symph joins the Chicago 
Minneapolis and Eastern-Rochester 
orchs on the Mercury roster. 


Best British Sheet Sellers 

(Week ending Aug. %) 
London, Aug. 5. 

Auf Wiederseh'n Maurice 

Blue Tango Mills 

Homing Waltz Heine 

Kiss of Fire Duchess 

Never F.D.&H, 

High Noon Robbini 

Blacksmith Blues .... Chappell 

I’m YoiJrs Mellin 

Won’t Live in Castle Connelly 
Pawnshop Corner . . Cinephonic 

Be Anything Cinephonic 

Time Say Goodbye . . Pickwick 

Second 12 

Tell Me Why Morris 

Ay-round The Corner Dash 

Trust in Me Wright 

Wheel of Fortune ... Victoria 
Gandy Dancers Ball. . .Disney 

Cry F.D.&H, 

Live Till I Die Connelly 

Day of Jubilo Connelly 

You’re in Love Connelly 

Walkin' My Baby. .. .Victoria 

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DaUas at Xmas 

f 6”fchrlfS P«*^**&* 

tms State Fail- Auditorium, Dal- 
it* but is holding out pending re- 
lfenf his San Francisco engage- 
*“5 Kaye Wfll play Frisco's Cur- 
^Theatre starting Sept. 7, doing 
K ^ows in 15 days for $28, '000 
gainst 70%, or option of 75-25 
snlit The Texas show would have 
a similar coin setup. 

Tr flve had previously been re- 
nnwld as following the Coast stint 
ff run at the Palace, N Y., af- 
ter that house drops its grind to re- 
lume the two-a-day name policy in 
October. The Palace, idea is still 
active. 

Comedian is also being dangled 
before Robert J. O’Donnell, operat- 
ing head of Texas’ Interstate cir- 
cuit, for theatres in^ouston and 
gan Antonio. , 

Pitt Airport Cafe Pushes 
Show Ahead as Warmup 
For Ted Lewis’ Arrival 

Pittsburgh, Aug, 12. 
Three-day postponement of Ted 
Lewis’ opening at town’s newest 
nitery, 550-seat, glass-enclosed 
Horizon Room at Greater Pitts- 
burgh Airport, won’t delay the tee- 
off, Owner Andy Chakeras has de- 
cided to unveil the spot tomorrow 
night (Wed.),- 48 hours ahead of 
originally scheduled date, in order 
to get' most of the kinks out of the 
operation before Lewis comes in. 
lewis had been slated to begin his 
fortnight engagement Friday (15), 
when Horizon Room planned to get 
going, but can’t come in until the 
18th. 

Chakeras has hooked in Larry 
Faith’s orch and a show, headed 
by Sinclair & Alda, Allen Carrier 
and Myrna Bell to carry on for 
four nights prior to Lewis’ arrival. 
It's understood that following the 
Lewis stand, Faith will get the 
house orch assignment in the room. 

Chakeras, who formerly had the 
Vogue Terrace, which he sold last 
December to John Beter^, operates 
bar, nitery, restaurant and hotel 
concessions at PittsburgTi’s new 
$30,000,000 air terminal. 


LA.HIPPS0LD 

AS PARKING LOT 

Los Angeles, Aug. 12. 

. Hippdnrome Theatre, a landmark 
in Lob Angeles show biz, will soon 
be nothing more than ■ a parking 
lot. It was sold by Harry M. and 
Frances S, Popkin for $207,500 to 
a parking company, and turned over 
to the Cleveland Wrecking Co. for 
demolition. 

Theatre was built by the late 
Adolph Raraish in 1916 as a vaude- 
ville house. The Popkins bought it 
in 1948. * 




New Mgt Setup 
For Miami Copa 

Miami Beach, Aug. 12. 

New managerial alignment for 
Copa City’s winter season here 
was. announced this week by Shir- 
ley Woolf, attorney for the cor- 
poration which owns this -biggest 
cafe in the greater Miami area. 

Ned Schuyler, who partnered 
jvlth Murray Weinger last two sea- 
sons in the operation, is on leave 
for a year, due to illness. And 
Weinger has not set his status in 
the 1952-53 plans. All bookings are 
to he worked through Copa City 
president, Sam Schuyler (brother 
of Ned) and secretary George 
Weinger (brother of Murray). Miss 
Woolf also stated that all perform- 
ing contracts signed must bear sig- 
natures of both Sam Schuyler and 
George Weinger and that no one 
else is authorized to okay any hook- 
ings for the 750-seat plushery. 

Name policy of former years will 
he adhered to with same lush pro- 
ductions. Current plans call for 
lighting up Christmas week. 


AGVA Warns Martha Raye 
On D.J. Cuffo, Bat No Fine 

Miami, Aug. 12. 
American Guild of Variety Ar- 
tists’ branch staffer here, Sid Leon- 
ard, and local hoard of directors 
handed Martha Raye a mild repri- 
mand for her appearance on Sam 
Gyson’s deejay show.’ They held off 
•ny .fines or strong action when 
:r^ Raye pointed .out - that there 
been no official'nQtification by 
•the. national office on the ruling 
;.*8&inst,such cuffo guestings. 

r'iJF n 4 Drs * 00< i that all members in 
area wil1 be so notified and' 
hereafter there’ll be stronger 
■action taken for any such gratis 
;»Pl>earances. 

Sept li NX Opening 

For ‘Ice Capades' 

Sept. II is definitely set for the 
** ce Capades” at Madi- 
son Square Garden, N. Y. The John 

fnv * cer . wil1 Play the arena 
oays and then embark on a 
tiiQ ^ * our : Engagement will mark 
‘•t! * n n i ne years for 

me Capades” in Gotham. Boxof- 
llce opened Monday ( 11 ). 

Rw as * * n . tlie >5 3 edition are three 
Hrfir? ebamp tags. Jacque- 

tifit i Rle ^ WOn the world figure 
v ,® last March in Paris. Sonya 
Ki/w { P reviou sly known as Sonya 
SfS Jte u r) .runner-up to Miss Du 
1 ° 1( * s the U. S. and North 
thA C « 1Can cr °wns. Ginny Baxter is 
fn»«e? e i W Olympic winner' in the 
Restyle division. 

in year’s troupe are 
Specht * Trixie, Bobby & 
Choji ^axson, Forgie & Larson, 
tlm /^ a gl.e, the Maxwells and 
IIle Mi ghty Mite (P aul Castle). 

Connie Moore to Houston 
. Houstoli, Aug. 12. 
iieYt 1 f S ^ ance Moore is skedded as 
cf tuI 0 gP' er in tbe Emerald Room 
P® Shamrock Hotel here. 

Lftiic 8e L rep l aces Hex Hamer and 
^°uise MartelL 


LC. Bellerive Reopening 
Zephyr Room With Music; 
El Casbah Mulls Policy 

, Kansas City, Aug, 12. 
After being without entertain- 
ment of any kind for several 
weeks, Hotel Bellerive is reopen- 
ing its Zephyr Room week of Aug. 
18. Policy will be a musical unit 
with dancing in . the room, which 
used to be the hotel cocktail 
lounge. Room formerly had music 
Sans dancing. 

Zephyr has been redecorated 
and enlarged. Bob Noyes, hotel 
manager, said the Gene Meigs Trio 
is being brought in from the Coast 
to provide the music. 

Bellerive has had its El Casbah 
room closed for some weeks, but 
it- also is scheduled for redecorat- 
ing, Noyes said. Whether or not 
the room will have an entertain- 
ment policy is yet to be decided 
It formerly was a de luxe dinner 
spot with orch, acts and cover. 

Set Latin Orchs, Acts . 

For Queens Terrace, N. Y. 

Queens Terrace, nitery in 
Queens, N. Y., ushers in a new 
policy starting Sept. 19, when it 
tees off in its downstairs room with 
Latin-American orchs and acts on a 
six-day basis. 

Tito Rodriguez’s band will be the 
first in from the Mercury Artists 
Corp.’s stable of Latino talent. He’ll 
be followed by Ralph Font, Oct. 3, 
and Pupi Campo, Oct. 19, with 
Curt Bell’s band on relief. 

Chi Cops Grill Friends 
Of Murdered Ex-Dancer 

Chicago, Aug. 12.‘ 

Georgia Delaurentis, 27, former 
dancer, was found slain in a ditch 
here last week. She had worked 
many of the Chicago strip spots, 
but had been inactive in the last 
several years. 

Police have been grilling many 
of her former associates, but so 
far no arrests have been made. 
However, near north and and west 
side girlie joints have toned down. 

. Bill Jordan Get* 10%er 

Bill Jordan, who operates the 
Bar of Music, Miami Beach, is 
branching out during the ' non- 
winter Miami season, and has 
signed with MCA to handle him 
for theatres, cafes and TV. 

It’s the first time that the vet- 
eran singer-pianist is being 
agented exclusively, since he has 
for years confined his performing 
to his Miami Beach cafe. 







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DIOSA COSTELLO 

Starring in Frank Sennen’ 
“Mardi Gra« in Rio” 
Currently Smash Hit — 3 Weeks 
Desert Inn, Las Vegas 
Personal Management 
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EMA’s ‘Strategy’ 
Group Vs. AGVA 

Chicago, Aug. 12. 
Entertainment Mgrs. Assn, here 
last week formed a strategy com- 
mittee to plan what steps might 
become accessary if the American 
Guild of Variety Artists goes ahead 
with projected plans for granting 
booking licenses to non-associated 
members after Sept. 9. 

Plans are on a local rather than 
national level, and deal heavily 
with club dates, of which the ma- 
jority are booked in the Chicago 
area. 

There has been talk of an act 
pool from which agents could draw, 
but such acts would probably be 
on unfair list of AGVA; 

Chuck Suber, Freddie William- 
son, Sid Epstein and Lyman Goss 
have been selected for the commit- 
tee. 


Jimmy Brink, Ky. Cafe 
Owner, Killed in Plane 
Crash; U.S. Seizes Cash 

Cincinnati, Aug. 12. 

James H. (Jimmy) ‘ Brink, 47, 
owner of the Lookout House, 
nitery-casino in Covington, Ky., 
opposite Cincinnati, was . killed 
Aug. 5. in the flaming crash of his 
plane at Atlanta. He was piloting 
the five-seat single engine plane 
which overshot a runway in trying 
to land. 

Charles W. Drahmann, 54, 
Brink’s lieutenant* in operation of 
the nightclub, also was killed. Both 
bodies were burned beyond rec- 
ognition. 

The two men were returning 
from Miami, where Brink report- 
edly sold some real estate for a 
relative. Internal revenue agents 
seized $16,200 in currency found 
in a leather bag amid the wreck- 
age, claiming it was to be held as 
a “jeopardy assessment” against 
Brink. The department had filed 
liens against Brink and his wife 
for $473,327. 

Brink’s father, Bernard W. (Ben) 
Brink, who was a partner in the 
Lookout House, was killed last May 
in an auto crash. 

In March, 1951, Brink told the 
Kefauver Crime Committee that 
gambling had been going on for 
seven or eight years at his spot. 

Cavallaro, Other Names 
Booked in San Antonio 

San Antonio, Aug. 12. 

Opening tonight (Tues.) of Car- 
men Cavallaro, as a single, and the 
Steve Kisley orch on the band- 
stand of the newly redecorated 
Anacacho Room of the St. Anthony 
Hotel marks a new policy of top- 
flight entertainment through the 
fall and winter. 

Other bands in prospect are 
those of Nat Brandwynne, Henry 
King and A1 Donahue. The 
Donahue orch is scheduled from 
Nov. 18 to 30, with Jan August, 
pianist, sharing the billing. 

For the holiday season, Dec. 2 to 
Jan. 11, the music will be by the 
Jack Fina band. 


Jack Carter, Toni Arden 
Head N.J. Riviera Bill 

Comic Jack Carter and singer 
Toni Arden head the new bill at 
Bill Miller’s Riviera, .Fort Lee, 
N. J., opening tomorrow (Thurs.). . 

Also booked is impressionist 
Harry Mimmo, who played his first 
U. S. date last May at the Chateau 
Madrid, 'N. Y. The Three Cabots, 
dancers, hold over. 

Hsnie Vs. Wirtz 
In Indianapolis 

Indianapolis, Aug. 12. 

Stiff competition between the 
Sonja Henie and Arthur M, Wirtz 
ice shows looms here in October 
with announcement that both units 
will play here, on overlapping 
dates. 

News of Henie engagement at 
Butler fieldhouse leaked when Her- 
man Schaefer, coach of Indianap- 
olis Olympians, pro basketball 
team, told sports writers it would 
^interrupt practice sessions. James 
Culligan, general manager of He- 
nie troupe, then confirmed plans, 
stating dates of two or three-week 
run have not been set yet but that 
show definitely would he here by 
Oct. 25. 

Coliseum officials then an- 
nounced that the Wirtz icer, which 
traditionally opens here on Thanks- 
giving Eve, has advanced its local 
dates to Oct. 9-28. Both Culligan 
and Coliseum spokesman claimed 
each show planned its Indianapolis 
engagement last spring, without 
knowing what the other had in 
mind. v 

A third possible entry is George 
Tyson’s “Holiday On Ice,” which 
cancelled plans to play the Butler 
Fieldhouse last spring after Wirtz 
booked a quick and unprecedented 
return engagement of his unit into 
the Coliseum,. Tyson said then he 
would try again early in the fall, 
evidently with the intention of get- 
ting in here .before Wirtz, but 
nothing has been heard from him 
as yet. 

Henie was a great drawing card 
here while starring in Wirtz’s “Hol- 
lywood Ice Revue” for 11 straight 
years prior to 1951. Fans came in 
droves by special train and char- 
tered bus from Indiana and border 
states. 


■f Nat Abramsqn, head of the WOE, 
N. Y., entertainment bureau;; is 
hunting for talent to send tq armed 
service bases in the Caribbean 
area, starting this week. Abram- 
son is handling entertainment .for 
GIs in the Caribbean because USO- 
Camp Shows is concentrating on 
the Far Eastern and Alaskan the- 
atres and, due to limitations of its 
funds, is giving up the Caribbean, 
Abramson said. 

The WOR exec was called down 
to Washington on the situation. It 
was figured out that with Rost Ex- 
change funds, Abramson’s and 
other sponsors’ contributions and 
cuffoed . transportation, troupes 
would be sent to • Panama, Puerto 
Rico, Trinidad and other Carib- 
bean spots. Two or three units 
will be sent out each month? with 
trips lasting from three to five 
weeks. About 'Id bases will be 
covered. » 

Performers are being paid $100 
per week, working five or siA days 
a week and doing one performance 
a day. Abramson has obtained 
special concessions from American 
Guild of Variety Artists for this 
service circuit. All acts get AGVA 
insurance and agents* commission 
on the booking is limited to 5% 
instead of the usual 10%. Acts 
are screened by the FBI. 

Units will start in Mobile, Ala., 
and go on to other points by plane. 

For some time, Abramson has 
been sanding acts to southern 
U. S, bases which otherwise did not 
get .professional entertainment. 
However, this has not been on a 
permanent basis. The Caribbean 
project, like the groups he is send- 
ing to the south, is a non-profit op- 
eration. - 


K.C.’s Sam Eddy Foils 
Would-Be Bandit By 
Reversing Latter’s Gun 

Kansas City, Aug. 12. 

An attempt to hold up Eddys* 
Restaurant, deluxe downtown 
nitery, was snafued last week when 
Sam Eddy, one of the owners, 
struggled with the bandit. The 
culprit was seriously wounded by a 
shot from his own pistol which 
Eddy had turned on him. 

Robber gave his name as Pat 
Haggerty at "General Hospital, 
where his condition is critical. He 
first accosted Eddy* in the bar and 
later pulled the gun and attempted 
the holdup in the private office in 
the rear. 

It was the second time in about 
two years a robbery had been 
attempted at the spot. The first 
resulted in a theft of about $4,000. 
It was also the second time within 
a matter of weeks that an owner of 
a major downtown club was held 
up. Charles Maggio, one of two 
brothers operating the Southern 
Mansion, was separated from about 
$5,000 when he was accosted on the 
street near his club recently. 

Eddys’ is operated by brothers, 
Sam, Ned and George Eddy, latter 
being currently in Europe. Ned 
arrived on the scene shortly after 
the scufflle and admonished his 
brother not to fight it out with any 
would-be bandits in the future. 


Radio-Ballied Game Farm 
In Upstate N.Y. May Quit 
As Overhead Takes Toll 

Catskill, N. Y., Aug. 12. 
Thfe Catskill .Game Farm, which 
has made •Wide use of radio to lure 
visitors, may be closed within 30 
days because of increased taxes, 
rising insurance rates and spiral- 
ing maintenance qbsts. 

Owner Roland Lindeman said 
that the farm, which displays about 
1,000 animals and draws 400,000 
annually, fiasf been running at a 
loss of $20,000 a year. This has 
led to the decision for closing it to 
the public, although ttm farm will 
continue as a supply base for zoos 
and parks. 

Lindeman disclosed that the an- 
imal mortality rate runs high, due 
to the fact that tourists feed the 
occupants chewing gum, cellophane 
and other Injurious matter. The 
farm, operating from April until 
December, has a staff of 65. 


<:■ Richmcm's Dallas Date 

Dallas, Aug. 12. 

Harry Richman has been booked 
to appear here at the Century 
Room, Hotel Adolphus, opening 
Sept. 22. 

, •* Johnnie' Ray opens on that date 
1 at the Sky Club for a week. 


fllT VOGUE WOOS ECK 
IN TWO-WAY TEE0FF 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 12. 

Vogue Terrace is trying to land 
Billy Eckstine for a three-day 
stand next weekend when he comes 
to his home town to play in the 
Negro National Open golf tourna- 
ment at South Park. Entries also 
include Joe Louis and Sugar Ray 
Robinson. 

Eckstine was here for a couple 
of days last week visiting his folks 
and also getting in some practice 
rounds at South Park. Vogue Ter- 
race management approached him 
at that time, but deal still has to 
be worked- out. 

Eckstine has never worked a lo- 
cal nitery since he left Pittsburgh 
years ago, although he’s been back 
several times for jazz concerts and 
Leondi Club all-star shows at Syria 
Mosque. 

Downey'* Apple Fete 

Jackson, O., Aug. 12. 

Morton Downey will crown the 
queen at the Jackson County Apple 
Festival h.ere Sept. 17-20. 

Downey will take along a musi- 
cal unit and present a 45 -minute 
program following the coronation. 
^ ' ‘ 

Kay-Wm$. Bros, for Dallas 
Dallas, Aug. 12. 

Kay Thompson & the Williams 
Bros, will open in the Century 
Room of the Hotel Adolphus here 
on Sept. 3. 

This will be the troupe’s second 
[appearance at the spot. 


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FI llan^lao. La« Vega« 

L*s Vegas, Aug* 6. 
Bitty Daniel* with Benny Payne ; 
John k June . Belmont. Bill Skip- 
per, Joy Walker, Fluff Charlton , 
El Rancho Girl* (.$), Ted- Fio Rita 
Orch (10); no cover, minimum. 


The iast time Billy Daniels 
opened his lusty pipes, writhed and 
snapped his fingers in a Vegas 
nitery was at the threshold of his 
latent career* which has since 
found him in the high-bracket no- 
menclature, That he will bring 
SRO biz into -El Rancho for .the 
next two frames is a cinch. 

Top showmanship coupled with 
suavity, plus songspier bound to 

E lease the varied tastes of revelers 
ere,, starts the kudosing early and 
builds into ovations. Revs up with 
“Just One of Those Things" into 
purr of “September Song.” first 
of spellbinding duets with ac- 
comper Benny Payne brings en- 
thusiasm to a peak as pair shout 
“Do 1 Love Ypu?” Steps into vari- 
ous moods and rhythms with “Rain- 
bow 'Round My Shoulder,” “She’s 
Funny That Way,” and another 
romp with Payne, “Sunny Side of 
the Street,” “Be Mine” ballad is 
sequeled by duet, “Bye Bye Black- 
bird,” and intro of new tune, “You 
Can Be in Love and Still Be 
Lonely.” 

Daniels ups tempo for “One Hour 
Tonight” before crooning his best 
chant, “Yiddishe Mama.” Cheers 
for this continue for almost two 
minutes. Caps with “That Old 



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Black Magic” and begoft. Payne’s 
perfect Stein way hacking and con- 
ducting the Flo Rito orch is a de- 
light to behold. 

John & June Belmont prime with 
a session of ballrooming which 
pleases from all-aspects. Although 
pair do not resort to flamboyant 
' tricks for attention, they rope in 
.palms for variation of terps rang- 
ing from sexy, “Easy to *Love” 
through a soft-shoe “Oh Johnny.” 

Bill Skipper heads flings of new 
El Rancho line. • Femmes are for 
the most part contingent of former 
Arden-Fletcher quadrillers, . dis- 
banded recently at another Strip 
spa. Lively interpretation of Latin- 
terp “Panama” for curtain-upper 
has Skipper warbling with Joy 
Walker before leaping around" with 
a suitcase. His own choreography 
in the- midway spot is a Daliesque 
“Here ' Comes the Blues,” with 
weird patterns by ensemble and 
soloists . Joy Walker and Fluff 
Charlton, Musiconiedy staging 
marks thii$ one many steps above 
usual nitery one-two-three kicks. 

Ted Fio Rito orch cuts every- 
thing with clean sweep, maestro 
taking his hiatus for Benny Payne 
during Daniel’s inning. ’ Will. 


Riverside; Reno 

Reno, Aug. 7. 

Harry Richman, Betty k Jane 
Kean, Riverside Starlets (12), Bill 
Clifford Orch; no cover or mini- 
mum. 


Reno resident Harry Richman is 
playing ta. his “neighbors” from 
around his Pyramid Lake ranch, 
and the townsfolk like his show- 
manship as much as his citizenship. 
Richman swings immediately into 
“You’re Gonna Lose Your Gal,” 
giving a glimpse of all the w.k. 
trademarks — the tilting and retilt- 
ing of the straw, the twirling of the 
cane, and the little shuffle and 
strutting. 

For a surprise, he next sings one 
he wrote and which is now enjoy-, 
ing a revival — “Walkin’ My Baby 
Back Home,” Settling down to 
business, he sits down behind a 
grand piano with a mike, tells a 
few stories and launches into “What 
Good Is a Gal Without a Guy.” 
Piano stint includes “It Had to Be 
You” and a sentimental bit, “What 
Is a Boy?’- 

Returning to the floor, Richman 
does a medley of tunes he is best 
known for — “Vagabond Song,” 
“Sunny Side of the Street” and 
“Birth of the Blues,” A clever 
George Moro production built 
around him closes' his stanza on, a 
high plane. 

Betty & Jane Kean are socko as 
the onlyother acf on the bill. In a 
20-minute riot of songs and slap- 
stick, they keep - increasing the 
tempo until Rivers! deliners are ex- 
hausted. 

Jane gives Betty ample oppor- 
tunity -for cavorting and mugging. 
While Jane tears out her heart, as 
Johnnie Ray, Betty goes into a fit 
on the floor with a handkerchief. 
The team never lags for a moment. 

Moro has Outdone himself with 
an 18-minute production opener. 
Authentic from the toes up, the 
Starlets do an Egyptian dance. Ex- 
pertly coached by Sonja Shaw, the 
Starlets are drawing crowds just 
to see this number. She and 
Morn have broken- the routine in 
half with dance duo of Myrtill & 
Pacaud, who sparkle from head to 
toe, making an exciting and beau- 
tiful number, are extremely grace- 
ful. 

Bill Clifford’s orch, a big fave 
here, is back after a successful 
tour of the east. Macu. 


IMPORTANT NOTICE 
TO ALL PERFORMERS and ACTS 

No performer or act can be booked for the 1952- 
1953 season at COPA CITY, Miami Beach, Fla., 
unless their contracts are signed with- the follow- 
ing two signatures: 

Sam Schuyler as President 
and 

George Weinger as Secretary 

BOTH SIGNATURES Ar© Necessary 

Signed: 

SHIRLEY WOOLF 

I Attorney 

Copq-leach, Irc. 

(Operator* af Capa City) 

420 Lincoln Raa4 
Miami Roach, IPIa, 

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TTerWaday, August 13 , I952 


SgIt, ftVIV . 

Alice Ghostley with G.Wood, 
3 Riffs, Norene Tate, 3 Flames, 
Jimmie Daniels; $3 minimum , ( 

Comedienne - vocalist Alice 
Ghostly i* back at this Greenwich 
Village cellar den with top billing 
and on the hop nightly from the 
Royal* Theatre, where she’s fea- 
tured in “New Faces.”', She’s ac- 
comped on the. .keys by G. Wood; 
her scripteir who. was v. with her at 
the same bistro a year and a half 
ago when the two/were lower-case 
on. the bill. 

Miss Ghostley J>as a challenging 
chore here, for sne’s following the 
3 Riffs, And they’ve got socko 
stuff. But the gal and Wood take 
oven without a hitch in winning 
quick audience response. His ma- 
terial and her comedic .delivery, 
subtle shadings and expert timing 
add up to solid intimery merchan- 
dise. 

Ghostley-Wood combo warms up 
with duet on “You’re ihe Tops,” 
done in ingratiating fashion • with 
special lyrics. Miss Ghostley then 
slows the pace with a .soliloquy- 
titled “Conversation” but comes 
back to enliven the room with 
“With * Qyeen, Keep It Clean.” 
This is an imaginative ditty, 
slightly colored but in best of 
taste, and gets the yocks. Chirper 
goes straight with a sweet rendi- 
tion of “Red River Valley” and 
segues into more comedies -via 
“Mona Lisa” wherein the model 
with the enigmatic smile' can’t 
figure why the artist is interested 
Only in his brushwork. Other ma- 
terial, including a tuneful routine 
with Wood and Miss Ghostley, 
anent a femme who abstains from 
cigarets and winds up with a nerv- 
ous twitch, all Scores. 

Jimmie Daniels does the opener, 
offering a few vocals which show 
limited range, but amiable per- 
sonality and showmanship. He 
also m.c.’s Norene Tate, baliadist 
and pianist, wins good mitting, par- 
ticularly with her chirping of 
“-Tenderly.” Femme masters the 
trick of turning the volume up and 
down with good effect. 

Riffs trio could click in any 
medium. Their stuff is clean and 
clever all the way. Their madcap 
gyrations, harmonizing and take- 
offs on Billy Daniels, Johnnie Ray, 
the Ink Spots and a holy-roller 
group provide a neat laugh session. 

Three Flames beat out nice 
rhythms via their instrumentaliz- 
ing between each of the turns. 

Gene. 


Colony A As tor, London 

. . „ London, July 30. 

Virginia Somers , Felix King 
Orch, Don Carlos Samba Band. 
Wallace Rocket Orch; Colony, 
$5.50 minimum; Astor, $3 mini- 
mum before 11 p.m., $3 cover 
thereafter. 


Benny connection* A u would be ex- 
pected, however, h* ‘ starts - obt 
briefly by . discussing his* “em- 
ployer” via. gags. Xn one telephone 
bit,- he carries on a cpnf ab with the 
“Polly’ 1 /the • parrot a^out. some 
Benny affairs. 

. Otherwise, Rochester coasts on 
his . own. Some -songs, like “My 
Blue Heaven” and “Sunny Side of 
the Street” * are punctuated with 
flurries: of footwork for good re- 
turns. . 

’Rochester has brought with him 
Jimmy Peterson, who throws* him 
line$ and takes off on a dance. by 
himself. Between tap . routines, 
Petersen leaps over fhree and four 
chairs, picks -up a* hanky in -his 
teeth, ‘ and completes the circuit 
with a split. Rochester yioes a 
comedy xlapce to “Song of India” 
and begs off. 

Hoosier Hotshots harvest 4 good 
"crop “ of corn, in a good market 
here. Opener is “West Side of 
North Hollywood.” A medley of 
“Cuddle a Little Closer,” “Ain't 
She Sweet” “Pretty Baby,” “Beau- 
tiful Doll,”- etc., gets them rolling. 

“She Broke My Heart in Three 
Places” brings out Hezzie with his 
washboard and "gadgets' to produce 
.corn that’s well fertilized with 
chuckles. Hometown band routine 
brings. Hotshots back for encore 
with small-size instruments, 

Curry, Byrd & Leroy start out as 
a duo and they’re later joined by-a 
drunken heckler, Leroy, He plams 
himself before showtime at a table 
in audience, ingratiates himself 
with customers and gets proper 
surprise returns when he finally 
stumbles onstage to take part in a 
ballroom dance sequence. 

The apparent ad lib between 
Curry and Leroy as the heckling 
starts is good for yocks. When Le- 
roy moves to the stage, customers 
aren’t quite sure what’s uij until 
he does too well in swinging 
around the femme in the group. 

Macu. 


When she played several cafe 
dates in London last season, Vir- 
ginia Somers impressed with her 
combination of vocals and pianis- 
tics. After a prolonged sesh on 
the Continent she returns with an 
improved style and a more confi- 
dent technique. Artist was origi- 
nally booked for a single week but 
the engagement has been extended 
to a month, and she’s* set for an- 
°t h ^ r , s ® ason here at the beginning 
of October. 

Act is smartly paced, with 
enough lightweight material to 
blend with the more dramatic of- 
ferings, while th'e lively displays 
on. the ivories provide an added 
measure of variation. In this cate- 
gory. gal contributes -a hep rendi- 
tion of “Till the End of Time.” and 
m marked contrast follows with 
a breezy interpretation of “Begin 
the Begat” from “Finis’s Rain- 
bow.” 

, Thrush uses the title song of 
La Ronde” to good effect as her 
opener, but changes tempo to 
click with “Tricks of the Trade.” 
Medley of hits from “Pal Joey” 
is solid for the customers, who 
also give a hefty mitt for the 
more solemn “Guess Who I Saw 
Today?” Slick tune with a racy 
lyric, “Rhythm Plane,” makes a 
strong closer. 

Felix,. King takes over from Miss 
Somers at the Steinway and ac- 
companies in polished style, while 
his combo do their usual com- 
petent ‘job Of backgrounding. Show 
was caught at the Colony where 
hefty biz was registered. Myro. 

• — © 

Now Golden* Reno 

, Reno, Aug. 7. 

Eddie “ Rochester ” Anderson 
with Jimmy Peterson; The Hoosier 
Hotshots (4), Curry, Byrd Sc Le- 
roy, Golden Girls (8), Paul Pend- 
arvis Orch ; 710 cover or minimum. 

Rochester revisits a neglected 
medium for him with no little suc- 
£ rave l voice causes big 
laffs, his lowdown fancy dancing 
pleases just as much* and a shin- 
ing personality makes hiiri triple- 
threater. „ 

Comic doesn't overdo the J. 


B#1 Tabttrln^ Varies 

“Reflects” sp^tadle A fn' ?L 
part*, staged by Pierre Sandrht 
Marcel f Berge+ with Rooer rv! 11 * 
Eileen O’pJZ Dick * D°ol 
Lamouret, Rood A Bood AnSzj 
Dancer, W Les Omanis 
French CanCan (12), Tnhnl!' 

*14 L Roger Jean^j 
Orch (ft); musical direction JpJI 
Alfaro,-, choreography, m arcti 
Barge t costumes and decor \ Erie- 
cover, m francs ($1.75), 
mum $11. . u 

.Though Show is in its third year 
it is. still a. fresh cabaret presents’ 
tion and costumes and decor are 
neat and .orderly. The Bal Tabarin 
an oldtime tourist mecca, still seh 
the crowds. ' Built' like a theatre 
with a balcony^.and raised stage 
there is fine viewing from all Darts 
of the house. Show starts at 11 
and runs tijl 1:30, with a half-hour 
break for dancing to the Roger 
Jeanjean orch (8). K 

Layout* starts with some statu- 
esque posings and then a chorus 
number by the Tabarin Dancers 
(14) with flue swirlings and pirou- 
ettings while, playing simulated 
plastic fiddles. After the fiddling 
there’s an American variety act 
Dick and Dot, a brother-sister com- 
edy-acro duo. Femme is light and 
lithe in spite of her avoirdupois 
and do£s some fine tumbles, splits 
and turns. Her partner gets tan- 
gled up with her and in his turn 
gives some fine offbeat work on 
hand h4ld roller skates to finale 
act for good mitting. 

Robert Lamouret with a manual 
Donald Duck puppet has a solid 
vent number. The duck, whose bill 
is animated, comes alive and Is a 
wily, sly character who makes 
(Continued on page 46) 


Last Frontier, Las Vegan 

Las Vegas, Aug. 8. 

Herb Shriner, Ben Yost’s Royal 
Guards (5), Nita Bieber Dancers 
( 3 ) , - Jimmy Sisco, Jean ■ Devlyn 
Girl Revue ( 12 ) , Bobby Ramos 
Orch (10); no coyer or minimum . 

Recent buildup via video for 
Herb Shriner will not spur traffic 
into Ramona Room for his fort- 
night because of television’s ab- 
sence in these parts.. Word of 
mouth will do the trick. Entire 
show stacks up for top bracketing, 
with Ben Yost’s Royal Guards grab- 
bing off plentiful kudosing and line 
production forming a good closing 
bombast. 

It is Shriner’s method- of de- 
livery that most auditors favor. His 
bucolic utterances are echoed by 
similar “small-town experiences felt 
by many tablers. Shriner stands 
with hands in pockets, gabbing 
without affectation about his home- 
town in Indiana and the various 
amusing incidents that befell some 
characters in the- hamlet. Most of 
his paragraphs contain belters and 
outright boomerangs. 

Very few humorists can take up 
five minutes talking about the 
weather and making each quip a 
hilarious commentary. With a long, 
drawling meander about shows in 
his hometown, he leads into har- 
monica soloing of “Hora Staccato.” 
He is brought back by insistent ap- 
plause to rock the house with his 
w.k. army mess routine. 

Ben Yost’s Royal Guards pre- 
sent a most colorful front with 
cardinal jackets, gold epaulets and 
black trousers as they sing in 
formal cadence hits from “Okla- 
homa,” ‘^Student Prince,” and sev- 
eral service songs. Relax their 
pipes, which too often sound stri- 
dent this room, for ramble through 
radio fields laying down many 
okay impressions. Headed by 
Yost, they sock this interlude over 
before Rocky Millard is introed to 
boom “Old Man River.” Spark 
heavy mitting for “South Pacific” 
medley and exit to salvos. 

Nita Bieber, a* looker with fine 
frame and gams, heads her group 
of two male terpers in opener, an 
Afro-Cuban sortie. Returns before 
'the Shriner Segment to thrush a 
husky “Swing Low Sweet Clar- 
inet” . and accomping modeme 
posturings. Red and black*costum- 
mg of trio is effective eye-catcher, 
but choreo doesn’t contain enough 
zing to spark heavy, returns. 

Jean Devlyn sets up an Olym- 
piad design of calisthenics at out- 
set, with Jimmy Sisco calling com- 
mands. Femmes would never grab 
a gold medal for their exercises- in 
this. Finale, however, is a hold- 
over from previous frames, a glit- 
tering melange of East-Indian 
terps m “Twilight in Turkey.” Sis- 
co electrifies with his expert aero* 
and Dolores Frazzini heads trio of 
charmers in some sexy undula- 
tions.- 

Bobby Rajnos orch hits some 
$nags in various Royal Guards’ 
tempos, but other than those, lays 
down okay backing for the vari- 
ous turns. Will. 




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Hml Ta^ala, F«rl« 

trouble 1 for the boss* His double 
takes, wheedlings and carryings- 
on are good for heavy yocks. 

Out comes another dance num- 
ber with the ■ gals allegorizing fa- 
mous Gallic poets. Eileen. O’Dare, 
American terp, tops this with her 
. fine acjro-ballet » work* Gal does 
some pheiiom, look-Ma-no-hands 
cartwheels good for much mitting.J 
Doubling between the S’ olies-Ber- 
gere and Tabariri, Miss O’Dare is 
lithe and supple with a fetching 
smile and grace that make her a. 
pleaser. . 

ITirsf part winds with a finale on 
the fight between good and evil in 
neat black and white costuming. 
Second part has some more eye- 
filling* chorus numbers, and a good 
sprinkling of tfudes for fine , back- 
ground, A rousing circus number 
has the whole troupe out* Bood Sz 
Bood," gal clowns, dp a spirited buf- 
foonery on the jugglers, strongmen 
and acros 1 for a nice change of 
pacfe. 

The Andrea Dancers consist of 
two men and a gal sveltly dressed 
who do a fine aero-dance routine 
with the gal tossed- and twisted 
With perfect aplomb and grace. 

The meccano aspects get the 
whfrl to appropriate discord music 
as the elevator comes up from the 
floor spewing Out gals. Two side 
partitions alio open up and a ceil- 
ing elevator delivers the Iffench 
CanCan girls (12) who wind the 
show In the traditional flurry of 
thighs, -foaming lace, and undies. 
Miss -O’Dare adds a pew spot to 
the danCe with an aero, version of it. 

Show bears the stamp Of Pierre 


Sandrini, who died two years ago. 
Madame Sandrini . is keeping the 
show intact and Is now deliberating 
on next edition. She wants to keep 
the Gallic spec atmosphere but 
partner favors modernizing and 
streamlining the Show. Champagne 
is obligatory at the tables. 

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BUtmore Hotel, t. A® 

(BILTMORE BOWL) 

Los Angeles, Aug. 5. 
Penny Singleton, Walton Sc 
O’Rourke, Lex Raxsi Trio, Dorothy 
Doren’s Adorables (10), Hal Dar- 
win’s Orch (12), Gene Bari Trio 
(3); $1-$1.50 cover . 

Hollywood and television • too 
may have been passing ■ up a 
slepper in Penny Singleton, a 
vivacious bundle of talent. For all 
the film studios knew, she , was 
Blcmdle” and typed to the part. 
Just to prove that she’s more 
than that and doesn’t need it, she 
disports in song and mimicry with 
a few licks of hoofing tossed in. 
Not one of the characteristics of 
the numb-witted blond of 30 pic- 
tures and 600 radio shows is capin 
talized. Rather, she backtracks 
down the years when, as Dorothy 
McNutty, she was a dancing co- 
medienne with .such Broadway 
musicals as ’‘Good News” and 
Follow Thru” and scores resound- 
ingly.' Her voice, edged with good 
tonal quality, comes through, best 
in her caricatures of Kay Starr 
singing “Wheel of Fortune” and an 
operetta queen straining at the 
tonsils. 

’Her sense of timing and wisps of 
wit fall on receptive ears and win 
warm response.- Only letdown in 
the rippling pace is her slow rendi- 
tion. of a folk song written by a 
university prof. Miss Singleton 
will be on display for- six weeks 
and it should showcase her 
hidden” talents for a new career. 

Show, in toto, is the best floored 
by Joe Faber in months. Pup 
peteers Walton Sc O’Rourke are 
old faves in this room but never 
seem to wear thin. Les Bassi Trio 
send tables flying through the air 
with leg propulsion and make 
child’s play of smaller objects. 

Dorothy Dorben’s Adorables, a 
line of 10 flashy femmes, are well 
gowned and drilled. Hal Derwin’s 
.crew is favore'd by the leg shakers 
and Gene Bari’s trio fills out the 
dance needs. Helm. 


Maeayo, Saprta Monica 

Santa Monica, Cal.; Aug. 5. 
“Pan- Americana * Revue,” with 
Gene A Sylvia, Michel Bros. Trio, 
Macayo-Ettex (4), Geri Galian 
Orch (5); $2.50 minimum week- 
ends. 


•Latin influence' which dominates 
the operation of this room adapts 
effectively to this fast-moving pack- 
age put together by bonif ace Ramon 
Reachi. Like some of its prede- 
cessors. it’s .a good dollar-value 
unit which could travel with no 
difficulty — a possibility now being 
mulled by Reachi. 

Shows for this spot, primarily an 
eatery rather than a nitery, are 
geared to a 30-minute tempo on a 
tjvo different shows basis. For the 
Macayo clientele, the layouts fill 
the bill although other spots may 
require a .touch of comedy for 
leavening. , ~ • 

Dance team of Gene Sc Sylvia is 
spotted in a pair of frenetic rou- 
tines that are a blend between the 
standard calypso and voodoo. Each 
is strikingly handled and delivered 
with an excitement that comes 
across strongly. 

Vocal department is filled by the 
Michel Bros., Mexican trio who 
stick closely to the south-of-the 
border folktune stuff that’s ear- 
attractive though not too familiar 
The original version of “La Gusta” 
(popularized as “Cuanto La Gusta” 
is the closest to pop stuff they do 
but the blend of three good voices 
and excellent guitar work pays off 

Geri Galian orch backs the show 
with Galian spotted for an occa 
sional piano solo that earns atten 
tlon. Kap. 


HOME AGAIN IN HOLLYWOOD 


MARJORIE 


GARRETSON 






Is Currently Appearing at 

CHARLIE FOY'S SUPPER CLUB 
SHERMAN OAKS, CALIFORNIA 


Clave* Clak, Miami 

. Miami, All*. 10* 
Jackie MiUt, Nov-EUtet, Norma 
Parker, Winn Seeley, Tony Lopez 
OrcTi; $1*50 and $3.50 minimum. 

It’s a solid layout that Jack Gold* 
man has tapped out for himsfijf for 
the two-frame policy he is now 
embarked upon, with only the Nov-- 
Elites holding over om long-term 
deal. And With it Goldman is set- 
ting in topliners who clicked for 
him during winter season, with 
Jackie Miles current and drawing 
healthy biz for this time of year. 

The slight underplaying comic 
has rearranged his •% material for 
this trip and gets them from walk- 
on with a long, yock-making array 
of gags. After a resounding click 
in that vein, his encore wind is 
the called-for Gene Autry satiriza- 
tion.. Miles holds them all the way 
into table pounding for more. For 
the summer tourists, he's new and 
the results are sock. 

Supporting show is sjtrong. Winn 
Seeley handles her standard taps 
and spins in deft manner for*a fast 
teeoff; Norma Parker, who w as * 
Beachcomber fixture for some 
weeks, has shifted her singing 
wares to this smaller and better 
arranged room. She looks good and 
sells her special arrangements for 
optimum returns. Her initialer, 
“Autumn In New York,” is a classy 
number that could well be her 
winder-upper. ' Follows with a 
smartly blended Rodgers Sc Hart 
medley, then “You Do Something 
to Me’* and, for finish, “Kiss of 
Fire.” Brunet thrush works with 
a hand mike, allowing for plenty of 
freedom to add to aud impact. 

Nov-Elites, with each appearance 
here, impress that they’re definitely 
upcomers in the instrumental- 
comedy-song sector. Instrument- 
ally, they stand out pn bass, guitar 
and accordion. On comedy, they 
register steadily with impreshes 
and character ideasT Wild take? 
offs on Louis Prima, Pat Rooney, 
Frankie Laine,~ Billy Daniels and 
Johnnie Ray keep the howls com- 
ing. Join with Miles in an after- 
piece. on top jive harmonies for a 
wrapup. 

Tony-Lopez and his crew handle 
the show in top style, Lary. 

Desert Inn, Las Vegas 

Las Vegas, Aug, 6. 
“Mardi Gras in Rio,” with Diosa 
Costello , Roberto Sc Alicia, 
Anthony, ^llyVi Sc Hodges, Lolo Sc 
Li ta, Don Reynolds, James Nave ira, 
Line (11), Carlton Hayes Orch 
(11); no cover or minimum. 

The Frank Sennes-Tom Ball 
package of “Mardi Gras in Rio,” 
spotted 1 ! here for three frames, has 
the highly volatile charge, of Diosa 
Costello to whip rap a fury of biz. 

In revue' form, show moves 
along rapidly, with Miss Costello 
Stepping forth after opening line 
swirl to set Latin mood with 
“Bim Bam Bum.” Later, she cre- 
ates a sock impression with her 
Bloody Mary role, chanting “Bali 
Hai,” surrounded by line ot Puerto 
Rican lookers and three males. In- 
terim allowing costume change and 
antics of Lolo Sc Lita is pleasantly 
filled before her return to climax 
with volcanic thrashing and terps. 
Dramatic “BabalU” segues' into 
“Blue Tango” utilizing one of the 
male line members, and “Brazil” 
flanked by two exuberant boys who 
echo her movements. "Tosses in 
some comedy with “It's a Scream 
How’ Levene Does the Rhumba,” 
and “Bi Mir Bist du Schoen,” then 
caps with “Mambo No. 5” front- 
ing line. Teases male ringsider into 
pairing for Latinterps, but singles 
into curtain legmania’ and hip 
tossing that win cheers. • • 

Interludes are all rapidly paced, 
with' Roberto Sc Alicia grabbing off 
terrif hands for some flamenco ex- 
hibits and sock hecl-and-toe 
stomps., Anthony, Allyn Sc Hodges 
bring on the yocks and gasps with 
knockabouts after gliding on in 
straight ballrooming. Pert, red- 
haired femme is the centre of all 
orbs as ,two husky males give her 
the fling$, 

Lolp Sc Lita are recent imports 
from Spain, bringing touch of Old 
World with their delightful seg- 
ment. Lolo works in long slap 
shoes, twirling hats and plates on 
sticks, spinning six plates simul- 
taneously on table, and making 
animal and bird effigies from 
balloons to give to audience. 

Don Reynolds not only heads 
production warbling in opener but 
joins Miss Costello in the “Bali 
Hai” tour. His own spot consists, 
of well-defined voicings of “Kiss 
of Fire” and “For Every Man 
There’s a Woman.” • 

The Carlton Hayes orch is as- 


slsted by special drum affect* from 
r e,v ut’i rhythm backgrounder 
James Naveira, Musical efforts are 
all clean/ , 

Miss Costello's* choreography 
was created by Mervyn Nelson, 
and ^lliie terps patterned by Peggy 
Gender. Costumes by Mme. Berthe 
have distinctive eye-appeal. 

Will. 


Cafe tie Paris, Louden 

London, Aug. 4.* 
Evelyn Laye, George Smith apd 
Winston Lee orphs; $6 minimum . 

With a long career in the thea- 
tre behind her, Evelyn Laye is 
debuting in cabaret via four weeks 
at this select cafe. Over the years 
she has starred in light operetta 
and musical comedy, played vaude- 
ville and pantomime, as well as 
straight roles, and has consequent- 
ly .acquired a wealth of technique 
which- should stand her in good 
stead. 

Miss'Laye’s voice has lost none 
of its" power or its appeal. She 
takes the high notes With ease, 
having cued her act to match the 
style for which she is noted. She 
also impresses with her appearance 
and makes a dignified entrance 
down the imposing cafe staircase. 

With the realization that cabaret 
needs original material, the chirp- 
ex has taken obvious care in prep- 
ping her act, which includes some 
specially>written lyrics. This, how- 
ever, is one of the rare occasions I 
in which art artist has been ill- 
advised to try out new stuff. Had 
she concentrated on the/ songs 
which are still linked with her 
name, the act would have .a power- 
ful nostalgic selling angle with 
strong appeal to a wide, audiepce. 

This is deeply underscored by 
the reception which greets her two 
numbers in this class, "They’ll 
Never Believe Me” and “I’ll See 
You Again.” The newer songs, par- 
ticularly those which attempt a 
note of sophistication or satire, do 
not qualify for the same popularity 
rating. In its present form the act 
is out of keeping with the star’s 
personality; a quick remodelling 
job is called for if it is to make 
the' anticipated impact. 

After long residence, the Sidney 
Simone dbmbo has left the Cafe de 
Paris and will be moving into 
Ciro’s in September. Terping mu- 
sic is now provided by the' George 
Smith and Winston Lee aggrega- 
tions. Myro. 


JACK DENTON 

WORLD’S GREATEST 1 COMEDIAN 

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ttalphrUmJ^Or^ usfi. 

»2.8« admmiem ancers <«); 

Tlje setting of the Ralph Han. 
gan band here is a socle cltm^ 
the successful summer season W 
the Beach Walk. Proceeding u? 
had been .two older and more « 
tablished outfits, Tommy Dorsw 
and Xavier Cugat. Flanagan shS 
Prove ^ as . effective a w ° « 
though relatively new, ,t 
raft - of records which has mad! 
him an accepted name in thi* + 
ritorjr. While the?e was a nohw 
able amount of the younger S 
openjng night, the so-called 
audience” of that over-30 brack 

droves? alS ° t0 haVe turned out ^ 

Even though the 15-piece aggre. 
gation leans heavily on the £ 
side, it's aH muted with the ill 
.saxes toning down the more bll 
tant scorings Four trombones and 
three trumpets, aided by a rhythm 
section, make up the rest of tha 
band. Arrangements are all care! 
fully made by the maestro X 

0 S?ri Pre m d u 0minant th °ught, dance! 
abrtity. There are the Glenii Mm er 

fS^ bt ;L they ? r l g r <*tly3 

fled from the period several yeart 
ago when leader made his start a 
a Miller copyist. There seems to 
be more body in the trumpet sec- 
tion, and some fine jumpoff solos 
come out -of that corner from time 
to -time. 

While Flanagan gets his teeth 
into the « pop selections, it’s still 
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, Hollywood,- Aug. 5. 
Billy Daniel Sc Girls (5), Peggy 
King, Eddie Oliver Orch ( 7),FeUx 
Martinique Rhumb and ( 5 ) ;' $2 
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Hard on the heels of Billy Dan- 
iels, the singer, comes Billy Daniel, 
the dancer, to keep business peek- 
ing at Charlie Morrison's boite. 
Fortnight’s tally won't be as strong 
as for the preceding, two Weeks, 
but it will he good. 

This time around he's got what 
is by far his best show to date. 
Four eye-filling, femmes provide 
the window dressing for the fancy 
footwork and Daniel has cannilyj 
staged a series of routines that 
produced a sustained impact. Little 
touches of drama and humor en- 
liven his doublets with each of .the 
gals-. The" pulsating production 
numbers, particularly “Poor Louie” 
and “Ballin’ the Jack,” build the 
turn to begoff proportions. 

Metro's newest discovery, Peggy 
King, shares the hilling inf this 
layput, but the young songstress 
isn’t ready yet for this atmosphere 
Gal bears a* slight resemblance to 
Judy Garland, whom she has been 
carefully coached to imitate, and 
suffers from this forced compari- 
son. Style and vocal tricks have: 
been carefully copied and sueh 
song items as “Stanley Steamer” 
and “Little Girl Blue” heighten 
the carboning. She’d probably do a 
lot better to develop her own style 
and gain more experience and con- 
fidence within her own natural 
voice range. ’ ' 

As usual, the Eddie Oliver mu- 
sicrew does a superlative job of 
showbacking the song •’ and dance 
stints and shares terp chores with 
Felix Martinique’s rhumbeat 
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Night Club Reviews 


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,CZ JTdies that bear constant re- 
todudtae "Smoke Gits In 
tur Eyes?” "W .Dost” and "I 
Should Care." In most of the tunes, 
ilneing Winds group, quartet wit? 
tfathy Sweeney, steps out to sing 
. few choruses, but the vocals are 
subdued to the instrumental beat. 
Incidentally, members all look 
a nd uniforms arc fresh. 
Sis are all lit . up and in one or 
is numbers there are some eye- 
SZeSlng bits done with lights. 

warrv Prime shines .on the bal- 
Jd work, especially with “Auf 
Wiederseh’n” and others on the 
Jfi-k list. Miss. Sweeney, recent 
addition to the orch, is attractive 
and does a fine job on selling her 

tunes. ' * 

In the accompanying show, 
Roeer Kay steals most of the atten- 
tion with his broad humour. Fam- 
ily snot hasn’t appreciated a come- 
dian here as much for many, 
months. While perhaps an expert 
xylophone player, he uses.it more 
as a prop, playing a few bars, be- 
fore going into his next gag. Per- 
haps one straight rendition might 
not be amiss. He gets. rapt atten- 
tion with his finale, which has him 
v/andering around the floor, mysti- 
fying the seatholders, as he flips 
some imaginary coins in a paper 
hag. *' . 

Trixie, pert femme juggler, 
doesn’t seem to catch her. breath as 
she tosses balls aloft and’ twirls 
hoop and paper disks almost end- 
lessly. For a good clincher she has 
customers throw a ball on a mouth 
wand. 

Choraldaires, teevee vocal quin- 
tet,, are a goodloOjdng bunch* of 
youngsters, but their offerings are 
limited to backing the line num- 
bers. However,- they are well re- 


JOHN and JUNE 

BELMONT 



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municipal opera house 

St. Unit, M*. 

Direction: LARRY GENGO 

frank iinnes agency 


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ceived,. Dorothy Hild* has two new 
conceptions, -one on “Delicade,” a 
Latin theme, and the other “Black- 
smith 1 Blues,” replete with jockeys 
and racing fillies. Each is equally 
well liked. Zabe. 


500 €lul» 9 A. C. , 

Atlantic City, Aug. 7. 

Will Mastin Trio with Samvtri 
Davis,* Jr.; Joy Lane, The Great 
Francisco , Lee Henderson Girls, 
Pete Miller and Joe Frasetto orchs. 
$3 minimum. 

Sammy Davis, Jr., is one of the 
most dynamic and versatile enter- 
tainers to appear at this club this 
season. Only A1 Martino compares 
in ability to pull them into this 
spot, and he had the July 4 week 
and weekend on his side. 

While Davis, Jr., gets off to a very 
slow start as he goes in to tap stint 
with his partners, Will Mastin, his 
uncle, and Sam Davis, Sr., his 
father, he gains momentum the full 
23 minutes he is on, mostly as a 
single. He’s rewarded with round 
after round of mitting when he 
really gets underway, finally beg- 
ging off. 

Lad’s, talent reaches into every 
department. Has fine voice, which 
he uses to carbon greats of day in 
song field, best being Lanza’s “Be 
My Love” and the weeping Johnnie 
Ray’s “My Old Gal,” both done to 
perfection. Also scores with take- 
offs on Billy Eckstine and Vaughn 
Monroe. Carbon pf Jerry Lewis has 
all the comic’s gestures. He clicks 
with his personations of Edward 
G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, 
Jimmy Stewart and James 'Cagney. 

In soft-shot and tap, Davis, Jr., 
rings the bell, this time with his 
partners. Older pair dress act with 
tap and soft-shoe bits while Davis 
is catching his breath. 

In Joy Lane, spot is offering one 
of the njost refreshing and novel 
acts. In from the Coast, where a 
few years ago she was the little 
blonde girl of the “Our Gang” 
comedies, her tape transcription 
-act is unusual. Works with record- 
ing of voice in duet and dialog, 
with. act well timed and executed, 
Songalong includes “As Easily as 
Me,” and “Pa’s Not Home,” both 
novelties, and “Please Mr. Sun.” 

The Great Ifrancisco is okay in 
juggling act, using lighted torches, 
balls and sticks for good returns. 
Lee Henderson girls offer two pro- 
duction numbers with Joe Frasetto 
emceeing show. Walk. 



with hallroomoloey, ' Esco come* 
reeling out of the audience to. 
break up their hoofing and startle 
the payees with his socko aero 
routines. 

Larue's wife, Trixie,* also picks 
dip a rousing, reception for her 
trim juggling session. Although 
Trixie is an established fave around 
the Bellevue, she never looked as 
good as she does in current show- 
ing. Act is sharper, seems longer, 
and better pacing has boosted im- 
pact effectively. 

The Flying Sydneys, two girls 
and a guy, cavort on a collection 
of unicycles and bikes for plaudits. 
Group have plenty of the visual 
razzle-dazzle and their clincher, 
with the male member riding a 
bicycle while balancing a 12-foot 
palm tree, draws heavy mitting. 

The Edwards Bros., a trio of 
local origin, sell # their tumbling 
and acrobatics in neat fashion, 
giving their routines a novel twist 
by working their more difficult 
chair-balancing stints from the 
top of a grand piano. The Wong 
Sisters,, two tiny terpsters, are 
pleasing in a single slot and with 
the productions; Charles Danford 
and Christine Palmer share vocal 
honors with style, particularly in 
the lavish “Madame Butterfly” se- 
quence. 

The chorus line is standout, as 
usual, and all music is under the 
firm baton of Bix Belair with the 
Buddy Clayton combo doing the 
customer dansapation. Newt. 

Gutitteittt Club, Ottawa 

Ottawa, Aug. 9. . 

Joan & Stanley Kayne, Felo .& 
Bruno, Jerry Cooper, June Oliver 
Girls (6), Harry Pozy Orch, (8); 
75c admission, $1 .Sat. 


Bellevue Casino, Ulont’l 

Montreal, Aug.. 6. 

Esco Larue, Trixie, Edwards 
Bros. (3), The Flyihg Sidneys (3),. 
Wong Sisters (2), Charles Dan- 
ford, Christina Palmer, Hibbert Sc 
Bird? Casino Line ( 10 ) , Bia: Belair 
Orch (11), Buddy Clayton Quartet 
with Ann Somers; $1 admission. 


With the tourist-hungry saloon 
keepers crying the blues because 
of the poor spenders this summer, 
Harry Holmok's vast emporium 
continues to draw standee busi- 
ness. Unlike his competitors who 
have cut budgets and overall show 
qualities, the Bellevue gives top 
value for those who are shopping 
around for their entertainment. 

Headliner in present layout is 
Esco Larue, making his annual 
summer visit to this room, and his 
drunk act is as solid as ever. ‘Work- 
ing with Hibbert & Bird, who intro 


Consistent improvement of 
show has upped business at this 
nitery, to a. point where there’s 
capacity nightly, despite highway 
construction sending customers 
through a detour and narrow coun- 
try road to get there. 

This week’s show, rounded up 
into a revue-type production 
staged by Jurje .. Oliver and built 
around socko-piped Jerry Cooper, 
is plenty okay. Cooper and girls 
work four numbers with singer 
handling emcee chores, chirping 
often, and putting his trombone to 
effective use, particularly in “I 
Love A Parade” finale which takes 
Cooper, in lead, and girls in gold 
( costumes around the Gatineau’s 
big room. 

Boff item is “Love For Sale” 
(also the name of the • revue) in 
which line leader Jackie 1 Scott 
does an , exotic dance to Cooper's 
chanting in deep blue light. Saun- 
nie Wagner later joins Miss Scott 
in so-so military taps. 

Held over and still topping the 
show are Joan & Stanley Kayne. 
Male is familiar and socko, his rub- 
ber-pan mugging sending custom- 
ers into spisms. Also big is Kayne’s 
unique panto with records, stand- 
outs being straight handling of 
Spike Jones’ “Cocktails For Two” 
disk and zany antics with Lanza’s 
“Be My Love” while wife Joan jug- 
gles the disk on turntable. 

New act here is the piano pair, 
Felo & Bruno, who work to begoffs 
despite crackling — then absent — 
microphone in late appearance. 
Cuban pair are okay at the key- 
board and shoot personality and 
showmanship straight at the audi- 
ence. Their pace is terrific and 
their numbers kept them playing 
twice as long as the schedule called 
for at show 1 caught. This team can 
handle any room or stage. 

Harry Pozy band is neat on show 
and gives dancing customers pleas- 
ant music. Johnny Johnston is sat- 
isfactory in lounge. - Gorm. 


Amato 9 *, lN>*ila»ti|, Ore* 

Portland, Ore., Aug, 7, 

Arthur Lee Simpkins with 
Maurice Ellenhom; The Talbots 
(2), Wyn Walker Orch (5); $1 
cover, $1.50 Sat. 

This is Arthur Lee Simpkins’ 
fourth stand at Amato's Supper 
Club in as many seasons and from 
all indications, boss George Amato 
will have the velvet cord up every 
night of the three-week booking. 
When the publicity broke that 
Simpkins was to open, reservations 
began to pour in. 

The singer, at show-caught, en- 
tered to round of applause that 
turned into a full ovation, and it 
was minutes before the guy could 
go to work. He’s a wiz at holding ! 
an audience. It was so. quiet in the ' 
jampacked spot, as to mark a 
tribute. 

Simpkins does jive, pops, opera, 
ballads, Scotch, Irish, Hebrew, 
Italian and comedy tunes to the 
delight of customers. He throws 
in a community sing, a couple of 
jokes in good taste* and a few 
dance steps for good measure. The 
knife and fork trade pay attention 
at his polished showmanship and 
piping talent. 

Best bets are ‘.‘Bless This House.” 
Shubert’s “Serenade,” aria from 
“La Tosca,” “Loveliest Night of 
the Year” and “Eli Ell.” Winds 
up his 50-minute concert with. some 
parodies to “Enjoy Yourself” and 
graciously begs off after four 
“thank you” speeches. Pianist 
Maurice Ellenhorn does a nifty job 
as his accompanist. 

The Talbots, open the show with 
some standard ballroomology. Orb- 
filling , femme would improve the 
act if she smiled more. Team dis- 
plays neat lifts and ‘spins with a 
cavalcade finale. It’s* a class act 
suitable for any spot, Wynn Wal- 
ker orch plays a terrific show and 
Sets the tempo for dancers. ; 

Feves. 


Ives Illness Nixes Date . 

Burl Ives, currently recuperating 
from pneumonia in Honolulu, has 
had to cancel a scheduled .concert 
engagement starting Aug. 24 at the 
Edinburgh Festival. 

The ballad singer filled dates in 
Great Britain, Australia and New 
Zealand before . becoming ill. 


Billy No Lilly 

= Continued from pate % — 
certain segment of newspaper peo- 
ple .who .apparently have long mem- 
ories. 

Rose’s skill in writing, however, 
came to the fore with a clever sum- 
mation and refutation about the 
“Broadway tightwad” allegations 
made by Miss Holm. It has been 
field day fodder for the tabs, fed 
up with politics, war and reefer- 
crime stories. Mrs. Ben (Wes) 
Bernie's sharp action against -Rose, 
because of an affidavit implicating 
her in the marital tan’gle, further 
has spiced the .day-by-day blows. 

Rose called in the press, includ- 
ing newsreel and TV cameras, 
which gave the story certain extra 
show biz values, for his side of it. 
Attorney Louis Nizer, w.k. in show 
biz and counsel for Mrs. Rose, also 
didn’t overlook any journalistic 
bets. 

The late bandleader and Mrs. 
Bernie “stood up” for the Roses 
when they were married 13 years 
ago. The widow of the “Ole Maes- 
tro” was Dorothy Wesley (best 
known as Wes), herself a champion 
swimmer. It is not generally known 
that she tutored. Miss Holm in 
aquatics and helped groom her for 
the Olympics in 1932. 


Saranat Lake 

By Happy Benway ' 

Saranac Lake, N. Y„ Aug. 12, 

Variety Clubs’ hospital labbra-- 
tory now operating on full tiipa 
under direction of Prof. Morris 
Dworski, assisted by Yolanda 
Scaramelli and Simone "Bieuze, It 
holds weekly clinics in conjunc- 
tion with its research work. 

Pearl (Loew) .Grossman all agog 
over surprise visit from Blanche 
(Loew) Oowen, Oscar and Elsie 
Appelbaum, Dr, Emanuel Fliegei 
and family, Dr. Saul Fliegei . and 
Estelle Fliegei, who helped her 
celebrate her first real good clinic, 

Stanley Nelson, legit and TV 
actor, took one year to beat the 
rap and leaves with an all-clear 
foriN. Y. where he is skedded to 
resume work. 

Phyllis Payne In from Louisville 
for a bedside chat with her sister, 
Patricia, of the Switow circuit, who,, 
is skedded ior major surgery. 

Harry (Slipfoot) Clifton, min- 
strelman and ex-Rogerite iclass of 
’49)) who made the grade here, is 
now connected with thc-v-Newark 
(N, Y.) Courier-Gazette, 

A1 Brandt (Brandt Theatres) hit 
the jackpot and won an ace 'clinic 
that rated him a 10-day furlough. 

Bill Lalis, former Decca Records 
office staffer who graduated here 
in ’48, in for his yearly vacation 
and checkup and drew a green 
light. He gifted many of the 
needy while here, 

Johnny (IATSK) Nblan motored 
in from Gotham for his annual va- 
cash and o.o, and got an all-clear. 
Incidentally, he was the- first 
patient admitted here under the 
banner of the Variety Clubs. 

Helene Baugh into the general 
hospital for the thoracoplasty op- 
eration and-is now back at the VC 
domicile resting In. comfort. 

- Helen (GraBd • Theatre) Pele- 
chowicz motored in from Camden, 
N. J., for the annual checkup ana 
rated a big okay. 

Write ..to i thoie who are 111. 


ONE YEAR AT THE PALACE 



BACK ON BROADWAY 

• « 

f YEAR OLD GENE 

JIMAE 

World's Youngost 
HARMONICA fLAYER 

Thank*: Dan FrUndly, 
atul My Cr«yi«n 

f*r My L#ng Run 

CoUbrsitfnfl My 10th JMrthdoy 

at tha PALACE, N. Y. 



LUXOR 

GALI-GALI 

Currently 

Copacabana 

NEW YORK 

Closing Sept. 3, After 9 Weeks 


My Appreciation 

JULES PQDELL and JACK ENTRATTER 
Thanks to HENRY G1NE 


Address: 9337 212th Street 
Queens Village, L. I., N* Y* 
Phone: HOIIis S-1YY5 


THE DAILY MIRROR 
Avgust 4, 1952 
Nlghtllfo 

"Held over for cause is Luxor Gali 
Gali. the Egyptian magician who mysti 
ftes the customer* when he plants three 
day-old chick* in their trousers. Luxor 
which is a new first monicker for him 
adopted to end the confusion with an 
.other chicken smuggler of similar name 
lis one of the best show stoppers any 
where, which he does thrice nightly at 
the Copa.” — Lee Mortimer 

NEW YORK POST 
August 7/ 1952 

TODAY'S BRAVOS: “Luxor Gali Gall’s 
amazing magic at the Copacabana.” 

— Earl Wilson 

NEW YORK JOURNAL-AMERICAN 
July 24/ 1952 

"Luxor Gall Gali, a leading legevder- 
mainlst — if you know what I mean. He's 
been held over. First time in a long 
time this has happened to an act here.” 

— Gene Knight 

NEW YORK ENQUIRER 
August 1L 1952 

“Held over is Luxor Gall Gali, a pres- 
tidigitator who is tops in his field. The 
deftness and. .smoothness of his perform- 
ance are a joy to watch. His stuff is 
fairly familiar by this time (the handker- 
chief knots and others), but if you’re 
taken in as was this reviewer by the 
sleight-of-hand art you’ll find Gah Gali 
fascinating.” Bob Devon 


N.Y. WORLD-TILIORAM and 1UH 
August 2/ 1952 

“Luxor Gali Gali staged tjie top Im- 
promptu laughs of a slow summer last 
hight.'- 

— Frank, Farrell 


VARIETY 
JulY 9, 1952 

“Always a surefire perfdrmor, Luxor 
Gali Gali clicks strongly with his spec- 
tacular slelght-of-hand. It’s a begofl’ 
act.” 

Herm. 


VARIETY 
August 4, 1952 

'Gali Gali, the Egyptian maglco, is 
another smash. He lends great charm 
to his act with his dialectic English, 
and ho knows how to handle audiences, 
as well.” 

Kahn. 


VARIETY 
• April 9, 1952 

"HJghspot is the familiar but ever 
welcome prestidigitation of Gall Gali. 
Egyptian maglco trots out his usual bag 
of tricks with just enough of a switch 
here and there to add Interest even for 
those who’ve seen it. The multiplying 
chickens and the plight of audience 
stooges still serve to spice the mysticism 
with mirth and it's all well sold. As 
usual, the napkin waving finale gets him 
off solidly.” ' 

Kap. Los Ange.Vs 


THANK YOU GENTLEMEN OF THE PRESS 


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Moscelyn Larkin 
Roger Calder 
Patricia Rayney 
Bob Williams 
Chick Chester 
William Maun** 
Rockettes 
Corps do Ballet 
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Palace (ft) 1* 
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Watson Sis 
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Ktngs A Ladies 
Pitchmen 
Gene Jlmae 
Johnny Woods 
Cleopatra 
Paramount <P> 13 
Elliot Lawrence Ore 
Don Cornell 
Mickey Deems 
4 Evans . ■ 

Trudy Richards 
Roxy (l) 15 
Tony Bennett 
Phil Foster 
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Apn Nichols 
Gerry Mahoney 
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Dreamers 
Spence Twins 
Sammy Campbell 
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Snookie Lanson 
Steve Evans 
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Rosemary Miller 
June Lansell 
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Robert Levis 
MELEODRN* 
Tivoli (T) 11 
Tommy Trinder 
4 Botonds ' v , 

Halama A Konarskl 
Frof Olgo 

Roystoxf 1 MacGregor 

Harry Moreny 
Tony Lamond 

^singing Girl* 

» Show-Girls 
4 Dancing Boy* 

12 Adorable* 
SYDNEY 
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Mara Sc Maurice 
3 Daresco 


£USDBAm 

Lowe Sc Ladd 
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EenUfc -Kramer 

Overbury Sc Sttzette 
Sony* Cojcbeau 
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10 Nudes 
6 Boy Dancer* * 
Singers 
12 Ballet 
NEW ZEALAND 
Christchurch 

Tivoli (T) 11 
Armand P-erren 
Fayes 3 
Put Gregory 
Gerd Bjornstad 
Chrlbi 

Mariki. Saary* 
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Wlm De Jottg 
Jacques CartaUX 
Jimmy Eider 
Joe, Whltehouso 
Cissy TrenhOhn 
Terry Scaillon 
Guus Brox St Myrna 


EDINBURGH 
Empire (M) 11 
Radio Revellers 
Hutph 

Krista -I? Kristel 
Canfield Smith 
D A J.O’Gorman 
M * M Mills 
Nenette Mongadors 
Anne 

Fred Harris Sc 
Christine 
GLASGOW 
Empire <M> 11 
Jack Radcllfte 
Jane Morgan 
Elton Hayes 
Nat Gonella -Co 
Linda Sc Lana 
Eva May Wong 
Looky * Henry 
Altos 

GRIMSBY 
Palace (I) 11 

Cecil Sheridan ■ 
Noel Talbot 
Joy Brennan * 
Stephen Black 
Joe O'Reilly St 
Tommy 
Evelyn Henry 
May Moxons 
Shamrocks 
2 M's 

Gass Sc Keegan 
HACKNEY 
Empire (S) 11 
Arthur Blake 
Michael Bentine 
Billy Banks 
Grimaldis 
Richman Sc Jackson 
St Denis Bros * 
Beryl • 

Bebe A Belle 
Ansons 

LEEDS 

Empire <M) 11 
S Smith Bros 
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Bea St Clyde 
Tattersall Sc Jerry 
2 Virginians 
Estrella Sis 

LINCOLN 
Royal (1) 11 
Frank O'Brien 
Jack Mayer 
Les Trois 
D'Artognans 
Peggy Stone 
Gordon Night Birds 
Rickey Howard 
Irene Bruce 
Harry Humphreys 
Lcn Hargraves 
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Empire (M) 11 
Gypsy Rose Lee 
Scott Sanders 
Jo Jac Sc Joni 
Cynthia Sc Gladys 
Joe Croble 
Ms Sadler 
LeRoys 
Richard SI* 

LoS Grecos 

LONDON 
Palladium (M) 11 
Dolores Gray 


Wise 


Winifred Atwell 
Deep River Boys 
Nanci Crompton « 
Hall Norman A 
Ladd 

Al Burnett 
Carsony Bros 
Leslie Randall 
Allen Bros A June 
Palladium Tiller 
Girls 

Skyrockets Ore 
MANCHESTER 
Hippodrome (S) 11 
Sugar Chile 
Robinson * 

Len' Young 
Morecambe & 

3 Franks _ 

Bfcryl Sc Bobo 
Joe King 
2 Condons 
Hamilton Twins 
NOTTINGHAM 
Empire (M) 11 
Max Bygraves 
Charles Ancaster 
Mary Naylor 
Kitty Bluett 
Finlay Bros • 
Pepinos Circus 
Marie Louis A 
Charles 
Syd Plummer 
Clayton & Ward 
SCUNTHORPE 
Savoy (I )11 
Johnny Carlton 
Marda De Camp 
Dodge 
Audrle Saunders 
Bashful Boys 
Johnnie Marsh 
10 De Milo GMs 
SHEFFIELD 
Empire (M) 11 
Geo Mitchell Choir 
Jimmy Clltheroe 
Arthur White 
Vadio Sc Hertz 
Sonny Burke 
Kexanos 

Jon Joyce Dancers 
SHEPHERDS BUSH 
Empire (5) 11 
Stargazers 
Chas Forsythe 
Addle Seamon 
Vic Wise 
Woods Sc Jarrett 
Nat Hope 
Les Spanglers 
2 Yolandas 
Merle 6s Marie 
WOOD GREEN 
Empire (S) 11 
Harry Rowson 
Joan Price 
Val Cave 
Betty Broughton 
Ian Hynes 
Peter Littlewood 
Larry Wilson 
Johnny Crltchley 
Jimmy Kidd & 
June 

Les Zentays 
Royalty Girls 


■I Memhi 

George Mann 
Latin- American Key 
Lao Sc Minerva 
Five O'clock 
Martha ttaye 
Kirby Stone Quintet 
Ben Yost 5 
Len Dawson Ore 
Frolic Club 
SenorltaJHerraro 
Kathie MfcCoy 
Don Charles Oro 
Lombardy 
Don Baker Ore 
Henry Taylor 
Julio Sc Mae . 

Martinique Hotel 
Manolo & Ethel 
Danny Yates Ore 
Rose Sc Paul 
Vincents 
Monte Carlo 
Day Sc Alva 
Arne Barnett 3 
.Mother Kelly's 
Joe D! Lalla 
Rene Hall Trio 
Gladys Cooper 
Nautilus Hofei 
Henny Youngmatt 
The Bradys (2) 
Freddy Calo Ore 
Rendezvous * 
Bobby Lucas 
The Muslcats 
paddock Club 
Ms Adrian - 
Flash Lane 
Rozanne 

Connie Del Monte 
Ernie Bell Ore 
■San -Marino Hotel 
Mac Pepper 
The Jesters 
Galetv Club 
Len E. Ross 
Olga Barrett 
Lori Iris 
Georgia Peech 
Che-Che 


Lynn Clayton 
Gaiety jGtflR __ t 
Green Hair Girl 
Bob Morris Ore 
Jehnina Hotel 
The Palmers 
Jock Murphy 
Tony Mata* 

Randum 

Leon S> Eddie's 
Babe Baker - Revu# 
Murray Swanson 
Eddie Guertln. 
Jackie Gordon 
Jackie King 
Chuckle Fontain* 
Larry Seldin Dcr* 
Sans Soucl Hotel 
Larry K Nixon 
Chris Columbo 
Eddie Snyder 
Sacasas Ore 
Ann Herman Dcrs 
Saxony Hotel 
Phyllis Arnold 
Val Olman Ore 
Tano & Dee 
Michael Selker Ore 
Shore* Club 
Rosalia St Carlas 
Michael Selker Oro 
Shoremed# 
Preacher Rollo- 5 
Tony Pastor's 
Neil Stone Revue 
Billie Lee 
Chi-Chi Laverne 
Kitty O'Kelly 
Jamie Lynn 
Charlotte Winters 
Kenny Lynn 

Vagabonds Club 
Vagabonds (4) 

Maria Neglia 
Phil BTlto 
Bobbie Drake 
Frank Linale Ore 
River Boat Trio 
Harbor Club 
Joe Mooney 
Charlie Page 


MaiuNii 


Literati 


CHICAGO 


& 


Chez Pare# 

Martin Sc Lewis 
Kitty Kallen 
Mayo Bros (2) 
Barr and Estes 
Dick Stabile 
Johnny Martin 
Werner Twins S. 
Chez Adorables 
Brian Farnon Ore 
Conrad Hilton HoFI 
Adele Inge 
Eric Waite 
Diana Grafton - 
Charles Sc Lucille 
Cavanaugh 
Dennis & Darlene 
Lillian Byers 
Yvonne Broder 
Philip Fraser 


Terry Taylor 
Donald Tobin 
George Zak 
Boulevar-dears (6) 
Frankie Masters O 
Edgewater Beach 
Ralph Flanagan Ore 
Harry Prime 
Kathy Sweeney 
Chordial Aires (5) 
Trixie 

(One to fill) 

Hlld Dancers (10) 
Palmer House 
Matl A Hari and 
Co (4) , „ „ 

Noonan Sc Marshall 
Estelle Loring 
George Prentice 
Eddie O’Neal ore 


LOS ANGELES . 


Ambassador Hotel 

Freddy Martin Ore 
Stuart Wade 
Murray Arnold 
The Martin Men 
Rita A'AIan Farrell 

Bar of Music' 

Doodlfes Sc Spider 
Nancy Andrews 
Felix Decola 
Benno Rubinyi 
Eddie Bradford Ore 
B Gray's Bandbbx 
Lenny Kent 
Julie Robbins 
Skylarks (5) 

Bob Durwood 
Bill Howe 


Btltmore Hotel 
Penny Singleton 
Walton & O’Rourke 
LeS Bassle Trio 
Cafe Gala 
Jane Jones 
Frank Howard 
Jean Arnold 
Mel Henke Trio 
Clro's 

Peggy Ryan & 

Ray McDonald 
Condos Sc Brandow 
Dick Stabile Ore 
Bobby Ramos Oro 
Mocambo 
Billy Daniel 
Peggy King- 
Eddie Oliver 


What's Cooking? 

Boston Better Business Bureau 
received a complaint from an in- 
dividual who replied to a mail or- 
der advertisement addressed to 
“Men! Sensational! Shocking! Ex- 
otic!” and including the descrip- 
tion, “The one book you should 
give to the woman in your life if 
you want to get the best out of 
life.” Ad had a picture of an un- 
clothed beauty and listed some 
chapter titles as*“Some Girls Know 
How,” “Since Eve Ate Apples” and 
“Bachelor Bait.” 

The complainant, *who charged 
the bookseller with misrepresenta- 
tion and wants his money back, is 
beefing because the “exotic” tome 
turned out to be .a cookbook. 

Settle Consumer Reports Dispute 

Ending a work stoppage that be- 
gan July 7, some 102 employees of 
Consumer Reports returned to 
their jobs Monday (11). Move came 
after members of the CR unit of 
the Newspaper Guild of New_ York 
Seattle Consumer Reports Dispute 
settlement of their five-week old 
dispute with the mag’s manage- 
ment. 

Major issue behind the situation 
was the -Guild’s charge that Con- 
sumer’s Union of. the U. S. Inc,, 
the mag’s publishers, had refused 
to pay employees in acordance 
with an Oct., 1951, agreement with 
the union. This called for wage in- 
creases and retroactive pay. 

When payments were made last 
June in the wake of Wage Stabil- 
ization Board approval employees 
charged that the amounts weren’t 
up to the standards of the formula 
agreed upon. Discussions of the 
workers’ • grievances with the man- 
agement on July 7 broke up 
abruptly with the Guild claiming 
the staff had been “locked out.” 

' Settlement of the dispute is said 
to correct the - pay discrepancy by 
providing for observance of the 
original agreement. Guild 
called the adjustment “precedent- 
breaking” since all employees will 
be permitted to make up wages 
lost during the five-week period at 
time-and-a-half overtime rates. 
Consumer .Reports, which rates 
consumer product, reportedly has 
a nationwide circulation of 700,- 
000 . 


LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 


$EITAIN 


Cabaret Bills 


astdn 

Hippodrome (I) 11 
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Dave Starr 
vocalaires 
Funfair Adorables 
BIRMINGHAM 
Hlppodro’me (M) 11 
Joy Nichols 
Mooney Sc King 
Wally Peterson 
George Martin 
H Sc A Ross 
Will Carr Co 
Marquis Family 
SAP. Kaye 

BLACKPOOL 

Optra House U) 11 
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gemprini 
Dandy Bro* 
tarry Bailey 

Kamela Kay 

2orps de Ballot 
legency 8 
Jbert Marland 
/lagyar Dancers 
[0 Tiller Girls 
to of Top Lovelies 
Palace (I) 11 
llooth Sc Ziegler 
Heards 
Colira _ „ 
SuMaret A penzer 
tarry Benefc 
Leslie Welch 
Cent Bros 
Wily Russell 
rower Circus (I) 11 
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jile's Lions A 
Tigers 

Rose Gold 3 
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Jgnle’s Horses A 
Zebras 

? egge Sis 
osca de Lao 
Knle’s Lipplzanas 
Jackie Lupescu 
Olivcras 
Knle’s Animal 
Carousel 

Duncan's Collies 
Crocker’s Bears 
Knle’s Baby Ele- 
phants 

Llttlo Jimmy 
Jimmy Scott 
Annette's Circusettc 
Winter Gardens 
(I) 11 

Frasers Harmonica 
Co 

Freddie Sales 
Sallci Puppets 
Faye A Tamara 
BlUy McCormack 
Kathleen Gray 
Porocn Hinton 
13 Beau Belles 
Jtonnlo Ronalde 
BOSCOMBE 
Hippodrome (I) 11 
BlUy Whittaker 
Itiml Law 

BRADFORD 
Alhambra fM) 11 
Josef Locke 
Hersckel Hcnlere 


Jackie Ross- 
Archle Glen 
Frknce* Duncan 

2 Valettos 
Les Marchlslo 

3 Saytons 
BRISTOL 

Empire (I) 11 
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Storr Bros 
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Cort Stuart 
Gladys Young 
Bert Childs 
London 3 
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Marcia Owen 
Roger Carne 
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Iris 

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Lee Young A 
Annette 

BR1XTON 
Empress (I) 11 
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Jones A Foss 
Kenne Lucas 
Barry O'Brien 
Les Morgan 
Symmetrical 
Geoffrey de Vere 
CARDIFF 
New (3) 11 
Derek Roy 
Eve Boswell 
3 Falcons 
Downey A Daye 
Charles Stephen 
Nanette Dubray 
Eddie Myles 
F Whlteley Girls 
CHELSEA 
Palace (I) 11 
Jack Anton 
David Nairn A Mrs 
Balmoral 4 
3 Mlhallovitch Bros 
Jill Jaycs 
Pauline Terrle 
Syd Raymond 
DERBY 

Hippodrome (S) 11 
Davy Kaye 
Hazel Wilson 
Ken DoevUlcs 
Baldwin A Castle 
Reg Darnley 
Curuna & Dodo 
‘Noreen Barker 
Derek Dixon 
Yvonne Duprez 
Harry Mullins 
EAST HAM 
Granada (I) 11 
Alex James A Irene 
Nat Travers 
Bobbie Dennis 

2 Grecos 

3 Karloffs 
2 Silvers 

Metropolitan (I) 11 
Terry O'Neill 
Dixie Rose 
Nlberco Bros 
Phil Durban A 
Wendy 

Cooper Twins 
Musical Pardoes 
Dolores Whiteman 
De Vere Telle 
> Belles 


NEW YORK CITY 


Rlrdtand 
Ella Fitzgerald 
BUI Harris Ore 
Blue Angel 
Josh White 
Eartha Kitt 
Portia Nelson 
Orson Bean 
EUis Larkin Trio 
Bon Solr 
Alice Ghostley 
3 Riffs 

Jimmy Daniel* 

3 Flames 
Norene Tate 
Garland Wilson 
Copacaban* 

AI Bende 
Sonny Howard 
Peter Hanley 
Gall GaU * 

The Carneys ^ 

Lauri Layton 
M Durso Oro 
Milt Page 

El Chico 
Roslta Rios 
Ruth Vera 
Ramonlta y Loon 
Los Xey 

Enrique Vizcano O 
Eduardo Roy 
Embers 

Barbara CarroU 3 
French Casino 
Gmette Wander 
Harry Scguela 
Jane Lnstc 
Laura Tunisl 
Dominique 
Dassie Bros 
Buddy Clayton 
Gordon Hamilton 
Vincent Travers 
Havana-Madrld 
Rene Touzet 
Luplno A Urblno 
Jose Curbelo Ore 
Hotel Ambassador 
Jules Landc Ore 
Hotel Astor 
Carmen Cavallaro 
Joseph Sudy Ore 
Hotel Blltmore 
Michael Kent Ore 
Hotel Edison 
Henry Jerome Ore 
Hotel New Yorker 
Bernie Cummins O 
Roymayno A Brent 
Elimar 

Jack Raffloer 
Joan Walden 
Adrian Rollinl Trio 
Hotel Roosevelt 
Lenny Herman Ore 
Hotel St. Regis 
Milt Shaw Ore 
Horace Diaz Oro 


Village Barn 
Doree A Bill Post 
Al Ferguson 
Helen Halpin 
Zeb Carver 
Arthur Warren Ore 

Village Vanguard 
Robert Clary 
Sylvia Syms 
Clarence Williams i* 
Waldorf-Astoi ia 
Chavales de Espana 
Trini Reyes 
Emil' Coleman Oro 
Mi«cha Borr Ore 
Hotel Taft 
Vincent Lopez Oro 
Latin Quarter 
Royal Ashtons 
Danielle Lamar 
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Andre Philippe 
Art Waner Oro 
RIvier* 

Jack Carter 
Toni Arden 
Harry Mimmo 
W Nyo ‘Ore 
Campo Ore 

Leon St Eddie's 
Buddy Costa 
Wendy Way# 

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Jack Byron 
Oliver Dcrs 
No. 1 Fifth Ave 
Paula Stewart 
Herb Corey 
Bob Downey 
Harold Fonvllle 
Hazel Webster 
Old Roumanian 
Sadie Banks 
Jackie Phillips 
Larry Marvin 
Joe LaPorte Oro 
D’Aquila Ore 

Park Sheraton 

Irving Fields 
Two Guitars 
Arena Rane 
Elena A Anatole 
Eli Spivak 
Mlscha Csdanoff 
Michel Michon 
Kostya Poliansky 
Versailles 
Bernice Parks 
Emile Petti oro 
Panchito Ore 
Wlvel 
Sal Noble 
Bob Lee 


Flamingo 

| Spike Jones Rev 
Desert fhn 
Dlosa CosteUo 
Don Reynolds 
Lolo A Lita 
Roberta A Alicia 
Anthony, AUyn A 
Hodges 

Carlton Hayes Ore 
El Cortez - 

Ben Light 
Larry Roberts 
Sonny Boy . . 

Dick Barr Trio 
Three Commandos 
| Last Frontier 
Herb Shrincr 
Yost's Royal 
Guards 

Bieber Dancers 
Jerry WaUace 
Jimmy Sisco 
Jean Devlyn Girls 
Bobby Ramos 'Ore 
Don Baker 


El Rancho Vegas 

BUly Daniels 
Belmonts 
BiU Skipper 
Joy Walker 
El Rancho Girls 
Ted Flo Rito orch 
Sliver Slipper 
Woo Woo Stevens 
Kalantan 
Hank’ Henry 
Rooneys • 

La Barr Leonard 
IsabeUe Dwan 
Jimmy Cavanaugh 
DoUy Dee DoUs 
George Redman 
BiU WUlard 
Thunderblrd 
MiUs Bros 
Jay MarshaU 
Pelro Bros 
Donna PhilUps 
Johnny O'Brien 
K Duffy Dansations 
Norrrlandle Boys 
Al Jahns ore 


MIAm-MUMI BEACH 


Allison Hotel 
Beachcombers (4) 
Julio A Mae 
Casablanca Hotel 
Bertlca Serrano 
Hal Winter 
Milt Roberts Ore 
Clover Club 
Jackie Miles 
Nov-Elltes (3) 
Norma Parker 


Winn Seeley 
Ed May 
Tony Lopez Ore 
Diamond Horseshoe 
Cdllazlto Ore 
Sonia 

Larry Girard 
Delmonice 
Jack Almeda 
Crayton A Lopez 
, Carlos A Mellsa Ore 


Paris Fashions | 

Continued from page 2 , , J 

"Adolphe Menjou hQjnburg” is 
worn with sports dresses. 

Schiaparelli’s Gala . 

Schiaparelli's midnight gala per- 
formance in her private garden 
was attended by all ’ celebrities 
passing through Paris that day. 
The colors of her “grasshopper” 
collection were fabulous in the 
klieg lights — what they will look 
like at 10 a.m. on the New York 
streets is another story! Wings, 
coat tails, giant lapels, long cut- 
away effects recall folded wings. 
Schiap’s^ sense of humor is evident 
and many of her ideas are not to 
be taken too seriously, but she 
gives glamor to the French cou- 
ture. The Brazilian orchestra — 
flown over for Jacques Fath’s 
party — who had arrived that day, 
played after the show, and Ginger 
Rogers, also just off a plane, 
danced new Brazilian steps to her 
heart’s content. 

Hubert de Givenchy, the six- 
foot-four wonder boy, was swamped 
by the number of people who came 
to his show. Places cards were 
snatched off in a free-for-all fight 
for seats. An important magazine 
executive almost lost her balance 
over a balcony bannister. De> 
Givenchy showed many new. de- 
tails — suit plastrons in contrasting 
color, “fur color” blouses with 
suits, fur winter-prints, tapestry 
motifs, jewel theme evening 
dresses, and a number of “Flash 
ideas’—but a winter collection is 


1,001 Self-Made Americans 
Clover House, of .Santa J/Ionica, 
Cal., is asking 5,000 “self-made, 
successful Americans” to contrib- 
ute to a tome, “Success Secrets 
of Self-Made Americans.” Pub- 
lisher says it hopes to include 
comments by 1,001 individuals. 
Contributors are Rsked to send $3, 
for engraving’ costs, if they want 
their photo included. They’ll get 
one copy of the book free, will pay 
$9 apiece for erfra copies (regular 
price is listed at $15). 

Mailer suggest that the book will 
help fight Communism, “for it 
epitomizes the freedom, the inde- 
pendence, the limitless opportunity 
for individual success our system 
of democracy still offers those who 
are willing to work for it.” Among 
those whose comments are includ- 
ed are Struthers Burt, A. J. Cronin, 
Benny Goodman and Roger W. 
Babson. 


official check on how many cooiaq 
of each title a publisher has sow 
It takes about six months or 1 
m_ore after a reprint is released 
before sales figures are in and 
royalty payments can be comput- 
ed. In the meanwhile, by inflattotf 
circulation, figures, some of thl 
reprint houses hope to snag addi. 
tional titles from the hard-cover 
■firms. The competition is tough 
it’s pointed out, because a good 
deal of the available previously, 
published material is already ii 
paper-bound format. 

Last year, according to a con- 
servative estimate, about 250,000- 
000 books came out in reprint form 
and the field is growing by leaps 
and bounds. It’s estimated that 
sales for 1952 will be 25% ahead of 
’51, with the total over 300,000,000. 

Today’s Family Mag To Bow 
Today’s Family, new home serv- 
ice mag which Ideal Publishing 
Corp. is .bringing out around the 
end of the year, will be edited by 
Geraldine Rhoads, it was disclosed 
by Ideal prexy W. M. Cotton this 
week. She formerly was editor of 
Today’s Woman. 

Distribution of Family will be 
through Woolworth stores in the 
U.S. .and Canada. John F. Noone, 
formerly with Good Housekeeping 
and Better Homes & Gardens, has 
been named advertising director 
while editorial direction of the 
mag will be under veepee Muriel 
Babcock.. 

H. Allen Smith’s Next 
Humorist H. Allen Smith who 
has been collecting anecdota and 
instances of the practical joke in 
America for a dozen years has put 
all of them together for his next 
Doubleday book. He is of the 
opinion '“this book will surely get 
r .e hanged but I’ve had it coming 
for quite a while.” 

Bernard Wolfe’s First Novel 
Bernard Wolfe’s first solo novel, 
“Limbo,” will be published by Ran- 
dom House next year. 

Wolfe collabbed with jazzist Mezz 
Mezzrow on “Really The Blues;” 
ghosted a. book on hypnotism; and 
was also one of Billy RQse’s staff- 
ers when the latter was doing his 
Bell-syndicated column. 


Idell’s Next 

Barbara Hardy, chief copy editor 
of Gold Medal. Books (Fawcett), 
has left for Guatemala on a six 
months’ leave of absence to work 
with Albert Idell. 

Latter has just returned from a 
fact-gathering trip to Sweden and 
is now en route to his home in 
Guatemala to write his next novel 
for Gold Medal. 

CHATTER 


‘Pocketsize’ Inflation Sets In 

Business in the pocketsized book 
field has become so cutthroat, with 
the 10 companies’ in the field bid- 
ding against each other for reprint 
rights, that they are inflating their 
circulation figures. By telling a 
hard-cover publisher they’re selling 
100,000 copies more of a tome than 
they do, they hope to snare paper- 
bound rights to other items. Unlike 
the magazine field, with its Audit 
Bureau of Circulation, there is no 


William Saroyan’s new play. 
“The Slaughter of the Innocents, 
will be published in the November 
issue of Theatre* Arts. 

Simon Wincelberg’s “The Con- 
queror,” -published in Harper s Ba- 
zaar, was made compulsory read- 
ing for the English class at San 
Diego State College. 

“The Heir of Douglas,” tome by 
Lillian de la* Torre to be published 
by A. At Knopf on Monday (18), 
has been designed by Warren Chap- 
pell in the manner of an 18th Cen- 
tury tome — since that’s the period 
it discusses. , 

Author-socialite Peter Ordway 
sailing for Europe on the 116 ae 
•France next Wednesday (20) after 
selling an article on humorist 
Herb Shriner to the Satevepost. 
Ordway ' also has a novel comm 
out next month; “The Face in the. 
Shadows,” published by A. A* 
Wyn. 


never as gay as a summer one, and 
even Sophie and Bettina, the two 
top .mannequins of Paris, could 
not turn , the polite applause into 
last season’s mad ovation. 

Jean Desses, in his gilded salons 
(the ex-residence of Mr. Eiffel of 
the Tower) defended “Le Flou”: 
“Fashion has reached the cross- 
roads . . . softness succeeds con- 
struction based on established 
rules. Fluid lines replace corseted 
control.” He shows straight coats, 
softly draped necklines, jersey 
two-piece suits, crepe dresses and 
glamorous tricolor chiffon evening 
dresses. 

Fluid Woman 

“The 1953 woman will definitely 
be fluid,” cabled press representa- 
tives . . . but then came the Dior 
bombshell; “Let’s do away with 
fluidity. It thickens the waist and 
makes one look younger. Women 
must be profiled, aerodynamic and 
curved like theiT aeroplanes and 
automobiles. We must never go 
back to old styles, hut continually 
go forward ...” Having said these 


revolutionary words m his pre s J 
release, Dior .proceeded to snow 
one Of the best collections he has 
ever designed; perfect balance, per- 
fect simplicity and, except for m 
evening dresses, wearable in 
circumstances. Over and over 
uses the . word, “precise : 
dresses are molded to the bo y* 
his fitted coats follow the construe; 
tion of the • dress, epauliere 
(shoulder-covers) come on .or 
fabrics are inspiring, and bis 
Victorian • evening picture s 
designed by an architect, 
guerre des lignes” (the wai of 

lines) was on. . , oY _ 

Fashion experts had to re „ 
next day Fath’s “Carnival in 
was exactly what they nee a. . q 
M ore than 1,800 appeal 
multi-colored costumes, t0 
mined to bring the pa P one 
Fath’s ' country chateau tor ^ 
night. Chartered P lan *f ** e s f ro ni 
chestras, guests and cost m 

Rio, and also the « ue ^ of Brazi l’s 
Senhora Getulio Vargas, V 

, First Lady. 


ywlnesday, August 13, 1952 





Mike Kanins’ New Play 

Fay Kanin, author of "Goodbye, 



LEGITIMATE 49 





Paris, Aug. 12. 4 
tnflux of buyers to view current 
.'“^collections along with heavy 
Sst trade is keeptajg Paris, the- 
““f mainly revue houses, crowd- 
id thi? month, usually tte worst 
one in the French theatre year. 
Sodus in August generally sees 
X self-respecting Frenchmen, 
£ can do it“ leave Paris for the 
month Many commercial and show 
biz establishments will be dosed 
until September. 

The railroads expect to have at 
w 1,500,000 Parisians heading 
for vacation spots during August, 
with 237 extra trains pressed into 
Service. Most legit theatres Will be 
shuttered excepting for the spec- 
tacle and revue shows which at- 
tract tourists. Films released are 
small-budgeters or reissues, but 
some big films are released to cash 
in on the non-existent competition. 
A trood portion of the niteries close 
Hown but on the whole the night- 
club biz is the least affected this 
month, since catering to visitors. 

Folies-Bergere Is Biggest Draw 
Of the revue shows, most in de- 
mand is the Folies-Bergere produc- 
tion, “Real Madness” iVraie Folie) 
which has done sellout' biz, with 
only Sunday matinees slightly off, 
jince it opened March 20. It has 
what the tourists want with its 
quota of nudity, scenic effect* and 
rich costume displays. Folies’ gross 
is $4,297 per night, or $30,083 
weekly, plus Sunday matinee tak- 
ings. 

Casino de Paris, still running 
last year’s revue, "Gay Paris ” does 
$2,560 nightly with similar p&licy, 

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Many New Name Entries 
Available for Non-Pros 


By Dramatists Play Unit 

Unusually large number of pre- 
vious-season shows are included 
among the new entries on the 
Dramatists Play Service list avail- 
able for mon-professional perform- 
ance. In addition, some of the top 
hits of recent seasons are men- 
tioned as available in published 
form, but not yet released for 
amateur performance. There are 
also a number of established non- 
pro vehicles available in new ver- 
sions and at least one old-fashioned 
melodraifta. The Play Service, es- 
tablished by members of the 
Dramatists Guild, and Samuel 
French are the principal agencies 
handling non-professional perform- 
ance rights. 

New entries on the DPS list in- 


clude S. N. Behrman’s "Amphitry- 
on 38,” Lillian Heilman’s "Autumn 
Garden ” Morland Cary’s "Because 
Their Hearts Were Pure,” .Clifford 
Odets’ “Big Knife,” Sumner Locke 
Elliott’s "Buy Me Blue Ribbons,” 
Hy Kraft’s "Cafe Crown,” Horton 
Foote’s "Chase,” Arthur Miller’s 
Death of a Salesman,”' Joel Wy- 
man’s "Dinosaur Wharf,” George 
S. Kaufman-Leueen MacGrath’s 
Fancy Meeting You Again,” Elmer 
Rice’s "Grand Tour,” Truman Ca- 
pote’s "Grass Harp,” Samuel Tay- 
lor s “Happy Time,” Lucille Fletch- 
ers ‘Hitch-Hiker,” Richard Reich’s 
House Without Windows,” John 
Van Druten’s “I Remember Mama” 
]new version), Tennessee Williams* 
I Rise in Flame, Cried the Phoe- 
Harvey Haislip’s "Long 
fatch,” Mel Dinelli’s "Man,” 
Arthur Carter’s "Number,” Slg-> 
gund Miller’s "One Bright Day,” 
{toward Lindsay-Russel Crouse’s 
Remains to Be Seen.” 


Also, Robert E. Sherwoi 
union in Vienna,” Ch; 
zp* ‘Ring Around the 
mlip Barry’s "Second 
old, Fry’s “Sleep of Pi 
Miss Fletcher’s "Sorry, 

nn U ftr.’” Anderson’s "SI 
Pa’ ..William Marchant’s 
ffiinued,” A. B. Shiffrh 

i ^ Walk” and Anderson’ 
toss Victory.” 

w* ays ava Hable in publis 
jut not yet released for 

S? rn l ance ar e van 
tfeli, Book and Candle, 

“Fw? Girl ” George 
“T a * Into Egypt,” van 
Camera,” Carsoi 
S,. Member of the V 
Vv.Hjf m , s ‘‘Rose Tattoo/ 
Jkamm’s "Shrike,” 1 

hy!% ar Na rd Desi 
y s Venus Observed.” 


Brattle Theatre Folding; 
New Coin May Save It 

The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, 
Mass., will probably fold at the 
completion of its summer schedule. 
Bryant Haliday, Albert Marre and 
Myron Markel, heading a group 
which recently took over control of 
the stock spot, have decided not to 
try to continue into the fall unless 
major financing is obtained. 

The theatre, located on the Har- 
vard campus, was opened several 
years ago by a group of former 
Harvard £tudes. It attraction con- 
siderable attention for a couple of 
seasons with guest-star revivals, of 
the classics, including the Restora- 
tion comedy, "The Relapse,” which 
the Theatre Guild brought to 
Broadway with Cyril Ritchard and 
Madge Elliott. • 


My Fancy,” and her husband, 
Michael Kanin, who^ co-produced 
the comedy with Aldrich & Myers 
in the faH of 1943, have a new play 
for Broadway presentation this 
winter. Title and subject matter 
of the script aren’t revealed, and 
no production setup has been ar- 
ranged. 

Couple,, who plan to move from 
the' Coast and make their perma- 
nent residence in New York, are 
currently vacationing in Europe. 


it If* V * p • 

Wish burning 
Steady Profit 

"Wish You Were Here,” on which 
co-prdoucer, co-author and director 
Joshua Logan is still making minor 
revisions, is apparently set to earn 
back at least a sizable portion of its 
investment. With the summer. 


Holm Cot Same 
As Gertie in ‘King’ 

For her six-week stint as star of 
“King and I,” at the St. James, 
N. Y. f Celeste Holm is understood 
to have received the same basic 
terms as Gertrude Lawrence, the 
show’s original star, for whom she, 
was substituting. According to the 
accountants statements on the 
Rodgers-Hammerstein musical, the 
cast payroU remained approximate- 
ly the same during the weeks Miss 
Holm played the lead — about $14,- 
200— which is what it is with Miss 
Lawrence as star. Since Miss 
Lawrence gets 10% of the gross, 
that indicated Miss Holm drew a 
similar amount. With the excep- 
tion of a few weeks, the gross has 
consistently been about $51,700. 

In addition to her basic 10% of 
the gross, Miss Lawrence also gets 
5% of the show's profits. This ar- 
rangement continued during the 
star’s vacation, as is usual with 
such deals. Miss Holm did not get 
a similar cut, of course, since she 
had not created the role and was 
not involved in the original deal 
under which Richard Rodgers and 
Oscar; Hammerstein 2d, acquired 
the rights to Margaret Landpn’s 
"Anna and the King of Siam” 
novel, from which they adapted the 
musical. As of June 28, when she 
left for her vacation, Miss Law- 
rence had received $14,845 as her 
share of the net. 

Miss Lawrence returned to the 
cast Monday night (11). ^ 


VERONICA LAKE SICK; 
JUNE DAYTON SUBBING 

Boston, Aug. 12. 

Veronica Lake, starring in "Gra- 
mercy Ghost” at Falk and Capp’s 
County Playhouse, Framingham, 
collapsed at her hotel last Thurs- 
day (7), several hours before the 
evening performance, and was 
rushed to Hub’s Pratt Diagnostic 
Hospital. According to medicos, 
star- is suffering from virus infec- 
tion, a condition Miss Lake had 
been fighting, via daily treatments, 
throughout this engagement, and 
the previous week at Boston Sum- 
mer Theatre. 

Medicos figure she’ll be held at 
the hospital for at least a week;,.. 
which necessitated cancelling this 
week’s skedded appearance at 
Matunuck, R. I. With no under- 
study in the cast, Thursday and 
Friday performances were can- 
celled, with June Dayton, who had 
previously played the role at Ogun- 
quit, taking over for Saturday 
matinee and evening. 


Little Theatre Partner 

Sues on L.A. Group 

Los Angeles, Aug. 12. 

Lloyd D. Meyer, one of the or- 
ganizers of the GaHery Stage, Hol- 
lywood’s newest little theatre 
group, filed suit in L.A. Superior 
Court demandiag dissolution of the 
group and an accounting of its 
profits. 

Plaintiff declares he has been 
frozen out by his partners, Jack 
"Pierce” Holmes, Robert Nichols 
and Walthena Slaughter. 


boxoffice slump seemingly over, 
the musical has been earning a 
steady operating profit and Is fig- 
ured likely to increase the margin 
with the expected general business 
spurt through the next three 
months. 

Because of its slide royalty hook- 
up and the fact that its has no 
high-salary players, the show was 
able to weather July boxoffice dol- 
drums without loss. It actually 

earned a small operating net when 
the gross sagged to just over 
$26,000, and picked up about $3,000 
more on the $29,400 gross for the 
week ended Aug. 2. * 

The author-director royalties, 
waived when receipts go under 
$30,000, applied again last week, 
when the gro§s bounced back to 
over $34,400, so the actual profits 
were less than on the $29,400 take. 
However, if general business for 
the next few months follows the 
traditional pattern, attendance at 
"Wish” is due to climb substan- 
tially, particularly since its heavy 
theatre party bookings start in 
September. 

The production, which cost 
around $230,000, exclusive of $20,- 
000 in bonds, was financed for 
$250,000. Leland Hayward is part- 
nered with Logan in the produc- 
tion, while Arthur. Kober collabo^- 
rated on the book, adapted from 
his 1936-37 play, "Having Wonder- 
ful Time.” Harold Rome has sup- 
plied the songs. RCA Victor’s 'rec- 
ord album of the show, released 
last week, may stimulate boxoffice 
interest, and some of the tunes, 
notably the title song, are now 
getting intensive network plugs. 

Another new song, "There’s 
Nothing Nicer Than People,” goes 
into the show next week, replacing 
the first-act “Who Needs Love?” 
The latter had already been re- 
vised from “Goodbye Love,” using 
the same music, which was in at 
the premiere. "People” will be 
sung by Patricia Marand, femme 
lead, and the femme ensemble, as 
was "Love.” 

Already put into the show in the 
second act was a dance routine for 
Sheila llond, titled "Dig That 
Crazy P. M.” A beebop arrange- 
ment, it’s actually a reprise of an 
ensemble number, "Where Did the 
Night Go?” 


Big Omaha .Legit Sked 
For Paramount House 

Omaha, Aug. 12. 

Tristates Theatres tipped its 
hand on policy for the Paramount 
2,800-seat Theatre this -week, shut- 
tered him house going into legit. 
District manager William Miskell 
announced the largest *sked of 
legitimate attractions to play here 
in years. 

Already set are: "Call Me Ma- 
dam,” Sept. 15-17; Elsa Lanchester, 
Oct. 29; "I Am a Camera” (Julie 
Harris), Nov. 13-15; "John Brown’s 
Body” (Tyrone Power, Raymond 
Massey, Judith Anderson), Nov. 23; 
"Bell, Book and Candle” (Joan 
Bennett, Zachary Scott), Nov. 28- 
29; "Paris ’90 (Cornelia Otis Skin- 
ner), Dec. 9; "A Tree Grows in 
Brooklyn,” Jan. 22-24; "Constant 
Wife” ((Katharine Cornell), Jan. 
30-31. 

In addition, three legit musical 
programs have been set at Techni- 
cal High School auditorium. 


9 


‘Gypsies’ May Get 

Added Time in Me. 

Dennis, Mass., Aug. 12. 

“Gypsies Wore High Hats,” 
Joseph Kramm comedy-drama 
playing a tryout engagement this 
week at the Cape Playhouse here, 
may be booked for a further tune- 
up next week at the Ogunquit 
(Me.) Playhouse. The author, 
who is directing, reportedly feels 
that the play, adapted from Syl- 
via Golden’s unpublished novel, 
"The Neighbors Needn’t Know,”, 
needs additional performance. 

Aldrich & Myers, in association 
with Julius Fleischman, have 
scheduled a Broadway production 
of the play in the fall,. * 


Election May Stall 
'Affairs’ Touring 

"Affairs of State,” which had 
been slated to go on tour again 
early in the fall, opening in Chi- 
cago for.an extended run, may not 
be sent out until after the Presi- 
dential election. June Havoc, who 
succeeded Celeste Holm as star 
and played the part for nearly a 
year on Broadway, is mentioned as 
likely to return to the Louis Ver- 
neuil comedy. She had been re- 
ported set for a new Broadway pro- 
duction. 

Idea of co-producers Richard 
Krakeur and Fred Finklehoffe in 
postponing the tour is said to be 
that the political controversy of the 
Preside r.aal campaign might hurt 
attendance at the play, which has 
a Washington locale. 


READE THEATRES ADD 
BALLET CO. TO SKED 

With "Oaklahoma,” "Mr. Roberts” 
and the Trapp Family Singers pre- 
viously set to appear at several 
Walter Reade film theatres in New 
York and New Jersey this fall, the 
circuit last week closed a deal in 
which the new Slavenska-Franklin 
Ballet company will tour tjiree of 
its houses in October. 

Headed by former Ballet Russe 
stars Mia Slavenska and Frederic 
Franklin, the new group includes 
some 50 dancers, a symphony or- 
chestra as well as ballerina Alex- 
andra Danilova as guest artist. Unit 
debuted at Lewisohn Stadium, 
N. Y., July 22. 

Company plays the Broadway 
'Theatre, Kingston, on Oct. 26; the 
Majestic, Perth Amboy, Oct. 29; 
and the St. James, AsbUry Park, 
Oct. 30. Reade loop Starts its stage 
fare policy this season Sept. 1-2 
when "Oklahoma” moves into the 
Broadway, Kingston. 

Can’t Contact Author, 

May Cancel ‘Purpose’ 

Scheduled opening Aug. 21 of a 
production of the Albert Camus 
drama, "Cross Purpose,” at the 
Hedgerow Theatre, Moylan, Pa., 
may have to be postponed. Al- 
though the play is in rehearsal, 
Hedgerow representatives have 
been unable to locate anyone au- 
thorized to represent the author, 
and efforts to reach Camus direct- 
ly have been unsuccessful. 

It’s hoped that someone associ- 
ated with the script may learn of 
the situation, so negotiations can 
be concluded in time to go ahead 
| with the scheduled preem. 


Pitt Playhouse Mulls 
Negro 'Si Louis Woman’ 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 12. 

Pittsburgh Playhouse is thinking 
about experimenting this season 
with an all-Negro musical, recruit- 
ing all of the talent locally, of 
course. ^ 

There’s talk of doing "St. Louis 
Woman,” which was presented on 
Broadway several years ago, al- 
though no decision will bb made 
until Director Frederick Burleigh 
returns from his summer vacation 
/in Maine. 



L 'I 


I I 


As a complete reversal from 
“Wish You Were Here,” which waff 
“tried out” on* feroadway during 
nearly four weeks of previews* 
Joshua' Logan is planning an ex- 
tended break-in tour for "Kind 
Sir,” new Nornjan Krasna play 
which he will produce and direct 
later this season. Moreover, in an 
effort to *void the kibitzing of 
Broadway professionals, which he 
feels was a hindrance .in the doc- 
toring of "Wish,” Logan will book 
the tryout of the new show In the 
midwest, beyond quick-visiting dis- 
tance of trade busybodies. 

According to tentative plans, 
“Kind Sir” will play several 
weeks’ tryout in the midwest in 
the late spring, then be shuttered 
during the summer, during which 
Krasna and Logan will have ample 
time for revisions. The produc- 
tion will then be reopened and, 
after a brief tuneup tour, premiere 
on Broadway in the fall. 

Charles Boyer is tentatively set 
for the male lead'. The film actor, 
who drew critical approval for his 
portrayal of, the starring role in 
the Broadway production of Jean- 
Paul Sartre’s "Red Gloves” during 
the 1948-49 season, will give a final 
answer on the proposition late next 
| week. He’s already committed for 
appearances earlier in the season 
in “Don Juan in Hell” on tour, 
and in television and films. 

Joan Crawford, being sought for 
the costarring role, has approved 
the general idea, but hasn’t seen 
the script. The film actress has 
never appeared on the stage, even 
in personal appearances, but has 
long had a hankering to do so if 
she could under favorable auspices 
and in a script she liked, 

In the case of “Wish You Were'* 
Here,” the Arthur Kober-Logah- 
Harold Rome musical was not 
given a tryout tour because the 
heavy physical production, Includ- 
ing an actual swimming pool on- 
stage, made out-of-town bookings 
impractical. As a result, Logan 
believes the show suffered from 
the lack of preliminary critical 
opinion and road audience .reac- 
tion, plus insufficient opportunity 
for revisions. He also thinks the 
unfavorable word-of-mouth com- 1 
ment of preview audiences, includ- * 
ing many people in the trade, hurt 
the show. 

if ♦ / 

‘Bell’ to Tour NW 
Before, Frisco, L.A. 
After Profitable Chi 

Chicago, Aug. 12. 
"Bell, Book and Candle,” clos- 
ing here next Saturday night (16), 
piayp next week at the Lyceum, 
Minneapolis, then tours through 
the northwest before its San Fran- 
cisco and Los Angeles engage- 
ments. Shepard Traube’s touring 
editidn of the John van Druten 
comedy, starring Joan Bennett and 
Zachary Scott, had a six-month run 
here, after being booked originally 
for four weeks. 

Opening at the Great Northern, 
with Rosalind Russell and Dennis 
Price as stars, the show subsequent- 
ly moved to the Selwyn and, after 
"Moon Is Blue” vacated the Harris, 
.transferred to the latter house. 
Meanwhile, Miss Russell withdrew 
for a film 'commitment^nd Price 
returned to > England, so Miss Ben- 
nett and Scott were engaged as suc- 
cessors. Business held up. relative- 
ly well despite the moves and cast 
changes. 

During the unusually tough heat 
wave here in July, plus the suc- 
cessive Republican and Democratic 
national conventions, attendance 
wilted, but has since improved and 
the engagement as a whole has 
garnered a substantial profit. 

The actual schedule following 
the Minneapolis stand includes the 
International Cinema, Vancouver, 
six performances, Aug. 27-30; 
Metropolitan, Seattle, nine per- 
formances, Sept. 1-7; Mayfair 
(probable), Portland, seven per- 
formances, Sept. 8-12; Biltmore; 
Los Angeles, Sept. 15-27, and the 
Geary, San Francisco, Sept. 29-Oct. 
18. Thereafter, the production will 
zig-zag back across the country for 
a possible return engagement on 
Broadway next spring. 


KJRGITCMATB 



Wednesday, August 13. 1953 




4 . 


Cleveland, Aug. 12, .. 

Strawhats in this area are enjoy- 
ing their best yfcar in history, with 
attendance up.v&s much as 60%, 
and with another three weeks to 
go. 


Blue BftMufee 

New Hope, Pa., Aug. 

Theron Bamberger production of com- 
edy In three acts by Ferenc Molnar, 
truncated fx*om the • Hungai'lan and 
'adapted by Sam Jaffe. Staged by Ezra 
Stone; setting, Joan Laurain. At Buck* 
County Playhouse, New Hope, Aug. ■*» 82; 
$2.75 top ($3.40 weekends), 

Paul Vlrag Sam Jaffe 

Automobile Salesman John Crowley 

Real Estate Salesman Ronald Telf ex- 


Mary Hutfter is being sought to 
direct “Pink Elephant," comedy by 
John G- Fuller, which Eugene Paul 
will be presented with the poedor- and william I. Kaufman have op- 

¥ade- Xefc 

line Davidson and . Maurice . Dinner for Thi ee, P^eiberf; K 
Glucher. will run ‘through Sunday er’s adaptatiqn-with-music of the 

„ M 4) entont r sSbmittTto^ates wllfbe "produced^ In LA in 
All-Equity house at nearby Cha- J%\ a 0 ^ en s / b R . “p^Harriss and November with Viennese actress- £Hg 

- grin Falls, seating 276 at $2.40 top, r ames B Vr . d , singer Elft Koenig as lead. After a Barten d e r zero Mostel 

is operating a successful season . ^ u ' Canadian tour, the show is slated Baraa ^lchaei strong 

withthree of 10 scheduled shows K „ AA for Broadway ..“Masquerade," hy Attorney wutner Robert Caldwell 

yet to go. Upcoming are “Yes, My Fry-Abel-Phillips 5,700 L g Birchard and Jeroam Stage, . 

Darling Daughter," “Angel Street" Stockbridge, Mass Aug. 12. { announced for Broadway produc- Ferenc Molnar can't ring the bell 

and “Second Man.” Current stag- Christopher Fry's A Lady s Not tion i n .November by Ben Tomp- every time. His widow, Lili Darvas 

ing is “Blithe Spirit," with Michael for Burning," starring Walter Abel kins an( f Alvin cooperman. — + 

Egan and Betty Bendyk. William and Margaret Phillips, sold out at 
Van Sleet and Paul Marlin are co- the Berkshire Playhouse in eight 
producers. performances ’last Week. Gross was 

Rabbit Run Theatre, at adjacent $5,700, 

Madison, has “Accent on Youth,’* Current is the “The Milky Way/ 
with John Garrier and Janice Nor- featuring Edward Andrews, 
ton; James Dyas is director. House 


does her magnificent best as the 
c . _ nmu>ri Downing lead in * “Blue Danube” — which 

Stage p M ie Vhat first appeared in Budapest as 

MirrSnt “Delilah* before the war— but it’s 


seats 200, and at $2 top is realizing 
best year in seven-year run. It has 
two shows to go, “Cat and the 
Canary” and “On Approval." 
Community-operated Cain Park, 

« ■ Al« ^ «* * W « .1.1. • _ 


Gateson In daughter’ 

* Lakewood, Me., Aug. 12. 
Marjorie Gateson will be guest 
star . next week in Mark Reed’s 
‘Yes, My Darling Daughter" at 


Changed a Life," in the current 
(August-September) Films in Re- 
view, itfag published hy the Na- 
tional Board of Review of Motion 
Pictures. The piece tells how 
Downing, as a substitute usher in 
a Cedar Rapids theatre, decided to 
go into the theatre after seeing the 
Alfred Limt-Lynn Fontanne screen 


the same old European love- 
triangle. 

This, one concerns -a fiftylsh 
couple who operate a small but 
select inn on the Danube near 
Vienna, and the efforts of the inn- 
keeperls wife (played by Miss 
Darvas) to keep her husband from 
running off with one of the 


Chosen, with excellent 
ances by Claudia Morgan m jJS' 
Robert Emhardt as a DniXi ' 
Judith Parrish the king- s P Si a t n; 
g°“ 1 "6 through in lessir S 
Rfith McDevitt, Ossie Davis vff 
Burrows, Ben Garrara and ’lfa^ 

Marks rnMnUlns/a smoott'S'* 
Technically, the production iA 8 ?* 
Set is attractive and effective “fe 
costumes richly eye-filline 
lighting belies its strawha! genesis 
Bone. 

The Luck © i Caesar 

Holyoke, Mass., July 28. 

Valley Players Production of a- 
in two acts by George Alan 
rected by Dorothy M.Cr^t- s £ i? 1 ,* 
fhafe,. At Mountain Pa "kVXf-,5; 


uommunity-operatea rarjK., --*es, my uarung uaugmer vweinn of “The Guardsman"... 

in suburban .Cleveland Heights, is Lakewood (Me.) Theatre. Balance ^ith N Y Journal- waitresses. This theme is spoiled 

featuring all-musical run, and re- 0 f cast, directed by Henry Rich- Am eHenn drama columnist George tedious exposition and unnec- 
a_ - ti i _ i oAtw i.*n i i .. j _ nbiK. American arama coiuiniuob vrcvibu vroyi-ineiHr +v,T*f»iierhmit 



closing attraction “Annie Get and Dorothy van noinen. Waits Jr critic uai 

Your Gun, Edward Everett Horton stars thfN Y Post camrup last week husband that his yen for the pretty 

week of Aug. 25 in “Nina." and ? v f 1f S fbp novcl thSis “t iat most waitress never takes on any reality. 
‘On Toes* I0G In Boston • week of, Sept. 1 brings Conrad Na- jg somehow reprl- Barbara Baxley, . who .plays the 

Boston, Aug, 12. gel in “Be your Age," a comedy on the waitress role originally written for 

“On Your Toes" racked up a tryout by Mary Orr.and Reginald Miss Darvas, isn t up to its de- 

staunch $10,000 on a week’s en- Denham. Featured in the latter p i oLasionallv suspected ma * ds - Michael . Strong, as her 

gagement at Boston Summer Thea- will be Loring Smith, Betty Lynn td t RnW S XSsome anxious fiancee, is only puzzling. 
u- «v,ri tt»«« >nat tne oniy young actresses some 2ero Mostel is amusing as always, 

of our colleagues like to praise are a fey fc ar tender 
the odd-looking woman comics." j affe> M iss Baxley and Mostel 
Duties of the late Elias Wein- pj ay w jth different degrees of 


tre, repeating the slick biz it lured | and Don Murray, 
to County Playhouse the previous 
week. “Private Lives,’’, costarring 
Alexis Smith and Victor Jory, is 
current. 

Illness of star Veronica Lake 
bopped gross to a- sad $3,500 of 


“Gramercy Ghost" at County Play- Theatre-by-the-Sea, starring in a 
house with two performances can- revival of the Anita Loos comedy, 
celled and June Dayton subbing at “Happy Birthday." It will prob- 
final couple of performances. Dana ably be the TV comedienne’s sole 
Andrews, starring in “Glass Me- barn date this year, 
naaerie.” is current. For the balance of the season, 

“Love From a Stranger," with producers Donald Wolin and Han 
Signe Hasso, nulled a fairish $4.- old Schiff will offer Claude Rains 
800 at John Hancock Hall. “The in the tryout of Robert Nathan’s 


Coca In ‘Birthday* 

roJSSf£S\S^Srt' tb°e Ck Sta£e r tr S vrin e t re ™ S l^M^arva^ 

"S « e tb* e BS SS/MW roadman! ^ AXl 

Jack Small, handling deals for 

Wcinstock died 


cannot be blamed. Molnar himself 
was responsible for the shallow 
characterizations. 

Fact that the show is played in 
1952 dress, while actually depicting 
a time and place long since lost 
behind the Iron Curtain, adds to 

Ward * 


Play’s the Thing," costarring tlta 
Hagen and Luther Adler, is cur- 
rent with boxoffice activity re- 
portedly strong. 

The Bernard Shaw double bill, 
“Man of Destiny" and M Great Cath- 
erine," in first week at Brattle, 
wound Up with nice $2,800, with in- 
dications second frame may out- 
gross initialer. 


“Jezebel’s Husband," the week of 
Aug. 25, and Josephine Hull in a 
tryout of Albert Dickason’s “Mis- 
tress Liggins," the week of Sept. 1. 


Co*per-Warren’ Weak 5G 
Olney, Md.‘, Aug. 12 
“Remains to Be Seen," stirring 
Jackie Cooper and Fran Warren, 
failed to score in i(;s Week at Ol- 
ney Theatre, with a bare $5,000 in 
the till. Comedy mystery bucked 
rainy weather plus’ competition 
from “Porgy and Bess" and Ballet 
Russe in the mammoth Carter Bar- 
ron Amphitheatre in Washington 


Mae’s ‘Ring* $19,100 

Chicago, Aug. 12. 
Mae West racked up ' a sensa- 
tional $19,100 at Chevy Chase The- 
atre, Wheeling, 111., last week with 
‘Come Up . . . And Ring Twice.” 
Actress did nine performances. 


Broadway houses, 
two weeks ago of a heart attack 
Robert Lewis is tentatively set 
to direct the Negro edition of 
‘Dark of the * Moon," to be pro- 
duced by Howard Gleidman. 

Project is budgeted at $65,000, in- | the confusion, 
eluding bonds . . . Warner Watson, 
production assistant to Robert 
Breen on the current “Porgy and 
Bess" revival, has been discharged 
from the hospital and after a 
couple of weeks' rest will return 
to work. He was recently in criti- 
cal condition from a recurrence 
of a liver ailment contracted dur 
ing war service in the Aleutians. y, 

Morton Gottlieb, general mana- a 
ger for Gilbert Miller. is vacation- ; vtateHaSKra 

Micah Ben Gazzara 


Jezebel’s lluslmnd 

Mountainhome, Pa., Aug. 8. 

Rowena Stevens production of drama 
in two acts (four scenes) by Robert Na- 
than. Stars Claude Rains; features 
Carmen Mathews, Robert Emhardt, Ruth 
MoDevitt, Judith Parrish, Claudia Mor- 
gan. Directed by Sherman Marks; 
scenery. Motley; costumes, Edith Lut- 
ens. ‘At Pocono Playhouse, Mountain- 
onie, Pa., Auk* 5, 52; $3.60 top. 


Anthony Douglas../..,.. Stanlev 

Daisy Juniper ! . ! . . jen n G ffi 

Susan Foster ' Nancv win d 

Dottie Turner EHe n AncbX 

Sam Lawson Hal ff! t s 

“'^■S” ons ::; .“ciS 

Norrls„ Canfield .* ' * * ” ' .Edward eSjim 

Jonathan Bid well Carlton 1 

George Fuller Jamds Van Wart 

Mike Feeney j. Harris UcUa 

A Young Man Thomas J. FiS 

This is a play that never gets far 
U. following the decline and fall 
of a bigshot politico on election 
eve. The main idea embodies the 
premise that the leading character 
has sowed the seeds of personal 
destruction in his ascendency to 
power and position, and in the time 
span of two or three hours they 
ftower into hate, avarice and death. 

At the opening, A1 Turner, who 
has bought and bullied his way into 
Congress, and who is so used to 
winning that he never considers 
defeat, is awaiting the next day’s 
election with supreme confidence 
There are rumblings at the founda- 
tion of his empire, but he’s heard 
them before, and they never 
amounted to anything. He owns a 
newspaper and a radio station; he 
has large financial backing, and he 
also has a . daughter who doesn't 
think he’s so hot. 

The Greek tragedy line appears 
early in the play. One of the 
characters warns, “You push too 
hard and people start pushing 
back." The ra'dio station manager 
mutters something about being 
long overdue at his next stop; a 
woman’ constituent rants against 
him after being turned down on 

(Continued on page 53) 


Barn Notes 


Angela Lansbury starring in 
“Affairs of State" at the Sacandaga 
Park, N. Y., Summer Theatre this 
Evan Thomas, Louise Buck- 


week. t 

Saturday and Sunday biz was brisk, ley and John Malcolm* support Beloln 
but Came too late to bring show her . . . Betty Bartley has the top Sammy 
into black side of ledger. part opposite Lanny Ross in “Tree Sam Levene in 


Faye Emerson and John For- Grows in Brooklyn" at John Hunt- played both 
«ythe, in J. B. Priestley’s “Danger- ington’s Spa Summer Theatre, Saturday (9V 


ing in southern France after re- 
covering from a virus attack in 
London. He’s due back in New 
York about Sept, i « . . Ezio Einza 
is reportedly ’ holding out for a 
straight acting stint, but turned 
down the costarring, role opposite 
Uta Hagen in the Jule Styne- 
George Abbott production of “In 
Any Language," by Edmund 
and Henry Garson 
Schwartz, standby for 
Guys and Dolls,” 


Jezebel Carmen Mathews 

Jonah Claude Rains 

Prince Azariah Robert Emhardt 

Rebecca Ruth McDevitt 

Miriam Judith Parrish 

Tlglath Harry Worth 

Colonel .....Tony Dowling 


performances last 
as Nathan Detroit, 


Traditionally, much material that 
is unveiled as strawhat tryouts 
would do well just to curl up in 
some haystack and recline there ad 
infinitum. Occasionally one breaks 
forth on a summer horizon which, 
while far from finished product, 
shows enough promise to warrant 


ous Corner" opened tonight Saratoga Springs, N. Y., this week when Levene was out because of f ur ther coddlfnc “Jezebel’s Hus- 
kies.) with a fair advance and 1 ‘ " “ ‘ 1 

prospects of building to solid biz. 


Clinton (N. J.) Bam Quits 
Clinton, N. J., Aug. 12. 

For the third straight summer 
the Music Hall strawhat here was 
forced to throw up the sponge in 
mid-season. 


Edward Andrews, out of the laryngitis. 

‘I Am a Camera" company during First production 
a five-week vacation, is currently ■ 
doing the lead in “The Milky Way" 
for William Miles at the Stock- 
bridge, Mass., Playhouse. Deirdre 
Owens is vis-a-vis. 


band’’ is such a production. 

At premiere here this newest 
work of Robert Nathan’s contains a 
fair share, of the basic elements of 
good stage fare. Also, if the Sam- 
sOn and Delilah, David and Bath- 


of Anthony 
Parella’s American Contemporary 
Theatre will be Somerset Mau- 
gham’s 1928 problem drama, 

“Sacred Flame,” opening Oct. 6 

„ „ , T , , , , at the President, N, Y. . . . For sheba type of spectaculars built on 

x, "Chinee Lime last week broke the next two weeks, starting Mon- Biblical themes haven’t saturated 

the 20-year-ojd house rec or d i at the day (18), John Golden will exhibit audience appeal in that field, 

j film in this tale 
ambitious Jezebel, 
ic state the script 
dramatic and com- 

. stars and has ' to ’’compete “against A a< ;T age ™ f "*fi SS ^ e V “Male Animal,” starring Elliott edy emphasis, with a close analyti- 

such, strawhats as Bucks County &S3& «« ?he 8S& 


Playhouse, Music 
Mill and Pocono 
well established. 


Circus, Grist 
Playhouse, all 


Bolton Landing Fold 

Albany, Aug. 12. 

Canvas Top Theatre, at Bolton 
Landing on Lake George, folded 
for the season. Stanley Anton 
leased it for 1952 from Joe Crosby, 
who had operated the strawhat for 
several seasons. 


Lanny Ross ‘Tree* Fine 8G 
Buffalo, Aug. 12. 
Lanny Ross’ “Tree Grows in 
Brooklyn” tallied its best gross of 
the season at Maude Franchot’s 


week to smash business, will play 
a repeat date the week of Sept. 1 
. Bob DeCost and A1 Thaler are 
touring with Denise D a r c e 1 in 
“Happy Time" . . . “That Foolish 
Age." comedy by Charlotte Buch 
wald (Mrs.) Harmon, will be tested 
next week at Lewis Harmon’s Clin- 


Leland Hayward will not be especially in view of the tongue- 

associated with Joshua Logan and in-cheek opening scenes, which set 

Norman Krasna in the production such a mood by satirizing modern 

of the latter’s “Kind Sir." How- foibles against the ancient back- 

ever, he and Logan still plan to ground. 

team with the Theatre Guild in . Plot has the prophet Jonah irtar- 
the presentation of “Picnic," if ried to Jezebel, who has not only 

, 7/ _ ^ 4J , and when author William Inge cashed in on his successful pro- 
ton (Conn.) Summer Theatre, with completes the desired script re- phecies but has actually been the 

Louise AUbritton as star . .Au- visions. sotto voce creator of most, of them, 

thor-director Gerald Savory is res- “Mistress Liggins," Albert Dick- Eventually the rewards of fame 

nlent stager and his wife, Althea ason comedy being tried out the ^ ose sparkle and Jonah longs 

Murphy, is a member of the com- week ot Se J t x a t Matinuck R I for the back-to-nature desert ex- 
at f $ e P^ybouse in the Park, is under op ? ion J Far- L stence of his youth. When his 

vnn fc rel1 f01 ’ f Jl Production on Broad- + \ oyh ° od J°Y G ’ 


I 


season 

Niacru-i VoiiJ',.. xi ..—.w » j orreat ^ciineniie, at tne 

week mmer theatre last ; Theatre, Cambridge,, Mass. “from“tBe besNselUng -Ann; is “®ried to Jeiebel.' Nathan 

' “Three Thieves," by Y|ft“ r Frank’ The Dlarv M a Younir GM" ? as wor Ke d o U t a simple solution, 

van, will be Ardl a y ? un f « lr f. however, wherein the ic leFt 


ca .. . . i mice iiucveh, uy 

S?e gross built to ; Clement and Francis Swan 


|« _ » - W MtlXIV CL/ 

sellout and standing room at the 
?8000 nd * Takings topped fine 


Prize Plan in Md. Tryout 
Luthcrsville, Md., Aug. 12. 

...Premiere of “Charming Bv 

Night, winner of Hilltop Theatre’s . 

Pjaywritingi NoVth Texas State College, Den- 



Bromley has the script under op 
tion for Broadway production in 
the fall. 


contest, will take place at the barn 
theatre next week (Aug. 19). At 


the preem performance the authors '-26. 


ton, Tex., has booked Charles 
Laughton’s reading stint for March 


Shumlin slated to direct'7/'.' Guth- Jez . ebel - thespmg outweighs the 
rie McClintic, alreadv set to direct s <jrivemng as Carmen Mathews 
“Bernardine" for the late Mv skillfully a pal ’t that is not 

Jacobs, who died of a heart attack bitten accurately, according to the 
last weeHas also^ ^ ove? pro^ the Jeter’s- Biblical 

duotion of the Mxry Ch^o comedy. Kin shc is merSy amblU ST 
(Continued on page 51) Cast, as a whole, has been well 


*52 Dividends 

m Continued from page 7 ss 

outfit already has sent out its reg- 
ular checks of 50c per share to 
stockholders for each of the first 
two quarters. Second quarter 
ended June 30. President Spyros 
P. Skouras, at 20th’s annual stock- 
holder meeting in New York re- 
cently, said he was confident of an 
upbeat and hopeful of maintaining 
the divvy rate. That would mean a 
$1 per-year rate for 20th upon 
divorcement from the domestic the- 
atre outfit since the present stock 
is to be exchanged on the basis of 
one share in each of the two new 
companies for one share in the 
present parent corporation. 

Warner Bros, net ior the nine 
months ended May 31 amounted to 
$4,958,000. That equals $1 
share of common stock, or the same 
amount regularly paid out to stock- 
holders for a full year. 

RKO’s 1st Qtr. Loss 
RKO Pictures operated at a loss 
of $1,956,652 for the first quarter 
of this year and has yet to report 
on its second 13-week period. 
Divvy possibilities in the near fu* 
ture obviously are remote. 

RKO Theatres, which paid oux 
10c per share last year, bad earn- 
ings of $174,802 for the first hail 
of this year. Melon for the sha 
owners in 1952 is unpredictable. 

Columbia’s earnings for the ni 
months ended March 29 tumb 

to $280,000, compared with 
000 for the corresponding per j0 “ 

year ago. New period’s P roflt . re 
equal to 11c per common snare. 

For 1951, Col paid 50c ?SL 
in cash plus a 2V£% stock d -j 
Hefty climb in Col s ire d 

quarter of ’52 clearly s J.p^ivvv 
for the earnings to reach the di . 

of ’ 51 ‘ „ 

Par’s 50c Divvy 
Paramount board last week a 
dared a quarterly dividend ofsuc 
per share on the conin ■ 
payable Sept. 26 to holders of rec 

ord on Sept. 12. its 

Divvy of 25c per shaie o 
preferred stock was declaim 

the Republic directorate, w 
go out Oct. 1 to stockholders 

record on Aug. 5. 


Wwlaewky* Augiml 13, 195% 




Chicago Reviving Strongly; M 

Up to $14 JO, ‘Guys’ Soars to $39,7(K) 


LEGITIMATE 


51 


Chicago,. Aug. 12, 

Le git boxofftce is reviving 
ctrongly with cool ' weather and 
ftnrk of usual ■'August viators, 
5SeU Book and Candle” (Joan 

“Rennett-Zachary Scott) is in. its 
S week, closing Saturday (16), 
SSim? successful 25-week , run 
Kfe “Guys and Della” (Allan 
Ss) which started at the same 
dme continues with mall orders 
fall being on the rise. Both 
Shows had their best matinees 

^Guy^ y wili* be the only local 
offering until “Stalag 17” rolls In 
s«t 2 at the Erlanger for- am ex- 
tended visit. “I Am Camera” un- 
folds Sept. 15, either at the Harris 
or Selwyn, and ‘‘Four\Poster” beds 
^wn at the Blackstone Sept. 22, 
Estimates for Last Week 

*Bell, Book and Candle/* Harris 
(24th week) <$4.50; 1,000)- Ends 
successful run next Saturday (16). 
Uo SI 900 to nearly $14,200. 

“Guys and Dolls,” Shubert ,<24th 
week) ($6; 2,100). Rose about 
$2,900 to $39,700. 

TORGY’SRO $31,200 
IN WEEK AT W ASH. 

Washington, - Aug. 12. 

“Porgy and Bess” opened a four- 
week run at the National with a 
splash Tuesday (5). night preem, 
attended by President Truman, 
and a virtually capacity $31,200 for 
seven performances in- the 1,600- 
seater. House is scaled from $4.80. 

Gershwin operetta, launched by 
rave notices in local drama and 
music columns, is assured of SRO 
biz for remaining three weeks here 
before it takes ofT for Europe and 
the Berlin Music Festival. 

Gil Lamb/Charley* 

Nice $18,000, Toronto 

Toronto, Aug. 12. 

With the annual long civic holi- 
day weekend even worse here 
than the traditional Holy- Week, 
Gil Lamb in “Where's Charley?,” 
with Dorothy Keller, still managed 
to gross a profitable $18,000 at 
"Melody Fair, the 1,640-seater tent 
setup at midtown Dufferin Park, 
scaled at $3v40 top with tax. ' 
Biggest local holiday week of the 
ear knocked out Monday-Tuesday 
iiz, plus fact that Lamb, on his 
first visit to Toronto, was an un- 
known personality, despite hefty 
preliminary press and radio build- 
up. Biz, however, was 20%. over 
previous holiday opening offering 
of “Vagabond King,” with 'Edward 
Roecker and Ann Andre. 

Toronto tent setup, reputedly 
the largest in North America, is 
being skippered by Leighton K. 
Brill, executive , producer; Ben 
Kamsler, general manager, with a 
Weekly payroll of some $8,500, plus 
over $1,500 advertising budget. 
Current “Naughty Marietta,” with 
Marla D’Attili and Iggie Wolfing- 
ton, had a $13,500 advance. 

Current Road Shows 

(Aug, 11-23) 

“Bell, Book and Candle” (Joan 
Bennett, Zachary Scott) — Harris, 
Chicago (11-16); Lyceum, Minne- 
apolis (18-23). 

“Call Me Madam” — Opera House, 
ban Francisco (11-23). 

“Fourposter” (Jessica Tandy, 
nume Cronyn) — Geary, San Fran- 
cisco (11-23). 

Night Ladies” — Erlanger, 
Buffalo (18-23). 

“ G «ys and Dolls”— Shubert, Chi- 
cago (11-23). 

“Jollyanna” (Bobby Clark)-r- 
^rran, San Francisco (18-23). 

‘Moon is Blue” (David Niven, 
T Lynn, Scott- Brady)— Bilt- 
L « Angeies (11-23). 

*S a . (Edward Everett Horton) 
(11-23 ) ted Nations * Sari Francisco 

WaoK 0 - 1 ^ and • Bess” — National, 

»vash lngton (U.23). 

Wehi?^ P ^ ciflc ” (Janet Blair, 
Ln<T a — Philharmonic Aud., 

^os Ang e ie S (11-23). 

(li ifi a . Ia L 17” — Mayfair, Portland 
23), 6 : Metr °POlitan, Seattle, (18- 

Loder-Kelly-‘Money > $11,700 

Philadelphia, Aug. 12. 
for ® ouse * n the Park sold out 
or AivS w f; ek ’ s nrn of “For Love 
LocW^’ •. ^ kic h costarred John 

Plflvh n( ^ localite Grace Kelly. 

’ leadin y w house t00k in sock $11,700, 
Weekc 8 ? sp onsors to add two more 

eeks for Sept. 1 and 8. 


E 


'Carousel’ Sock $33,000 
In Week at Louisville 

Louisville, Aug. 12/ 

Current drought which has 
taken a toll of farm crops in this 
area, has kept Iroquois Amphithe- 
atre from any rainouts, and “Ca- 
rousel,” which closed fifth week of 
the summer musicals outdoors, 
came through with a sock $33,000, 
breaking the $32,000 mark made 
by Gil Lamb in “Where’s Charley” 
opening week. The 3,500-seater 
had standees at three perform- 
ances last week. 

With Jack Kilty, Dorothy Mac- 
Neil and Robert Shafer in the 
leads, “Carousel,” the Rodgers & 
Hammerstein tuneful musical, 
pleased local patrons. Supporting 
cast of stock principals gave neat 
support, and chorus and orch ac- 
quitted themselves well under the 
direction of Ed Hunt. 

Final musical of the six-week 
season, “Brigadoon,” opened Mon- 
day (11), running through Sunday 
(IT). This concluding Denis Du-For 
production stars Lawrence Brooks, 
Marion Bell- and Robert Shafer, 
with Robert Smith. Ray Jacque- 
mont, Dorothea Macfarland, James 
O’Neill, Robert Scoble and Vir- 
ginia Richardson, ballerina. 


Paris Musicals 

Continued from page 49 


having a like appeal with visitors. 
Chatelet, with the operetta, “Sing- 
er of Mexico,” is third in line, get- 
ting approximately $2,100 per 
night. Mogador, the other spectacle 

house, goes along with “Imperial 
Violets,” an operetta of three years 
ago which was quickly revived 
when it was found that former ten- 
ant, a revival of “The Merry Wid- 
ow” (it ran through the winter), 
could not get through the summer. 

. The Chevalier revue, “Full Fire,” 
lavish show with a big American 
supporting cast including' Paul 
Godkin, Fred Sanborn and Ben 
Yost singers, Was withdrawn from 
the Empire Aug. 2 after receipts 
dipped to $9,000 weekly. This show 
cost $250,000 to stage . and was 
geared to run a year. Ballets of 
Latin-American troupe holds The- 
atre de Paris, another large revue 
house, and has done well for three 
months with several changes of 
program. Two small revues, “Paris 
Galant” • at Capucines, and “The 
Virgin” at Ambigu, both summer 
shows on small-scale, do okay mi- 
nor biz. 

Both houses of Comedie-Fran- 
caise (Salle Richelieu and Salle 
Luxembourg) are dark for August. 

‘Carmelites* Ace Summer Legiter 

Biggest legit show of the sum- 
mer is “Dialogues of the Carmel- 
ites,” religious drama of the mar- 
tyrdom of Carmelite nuns under 
the French Revolution, at Heber- 
tot Theatre. Classic repertory by 
Jean Herve Co. is at Theatre de 
la Porte Saint-Martin. With Com- 
edie-Francaise houses closed, this 
is drawing visiting students. Panto- 
mime-ballet artist Marcel Marceau 
and his company have enjoyed an 
extended run at the Sarah Bern- 
hardt, and continue through the 
remainder of the summer. Palais- 
Royal remains open with two-year- 
old bedroom farce, “Get Busy With 
My Minimum.” 

Still going for the summer thea- 
tregoers is the Casino Montpar- 
nasse with a weak revue and force. 
The comedie Des Champs Elysees 
has a marionette show, “The 
Wooden Comedians.” Theatre 
D’Humour houses the Raymond 
Hermantier troup in a presentation 
of “Lysistrata.” The Michel has 
the “The Seaweed Duchess.” 

The Grand Guignol has a group 
of short comedies and horror plays. 
Montparnasse has the George 
Vitaly Co. in the fantasies, “The 
Little Wife of Loth” and “The 
Bulls.” This- is doing okay. Porte 
St. Martin has the Jean Herve 
Company in a series of classics. 

The Theatre Sarah Bernhardt 
has the excellent mime company of 
Marcel Marceau. This combo bal- 
let-drama outfit Is doing “The 
Overcoat” and “Pierrot of Mont- 
martre.” This could do for the 
U. S. 


‘Fourposter’ $32,100, 
Tacific’ Big $53,700, L.A. 

Los Angeles, Aug. 12. 

< Despite the heat, two smash 
attractions last week gave local 
legit one of its best frames in many 
months. Just about absolute ca- 
pacity was achieved by both “Four- 
poster” and “South Pacific,” only 
downtown tenants. 

“Fourposter” grabbed a whop- 
ping $32,100 to give it $58,700 for 
two weeks and an operating profit 
of about $30,0QO. 

“South Pacific,” still restrained 
somewhat by season cut-rates, 
edged up to over $53,700 in its 
second frame at the Philharmonic 
Aud. The show drew $53,400 the 
previous week. Both figures in- 
clude 20%, tax, which* the non- 
profit Los ’ Angeles Civic Light 
Opera Assn, retains. 

“The Moon is Blue” replaced 
“Fourposter” last night (Mon.) at 
the Biltmore, 

‘Madam’ 66y 2 G, 
‘Stalag’ $15,000 

In Frisco Spurt 

San Francisco, Aug. 12. 

With three major openings in 
two days, Frisco legit swings into 
high gear this week. Teeing' off 
last night (Mon.) was- “Jollyana” 
(ex “Flahooley”), the final season- 
al Civic Light Opera offering, 
with ' Bobby Clark, Mitzi Gaynor 
and John Beal. Show preemed at 
the 1,758-seat • Curran. * Opening 
the same night at the 1,550-seat 
Geary next-door was “Fourposter” 
with Jessica Tandy and Hume 
Cronyn. “Fourposter” followed 
“Stalag 17,” with John Ericson 
and George Tobias, which shut- 
tered Saturday (9) after chalking 
up a fine $15,000 for its fourth and 
final week, with the house scaled 
to $3.60. 

“Remains to Be Seen,” with Rod- 
dy McDowall, Sally Forrest and Al- 
len Jenkins, opens at the 1,147-seat 
United Nations tonight (Tues.), 
“The Moon Is Blue,” with David 
Niven, Diana Lynn and Scott 
Brady, wound up its fifth and final 
frame Saturday at the United Na- 
tions with a hefty $23,700, at a 
$4.20 top. This was the- highest 
gross ever scored by the F. Hugh 
Herbert comedy. 

“Call Me Madam,” with Elaine 
Stritch and Kent Smith, moved up 
to a sock $66,500 for its second 
stanza at the 3,250-seat Opera 
House. This Civic Light Opera 
production is scaled to $4.80. 

‘ROBIN HOOD’ FAIR 
AT 45G IN KAYCEE 

Kansas City, Aug. 12. 

“Robin Hood,” seventh produc- 
tion in the jfffresco musical sea- 
son here, ttimed in lukewarm biz 
for its six performances clos- 
ing run Saturday night (9),- with 
the Sunday showing cancelled be- 
cause of rain. Gross was $40,000 on 
an attendance of 32,000, at $3.60 
top. 

Production was being eyed by 
Richard Berger, production-direc- 
tor, and other Starlight officials 
for town’s reaction to the operetta 
type of show. Singing perform- 
ances of Donald Clark, Edward 
Roecker, Elaine Malbin, Rosalind 
Nadell and Joseph Macaulay got 
the nod from the critics. 

Weather throughout the week 
was favorable. 

The little-known “East Wind” 
opened a seven-day run Monday 
night (11) with Victoria Sherry, Ed- 
ward Roecker, Paul Gilbert, Muriel 
Bentley, Robert Feyti, Leonard 
Elliott and Joseph Macaulay. 



Reopened Point 



‘Stude Prince’ Nifty 
$41,500 in Pittsburgh 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 12. 

Downpour Saturday night (9), 
which washed out final perform- 
ance of “The Student Prince,” was 
all that stopped the Heidelberg 
romanza from hitting a new sum- 
mer opera high for the season at 
the. Pitt Stadium. “Prince,” which 
starred Brian Sullivan, Mary Mar- 
tha Briney, a Pittsburgher; Clifford 
Harvout and Fred Harper, wound 
up with nearly $41,500 on the 
strength of a $11,500 sellout on 
Friday aud would easily have gone- 
over $50,000 if the rains hadn’t 
come, the following evening. As a 
result, “Carousel” still stands No, 
1 on the 1952 list, opening attrac- 
tion having done $43,500. 

Series is ending this week with 
a repeat, “Babes in Toyland,” fea- 
turing Jo Sullivan, Walter Burke 
and LeRoi Operti, Present indica- 
tions are that the season will finish 
again 'to a pretty substantial loss, 
but- still with considerable less red 
ink than a year ago. 

W Good $38,500 

In 7 Serfs at Dallas 

Dallas, Aug. 12. 

“Wizard of Oz,” States Fair Mu- 
sicals’ fifth production, reached 
the halfway ihark - Sunday (10) 
showing a good $38,500 take, from 
over $18,000 payees after 'seven 
performances. Attendance was ex- 
ceptional, in view of current Texas 
heat wave, with local temperatures 
showing above 100-degrees during 
Aug. 2-10. Critics’ praise greeted 
“Oz,” which features Marilyn Day, 
Buddy Ebsen and Hiram Sherman, 
with Maria Tallchief, Erik Rhodes, 
Anita Bolster and Joe E. Marks 
supporting. 

“Call Me Madam” will be the 
last of six summer productions. 
Due Aug. 18-31, Irving Berlin re- 
vival will star Joan Blondell, Gene 
Raymond and Russell Nype. 


Legit Bits 

Continued from page 59 


but the Aug. 25 rehearsal date will 
.presumably have to be postponed. 

Charles Boyer tentatively set for 
the male lead in “Kind Sir,” with 
Joan Crawford a possibility as 
costar . . . Because Carol Channing 
is due for motherhood, Jack Hylton 
has indefinitely postponed his Lon- 
don production of “Gentlemen 
Prefer Blondes,” in which she was 
to have repeated her original 
characterization of Lorelei Lee. 
The comedienne is the wife of 
Alexander ' Carson, a professional 
football player . , . Norwood Smith, 
currently singing the lead in 
“Night in Venice,” at Jones Beach, 
N. Y., will take over the Sky 
Mastersoii part in the Broadway 
company of “Guys and Dolls” late 
in September, succeeding Robert 
Alda, who is withdrawing to star 
in his own production, “Herald 
Square.” * 


Holding His Breath 

William Free, a film-legit actor 
from the Coast, is promoting a 
combination picture-stage produc- 
tion of “Hold Your Breath,” a 
farce he. has co-authored with 
Jeannie Gpm. 

Screen edition is budgeted at 
$66,088 and the legit production 
at $33,910. 


Business took another spurt on 
Broadway last week, as the tradi- 
tional August surge got into higher 
gear. All shows felt the faster pace, 
registering gains up to $5,000 in 
some cases. Indications are that 
trade will increase again this week 
and next. It’s figured that condi- 
tions will continue to improve 
through the early fall period, with 
possible temporary, minor set- 
backs on the pre-Labor Day week 
and the : final week in September. 

The total, rrow for all 16 
shows last week was $284,806. 
or 7Z% of capacity. Week be- 
fore last the total for all 16 
shows was $804,066, or 65% of 
capacity, a 4% rise from the 
previous weak. 

A year ago last week the 
total for all IS shows was 
$371,000, or 75% of capacity, 
a jump of 7% from the week 
before. 

With no closings scheduled at 
present,* the show, list will prob- 
ably be increased with the reopen- 
ing $ept. 1 of “Top Banana” and 
a week or so later “Mrs. McThing.” 
The season’s lineup of productions 
is due to start arriving in mid- 
September, 

Keys: C (Comedy), D ( Drama) , 
CD ( Comedy -Drama ),'R (Revue), 
MC (Musical Comedy ),‘MD (MusU 
cal Drama), O (Operetta), 

Other parenthetic designations 
refer , respectively , to top prices ; 
number of seats, capacity gross and 
stars . Price includes 20% amuse- 
ment tax, but grosses are net: i.e., 
exclusive of tax. 

“Fourposter,” Barrymore (42d 
wk) (C-84.60; 1,012; $24,996) (Betty 
Field, Burgess Meredith).^ Over 
$11,300 (previous week, $9,500). 

“Guys and Dolls,” 46th St. (90th 
wk) (MC-86.60; 1,319; $43,904). 

Back to $41,200 (previous week, 
$39,600). 

“King and 1,” St. James (72d wk) 
(MC~$7.20; 1,571) $51,717) (Celeste 
Holm). Nearly $51,500 (previous 
week, $50,900); Gertrude Lawrence 
returned Monday night (11) as 
star. 

“Male Animal/* Music Box (15th 
wk) (C-$4.80; 1,012; $25,903)' (Elli- 
ott Nugent, Martha Scott, Robert 
Preston). Over $14,200 (previous 
Week, $12,700). 

' “Moon Is Blue/* Miller (75th wk) 
(C-$4:80; 920: $21,586) (Donald 
Cook, Harry Nelson, Maggie Mc- 
Namara). Almost $7,700 (previous 
week,* $7,000). 

’ .“New Faces,” Royale (13th wk) 
(R-$6; 1,035; $30,600). Nearly $28,- 
100 (previous week, $24,300). 

“Pal Joey/’ Broadhurst (32d wk) 
(MC-$6.60; 1,160; $39,602) (Vivienne 
Segal, Harold. Lang). Almost $37,- 
000 (previous week $33,300), 

“Point of No Return/' Alvin 
(30th wk) (D-$4.80-$6; 1,331; $37,- 
924) Henry Fonda). Over $201500 
for the first week of the resumed 
engagements 

“South Pacific Majestic (173d 
wk) (MC-$6; 1,659; $50,186) (Mar- 
tha Wright, George Britton). Nearly 
$37,900 (previous week, $32,700). 

“Wish You Were Here,” Imperial 
(7th wk) (MC-$7.20; 1,400; $51,847). 
Over $34,400 (previous week, 
$29,400). - 

‘MARIETTA’ NIFTY 


Show Finances 



IN ST. LOO 


“PAINT YOUR WAGON” 

(Closed) 

Original investment, including 10% . overcall $247,500 

Production cost Y .\ 256,070 

Gross for four weeks ended July 12 76,449 

Loss for four weeks ended July 12 22,070 

Total operating profit as of July 12 96,120 

Share of film sale 71,856 

Revenue from British rights, sheet music royalties, souve- 
nir program sales 5,982 

Total revenue as of July 12 174,258 

Returned to backers 135,000 

Balance to be recouped as of July 12 81,812 


U' r ote: For its closing week ( ending July 19) the show lad an 
estimated gross of nearly $10,000, for an additional R of 
around $11,000.) 


St. Louis, Aug. 12. 

Blessed by good weather, 
Naughty Marietta” wound up a 
one-week frame in Municipal The- 
atre Assn.’s al fresco playhouse in 
Forest Park, Sunday (10) with a 
sock $52,000. Rosemarie Brancato, 
Jack Goode, Rowena Rollins, David 
JPoleri, Mary Hopple, Patricia Bow- 
man and Robert Pagent were fea- 
tured. 

“Babes in Toyland/* another Vic- 
tor Herbert piece, teed off seven- 
night week last night (Mon.) be- 
fore a mob '6f 8,500. Cast includes 
Mary Ann Niles, Dick Kallman, 
Georgian* Bannister, Elaine Kirch- 
rier, Miss Bowman, Pagent and 
Nirska. 


‘Ladies’ 14G, Toronto 

Toronto, Aug. 12. 

With a heavy two-for-one cam- 
paign, plus 400 nightly tumaways, 
“Good Night Ladies” racked up a 
smash capacity $14,000 at the 
Royal Alexandra here, with th# 
1,525-seater scaled at $3.50 top 
with tax. 

Apart from Wed.-Sat. mats, 
piece is sold out for second .week 
on a $12,000 advance. 


52 


legitimate 


Wednesday, August 13, I 952 




Iby the pleasing coloratura of Si- 
mone Claris,* First number lags in 
below-standard chorus, terping but 
then picks up as the tableau of old 

...... ht/ b fellows ^ucccwf u1ly d Sides and *»<?» and nymphs come to 

MSfori OnVtoy ȣ away, Then follow tableau after tab- 
Clements,, hnsed^ on Wi cx stark I but when another attempt is | leau with nudes well_ displayed^ and 


The Happy Marriage 

London, . Aug. 8, 


* Jollyim* 

. San Francisco, Aug. 11. 1 

San Francisco Civic Light Opera Assn, 
presentation o£ Edwin Lester production 
of musical comedy In two acts ^3 scenes). 
Book and lyrics by E. Y. Harbursj and 
Fred Saldy; music, Sammy Fain; addi- 
tional numbers, Wllllam Frlml and Bur- 
ton Lane. Star* Bobby Clark, .Mlttf . Gay. 
nor; features J6hn BeaL 
Marthe Errolle, Beverly Tyler/ Bil Balr d * 
matlonets, Book and’ musical numbers 
Staged by Jfack Donohue; settings, Howard 

- , &’$K32SH’S’ UchWeS 

I l^NTSKi - to' «sr «4| st#r rind.- <&>*,. 


Plays Out of Town 


1 V*A«0- «*• ^ vv 

w. . — .-on* Aug. ft ’W. d^mond inclination, gets panicky” and “Al- a gigantic . , 

Henry KseU-sShh : .V Sn Elements bert” has to be sacrificed to avoid to disgorge the chorus gals made 

Audrey Serff! Frances Bowe discovery. Solitary confinment up as spark plugs as they are given 

George Foster '^^S^uoydrlti has changed the artist's fear of a cleaning bv the chorus boys. 

Joan Harben getting back * to the world, and star Lynda - Gloria, BraziW curkT^cho^i direction. 

Briggs * victor Adams QQnsoUng letters from home re- chanteuse, gets a fine intro on a music*! direction, Loui* Adrian. At cur- 

' L -'‘ — ~~ ' c *~ • ■ “ ran, San Francisco, Aug. 11, 52. 

March of Time Voice . . . Earle McVeigh' 


John 


_ . , store his mental balance. He con- g| an t TV. screen which presents 

Clements received a mixea files' he has secreted a replica of her via film and then she steps out 


oJUXlXi j UUGO AAV tfWAv,.yvM ** — HCJT Vi* JUJL1U tfftJLU LAI VIA oxiv vuv i wv tl J TtvnmU ThfimBflOll. 

reception for his first West End the model with which they can try for her first stint Gal is a dynamic, *>ancin* ruppeti 

appearance as autbor-star-produ- a g a ln. . rowdy eyed, throaty voiced thrush Miner, Car iy f . L ^?sr*fJ? 

cer-director. This is an airy httie The standard of artlng is who immediately captivates the Sylvester 

farce, nimbly adapted from the universally good, with Laidman crowd/ Her Latin sensuality and *V. V.*. Beverly Tyler 

French, but its plot is negligible, Browne outstanding as the senior guggestiveness make hex £ top- Clyde ‘*‘ ,,,A lvivt a H M>remth 

interest being sustained ^ solely officer and Huj* Burden impres- flight performer. She defers well 

through the sterling performances give as the neurotic painter. Ger- and da nces out on the narrow run- * jufph Gamble, gus Schilling, Earle 

of the company and the sui>erb mm characterizations are effec- way built around the orch pit. She Robel * t Lam0nt Bobby curk 

direction. Some dissenting voices tively portrayed by Ferdy Mayne, does some sdlo numbers that are Ji^oS^owbridre* V.'.V/.kenneUx Har* 

marred the wholehearted approval, Andrea Malahdrmos and Freder- also boff. Best heard is her dream viceroy of Poonjom - ..- •••Percy Bruakin 
but the show is likely to attract icic Wendhousen. Flay is Well di- of Pari g tune which finds her Tophet of Japbet; v • • Tom M Jfthe' eSSS 

on the star’s personal appeal. It rected by Wallace Douglas^. asleep on a N. Y. park bench dream- Buyers ....!* . * ‘ ‘ ■ ’• ’ ■ • - • Eugene Dorian, 

would stand little chance in the • Clem. f n g of Paris. She torches 'some fla- Angelo Rodiigu^. Kennsth HarT 

’ . ■ *r~ menco.ballads, bares her line torso gg^SSf T “V. 

Home Is tHe Hero . for a torrid carioca number and does jin-Jan • John Beal 

— ... 1 • * _ .. t fl rt 1 »* KI A 


U. S. in its present blue-pencilled 

form. " , , " 

Kay Hammond revels in the 
fluffy, wide-eyed role of a happy 


a fine comic and participation num-'| Dr. McKenzie ^Jtty Benson 

rUITSv lt M»*i»*»,'*i*****‘* * 


Lublin, Aug. 5. , _ , „ 

Abbey Theatre Co. production of dra- ber with - 4 I Am Looking For An 
la in 3 act* (1 scene) by Walter Macken. A nar tmftnt in Paris.” left over in 


Wife suddenly suspecting neuroses m a in 3 act* a scene) by Waiter Macken. Apartment in Paris,” left over in . ^ 

in her husband after attending a ^ u e c d t 1 J on ^ t y Sbey°Th«tre ?pU?ing m the show by exiting star Mary There are highlights m this re- 
lecture by a psychiatrist. Her sub- Qu e f n '„ Theatre), Dublin. ‘ ' Meade.' She gets a member of the vamped Flahooley which raise 

sequent behavior causes her de- p»ddo o'Remy.,. -.Brian e ;oHi«ins aud on sta ge and has him sing and the opus to occasional heights of 

voted mate to fear her mentalbal- 8^m::::::::mhSn^Zy sweat for general hilarity. good if not superior entertain- 

they are satiated with fidelity and uS' of ^ h ^ s |* ow the ™ ”*S ^*i s - impact to give it a sense of fulfUl- 

the only cure is physical fulfilment TTapper Flynn. Eddi« Golden Brix Bros. (2) are a fine plastic ment/ poo much doesn’t quite 

, . xa. _ a,, Manchester ..Liam Foley •k a i an() ing team that come in for a off as solid boxoffice in what 

. •: i good' mitting. Joe and Joe con- now "titled “Jollvanna,” and. the 

The hero who comes liom e > bas fwiKutA «om^ fine offbeat figure otfietsi- 


outside the domestic cage. 

willed C “nd P wTt^ a*su« J%SSSS stoSci, m fclb, !L e s , on >* /?,* .*? ^lus ”oT Wif "anrihin Ttag^ 

touch and impeccable timing, /and -^ "P^ Aw gar stretch numbers in raitatlng wfc personal- & glve Jt aU a sense of much 

W* 8 »*„WjmsOs anfl dome , do? that doesn't, lead anywhere. 


also directs the nlay in the same uwumausu w. « “r *v"if iues as animals ana aomg a aou 

skillful vein. Frances Rowe and ?emembered/fh/V/ laughing f an S e disguised as 4 *o roly-poly The first act, irt which Bobby Clark 
Michael Shepley are excellent as Rkedhhi drink and liked l oafer - s Wlth «>n«on dancers atop gets considerable leeway for hokum 

the married friends who are near- m uih o »e nfiht%l hen Brid them T /“ » oompUcated puppet rig. * 

outlet for - the othei couple s sup i.m A j ; n . eAinnn a naiu irt-f Gals are 


OUIiei ior.we ovner uuupxc a - calAnn A nair rtf are koou m uxeik cuuidt vanei 

posed inhibitions. Charles Lloyd S.L nd « move d in to the O’Reiilv numbers an “ Simone Coryn as Even 

Pack is a plausible, earnest psychi- horne t o^nfln uav the rent in liis head nude y sells her natu ^ wa ^es fion, ; 
eafr-lcf Vlr>trtn AfliklVlC arifl Jnrtn Home . to Help pay xne re+lX m i aHmli-nhlv '.Tmti Cllriig . onntrihs tprv« 


is not without, mexdt but the second 
stanza bogs down in an overdose of 
ood t in thejr choral variety at the expense -of content, 

~ fantasy needs some convic- 

ahd this is lacking by compar- 

atrist, Victor Adams and” Joan Thev San a bi? admirably, ‘Jean Guelis ^contribs i son ' w ith similar media such as 

Harben make the most ..of their hnmTW th/ returned some ballet' numbers that are most- “Brigadoon” and “Finian's Rain- 

small opportunities as faithful ^^ d w^hehLo’s Selfishness ^ of an offbeat moody style with bo W .” 

valet and secretaiy respectMy. an f ^embitterment spoils the nnme^oance 8 ^ 6 ‘ Also, there is an absence of 

Clem. project. Within an hour or two' tbpir balletic comeuppance. tunes worth remembering. -'‘What's 

this had brought the O’Higgins’ Show is too long for stateside Gonna Happen” has bounce, and 

home to the state of terror which tastes but the French like them .. xh( * World -Is Your Balloon” and , . , 

. APdnn . bad existed before bis jailing, a long and varied. Show also has the “How Lucky Can You Get” have a Carl Clark, Jane Walton and Her 

Claude Langdon and iien^y Sfii (for state they, had forgotten in having usual Paris trademarks in a can- semblance of being hit tunes hut matt Coble all click, too. Hard. 

Ca*tie stage Production*) pre*entation of kindly remembrances of him. can number, strippos and fabulous not quite. The remainder are non- — 

new dram* in three actsby Guy Morgan xhe crippled son, who has helped scenery, costumes * and staging. de script at best. „ in 

lace Douglas. At^ s^viu^ ^Th^atr^ Lon*, keep the family with his shoe- When caught at a matinee house «j 0 uy a njtta” should manage in 2 Portland Groups Score 

don. ' mending; the daughter, who is in had many empty seats, but is hoia- hinterland hnt nnle«;«; the Boh- tethi* i* r tit • i 

^^ rth ' * ' * r;i^ u .l h revolt-, and the mother, _a pallid ine up inline for evening jbows^Jn | b ^ e c ££ re ig increased to car- With Policy of Musicals 

ry the load, supplemented by more # Portland, Ore., Aug. 12. 

doctoring in tunesmithing and * Portland amateur theatricals 0 are 


Alliert R.N* 

London, Aug, 1. 


which began its third successful 
year on June 20. '-esstui 

“Hum In tlie West” promises t. 
be Just as successful as the oh,? 
Hunter drama. It does not fc 
;he background of tragedy 
in the Cherokee story, but 
many highly dramatic inciffi 
and episodes. The story beriX 
with the Regulator battle in Ala 
mance County,' which caused many 
Nortti Carolina colonists to har£ 
to the horn of freedom blowing S 
the mountain country, and mig?aK 
to that section, where, under thJ 
leadership of John Sevier fw 
established homes and a self-go^ 
ermng community. ’ sov 

The play is given in an outdoor 
theatre seating 2,500 in a setting 
of natural beauty. “Horn” is 
sented by the Southern Appall 
lan Historical Assn made up w 
ly of localites in the nort£ 
western area of N.C. The money 
for launching the enterprise was 
provided by loca! businessmen and 
individuals of the Boone and Blow- 
ing Rock area, and friends from 
other sections. m 

Hunter has been particularly for. 
tunate in the selection of the cast 
of t0 to interpret his historical 
drama. Tei^of the leading char, 
acters in the play are North Caro- 
linians by birth and others make 
their homes here. 

The drama’s theme of a search 
fox freedom ■ and a new nation is 
built around- Dr. Geoffrey Stuart’s 
conflicting loyalties to the Britisn 
Crown and his love of justice. The 
part is capably played by Sam 
Greene. Louisa Cartledge, as the 
doctor’s wife, handles excellently 
the difficult .role of a lady in the 
backwoods Robert Thomas, as 
Toby . Miller, the Regulator Di\ 
Stuart .saved from hanging by tak- 
ing him to the mountains, is an old 
hand -at outdoor drama and is well 
adapted to the role. Nancy Ward 
the intermediary ^between the In- 
dians and the whites, played by- 
Louisa Xattiont, is very effective. 

Charles Elledge, as Amos How- 
ard, the rough-and-ready leader v of 
the frontiersman, pleases the aud- 
ience, and ; so do buxom Jean 
Stephans as Amos’ wife, and 
Nancy Langston, the Howards’ 
daughter. Ned Austin, as Daniel 
Boone, Irvine Smith, William Ross, 


CaS I creature, all feel the cold impact spite of heat and general exodus by 


JO* TruscottV, . White of O’Higgins return. The klndli-|from Paris in August. 

boss -of neighbors and the love of 

Cutter Craig. V.V.V.V.V.'.V. . Scott Harrow Joan Eager for the crippled, all 

Hank Adam*..,*...., .- Harold Ayer these mean...nothing to. O’Higgihs, 

* ' who can only impose himself on 

Bongo Barton ; ..Gerald Case the home rather than fit into it. A 


Mosk. 


B«u» 

(DUET) 


tempo, chances are less than even booming here tills summer. Two 
for its heading* for the big lights, groups are doing a landoffice biz 
Clark, handicapped by lack of ma- with a newly-adopted summer pol- 
terial both. in quantity and quality,, icy. 

The Portland Civic Theatre op* 


' Paris, Aug. 2.' 

onfKnrof it,. Comedlo Francaice production of dra- manages to CUt through f 01* a Strong jljug jrorvAana i^ivic ineaue op* 

Comm*nd*ni. €rm ^¥ed«ric)c :e ^ Wendi^jB«n against the daugh- ma ln three act* by Raul Geraldy. performance. .Mitzi Gaynor, scores crates five nights a week during 

Hauntminn” 1 SchiUtt^ derlck Wendhousen ter brings the Crippled Son td Adapted by Pierre Dux. Sotting* W Louis uersonallv though also hindered bv iW x'ii » Bignts a we ex OUirng 

^ a man’s ctafn* an nqsanlt nn th#* Sue, Features Jean Chevrier, Jacques Personally xnougn also ninaerea »y the fall Jn its pwn house. This 

Obersefreller Robert Dean a f S +5 Servlere, Germaine Kerjeart, Jeanne general inadequacy of production.; summer lt » £ doin « “Roberta” 

. Truth is often considered stranger near-killing again. . These are the RicheUeu, July 29 , ' 52 , « T tdp: conviction John Beal is particular- Anything Goes,” “Girl Crazy and 

th*n fiction; so no. label, of lw- points, of climax and tragedy, gSJi'SS ly notewo^thy^ ^handUng his^ limited- <®« m ?. r « music! » 1 f co1 ?'?- ii 1 

O Higgins walks out Marla G«rmain« • Kerjean chore. Bil Baird’s marionettes are tfxe plays are on for two 


Alice Jealme Boitel 


probability can be attached to this turned wnen 
dramatic story of wartime irnprls- and takes to the roads, 
onment. Written from personal ex- Author Macken, a former Abbey 

periende, the tense atmosphere of actor, has provided a piece rich “Duet,” Paul GaXeldy adaptation 
taut nerves and hopeless despair in humor and tragedy, his laughs of the Colette noveL served as 
behind barbed wire is unerringly pointing up the tragedy of the ex- Comedie Franchise's swan song for 
created in a group of men whose con’s warped mind, arid the mental the 1951-52 season* ’ C-I?V Salle- 
one thought is freedom. No bid is covering up of family and friends. Richelieu Theatre is now -closed 
made for sensationalism and. each Play breaks away from usual uritil Sept. 1, blit. “Duet” will auto- 
scene slips neatly and naturally themes handled by Abbey writers matlcally go into' the repertory 
from pent-up emotion to thereleas- and is produced with intensity by when house reopens. This heavy, 
ing gratification of achievement. It Ria Mooney in a single set living four-character drama of a hus- 
can .J. n sense be classed as just room. This room has been devised band’s mental breakdown when he 

another war play, and looks like with, imagination by V. ere learhs that his wife has betrayed 

S al™ k e * s season. Dudgeon. ’ . him with his best friend, is static, 

1* 3 °, n , e ^ international Cast rose well to the piece, with and. generally dull theatre. Mys- 
mterest, It should have the same sound work from Michael Hen- tery is why the Comedie Fraricaise 

universal appeal as Journey’s nesey, as the crippled son; and Ita wanted to do this povertyrstricken 

towo t u x • Mathews and Joan Eager, the 20- script. Garaldy has had several 
* a i m / year olds * Their performances works on Broadway, notably “To 
n n7 al °{" s V ggest that- the younger Abbey Love” and “The Nest,” both pro- 
tS/h?vb t ^ n f U i ng ; at " pj ayers are shaping weU to match duced in the 20s. This one is no 

method o? V S«J£ni st rong character work of Paris click, won’t travel and its 

an e? *rHqf SC whn by 9 Higgins, Eileen Crowe and Harry film possibilities are not bright al- 

the edge thmii^h I?*wlSJS St e f? V it r Br ° gan - Intensity of performance though Colette tag might work a 
He has falhW g d a fSttkl and P ace make the play shine bet- sale to French producers. 

ter t 1 ? 811 average A&bey pieces in The play’s plot is so old and ob- 


head which, with collapsible in- 
nards and muffled naval garb, is 
to be substituted for one of the 
men, who is to stay concealed in 
the bath house, the nearest point 
of egress. 

After weeks of weary rehearsal 
and split second timing, the dar- 


FAIRFAX 

BURGHER 

"TA* Stcrtfary of Sfof*" 
in 

“CALL ME MADAM” 

San FrcintUco Op«rq Homo 


recent months, most of which have I vious it is a wonder either Colette 
been revivals. Mac. |or Garaldy imagined it might still 

work; 

Guy Purls * The cast is outstanding. Jean 

Paris Aug. 4. Chevrier as Michel, the tortured 
Henri Varna production 0 1 revue', with husband, is best, portraying the 

Girls* (?) 0rl sLi^no ne cLri? ki j^5f h ru«i 0 ^ crumbling of a strong man. Jeanne 

Simone CoS Joe * Joe, cSno BoyB Boitel is good foil as wife Alice 

< 5 >« J ean Ridofy, Brix Bros. ( 2 ), Mans- while Jacques Serviere has effec- 

field Girls *.l4)t Choreography by Jean tiV£ COlTlftdv mompnle at tin* hA- 
Guelis, orch directed by Emmerechta. At ^ mozneniS at^ ine De- 

Casino Dc Paris, Paris; $3 top. ginning as Bordier. Character bit 

of sage peasant servant who under- 

The Casino De Paris is a big stands tragedy better than the 

spect revue house that rates tourist wife is well managed by Germaine 

and Gallic look-seeing after the Kerjean. Direction by Pierre Dux 

Folies Bcrgere. A three-hour ava- makes an attempt at giving play 

lanche of numbers, spectacle, va- movement, but it proves impossi- 

riety acts, generously sprinkled Set of the country house by 

with nudity and some crudity in Louis Sue has right atmosphere. 

a couple of zestful -hurley num- “Duct” is undramatlc drama. 

hers, this is pleasing, overall, Curt. 

though some of the numbers are 

listless. Boff appeal, vocaling and Faul Gregory's touring “John 

terping of star- Lynda Gloria give Brown's Body,” with Tyrone Power, 

this gloss. Raymond Massey and Judith An- 

Numbcrs are well-paced, and derson, plays Jan. 26 in State Fair 

scenery changeovers are covered Auditorium, Dallas. 


a high spot throughout. ' - Th * Portland Symphonic Choir 

Matohiiig General insufficiency ^ U P Present concerts periodical* 
chweogr?4y g fails ti show any ly through the year. This sum* 
outstanding movement or original- mer, it leased a big dugou f t.^m 
ity. Costuming is colorful but not ment where a modem hotel will 
exceptional;! • Direction, particular- built some day, fixed it up. APa 
ly in. the second act, is mired by called it the Holladay Bowl. Un* 
excessive, loose dialog. Ted. . der the rstars it’s presenting Tn* 


Horn In the West 


Desert Song,” “Naughty Marietta, 
Rose Marie” and another oper- 
etta. 

Both organizations are doing 


Boone, N. C., Aug. 6, ... ~ 

Southern Appalachian Historical Assn., near-capacity biz. Groups *re all 

Inc., production . of drama in two acts vrtlmi+nrv amateur in standing, DUt 
(seven, scenes) by Kermit Hunter. Staged VOIUnXary, amateur m sl 6 

by Samuel Selden; directfcd by Kai Jur- professional in production, 
gensen; settings. Tommy , R^zzuto; light- 
ing, Gene Wilson; costumes, Helen Lau- 
terew choreography, Harry- Coble. Music 
by Tom Nichols, At Daniel Boone The- 
atre, Boone, N. .C 

Prologue John Miller 

Geoffrey Stuart , Sam Greene 


'Budd r Optra at Ind. U. 

Indianapolis, Aug. 12- 

Toby Milftr :;;:;;;;;.RibSr S Sh!« di wfn sYase American e premie™ 
n H«S‘ r * n . nolt? Sl“y of BeSmfn Brian’s “Billy Budd' 

William Try on Hansford Rowe ^ ’ , 

Martha Stuart Louise Cartledge u W Ann an Mel* 

John. stuart -....Arthur Greone Work, based on Heiman 

Colonel Mackenzie William Ross v m e book, was given in Engianii 

Jessie Howard Jeun Stephens Sif rt Mile for all-male Cast, 

Amos Howard Charles Ellodgo Mst year. It calls IOr an ■ fg 

Howard Nancy Langston to ‘ be selected from India ^ 


Daniel Boone Ned Austin KC hool Emst Hoffman Will 

John Sevier Irvine Smith mUSIC SCHOOL a 5 

Square Dance Caller Glenn Causey act aS musical and Hans Dust 

Jack Stuart (age 10). — ..Jerry McCracken cta?e director. 

Nancy Ward Louise Lamont Stage airecmi. 

Medicine Man 


, . , „ Harry Coble 

Stanley South 

Cobbler James Blanton 

Sam Phillips John MUler 

James Robertson John Van Noppon 

Evan Shelby Guy Hunt 

■John Carter Robert Gilley 

Mrs. Adams ....n ,..Jean HlUma 

Jack Stuart (age 20) Carl Clarke 

Rev. Samuel Doak Herman Coble. 

Marp Walton 

Messenger John Miller 

Abner Hughes John Van Noppen 

Ram ?S y Max Shoaf 

William Morris -..Edgar Daniels 

Mrs. Morris Nancy Smith 

Jahfe Morris June Glllett 

A Wounded Man John Van Noppen 

General Tarlcton Ted Barnett 


“Horn in the West,” the new out- 
door spectacle at Boone, is Kermit 
Hunter’s second summertime drama 
dealing with North Carolina his- 
tory. The other is “Unto These 
Hills,” the Cherokee Indian story, 


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Vlae Ludc £•*•** 

, r an ci the title itself-is » tip- 
** being an .allusion to Caesaf s 

® n » i, “Antoni and Cleopatra i «ua C m-uuuucu ^uxo^y,!, wxio nas 
tbS he WOuW prefer' death to [worked, out^ a mathematical for- 


zens were spared a devastating 
experience. 

If You Win’* is a farce about an 
absent-minded professor who has 


Kimsionment and disgrace . mula which an tosh bookmaker 
piimax, a crooked business and his femme partner thmk would 
Indies up with^iimj bis paid- help them. in. their business. The 
^Snds desert him and Contrive profs roue father sells them a 
-r.,?n and the woman he formula for a grand, when son is 
ws ,JrS heln shoots him to re- unwilling to let them have it even 
w< J]: n he r own husband’s "death, for free. It turns out to be Ein- 
che lays at his doorstep. stein’s theory of Relativity, which 
is a 'fair-sized idea which the couple buys, but' not the 
«vw ouite jells. The headman, formula. 

Turner, seems to _ ^ Love interest is provided by 

a sort of vacuum, never getting sh e ^ , math teacher, who. is 
very close to either the alienee, s tr lc ken dumb in the presence of 
or even the rest of the^ast. One ^ prof. Playwright’s idea of a ri- 
is neither for um, nor agamst mm. ot0 usly funny scene is one in which 
*• passable^ ‘iMtfe St g* goes speechless in same man- 
Sough action to* bolster thecon- — T— 

ctant flow of words. -Plum of the. 
piece is the daughter, who. trie* to 
grown her sorrow over 'her moth- 
pr’s auto-accident death , m various 
bottles. She blames Turner for 
Stone. The good-lines and good' 
scenes belong to her, ‘and Ellen 
Andrews’ performance ..would be 
first-rate in any theatre. Si Oak- 
land finds it tough to get more out 
of the Turner part than.- there is 
in it Hal Holbrook is suave as the 
radio man; Stanley Greene makes 
i lot of -the faithful manservant, 
and Jean Guild is restrained and 
believeable as the harassed- and 
unhappy constituent who -finally 
puts an end to the proceedings 
with a shotgun blast, . 

Dorothy Crane’s direction is 
slick; and polished, and 'Hal Shafer 
has turned in a good- fashionable 
Interior setting. Htirl. 

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The Bachelor Queen . 

Westport, Conm, Aug. 9. 

White Barn Theatre Foundation, , Jjae. 

(Lucille Lortel, director) production of 
romantic drnma in three act* (5 scenes), 
by Lawton Campbell. Stated by • John 1 
Griffin. Features Ralph Clanton, Philip 
Truex, Nincy Wickwlre. At White Barn 
theatre, Westport, Conn., Aur. 

Kate Ashley ...Norna* Winslow 

William Cecil ......Edwin Cooper 

John Dee Philip Truex 

Robert Dudley Ralph Clanton 

Elizabeth Nancy Wlckwixe 

Lettice Knollys ..Dawn Stelnkamp 

Frapcli Walsingham ...... ,'fRobert T.- • 

Fltzsimnions 

Earl of Essex Loui* Edmonds 


uer when given a. heavy kiss by 
lady bookmaker. 

Lady bookmaker is in the busi- 
ness to earn enough money to go 
abroad to study piano. When prof 
proposes to math teacher, she re- 
gains her speech. Lady bookmaker 
decides life by the open turf is, 
better than life by the open key- 
boards, so she continues her career 
with her partner with the thick 
Irish brogue.' 

If this resume doesn’t make much 
sense, neither does the play. "If 
.You Win” succeeds in being a fafee 
without' any funny characters, 
funny scenes, funny situations or 
funny dialog. Its greatest and 
pleasantest attribute is its brevity, 
with „the curtain coming down on 
the three acts at 10:30 opening 
night. 

William Sharmat,. the director, 
gave the actors lots of business to 
perform and had them clip along 
at racing pace, but he didn’t fool 
anyone. Vem. 


Inside Staff-Legit 


Leontyne Price, who will be married Aug. 31 to William Warfield, 
was a fan of her husband-to-be several years before meeting him at 
the first rehearsal of the current "Porgy and Bess” revival in which 
they sing the title parts. First as a Juilliard {School of Music student ; 
and then as graduate, Miss Price attended Warfield’s concerts. and the 
operas in which he appeared as a member of the N» Y„ City. Opera Co., - 
on one occasion failing to get his autograph after a wait at the stage- 
door. After a four-week acquaintance; including rehearsals and the 
revival’s break-in engagement in Dallas, the couple decided during 
the Chicago run to be married. The wedding will take place in Dr, 
Adam Clayton Powell’s church in Harlem,, N. Y. 


Names of several members of the cast of "Gypsies Wore High Hats, 1 * 
new Joseph Kramm drama currently playing a strawhat tryout tour, 
were inadvertently omitted from the credits of the review in Variety 
last week from the Falmouth Playhouse, Coonamessett, Mass, With 
their respective parts they were Lou Polan (Mr. Feist), Francis Lantos 
(Bela), Joska de Babary (Violinist), Henry Guettel (Drummer), Ralph 
Hertz (Mr. Gergely) and Julia Vincent Cross (Mrs. Gergely). "Gypsies,” 
playing this week at the Cape Playhouse, Dennis, Mass., is scheduled 
for Broadway production in the fall by Aldrich & Myers, in associa- 
tion with Julius Fleischmann. 


"John Beal is one of the best 
actors in our theatre." 

« — Brooks Atkinson 
N.Y. Times 


la this coronation year, Lawton 
Campbell’s “The Bachelor Queep” 
could be a candidate for Broad- 
way and London, depending on 
their mood for swashbuckling ro- 
mance. Its pix possibilities are 
good. 

Play centers on Elizabeth’s love 
for Robert Dudley- and ends with 
her first meeting with Essex. 
Characterization of • Elizabeth is 
the most fully realized, as she ma- 
tures from trusting young queen- 
to the shrewd, bitter ruler , whose 
country wins its first world promi- 
nence with the defeat of the Span- 
ish Armada. 

To this role, Nancy. Wickwire 
brings stature and magnetism. As 
the charmer Dudley, Ralph Clan- 
ton is dashing in the early scenes 
and moving in his final rejection 
by the Queen. • 

Author focuses on a few charac- 
ters m Elizabeth’s orbit, with the 
,- cce 5,j°? ac tion rather than analy- 
Cooper is stalwart and 
as Secretary of State; 

* ?* Fitzsimmons suave as 

Ambassador to France, and 
■*' I V ex does a first-rate job 
as tne scheming court astrologer. 

iffio puncil is delivered by 
wrnis Edmonds’ calculating, hand- 

fit? ssex - 0n distaf f side, Dawn 
WifJ 1 ?? ls a pert Young court- 
Oima j .earthy attendant to the 
5J J ls inadequately attempted 
by Norma Winslow.. 

firiM , E ?6hsh director, John 

style nngS t0 the Play variety 

Queen-M. 8 28 years - “Bachelor 
n„ ea is slow getting under way, 

L S ^dramatic aspects need to 
w™. f f? m the dramatic, and 
fffbWes require ironing be- 

Cadv^ een c 0 u 1 d Eow on 


iway. 


Vene. 


V If You Win 

,S^ ld E^u n tt r A’rt COnn '’ AUg ' h 
S of ^ ^ 0 U-Arden Young produc- 

^Urhev c C , e 1T \ three act* by Andrew 

Ulna* T^ age ^, hy William Shai-matl 

Whouf ,* 0 b MacGregor. At Nutmeg 

>u*. °f s %_ Brookfield. -Centre. Conii.. 

hui it’ , w - 

^ Pro«i row ’ Harnick | 

* Toni Tucci 

Vothv n^tT evc Ji! 0W • • • -Robert Jucrgens 

^ lt„„ B T hhan Bill Weyse 

xtoundtre e Arden Young 

Vaug& 0 announced Andrew 
>siu^ s Look Me in the, Eye” 
p l a y of the season, the 
e i lt of the Nutmeg Play- 
ndrfe a last-minute switch 
^ Yn,, 1 ^Playwright’s new farce, 
nmnSS J? ln ” kstead. No an- 
iou f« nt was Uiade of 'the rea- 
IV £ t ha change, but if 1‘If You- 
He," ^ etter script than “Look 
ine Brookfield Center Citi- 


FROM 1932 

•• . . . acted by John Beal with the vi- 
brant sincerity which, although 'this is 
his first year on the stage, has caused 
critics and public alike to regard him 
as the foremost juvenile ■ in our thea- 
tre.’* — Dauid Cafb, Vogue 

"An acting achievement second to none 
in screen annals.” 

— Screenland Magazine. 

“John BeaT whose portrayal will go 
down in cinema history as one of the 
best screen performances - ever given.” 
— Silver Screen Magazine. 

“It is a newcomer, John Beal, m who^ 
steals the show. He gives a superb* per- 
formance.” 

— Louella O. Parsons 
L. A. Examiner 

"BEAL A SMASH HIT: John Beal, 
newcomer to the screen, took the odd 
trick in dramatic honors.” 

— Hollywood Reporter 

"John Beal, back from his Hollywood 
labors, seems to grow "in dramatic sta- 
ture with each succeeding role. His 
performance last night was a joy to 
behold.” — Zit's Weekly 


"You’ll rave over John Beal who proves 
himself a superb comedian.” 

—Movie Story Magazine 

'"John Beal surprises and excels in 0 a 
broad comedy role.” , _ 

— Hollywood Reporter 

"John Beal scores a triumph.” 

— Qaily Variety. 


"JOHN BEAL EXCITING IN ROLE 
OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SLAYER: 
Beal’s portrayal is executed with power 
and intelligence. Last night’s audience 
awarded its enthusiasm to the star in 
Jr prolonged ovation.” 

— San Francisco Call-Bulletm. 

"Mr. Beal offered a powerful, beauti- 
ful, understanding,- finely intelligent 
and movingly dramatic job; it was in 
a role beset with obstacles, all splen- 
didly but quietly surmounted m a 
revelatory, flamingly honest perform- 
ance.” . 

— Eugene Burr, Billboard, 

"John Beal, who has never given a 
poor performance, is admirable.” 

— Dorothy Kilgallen 
N. Y. Journal American 

"Beal is regarded as one of the best 
performers hereabouts.” 

— Ed Sullivan, N. Y . News 

"John Beal, one of the finest actors 
appearing on the American stage to- 
day.” 

— Edgar Price, Brooklyn Citizen 


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"I shopped in to catch the farewell per- 
formance of ‘Lend an Ear* before it 
took to the road. John was such a 
happy surprise as a song and dance 
man.” 

— Radie Harris 
Hollywood Reporter 

"That seasoned trouper, John Beal, 
moves smoothly through the proceed- 
ings in a way to show that he is as 
good a musical comedy star as a dra- 
matic actor.” 

— Wm. W . Vosburgh, Jr. 
Waterbury Ayaerican 

"The company is headed by capable 
John Beal who is personable, sings 
well and has a wonderful comedy 


sense.” 


•New Haven Journal Courier 


"John BeaL of stage and 'screen makes 
It obvious at his first appearance that 
he is a neat singer, dancer and come- 
.dian — a Very handy man about a re- 
vue, and he tackles all his chores as 
if he were having a very good time.” 
— Robert Poliak 
Chicago Sun Times 

"John Beal ambles nimbly through the 
sketches as well as ripping off a tune 
with the best of them.- The young, 
movie hero emerges as a clever song- 
and-dance man.” 

— Henry T. Murdock 
Philadelphia Inquirer 

"John Beal, a "romantic looking fellow 
who could play the buffoon with the 
grace and elegance of a Hamlet.” 

— Edward P. Halline 
Milwaukee Sentinel 


Currently represented on Broadway as director 
of the sketches in Leonard Silfman's hit musical 

"New Faces of 1952 " 

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"John Beal, who directed the sketches, 
was responsible for some of the hearti- 
est laughter heard in any theatre this 
season.” 

— Ethel Colby 

N. Y. Journal of Commerce 

"John Beal has staged the sketches 
with nice, tight pace.” 

— Whitney Bolton 

N. Y. Morning Telegraph 

"The intelligent direction of sketches 
by John Beal gives them novel impact.” 
— William Hawkins 

N. Y. World Telegram-Sun 

"... and John Beal’s direction of the 
sketches completes a virtuoso combina- 
tion.” 

— Hobe Morrison 
N. Y. Variety 


"As I've written time and again 
in this column, I consider John 
Beal one of the finest actors weVe 
ever had in Hollywood." 

•—Jimmie Fidler 


TO 1952 . 

Current FUm Release 
Stanley Kramer's "My Six Convicts'* 
(Columbia) ■ , 

A 

"John Beal, returning to Hollywood 
•from the theatre and television, gives 
a sensitive portrayal of the psycholog- 
ist.” 

—Gene Handsaker, A. P. 

"In contrast to all their color, John 
Beal in his perfectly ‘straight’ imper- 
sonation of Dr. Wilson has the most 
difficult task. But With what mastery 
he brings a thoughtful, sensitive, honor- 
able man to lifeL If ‘My Six Convicts’ 
does no more than restore the Beal 
career to the eminence it merits, it 
will have served a fine purpose.” 

, — Ruth Waterbury 

L. A. Examiner 

1 "Beal is splendid as the young psychol- 
ogist, playing him with Charming sin- 
cerity and humbleness.” 

— Hollywood Reporter 

. "John Beal registers unusually well as 
the doctor.” 

— Daily Variety 

"John Beal plays the doctor with rare 
sincerity.” 

— Harrison Carroll 
L. A. Herald-Express 
» 

"And John Beal, portraying Dr. Wilson, 
ties the story together with quiet 
finesse.” 

— Louella O. Parsons 
Cosmopolitan 

"John Beal rises to new and important 
histrionic heights.” 

— . Jimmy Starr * 

L. A. Heral&Express 

"Beal, a solid actor in any assignment, 
is excellent in the role of the psychol- 
ogist.” 

— Jay Carmody 

Washington, D. C., Star 

* . . . a knotty actor’s assignment which 
Beal handles admirably.” . f 

— Newsweek 

"... acted with extraordinary convic- 
tion by John Beal.” 

— Modern Screen 


"John Beal is excellent as the young 
psychiatrist.” 

— Arthur Knight 

Saturday Review of Literature 


Recently completed “ Double Exposure” TV film for Joan Harrison and Edward Lewis Productions 

( Schlitx Playhouse of Stars , August 15) 

Now rehearsing in Edwin Lester 9 s musical production “Jolly anna” 











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Agent Paul Small planed 
from the Coast on biz, . - 

Walter Hampden to the Coast 
for Metro’s "Julius Caesar," 

Pay Marbe, former legit ingenue, 
teaching voice and drama m N. Y. 

tjoldwyn Productions’- pub-ad 
chief David Golding to Paris to- 
day (Wed.) on two-week vacation. 
Max Weinberg- eastern shorts 
rep for Metro, scripting a two-reel- 
er bn handwriting for use in 

SC *Charies Dingle to the Coast this 


[four days programme will have. 
Magaloff , Nathan Milstein, the XJ.S. 
Army Negro Choir and works of 
Menotti and Kurt Weill given hy 
the Compagnie Lyrique of Paris. 


Paris 


at 


Kenneth Spencer baritoning 
the Moulin Rouge here. 

Victor Stololf here from Egypt 
to cut his film, "Tales of Cairo." 

Although opening here off-sea- 
son, "American In Paris" CM-G) is 
packing them in. 

. Albert Dewin working on script 

week for a role in the Rosalind* f 0 r his forthcoming film; will be 
Rtissell RKO starrer, "Never Wave s h 0 t entirely in Morocco, 
at a Wac." . Claire Bloom here for exteriors 

Publicist Dave' Tebet trained into of pic "The Innocents of Paris," in 
town after a summer-long Coast which she is co-starred with Claude 
stay on business for TV producer Dauphin. 

Max Liebman... . Marie Glory* ‘old time French 

Herb Steinberg, Par publicity film star, making a comeback in 
chief at the’ homeoffice, back in ,new Chrlstlan-Jaque film, “Adora- 
town*fter studio pdwwows on cam- bles Creatures." 
paigns and a glance at new product. p a ul - Graetz will produce the 
Sophie Tucker, her accompanist, Andre Souhiron hovel, "Men In 
Ted Shapiro; actor Ralph Bellamy White," here in December. Jean 
and ad exec Milton Blow in from Aurecnhe and Pierre Bost will do 
Europe yesterday (Tues.) on the the film adaption and Rene Cle- 
Queen Mary. pient direct. 

Jack Shaindlln, who does music - £ Avi * Franeals, counterpart o £ 


Gallup Poll, found that the average 
film audience is made up of 52 % 
men and 48% women, and that 
15% are under 18 years of age, 
29% between 85 to 50 years old 


for many films made in New York, 
to the Coast for a month’s looksce 
at the branch there of his fllmusi- 
cal company. 

Rose (Mrs. Jack) Bobbins, wife.| ^416% "over 50, 
of the vet. music ''publisher, very 1 
much bn the' mend, in their May- 
flower suite following a stroke She’ 

Suffered ' this spring. 

The Waldorf’s Claude 0. Phi- 
lippe and his new bride, Mony 
Dalmes, of the Comedie-Francaise, 

-due back this week following their 
Paris marriage and- honeymoon in 
France. 

Norton V. "Ritchey,, prez of Mono- 
gram .'International Corp.; pro- 
ducer-director Billy Wilder and 
organist Ethel Smith . in 


San Francisco 


By Ted Friend . 

Miguelito Valdez at Venetian 
Room of Fairmont Hotel. 

Papagaya Room boniface A1 Wil- 
liams to Canada for vacation. 

Jake Arvey?at Press Club Gang 
shindig hostediby Louis Lurie. 
Columnist r Herb Caen and wife 
P r0 ' (to Islands for belated honeymoon, 
ana Earl and Rosemary Wilson doing 

— .. r +K? the seven hills, with exclusive Al- 

Europe yesterday (Tues.) on the ca traz yisit on the agenda. 

Liherte. . Otto Preminger o.o.’irig his 

Bill Pine winged in from the “Moon Is Blue" at. United Nations 
Coast oVer the weekend. Para- prior to moving opus to L. A. 
mount producer will be hi Phila- Ed Dukoff due in to. set up de- 
delphia today (Wed.) for the open- tails for the Danny Kaye vauae re- 
Jrig of his newest, "Caribbean/ at vue teeing off at Curran Theatre 

xi • H-a'.. mU r ci x tr 


the Fox Theatre, 

Chester Erskine, whp. directed 
"Androcles and the Lion" for RKO, 


Sept. .7. 

Molly Picon due to spark Israel 
Bond Drive at Larkin Theatre, 


Anti-Trust Laws 


is back from a four^month tour of Aug. 21, along with showing of 
Europe i-awlth several properties. Faithful City, 
which he’ll submit to “the studio as 
possibilities for distribution, 

Michael Mtndlin, Jr., of the Al- 
fred Katz flackery, planed to Mex- 
ico: City Sunday (10) to join a lo- 
cation unit' which producer Oscar 
Dancigers has in the field for film for me to make any statement in 
version, of “Robinson Crusoe." this connection which could be ac- 
Milton R; Raekmii with, the pres- cepted as my final thought In this 
ency of Universal has also taken matter. However, I must point out 

to the motion picture people that 


Continued from page 1 


Idency 

oVer the former president’s apart- 
ment. in the Sherry-Netherland. 
Rackmil has moved from, the Ritz 
Towers to the extensive suite until 
recently occupied by Nate J, Blum- 
berg, 

Sam Goldwyn will see his first 
and only grandchild for the first 
time in Paris later this month- after 
a rest at Bad Gastein, Austria. He 
and Mrs. Goldwyn (Frances) .are on 
the S.S. - Conte Biancamano to 
Italy. Lt. Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. is 
stationed in Paris. 


they have access to. Congress and 
have o every right to request that 
Congress consider amending these 
laws. 

"But, until such changes are 
made, we must enforce the law as 
it now exists. With us it is a cold, 
legal proposition." 

McGranery made clear that he 
personally does not oppose any 


Riviera 


at 


( Spy r os Skouras , prez of 20 th- 
Fox, yesterday (Tues.) issued the 
initial statement by a major com- 
pany condemning the anti-trust 
action. Story on p. 3.) 

- - -r- - - - ■ - _ - . _ . - 

* 

company or any industry because 
it may be large. He said that, 
whether the ' alleged violator be 
large or small, the only question 
before him is whether there is a 
combination in restraint of trade. 

The Attorney General admitted 
two new factors,also appear: 

1. If the case goes to its conclu- 
sion and the film companies lose, 
they might find' themselves in- 
volved in another crop of treble 
damage 'suits from those who say 
they were illegally ‘deprived of 16m 
prints. Film industry now has 
about $200,900,000 worth of such 
suits pending as an outgrowth of 
the 1948 antitrust verdict, in addi- 
tion to the suits already settled. 

2. The film companies might de- 
and left for Paris to prepare for cide to withdraw entirely from the 
her next film, “Lucrezia Borgia.” 16m field which provides only a 

Les Compagnons de la Chanson small share of their overall in- 
dated for ’another U.S. stint after come. "If they made an offer to 
concluding a series of concerts at withdraw,"- said McGranery, "I 
principal European summer resorts, should certainly explore it." 

Francis Lopez and Raymond Up to now, explained McGran- 
Vlnct in Cannes concluding work ery, he has no plans to sit down 


Charlie Manny, for many years 
with the Fosters’ agency, joined 
Lee Ephraim’s agency. 

Josef Somlo resigned from the 
hoard of Independent Fihn Distrib- 
utors and Romulus Films. 

Edward Sammis planed from 
N. Y. to attend preera of "Albert 
R. N." at the Saville, of which he 
is part author. , , 

The Bernard Shaw Memorial 
Fund has. had to be abandoned, 
witbf only $2,800 of the- anticipated 
$700,000 donated. 

Harber and Dale open at Savoy 
Hotel Sept. 6 for four weeks. Team 
will be followed by the Bogdadis, 
who are in for four weeks with 
options. 

An added attraction to the Fes- 
tival Pleasure Gardens is an open 
ai£ exhibition of about 300 paint- 
ings, organized by the Artists’ In- 
ternational Assn., 

Ronnie Black booked. Charles 
Cairoli and Paul, currently appear- 
ing at the Tower Blackpool circus,, 
to appear at Lou Walter’s Latin 
Quarter in November. 

. Robert Beatty and James Donald 
share the lead with Phyllis Calvert 
in OPinewood Studios film, "The 
Net," being directed by Anthony 
Asquith for the J. Arthur Rank Or- 
ganization.* 

Severe thunderstorm last week 
brought a deluge of water through 
roof of the §t. James’ Theatre, with 
"Winter Journey" having to be 
abandoned halfway during night 
performance. 

"The Bride of Denmark Hill," 
by U,- S. authors Lawrence Wil- 
liams and Nell O'Day transferred 
from the Royal Court Theatre to 
the Comedy last Monday (11)^ with 
a rewritten first act. 

Ann Todd and David Lean plan- 
ing out to make a personal at the 
Johannesburg preem of "The 
Sound -Barrier" Aug. 15. The star 
and director are also expected to 
go on to Capetown for same pur- 
pose.- 

London Film Production ac- 
quired the film, rights to Alan 
Moorehead’s book, "The Traitors," 
with Dr. Klaus Fudhs as the cen- 
tral character. 'The author is 
working on the script for approval 
by Sir Alexander Korda. - . 

Dennis Price returning ±0 the 
stage after a long stint in films. He 
qo-stars with Betty .Paul in "Hus- 
bands Don’t Count,", adapted from 
the French by Patricia Hollender. 
Show reaches the West End -next 
month . after provincial tryopt. 

J^ck Buchanan will not play the 
Cafe de Paris for a month opening 
Sept. 15 because he. intends t.o do 
a new musical when he returns 
from N. Y. Gino Arbib ^negoti- 
ating with the cafe's management 
for Patricia Bright, whom he has 
under sole contract, to replace Bu- 
chanan. . 

Emile Littler’s next musical will 
be "Love From Judy,” a musical 
version of "Daddy Long Legs," 
which is due in the West End next 
month following a proviniclal try- 
out.. Eric Maschwitz is responsible 
for the book and Hugh Martin, 
from the U. S'., is the composer. 
Cast Includes • Jean Carsoh, Bill 
O’Connor, Adelaide Hall * and 
Johnny Brandon. . 


Miller, recovering from in opera- 
tion at Sodth Side Hospital, 

Mrs. Bert Stearns got a <Rvorce 
'in Florida, where she’s been liv- 
ing' for several years,* from head 
of Cooperative Theatres here. 


By Ed Quinn 

Pierre Brasseur vacationing 
St* Tropez. 

Earl Barton in cabaret at Casino, 
Juan-les-Pins. * 

$ e r g e Lif ar doing one-night 
stands at open, air theatres of Nice 
and Cannes. 

Robert Lamoureux, French radio 
epmic, vacationing, at the Hotel 
Martinez at Cannes. 

'Greta Garbo. ‘holidaying alterna- 
tively aboard the yacht' L’Affifa 
and Hotel Carlton, Cannes. 

Fernand Gravey' resting in his 
newly bought Cannes • apartment 
between work on two films. 

Eight U.S. dancers being fea- 
tured as the Palm Beach Beauties 
at the fashionable P.B. in Cannes. 
June Richmond also there. 

Martine Carol finished exteriors 
of a new "Caroline Cherie” pic, 


Reno 


Shrine Circus is in. 

Tony Martin* at Cal Neva, Lake 
Tahoe. 

Chico 5c Harpo Marx in at Mapes 
Skyroom. '' 

Eddie Cantor in for advance oh 
"Win Rogers Story." 

ChUy Reyes pulling at. North 
Shore Club, Lake Tahoe. 

Frank Sinatra booked August 17 
for Lou Walters’ Cafe de Paris. 

Jack Carson’, on honeymoon with 
Lola Albright, playing Sahati’s 
Stateline Country Club, Tahoe, 

Leonard Sues, trumpeting leader 
of Olson 5c Johnson. Revue, to 
many Martha King, vocalist in the 
show. 


SWG Strike 


Continued from page t 
difficulties with the 


Pittsburgh 


on new operette, "La Route Fleu- 
ri *v ’ Georges Guetary probably 
will have lead in this fall produc- 
tion. 

Edith Piaf on one-night stands 
• Eeach Cannes and Sport- 

i n ^«.i5^ub Monte Carlo announced 
marriage to film actor 
and song writer Jacques Pils, ex- 
husband of LuCienne Boyer. 

Old world chateau, the Henry 
Clews memorial foundation, in La 
Napoule near Cannes, will be used 
tor charity concert aeries. The 


with company officials to seek a 
settlement out of court and will 
make no comments until sttch 
conferences appear "indicated." 

The Attorney General admitted 
that the film companies could de- 
mand higher prices for their pic- 
tures than the television stations 
were willing to pay, providing they 
did not act in collusion on this, 
and providing such prices were 
justified by the expense of mdking 
I the films. 


By Hal Cohen 

Ted Okon to launch his own ad- 
pub business. 

George Elias staging sesquicett 
tennial pageant in Newark, O. 

Jackie Heller off for Windsor, 
Can., and a fortnight’s booking of 
Elmwood Inn. 

Hypnotist Arthur Ellen held 
over for a third week at Alan 
Clark’s Monte Carlo. 

Gabe Rubin, owner of Nixon 
Theatre, and his wife vacationing 
at Beach Haven, N. J. 

Katharine Cornell will open her 
tour in "The Constant Wife" at 
the Nixon week of Oct. 20. 

Jay Sunner, of Carousel staff, 
recently deserted bachelor ranks 
to marry Gini Fulton. 

Wedding anni at WCAE include 
Johnny Lebans, their 13th, and 
Phil Davises, their 10th. 

Elizabeth Challingsworth , acting 
"Night Must Fall" again; this time 
at Foxhurg, Pa., 'Playhouse. 

Jimmy Hen.del, head 6f UA ex- 
change, elected prexy of Kappa Nu 
fraternity Graduate Club at Pitt. 

Comic Hank Whitehouse com- 
bined a visit home with a .weekend 
engagement at Majestic Gardens 

George Murray will be back as 
manager of the Casino when bur- 
lesque house reopens next month 

Singer Ann Falvo Parker and 
her two children are here from 
Denmark for a visit with the 
family. 

LeRoi Opertl leaves for N. Y, 
after summer opera season ends to 
begin rehearsals for "Buttrio 
Square." 

Boogie Woogie Sherman filling 
la on Nile Court of Fun for Tiny 


ent difficulties with the Radio 
Writers Guild, but declared there 
is 1 no chance for the latter to gain 
jurisdiction even if rumblings of 
secession from the ALA became 
fact. 

Council of the western region' of’ 
the' Radio Writers Guild’ deliber- 
ated into the early hours today 
(Tues.) to 'determine its proposed 
[.action in* the SWG strike against 
the ATFP, Recommendations will 
be submitted at membership meet- 
ing Thursday night (14). Following 
the all-night session, RWG secre- 
tary Mike Davidson dispatched the 
bllowing wire to members: 

"The Council deplores misin- 
ormation and confusion spread re- 
garding the RWG position in the 
SWG strike. No union has the au- 
thority to commit you to a strike 
without yoqr consent. . No member 
should vote for or against the strike 
before he has all the facts. I urge 
you to postpone your strike ’vote 
until ‘after full discussion-.at Thurs-, 
day’s membership meeting." * 
Before Monday’s meeting, David- 
son received a wire from Riex Stout, 
ALA prexy, directing the BWG to 
go along with the SWG and sup- 
port the strike. Davidson’s reply 
was "we don’t like to be directed, 
we’ll make up our own minds.” 
Separation committee of RWG" will 
make its report at the membership 
meeting on pulling out of ALA. 

Miss McCall said the Guild is 
willing to sit down to work out a 
payment plan with ATFP but won’t 
deviate from the principal of par- 
ticipation. Artists and Managers 
Guild notified the SWG it won’t 
submit material to ... ATFP produc- 
ers. • Jt was pointed out that in 
the last six months *70% of ATFP 
scripts were written by Guild mem- 
bers. 

SWG has earmarked $£5,000 to 
finance the strike and is seeking 
an additional war chest of $75,000 
through contributions. Executive 
board has authorized the use of the 
money, provided a year ago when 
the. guild was planning to strike 
against the major motion picture 
producers. Fund is handled by the 
finance Committee, consisting of 
Wells Root, Valentine Davies, Karl 
Tunberg and D. M. Marshman, Jr. 

Strike is the result of a break- 
down of five months of negotiations 
for a' new contract covering a new 
contract for television writers em- 
ployed by the dozen producer- 
members of ATFP. The big issue 
is royalty payments for scripts. 
SWG contends that the writer^ 
should be paid a minimum advance 
against a percentage of the gross 
with the scale so arranged that the 
producer is guaranteed a return of | 
his negative costs .before being 
called on to make further payment 
to the writer. Guild also Insisted 
on bargaining solely on seven-year 
television rights, with all other 
rights retained by the scribes. Pro- 
ducers wanted payment for re-use 
based on a certain number of re- 
runs of the telepix. 

SWG has been assured that the 
Authors League of America' has 
formally endorsed the strike action 
and that more than 6,000 members, 
including 500 members of the Ra- 
dio Writers Guild on the Coast, 
have been urged to withhold mate- 
rial from Alliance producers. 

Members of ATFP are William 
Boyd Productions, William Broidy 
Productions, Bing Crosby Enter- 
prises, Jerry Fairbanks Enter- 
prises, Flying A Productions, 
Gross-Krasha Productions* Prim- 
rose Productions, Roy Rogers Pro- 
ductions, Wisbar and Ziv Television 
Productions. Currently 375 writers, 
an alltime high, are employed in 
television. 


Hollywood 

troubled Bmc m u » *“* he* 
and li £u e n. T0 - dd io town fot ^ines, 

EnSSeU CoI «o 

. Beryl - Davis became an Amn*i 
can citizen. 1 Ame n- 

on G SC: Smith 05 louver 

.hEMF * Cai, 

Uam a H?Mc2’ 6ara divorces '™- 

ulc®?lurg«y! ai *: recoveri “8 fron, 

Dixie Crosby, recovering from 
major surgeiv. 8 rom 

George Seitz back in town after 
a year in India. uer 

So!p 6 £dx Be S y . t0 Akr0n tte 

atpS » mery VMatto ”8 ' 
Esther Williams’ restaurs 
robbed of $4,500., taurant . 

Dorothy Comirigore divorced 
Theodore Strauss. ea 

Fifi D’Orsay filed suit to divorce 
Peter G. La Ricos. 

Burl Ives, stricken with pneu« 
monia in Honolulu. p u 


Vic Orsatti returned from a six. 
week tour of Europe. 

Turban Bey in from Vienna to 
renew in-U. S. films. 

Linda Darnell hospitalized for 
observation and rest. 

Elmer Peterson to San Diego to 
speak at Rotary Club. 8 
Chester. Erskine in town after 
four months in Europe. 

June Haver ready to resume 
work after a long Illness. 

Linda Christian planed to Mex- 
ico City for a four-week siesta. 

Lash .LaRiie to Birmingham to 
headline Alabama State Fair. 

Vanessa Brown to Chicago to 
start a ; midwest personal tour. 

Jim Backus -planed to Cleveland, 
where his father is seriously ill. . 

Collier Young sails for Europe 
on the. Queen Elizabeth Aug. 20. 

. Patricia Neal laid up with a cold 
cobtracted on her tour of Korea, 

. Smiley Burnette returned from 
personals at 31 drive-in theatres. 

Joseph Bernhard returned from 
a three-week business trip to N.Y. 

Chill Wills did a Red Cross 
trailer for Oklahoma Blood Bank. 

Stuart ‘ Heisler slipped on a rug 
in his homeland sprained an ankle, 
Peter Baldwin motoring to Win- 
netka. 111., to wed Lois Cederberg. 

Don Hartman back at Para- 
mount after a two-week vacation. 

Preston Foster booked at the 
Wisconsin State Fair, starting Aug. 
15. 

Connie Krebs east on a three- 
week tour for Roy Rogers Enter- 
prises. 

Burt Lancaster’s wife and son 
planed to join him in the Fiji 
Islands. 

Tod Andrews back after 18 
months on the road with “Mr. 
Roberts.” 

L. K. Sidney celebrated his 
birthday and his 30th year on the 
Metro lot. 

George Boston training t Tony 
Curtis in the magic art for his role 
in “Houdini.” 

Philadelphia 

By 'Jerry Gaghan 
Dolly Banks, co-owner of station 
WHAT, planed ■ to Europe for a 
month’s stay. 

Vivianhe Blanc, of Philadelphia 
Dance Theatre, is on the Coast 
visiting Ruth St. Denis. 

. Slam Stewart took over the bass 
spot when Dizzy Gillespies orcu 
opened (4) at the Showboat. 

Jackie Lee, now at Charley John- 
son’s, Wildwood, has started a radio 
show from the club over WCMt, 

Camden. , . . . * 

Bebe Shopp, “Miss America ot 
1948,” now heading a trio at Ke 
dezvous Cafe, acted as deputy m ar 
shal for Legion parade (9). n 
Sammy Davis, Jr., now at w 
Club, Atlantic City, will receive 
B’nai Brith (William Penn 
Lodge) award for promoting rac 
tolerance. 

Cafe Operators Assn.. squawkea 
about beer and liquor distnbs 
ting up free bars in hotels^ 
•state Legion convention, ther j 

cutting into trade. v Iir i Mfl ue 
The Troc, town’s only burle^u 
house, will cut out the Sunday 
night opener show (standard w 

years) and add a in- 

ning (11:30 p.m.) performance 

Emcee Lew King, dancer Jani^ 

Weltin and singer Bob Morena^ o 
way to a club date at Lock Have , 
Pa. escaped with mmor injune^ 
when their car overturned on 
narrow mountain hignwaj-. cafe 

Adolph Goldman vetcran morlal 

manager, is in Einstein 1 in j ury 

Center, suffering fr °™. h u e help' 
received six weeks ago 'vhiie ^ 

ing dismantle the v bv-a 

Harlem. Goldman was 
falling screen and without wi ^ 
it at the time suffered a concur 


A««~t 13, 195? 



JACK MAKKS 
Jack Marks, 80, Clarksburg, W, 
v, film exhibitor and showman 
y a _"„ „ r „ than half a century, died 
Ws home "her* July 27. Marks 
*1 o'?, riarksburg i, flrat nlekel- 

"K^early to the 190®., and 25 
•JfJFgSJ built the Hit*, whieh WB 
y fa ; s , then purchased outright 
f& At the tim. of hU death, 
Sirks was operating the Orpheum 
JJd running an outdoor advertising 

‘Tvear ago, friends In the picture 
itidusW from all over the tri-state 
had gathered w Clarksburg 
f Joss a party for Marks oh his 

79th birthday. ' 

Wife and a~ son su rvive^ 

Frederick: klein 

Frederick Klein, 59, operator of 
two film theatre* on . tbe Eastern 
Shore of Maryland, died Aug. 4 at 
the Suburban Hospital, near .Wash- 

amative of Pittsburgh, 
came to Washington in 1018 -m the 
first manager of Loew s Columbia 
Theatre. Ten years later he joined 
Fox as a film salesman, renuuning 
with that company for about 20 
years until he quit to operate his 
own theatres. He was a member 
of the board of governors of the 
D C. Tent of Variety Clubs. 

Survived by his wife, five sons 
tnd four daughters. 

ELLA SHIELDS 
Ella Shields, 73, American-born 
British vaude star for more than 
40 years, died Aug. 5 in Lancaster, 
England. She was performing at 
a Lancashire holiday camp when 
she collapsed on stage. 

Miss Shields first sang “Burling- 
ton Bertie of Bow," the song that 
made her act famous, at the Lon- 
don Palladium in 1910. She toured 


House of Lindstrom, a leading 
Swedish publishing firm. She had 
been with stock companies in 
Cleveland’ from 1940 to 1943, and 
in Sweden appeared in legit, radio 
and TV, 

Surviving are her father and 
brother in Toledo, as well as her 
infant son and two daughters and 
husband. 


ANTONIO GEONNOTTI 
Antonio Geonnotti, 89, retired 
violinist and orchestra leader, died 
Aug. 4 at his home in South Phila- 
delphia. Born in Rome, Geonnotti 
Was child prodigy on the violin and 
played at the Centennial Exposi- 
tion In Philadelphia (1878) at the 
age of 13. Fifty years liter, at the 
Sesquicentennial Exposition there, 
he directed his own orch in which 
10 of his children played. He re- 
tired in 1933. 

Survived . by his wife, six sons 
and three daughters. 

MICHAEL SACHS 
Michael Sachs, 62, burlesque 
comic who continued Ms work al- 
though totally blind since 1945, 
died Aug. 11 in New York. He had 
been skedded to appear at the sea- 
son’s opening of the Old Howard 
Theatre, .Boston, next week (23). 

Sachs was a hurley comic for al- 
most 50 years. His wife, the former 
Alice Kennedy, was his partner for 
19 years. He also appeared in 
vaude with the late Ed Hardy as 
his straight. 

In addition to .his wife, a daugh- 
ter by a previous marriage survives, 

LIONEL ADAMS 
Lionel Adams, 86, veteran legit 
actor, died Aug. 10 in New York. 
He made his stage debut in 1890 
and last appeared on Broadway in 


In Memory of 
A Truo and Loyal Friend 

JACKIE GREEN 

AL BORDf and FAMILY 


the U.S., Canada, Australia, New 
Zealand and Africa. “Burlington 
Bertie,” which became her tag, was 
witten by her husband, William 
Hargreaves, whom she divorced in 
1923. 


MRS. ADELAIDE L. BREWSTER 

Mrs. Adelaide Lancey Brewster, 
51, assistant chief of domestic pro- 
ductions, International Motion Pic- 
ture Division of the State Dept., 
died Aug. 11 in New York. Mrs. 
Brewster began her show biz ca- 
reer as the original Betty Crocker 
conducting a radio program under 
that name for General Mills from 
.1929 to 1934. She also had been 
associated with the National Assn, 
of Broadcasters. . • 

Her pic work began in 1937 as 
associate editor with RKO-Pathe. 
She was head of the American 
Capcer Society’s "film unit from 
1947 to 1951. 

Surviving are her mother and 
two sisters. 


fcICCARDO MARTIN 
Riccardo Martin, 77, opera sing- 
er, died Aug. 11 in New York after 
1®°$ Illness. He was one of the 
nrst American tenors given lead 
roles with the Metropolitan Opera. 

Joined the Metop in 1907 and 
swyed for eight consecutive sea- 
5. , Ho subsequently, appeared 
with the Boston Opera Co. and the 
w? OP era Co. He also per- 
Mexico City, and in Lon- 
the Royal Opera and Covent 
pS en * F ? om 1945 to 1947, he was 
to-^Po^ent in Italy for Opera 
Publication -of the Metropoli- 
an Opera Guild. 

A daughter survives. 

J. FRED HENRY 

to;* P ^ Heni y» 53 » mag pub- 
fti dle ? A U S- 7 in New York. 
SuS Publisher of Silver Screen, 
an <* Skyways. He en- 
hfii n ■ Publishing field with the 
thaf * ln *929 and remained with 
which k 11 if or 10 years during 
Serai ke , helped found Modern 
,nnd Modem Romances. He 
Ini<unl to J°fn Ziff-Davis as v.p. 
»nd ql Purchased Silver Screen 
C,, ^cenland from the Liberty 
pushing Co. 

*ndTsister arc ^ w ^ e * * brother 


Betty b. ljndstrom 

33, Barefodt Lindstrom, 

Ah* 7 m ? er 9 Iceland actress, died 
near c/^.ubildbirth. at^her home 
Sweden i kho , lm - moved to 

Han s % r i. m *946 after marrying 
* E<l ' var <i Lindstrom, of thS 


1922 in “The Passing of the Third 
Floor .Back.’’ He was best known 
for his portrayal of the title role 
in “Hen Hur.’’ 

Adams appeared with William 
Gillette in “Secret Service,” with 
Julia Marlojve in “Barbara Friet- 
chie” and with Mrs. Leslie Carter 
in “The Heart of Maryland.** 

Two sisters survive. 


MADISON W. COREY 
Madison W. Corey, 80, former 
legit producer-manager, died Aug. 
10 in Dunedin, Fla. Corey was 
general manager for the late Henry 
W. Savage for such productions as 
“The Merry Widow,” “The Prince 
of Pilsen” and “Madame X.” He 
also brought many Italian and Ger- 
man operettas to the U. S. He 
served as U. S. recreation director 
in France during the first World 
War. 

His wife' survives. 


WALTER T. FREEMAN 
Walter T. Freeman, 54, stage 
manager of RKO-Boston for the 
past five years, died at City Hospi- 
tal Aug. 8 two hours after collaps- 
ing of a heart attack backstage. He 
began his career at the old Boston 
Theatre and spent many years 
working roadshows for the Shu- 
berts with such stars as A1 Jolsort 
and Phil Baker, returning to Keith 
about 12 years ago. 

Survived by three brothers and 
two sisters. 


W. A. (GUS) INGLIS 
W. A. (Gus) Inglis, 70, film in- 
dustry pioneer, died Aug. 4 at his 
home in Burbank, Cal. Once a 
legit actor, he moved to Hollywood 
and became co-founder of the Wil- 
lis & Inglis Agency in 1913. His 
firm represented such personalities 
as Mary Pickford, John Gilbert, 
Charles Ray and Henry King. For 
five years he was business man- 
ager of the Pilgrimage Play. 

His wife and sister survive. 


ELIZABETH TYREE 

Elizabeth Tyree (Mrs. James S. 
Metcalfe), 87, former legit actress, 
died Aug. 8 in New York. She 
played an Broadway in the 1890s. 
Among the plays in which she an* 
peared were “Trelawney of the 
Wells,” “The Charity Ball,”* “The 
Amazons” and “The Earl of Paw- 
tucket.” 

Her husband, who died in 1927, 
was drama critic on the old Life 
mag and the Wall St. JournaL 

L. L. (BUCK) LEWIS 

L. L* (Buck) Lewis, veteran 
Missouri exhib, was killed in an 


auto accident near Brownsville! 
Tex., Aug. 2, For many years 
Lewis owned and operated thea- 
tres in'Seven Missouri towns. Three 
years ago ill health forced him to 
move to Brownsville, where he 
owned and operated two houses. 

His wife and a sister survive. 


GEORGE MATHESON 
George Matheson, 76, Australian 
show biz veteran, died in Brisbane 
July 23. For 25 years he was man- 
ager of His Majesty’s Theatre 
there for- the Williamson legit or- 
ganization, his association with 
Williamson going back to the time 
he joined as an office boy. 

Matheson was also a pioneer 
of the Aussie pic industry. 


LEO WEBER 

Leo Weber, 47, organist' and forr 
mer vaude performer, died Aug. 5 
in Stroudsburg, Pa. He was an or- 
ganist for Loewis. Paramount and 
RKO theatres. He appeared in 
vaude in the acts of Winters 3c 
Weber, Leo 4c Eddie and Leo 3c 
Arlo. He also was staff musician 
for CBS and NBC. 

His wife survives. 


ALEXANDER S. FISHBACH 
Alexander Sigmund Fishbach, 69, 
legit costumer, died Aug! 11 in 
New York after a long illness. 
Among the productions with which 
he was associated were “Abie’s 
Irish Rose,” “The Vagabond King,” 
“Beggar on Horseback” afid Win- 
throp Ames’ presentation of “Io- 
lanthe.” 

Surviving are three sons, a sis- 
ter and four brothers. 


RICHARD F. STALEY 
Richard F- Staley, 87, retired 
vaude performer, died Aug. 7 in 
Rochester, N.Y. He and his wife, 
the late Belle Birbeck, had toured 
the U.S., Europe, South Africa and 
Australia as Staley 3c Birbeck. 

Staley had retired because of ill 
health about 40 years ago. How- 
ever, he played a one-week stand 
at the Palace Theatre, N.Y., in 1937. 


JIMMY BRINK 

James H. (Jimmy) .Brink, 47, 
owner of the Lookout House,' Cov- 
ington, Ky., nitery-casino opposite 
Cincinnati, was killed Aug. 5 in a 
crash of his plane at Atlanta. His 
wife and daughter survive. 

Further details in Vaude sec- 
tion. . 


ROBERT O. MEYER 
Robert O. Meyer, 29, motion pic- 
ture script reader, died of a brain 
tumor Aug. 11 in New York. 

Surviving are his father, Max 
Meyer, company manager for the 
Theatre Guild, his mother and a 
sister. 


BURTON A. COOKE 
Burton A. Cooke, 80, retired pic 
house operator, died Aug. 5 in 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He formerly 
operated the Liberty Theatre in 
that city. 

Surviving are his- wife and a 
daughter. 


LUCILLE WARD 
Lucille Ward (Smith), 72, former 
legit and screen actress, died Aug. 
8 in Dayton, O. She had appeared 
in early Hollywood silent films. 

A sister survives. 


SID BLAKE 

Sid Blake, 39, comedian-emcee, 
died Aug. 6 in Thompsonville, N. Y. 

His wife, agent Mim Grossman, 
and a daughter survive. 


Wife, 62, of Daniel Breeskin, 
who last year organized and con- 
ducted the Miami Symphony Or- 
chestra, and mother of Bamee 
Breeskin, conductor of the Blue 
Room orch at Washington’s Shore- 
ham Hotel, died Aug. 8 at her 
home in Miami. 


Dr. Hans M. Schumann, 80, 
former assistant professor of music 
at the U. of Pennsylvania, died 
Aug. 8 in Lenox, Mass., where he 
was teaching music at the Berk- 
shire School of Dancing. Two sons 
and a daughter survive. 


John D. Thomas, 73, former 
high-wire performer with Ringling 
Bros.-Barnum & Bailey Circus and 
known professionally as Jack (Red) 
Reuen r died Aug. 3, in Fort Wayne, 
Ind. 

Wife and two sons survive. 


Mrs. Isabelle Ayres, 65, a mem- 
ber of the original cast of “The 
Girl of the Golden West,” died 
Aug. 6 in San Rafael, Cal. Her- 
stage name was Isabelle Fletcher. 


Mother, 80, of Lou Kaufmann, 
long-time owner of the Metropoli- 
tan Theatre in. Pittsburgh and now 
in the poster business, died in 
McKeesport, Pa., Aug. -6. 


John Hornsteiner, 90, veteran 
violin maker and repairer, died in 


Chicago Aug. 6. He was w.k. 
among musicians and retired only 
a year ago. 

i 


Reuben Phillips, 80, former 
vaude actor known professionally 
as Phil Rado, “The Dancing Crab, 
died Aug. 7 at his home In West 
Philadelphia. 


Father of Barbara Haddox, pro- 
motion director of WBN^-TV Co- 
lumbus, died Aug, 3 in that city. 


Mark A. Villani, 56, part owner 
of the Regent Theatre, Youngs- 
town, O., died Aug. 4 of a heart ail- 
ment. Wife and two brothers sur- 
vive. 


Son, 14, of Howard G. Barnes, 
president of General Entertain- 
ment Corp., N.Y., died recently at 
summer camp outside Denver. 


Daughter of Mrs. Eddie Hayes, 
formerly of the vaude teams of 
Hayes 4c Wynne and Rogers & 
Wynne, died Aug. 7 in New York. 


Richard Carey, 28, radio an- 
nouncer at Brewton, Ala., was 
killed in an auto accident near 
Milton, Fla., recently. 


Ma& Ella Pace, 84, former 
Shakespearean actress, died Aug. 
10 in Cincinnati. Two daughters 
and a son survive. 


James A. Fair, Jr., 46, location 
auditor at RKO, died Aug. 2 after 
a heart attack at his home in Man- 
hattan Beach* Cal. 


Mother, 79, of David Levin, 
manager of RKO Albee, Provi- 
dence, died in St. Paul Aug. 6. 


Nathaniel Lee Manheim, 62, di- 
rector of Universal’s foreign divi- 
sion, died Aug. 11 in . Los Angeles. 


Sister, 60, of William Balderston, 
prez of the Philco Corp., died Aug. 
10 in Wilmington, Del. 


Son, 15, of Homer D. Morrow, 
salesman at WGN ih Chicago, died 
Aug. 5 m Park Ridge,'. 111. 


Louis J. George, retired pic the- 
atre operator, died Aug, 4 in New 
Rochelle, N. Y. 


Father, 67, of Gene Nelson, 
screen actor, died Aug. 8 in Santa 
Monica,' Cal. 


Wife of John S. McBride, theatre 
ticket broker, died Aug. 11 in 
New York. 


Old Tunes 

■ 1 Continued from pare I ; 1 ■ - 

modernized treatment by Peggy 
Lee and Gordon Jenkins on Decca, 
“Once in a While,” cut by Patti 
Page for Mercury; “As Time Goes 
By,” etched for Capitol by Ray 
Anthony, and “Should I?”, which, 
the Ames Bros, waxed on the 
Coral label. A couple of Cole Por- 
ter standards, “Just One of Those 
Things” and “What Is This Thing 
Called Love?”, are again, seeing 
action in the market because of 
click disk renditions. Fran War- 
ren sliced “Love” for M-G-M while 
Miss Lee and Jenkins belted out 
“Things” for Decca. 

Oldies showcased in pix also 
have had an important effect in 
upping their platter and sheet 

sales. In these instances pubs have 
used the important plug values of 
the pic to intensify drives on the 
songs. Oldies which have broken 
through recently because of a pic 
spotting have been “X Hear a 
Rhapsody” from RKO*s “Clash by 
Night”; “Manhattan,” from RKO’s 
“Two Tickets to Broadway," and 
“Singin* in the Rain” from the 
Metro fllmusical of the same name. 


Radio Ratings 

Continued from page 1 ■ , , 1 , 

nighttime shows command such a 
loyal following, with most of them 
knocking off for the hot months. 
Top 10 nighttime ratings follow: 


Groucho Marx (NBC) 5.5 

Godfrey Talent Scouts (CBS). 5.4 

The Lineup (CBS) 5.4 

Romance (CBS) 5.3 

Railroad Hour (NBC) 5.2 

Broadway My Beat (CBS) 5.0 

Gildersleeve (NBC) 5.0 

Big Story (NBC) 4.7 


Dr. Christian (CBS) 4.6 

Mr. St Mrs. North (CBS)..'*.*. 4.5 


35 


MARRIAGES 

Lola Albright to Jack Carson* 
San Fernando, Cab, Aug. 1. Bride 
and groom are thesps. 

Pamela Stiles to Robert Roberts, 
Aug. 1, Hyannis, Mass. Bride is 
assistant stage manager Of the 
Cape Cod Music Circus there; 
groom is manager of the spot. 

Joyce Beeler to Fred Coe, Wash- 
ington. D. C„ Aug. 1. Bride is 
NBC-TV staffer; groom is producer 
of “Television Playhouse” on that 
network. 

Alecia M. Conner to Sheldon 
Alfred Vogel, Aug. I, New York. 
Both are attorneys; bride is on the 
ASCAP legal staff. 

Joyce Seiger to Ramon Black- 
burn, New York,. Aug. 3. Bride 
is a dancer; groom is of the Black- 
burn Twins, vaude and nitery turn. 

Jo Ellen Schwalb to Sam Winni- 
koff, Beverly Hills, Cal., Aug 3. 
Bride is daughter of Ben Schwalb, 
a Monogram producer; he’s a 
writer. 

Marie Tiffany to William Gass, 
New York, Aug. 3, Groom is a 
personal manager, • 

Mary Carolyn Gwaltney to Wil- 
liam. “Red” Devaney, Memphis 
July 28. Groom is Chicago sales 
manager for Metro. 

Lu Claire to Vic Powell, Pitts- 
burgh, Aug. 2, Bride is a dancer; 
groom is a musician, until recently 
with Charlie Spivak. 

Vivian Clark to Bill Stockdale, 
Pittsburgh, Aug. 7. Bride is with 
WB exchange there. 

Dena Pusateri to Benny Burton, 
Pittsburgh, Aug. 2. Groom is a 
bandleader. • 


BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Don Fedderson, 
son, Santa Monica, Cal., July 25. 
Father is manager of KLAC-TV. 

Mr, and Mrs. Sterling Hayden, 
son, Hollywood, July 28. Father is 
a screen actor. 

Mr. and Mrs. Rollin C. Smith, 
daughter, Stamford Conn* July 
30. Mother is actress Wendy Car- 
ter: father is a staff announcer 
with WSTC, Stamford. 

Mx*. and Mrs. Harry Downie, 
daughter, Stamford. Conn., recent- 
ly. Father is a WSTC staff an- 
nouncer. 

Mrt and Mrs. William Dasheff, 
daughter. New York, July 26. Fa- 
ther is .exec veepee of the Buch- 
anan ad agency. 

Mr. and Mrs. ' Donald Knaell, 
daughter,, Pittsburgh, July 28. 
Mother is the daughter of George 
Tice, veteran Pitt film salesman. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bert 'Charles, 
daughter, Columbus, July 13. 
Father is general manager of 
WVKO there. 

Mr, and Mrs. Morris Stoller, 
daughter, Hollywood, Aug. 1. Fa- 
ther is comptroller of the William 
Morris Agency’s California office. 

Mr. and Mrs. William G. Pier- 
son, daughter, Berkeley Heights, 
N. J„ July 29. Father is Metropol- 
itan Opera chorus basso. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert ■ Pirosh, 
daughter, Hollywood, July 30. 
Father is a Metro director. 

Mr. and Mrs. Spyros S. Skouras, 
Jr., daughter, Bronxville, N. Y., 
Aug. 3, Father is executive veepee 
of Skouras Theatres Corp. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lazar, daugh- 
ter, White Plains, N. Y., July 30. 
Father is AM-TV announcer. 

Mr. and Mrs. "Don Siegel, son, 
Hollywood, Aug. 3. Mother is Vi- 
veca Lindfors, screen actress, fa- 
ther is a director. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Freiberg, 
son, New, York. Aug. 5. Father Is 
manager of Columbia Pictures* 
sales accounting department. 

Mr. and Mrs. • Murry Melman, 
daughter. New York, recently. Fa- 
ther is assistant to short subjects 
sales manager of Columbia pix. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Michael 
Hayes, son, Burbank, Cal., Aug. 5. 
Father is a radio-TV writer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ray Allen, daugh- 
ter, N. Y., Aug. 6. Father is produ- 
cer of “Wax Works” on WCBS, 
N. Y:, and writer of special ma- 
terial for Robert Q. Lewis. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hallftuder, daugh- 
ter. July 28, New York. Mother 
Is Billie Lou Watt; actress; father 
is an actor. 

• Mr. and Mrs. Sam Mineo, daugh- 
ter, Santa Monica, Cal., Aug. 8. 
Father is an accompanist and 
arranger. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Randolph, 
daughter, Now York, * Aug. 10. 
Mother is actress Sarah Cunning- 
ham; father is an actor. 

Mr. and ' Mrs. Meyer Hutner, 
son. New York, Aug. 11. Father Js 
metropolitan newspaper contact 
for 20th-Fox. 

?Jr. and Mrs. James Ros*‘, daugh- 
ter, New York. Aug. 2. Father is 
a director for Vidicam Pictures. 


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The people who will operate the 
Jountry’s educational TV stations 
ere told here yesterday (18) that 
they succeed through the medi- 
um In making a small dent in the 
ballon’s Illiterate population, they 
lilj pay for the cost of 242 non- 
immercial outlets made possible 
the Federal Communications 
ommission setting aside chan- 
els for education. 

Addressing the Iowa -State Col- 
ege Television Workshop of 1952, 
n the first national meeting of 
ducators called to study how to 
wild and operate noncommercial 
'V stations, FCC Chairman Paul 
hiker estimated that the $121, 
00,000 investment required to 
onstruct all 242 stations can pay 
or itself by raising the ‘annual in 
tome of only one-eighth of the 
entry’s 10,000,000. “functional il< 
Iterates” by $100 per capita. 

Walker . emphasized that studio 
risual techniques of TV are pe 
yliarly adapted to literacy instruc- 
ion, and that home TV can reach 
large group of illiterates who are 
•Iten too embarrassed to attend 
ehools. “Lifting these people from 
■literacy to literacy," he said, “not 
inly enables them to live a better 
Ife, but makes them more able 
utizens, more valuable to industry, 
raore valuable to the armed forces 
ind better consumers. They will. 

,e better able to understand and 
appreciate all the other programs 
revision has to offer — both over 

(Continued on page 61)^ 


F May Be Piaf Vs. Peals 
I* 2 N.Y. Cafes— Then 
Wedding Bells for Duo? 

Premieres of two French sing- 
es may take place within one day 
each other in two east side N.Y. 
uenes. Jacques Peals is slated 
“open at Monte Proser’s La Vie 
Mose, Sept. 9, and Edith Piaf 
Lu *. ee at the Versailles the 
night. Miss Piaf is 
E; t0 open Se Pt. 17, but indi- 
K S u are that she ’ 11 ask that her 
m be adyanced one week. Re- 
k!/ S : ro , m Paris indicate that Miss 
i!orfiJ n ? P , Peals may be -married 

DefUv 7 b °th open at the re- 
stive cafes. 

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e ? rlier . Sept. 3, but no 
* Vl* e £ ^ as ^ een signed as yet. 
(el Tn J5l as a , one "Week deal with 
id weS?<f' was booked in for 
m. tbe end of last sea- 

ier »ft(*T. S E ot v Cloaed ' for the sum- 
ms-,, ic bad Played one weeki 
eg™ L! , considering an all- 
iU Motr f° be ’ Produced by 
irothv e A wl10 staged the act for 
^andndge when she 
p rn a La Vl ® last season. 

it Harris^ La ^ ie ’ s manager, 
irida Tu ret , urne< t recently from 
i bS n I h 7 re considering a La 
titer, ^ h for the resort in the 


Golden Seeks Groucho 
For 'Mikado' Version 

Groucho Mai;* is being sought 
by John Golden to play Koko in a 
“reading" version of i “The 
'Mikado," in the manner of the 
four-star concert edition of “Don 
Juan In Hell.”. It isn’t revealed 
who is being sought for the other 
leading parts,, hut it’s understood 
the emphasis .will be on comedy 
players rather- than singers, and 
that one or twfl pianos will be used 
for the musical accompaniment. 

Marx is starring in the TV quiz 
show, “Bet Your Life," on film 
from the Coast. 


Shuberts Step Up 
Outside Financing 


The Shuberfs, who last season 
invested substantially in Broadway 
productions in a move to stimulate 
the presentation of shows to oc- 
cupy their theatres, are' reportedly 
stepping up such outside financing 
this season. They’re understood to 
be committed for participation in 
nearly a dozen of the new season 
shows already, besides readying 
several productions of their own. 

Among the projects for which 
Lee Shubert is said to have agreed 
to supply backing are “My Darlin’ 
Aida," “Dial *M’ for Murder,” 
Come On Up — Ring Twice," “Be 
Your Age," “Carnival in Flanders,’ 
Evening with Beatrice Lillie," “If 
I Wanted You," “Moulin Rouge" 
and “Amazing Adele." In addi- 
tion, they are also planning to pro- 
duce “The Hollow," a new “Zieg- 
feld Follies" and possibly the fre- 

(Continued on page 63) 


Washington, Au^. '19. 

Television industry jumped into 
a $41,600,000 profit position in 
1951, after showing a loss of $9,- 

200.000 in 1950, according to the 
final report on 1951 TV broadcast 
operations being issued tomorrow 
(Wed.) by the Federal Communica 
tions Commission. Report shows 
TV is fast approa«hing the earn- 
ings recdrd of the radio industry, 
which netted $61,800,000 -in' 1951. 

New medium, serving only 63 
markets with 108 stations, is 
already doing more than half 
the business of the radio broad 
casting industry with its more 
than 1,200 markets served by over 

2.000 stations. 

Report shows TV time sales 
(after commissions) of $175,300,000, 
or more than double those of 1950. 
.Sales by networks are shown at 
$97,600,000, up 177% from 1950, 
and approaching the level of AM 
network time sales of $114,000,000. 
Network AM time sales are shown 
to have been declining steadily 
since the peak of $137,600,000 in 
1948 as TV sales move higher. 

Reflecting the astronomical costs 
of top performers, the report 
shows operating expenses 6f the 
TV broadcasting industry at $194,- 
100,000, or about half those of the 

(Continued on page 61) 


AI Bryan, at 81, Has His 
Latest Ballad Published 

Al Bryan, charter member of 
the American Society of Compos- 
ers, Authors & Publishers, and 
author (lyricist) of many pop song 
hits, is celebrating his 81st birth- 
day via a 10-year contract with 
;he Irving Caesar Music Corp. 
Latter is bringing out his latest 
ballac^, “If God Can Forgive Me, 
Why Can’t You.." Bryan wrote it 
with Gerald Marks. 

Bryan Wrote the lyrics for such 
Tin Pan Alley perennials as “I 
Didn’t Raise . :y Boy to Be a Sol- 
dier," “Peg O’ My Heart,” “Come, 
Josephine, in My Flying Machine,’ 
“Dardanella," “Oui, Oui, Marie," 
There’s Danger in Your Eyes, 
Cherie “Who Paid the Rent for 
Mrs. Rip Van Winkle,” “The High 
Cost of Loving,” “Brown Eyes, 
Why Are You Blue?,” and scores 
of others. 


M&L’s $135,000 Cracks 
Chi Chez 2-Week Mark; 
Berle Trailing But Socko 

Chicago^ Aug. 19. 
Martin & Lewis cracked a two- 
week record at Chez Paree here, 
grossing more than $135,009 for 
run which ended Saturday (16). 
Comics with own package, played 
the date under an old contract re- 
portedly at rock bottom $14,000 
Weekly, which included all other 
acts and 14 musicians added to 
band. 

Milton Berle, who opened Sun- 
day (17), is doing excellent biz, but 
from first two days’ covers it’s ap- 
parent he won’t hit M&L mark. He 
is figured to gross a sock $50,000 
(Continued on page 63) 


•South Pacific Passes $3, 




Edw. Arnold’s Cafe 
Bow With ‘Jini Brady 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Edward "Arnold launches a new 
career ‘ next month, making his 
debut as a nitery entertainer. 

Veteran stage and screen thesp 
will star in a new revue tagged 
“Diamond Jim” and based bn the 
character he created on the screen 
Arnold will be ’surrounded by 
three other acts, as yet unselected. 

William Morris office has booked 
the package to open Sept. 19 at the 
Last Frontier, Las Vegas, for a 
fortnight, following with ’ another 
two-weeker at the Riverside, Reno. 
Subsequent bookings now are ‘be- 
ing arranged to take the unit east. 


‘Models* and TV 

The yesteryear “film extra" 
for some Hollywood tramp has 
given way to “TV actress” and 
“model” In recent nomencla- 
ture. These bums give TV a 
bum rap. Nearest thing most 
of them come to video was be- 
ing scared by a TV set in some 
bar. 

Incidentally, certain slick 
New York pubs and clubs, as 
result of the Gotham vice 
probes, have suddenly lost 
some of their more decorative 
customers who used these bis- 
tros as unofficial headquarters, 
often not without the knowl- 
edge of the managements. 


Trial by Jury’ 

For S.F. Strippers 

San Francisco, Aug. 19. 
The six strippers who, together 
with two male comedians,, were ar- 
rested 'July 30 for alleged indecent 
performances at the Downtown 
Theatre, will stand trial before a- 
jury in Judge John B. Molinari’s 
court. . , 

The defendants’ attorney,' Act- 
ing Mayor Marvin Lewis, tried to 
convince the court that an exhibi- 
ion by burlesque star Gay Dawn, 
one of those arrested, would serve 
a£ a “fair example” of how* all 
strippers work on the stage, but 
this strategy failed to earn Judge 
Molinari’s sympathy. Instead, the 
trial will feature a presentation 
which will include a “live show” 
at the Downtown Theatre, to de- 

(Continued on page 50) 

Schnoz Radio Return 
Seen, Plus TY Chores 

Jimmy Durante may return- to 
radio this winter, afte • several sea- 
sons’ absence, as the latest in a 
string' of NBC television personal- 
ities slated to work in both AM 
and TV for the web. Program vee- 
pee Charles (Bud) Barry said that 
he's been talking a half-hour, once- 
weekly show with the , Schnoz, 
which would be taped to give Dur- 
ante the maximum amount of free 
time for his TV, nitery and film 
work. (Comic returns to. NBC-TV 
as one of the rotating stars on “All 
Star Revue.”) 

Deal is part of the new thinking 
of Barry and his NBC program- 
ming crew, following the web’s 
recent reintegration of its AM and 
TV networks into a single opera- 
tion. Barry previously set Tony 
Martin and Marguerite Piazza, both 
TV personalities, to team in a new 
(radio show this falL 


4 “South Pacific" has now passed 
the $3,000,000 mark in distributed 
profits. With,, the payment of an- 
other $200,000 dividend last July 1 
18, the Rodgers-Hammerstein- 
Logan-Hayward production had 
dished out a total of $3,195,021. 
As of July 31, it had $125,617 addi- 
tional assets, including $,10,000 re- 
serve advertising fund, $50,000 
sinking fund and $64,909 available 
for distribution. 0 

According to the accountant's 
statement, the two-company opeiv 
ation earned $98,721 profits for the 
four weeks . ended July 26, That 
brought tfie total net to $1,493,047 
on 173 weeks’ operatioh for the 
original Broadway production, and 
$1,669,961 on 119 weeks for the 
touring edition. It included the 
only losing week the mu$leal has 
ever had. A- 'deficit of $915 on a 
gross of nearly $31,000 for the 
original New York production. 

The $3,163,008 profit from the 
two companies was reduced $42,- 
500 by contractual payments ($2.~ 
500 a week) to Roger Rico, French 
opera star who was dropped last 
fall as male lead. However, there 
was $233,672 extra income from 
South Pacific Enterprises for title ’ 
licensing, etc., Jess $33,542 (1%) 
paid to Edwin Lester in considera- 
tion of 'his turning over his con- 
tract with Ezio pihza to become 
the original male lead. That 
brought the total net profit on the 
show to $3; 320, 638 as of July. 

The production, representing a 
$225,000 investment, also involves 
a London company besides the; 
Broadway original, and the touting 
edition currently on the Coast. 

Record Fijm Grosses 
Seen in Canada for ’52; 
Fear Launching of TV 

Washington, Aug. 19. 
Canadian film theatres will 
probably gross ‘a record $100,000,- 
000 this year, but business might . 
fall off in 1953 because of the ad- 
vent of television, reports Nathan 
D. Golden, director of the Film 
Division of the U. S. Commerce 
Denartment. 

Biz of the Canadian exhibitors 
has- been on the upbeat steadily 
since 1945, with the trend continu- 
um during the first half of 1952. 

What worries film people in 
Canada is the fact that the first 
two Canadian television transmit- 
ers go into operation next month, 
in Toronto and Montreal. On the 
basis of U. S. experience, it is felt 
hat picture biz in Canada will be 
hit to some extent, 

Canada now has" 1,867 conven- 
lonal 35m theatres, and 89 drive- 
ins in operation. In addition, 41 
heatres, of which 18 are drive- 
ins, are reported under construc- 
ion. It is estimated that Holly- 
wood films have 90% of the Cana- 
dian screen tirqo and gross about 
90% of the total boxoffice. 


BOSCaXAKY 



Bigleague baseball neefla more 4 
color, cleaner ballparks, better at-' 
tractions and perhaps even a .re- 
alignment of/ team franchises to 
make up for its current slump at 
the gate, rather than a. ban on 
TV’ing home games, , That's the 
opinion of several spokesmen for 
both the baseball industry and- TV, 
queried this week on whether TV 
is responsible, as claimed by most 
of the daily newspaper sports- 
writers. .* ... 

Writers last week jumped an re- 
sults of the N, Y. Yankees' TV-less 
experiment, • when''*M,005 - fans 
jammed Yankee Stadium to see a 
non-scheduled .'’Yankee-Red Sox 
game. While the 'Yknkee manage- 
ment has not yet. decided whether 
the size of the crowd? proves any- 
thing, "daily • sports scribblers 
claimed results proved ’ that TV 
the culprit.' It's pointed out that 
the game the preceding Friday 
night and Sunday f afternoon w e^e* 
rained out,- with" the Yankee -Hon- 
oring tickets sold- for both those 
game$!T In addition, the Red -.Sox 
are fighting the Yanks for lead in 
the American League,- which pro- 
vided enough interest to. warrant 
a big crowd whether the game was 
televised or not. 5 

Whipping Roy' . 

Variety survey this ..week re- 
vealed that nq two bigleague 
spokesmen feel . the same way 
about TV’s effect on the gate. Con- 
sensus was, hqweyer, that this rep- 
resented just' anothef instance of 
video being chosen indiscriminate- 
ly as a 'convenient whipping boy. 
And, according to the TV execs, 
most" of the clubowners, same as 
the major film companies, are still 
’attempting to base their ' earning 
records .this year on the peak 1946 
season, failing to take into consid- 
eration such factors as the in- 
creased cost of living, higher taxes, 
greater amount of consumer goods 
on the market to vie for. the pub- 
( Continued on page 51) 


It's Been Very Quiet 
Around NX, But Thi 
Summer Is Nearly Over 

It has been a long time since 
Broadway and' the show biz-news- 
paper scene witnessed a "feud" 
like the current and somewhat 
parallel tiffing that seems to re- 
volve around columnist Walter 
Winchell versus disk jock Barry 
Gray (Chandler’s, N. Y. eatery), 
and which has extended into a sort 
of N. Y. Post versus the Hearst 
papers* setup. 

The Post angle dates back to the 
‘‘expose” series on Winchell and 
more recently its "Inside Lait & 
Mortimer.” It is further pinpointed 
by the personal feuding between 
the Post’s Leonard Lyons and Win- 
chell. 

Frank Conniff, in a N. Y. Jour- 
nal-American column, made it 
clear that he, too, sided with Win- 
chell for being "attacked while sick 
and unable to defend himself last 
winter.” Jack O’Brian,, the paper’s 
radio-TV editor, took the . same 
stand. Nick Kenny, radio-TV col- 
umnist on the morning Hearst 
sheet, the Mirror, likewise has 
aligned himself with Winchell. 

Gray returned to his WMCA 
(N. Y.) indie outlet, from Chan- 
dlers, a week ago Monday (11) 

(Continued on page 51) 


Commies See ‘King Koog’ 



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Washington, Aug,- 19. 
The Cortmte Poles are reading 
social significance in the success* 
ful reissue -of the RKQ pic, "King. 
Kong,” and they are telling? all 
Europe about It via Radio Warsaw, 
One broadcast, as* Monitored by 1 Of- 
ficial government service here, 
picked Up ^he’ following explana- 
tion: - ' 

"Hollywood has resurrected the 
19-year-old; ‘King Kong* film. Cer- 
tainly ‘King Konfc’ has Symbolism. 
He is the symbol" of blood-erazy 
Wall Street, -the State Department 
and the pentagon. ' 

‘“King Kong* finished -up on the 
top of the' Empire State Building, 
waving a young woman’s body in 
defiance of, his pursuers. Makes 
you think. * Wall Street and Penta- 
gon are toddy waving the mas- 
sacred Korean women and children 
in defiance, at the people of the 
world. 

^But : the people dealt with* King 
Kong, didn’t they? And Wall Street 
and the Pentagon ' are behaving 
much the same as King Kong did 
before. the people dealt with him!! 
.Makes you think, does it not?’*- 


Symington Cancels St. L. 

' Date, Fearing Political 
Boomerang; N.Y. Instead 

* St. Louis, Aug. 19. 

Fearful that his father’s chances 
of being elected Democratic U. S. 
senator from Missouri might be en- 
dangered by his _ continuing as a 
warbler, in this area, James Sym- 
ington has cancelled out of his date 
at the Town and Country, west end 
nttery, skedded for Saturday (16). 

Symington is credited with 
greatly contributing to the success 
of his pater, J. Stuart Symington, 
in the. recent primary election by 
singing at all meetings throughout 
the state’s 114, counties. 

The cafe, in the Congress Hotel* 
is in the 25th (silk stocking) Ward 
which is predominantly Republi- 
can. Thus young Symington-thought 
"incidents” might arise during his 
engagement by supporters of Sen- 
ator James Kem (Rep.), Syming- 
ton’s 1 opponent who is seeking re- 
election. - ' 

The management of Town and 
Country sympathized with Syming- 
ton’s position and deferred his .ap- 
pearance until Nov. 12. The singer 
will play a repeat" in the Carnival 
Room of the Sherry-Netherland 
Hotel, N* Y., Sept. 24, and is also 
pacted to return there Dec. 17; 


Son of Chester Morris 
Winds 100th Korea Mission 

Tokyo, Aug. 12. 

First Lieut. Morris Brooks, son 
of film star Chester Morris, has 
wound up his combat tour in Ko- 
rea . following f completion of his 
100th mission over North Korea. 
He’s an F-80 Shooting Star jet 
pilot with the »8th Fighter Bomber 
Wing. 

Brooks, who is 23, took part in 
such raids as those on Pyongyang 
and the Yalu River power plants. 
He holds the Distinguished Flying 
Cross and Air Medal with three 
Oak Leaf clusters. 


RomanQuiz 

Hollywood scripter Martin 
Ragawajr . was, sitting outside 
the Excelsior when a young 
Italian eameup: 

Italian: Have you any dol- 


la^| to change? 


M&&WV'- No. ^ ■ 

Want to buy .a Parker 51? 
No. 

Got any gasoline coupons to 
'Sell? * 

’ No; - 

-Where are you from? 
Hollywood. i 

You in movie business? 

.Yea. 

Dot *Tty parts for me? 


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Geneva', Aug. "19. . 

International conclave for the 
drafting of]a world ..copyright. agree- 
ment for the protection , of com- 
posers, authors, etc., teed off here 
yesterday (Mon J with the election 
of Plinio Bolla, head of the Swiss 
delegation, as chairman. Meet, 
which is being held at. the invita- 
tion of the. ynited Nations Educa- 
tional, Scientific and Cultural Or- 
ganization, runs until Sept. 6. 

Ws expected that the convention 
will remedy existing copyright con- 
ditions by supplementing current 
agreements. Copyright pacts now 
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fied areas only. These pacts were 
inked at the Berne Convention of 
1886 and .several inter-American 
conventions that did not extend to 
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Equity, League Contract 
Renewal Stalled by Tiff 
Over Legit Score Disking 

• Stymie to an agreement between 
Actors Equity and the League of 
N.Y. Theatres for a renewal of 
their basic production contract ap- 
parently stems from a misunder- 
standing. With a general cost-of- 
living increase granted, the only 
hitch is over the question of an op- 
tion on the actor’s services for 
record albums of musical shows. 

Whole matter of musical show 
albums is subject to general mis- 
conception. In most- cases, for in- 
stance, record albums are not a 
source of much income for Broad- 
way productions. Outstanding 
smashes like "South Pacific,” 
"Guys and Dolls,” and a very few 
others have- derived substantial 
revenue from the original cast re- 
cordings. But in most instances 
the royalties involved have been 
small. 

Usually, the original-cast fran- 
chise is used by the producer of a 
(Continued on page 63) 


Dick Haymes Can’t Sail 
Until He Pays Up U.S. Tax 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

. Dick Haymes’ concert tour of 
Great Britain has been postponed 
because of difficulties with the 
Department of Internal Revenue. 
Singer was denied a passport until 
he pays up his income-tax arrears. 

Proposed tour, covering 29 Brit- 
ish cities; was to have started Sept. 
14. Haymes expects to be cleared 
for the trip early next year. 


Edinburgh Festival Owens 

Edinburgh, Aug. 19. 
With greater coin likely than 
ever and mqre visitors from Amer- 
ica than in- years previous, the 
Sixth Edinburgh * International 
Festival of Music and Drama open- 
ed here Sunday (17). The Duke 
of Edinburgh attended the open- 
ing. All the traditional pageantry 
was again in evidence. 

A 40-seat airliner brought am- 
bassadors and representatives of 39 
countries, including Yuri Bruslov, 
of the Soviet Embassy, London. 
From Cuba came the ambassador, 
Dr. Don Roberto G. de Mendoza y 
de la Torre. For next three weeks 
drama, pix, music and outdoor 
events will keep Edinburgh busy 
at the festival. 


Much has been .said, (by me, at least) about performers^ J^ 00 ^ 
and the misfortune that- has befallen thost who thought ti ^ 
work both, sides qt the, street. Opposed to troupers like HeiprS’ 
Douglas, the late Lucille Glea*qn, Sunshine Jimmy Davis 
Albert Dekker .and even Jimmy Gleason (who once ran fm-V* ylo, l 
council of Beverly Hills), I, can think of only one who turn^ 6 ^ 1 ! 
end into a two-way afreet, That was Bill Rogers. ^ 

A successful congressman, he got shellacked when he r-m 
Bill Knowjand for the XL S. Senate. r After that he retreated 
pole of a cqunty committeeman, having berit reelected last 
nipup then ip “The Story of Will Rogers”, is a small measured , l 
uplifting proof that the switch can be made, ,if not from actinp tnV .i 
tics then at least from politics. to acting. ng t0 m 

Judging from his performance* it. would sCeni, that it’s a tronrt j. 
easier, to star overnight in. pix than it is in pplifix. Of course if r 
paigns had directors like Mike* Curtiz, more candidates might suce 
but generally speaking, a campaign manager is several cuts in skill 
below the candidate. Even in the case of Jim Farley this was true * q 
On the basis' of his performance In "The Story' of Will Rogers” Bil 
coujd go right on making the more grandiose sort of westerns a< «» 
as starring In pix like "David Harum,” "Lightnin’,” "They Rad Tn 
Paris, "Just'Call Me Jim” and “Two Wagons, Both Covered.” i 
peefc though he would have to be drafted, as he was for the 
production, a wooing which took several years and which in the tnl 
proved the contention that if you can make performers out of children! 
you can still make a star out of. an adult, who is all of one piece, In l(j 
easy lessons/ * ' 

All He Knew Was What He Read In His Bank 
The old man himself was no actor and as a roper he was by no meant 
the champ, but he had character, a rugged charm, a generosity of spiri] 
and a sense of humor which, though topical, seems to hold up bette’ 
than most things of the period. Much of- it, of course, has gone th 
Way of the newspapers that published it, and at one time he had 1,1 
papers in his string. 

- Though he- picked up $3,500,000 in' salary checks at Fox in the eight 
years he was on that lot, his writings oVer a longer period must havi 
grossed him another million. This may not seem like big money today 
but in Ills day the tax structure left mbst of it as pure velvet Never- 
theless, when he. was named mayor of Beverly Hills he made a cr* 
about how everything. was progressing, and that even the taxes wen 
going up with everything else. 

Bill was' with his father on the two occasions when Will Rogers re 
ceived a measure of political 'recognition. That was when he was ac-l 
claimed mayor of Beverly Hills and on another occasion when he wad 
nominated for the Presidency *by the Oklahoma delegation to the 193? 
Democratic, convention. It was, of course, a favorite soq gesture, am 
Will Rogers was -the last to take it seriously. Not so Bill. 

■ ‘Twas at the smart-alecky age,” Bill confessed, ‘ "and was bruslilni 
people aside as T accompanied dad- to his spot at the convention hall] 

I was pretty impressed .with our importance, something dad never was 
Anyway, when he got the unexpected nomination I was impressed with 
the way he received it. I think I grew up at that moment.” 

The speech Bill gives portraying his father in the Warner- pic is 
substantially the same as his dad gave at the actual convention. He 
told them he knew, and they knew, "who’s gonna be our candidate, 
and it ain’t gonna be "me/* 

It was in this speech where he said he had met kings and ricksha 
boys, senators and farmers, more people than most people would meet 
in 10 lifetimes — “and I never met a man I didn't like.” He also said 
that the two finest things that can happen to a man is to have a g< 
wife and to, know he’s been accepted by the people he came fro; 
“And it looks as if both of ’em happened to me.” 

His acceptance speech as mayor of Beverly Hills had more humoi 
because the honor was a gag-and-not-a-gag. He wasn’t elected. H* 
'was appointed by the board of trustees, and he held the post until the 
city council system was introduced, with the man getting the top vole 
becoming mayor. 

In the case of Will Rogers it was cooked up as a homecoming cele- 
bration. His son, Bill, a student then at Culver Military, arrived home 
with his parents. The reception and installation was in front of the 
Beverly Hills Hotel. It was raining cats and dogs, which was okay 
with Will because he was a dog-lover. Douglas Fairbanks, Conrad 
Nagel, Billie Dove, Margaret Livingston, Stanley Anderson and Syl 
Spalding] president of the town’s board of trustees, all made speech** 
and presented various symbols of office, the payoff being a scroll of 
office of genuine sheepskin. 

, The Termites Dissented . 

The first thing Will did was to say he lived at 925 North Beverly 
Drive, ‘‘up in the slums district,” and if anyone had forgotten to bring 
a present he could leave it at that address. He wasn’t kidding about 
the slum district because not many years later termites attacked that 
property and finally brought it to the^ground. But by then Uncle 
Clem’s boy had moved with Betty and their three roping, riding mop- 
pets to their ranch to the right and above Santa Monica. The ranch 
house is* still standing. In fact, it has become a state museum. Some 
of the shots in the pic were taken there. 

But even though his home got attacked from within, Will Rogers 
gave Beverly Hills a clean administration. He said it was his intention 
to raise motion picture folks and reaL estate men to the level of com I!? 0 
people, and pretty well succeeded till they euchred him out of office. 
He figured he could run the town in the evening if he could get a jo 
in the daytime. "Why I could run Los Angeles over the radio \vh 
the static is bad. (All it takes to be «r good mayor is to be a good aftei* 
dinner speaker, and I’ve done so much of it that every time a ben 
rings I start speaking.” 

Two Swimming Pools To Every Bible 
He promised there would be no reform for a while. "What we nc ( 
is a good scandal. Scandal built Hollywood, so we will feature u- 
On second thought he decided if might be better to build a tabernacic 
and make Ben Turpin the radio man because no evangelist would e op 
with him. "This is an unusual town. .There are two swimming po 
to every Bible. People would sooner see Duke Kahanamnku 1 
Moses*. I’ll be a good mayor. I’ll not graft. 1*11 be willing to sp 
50-50 with you.” 

He received wires of congratulations from all over the coun !?* 
Among them were President Calvin Coolidge ("I never knew a V^on 
er to do any tremendous worrying on $75,000 a year”). Veepee Cnan 
Dawes, Sen. Wm. Gibbs McAdoo, Gov. A1 Smith, Mayor Jimmy wauw 
and Sen. Hiram Johnson, the man who hadn’t said a kind word a 
anybody in years. e 

This period of Rogers’ life wasn’t touched on at $11 in the pictw, 
and from an entertainment point of view it probably was not consi 
important, but it brought Rogers more publicity I suspect than 
thing, barring, of course, his tragic death. n 

This, too, is hardly touched on in the picture and may very ^ ■ 
the beginning of a sequel, because nobody did, more, for c<)m kuP 
aviation than Will Rogers. He even died for it. His last na«- 
wasn’t his first. In fact, he had two in one day one time. 11 ]cI 
special permission from Washington to fly the mail , ican 

help him get to his destination on time.. He flew to 25 South - ■ olir 

republics and did a lot of flying around .Europe when he 
unofficial Ambassador of Good Will.* 










» when is a conspiracy not a conspiracy? That’s the question 
. mark facing the 'Debt. of Justice and the industry in the recent 

• 16111 antitrust suit filed against most, of the majors. 

D. of J., ih a “clarifying” statement last week, explained that 
the action wai'not concerned with forcing the producers to sell 
their product to television— which, they could do or not do, as 

• they saw fit — but with their conspiring among themselves not to 
make pix available to the rival medium. ‘ 

That bring* up’> problem that has bothered the distribs In all 
previous charge® Of violating the Sherman act, which outlaws con- 
spiracy in restraint of trade. Distribs maintain that what the 
I). of J. calls . conspiracy is actually the result of their indepen- 
dtntly arriving at the same decisions as a result of basing their 
Judgment on the same Set of facts. 



\ Heads of all film companies in-4 
solved in the Government suit to 
force the sale of 16m pix to tele- 
casters h a ve privately pledged that 
they'll vigorously fight the action. 
Even Nicholas M. Schenck, prez 
of Loew’s, which is not a defend- 
ant, is on record as being "opposed 
fo the Justice Department's attack. 

It's understood that the pledges 
were quietly, given to certain top 
exhibs. Latter had feared that the 
companies had surreptitiously wel- 
comed the suit as a means of li- 
censing product to TV-ers, thus 
being protected by court order 
from exhib reprisals. * 

Up to now- the only major com- 
pany official to publicly blast the 
J). of J. is Spyros I*. Skouras, 20th- 
Fox prexy. He* Issued *_[ press state- 
ment last Tuesday (12) condemn- 
ing the suit and. promising full 
resistance to it. In contrast, other 
chief exec* are continuing silent, 
except for the out-of-public-view 
pledges. 

Meanwhile, * observers believe 
that the D. of J., because, of the 
suit, is under .the greatest amount 
of public pressure in recent his- 
tory. " Exhibs across the country 
were quick to gang up on Gov- 
ernment lawyers, including Attor- 
ney General James P. McGranery, 
With a flood of telegrams rapping 
the action. This has been followed 
by almost unprecedented press 
support of the film biz. Within the 
past week alone, editorials have 
appeared in Scrlpps-Howard and 
(Continued on page 20) 

Martin Gang’s $600,000 
libel Suit Vs. Hughes; 
Grangers’ Aftermath 

Los Angeles, Aug. 19. 

Hollywood attorney* Martin Gang 
levelled a $600,000 libel and slan- 
der suit against Howard Hughes in 
Federal Court today (Tues.), charg- 
ing that the RKO production boss 
had “falsely and ‘maliciously” ac- 
cused Gang of violating his oath 
and duties as an attorney. Action 
also names RKO Radio Pictures, 
Inc., and Carl ByOir & Associates 
as co-defendants and asks a similar 
amount of damages from each as 
a result of the alleged libel. 

Complaint alleges that “false 
and defamatory” statements were 
issued to the press following the 
out-of-court settlement of the Jean 
Simmons-Stewart Granger con- 
tract action against Hughes and 
the studio so that Hughes would 
not “lose face” with the public and 
with the amusement industry. Suit 
contends that the defendants is- 
sued a statement that “Gang, the 
Grangers’ attorney, had refused to 
consent to the settlement until he 
was paid” and that Hughes “was 
Paying Gang's fees because the at- 
torney had insisted upon immedi- 
ate payment.” 

These statements Were issued, 
orally and in writing, the action 
alleges, “for the specific reason 
that Hughes feared that the fact 
that said pending litigation was 
settled upon the terms disclosed 
would cause Hughes to Tose face’ 
and cause the public and the en- 
tertainment industry to think that 
Hughes, and RKO, a corporation 
controlled and substantially owned 
hy Hughes, had previously acted 
(Continued, on page 25) 


Reds Dead Issue? 

I 

Communism in Hollywood, 
at one time a favorite target 
for editorial potshotting, ap- 
pears to be a dead issue now 
so far as the nation’s press is 
• concerned. There’s been no 
further mention of the subject 
since ’ May, when the news 
broke that the American Le- 
gion was .providing the indus- 
try with a list of names it held 
suspect.* 

Motion Picture Assn, of 
America public relations de- 
partment,. which utilizes the 
services of a clipping bureau 
to obtain, all newspaper com- 
ment on the industry, has not 
had a clip 1 on. the subject of 
Reds, for about three months. 
That’s taken to indicate that 
the subject has been so thor- 
oughly beaten up the public is' 
tired of it. 



Of Admish Hikes 

r 

On Big Pictures 

Some key exhibs appeared this 
week about ready for more distrib 
knuckle-rapping over what appears 
to be a new trend toward upped 
admission-scale product. 

Many theatremen state privately 
that they don’t mind tilting scales 
for outstanding pix such as Para- 
mount’s “Greatest Show on Earth” 
and Metro's “Qua Vadis,” but they 
promise to do much .squawking, if 
prices are forced up on other pix. 

• No particular pix were cited by 
the exhibs. They merely noted 
the number of them which, may go 
the advanced admissions route. 

Robert M. Mochrie, RKO 1 sales 
y.p. has revealed . that “Sudden 
Fear,” indie starring Joan Craw- 
ford and produced by Joseph Kauf- 
man, will play a few spots at raised 
tariff. It opens on that basis Oct. 
1 at the Hillstreet, Pantages and 
Fox Theatres in Beverly Hills. 

Metro’s “Ivanhoe” was tested at 
a few Loew’s houses at upped 
scales and the results favored the 
policy, at least for other pre-re- 
lease engagements. “The Snows 
of Kilimanjaro,” 20th-Fox produc- 
(Continued on page 18) 

Kramer to Huddle With 
Navy on ‘Caine Mutiny’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Stanley Kramer is due back late 
this week for immediate huddles 
with writer Stanley Roberts on 
“The Caine Mutiny” script. He 
expects to go to Washington late 
this month fqr Navy approval of 
the script. 

Meanwhile, he launches “The 
Juggler” here Sept. 16, with 
troupe leaving for Israel after two 
weeks of filming here.. He’s also 
planning “Circle of Fire,” (for- 
merly “The Library”), Mary Pick- 
ford starrer,.for late October with 
Irving Reis directing. 

He returned to New York Mon- 
day (18) from a six-week trip 
abroad. 


GOOD PIX, HEAT 



Film grosses are maintaining the 
upbeat that set in at th^ end of 
July. Best estimate#, are that biz 
for the past three week's has been 
up about 10 % over a year ago. 

The 10% figure is given by some 
industry statisticians after they ap- 
ply what they call “the lying fac- 
tor.” That results' from an old 
industry habit of never admiting 
biz is as... good- at it is, Exhibs take 
the tack because they fear admis- 
sion of good grosses will push up 
distrib rental demand, and distribs 
adopt the tactic for fear exhibs will 
use their reports of good grosses- 
as a reason for asking for adjust- 
ments, 

Upturn in biz is credited in part 
to quality of the product now in 
early runs. Best example is on 
Broadway, where a flock of pix 
have been giving the sti’eet excel- 
lent late-summer income. Among 
the pix are “Ivanhoe” . (M-G), 
“Jumping Jacks” (Par), “Carrie” 
(Par) “King Kong” (RKO), ^Robln 
Hood” (RKO) “Don’t Bother to 
Knock” (20th), “High Noon” (UA), 
“Dreamboat” (20th), “Sudden 
Fear” (RKO) and “Affair in Trini- 
dad” (Col). 

Another factor said to be ac- 
(Continued on page 16) 

10,001) Theatres 
In C0MP0 Sept. 2 

Council • of 'Motion Picture Or 
ganizations’ membership roster 
will reach k new peak of 10,000 
theatres by Sept. 2, it’s indicated 
by results achieved so far on the 
all-industry org’s dues drive. By 
late yesterday (Tues.) all hut six 
districts, mainly in the far west, 
had reported In on the dues cam- 
paign, which was conducted, last 
W66k* 

The push for exhib revenue, 
'hich will be matched dollar for 
ollar by the distribs,- has ibeen ex- 
;nded to the Sept. 2 date to allow 
>r maximum effort in bringing in 
lentbers. The dues they contri- 
ute will go into COMPO's gen- 
ral fund and is to he used largely 
> finance the drive to repeal the 
ederal admission tax. 



Johnston to Spokane 

Eric Johnston flies to Spokane 
today (Wed.) to remain until Sept. 
2. Trip is principally to take c#re 
of personal biz at his home there, 
but he’s also slaved to make sev- 
eral non-film speeches in the. west. 
Motion Picture Assn, of America 

prez has tentatively accepted a bid 

to make * major address to tfce 
Theatre Owners of America at 
their convention in 1 Washington 
Sept. 18. Final acceptance hinges 
on Johnston’s ability to withdraw 
from a prior commitment. 



Theatre TV, Pix 



New York circuit operator Harry 
Brandt made k bid Monday (18) 
for the combined theatre TV and 
motion picture rights to the Joe 
Walcott-Rocky Marciano heavy- 
weight title fight in Philadelphia 
Sept. 23. This is Jhe first time 
since Nate Halpern set up the The- 
atre Network Television outfit al- 
most two years ago that he has 
run into competition . for large- 
screen rights to a fight. 

Offer by Brandt to the Interna- 
tional Boxing Club, promoters of 
the fray, is reported to have been 
“in six figures plus a percentage. 
It is understood likely I^BC will ac- 
cept the bid, since It definitely 
does not want home video cover- 
age, which is the only medium that 
might be able to touch the Brandt 

Understood to he associated 
with Brandt in the effort is Joe 
Roberts, who has produced the 
film versions of numerous big 
bouts for the IBC. Brandt and 
Roberts recently organized Bilpam 
Corp., which was announced at the 
time it was set up as planning to 
handle tele and film rights. 

Brandt got his taste of the fight 
biz a couple months ago when he 
(Continued on page 24) 


■4 Heavy grosses rung up by “King 
1 Kong” played an important part 
in finally killing off recently a deal 
that had been many months in 
the' making for~sale of RKO ’s film 
library, according to reports in 
New .York this week. Would-be 
purchasers were a Canadian 
financial group headed by Lou 
-Chester. They are said to have 
had a tieup with the DuMont net- 
work to participate in the finano 
ing and take over television syndi- 
cation of the RKO 'pix. 

Uncertainty of* the value of a 
vast backlog of pix, as exemplified 
by the surprise take of “Kong,” 
is said to have led RKO topper 
Howard Hughes to deliver the coup 
de grace to the Chesler plan. Ca- 
nadian’s plan Was to give Hughes 
$14,000,000 worth of JftKO’s , owrt 
stock in return for -the library of 
some 800 pix antedating 1949. 

“Kong,” plucked from the RKOf 
vaults, is 19 years old, Present 
Indications are that in the current 
reissue its take will be more than 
$2,000,000, Since its cost has long 
since been paid off, RKO’s gravy 
will be better than 10% of Ches- 
ier’s suggested purchase price for 
the entire library. 

RKO prez Ned E. Depinet is 
understood to have registered 
strong objection with Hughes to 
making the backlog sale to Chesler 
— or to anyone else, for that mat- 
(Continued on page 18) 


Par Stock Recovery 
Seen Due to Denial 
Of Balaban Unloading 

Rapid recovery In the price of 
Paramount stock while most other 
film Issues remain close to their 
1952 lows is attributed to denials 
of reports that prexy Barney Bala- 
ban was about to unload 40,000 
shares. Par hit a bottom of 21^ 
on the Balaban rumor about four 
weeks ago and has since climbed 
back to around 25. 

Report that the Par prez was 
about to unload resulted from his 
registration with the Securities Ac 
(Continued on page 22) 


National Boxoffice Survey 


Trade Still in High Gear; 
2d Place," ‘In Arms 

Continued cool weather and con- 
tinuance of the flow of strong 
product will spell another strong 
session currently at the nation s 
film theatres; Even without the 
large array of films which obvi- 
ously are waiting for the arrival 
of Labor Day, present lineup of 
winning fare is bringing back 
patrons who have not been in the 
pic houses this summer. 

“Affair in Trinidad” (Col) is tak- 
ing over national leadership this 
round, after, pushing up to third 
place last week. “High Noon 
(UA), first a week ago, is holding 
nicely to take second position. 

“World in His Arms” (U,) fifth 
last stanza, is climbing to third 
spot, closely followed by “Where's 
Charley” (WB). Latter was in- 
clined to be somewhat spotty in 
its first round over the country. 
Fifth money is going to “Jumping 
Jacks” (Par), which was second 

“Dreamboat” (20th), just getting 
started in a few scattered keys a 
week ago, is pushing up smartly to 
capture sixth position. “Don’t 
Bother To Knock” (20th), which 
has been surprisingly strong on its 
initial playdates, is ah'o wing 
enough to land seventh. “Carrie” 
(Par) will be eighth, with “Great- 
est Show” (Par), ninth. “We’re Not 
Married” (20th), in the nymey for 
several weeks, rounds out the Big 
10 . 

“Island of Desire ” 1 (UA), “King 


‘Affair’ No. 1, ‘Noon’ In 
’ 3d, ‘Charley’ 4th 

Kong” (RKO) (reissue) and “Robin' 
Hood” (RKO-Disney) are runner- 
up pix in that order. 

Some additional, big films box- 
office-wise started out in the pres- 
ent session.' “Caribbean” (Par) 
looks very sturdy on its Phillip 
preem. “Ivanhoe” (M : G) continues 
smash on its dates in Cleveland, 
Frisco and N. Y. At the vast N. Y. 
Music Hall pic is landing $170,000 
in third ’week, considerably over 
what many films get their opening 
session. 

“Les Miserables” (20th), also new, 
is doing very nicely on its opening 
at N. Y. Kivoli, being especially 
strong since its reopening that 
house. “Merry Widow” (M-G) is 
rated big in Pittsburgh. “Sudden 
Fear” (RKO) ranges' from fine to 
sock in three keys. 

“One Minute To Zero” (RKO), 
socko in „ Denver, shapes big in 
Toronto. Also a newcomer, “What 
Price Glory” (20th) looms medium 
in L. A. “Lost in Alaska” (U) is 
spotty so far. “Strange World 
(UA) looks hot in ^Cincinnati. 

“Will Rogers” CWB), uneven this 
round, is sock in K. C. “Lovely to 
Look At” (M-G), fine in Portland, 
shapes fair in Denver. “Wild 
Heart” (RKO), nice in Toronto and 
L. A., is mild In Washington and 
slow in Frisco. 

( Complete Boxoffice Reports on 
Pages 10-11) 



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Although it's difficult to esti- 
mate the actual income, there's 
plenty of coin in the production 
and marketing of burlesque-type; 
pix. Market for this type of film 
has been opening recently, and 
producers and distribs are reaping 
a windfall. Production of these, 
pix Is taking place in both New 
York and the Coast. Operation is 
in the hands of small indies em- 
ploying privately-financed coin. 

Pix are ground out at a cost of 
between $15,000 to $20,000, with a' 
few being broughf in at as low‘as 
$8,000. The grossing potential of 
the stripix has run between $80,- 
000. and $100,000, a remarkable 
take considering the cost of pro- 
duction. Shooting schedules are 
short and the talent strictly minor 
league, with few. If any, of the top- 
drawer peelers supplying their tal- 
ents for the celluloid takeoffs. 

As one producer of these dims 
explained it, * these pix are “in- 
credibly bad," with Cliche stories 
and poor production values. “But 
>vho cares?” he said, “They’re not 
evaluated by any critics.” Films 
are mild versions of buriey per- 
formances and haven’t run into 
any widespread opposition, as yet 
from censor boards although there 
have been isolated cases of har- 
assment In Minneapolis, the 
RKO-Fan, one -of two local RKO 
houses, faces possible, loss of its 
license for showing “French Peep 
Show,” an independently distrib- 
uted filmed burlesque perform- 
ance. 

' i 

Difficulty in obtaining exploita- 
ble pix has prompted some Houses 
to book the film peelers. Interest 
is engendered by daring . advertis- 
ing, Consisting mainly of huge 
posters. Some exhlbs, faced with 
product difficulty, take the atti* 

(Continued on page 24) 


Eqaityites Asked To 
Reconsider Demands 
For Todd’s TV ‘Venice^ 

Directorates of Actors Equity 
and Chorus Equity have been 
asked to reconsider the unions’ de- 
mands for a full week’s pay for 
performers under the plan for an 
.experimental large-screen telecast 
of Mike Todd’s “Night in Venice” 
from J ones Beach State Park, Long 
Island. The boards of both unions 
took up. the matter initially at 
meetings in New York yesterday 
; (TuesJ. 

Fabian Theatres, which had ar- 
ranged for the TV tryout at the 
Warner Theatre on Broadway, de- 
cided to « suspend the plan when 
the labor groups made known their 
terms. They would have brought 
the total costs to $30,000 it’s under- 
stood. 

• Fabian feels that the closed-cir- 
cuit TV pickup should be con- 
ducted solely In the interest of 
experiment, and since no one is 
to reap any profit, , the union de- 
mands are way out “of line. If the 
two Equity outfits have a change 
of heart and okay the test on a 
gratis basis, chances are the unions 
involved, including the American 
Federation of Musicians, would do 
the same. Telecast of “Venice,” 
using DuMont closed-circuit facili- 
ties, could be skedded within a 
few days of the unions’ approval. 

Todd at the outset authorized 
the telensing of his production for 
the Warner house. Audience was 
to consist only of a handful of 
invited guests. 


LYONS SUED OVER NEW 
CAMERA VISION FIRM 

Los Angeles, Aug. 19. 
Two stockholders in Camera 
Vision Productions filed suit in 
Federal Court charging Arthur 
Lyons, prexy, with misappropri- 
ating company funds. Plaintiffs 
are Gloria Dahlberg and Rose K. 

£n* ach of whom said she has 
$50,000 invested in the firm, which 
has been developing a new cam- 
r hhn and TV production 
They ask repayment by Lyons 
accounting of profits, appointment 
of a receiver and injunction re- 
straining sale of the camera. Co- 
defendants with Lyons are Edgar 
Raymond Lewis and Edward C, 
x lynn. 


Pix to Get Spotlight . .. . 
At Catholic Convention 

Motion pictures will be spot- 
lighted at the 19th convention of 
tfio International Federation of 
Catholic Alumnae, which opens to- 
day (Wed.)' at the Waldorf-Astoria; 
Hotel, New York, and runs three 
days. Delegates from the more 
than 500 associations affiliated 
with the federation will attend. 
Total membership, which totals' 
around. 500,000, i$ comprised of 
wmmen graduates of Roman Catho- 
lic universities, colleges and high 
schools. • 

Content of pix will' be discussed 
at two sessiojoStoday, one of which 
will feature an address by Msgr. 
Patrick J. Masterson, exec secre- 
tary of the Legion of Decency. 
He’ll talk on the “Moral Responsi- 
bility of the Screen.’ V. Third ses- 
sion of films is slated -for tomorrow 

morning. 


I CONPQ Dn« Credited 

Coin 'collected in last “week’* fi- 
nance drive fiy the Council* of Mo* 
tion Picture' 1 .Organizations will' be* 
credited to each theatre as its dues 
fori the year from Sept. J, 1852, to 
Sept. 1, 1853. 

Contributions will . be matched' 
by member, companies of the Mo- 
tion Picture Assn, pi America. It 
is hoped the take will be big; 
enough so that no further tap need, 
be made on the majors prior to : 
Septi 1 of- next year. 



Eludes COMPO 


Council of Motion Picture Or- 
ganizations has yet to name a sal- 1 
aried coordinator of its tax cam- 
paign though committees to con- 
duct the battle In every state are 
now set up. 

A few* indUstryites have been 
eyed for the spot but nothing has 
materialized- They included Mau- 
rice Bergman, Universal exec; 
Henderson M« Richey, exhfb rela- 
tions chief for Metro, and Paul 
Short, National Screen Service di- 
vision manager in Dallas. 

Still being mentioned for the 
spot inexhib' circles is Sam Shain, 
indie public relations counselor. 
Shain formerly was assistant to 
20th-Fox prez Spyros P. Skduras 
and 20th’s director of trade and 
exhib relations. 

COMPO last week completed its 
mass collection of dues from ex- 
hibs across the country, with film 
company salesmen acting as so- 
licitors. Income will be placed in 
the general fund which, in turn, 
will be tapped to finance the tax 
drive. • 


WB TESTS TV BALLY 
FOR ‘FATIMA* PREEM 

RKO’s successful use of satura- 
tion video advertising to promote 
the opening of a' picture is serving 
as a basis for other companies to 
experiment with similar* cam- 
paigns. Warner Bros., as a test, 
will make a full-scale use of tele- 
vision 0 for the “N. Y. launching of 
“The Miracle of Our Lady of Fa- 
tima,” which begins a day-and-date 
engagement at the Bijou and Astor 
Theatres tomorrow (Thurs.). 

Company has bought time with 
WNBT, WCBS, WABD and WOR 
for a TV campaign this week. 
WNBT, under a package setup, is 
receiving 75% of the, total TV ex- 
penditure, with the remaining 25% 
spread .among the other stations. 
TV push is reportedly costing WB 
aboqt $7,000. 

Unlike RKO, which for “King 
Kong” and- “Sudden Fear” pre- 
pared special -minute spots, station 
breaks and other TV trailers, 
Warners is only using spot cards, 
with a live announcer making the 
pitch. Its deal with WNBT calls 
for the spotting of the announce- 
ments at various times during the 
day. 

Meanwhile, RKO TV campaign 
will be used for “The Big Sky” 
and the upcoming “The Lusty 
Men.” 


Tri-Dimension Short 
To Play With Oboler Pic 

Tri-dimensional short subject to 
play with Arch Oboler’s third-di- 
mension feature,. “Bwana Devil,” is 
currently being made on the Coast 
by Robert Clampett., He has been 
licensed by Natural Vision Corp. to 
use its process, as was Oboler. 

Polaroid glasses are required to 
view both the feature and short. 
Films are just about finished and 
plans, are now being made for their 
release. 



"Movietime’ Drive 


Hollywood, Aug, 19. 

Eight major studios pledged full 
support to the next “Movietime 
-U. S. A.” drive at a meeting of film 
.executives with Sam Pinanski and 
Trueman Rembusch, COMPO top- 
pers, and Robert J. O’Donnell, 
“Movietime” chairman. Meeting 
also heard reports on COMPO’s 
fight to eliminate the 20% Federal 
admission tax and discussed the 
Government’* antitrust suit to com- 
pel film producers to release 16m 
prints to television. 

O’Donnell predicted that with 
full support of the major studios 
the forthcoming “Movietime” tours 
will “reflect their support at the 
boxoffice and in the public’s good 
will toward Hollywood.” Eight 
studio executives promised to 
round up their contract players for 
the campaign. 

Pinapski reported that COMPO’s 
information machinery is being 
used to its full extent for the first 
time to fight the amusement tax. 
Rembusch pointed out that that the 
Federal levy is a $300,000,000 dis- 
criminatory tax which may mean 
the failure of more than 6,000 
small theatre operators. 

Studios were represented at the 
meeting by Harry Cohn of Colum- 
(Continued on page 16). 


METRO, RKO TOP USERS 
OF MAG ADS IN ’52 

Metro and .RKO were the top 
users of national magazine adver- 
tising space during the first five 
months ef 1952, with M-G shelling 
out a total of $469,190 and RKO 
$368,096 during that period. Uni- 
versal, although it spent only $122,- 
835, used $103,975 of that total 
for mag advertising of “Bend of 
the River,”- the greatest amount 
earmarked for a single picture dur- 
ing that period. Runnerup was 
Metro’s “The Wild North,” with a 
mag budget of $96,470. 

Columbia was thfe third largest 
user of magazine space with an 
expenditure of $228,380. In fourth 
position was Paramount with $188,- 
379 while Universal’s $122,835 
placed it in the fifth spot. 20th- 
Fox, $88,995; United Artists, $86,- 
510, and Warner Bros., $76,795, 
follow in that 'order. 

While the other companies em- 
ploy national mag space for se- 
lected pix, Metro uses it most con- 
sistently, allotting some space for 
almost every pic. . 

Biggest outlay for mag space 
went to the fan books, with the 
Saturday Evening Post, Life, Look, 
Colliers, American Magazine, 
Woman’s Home Companion, Red- 
book, McCall's, Good Housekeep- 
ing, Parents’ and Seventeen among 
the more favored national, publica- 
tions. The American Weekly and 
This Week magazine received the 
big play in the Sunday supplement 
category. 


Monroe Gets Measles, 

If She Gets ‘Loco’ 

Purchase by 20th-Fox last week 
of a 1946 play, “Loco,” is report- 
edly to provide a vehicle for Mari- 
lyn Monroe. Yarn is of a business- 
man who takes a sirenlike blonde 
away for a weekend at a resort, 
only to have her come down with 
the measles. 

Play, by Dale Eunson and Kath- 
arine Albert, was produced on 
Broadway by Jed Harris in 1946. 
It folded after 37 performances. 
Jean Parker played the - femme in 
the legiter. 



Issues Seen Wound Up This Wed 


/ ** 


Picture Industry Has . 
Own Expp "at Otiio Fair 

Columbus, O., Aug. 19. 

'The picture industry will have- 
its own exhibit at the Ohio State 
Fair opening this week (Fri.). Ex- 
position runs eight days. 

The exhibit, sponsored by tile 
Independent Theatre Owners of 
Ohio, whose members kicked in $2 
each to underwrite the promotion, 
will include miniature sets, planes,' 
boats, costumes, sketches' and 
many other items used in the mak- 
ing of pictures. All major studios 
have cooperated with. ITO in the 
venture. 



Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Hollywood' film folk are swarm- 
ing all over London these days, 
with seven American productions 
in work and eight other -films 
slated to start before the end of 
the year, either, stemming from 
Hollywood * or employing Holly- 
wood names. 

Metro is filming “Never* Let Me 
Go” with Clark Gable, Gene Tier- 
ney and Richard Heydn. Warners 
is making “The Master, of Ballan- 
trae” with Errol Flynn. John Hus- 
ton. is doing “Motilln Rouge’’ with 
Jose 'Ferrer and Zsa Zsa Gabor. 
Walt Disney- is producing “The 
Sword and the Rose” with a Brit- 
ish cast. Nassour Bros., are -shoot- 
ing “Street of Chance” with Cesar 
Romero. Alexander Paal is doing 
“Foursided Triangle” with Barbara 
Payton, and Mike Frankovlch has 
Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan 
working in “Decameron Nights.” 

David Rose starts “Toilers of the 
Sea” this week for RKO release, 
with Raoul Walsh directing and 
Yvonne De Carlo and Rock Hudson 
in top roles. ^ Irving Allen and 
Cubby Broccoli are prepping “The 
Red Beret” as a starrer for Alan 
Ladd, who will remain there to 
appear in “The White South.” Joel 
McCrea and Evelyn Keyes will 
soon appear ,in “Rough Shoot,” 
which Robert Parrish will direct 
for. UI distribution,. Gene Kelly is 
readying Metro's “Invitation to 
the Dance” and will stay over for 
the same company’s “Brigadoon.” 
Jeff Hunter and Michael Rennie 
will thesp in 20th-Fox’s “Able Sea- 
man Jones,” starting there in Sep- 
tember. 

Sam Spiegel is in London to 
make “Melba” for UI release. Jul- 
ian Lesser is committed to make 
two films annually in England, 
starting with “Target for the 
Saint.” Sol Lesser and British pro- 
ducer Sydney Box will collaborate 
on “Black Chiffon” and may fol- 
low with ‘.'Civilian Clothes.” 


N» Y, to L. A.< 

Philip Barry, Jr. 

Ed Cashman 
Joan Crawford 
Dan Dailey' 

Wanda Hendrix 
Joel Preston 
Gregory Ratoff 
Paul Small 
Elizabeth Winston 

N. Y. to Europe 
Fayette W. Allport 
Donald Flamm 
Herbert Jaffey 
Anita Leonard 
Louis Nye 
Ron Randell 
Nate Weiss 

Europe to N. Y. 

Ed Begley 
Martin Begley 
Vittorio Gassman 
Nigel Green 
Bob Hawk ' 

■ Peter Lind Hayes 
Mary Healy 
George Howe 
Greta Keller 
Stanley Kramer 
Don- Loper \ 

I. E. Lopert 
Clive Revill 
William S. Roach 
• Margaret Webster 
L. Arnold Weissberger 


Washington, Aug to 

. »n piL 

anti-trust issues are likely to £ 

washed up this week as the resuU 
of at Commission directive to ex 
amtner Deo Resnick, which virtual! 
ly rules out any further testimony 
on the eligibility ofTaramount Pic! 
tures Corp. as a broadcast licensee 
and the = proposed ABC-United 
Paramount Theatres merger. 

Resnick will hold a formal ses- 
sion tomorrow (Wed.) with parties 
l*? 6 Bjj )ce ®dings 1 to determine 
whether they desire to present fur! 
ther testimony in the face of the 
Commission’s order last week 
which, in effect, directs him to 
wind up the hearings. The order 
ruled out any further consider*, 
tion of the Scophony case, left it 
up to Resnick to decide whether 
additional evidence should be re- 
ceived on current anti-trust ac- 
.tions against Paramount, but em- 
phasized ' the importance of a 
speedy termination of the six- 
month-old proceedings. 

. It’s expected that Resnick will 
put it up to the lawyers to say 
whether they have any ’ further 
testimony to present which can 
be offered quickly, and if there ii 
any reason why the record of the 
proceedings, should not be closed. 
Since it would require some time 
to produce witnesses and go into 
current anti-trust activities involv- 
ing Par, it's considered doubtful 
that Commission counsel Frederick 
Ford, .who ba? been directing the 
Government’s case, will insist on 
further hearings. 

Merger Approval 
Windup of the proceedings prac- 
tically assures approval of the 
merger and renewal of license of 
Par’s TV station in Los Angeles, 
KTLA, following filing of proposed 
findings and issuance of the ex- 

(Continued on page 22) 

Panama-Frank to Film 
Comedy, Drama With Sam« 
Casts, Crews at Metro 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Norman Panama and Melvin 
Frank have completed screenplays 
of two pix which will be lensed 
simultaneously at Metro, using 
same cists, crews and sets where 
possible. One is comedy, the other 
a drama. 

• Scriptings on both were joint 
efforts, and each will direct one 
film. Schedule is being arranged 
so-thesps can bicycle between pro- 
ductions. Shooting starts after first 
of the year but Panama and Frank 
decline to' divulge the titles, feel- 
ing they would reveal story lines. 

L. A. to N. Y. 

Charles Alpert 
- Mort Briskin 
Jack Broder 
Dorothy Bromily 
Vanessa Brown 
Macdonald Carey 
Joan Caulfield 
Tamar Cooper 
Lester Cowan 
A1 Daff 
Linda Darnell 
Ned E. Depinet 
Baruch Dienar 
Nina Foch 
Wilton Graff 
Gloria Graham 0 
Henry Hathaway 
Lisa Howard 
Rock Hudson 
Morgan Hudgins 
Burl Ives 
Forrest Judd 
Henry King 
Reginald Le Borg 
Frank Loesser 
Clare Boothe Luce 
Jeanette MacDonald 
Carole Mathews 
Yehudi Menuhin 
John Merrick 
Terry Moore 
Mike Nidorf 
Helen O’Connell 
MaUreen O’Hara 
Dorothy Olney 
Julian Olney 
Lew Parker 
Otto Preminger 
Lewis Rachrtlii 
Benay Yenuta 
John Wayne 
Aubrey Wisberg 




While, approval or rejection of+ 

JbtoSls now *»w ? ited, distri- Pickford Sues Cowan 


Still at Premium 

For Pic Theatres 

^ ' 

Finding and holding competent 


arbitration is no'w awaited, diatri- 

bution execs made Jt ^>*ar tWs Los Angeles, Aug. 19. ! 

week that the system, Jl aa pte^ Mary pJckford fi , ed sult ln Su _ 
mustwork to their advantage m perlor court t0 collcct $ 17 , 500 , as- 
fewer antitrust suits, or else tney 11 J erte(lly due fcolli Lester Cowan . 

icuttle it. - ' . , Actress declares she lent the coin 

• Execs commented privately they Q 0Wan produce a film on June 
still fear that exhibs in many cases lf 1947 , and has been refused pay- 
will continue to go to court when me nt. Action was brought through 
they think they have a chance to the Adjustment Corp., to which the 
collect big damages. It was because c j a i m f 0r collection was assigned. 

of this fear that the major com- : 

oanies insisted on an “escape 

clause” in the draft oh setting up ¥ 7 , 1 

the system. This provides that Y 011110 rAKAnilP 
either the distrib or exhib parties i UUlll£ 1 vl dUHIIGI . 
to the plan may call the . whole 

thing off after an. 18-month tryout. n g *ll v • 

Distribs believe that after that time Vf||l P 1*0111111111 

period they’ll have full knowledge i/illl -Ul 1 1 CIUIUIU 
of arbitration’s benefits- so far as 

the law-suit problem is concerned |l T\* >T*1 ■ 

and can act accordingly. MAf KlA I 1103 1 1*0 Q 

Meantime, sole item still to be 1 Ul 1 Iv 1 llvllll GO 
worked out by the exhib^distrib - • . ' ^ A 

committees is the matter of financ- Finding and holding competent 
in* No one has come Up with a theatre personnel, a problem that 
formula determining how much is has plagued film houses for the 

to be paid by Whom and for what, past two or three years, appears 

But it’s understood that agreement nowhere near solution, a survey of 
has been reached oh the principle circuits and indie theatres dis- 
of sharing costs and keeping the closed this week. ■ Turnover among 
arbitration structure on a simpli- ushers has been particularly acute, 
fled, inexpensive basis; with fewer young men showing an 

hirfh nrWd indication to hold on to these jobs. 

Theatres literally have to dig in 
natmnal administrator, as pr p their communities for usher help, 
by Theatre Owners of America, has ... .. .. , 

been voted down and it now ap- Although the situation hasnt 

pears that an arbitration secretary been as trying, theatre chains have 
with ‘a small staff will be employed, had a great deal of ^ difficulty in 
to keep records on the various pro- lining up the right type of man- 
ceedings and to do some coordi- agers. It s easy, execs noted, to 
nation work Pick U P * n ordinary house man 

natlon who chalks up the. receipts and 

oversees the help, but- it’s getting 
f 0 11 D*JLx-a more and more difficult to find 

tOW&H uCllS JtUj'lUS showman managers, that is, men 

' n 1 in 1 > x OAiL who kn P w publicity and exploita- 

n (irftAKX 10 ZUth. tion and who can become an in- 
w U' " f > tegral part of the community. 

Closes Ram Deal Even the plush New York houses 
• are experiencing constant change- 

Story rights, to. “Greeks Had a overs in ushers and have been 
Word for Them,” first released by forced to run almost daily help- 

jkii.A A 4*. IOOT ovft' ViOOTl J _ J _ A ... : 


nation work. 


Cowan Sells Rights 
To ‘Greeks’ to 20th, ! 
Closes ‘Rain’ Deal 


» i V* v« "V 9 ~ — JLVA VVU IrU A USA UAUIVUV 

United Artists ip 1932, have been wanted ads. Army service has 
sold by producer Lester Cowan to tapped the supply of these job- 
20th-Fox for conversion into a film seekers considerably as has the 
musical. Purchase price was not lure of higher wages in industrial 
revealed. “Greeks” was one of 10 and other fields. It is rare instance 
pix to which Cowan obtained rights today to find a young man embark- 
last year in a deal with Mary Pick- ing on a theatre management ca- 
ford. reer via the usher route. Present- 

Cowan, back in New York from iday ushers, theatre, execs point 
Hollywood, also* reveals that he has ou t* merely take the jobs as a tern- 
closed a deal- for Jerry Wald to porary means of picking'.up spend- 
buy “Rain,” another 1932 UA re- ing coin, and few have shown- any 
lease in his Pickford buy. Wald inclination of hanging around long 
Plans to convert the property into enough to learn the theatre biz. 
a. Technicolor musical to be re- As a result of the shortage, the- 
leased under the title of “Sadie atres have had to rely a great deal 
Thompson.” - * ' on part-time help, employing local 

Incidentally, three-way deal in- JJgh schoolers and collegians. In 
volving Cowan’s production- of New Jersey, the Walter Reade cir- 
“Main Street to Broadway,” fea- cuit has hired on a part-time basis 
ture length pic designed to pro- many off-dirty GIs from Ft. Mon- 
mote the living theatre, was closed mouth and Camp Kilmer, 
yesterday (Tuesj in N. Y. by ' 

Metro. Cinema Productions, exhib- r 11 .• u . r* • 

r?^ d ^ nit ; and j h ® reuer-Martm Must bet 

Living Theatre. M-G will distrib _ _ _ _ ^ 

the pic, which it is financing 
jointly with the exhib group. 

Cowan heads back to the Coast 


New York may be the test area 
for the industry’s initial experi- 
ment with "streamlined 1 *, distribu- 
tion, Metropolitan territory was 
suggested for the trial at a meet- 
ing last week of major company 
salesmanagers. 

Complexity of the New York ex- 
change operation would make the 
test somewhat harder to orgahize 
in the area. However, Columbia 

sales chief Abe Montague, who Was 
' 6 ne of those favoring it, saw an 
advantage in- that the distribution 
heads .could view at first hand the 
results of the experiment, rather 
than judging it by proxy or writ- 
ten reports. 

Also under consideration as a 
possible test spot is Charlotte, N. C. 
That ’s been on the agenda for sev- 
eral years and is looked on as a 
likely locale if it is decided that 
the metropolitan area is too com- 
plicated, as a starter. 

- Another meeting by the sales 
chiefs on the project is slated for 
tomorrow (Thurs.). At that time, 
reps of several outfits that are can- 
didates to run "the “streamlined” 
distribution have been invited to 
present their ideas. It is under- 
stood that -National Screen Service 
and perhaps some other agencies 
will -have reps on hand. * 

. CJlark Bros, in Philly, one of the 
nation’s leading shipping outfits, 
which handles much film, is not ex- 
pected to be represented tomorrow. 
It has been a leading proponent of 
consolidation of physical handling 
of pictures, and its views* are pret- 
ty well known. It is ready to go 
into the' project on practically any 
basis the majors, want, including 
erecting special buildings where 
required. 

Initial step in the “streamlining” 
would be consolidation of “back- 
; room” .facilities of the majors in 
’ each exchange centre. That means 
1 that instead of each company doing 

(Continued on page 18) 


Wott* Switch 

* Kingston, Jamaica, would 
have been the ideal spot for a 
preem of “Caribbean” because 
of the film’s’ locale. But be* 
cause of the costs which a 
junket to -the isle would entail, 
Paramount pulled a switch. 

The Bill Pine^Bill Thomas 
production is now set to bow 
tomorrow (Thurs.) at two Wal- 
ter Reade theatres in King- 
ston, N. Y. 

UPT May Merge 
Del, Ohio Units 



‘Guys’ Pic Price Soon 

Cowan heads back to the Coast Producers Cy Feuer and Ernie 
at the end of this week, shooting Martin must shortly set a price on-* 
to resume on the pic in two weeks screen rights to their hit musical, 
at the Goldwyn studip.' In about “Guys and Dolls.” They are in dan- 
eight weeks, the production unit ger otherwise of. losing their rights 
will return to N. Y. for local shoot- to peddle the property to Holly- 


1 Anti-trust suit against the eight 
principal distribs, Skouras Thea- 
tres and Metropolitan Playhouses 
was filed in- New York Federal 
Court yesterday (Tues.) by Leff 
Myers Corp., . pperator of the De 
.Luxe Theatre, Bronx, N. Y. Plain- 
tiff demands- treble damages of $ 2 ,- 
500,000. 

Complaint alleges that the/ De’ 
Luxe was forced to bid for prod-* 
net against Loew’s Elsmere Thea- 
tre despite the fact that the two 
houses are not in competition. It’s 
also claimed that the De Luxe bids 
were revealed to Loew’s and, as a 
result of alleged conspiracy, the 
De Luxe hasn’t been able to ob- 
tain desired pix since November, 
1951. 


O’ 

Richard Rodgers ana oscai witn ’ ^aramounr. oiuaio owns me 
Hammerstein, 2 d, have written a Damon Runyon original, “The 
special song for the pic, their first Idyll of Sarah Brown,” on which 
tune for a /film- since 20th~Fox’s the musical is based. 

State Fair.” Par allowed use of the yarn un- 

— der a deal b a y which it would re- 

R . T1 . ceive approximately 15% of pro- 

. A mrnpr I Mtvincf ceeds of a film sale and by which 

n. iidijjer Lea Y lug it has first refusal and right t0 

Mafrn fn Inin SliAa ineet W other studio’s bid for 
lTieiltl 10 join wllvfl the tune version. However, there 

Richard A. Harper is bowing out must be some action toward selling 
as circuit sales exec for Metro to it by two years after its opening- 
join M. A. Shea Theatrical Enter- which will be In October— or Par 
Prises as exec assistant to the pres- can grab its rights back, 
ident. Switch was announced in Initially/ unless they have an- 
New York yesterday (Tues.) by other bid to present to Par, Feuer 
Gerald Shea, prez of the circuit. * and Martin will have to set a price 
Harper had been a member of and offer the property to the stu- 
Metro’s sales cabinet for the past dio. If Par turns it down, the pro- 
several years under distribution ducers can then seek other bidders, 
V-P. Charles Reagan and his pre- but subsequently must give Par the 
Accessor, William F, Rodger*. chance to meet any other offer. 


to peddle the property to Holly- 
wood as a result of an arrangement 
Oscar with * Paramount. Studio owns the 


New $396,000 Suit 

Cleveland, Aug. 19. 

State Theatre of Uhrichrville has 
filed a $396,000 antitrust suit in 
Federal Court here against eight 
film firms and distributors, charg- 
ing the house was unable to get 
feature films until two weeks after 
they had been shown in New Phila- 
delphia, eight miles away. 

The Tuscarawas Amus. Co., own- 
er of the State, named as defen- 
dants Columbia Pictures, Loew’s, 
20th Fox, Paramount Film Distrib- 
uting, RKO Radio Pictures, Uni- 
versal Film Exchanges, Warner 
Bros. Pictures Distributing and 
United Artists. 

State owners, listed as Charles 
Albert, Margaret Adams, Helen 
Gandall, Bertha Ost?ow, Simon M. 
Schultz and Arthur Wintner, are 
seeking triple damages going back 
to 1940. Owners charge defendants 
with giving preferential treatment 

| (Continued on page 22) 


Earl Hudson’^ bowout a* head j 
of United Detroit Theatres, United > 
Paramount Theatres* *subsid, may J 
be preceded by integration of the ^ 
Michigan chain with another Par i 
subsid circuit, Northio Theatres 1 
Corp., which operates houses in 
Kentucky and Ohio. 

Hudson is slated to head Ameri- 
can Broadcasting Corp.’s west 
coast operations when merger of 
the net and UPT is approved, as is 
expected. He and Selig Seligraan, 
now v.p. and general manager of 
the Northio unit, - are considering 
the integration idea. 

Both Northio and United Detroit 
have been reduced in size via the- 
atre lopping under- terms of the 
Par antitrust consent, decree. Thus, 
operating the two chains as a sin- 
gle subsid enterprise is being 
weighed for efficiency and econ- 
omy. 

UPT heads in New York relate 
there hasn’t been any decision on 
who’ll head the combined opera- 
tion when Hudson exits. However, 
trade speculation is that Seligman 
is in line for the spot. 

Seligman, Who’s 34, joined the 
Par Pictures’ theatre department 
in 1946 and was assigned to Jeffer- 
son Amus., Par exhib partner in 
Texas, for training. He took #n 
exec and attorney chores at the 
homeoffice for two years* prior to 
his Northio appointment, last year. 

Producers Guild Sets 
Up Collegiate Award- 

To find and encourage new cre- 
ative tajlent for 4 hc film industry, 
the Screen Producers Guild has set 
up an intercollegiate' film^award 
for the best pic conceived and cre- 
. ated in U. S. colleges and univer- 
; sities. 

’ Schools with film ^hd d.rama de- 
partments, totalling 69, have been 
invited to submit a student-pro-] 
duced picture Which school itself 
considers its best effort. Submit- 
’ ted pix will be judged in Holly- 
wood by a special viewing com- 
mittee of the Guild composed of 
Buddy Adler, Charles Brackett, 
Jack Cummings, Arthur Freed, Sol 
Lesser, Louis Lighten, Edwin H. 

* Knopf, Jerry Wald, William. Wright 
and Carey Wilson. Following this 

■ group’s nomination of a pic, it will 

* be screened at the Academy Award 

* Theatre for the entire Guild mem- 
" bership for final voting. Later, 
- three top pix will be shown to in- 
r vited industry group. 

1 School submitting the winning 
picture will be invited to send to 
s Hollywood the one student it feels 
1 most importantly responsible for 
the film. Student, who will be 
e awarded a scroll, will be brought 
k to Hollywood as a guest of the 
s Guild for one week, during which 
t he’ll meet the various creative tal- 
ent at all the major studios. 


RKO Pictures is in hot water 
with a number of New Jersey ex- . 
hibjtors to the extent that they 
won’t buy the distribs’ pix. It’s un- 
derstood that operators of over 
100 houses in the state, many of 
them good revenue-producing situ- 
ations, are nixing the company’s 
entire lineup of films, 

Hassle-, over terms started last 
month between RKO and Warner 
Bros. It then spread to a flock of 
indlds Who are refusing to buy 
RKO product. They claim it is be- 
cause RKO, in selling away from, 
Warner theatres, "gave its first-run 
pix to a pair of drive-ins In -the 
area. 

RKO takes a different view of 
the independents’ stand. At any 
rate, feelings between RKO and 
WB are so strained at the moment 
that although a compromise is 
close on their originat* battle, later 
events are temporarily preventing 
it from being consummated. 

Battle started, over term* for a 
series of. RKO pix. First one to 
be sold away was “Clash By Night,” 
which went to Paterson and Pas- 
saic ozoners rjdfter than to the noi^- 
,mal first-run WB outlets. Indies 
who get -the regular break after 
WB have followed the circuit by 
refusing to buy from RKO. Fall- 
(Continued on page 22) 


‘Confess’ Runs Short, 

So WB Takes Over In 
Hitchy-Bernstein Deal 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

“I Confess,” which Wa* to have 
been made by the Alfred Hitch- 
cock-Sldney Bernstein Transatlan- 
tic indie unit for Warner Bros, 
release, is understood to have been 
taken over by the studio as its own 
production. Hitchcock continues to 
serve as producer-director on a 
1 salary-percentage arrangement. / 

Indie unit is reported to have 
run into difficulty setting up out- 
side financing. Since by that time 
screenplay was completed after a 
large sum was spent on it, and 
Montgomery Clift and Anne Baxter 
had been set f<)r the leads, WB 
decided to take it over as its own 
production in a deal with Hitch- 
cock and Bernstein. 

Transatlantic has for some year* 
had a tieup with WB to release 
its product. It’s part of an arrange- 
ment by which Hitchcock also pro- 
duced and directed other pix on 
the lot on a regular salary deal. 

Producer-director is currently in 
Quebec for four weeks of shooting 
exteriors. He'll return here to fin- 
ish the pic. 

Prep Documentary 

On Flying Saucers 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

New World Productions is ready- 
ing a documentary film on the fly- 
ing saucer mystery, treating the 
subject in a serious scientific man- 
ner. Picture, combining anima- 
. tion and live action, will run 60 

■ minutes. 

Film will - be produced and 
1 directed by Ted Robinson with data 
l supplied by the American Rocket 

■ Society and the British Inter- 
* planetary Society. Arthur Scott 
» will direct the animation and Sterl- 
I ing Barnett will be in charge of 
l special effects. 

Science Fiction Indie 

l Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

> Richard Carlson, Ivan Tors and 
3 Curt Siodmak organized an indie 
r company, A Men Productions, with 
5 a program of three science-fiction 
t pictures to be partly financed and 
5 released by United Artists, 
l First production will be “A 
Mten,” starting Sept. 10 on the Hal 
Roach lot. 



fluff BK VIEWS 


W^wMwIay,, August 20 , 1953 


£am*tb* 4 y L»vei Iff* 

(SONdSHdOLOK) 


Betty Huttotf* *pa rfcUng 
bik fihmisical MfK>ted by 
Bhawiom Seeffey-Beiwy IWffi 
cateen auiun praaperou* M* 


script and directed. H* give* the 
Aim a comparatively limple plot 
setup on which to hang the multi- 
tude of snog numbers, and gener- 
ally brings it off welL There is 
enough of the Seeley-FiekU careers 
suggested to give a semblance of 
fact to the picture and held Inter- 
est. Brecher gets first-rate .assist- 
ance from the technical credits, in- 
eluding George Barnes’ camera 
work and muffic direction by Emil 
N ewman. Edith . HjfiwTx -Costumes 
for Miss Hutton rfre very good. 


* Hollywood, Aug. 7. 

Paramount rel#»*e of William Perl* 
bertf-George Seaton production. Star* 

Betty Hutton; feature* Ralph Meeker, 

Robert Keith, Adel*. Jer**n«> MUie Bird, 

Henry Slate, S*d Tomaek. Written and 

directed by Irving Brecher. Camera ----- . , , . - 

tTechnicoior), George Bame«; editor, suggesting the yesteryear style 

Prank ®racht* jnuMcai 'periods of the story without being 

Newman; dances, ■ Char*** .O Curran, . ii. ..I.,, Tima 

uontf*, day giving ston, Ray kv*n»- -F**- dpwdy themselves, o rog, 

viewed. Aug. 4, '34. Buunlng Urn** f7 
MINS. 

Blossom Seeley JBetty Hutton 

Benny Ralph Meeker 

Sam Doyle Robert Keith 

Nola Beech ... Adnle J ergen* 

Essie Billie Bird 


The JKapjpy Time 

(SONG) 


Forrest He»*Y **■*£; 

Lake * Sid Tomapk 


Betty Hutton adds another show 
business name to her list of 
personality portrayals, sparking 
“Somebody Loves Me” into the 


Beguiling, human comedy 
baaed on stage hit; should 
ward-af-mouth its way to fine 
returns. 


Hollywood, Aug. 18. 

Columbia release of Stanley Krartier 
Co. production; associate producer, Earl 


AVmry Vvilw 

“Ivory Hunter” British, im- 
port - which pteomed jat th* 
Trai*-LuX 52nd Ht. Theatre* 
N. Monday (1*), was re- 
viewed from JLond'on by- yA* 
xtety under its original title 
of "Where No Vultures Ely.” 
Writing in the 'issue of Nov. 21, 
1851. Myro opined that "sub- 
stantial , exploitation will be 
needed to get the customers, in 
and that may make it a tough 
selling proposition both in 
Britain and the U. S.” 

‘ An Ealing Studio produce 
Hon, "Hunter” stars Anthony 
• •Steel, . Dinah .Sheridan and 
Harold Warrender. Critic 
pointed out that "excellent 
Technicolor photography and a 
few thrilling wild animal se- 
quences are the highlights of 
the film, but they don’t add up 
to the qualities of a picture 
selected as the Command Per- 
formance offering.” Universal 
is distributing in the Lf. S. 


mit their guilt, thereby freeing 
Montalban. Through thi* yam i* 
woven, th* romance, with Mental- 
ban's innocent do~g*oding finally 
drawing Ml**; Winters away from 
th* wine and bach to health. - 
jpast work* excellent under the 
top-drawer direction -of William A. 
Wellman, who eollabbed with the 
Writers to Inject the maximum of 
humor into .the yarn.via the by-play 
among the . happy-go-lucky Mex 
workers. Mbntalbih’s role could 
almost have' been tailored for him, 
and he .gives it- a fine performance. 
Miss Winter* turn* In another 
standout job', as the wise-cracking 
but warm-hearted ’ dipso, and ■ her 
appealing play gives the film most 
of its Warmth. 

Corey, in a role different from 
his usual romantic leads, registers 
solidly, and Miss Trevor comes up 
with a socko performance as his 
love-hungry wife. Trio of Mexicans, 
including Jose Tprvay, Jack Elam 
and Pascual Garcia Pena, lend fun 
to the script as Montalban’s cron- 
ies, and Hebert Burton scores as 
the understanding sheriff who de- 


solid filmusical class. Having Felton. SUr* Bover, Louis Jour- 

already registered at the .boxofSce fe, “jSSTsSSS SSSftaJSSK 

SrCL S jsffl^'siaaraa. SB. 

Miss Hutton now gives her special gg“*“"gg mET Sn«*s %U* Producer Stephen .Ames had no 


of grandperc Bonnard, an eldexty ^ TrlvS^tn^L^BB tte 

iu« Miss Txevor to spring with tne 


interpretation to ‘ the 
Blossom Seeley to 


i — r '■* p JK-r«enpi«y, uxi roiwii ihwu u« jeaneue i*ivjLiUi, Adhiuai a ttjulc, , . ~ ___ j, t M 

tie .career of by Samuel A. Taylor and book by -Robert Jai*k Ra-ine the dirfcv-mlnded school need , , r an ^ J lush production 

make this 87 Knuine; camera, charie* Lawton, Jr.; •*■*** tJEK n r „ * mountings, capitalizing, Instead, on 

r~~ Zc editor, William A. Lyon; muaic, ’ Dimitri principal, and. Marlene Cameron, .. antha»nti/> Califm-tiiji Inwall* 

minutes of tuneful entertainment Tiomxin: ioni» Tiotnidn *nd wash* rpnp^fintf h^r vhIa ftf thp ,rl® ^^55^ Ltiiioniia iocme. 

capable of hitting a solid box&ffice ington. Previewed Aug. 14. >32. Running next door* are among “Stormy Weather” and .the stall- 

stride in practically any situation. tim„ „ m.ms, ?°ft dird “Noche de Honda" are used 

. The film acknowledges it was ChS^s the mgiciajshd£er B uttolnh ? s «OTe hXs'nuwh 

S2& S s!!le S v ed a^d h« ' husbLd ^ — ^ up le ^ Other h p?odScdon 

fey FMds, and the semi-biopfc JhapeS- and' a^ceptlble ’ credits are Grade A. including Wil- 

treatraent flows along conventional orgjur. ....... M fridditlon to scripting. Felton I'T T^n ri,?„n ^ 

lines, highlighted by Miss Hutton s Mr. Frye . ' ' . . i . . . j.ck-Raioe served as associate producer to an( * John Dunning s edit ng, 

vivacity, song-selling talents and Alfred Grattin Kramer on the picture, and the 

Jimmy °biSof' ^Gene^CoiiijS mounting is excellent, Charles Law- 

YvopiM auu Fab«r. ton Jr.’s camera work neatly shows 

Tim M.r^c It off. Editing, is expert, and the 

Doctor Marchaud win Wright Tiomkm music score busily, goes 

.Eugene Borden about its business of backing the 


the memorable tunes of another 
era. William Perlberg and George 
Seaton have , dressed their produc- 
tion in Technicolor for visual 
emphasis in neatly showing off the Monsieur" Lafayett* 
period costumes and settings. — 

Some 20.. tunes are used, three A happy time for ticket-buyers 
•being new clef flings by Jay Living- is promised and delivered in. this 
Bton and Ray Evans* Miss Hutton, unusually good film version of* the 
under the Charles O'Curran coach- hit stage play produced by Rodgers 
Ing, is less the jitterbug in the & Hammersteln. It’s a' beguiling 
physical merchandising of the comedy of human behavior that 
numbers, putting them over with should build to fine business on the 
show-wise touches that make cred- strength of the exploitation push 
lble use of her physical attributes, it will get for key openings and 
She handles, the Seeley character- the laudable word-of-mouth that is 
ization authoritatively to 'keep certain to follow. 


O* Henry’s Full House 


comedy. 


Brog. 


O. Henry at his best on film in 
five tale* using all-star casts. 
Entertainment for all taste* 
and excellent b.o. 


My Man and I 

Entertaining yam based on mi- 
grant Mexican farm workers in 
California, With Shelley Win- 
ters, Ricardo Montalban; fair 
b.o. 


Metro release of Stephen Ames pro- 
Wint ~ ■ 


Hollywood, Aug. 18. 

20th-Fox release of Andre Hakim pro- 
duction. Star* Frpd Allens Anne Baxter. 
Jeanne Crain, Farley Granger, Charles- 
Laughton. Oacar Levant, Marilyn Monroe, 
Jean Peters, Gregory Hatolf, Dale Rob- 
ertson, David Waynp, Richard Widmark; 
feature* Joyce Mackenzie, Lee Aaker, 
Richard Rober, Fred Kelsey. Richard Gar 
rick. Narrated by John Steinbeck. Di- 
rectors, Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, 
Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negu- 


attention high. Partnered with " oVanlov Kramer To nroduc- MonSfbam 1 Screenplay*. Richard Breen, Walter 

Miss Hutton is B.lph Meeker as tionforColumbia^lease Son toSSSVbgt^BSgS' ?o«' 

nortrayta?? sra* ud ducTman view tor *' mass audience the story b' c wmiim scr«£?piSf ”«hn iVrbiriM°Ltln‘ 

portraying _ a song and dance man 0 £ a pren^-Canadian family of Fante, Jack Leonard; camera, William .wofe 

n fflr tV^^nVT^p lr p t recognizable characters, and does it 'nongs ^ Harold 1 ^ iCrSn 8 ** rSd m * n > narration^ Vohn Steinbeck. Pre- 

SflVS with almost irresistible charm .and K^iSr,* 1 ^ Aug. m. >32. Running tim* m 

hy^eid^imseH, SgWSffi &t ^'thr^Mu't^ ^ “ tta “' ” T1 « *»< „ 

Mor“S g ^not XP bineS ±*5& lit d^tfull? .Ltory* 1$JS* S §B%» .IV. V V.V.- 

SSfS^nnitSfl hit’ of dealing With sex and truth from4he Ansel Amos Wend.UCotey Horace ................... David Wayne 

gotten quite a Dlt OX tne rieias >v ; |ttwnrt i T ,+- of udolAc^fioa nnrl Ansel. Ames Claire Trevor _ Ths Clarion. Call 

Style into the delivery.) viewpoints Of adolescence and Sheriff '. .Ro"b£rt Burton Barney Woods Dale Robertson 

- - - - adulthood. Since the screen can- Manuel Ramirez . . . , ..Jose Torvay Johnny Kernan. ..... .. Richard Widmark 

not be as onenlv frank as the staffe Celestlno Garcia. Jack Elam. Hazel Joyce MacKenzie 

vT A ^1 ^ Willie' Chung.. Pascual Garcia Pena Chief of Detectives Richard Rober 

m dealing with such matters, there. Frankie ... .... V. --Georg* Chandler 

• are revisions in the Earl Felton Vincente Aguilar Juan-Torena 

script,, hut none .of the essence of Jote W« ndaci <»--- ; - ■. ....Carlo* Conde 

the Samuel A. Taylor play nor of 


The Seeley • career is picked up 
in a Barbary Coast spot’ as the 1906 
earthquake hits San Francisco to 
the strains of "A Dollar and Thirty 
■ Cents.” Then comes a try at vaude 
for .the late D.. J. Grauman to the 
tune of "The Todelo,” "June,” 
“San Francisco Bay” and "Smiles.” 
Passing years briefly depict her 
World War X work and then Broad- 
way success as she continues to 
climb the show biz ladder. Fields 
enters the picture when ' Miss 
Seeley decides to drop musicals 
for awhile and reenter vaude; pick- 
ing a song and dance trio (Forrest, 
Lake & Fields) as a fill-in for her 
act. 

Fields’ frank play to charm the 
star and maneuver her into mar- 
riage is treated so that he gains 
little sympathy, although later this 
feeling is switched when he gen- 
uinely falls in love with his wife, 
but leaves her to get somewhere on 
bis own. He fails to make the 
grade, however, and during his 
absence, Miss Seeley’s career also 
comes to a halt. Once back togeth- 
er, though, she coaches him and 

{ >rovides him with a show sfyle 
ater to click. When he does, break- 
ing in at the Chez Paree in Chi- 
cago, fadeout finds her assuming 
the role of Mrs. Benny Fields and 
being content to bask in his 
success. 

Not mqch attempt is made at 
bigseale musical production num- 
bers in the presentation, nearest 
thing to this being the "Way 
Down Yonder in N’Orleans”-"Dixie 
Dreams” staging, and^ the Chez 
Paree Adorables line that works 
with Fields in the finale spot. Lat- 
ter makes good use of the very lis- 
tenable "Thanks to You/ Vone of 
the new tunes, and the title num- 
ber duoing by Fields and Miss 
Seeley. Another good new number 
is "Love Him,” which rates a re- 
prise by Miss Hutton. "Jealous” is 
a high spot, vocally, as is "Rose 

5 oom - r for You ” and I’m 

Sorry I Made You Cry.” 

An unbilled personal appearance 
is made by Jack Benny, scene 
being an NVA benefit. Robert 
Keith is excellent as Sam Doyle, 

tw/SPa*' A< * e i® Jer 8ens, as Nola 
Beech, figures th an amusing early 

SrtnnA Wlt V v himp< Billie Bi8rd ’ **- 
stripper who becomes Miss Seeley’s 

companion, supplies chuckles, as 

do Henry Slate and Sid Tomack. as 

Forrest and Lake. 


the Robert Fontaine book is lost, 


This one could almost be labeled 


Th* L«st L*«f 

Joanna Ann* Baxter 

Susan Jean Peters 

Behrman Gregory Ratoflf 

The Doctor Richard Garrick 

Th* Ransom of R*d Chief 


dramatics for 25 
Anne 


Baxter, Jia n p e t er ’ s 
y Eatoff keeping it 
tionally sure under Jean 
lesco’js ‘direction of the 
fvan Goff and Ren Roblrff* 
the O. Henry tale of a girl wttiJ!? 
tile wUl to live because * ^ 
-baijpy love affair, who believes 
will die when 'the last leaf S 
from a vine outside her wind™ 
The two femmes are excellent SS 
ioutsUnding. Joe MacDmSd 
did . the-, camera work and n. 
Maggie the editing. d De 

Fred Allen, Oscar Levant and 
young Lee Aaker run wild and 
keep -Amusing a highly burlesqued 
2fMninute takeoff on "The Rancn« 
of Red Chief;” the comedy ^ 
twp_fcity slickers who make th* 
mistake of kidnapping for ransom 
-hellion son of a backwoods 
Alabama rich farmer. It’s broad 
{unAS .directed by Howard Hawks 
Milton Krasner lensed and William 
B. Murphy edited. 

Picture closes its 116 minutes of * 
footage with a choice little account 
of that tender story of young Iovp 
"The Gift of the Magi,” splendidly 
trouped by Jeanne Crain and 
Farley Granger under Henry 
King’s topnotch direction. Walter 
Bullock, did this 21-minute script 
about a poor young couple who 
sacrifice prized Possessions to give 
each other a Christmas gift; the 
girl selling her long hair to buy 
her husband a fancy fob for his 
treasured watch and boy selling the 
watch. to buy her silver combs for 
her beautiful tresses. MacDonald 
handled the cameras and Barbara 
McLean the editing. 

Technical assists are all expert 
Alfred Newman provided the pic- 
ture with an- excellent music score, 

Brog. 

The Ring 

-i* — - 

Above-average social docu- 
ment of Merican-Americans 
set in excellent prizering back- 
ground; okay grosser. 


United Artist* release of King Bro*. 
production. Star* Gejrald Mohr, Rita Mo- 
reno, Lalo Rio*; features Robert Osterloh, 
Robert Arthur, Martin Garralagn, Direct- 
ed by Kurt Neumann. Screenplay, Irving 
Shiftman; based on novel by Shiftman; 
camera, Russell Harlan; editor, Bruce B. 
Pierce; music, Hcrschel Burke Gilbert. 
Tradeshown, N. Y„ Aug. 13, '52. Running 
time, 7t MINS. 

Pete Gerald Mohr 

Lucy Rita Moreno 

Tommy Lalo Rios 

Billy Smith Robert Arthur 

Freddy Robert Osterloh 

Vidal ' Martin Garralaga 

Harry Jackion.i . .lack Elam 

Barney Williams Peter Brocco 

Rosa Julia Montoya 

Helen Lillian Molierl 

Rick Pcpe Hern 

Pablo Victor Millan 

Go-Go Tony Martinez 

Joe Ernie Chavez 

Benny Edward Sleg 

p c pe Robert Alluna 

Art Aragon Art Aragon 


„ rr : Z? rr , *. 1 * “torch picture,” since it’s a good Th. Ransom of R*d Chi«f 

Richard Fleischers direction . visualization of "Stormy Weather,” liu . ! : : X: os^r iivaht 

keeps the 93 minutes of footage the Harold ArlenrTed .Koehler J.b. Lee -Aaker 

almost constantly entertaining with tune from whose .lyrics the title, Th* Gift of ih* m*»i 

few lags. The opening -use of the “ M y Man. and I,” is drawn. But it’s gg*- " V^fey” GrSS 

title song, cleffed by Dimitri. Tiom- a i so a highly interesting and off- Santa Claus' ‘ .'J ‘ .. . Fred Kelley 
kin and Ned Washington, is a bit the-beaten-nath vam and one with — . .. - 

too ‘‘cute,” but the trick of having a not-too-subtle patriotic pitch, 20th-Fox goes the films that have 
al0 i g ^ int roductoiy scenes about the migrant Mexican work- been telling several short stories 
5S??? In • French, with English ers in .the San Joaquin valley in one better by tieing together five 
S? pli * c 5 a . J ?°y el 5 r th ^ California. Pic lacks the top Metro 0 f O. Henry’s classics into a full 
helps get, the picture into its epi- splash but, with Shelley Winters house of entertainment that has 

.^cherts and Ricardo Montalban for mar- something for all tastes. The 
handling takes every advantage of quee bait, it will hold its own in choice of stories is good, the all- 
^ cas ^ ant I Punches all situations. star casting: excellent, and the ex- 

• r " In addition to the' story's flag- ecution of each is slanted to capture 

The- light story -line covers a waving aspects, revolving about as much of the O. Henry flavor as 

£ rt period in the life of the Mex-bom Montalban’s newly-won possible. Such a lineup provides 
mard family of Ottawa as the American citizenship (and this will plenty of selling ammunition, and 
enters his 12th year and begins represent com only to the most topnotch returns should result, 
to experience an awakening urge cynica 1 patrons), "Man” has a The five classics are tied together 
??A a yL aren £ ss °f ^he opposite sex. subtler but far more important by John .Steinbeck’s narration. He 
Be s tbe offspring of a romance- “message” which should find favor gets the picture into its first s 


story 


loving Ijunily, however, so the un- with most customers. That’s the after a brief introduction on O. 
aerstandmg necessary to see him importance of a man’s conscience Henrv and what Ids name means 
ihJAS 11 +K e trou £ lesoTne w Period is to help right wrongs in this cur- to the writing field. Production- 
c,w£ ad> \ there. f oe £ . through rently-troubled era. Scripters John ^i se , the film is well set up under 
suen Adolescent difficulties is a Fsnte And Jac 1( LeonArd have Andre H&lcini’s suDervision ex* 
t a shapely maid newly woven k neatly into the yarn about pertly spotlighting the early 1900 
famil Z’? sound lesso 4 the Mex farm laborers and the ap- era, when O. Henry was at his best. 
Srf +S enc * ^ Ween s u ex a ^ d Py alln « lov ? story between the two - The Cop and the Anthem” gets 

hA hlJSf ^J nd * U ? ha i )p .^ y Jfef 8 ’ i°u gl Y e an . added the quintet off to an enjoyable 19- 

a f r1 h ^^ f .T S the swain of to' There’s nothing in either of minute start as Charles Laughton 

g rh»riW d T?° ' i ii. A two "messages” to hurt the milks the fat part of Soapy, the 

LnAncs Boyer is the cast spark* b» o. chances* centleman bum who tries unsuc** 

b-ndina pie J e °J trouping, Original yarn has Montalban as cessfully to get arrested so he can 

fn n,^^.J lUm * > +». a, i d 4 .v inders t 1 ar J^P 1 | exuberant worker who shuns spend the winter months in a warm 
tu 1° i ® e father, a violinist the girls and gambling indulged in jail. The usual twist finally lands 
Vnu«« J^ u n i theatre, by his compatriots to invest his him there, but only after he has 

tv* Driscoll is fine as wages in an encyclopedia. While decided to seek honest work to 

Tn«rl?«. W v? g y owing pams. Louis hiring out as a stump-puller to relieve his cashless state. Abetting 
' e travelling salesman Wendell Corey, a lazy farmer, and him, and niftily, are David Wayne 
coBec ^f barters from his wife, Claire Trevor, he meets as Horace and Marilyn Monroe as 
Cr f a H*L a f av °rable and falls for Miss Winters, a gal the streetwalker, plus uncredited 
* % a , o Hunt who’s reached the bottom through players. Henry Roster’s direction 

JffwT 0 ^ er u wife who her addiction to the "Vino.” Corey*, of the Lamar Trotti script is ex- 

a *h a st at tile family's a bigoted Mex-hater; pays Montal- cellent. Lloyd Ahern lensed and 
C °ik- S ,.^+ Toniantic quest. . ban with a rubber check. In an en- Nick De Maggio edited. 

TTnoi^T ^-K aszn i a r, repeating the suing argument, a rifle goes off "The Clarion Call” is a 22-min- 
L? e created on the accidentally, wounding the farmer, ute excursion into melodrama with 
+ de Il£ht as the Bonnard He sees this as a chance « to get a twist under ’Henry Hathaway’s 
t0 *. slir ® w Isb wife and from under by blaming Montalban direction of the Richard Breen 
nH^f?«« ap ^? iu er C0 J ls tant ap- and convinces his wife, whom script Dale Robertson plays the 
oiA.Trw? 1 ? 01 * wine he carries Montalban had shunned when she cop with a conscience who must 

a water cooler. IBs man- went for his tnanly physique, to arrest Richard Widmark, an old 
^mt!! 0Use interview with Richard back up his story. When the hero pal gone wrong and to whom he 
tnih* 11 j a P r £ s P ec tIve suitor for goes to jail, his Mex friends come owes a debt. Robertson’s straight 
ne nana of Kasznar’s plain-Jane out to "haunt” Corey and his wife, portrayal and the contrasting color 


Trvi«« ^ ' dau ^ er ‘ K a ber, is socko. and through a series of events I of Widmark’s performance, com- 

ng Brecher both wrote the i Marce l Dalio belts over the role latter finally break down and ad- I plete with maniacal laugh, keep it 


Efforts of a young boxer to fight 
his way up from preliminaries to 
main bout stature provides a sock 
setting for a .well-spun yam of dis- 
crimination on the Coast against 
the Mexican-Americans. Although 
the cast turns in a uniformly top- 
light thesping job and the excellent 
technical credits belie the modest 
budget, pic will have to rely on 
exploitation and word-of-mouth for 
its b.o. since" it lacks marquee pum 
Accent is on realism. Pic pin- 
points the discriminatory line 
without relying on any hysterical 
sequences. The message hits home 

with such effectively > underplayed 

scenes as tourists gazing at those 
lazy Mexicans,” brushoff of a group 
of Mexican-American . boys by a 
waitress in a Beverly Hills eatery 
and the turndown of a young 
couple at a skating rink gate be- 
cause it wasn’t "Mexican Is ight. 
The prizefighting scenes, too, are 
executed graphidy, and despite tne 
lack Of an up-from-the-canvas 
comeback, there’s enough action to 
satisfy the ring fans. . 

The Irving Shulman screenplay, 
which he adapted from his novel, 

tell* of a young Mexican-American 

who turns to pro boxing sm ^® L,* 
difficult for him to get a decent 
job. He wants to na*k.e a name i 
himself so that the Anglos 
respect him and to set U P. hl ® 
ily in comfort. Despite the obj 
tions of his girl friend and 
father, and under the guidance ot 
an understanding manager., ana 

trainer, he gets off to a f 3 
start. He becomes a little cocKy 
after his initial eight victories and 

begins to over-extend himself, - 

ing for bouts for which he is noi 

yet qualified. , is 

After a series of beatings, n 

ready to bow out. rev fi P Rev- 
decision, however, a J ter n 

erly Hills eatery incident, when^^ 

realizes a local policeman 
helped him and his fn c ends b0 ° xer y 
because he had a rep as ks 
He begins training anew and ' or* 
his way up to a semi-final^ classy 
fication. He moves ■ out of bn ^ 
again when he asks' a chance »<> 

• (Continued on page 22) 


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Co. Prexies, Foreign Chiefs MuD 
Three Alternatives on French Pact 


Major company prexies and for- 
eign chiefs, who met twice during 
the past week on the tangle with 
France over a new film Agreement, 
considered three possible alterna- 
tives. They were: 

1. Whether to accept the expect- 
ed French government offer of 90 
imports annually in order to start 
getting out their coin at once and 
obviate the possibility of devalua- 
tion or other blocks to full Realiza- 
tion of French earnings. 

2. Whether to allow the “dis- 
counts” — a form of subsidy— which 

ithe French are expected to ask for 
in order to get 18 additional per- 
mits per year. 

3. Whether to accept neither the 
90 licenses nor the subsidy scheme 
and, instead, embark on a fullscale 
battle with the government in 
Paris in order to get a better deal, 
but chance, -meantime, devaluation 
or other restrictions. 

One of the suggestions which 
found some favor at the' execs’ ses- 
sion Monday (18) was a.combina=J 
tion of all three alternatives. That 
would mean acceptance of the 90- 
pic deal at once, followed by a 
battle to get the added 18 permits 
or more without a subsidy or, if 
the “discount” plan is granted, to 
obtain a greater number of licenses 
than the 18 offered, 

Actually, the French have offi- 
cially made no offer at all, as yet. 
They have promised to present 
their first breakdown of how the 
recently-passed foreign film decree 
will work out to the American Em- 
bassy in Paris tomorrow (Thurs.). 

Nothin*: to Go On So Far 

Up to. this point th$ Yank dis- 
tribs have had nothing to go on 
except the talks which an Ameri- 
negotiating team has been 



REVIVAL 


Frank Quits NPA 

Washington, Aug. 19. 

James Frank, Jr., deputy direc- 
tor of the Motion Picture-Photo- 
graphic Products Division of the 
National Production Authority, has 
resigned effective Aug. 22, it was 
announced the past week by” 
Nathan D. Golden, director .of the 
division. 

Frank was brought to Washing- 
ton by Golden in November, 1950, 
as chief of the Motion Picture- 
Photographic Equipment unit. 
Prior to that, for about 20 years, 
he was in the motion picture and 
photographic equipment industry. 
He leaves Government to become 
a sales exec in New Orleans, in the 
consumer durable goods field. 


can 

holding with French government 
film officials in Paris. The French- 
men can’t make any of the agree- 
ments reached in these conversa- 
tions official until they are ap- 
proved by the Ministry of Finance, 

(Continued on page 22) 


Nix Mitchum Query 
In Jarrico Suit For 
‘Vegas’ Screen Credit 

Los Angeles, Aug. 19. 

Howard Hughes' refusal to ^ an- 
swer a* question concerning the 
morals clause in Robert Mitchum’s 
RKO contract has been sustained 
by Superior Court Judge Joseph 
W. Vickers, indicating that the 
studio’s attitude in the Mitchum 
case has jno bearing on Paul Jar-* 
rico’s $350,000 damage suit against 
RKO, although it also involves the 
morals clause. ; 

Question was asked, for purposes 
of a deposition in Jarrico’s action, 
based on the elimination of Ills' 
screen credit, on .“The Las Vegas 
Story” after he had refused to 
testify before the House Un-Amer- 
ican Activities Committee. RKO 
contends that Jarrico's name in 
connection with the picture wodld 
discredit the studio. Hughes was 
asked if he had invoked the . morals 
clause when Mitchum, “an employ- 
*- e of RKO was arrested in Los 
Angeles, tried and convicted of a 
crime.” This had reference to 
Mitchum’s reefer rap several years 
ago. 

Hughes holds that Jarrico’s re- 
fusal to tell the committee whether 
be had ever been a Communist 
constituted a violation of the mor- 
als clause in his writer contract. 
■Trial starts Sept. 3 in Superior 
Court. 


Gardner in ‘Mogambo’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Metro assigned Ava Gardner to 
costar with Clark Gable in “Mo- 
gambo, ’ to be produced by Sam 
^imbalist’ and directed by John 
ford on locations in Africa, start- 
*ng in October. 

‘Mogambo” is a remake of “Red 
’ filmed in 1932 with Jean 
larlow playing opposite Gable. 


New French Union 
Aids U.S. Demand 
For More Permits 


Paris, Aug. 19. 

Americans are getting support 
in their demand for more French 
import permits from a new union 
of film workers here. Organization, 
which now claims 300 members, is 
the Autonomous Syndicate of 
Technicians, pet up to combat the 
influence of the CGT, which is 
decidedly leftist In its control and 
aims. . 

New outfit' wishes to 'take part 
In the actual shaping of industry, 
policy; rather .than confine itself 
merely', to the .role > of protecting 
the workers. With this in mind, 
‘it feels that the recent decree cut- 
ting. Yank imports is. arbitrary and 
is urging free use of Article III, 
which provides for added permits 
for those countries helping the 
French cinema. 

•AST. opines that American in- 
dustry subsidies to help plug and 
dub Gallic pix in the* U. {3. would 
help the industry here immeasur- 
ably. It also Wants encouragement 
of Hollywood to resume coproduc- 
tion here. AST will undertake to 
insure full French crews on co- 
productions and has appointed 
Frobert Florey as U. S. rep. 

Outfit feels that France is not 
up to producing the 300 pix-a year 
which its theatres require. Leftists 
have been shouting for- the 300 
as a means of keeping American 
product out. AST claims 'that 
France supplies 100 annually now 
and gets 52% of the revenue. It 
claims that if 300 were produced, 

(Continued on page 16) 

\ 

Carlton’ s Judgment 
Of 142G on Bank Loan 

Rex Carlton, former head of the 
defunct Laurel Films, has signed a 
“confession of judgment” in New 
York Supreme Court amounting to 
$142,142. Papers filed with the 
N. Y, County clerk revealed that 
Carlton had guaranteed a loan 
which the Chemical Bank & Trust 
Co. made to N. Y. Film Associates 
in 1949. 

Upon Chemical’s request, Carl- 
ton is scheduled to be examined 
in supplementary proceedings later 
this month. He also has been di- 
rected by Justice Irvings Saypol to 
produce aJJ pertinent books and 
records at the quiz. Carlton, inci- 
dentally, signed a similar “confes- 
sion of judgment” in July, 1951. 

Last year’s judgment grew out 
of a guarantee Carlton made on a 
$50,000 loan which Motion Picture 
Releasing Corp. had extended to 
N. Y. Film Associates. When the 
latter group failed to pay off, Carl- 
ton inked the judgment' against 
himself. As head of Laurel, he 
made such films as “Guilty By- 
stander” and “Mr. Universe.” 


Attempt by a group -of small, 
unaffiljated operators of n a b e 
houses in New York City to revive 
giveaways generally met with 
opposition this week from both of 
the. city’s organized theatre associ- 
ations. Although agreeing that the 
return of the games might serve 
as a temporary b.o. hypo, reps of 
these groups maintain that the 
games would eventually become a 
boomerang. 

Rather than see a revival of the 
games, these outfits would like to 
see their complete elimination 
everywhere in the city. Churches, 
synagogues, and charitable organi- 
zations have been playing the 
games for years, without op- 
position and# the associations feel 
that these events serve as Strong 
competition to theatre attendance. 
Many attempts have been made to 
amend the N. Y. statutes making 
these games illegal, but the spon- 
sors have been unsuccessful so far. 

Would Kill Small Ops 

Feeling of the organized groups 
is that a re-introduction of the 
coin lures would find the theatres 
promoting something that is not 
their stock in trade. They feel that 
films, as the. lifeblood of the thea- 
tres, should be pushed and . sold* 
One exec termed the effort of the 
unaffiliated ops as “clutching at a 
straw” that would eventually de- 
stroy the smaller theatres. He felt 
that a race Would begin in which 
each theatre would try to outdo 
the other in the amount of money 
gfVen away. The larger ops and 
the circuits, he said, would top the 
smaller, exhlb* in the -amounts of 
eoln coriie-ons and would draw biz 
away from' their houses. 

.Group pushing the return of the 
games claims that it’ll pull, many 
of the spiall houses out of the re d. 
They maintain that Bingo, etc. 
pulled many ‘exfiibs through the 
toughest years of dhe depression. 
They, also argue mat the gaffies 
are allowed . in many N. Y. State 
counties outside of>New "York City, 
where the city’s license department 
has served as watchdog against 
their comeback. Communities such 
as Nassau. County on Long Island,' 
and such cities as Buffalo, New- 
burgh, Port Jervis, Kingston, etc. 
permit the coin games. . 

FLAMM INTERESTED IN 
MORROS’NEW COLORPIX 

Donald Flamm, showman-realtor, 
flies to London today (Wed.) to see 
the new plays, with special view 
to importing a current legit attrac- 
tion. He then goes to , Vienna to 
meet indie film producer Boris 
Morros. Latter has a new color 
film process," invented’ by a Czech, 
with which he has been experi- 
menting the last two years. 

Flamm has seen test film shorts 
made with the new color system 
and was so impressed he is making 
this flying trip. Basic appeal lies 
in the fact it requires no special 
camera or any attachments, but 
utilizes the Conventional black-and- 
white motion picture camera. The 
tints come after the film is shot 
via a quadruple solution process. 

Boris Morros Named 

In 30G Suit by Bank 

Indie producer Boris Morros and 
M. R. S. Pictures last week were 
named defendants in a $30,000 suit 
brought against them in N. Y. Fed- 
eral Court by the Chemical Bank 
& Trust Co., N. Y. Action claims 
when - Chemical loaned $80,000 to 
M. R. S. in 1949,- Morros inked a 
promissory note agreeing to guar- 1 
antee all liabilities. 

Chemical charges that a balance 
of $30,000 is still outstanding on 
the principal. Morros has been rel- 
atively inactive of late since turn- 
ing out “Carnegie Hall” and “Tales 
of Manhattan." He also was asso- 
ciated in “A Tale of Five Women.” 
which Alexander Paal produced for 
United Artists release. » i 


3 Sept. Reissues for UA . 

' Three oldies are being dusted off 
by United Artists for September 
distribution in addition to two new 
pix. ♦ 

Reissues are “It’s in the Bag,” 
Fred Allen starrer, which Jack 
Skirball produced; “Guest Wife,” 
Claudette Colbert-Don Ameche co- 
starrer, also produced by Skirball, 
and “The Lady Vanishes,” produced 
and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. 



Stirs Divvy Tiff 
By Majors, Indies 

Another of the hassles that have 
marked divergent interests of the 
majors and independents in 
foreign distribution is shaping .up 
as a result of Japanese allocation 
of import permits last week. Tokyo 
government, in setting the U. S. 
.quota for the 'second half of the 
fiscl year; cut the number by four 
frox the 78 licenses allotted for 
the first six months. 

When the Motion Picture Asih. 
of America and the Society of 
Independent Motion Picture Pro- 
ducers couldn't get together on 
divvying up the 78 permits, the 
Japs arbitrarily decided that the 
majors should get 63 and the in- 
dies 15. ’ On that basis, the new 
divvy would be 60 for the MPAA 
companies and 14 for SIMPP mem- 
bers. 

MPAA, however, feels that the 
original division wag unjust and 
that a new one on the same ratio 
would be even more so. It's of 
the opinion that, now that Samuel 
Goldwyn and Walt Disney, the 
leading independents, have sent 
most of their shelf product in 
under the first , six-month • alloca- 
tion, a new allotment of 14 licenses 
is’ larger, than SIMPP really re* 
quires. MPAA is theref6rt : trying 
to' get ’• the Japs to switch the 
figures and is matfirally being 
fought by SIMPP. 

Indies have an advantage in the 
battle because they have influen- 1 
tial Japanese' distribs on their side. 
The local distributors make money 
handling the independent product, 
while the majors have their own 
sales organizations. 

New fiscal period starts Oct. 1. 

Pasadena Exhibs Seek 
Censor Bd. Abolition 

m 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Pasadena theatre .managers have 
filed formal petition with the board 
of city directors for abolition- of a 
board of review or restraint of Its 
activities, the first campaign against 
Pasadena film censorship since the 
board was organized in 1922. 

Move, led by Terry McDaniel, 
exec of Westates Theatre, Inc., 
which operates the Colorado Thea- 
tre, climaxes recent uproars over 
nixings of “Rashomon,” “La Ron- 
de,” “Gigi,” “Latuko” and several 
other foreign films on “indecency”' 
grounds. McDaniel has been trying 
to show “Rashomon” at the Colo- 
rado. Ordinance requires theatres 
make written application before 
opening . a film, also requires ad-, 
vance previews for censors but both 
theatres and the city have ignored 
these provisions for the last 20 
years. 

WB Up* Franci* 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Cedric Francis is the new head 
of Warners’ shorts subject depart- 
ment, succeeding the late Gordon 
Hollingshead, whose assistant he 
had been for six years. 

Before joining the shorts staff, 
Francis was a film editor. He has 
spent 15 years on the Burbank lot. 


■ Respite the almost complete 
withdrawal of mortgage and bank- 
ing firms from conventional thea-* 
tres building operations, there is 
expected to be a reentry soon of 
these coin sources* ✓ 

Practically no financing for thea- 
tre building has been available dur- 
ing the past two years, and the real- 
ty angels are currently turning a 
deaf ear to any construction prop- 
ositions. Notwithstanding the pres- 
ent dark picture, there is a degree 
of optimism that the coin pro- 
viders will soon be back, certainly 
on a more limited scale, but back 
in the running nevertheless. ... 

These views were advanced by 
Jules ICrumgold, of Berk & Krum- 
gold, theatre real estate firm. Re- 
entry of the financial firms de- 
pends, of course, on a stabilization 
of the b.o. potential and a settling 
of recent population shifts, Krum- 
gold notes, • 

Meanwhile, a whittling down 
process is taking place, with the 
elimination of fringe and subse- 
quent-run nabe houses. He believes 
that as soon as an overall appraisal 
can be made of film biz and of new 
population centers, the money men 
will be back to provide the coin for 
theatre building in surburban 
areas. 

Decentralization from the down- 
town city areas and the building up 
of hundreds of new dwelling and 
shopping centers, Krumgold notes, 
has ''resulted in many theatre-less 
regions. Although drive-ins have 
been flourishing greatly in these 
areas, Krumgold feels that conven- 
tional theatres will be a' necessary 
adjunct to these new communities. 
He envisions these theatres as es- 
sehtlal parts of community life and 
sees their use for qther projects in 
addition to the exhibition of films. 

Despite the changing scope of 
theatre operation from convention- 
al to drive-in, .there Is no bank or 
mortgage coin available for the lat- 
ter, Krumgold stated. Realty 
broker said ozoners were only put 
up with private financing, since the 
bankers could see no salvageable 
value in 15 acres of l^nd, some con- 
crete and a'hugq scRecn. 

. ■ ■ ■■ i»i it ■ — T -.i ■ — 

‘M’ Sues to Conipel 
Its SBowing in Ohio; 

3d State Censor Test 

Columbus, O., Aug. 19. 

Ohio’s courts, already busy with 
a case here and the MPAA fight 
in Toledo, now has another case 
involving film censorship before it. 

Superior Films, Inc,, of Holly- 
wood Thursday (14) asked the Ohio 
State 'Supreme Court to compel Dr. 
Clyde Hissong, State Education De- 
partment' head and chief of the 
censor board, jto take another look 
at “M,” Seymour Nebenzal’s Holly- 
wood remake of his German film, 
which the board rejected for show- 
ing in the state on April 23, 1951. 

The version submitted more than 
a year- ago was uncut. Since then 
the film has been /submitted to 
every'censor in the U. S. (with the 
exception of Atlanta) and has been 
cut and accepted for showing. Su- 
perior resubmitted op Aug. 5 a 
fresh print which had been scis- 
sored, and Hissong refused to give 
it another look. -The film company 
’says Hissong’s refusal to view the 
film is in defiance of state law, 
which requires review of all films 
shown commercially in Ohio. 

“M” was originally rejected, His- 
song said, because it was “permeat- 
ed with crime, evinced lack of con- 
fidence in law enforcement agen- 
cies and portrayed a child killer in 
complete perversion.” Odd angle 
of the case is that the original Ger- 
man version of “M” was passed 
by the Ohio board in 1933. 

Ohio's attorney general must act 
on the case before Sept. 13. 

• This is the third censorship case 
now pending in Ohio courts. An 
appeal is pending in the State Su- 
premo Court here on “Native Son,” 
which has been barred, and the 
MPAA suit involving the showing 
of uncensored newsreels is before 
the Toledo Municipal Court. 













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Los Angeles, Aug. 19, * 

Six first-run newcomers are 
helping here currently, with ^ High 
Noon” grabbing the most biz/ It 
looks to hit socko $51,000, playing 
in four theatres and pacing the 
*fcily. “Where’s Charley” is rated 
slightly disappointing "With $26,000 
in three houses although still 
okay. 

Only a medium $17,000 or near 
shapes for “What Price Glory,” 
p.aying upped scale in two spots, 
“Carrie” is doing good $14,000 or 
near on advanced-price showcas- 
ing. “Washington Story”-“Holiday 
Sinners” looms light $14,000 in 
two locations. 

“Affair in Trinidad’ is pacing 
the holdovers with fancy $30,000 
in two sites, second week. Fourth 
and final week of “Jumping Jacks, 
now in two houses, is down to 
$9,000. Other extended-runs are 
rated okay for length of their runs. 

Estimates for This Week 
Los Angeles, Chinese, Rita, 
Loyola (FWC) (2,097; 2,048; 1,370; 
1.248; 70 -$ 1 . 10 )— “High Noon 

(UA) and "Navajo” (Lip). Socle 
' $51,000. Last week, excluding 
Loyola, “Island of Desire” <UA) 
and “If Moscow Strikes” (Indie), 
$16,000. 

Hollywood, Wilteni, Los An- 
gles Paramount (WB-UPT) (2,756; 
2.344; 3,300; 70-$T.10>— ' “Where’s 
Charley” (WB) and “Gold Fever” 
(Mono) (L. A. Par only). Okay $26,- 
000. Last week, “Capt, Pirate 
(Col) and “Last Train Bombay” 
(Col), $24,000. 

Loew’s State. Egyptian (UATCI 
(2,404; 1,538; 7CP$1.10)— “Washing- 
ton Story” (M-G) sand “Holiday 
For Sinners*’ (M-G). Light $14,000. 
Last week, Egyptian, Orpheum, 
“Lovely Look At” (M-G) and/‘Tar- 
get” (RKQ) (Orpheum only) (3d 
wlc), $13,400; Loew’s State, with El 
Rey, Iris, “Duel at Silver Creek” 
(U) and “Cpl, Dolan AWOL” OE&p) 
(reissue) (2d.wk-4 4 a y s )» $6,300. 

Ilillstreet, Pantages (RKO) 
(2,752 2,812; 70-$l. 10)— “Affair 

Trinidad” (Col) and “Rainbow 
Round Shoulder” (Col) (2d wk). 
Big $30,000. Last week, terrific 
$45,600. 

Beverly Hills, Downtown (WB) 
(1,612; 1,757; 80-$1.20)— “What 

Price Glory” (20th). Medium $17,- 
000. Last week*, “Will Rogers” 
(WB) (5th wk), $11,200. 

Hawaii, United** Artists (G&S- 
UATC) (1,106; 2,100; 70-$1.10)— 
“Lost in Alaska”' (U) and “Flame 
Sacramento” (Rep) (reissue). Thin 
$8,000. Last , week, “Lady in Iron 
Mask” (20th), $6,000. 

Rialto, Hollywood Paramount 
(Metropolitan-F&M) (840; 1,430; 

*70-$1.10) — “Jumping Jacks” (Par) 
(4th wk). Fair $9,000. Last week, 
with Loyola, $17,700. 

, Wilshire (FWC) (2,296; 80-$I.20) 
— “Carrie” (Par). Good $14,000. 
Last week, “Diplomatic Courier” 
(20th) (3d wk-5 day’s), $2,500. 

Fine Arts (FWC) (679; 80-$1.20) 

« — “Never Take No For Answer” 
(Indie) (2d wk). Slow $2,200. Last 
week, $2,900. 

Four Star (UATC) (900; 85-$1.20) 
—“Wild Heart” (RKO) (5th wk). 
Nice $3,500, Last week, $4,400. 

Canon (ABC) (520; $1)— “Actors 
and Sin” (UA) (4th wk). Okay 
$3 500. Last week, $4,000. 

Globe (FWC) (782; 70-90)— 

“Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) 
and “Massacre Hill” (Indie) (3d 
wk). Oke $3,500. Last week, nifty 
$5,500. 


Broadway Grosses 

Estimated Total Gross 

This Week $540,700 

( Based on 19 theatres ) 

Last Year $623,400 

(Based 6n 19 theatres) 


‘Caribbean’ Crisp 



Philadelphia, Aug. 19. 
Martin and Lewis, heading stage- 
show with “Washington Story,” 
broke opening day record at the 
Mastbaum, topping, Danny Kaye’s 

opener of two years ago. With 
upped scale of $1,25 at. matinees 
and $L50 at night - and with no 
children’s admission price, conces- 
sion, M. & L* appeared headed for 
a new high at this huge theatre, 
working five and six shows daily. 
Other newcomers shaped well, with 
“Caribbean” big at the Fox, “World 
in'His Arms” continued solid at the 
Randolph in third session., ‘‘Tomor- 
row's Too Late” is rated., socko at 
Stanton. ■ ? 

Estimates ’for' This Week 
‘Arcadia (S&S) (625; 85-$1.20) — 
“Scaramouche” (M-G) (10th wk). 
Okay $4,500. ‘ Last week, $5,000. . 

Boyd (WB) (2,360; 50-99)— “High 
Noon” (UA) (4th wk). pff to $7,000. 
Last week, big $11,0.00/ •* 

■ Fox (20th) (2,250; 50-99) — 

“Caribbean” (Par). Big $22,000. 
Last week, “Jumping Jacks’ (Par) 
|,(5th wk), sock '$13,000. 

Goldman (Goldman) (1,200; 50- 
99 ) — “Robin Hood” (RKO) (3d wk). 
Mild $8,500. Last week, $12,000. 

Mastbaum (WB) (4,360; 85-$1.20) 
—“Washington Story” (M-G): Mar- 
tin St Lewis onstage. Started with 
record opening day, Monday (18). 
Last week, “Island .of Desire” 
(UA), $15,000 in final 9, days. 

Midtown (Goldman) (1,000; 50- 
99 ) — “Doh’t Bother to Knock” 
(20th) (3d wk). • Fine., $8,000. Last 
week, $ll,0d0. 

Randolph (Goldman) (2,500; 50- 
99) — “World in Arms” (U) (3d wk) 
held at $10,000. Last week, big 
$14,000. 

Stanley (WB)’ (2,900; 50-99) — 
“Sally and St. Anne” (U). Weak 
$18,000. • Last week, “Carrie” (Par) 
(2d wk), $12,000. 

Stanton (WB) (1,473; 50-99)*— 
“Tomorrow Too Late’ J (Indie). Big 
$13,000. Last week, “Cairo Road” 
(Indie), $11,000. 

Trans-Ltax (TL) (500; 85-$1.20>— 
“Diplomatic Courier” (20th) (4th 
wk). Nice $5,500. Last week 
$6,500. 


‘Zero* Big 15G, Toronto; 
‘Show* 16G, ‘Fear’ 13G 

Toronto, Aug. 19. 
“Greatest Show” on popscale is 
sock here this week. Looks, like it 
may stay at Shea’s for five weeks. 

General biz is also on .upbeat, 
with “One Minute to Zero” nose- 
and-nose for top gross / in city. 
“Sudden Fear” also is big at two 
houses. “Island of Desire” looms 
hefty and leading holdovers. 

Estimates for This Week 
Crest/ Downtown, Glendale, May- 
fair, Scarboro, State (Taylor) (86o; 
1,059; 955; 470; 698; 694; 35-60)— 
“Hawks in Sun” (IFD) end 
“Models, Inc.” (Cardinal). Nice 
$16,000. Last week, “Here Come 
Marines” (Mono) and “Montana 
Territory” (Col), $18,00-0. , 
E&lintou (FP) (1,080; 40-80)— 
“Wild Heart" (RKO). Fine $7,500. 

ast week, “Lady Godiva Rides? 
(London) (2d wk), $4,000. 

Imperial (FP) (3,373; 50-80)— 
One Minute to . Zero” (RKOi, 
Sock $15,000. Last week, “King 
ECong” (RKO) (reissue), $17,500. 

Loew’s- (Loew) (2,748; 50-80)— 
•■“Island of Desire” (U) (2d wk). 
Steady $9,500. Last week, .'$13,500. 

Odeon (Rank) (2,390; 50-90)— 
“All Because of Sally” (U). Fair 
$7,000. Last week, “High Noon 
UA) (3d wk), $8,600. 

Shea’s (FP) (2,396; 40-80)— 

“Greatest Show” (Par). Smafch $16, 
000. Last ‘week, “We’re Not Mar 
ried” (20th) 2d wk), $10,000. 

Tivoli. University (FP) 

1,558; 40-80) — “Sudden 

(RKO). Fine $13,000. Last Week, 
Shores Tripoli” (20th) (reissue) 
and “G. I. Jane” (Mon), $8,500. 

Uptown (Loew) (2,743; 40-80) — 
Untamed Frontier” (U). Neat 
$7,000. Last week, “Anybody Seen 
My Gal” (U) (2d wk), $5,500. 


‘Affair’ Sockeroo $20,000, Cincy Ace; 



. ‘Jacks’ 17G, 2d 


Key City Grosses 

Estimated Total Gross 

This Week $2,302,600 

(Based on 24 cities, 194 the- 
atres, chiefly -first' runs, includ- 
ing N. Y.) 

Total Gross Same Week 

Last Year ...$2,441,000 

(Based oh 26 cities, and 211 
theatres , ) 


‘Widow’ Merry 




• Smash 
Trinidad’ 


Indpls; ‘Arms’ 11G 

Indianapolis, Aug. 19. 

Biz continues on recent upswing 
at first-runs here, aided by the re- 
lease of stronger product, “Affair 
in Trinidad” Is leading town with 
a big figure at Loew’s, and may 
hold. “World In His Arms” at 
Circle is rated stout while “Where’s 
Charley” looms oka^ at the In- 
diana. 

Estimates for This Week 

Circle (Cockrill-Dolle) (2,800; 50- 
76)— “World In Arms” (U). Stout 
$11,000. Last week, “Will Rogers” 
(WB) and “Storm Over Tibet” 
(Col), $10,500. 

Indiana (C-D) 43,200;. 50-76) — 
“Where’s Charley” (WB) and 
“Three For Bedroom C” (WB). Oke 
$10,000. Last week, “Robin Hood” 
(RKO), fine $12,500. 

Loew’s (Loew’s) (2,427; 50-76) — 
“Affair in Trinidad” (Col) and 
“Rainbow Round My Shoulder” 
(Col), Big $13,000. Last week, 
“Fearless Fagan” (M-G) and “Con 
ftdenqe Girl" (UA), neat $11,000. 

Lyric (C-D) (1,600; 50-76)— “Will 
Rogers” (WB) and “Storm Over 
Tibet” (Col) (m.o.). Mild $5,000. 
Last week, “Ivory Hunter” (U) and 
“Call Me Mister” (20th) (reissue), 
$4,000. 


Pittsburgh, Aug. 19. 
Everybody is doing business this 
week, but Penn is way out in front 
with “The Merry Widow.’.’ It will 
hold, and so will “Affair in Trini- 
dad” at Harris and "Don’t Bother 
to Knock” at Fulton, both being 
smash. “Where’s Charley” head- 
(1,436; ing for Stanley’s best in some time., 
Fear” but may not be strong enough to 
hold. Likely will get raoveover to 
the Warner. “The Fighter” and 
“Tale of Five Womten” is just so- 
so at Warner. ' 

Estimates for This Weejc 
Fulton . (Shea) (1,700; 50-85) — 
“Don’t Bother To Knock” (20th). 
Torrid $9,006. Stays, naturally. 
Last week, “Duel at Silver Creek” 
(U), $5,500. ’ 

Harris (Harris) (2.30Q; 50-85)— 
“Affair in Trinidad” (Col). Rita 
Hayworth's back all right and with 
a bang. Shooting for smash $12,- 
000. Last week, “High Noon” (UA) 
(3d wk), good $6,500 in 5 days. 

Penn (Loew's) (3,300; 50-85) — 
‘Merry Widow” (M-G). Opened 
Saturday (16) to nearly $4,500, and 
is heading for rousing $19,000 or 
better. .Remains .here until “Son 
of Paleface” (Par) comes in on 
Labor Day. Last week, “Island of 
Desire” (UA), 9 days, $13,000. 
Squirrel Hill (WB) (900; 50-85) 
•“Prelude to Fame” (tJ): Not too 
strong at around $2,000. Last week, 
“Run For Money” (U), (2d wk), 
$1,600. 

Stanley (WB) (3,800; 50-85)— 
•Where’s Charley” (WB). Heading 
for sock $14,000. If it doesrft hold 
here,, should at least, move to the 
Warner. Last week, “Carrie” (Par), 
$ 12 , 000 . 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 50-85)— 
“Tale of Five Women” (UA) and 
“Fighter” (UA). Fair $5,000. House 
apparently is sorry how it didn’t 
hang on to “Robin Hood” (RKO) 
whiGh. was hotsy $8,500 in third 
(9 days) week. 


Cincinnati, Aug. io 
returns on “Affair in 

giving the Palace 
the town’s leadership, being S! 
theatre’s best session in sometime 
Remarkable second-week strength 
of “Jumping Jacks” at Albee also 
is helping to another bull stann 
for cinemas here. Grand also is on 
the beam with “Strange World ” 
“Whistle Stop” has the Lyric in 
par stride. 

Estimates for This Week 

Albee (RKO) (3,100; 55-75)— 
“Jumping Jacks” (Par) (2d wki 
Boff„ $17,000 after terrific $26 500 
ppeem. 

; Grand (RKO) (1,400; 55-75)- 
-“Strange World” (Indie) and “Red 
Planet Mars” (Indie). Hotsy $10- 
000. Last week, “Lure of Wilder- 
ness” (20th) and "Mr. Peek-a-Boo" 
(UA), $8,000. 

Lyric (RKO) (1,400; 55-75)— 
“Whistle Stop” (Indie) and “Pitt, 
fall” (Indie). Five days. Okay $4- 
500. Last week, “Frankenstein” 
(Realart) and “Dracula” (Realart) 
(reissues), $5,000. 

Palace (RKO) (2,600; 55-75) 

“Affair in Trinidad” (Col). Leading 
the town with smash $20,000, a 
standout session at this house for 
some time. Last week, “Island of 
Desire” (UA), $10,500. 


K.C. Sock; ‘Affair’ Great 
$16,000, ‘Noon’ High 12G, 

‘Rogers' Rousing $14,000 1 •< I 5n K f o k p o'n n g ^^0) a and 


‘Affair’ Wham $19,500, Hub; ‘Charley’ 
Smooth 176, ‘In Arms’ Fancy.,166, 2d 


Theatre row has /'sock^lineup *>?*> 


‘Affair’ Huge $13,000 In 
Mpls,; ‘Rogers’ Okay 7(3, 
‘Jacks’ Trim 7iG in 2d 

Minneapolis, Aug. 19. 

Holdovers are keeping the gen- 
eral level .of biz down currently 
but the pace is satisfactory. “King 
Kong,” “Jumping Jacks” and 
“We’re Not Married” still are 
doing well on holdovers or move- 
over. Strong session looms for 
“Affair in Trinidad” at the Or- 
pheum. Most durable of current 
list probably will be “We’re Not 
Married,” holding up great at the 
World. 

Estimates for This Week 
Century (Par) (1,600; 50-76) — 
“Rains Came” (20th) and “Leave 
to Heaven” (20th) (reissues). Oke 
$3,500. Last week, “This Above 
All” (20th) and “Laura” (20th) (re- 
issues), $4,000. 

Gopher (Berger) (1,000; 50-76)— 
“Outcast of Islands” iDA). Fair 
$3,700. Last week, “Outlaw Wom- 
en” (Lip), $3,500. 

vLyric (Par) (1,000; 50-76)— "Wag- 
ons West” (Mono) and “African 
Treasure” (Mono)'. Modest $3,500. 
Last week, “The Fighter” (UA) and 
'Jet Job” (Mono), $3,200. 

. Radio City (Par) (4,000; 50-76)— 
^Jumping Jacks” (Par) (2d wk). 
Still promising good $7,500. Last 
week, big $15,500. 

RRO-Orpheum (RKO) (2,800; 40-.' 
76)— 1 (’Affair ' in Trinidad” <Col). 
Hayworih’s return seems the draw, 
comment being average. Huge $13,- 
000 or near. Last .week, "King 
Kong” (RKO) and “Leopard Man” 
(RKO) (reissues), $14,500. 

(RKO) (1,600; 40-76)- 
‘ “Leopard 

Man”*' (RKO) ^reissues) (m.o.), 4 


‘Affair’ Terrif $33,000, 

Del; ‘Courier’ Trim 18G, 

/ a , , /um si 1* 4 -t JLU1JL WHU JUVSV li* at 

Carrift 13fi MvGal 11G Boston also fairish. “World in His 

Uftl A1U Arms „ in secon J frame at Memo _ 


Boston, Aug. 19. 
Biz continues to show signs of 
resurgence heri with new product 
shaping fairly active. “Affairs in 
Trinidad,” a,t Astor, leading town 
with a terrific total. “Where’s 
Charley” at . Paramount and Fen- 
way also is smooth. “Carrie” at Met 
looks fair with “Lost in Alaska” at 


Detroit, Aug. 19. 

Biz is good at all excepting a 
couple of houses here, this week. 
“Affair in Trinidad” is heading to- 
ward a terrific $33,000 at the 
Michigan. “Diplomatic Courier” 
is picking up some heavy bundles 
at the Palms. “Carrie” looks good 
at the Madison as does “Anybody 
See My Gal” at the United Artists. 
Estimates for This Week 
Fox (Fox-Detroit) (5,000; 70-95) 
—“We’re- Not Married” (20th) and 
“Breakdown” (Indie). Fair $17,000. 
Last week, “High Noon” (UA) and 
“Without Warning” (UA) (2d wk), 
$ 21 , 000 . 

Michigan (United Detroit) (4,000; 
70-951—“ Affair in Trinidad” (Col) 
and 'Just Across Street” <U). Ter- 
rific $33,000. Last week, “Jump- 
(Par) and ‘‘Brigand’ 
V 41h wk) * $14,000. 

Palms (UD) (2.961; 70-95) — 

(Continued on page 25) 


rial continues solid. 

Estimates for This Week 
Astor (B&Q») (1,500; 50-95)— “Af- 
fair in Trinidad” (Col). Setting 
pace with terrific $19,500. Last 
week, “High Noon” (UA) (3d wk), 
$7 000 

Beacon Hill (Beacon Hill) (682; 
50-90)— “Bank Dick” (U) and “My 
Little Chickadee” (U) (reissues). 
Opened Monday (18). Last week, 
“Cairo Road” (Indie), disappoint- 
ing $4,000 in 10 days. 

Boston- (RKO) (3,000; 40-85)— 
/'Lost in Alaska” (U) and “Sailors 
on Leave” (Rep) (reissue). About 
average 'at $10,000. La6t week, 
“Francis To West Point” (U) and 
“Desert Pursuit” (Mono), better 
than expected with oke $12,000. 

Exeter (Indie) (1,300; 60-80)— 
“Edward and Caroline” (Indie). 
Opened Sunday (17). LAst week, 
“Laughter in Paradise” (Stratford) 
(4th wk), okay $3 t 500. 


Fenway (NET) (1,373; 40-85)— 
“Where’s Charley” (WB) and “Arc- 
tic Flight” (Mono). Good $4,500. 
Last week, “We’re Not Married” 
(20th) and “Flesh and Blood” (In- 
die), $4,800. 

Memorial (RKO). (3, 000; 40-85)— 
“World in His Arms” (U) and 
“Stolen Face” (Lip) (2d Wk). Still 
solid at $.16,000 after Socko $27,400 
for first. 

Metropolitan (NET) (4,367; 40- 
85) — “Carrie” (Par) and “Feudin’ 
Fools” (Mono). Only fair $12,500 
Last week, '“Jumping Jacks” (Par) 
and “Without Warning” (UA) (3d 
wk), fine $14,500. 

Orpheum (Loew’s) (3,000; 40-85) 
— “Dreamboat” (20th) and “Holi 
day for Sinners” (M.-G). Opened 
today Tuesday (19). Last week, 


with big films in ' three houses. 
Midland is tops with great session 
with “Affair in Trinidad.”- para- 
mount is rated sock with “Will 
Rogers” -Vvhile “High Noon” looks 
lofty at the Missouri. All will hold. 
“Lost in Alaska” is mild in four 
Fox Midwest houses. Weather was 
hot and. sultry most of. yveek. 
Estimates for This Week 
Kimo (Dickinson) .(504; 50-751 — 
“Narrow Margin” (RKO) (3d wk). 
Holding strong at $1,500. May go 
fourth week. Last week, over hopes 
at $1 700 * 

Midland (Loew’s) (3,500; 50-75) 
“Affair In Trinidad” (Col) and 
‘Rainbow Round My . Shoulder' 
(Col). Heavy trade from opening 
hour for great $16,000, and hold- 
over. Last week, ..“Washington 
Story” (M-G) and “Montana Terri 
tory” (Col), $9,000. . 

Missouri (RKO) (2,650; 50-75)— 
‘High Noon” (WB) and “Two Guys, 
a Gal” (UA). Tall $12,000, best 
here in . some time. Last week, 
’Wild Heart” (RKO) and “Break- 
down” (Indie), $5,500. 

Paramount (Tri-States) 


“Island of Desire’? (UA) Arid. “Glory 50-75)— “Will Rogers” (WB). Sock 
Alley” (Mono), okay $-19,000 in 10 $14,000 looms, and will hold. Last 
days* ■ « " , . week, “Greatest Show” (Par) (2d 

Paramount (NET) (1,700; 40-85) — wk), $12,000 in 10 days. 

v Woira, Fairway, Grana- 

tic Flight” (Mono). Stout $12, $00, da (Fox Midwest) (2,100; 2,043* 700; 
Last week, “We’re Not Married” l,2l7; 50-75)—' "Lost in Alaska” (XJ) “ 

TUnnH” /Tn. »nd “Fbr Men Only” (Up). Mild * 
$10,000. Last Week “Lydia Bailey” 
(20th),’ fine $13,000. 

' Vogue (Golden) (550; 50-85) — 
‘Blithe Spirit” (Indie). Very perky 
at $1,800, and will go second week. 


(U) and “Rogues’ Regiment’’ <U) 
(reissues), 3 . days. Nice $5,000. 
Last week, “Robin Hood” (RKO) 
(m.o.L $6,000. 

Stale (Par) (2,300; 50-76)— “Will 
Rogers” (WB). Okay $7,000. Last 
week, “High Noon” (UA) (2d wk), 
fine $3,500. „ _ ... 

World (Mann) (400; 8o-$1.20)— 
“We’re Not Married” (20th) (2d- 
wk). Holding up at hefty $4,500 
after sharp $5,500 initial stanza. 

WEBB STURDY $18,000, 
FRISCO; ‘IVANHOE’ 19G 

San Francisco, Aug. 19- 
Sunny weather is sloughing biz 
Market Street this stanza, the 
_ drums showing up at near y 
every spot excepting the Fmc. w 
“Dreamboat” and the Warfield 
with “Ivanhoe.” Latter is big 
its third round. “High Noon 
looks best of extended-runs bem* 
fine in third United Artists week 
Estimates for This Week 
Golden Gate (RKO) (2.850; 

95) — “Wild Heart” (RKO). 

$7,50<), Last week, 

(UA) and “Body and 
(reissues), $ 10 , 000 . 


on 


65- 
TJiin 
“Champion’’ 
Soul” (UA) 


(20th) and “Flesh and Blood” (In 
die), nice $13,5Q0. 

State (Loew) (3,500; 40-85) 

“Dreamboat” (20th) and “Holiday 
for Sinners’* (M-G). Opened Tues- 
day (19). Last week, “Island of Dc^ 
sire” (UA) and “Glory Alley” 
(Mono), okay $11,000 in 10 days. 


only $7,500. .a ext*' 

=- v . - (M-G? *3d 

Last week, “Last Holiday” (Indie) $1-50)— Ivanhoe IM G 

(3d wk), $1,200. (Continued on page 


Fax (FWC) (4,651; 65-95] — 

Dreamboat” (20th) and <18 qqq 

comeegj 

80- 
vk). 


Wednes&ty* 


MCTHIUi dMSSRS 


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Return 

“Knock’ Wow 25G, Charley’-Stage 
Hep 53G, ‘Vegas’ 16G, ‘Kong’ 20G, 2d 


Chicago, Aug. 19. - 

All-Star football game, Friday 
/iKi nieht which drew - thousands, 
s return of hot, humid weather, 
ftempelSg sock August boxoffice 
here. However, receipts 
Continue way above average. 

C0 Mi”t of the big . grossers are 
holdovers. Among the newcomers, 
••ivm't Bother to Knock at the 
Roosevelt should hit smash $25,000. 

Chicago-, with “Where’.s Char- 
? e y9” and Frances Langford top- 
nine stageshow, looks to get bright 
?SoOO “Las Vegas Story” and 
“Half-Breed” at Grand looks big 

^Of°the second weekers, reissue 
combo of “King Kong” and “Leop- 
ard Man” at United Artists is, 
headed for a sharp session while 
“High Noon” and “Captive City’* 
at State-Lake is also stout. In its 
third week, “Big Sky” at the 
Woods still is okay. Oriental, with* 
“Son of Paleface,” has a highly 
satisfactory stanza in view.. 

“Greatest Show on Earth at 
Palace, in 16th frame, seems 
stronger than ever with fine $20,- 
000 likely. 

Estimates for This Week 
Chicago (B&K) (3,900; 98-$1.25) 
—“Where’s Charley?” (WB) and 
Frances Langford heading: stage- 
show. Great $53,000 likely. Last 
week, “Affair in Trinidad” (Col) 
plus Les Paul ami Mary Ford in 
person (2d Svk), $63,000. 

Grand (RKO) (1,500;. 55-98)— 
“Las Vegas “Story” and “Half- 
Breed” (RKO). Jane Bussell pi-c 
should hit big $16,000. Last week, 
“Across Street” (U) and -“Scarlet 
Angel” (U) (2d wk), $10,000. 

Oriental (Indie) (3,400; 98)— 

“Son of Paleface” (Par) (3d wk). 
Holding fairly well with $20,000. 
Last week,- $27,000. 

Palace (Eitel) (2,500; 98-$1.25)— 
“Greatest Show” (Par) (16th wk). 
Holding extremely well at $20,000. 
Last week, $21,000. 

Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 55-98)— 
“Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) 
and “Glory Alley” (M-G). Best of 
new entries, socko $25,000. Last 
week, “Robin Hood” (RKO) (2d 
wir) <90 non 

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 55-98) 
—“High Noon” (UA) and “Captive 
City” (UA) (2d>. wk). Excellent 
$18,000. Last week, $34,000. 

Surf (H&E Balaban) (685; 98)— 
“Encore” (Par) (3d wk). Sharp 
$6,500. List week,, $8,000. 

United Artists (B&K) (1,700; 55- 
OS)— “King Kong” and “Leopard 
Man” (RKO) (reissues) (2d wk). 
Rolling along to . smart $20,000. 
Last week, $32,000. 

. Woods (Essaness)- (1,073; 98)— 
“Big Sky” (RKO) (3d wk). Oke 
$18,000. Last Week, $24,000. . 

* World (Indie) (587.; ‘96)— “Ynung 
and Damned” . (Indie)’ (4th wk). 
Powerful $4,000. Last week, same. 


Estimates Are ffat 

Film gross estimates as re- 
ported herewith from the vari- 
ous key cities, are net; t. €., 
without the 20%. tax. Distrib- 
utors share on net take, when 
playing percentage, hence the 
estimated figures are net in- 1 
come. 

The parenthetic admission 
prices, however, as indicated, 
include the U. S. 'amusement 
tax. 


In Arms’ Smash 

22G m Dull D.C. 


Washington, Aug. 19. 

Biz is on the downbeaf this 
week, with lack of new product 
pulling down the totals. Another 
factor in b.o. slump was blamed on 
Friday (15) night’s A11 Stars-Rams 
football game on TV, with every 
mid-town house suffering. “World 
in His Arms,” at Loew’s Palace, is 
sole standout among newcomers 
with sock session. “When in 
Rome,” at Loew’s Capitol, is slow 
[ despite a solid stageshow. 

Estimates for This Week 

Capitol (Loew’s) (3,434; 55-95)— 
“When in Rome” (M-G) plus vaude. 
Slow $17,000. Last week, “Anybody 
Seen My Gal” (U) plus vaude, 
sound $21,000. 

Dupont (Lopert) (372; 50-85) — 
“Latuko” (Indie) (3d wk). Steady 
$6,000 after big $7,000 last week. 
Stays on. 

Keith’s (RKO) (1,939; 50-85)— 
“Wild Heart” (RKO). So-so $.8,000. 
Last week, “Francis To West 
Point” (U), solid $11,000 in 8 days. 

Metropolitan (Warner) (1,200; 
50-80)— “The Jungle” (Up). Aver- 
age $5,000. Last week, “Montana 
Territory”' (ColT,. $6;00Q, . 

Palace (LoeVs) '12,370; 50-80>-r* 
“World in His Arms” (UJ. Smash 
$22,000. Holds, Last week, “Lovely 
Look At” (M-G) (2d wk), fair $11;* 
000. 

Playhouse (Lopert) (485; 50-$ 1) 
—“Outcast of Islands” (DAJ (4th 
wk). Nosedived to- $3,500 after 
$5,000 last week. Stays. 1 

Warner. (WB) <2,174; 50-80)^ 
“Jumping Jacks” (Par) (3d final 
wk). Unusually bright $12,000 for 
third week here after $14,000 last 
week. * 


‘Zero’ Socko 
‘In Arms* 



Denver, Aug, 19. 

One Minute To- Zero,”' sparked 
by personals ■ by stairs of film, is 
packing Orphemil here this week 
to best showing in town. It is 
holding. “We’re: Not Married’' also- 
“ smash at Paramount while 
World in Arms”' looms socko in 
two spots. 

“Duel at Silver Creek” looks 
okay in three houses. 

Estimates for This Week 

Aladdin (Fox) (1,400; 50-85)— 
Duel at Silver Creek” (U) and 
Beautiful but Broke” CCol>, day- 
date with Tabor, Webber. ' Okay 
Last week, “Kangaroo” 
goth) and “Tough Girl” (Col), 
$ 6 , 000 . 

Broadway (Wolfberg) (1,200; SO- 
BS)— “Lovely- Look At” (M-G) (2ff 
yk) Fair $7,500, Holds. Last week,, 
$14,000. 

Denham (Cockrill) (1,750; 50-85) 
"T Greatest Show” (Par) (3d wk). 
Good $9,500. Last week, $10,500. 
«.n7 e ?Y cr (Fox) <2.525; 50-85)— 
World in His Arms” (U) and 
Bound” (Indie). Smash 
f/G.OOO. Last week, “High .Noon” 

$l5M0 and '* Bal Tabarij31 ” (Re P ) * 
4 Esquire (Rep) (742; 50-85)— 

World in Arms” (U) and “Army 
Bound” Undie). ’ Fine $3,500. Last 
Week, “High Noon” (UA) and “Bal 
rabarm” (Rep), * $3,000. • 

“n 0rp l xeum (BICO) (2,600; 50-85)—: 

Gne Minute .tu Zero” (RKO) and 
** Sinners” (M-G)l Sdck 
SJ-OP.9- HOldy. Last webkT"‘ Wild 
Heart (RKO) and. “African Treas- 
ure (Mono), $7,500. 

Paramount. (Fox) .(2,200; 50=-85) 
— We’re Not Married” (20th). 

(Continued on page 25) 


‘Desire’ Rick $12,000, 

Seattle; A&C H«t 9G 

Seattle, Aug. 19. 

Trade ajt first-runs continues 
fairly good -this session. “Island 
i of Desire” looms great at Coli- 
seum-! “.Carrie” looks only fair at 
Fifth Avenue. “Lost in Alaska.” 
new Abbott-Costello comedy, is 
rated big At Liberty. “Has Any- 
body Seen My Gal” at Music Hall 
and “ Where’s v . Charley” at Or- 
pheum both shape good. 

- Estimates far This Week 

CoUseum (Evergreen) (1,829; 65- 
90)r— “Island of Desire” (UA) and 
('Assassin*, for Hire” (Lip). Headed 
, tor great $12,000. Last week, 

[ “Jumping Jacks” (Par) (3d wk), 
$9,000. 

Fifth Avenue (Evergreen) (2,366; 
65-90) — “Carrie” (Par). Fair 
$6i90O: Last week, “We’re Not 
Married” (20th) (2d wk), $6,300. 

Liberty (Hamrick) (1,650; 65-90) 
—“Lost in Alaska” (U) and “Thun- 
dering Caravans” (Rep). Big 
$9,Q00> Last week, “Quo Vadis” 
(M-G), swell $12,000 in 10 days. 

Music Half (Hamrick) (2,282; 65- 
90) — “Anybody. Seen My Gal’” (U). 
Good $8,500. Last week, “Scata- 
mouche” (M-G) (2d wk), $9,500 in- 
10 days. 

Orpheum (Hamrick) (2; 599; 65- 
90)— “Where’s Charley” (WR> and 
“Narrow Margin” (RKO). Good 
$9,000 or near. Last week, “Will 
Rogers” (WB) (2d wk), $7,400 In. 8 
-days. 

Palomar (Sterling) Cl ,350; 45-70) 
—“Red Elver” (UA) and ; ‘TuIsa” 
(UA) (reissues). Modest $4,500; 
Last .week. “King Kong” (RKO), 
and “Leopard Man’” .(RKO) (re- 
issues) (2<f wk), $3,800. 

Paramount (Evergreen) (3,039; 
65-90)— “High Noon” (UA) and 
“Diplomatic * Courier” (20th) (3d 
wk). Swell $7,000 in 6 days. Last 
week, $8,700. 


‘Dreamboat’ Fast $14,000, 
Port.; ‘Francis’ 8£G, 2d 

Portland, Ore., Aug. 19. 

First-runs are loaded with hot 
holdovers this week but “Dream- 
boat” the lone newcomer, looks 
sock in two houses. “Jumping 
Jacks” is great for a second frame 
after racking up one. of biggest 
opening weeks seen here in several 
years. “Francis To West Point,” in 
second Broadway week, and “High 
Noon,” in third round at Liberty, 
both are still solid. 

■Estimate* for This Week 

Broadway (Parker) (1,890; 65.-90) 
—“Francis To- West Point” (U) and 
“Dark Command” (Rep) (reissue) 
(2d wk). Big $8,500, Last week, 
$Jl;3Q0. 

- Liberty (Hamrick) (l,8j>0; 65^90) 
>t— “H igh Noon” (UA) and “Lady 
Says No” (UA) (3d Wk). Nifty $8,- 
000. Last week, $9,000. 

Oriental (Evergreen) (2,000; 65- 
90) — “Dreamboat” (20th) and “Red 
Snow” (Col), day-date with Or- 
pheum. Fast $5,000 or near. Last 
week, “Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
“Atomic City” (Par), also at Para- 
mount, $6,500. 

Orpheum (Evergreen) (1,750; 65- 
90)— “preamboat” (20th) and “Red 
Snow”' (Col). Sock $9,00Q. Last 
week, “Wait ’Till Sun Shines Nel- 
lie” (20th) and “Roaring City” (In- 
die); $6-;000. 

Paramount: (Evergreen) (3,400; 
65-90) — “Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
“The Atomic City” (Par) (2d wk). 
Big $7,500. Last week, also Orien- 
tals Torrid $12,200. 

.United Artists (Parker) (890; 65- 
90)— “Lovely To Look At” (M-G) 
(4th wk). Fine $4,500. Last week, 
$5,200. 



Plus Vaude Nice 19G, Ivanhoe’ 3d 170G 


‘In Arms’ Lusty 

$15,009, Cleve 

- Cleveland, Aug. 19* 

Cool weather is boosting biz so 
much here currently that even the 
holdovers are displaying great 
strength. “World In His Arms” is 
getting top coin of the newcomers 
with big session at the Hipp while 
“Where’s Charley?” also looms 
greatest the. Allen, “Iyanhoe” con- 
tinue* smash In third round at the 
Stillman. whHe “Sudden; Fear” also 
looms solid in • second - round ai 
Palace, “Dreamboat” and “Don’t 
Bother Knock” both are big on 
moveover runs. 

Estimate* for This Week 

Allen (Wirner) (3;000; 55-80)— 
“Where’s;. Charley?” (WB). Great 
$ 12.QO0. Last week, “Will Rogers” 
(WB), $121,600. 

Hl’pp * (Scheftel-Butger) (3,700; 
55-80)— “World lit His Arms” (U). 
Big $15,000. Hist week, “Don’t 
Bother to- Knbck” ,(20th), $14,000. 

.Palnee 'RICO) ($300; 55-80)— 
“Sudden Jjteir” (RKO) (2d wk). 
Holding: at $11,000. Last week, sock 
$18,000, 

State (Loe^’s) (3,450; 55-80)— 
“Anybody Seen My. Gal” (U). 
Okay $9,000. Last week, “Dream- 
boat” (20th), big $14>50Q. 

Stillman (Loew’s) (2,700; 55-80) 
— “Ivanhoe” (M-G) (3d wk). Great 
$21,000. Last week,, hefty $25,000. 

Tbwer (Scheftel-Burger) (500; *55- 
80) — “Don’t Bother to Knock” 
(20th) (m„6.). • Nice $4,500. Last 
week, “Aladdin*’ (Mono) and “Des- 
ert Pursuit” (Mono), $ 3 , 500 . 

Lower Mall -(Community) (585; 
55-80) — “EnCore” (Par) (2d wk). 
Held at $2,500. Last week, good 
$4,000; 

Ohio (Loew’s) (1,300; 55-80)— 
.“Dreamboat” (20th) , (mAJ; Big 
$5,000. Last Week, “Wagons, West” 
(Mono) and “Wild Stallion” (Mono), 
$5,500. 

‘Show* Great $17,(000, 
Balto; ‘Dreamboat’ 1QG 

Baltimore, Aug. 19. 

Bright spot in rather, offish week 
here is return of “Greatest Show 
son Earth,” to KeUfi’s, at popular 
prices after previously hanging up 
a high mark In total • attendance 
ana receipts ' our upped, kale run 
earlier this season/ It Is Mg cur- 
rently. Some , good activity is: also 
reported for the New’*, /'Dream- 
boat.” Most Other spot* are un- 
eventful. 

Estimates for TWs- Week ; 

Century ..(Luew’s-UA)’ (3,000; 20- 
70) — “Don't Bother To Knock” 
(20th) (2d. Wk). Sliding off to, $6,000 
after surprisingly smash' opener at 
$9,700; ■ „ ' 

Keith’* (Schanberger) (2,460; 20- 
70>— “Greatest Show” (Par), Back 
on popseale run, gping to- big: $17,- 
000. Last week; 10 days of “Francis 
West Point” (U) Jiit $10,500. 

Mayfair (Hicks) (980; 20-70) — 
“Women of North Country” (Rep). 
Opens tomorrow (Wed.) after week 

(Continued On page 25) 


With rain over 50 % of the week, 
and continuance of mild weather* 
Broadway frrsHrurjs still are in 
high, gear this session. There were 
only two . openings at Broadway 
deluxers* but a fine array of strong 
holdovers and extended-runs will 
keep the overall total near r. e c ent 
high levels. Heavy rainfall oh Sat- 
urday and earlier in the week as 
usual bolstered trade while Sun- 
day (17), which was bright s and 
warm, cut in- somewhat. 

“Les Miserables,” which reop- 
ened the Rivoli, is heading for 
stout $30,000 ih Its first week, com- 
parable to the initial week at this 
house of “Decision Before 1 Dawn,” 
one of recent high grosser* there. 
“Son of All Baba” 1 with usual 
vaude* is the other opener, 'with 
nice $19,000 at the Palace in pros- 
pect, 

“Ivanhoe,” with stageshow, con- 
tinues it* amazing pace at the Mu- 
sic Hall -with a terrific $170,000 
likely for third week, _ Such a gait 
indicates many more* weeks for 
“ivanhoe” at the Hall. ’‘Sudden 
Fear” still Is smash with $44,000 
in its second session at the State, 
with a long run indicated. 

“Dreamboat*” with Topy Ben- 
nett, Phil Foster and iceshow head- 
ing stage layout* .is holding^at a 
sturdy $78,000 inTfourth and fihal 
week at the -Boxy., A fifth week 
was, being, considered; and: justified 
by.thisJbqsiness, but it was decided 
not. to hold back the opening of 
“What Price Glory” any longer, 
since it was two week* overdue 
from originally scheduled teeoff, 
“Altai* in Trinidad” continued* in, 
great fashion: by getting . $33,000 
for third round at the Victoria, 
only $1,090 below the second week. 

“Jumping Jacks,” with Don Cor- 
nell, Elliot Lawrence ^batid top- 
ping stageshow* finished the 
fourth stanza at very strong $71,- 
000 and -hold* a fifth at the Para- 
mount, longest run for any pic at 
the. Par flagship this year, “High 
Noon” still is very big .at $25,000- 
in it* fourth frame at the- Mayfair* 

^“Don^Iklther To Knock,” Which 
was. held a fifth week after “Fran- 
cis Goes To West Point” twice had 
been scheduled to open, looks okay 
in jfinal,(5th) session, at the 6Hobe. 
Pic caught op from the start. ' 

“Miracle of- Our Lady of Fa- 
tima” open's its regular run .'day- 
date at Astor and Bijou tomorrow 
(Thurs.) after invitational preem 
at the Astor tonight - (Wed.). 

Estimates' for This Week 

Astor^City Inv.) (1,300; 70-$1.50) 
—“Will Rogers” (WB) (5th-final 
wk). Wound up final week last 
night (Tues.) with $5,500 after 
slow $7,600 for fourth week, “Mir- 1 
acle of Our Lady of Fatima” (WB) 
opens with special invitational 
pr.eem tonight (Wed.),. Regular 
run of pic starts tomorrow 
(Thurs.), playing day-date with 
Bijou, which will have upped-price 
scale 

Capitol (Loew’s)' (4,820; 70-$1.50) 
— “Carrie” (Par) (5th wk-8 days), 
Looks like $12,000 in final eight 
days after nice $14,000 for fourth 
week* to wind up highly success- 
ful run. “Quiet Man” (Rep) opens 
tomorrow (Thurs.). 

Criterion IMoss) 71,700; 50-$1.80) 
—“Big Sky” (RKO).. Opened yes- 
terday .(Tues.). In ahead, “Robin 
Hood” (RKO-Disney) (8th wfc-5 
days), only $7,000 after okay $11,- 
000 for seventh . week, winding up 
a very profitable longrun here', 

Fine Arts. (Davis) (468; 90-$1.80) 
— “Stranger in Between” (U). 
Opened, yesterday (Tues.). Last 
week* “Outcast of Islands.” (UA) 
(14th wk-5 days)' held at $3,500' 
after solid $4,500 for 13th session, t 
making, a highly profitable engage- 
ment. 

Glnbe (Brandt) (1,500; 50-$1.50) 

■ — “Don't Bother To Knock” (20th) 
(5th wk), Do|ng- okay $8,600 In cur- 
rent session, which, again is sup- 
posed to be windup of run. It was 
originally set to stay only three 
weeks; then held over a fourth and 
fifth week because pic did so well. 
Fourth week was nice $10,500. 
“Francis Goes To West Point” (U), 
held back for two weeks, is sup- 
posed to open Friday (22); 

■ Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 50-$1.50) 
— “High'Noon” (UA) (4th. wk). Still 
very big with $25,000- in current 
stanza after $30,500 for third week. 

Normandie (Normandie Theatres) 
(592; 95-$1.8G! — -“Encore” (Par)’ 
((21st wk). The 2(kh session ended 
last night (TueS.) held ’ at. $5,200 
after fine $6,200 for 19th 'week. 
•Stays on. 

Palace (RKO) (1,700; 75-$1.40)— 
“Son of All Baba” (U) with eight 
, acts of vaude. Ba6k in normal 


stride but. still strong at $19,000 or 
close. Last week, “King Kong” 
(RKO) (reissue) soared to great 
$32,000 but below Ropes. Best 
here 1 under current policy. Was 
headed for bigger money but began 
dipping soon after “Kong” started 
playing RKO circuit houses in Met 
area. 

Paramount (Par) (3,664; 80-$1.8Q) 
— “Jumping Jacks (Par) with Don 
Cornell, Elliot Lawrence ~ orch 
heading stage bill (5th-final wk). 
Fourth frame ended last night 
(Tues.) held at very strong $71,000 
after sock $92*000 for third week. 
“Crimson Pirate” (WBl*is due in 
next. , 

Park Ave. (Reade) (583; 90-$1.50) 
— “Brandy for Parson” (Mayer). 
Week ending next Friday (22) looks 
to hit $8,000. Holds. In ahead, “Is- 
land Rescue” (U) (7th wk), $4,000. 

Paris (Indie) (568; $1.25-$1.80)— 
“Casque D’or” (Discina). Opened 
very well Monday (18). In ahead, 
“Strange Ones” (Mayer) (3d wk), 
oke $6,000 after $6,500 for second 
frame. 

Radio City Music Hall (Rockefel- 
lers) (5,945; 80-$2.40)— “Ivanhoe” 
(M-G) with stageshow (3d wk). 
Holding at socko $170,000, way 
ahead of -many first weeks. Second 
week was huge $174,500, making 
greatest first two weeks in histpry 
[ of Hall. Holds for fourth stanza, of 
course, and, set for Indefinite stay, 
with hd termination in sight. Only 
$6,000 below opening week’s total 
although in third stanza. 

mtyett (UAT) (2,092; 70-$1.50)— 
,.“Le* Miserable*” (20th). First 
Week ending today (Wed.) looks 
like - solid $30,000, big considering 
.it reopened house and that big 
preem bally at night of first day 
came after pic opened in morning. 
Film drew many fine reviews, 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$2.20)— 
“Dreamboat” (20th) with Tony 
Bennett, Phil Foster* Iceshow on- 
stage (4th-finat wk)V Holding at 
sturdy $78,000 afteir big $88,000 
:for third week. Aided in final week 
Lby preview on Monday (18). Had 
considered holding' a fifth hut de- 
cided not • to delay opening of 
“What Price Glory” (20th), with 
Mel Torme, Elliott Reid, Tom & 
Jerry, iceshow onstage. This com- 
bo had been held back twice, being 
originally set to come In Aug. 8. 
Now due in Friday (22). 

State (Loew’s) (3,450; 65-$1.50)— 
“Sudden Fear” (RKO) (2d wk). 
Continues smash with $44,000 or 
near after soaring to terrific $60,- 
000 in first round, greatest here in 
many months. Looks in for lengthy 
engagement. 

Sutton <R & B) (561; 90-$1.50)— 
“Man in .White Suit” <U)V20th wk). 
.Still very strong 'at $7,000 in 19th 
week ended Monday (18) after 
$7,200 for 18 th round. Stays on. 

Tram-Lux 60th. St. (T-L) (453; 
90-$1.50)— “Lady Vanishes” (Indie) 
(3d wk). Still stout, with $5,200 
after $6,700 for second week. 

Trans-Lux 52d Si (T-L) (540; 90- 
$1,50) — -“Ivory Hunter” (OJ). Open- 
ed Monday (18). In ahead, “High 
Treason” (Indie) (13th wk-8 days), 
$2,700 after oka/ $3,300 for 12th 
week 

Victoria. (City InvJ (1,060; 70- 
$1.80)— “Affair In- Trinidad” (Col) 
|-(4th wk). Third stanza ended last 
night- (Tues,). continued great with 
$33,000 aft^r socko $34,000 for sec- 
ond week, slightly r above hopes. 

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‘RoKu’ 166, ‘Outcast’ 8G 

. St Louis, Aug. 19. 

Bir is on the upbeat all over the 
city with first-runs enjoying fine 
boxoffice activity over the past 
weekend. “Affair in -Trinidad,” 
aided ‘by cuff 6 publicity for Rita 
Hayworth, is standout with sock 
session at Loew's. “World? in 
Arms” looms good at the Missouri 
while “Robin Hood” is rated fine 
at the downtown Ambassador,. 
“Outcast of Islands” shapes good 
at two smaller houses. 

- Estimate* for This Week 

Ambassador (F&M> (3.000; 60- 
75)— “Robin Hood” (RKO). Fine 
$16,000. Last week. “Will Rogers” 
(WB) and “Half-Breed” (RKO), 
$1L0Q0. 

FbxJF&M) (5,000; 60-75)— “Jump- 
ing;. Jacks” (Par) and “Atomic City” 
(Par) (3d wk-3 days). Good $5,000. 
Last week, fancy $15,000. 

Loew’s (Loew) (3,172; 50-75* — 
"Affair in Trinidad” (Col) and 
“Harem Girl” (Col). Sock $20,000. 

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Paris, Aug. £9. f 

popularity of Preach legit idap- 
tions abroad has declined since the 
V ar. Prewar years saw the Gallic 
productions one of h*oat performed 
,nd adapted in other countries, hut 
now they have been superseded 
by the more dynamic American and 
vUlish legit -plays. Biggest areas 
for offshore French legit are South 
America. Germany and Belgium. 
Most of the plays adapted for 
American use have been unsuc- 
cessful in the last few years. U. S. 
rrix have been harsh on Jean 
Anouilh whose bittersweet, ironic 
dissections of love were mostly 
found to be puerile and decadent. 
Sa” flopped and “Gigi” was a 
prestige rather a financial success. 
However, an unusual number of 
French adaptations are announced 
for Bwadway this season. 

The Mexican market, which is 
zealously guarded by local play- 
wrights, is slow in turning to the 
French theatre. Hits have been 
Jean Anouilh’s “Colombe” and 
“The Traveller Without Baggage,” 
and Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon’s “Ed- 
ward’s Children.” Canada is far 
behind in repertoire and not yet 
up to taking modern Gallic plays. 

The <■ South American countries 
of Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil. and 
Chili provide a lqrge audience for 
Gallic legit. Some top , successes 
have been such oldies as' "Seal of 
Tampiston” by DeMouezy, Tristan 
Bernard’s “Kiss Me” and “Little 
Cafe”; and “Gringalet” by Paul 
Vandenberghe. Newer ones are 
“Edward’s Children,” “Nights of 
Anger” by Armand Salacrou; 
“Ardele’s Gift” by Pierre Bariilet 
and Jean-Pierre Gredy, Roussin’s 
“Nina,” and the “Philomen Com- 
plex” by Jean-Bemard Luc. 

W. Germany Likes French Legit 

One of the biggest absorbers of 
French legit productions is West 
Germany. Germany has staged 
over 130 modern French' plays 
since the war. Tops are Jean 
Anouilh with 12 of his plays run- 
ning there in that time. Best ac- 
cepted are “Antigone,” “Robber’s 
Ball,” “Eurydice,” “Invitation to a 
Chateau” (which was the success- 
ful London adaptation of Christo- 
pher Fry's “Ring Around the 
Moon”), and “Romeo and Janet.” 
Albert Camus came up for four of 
his existentialist plays; Paul 
Claudel had seven and Jean 
Cocteau three. Well repped were 
Colette, Roger Ferdinand, Jean 
•Giraudoux, Henri He Montherlant, 
Andre Obey, Marcel Pagnol, and 
Andre Roussin, 4 ' 

Another good customer Was the 
Scandinavian ’ countries with Jean 
9Anouilh, Jean -Paul Sartre and 
Marcel Ayme being preferred with 
Italy showed a partiality for Roger 
Ferdinand,. Jean Anouilh, Paul 
Claudel and, Armand Salacrou. 
Greece has even asked French 
authors down for the preem of 
their plays. „ .Last" season saw 
Jacques Deval presenting his "To- 
night in Sanrarcand.” Jean He 
Latraz went down forrhis “Wes Are 
Looking for a Home.” 

S^ain Goes for. fighter Works. 

Spain, with' heavy censorship, 
showed preference for lighter 
works rather than ’the more philo- 
sophical output pf Cartre, Claudel 
and Montherlant. In- all. the . coun- 
tries considered, top authors pre- 
ferred were Anouilh, Claudel, 
Cocteau, Roussin and Deval, • 

Belgium, is an Offshoot of the 
French theatre with set repertoire 
houses and three-quarters of their 
jegit offerings French. At the 
leading theatre in Brussels, The 
Boyal Parc, 30 of its plays were 
French. 


TV Station for Tijuana 

Mexico City, Aug. 12. 

Tijuana on the California border 
is to bow big in with TV early in 
November when Emilio Azcarraga, 
Mexican radio-video mogul, opens 
Ration XEACTV. It cost $500,000. 
it will be powerful enough to serve 
,Los . Angeles, he claims. It can 
easily cover San Biego. 

Azcarraga is readyjbng two more 
stations for 1953; One mil be in 
b*uadalajara, second largest Mexi- 
can city, and Monterrey, the east- 
® rn industrial center. He owns- 
epe rates station XEWTV here and 
J-eievicentro, the local Radio City. 


'Half-Acre’ TJ.S. Entry 
In Edinbijrgli : Festitii: 

Edinburgh, * 

The big U. S. fibn entries at thi^- 
fall’s International" -Filit*- Festival' 
here includes Writ* Blshey’s “Nik 
ture’s Half -Acre, H* and ..the State 
Department films, 1 '“impressionable' 
Years,” and “Small Town Editor”- 
Fete runs from Aug. 17 to Sep£.7-.‘J 

The Philippine entry is a . fea- 
ture about the life of Gfengbis 
Khan. British feature pix ‘entered’ 
include “The Brave Don’t Cry,” 
produced by John Grierson for. 
Group Three of the British Nation- 
al Film Finance ’Corp.' and “Cry, 
the • Beloved Country, 7 - . adaptation 
made by London Fjtyfti Productions. 

France is sending a'speeial retro- 
spective prograpi . of films which: 
have influenced, the 'development 
of French documentary, compiled 
by the Cinematheque - Francaise. 
Max Ophuls, director of • “La 
Ronde,” will introduce his’ hew 
film, “Le Plaisir,” based- bh 'three 
short stories by de Maiipassaht. 

There are about 270- entries from 
over 30 countries. 


Closed Paris ‘Fire 

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Still Simmers 


Paris, Aug. 19. 

“Full Fire” (Plein Feu), the 
Pierre Louis-Guerin-Rene Fraday 
revue spec starring Maurice Cheva- 
lier, which shuttered Aug. 2, is still 
stirring talk here. 

Guerin told Variety the show 
pegged at a 100,000,000-franc nut 
($250,000) only made back about 
half of this in its fourth month 
on the boards. Hot weather and 
inadequate biz finally led to the 
decision to close. The artists had 
been given a six-month guarantee 
because the show was expected to 
run a year until the public’s 
thumbs-down folded it. 

Although it did big at the begin- 
ning, the revue bogged down after 
initial weeks. The show was a 
Franco-American hybrid that did 
not seem to have enough of either 
to make a go. 

The tourists, who were expected 
to be ’ tapped, found it akin to a 
U. S. revue and, as such, suffered 
in comparison, Besides, most of 
them wanted the fluffy, sexy at- 
mosphere as at the Folies Bergere, 
.and spread Negative word-of-mouth 
to fellow travelers. Even though 
Chevalier -is still an immense draw, 
he was not enough to cover the 
big overhead and operating costs 
alone.’ 

CheValier is resting here and 
considering shows in Scandanavia, 
Holland and. Germany. They are 
not definitely * set and will be 
either pne-maife concerts or possi-. 
bly as a star in local variety houses. 
He said that he has received 
•offers from Nachat Martini to ap- 
pear at the French Casind in N. Y. 
However, 'he does not wish to do 
any -.cabaret work. 

. “Fire”- opened April 23 this year 
,and closed August 2, '52 after a 
14 V 2 -Week run. 

4 MAJOR BRIT. CHAINS 
. UP ADMISSION SCALES 

. Washington, Aug. 12. 

The four major theatre circuits 
in Greit Britain have hiked their 
admission prices to meet increas- 
ed costs of operation, reports the 
U. S. Department of Commerce. 
The hikes went into effect. Aug. 3 
for the Qdeon, Granada, Associated 
British Picture Corp. and Gau- 
mont-British chains. 

Seats costing 2 shillings 1 pence 
were upped to 2 shillings 3 pence;, 
those formerly 2 shillings 7 pence 
went to 2 shillings 8 pence While 
the 3 shilling 11 pence seats went 
to 4 shillings or 14c. (A shilling is 
now equal to 14c in American 
money, with 12 pence to the shil- 
ling). The exhibitors said the boost 
became necessary because the 
latest British budget failed to 
provide them any relief from the 
entertainment tax. 


Dolores Gray to Belgium 

London, Aug, f 19. 

As soon as she finishes her two 
weeks at the London Palladium, 
Dolores Gray will do two Sunday 
concerts at Blackpool for Harold 
Fielding. Then she goes to Knocke, 
Belgium, for one night gala per- 
formance. 

Miss Gray then goes io Paris fpr 
a holiday and is likely’ to. do series 
pf. ; gala shows .In the South of 
France. She is popular lit France 
because o£ numerous TV Aim$i&he 
thereto years ago. 







Sydney, Aug. 12. 

• New Australian Commonwealth 
budget’, introduced by -Fe<feral 
Treasurer Sir Arthur FaddCn/ is 
seen as a means of boosting film 
biz during 1952-53 via clipping the 
‘direct income tax around $0,000,000 
[.pounds (about $112,000,000), Be-*’ 
duction will give the population 
’additional spending power. Despite 
the current high cost of living 
Down Under, a substantial propor- 
tion’ of this 50,000,000 pounds 
should find its way into cinema 
boxoffices. Reduction in the sal^s 
tax setup covering local anti im- 
ported merchandise also will put 
more coin into the pockets of 
Aussies. 

The film industry was looking 
for some relief from the govern- 
ment’s solid admission tax covering 
all amusements hut the treasurer 
turned down the relief pleas. 
Treasurer also declined any break- 
down in the dollar curb here, 
pointing out that the government 
was determined to nix any further 
inflation upbeat via additional dol- 
lar spending or takeaway. 

Understood that • pic industry 
leaders here will seek an easing 
of Import restrictions covering car- 
bons, technical equipment, ad-pub- 
licity material and other goods 
positively necessary for the suc- 
cessful operation of the film biz 
as a whole in this important terri- 
tory. Leaders , have been concerned 
in recent weeks over the increase 
in unemployment, with a resultant 
boxofftce downbeat. The new 
budget, however, is expected to nip 
unemployment to a great extent via 
tax relief to major organizations 
and greenlight on easing prior 
drastic import restrictions. 

Japanese Exhibs’ Plan 
Would Hurt U.S. Films; 
Opposed by Yank Cos. 

Tokyo, Aug. 12. 

A knotty path is forseen for 
American film companies in the 
future distributing their product 
in Japan if a formula for import- 
ing new pix, proposed to . the 
Finance Ministry by the four, top 
exhibitors, is adapted. The Minis- 
try, seeking to establish film' im- 
port policy for matter half of cur- 
rent year- (October this year to 
March, 1953), is seeking opinions 
of film importers. 

Towa, Toho, Shochiku "and Daisi 
have told the Ministry -that, in ef- 
fect, they wanted to be allowed 
to buy on the open market, ac- 
cording to the. amount of foreign 
exchange allotted'* to them anti 
not have to use the present sys- 
tem .b’y which quotas for import- 
able films are assigned by the gov- 
ernment to foreign countries. New 
policy might cut down on Ameri? 
can film sales here as U. S. Is 
“most favored nation” In import 
quotas. 

•Major American companies here 
are preparing • a counter-plan to 
submit to the Ministlry, and are 
flatly opposed to any. change in the 
present policy. Majors are also 
against lowering of current film 
rental rates, proposed by- exhibi- 
tors, as a method of preventing ac- 
cumulation of, frozen 'yen. Majors 
say reduction bf pix tiistflb fees 
might curtail number - of imported 
films, thus contradicting- ' the 
Finance Ministry^- original promise 
to equalize the number of released 
films per year between Japanese 
and foreign jfilmls. ’ 


Other Foreign News 
on Page 15 


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Weather, New Films Up London B.O 

Thing’ Record 14G, Hope Wow $10,600, 
•Wind’ Stout 18G, ‘Married m ft 




Many Lorigliiii' Singers ‘ ; 

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Dublbi^Aufcl2. 

Unusually- heavy*- -schedule of 
longhair 1 Warblers is 'being,- ar- 
ranged. .for ..theatres '.here.'tms fall. 
Quartet i; : fr'oin La 'Scald.. Milan; 
Swedish'teiidr Jusse Biprilhg* and 
soprahb ^Victoria de? Lo$ iAngeles 
are already' booked iff-the Theatre 
Royal |or- Beptember-October dates. 
They will be followed by name vo- 
calists fpf a performance of Elgar’s 
“Drean(i \of ; . Gerontius” With Halle 
Orchestra;* jand Sir jphn..BarMrolli. 

The * - ■ Cfiympia Theatre} ; 1 ,250- 
seater . which was a hewcbpier to 
longhair: biz last season^* bringing 
biggeiS ft&mes this* fall and will 
head’/the list.'with: soprand Kirsten 
Flagstad • iwhen ' she finishes her 
Welsh 'tour. V ’ Yi- •*' 


16m 



Clicks in France 


.. . Paris, Aug. 12. 

Distribution of 16m films has 
growfi in’ importance and volume 
since the war. Of the 150 films 
used. on. oountry circuits, 60 are 
American. U. S. companies work 
on a flat'mihumum basis because 
it is hard to keep tabs, on the box- 
office in these out-of-way, lesser 
spots,’ or traveling units. Yank 
companies feel it is,.a. good invest- 
ment in penetrating the non-film 
areas and building a future film 
audience or creating patrons who 
will head for the more populated 
areas to see a show. 

Housing for 16m films usually 
is the local cafe in a. small town 
or the town, meeting hall." There 
axe usually one or two showings a 
week. Nearly 8,000 communities in 
France are serviced' by 16m, 

Smaller-scale showings of pix in 
outlying areas was first .begun in 
France in 1910. ' At first ’.21m, the 
17.5 m was adopted in 1930. During 
the occupation, . the Germans 
decreed all equipment be modified 
to 16m to create a uniform distri- 
bution. 

Films are reduced from regular 
35m to 16m in France. The dubbed 
sound track is re-recorded on 16rti. 
There is no distribution of original 
versions with subtitles in this area. 
Universal was the first to start 
color on the ''rounds in 16m with 
“1,001 Nights.” The color reduc- 
tions are made in England by 
Technicolor. Walt Disney’s “Snow 
White And Seven Dwarfs” (RKO) 
goes on 16m this year. 


PLENTY OF TOURISTS 
IN IRELAND, NO COIN 

Dublin# Aug. 12*. 

Travel companies are the only 
firms doing well from Ireland’s big. 
■number of tourists this year. Most 
visitors are coming here from 
Britain, but they have little dough 
to spend. Many are only window-' 
shoppers, patronizing the cheaper 
eateries and not 'spending as much 
on alcohol as in recent years. 

Lack of newspapers, a * strike 
having shuttered Dublin printing 
plants for the past four weeks, has 
not helped biz/ but there has been 
no dipjn attendance^ film houses. 
Impression hete is that lower 
wages in English factories is caus- 
ing the "tightening-up of visitors' 
purse-strings, with many apparent- 
ly here for the food and not to 
spend much on entertainment. 

Laine to Glasgow, Sept 8 

London, Aug. 19. 

. Frankie Laine goes to Paris 
Sept. 1, after completing two weeks 
at the London Palladium, for one 
week where he will do one radio 
broadcast. 

Then he opens at the Glasgow 
Empire, the week of Sept. 8. He 
also will do a series of three Sun- 
day concerts for Harold Fielding, 
one each in Leicester, Blackpool 
and Manchester/ 


.• .HpndCn, Aug* 12. 

. ' Ynclemcttt we*thfer; plus a batch 
P t hew, strhhir- pictures has proved 
a bbnahxaVtoWest End film busi- 
ness duriitg the past week. Week- 
end, irad JriWbs capacity at nearly 
all hoiftdj*. ‘ ■ perhaps the outstand- 
ing newcomer is “The Thing From 
Anptheh ; Worid,” now holding up 
in its ^e.c<jnd;*week at the London 
Pavilion -after breaking the 21- 
y ear-old .hbu.se mark opening week 
with $i’4;poc'/; 

“We’re Not Married” also is big 
with $9,300 for its second week at 
the QdeopivLeicester Square. “Son 
of RalefaCe;” got a terrific $10,600 
opening ; ‘‘W&dk at Carlton, with 
threerWeek/Yun assured for Bob 
Hope Stauter. 

Despite "being in third week, 
strongest; overall entry is “Sound 
Barrier’' v at -^fie Plaza. It will go 
five stanzas, and then move to the 
CarltoriL fbp^eond West End run, 
this! -beingf unusual since the Carl- 
ton invariably plays first-run. 
“Where’s Charley” is rated only 
okay with $8,400 at the Warner, 
but holds three weeks. The real 
surprise is “Gone With the Wind” 
at the Empire. Initial week looks 
to top $18,000, might big, Probab- 
ly could- haVe gone longer but 
booked only for two weeks. 
Estimates for Last Week 

t Cariton (Par) (1,128; 70-$2.15)~ 
a Son of Paleface” (Par) (2d wk). 
Opening was best here in two years, 
and second week may equal first 
session which was smash $10,600, 
In for at least three weeks. . 

• Empire (M-G) (3,099; 55-$l,70)— 
“Gone With Wind” (M-G) (reissue). 
Should garner good dough in its 
2-week^run, First week is expected 
to top $18,000, very big in view of 
playing only .3 sessions daily, in- 
stead of usual five. “Scaramouche” 
(M-G) opens Aug. 15. 

Gaumont (CMA) (1,500; 50-$1.70) 
—“Handy” (GFD) (2d wk). Very 
good $7,300. “Brave Don’t Cry” 
(ABFD) and “Duel at c, lver Creek” 
(GFD), open Aug. 15’. 

Leicester Square (CMA), (1,753; 
5Q-$1.70)— “Room For One More” 
(WB). Okay $6,700. May stay 3 
weeks, 

London Pavilion (UA) (1,800; 
50-$1.70)^-“The Thing From An-’ 
other World” (RKO) (2d wk). Sec- 
ond stanza looks outstanding for 
this house. First week was smash 
$14,000, new 21-year house record 
here. Looks to hold a month or 
longer. 

* ‘Odeon, Leicester Square (CMA) 
(2,200; 50-11.70)— “We’re Not Mar- 
ried-” (20th) (2d wk). Climbed to 
$9,200 -after big $8,400 opening 
week. Being replaced by “World 
In His Arms” .(GFD) on Aug. 14, 
but could have held longer. 

Odeon, Marble .Arch (CMA! 
(2,300; 50-$ 1.70) — “Clash By Night” 
(RKO; and “Slaughter Trail” 
(RKO) (2d wk). Held at solid 
$8,200 after strong- $10,700 opener. 
“Dreamboat” (20th). follows Aug. 
15. . 

Plaza (Par) (T.902; 70-$1.70>— 
“Sound Barrier” HB-L) (3d wk). Has 
done steady $11,200 nearly every 
week and still' packing them in on 
weekends. Goes two weeks longer. 

Rit* M-G) '(432; 90-$3.15)— “Ivan- 
hoc” (M*G)/(3d wk). Easily topping 
$5,200, big for this bandbox house. 

Warner (WB) (1,735; >50-$1.70>— 
“Where’s Charley” (WB) (2d wk). 
Holding at $7,000 after disappoint- 
ing $8,400 first round. In for three 
weeks, being replaced by “Will 
Rogers” (WB) Aug. 21. 


Honor Sarnoff in Israel 

Tel Aviv, Aug. 12. 

Brigadier-General David Sarnoff, 
chairman of Radio Corp. of Amer- 
ica, was named an Honorary Fellow 
of the Weizmann Institute of Sci- 
ence, the first to be given this hon- 
or, at a ceremony in the Sieff 
Institute. 

“Television in Israel would be 
an important factor in helping 
solve the problem of integration 
of the various immigrant groups,” 
Sarnoff said, “and by having a di- 
rect and immediate contact with 
the people the country would have 
added military strength.” But he 
indicated there were more pressing 
problems facing Israel now than 
the setting up of television. 



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BUCK 

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THE MERRY 
WIDOW" 
is M-G-M’s 

next 

box-office 
bonanza! 


"How BIG is 'IVANHOE’?” In the 
first 18 days of its extended engagements 

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in Cleveland, Houston, San Francisco 

and Atlanta, it is 44% bigger than “Show 

Boat”; 40% bigger than “Battleground”; 

48% bigger than "An American In Paris.” 

It is 11% bigger in paid admissions 

than “Quo Vadis.” At the Music Hall, 

* 

N. Y.', its first 18 days set new all-time 
non-holiday records. 


How to win friends and influence your 

box-office? Give them "THE MERRY 

WIDOW,” M-G-M’s newest musical, 

the gayest, the sauciest of them all. The 

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romance between luscious Lana Turner 

and the new sensation, hot-blooded Latin 

. . ' . ✓ 

Fernando Lamas, will have the fans 
palpitating. Franz Lehar’s love songs! 
Eye-filling Technicolor beauty! A story 
that’s naughty but nice! That’s dough! 


M-G-M presents Sir Walter Scott*s " IVANHOE ” starring Robert 
Taylor • Elizabeth Taylor* Joan Fontaine + George Sanders • Emlyn 
Williams « Color by Technicolor * Screen Play by Noel Langley 
Adaptation by AEneas MacKehzie * Directed by Richard Thorpe 

. Produced by Paridro S. Berman 


M-G-M presents Lana Turner as “THE MERRY ^WIDOW” 
co-starring Fernando Lamas • with Una Merkel * Richard Haydn 
Thomas Gomez T Color by Technicolor * Screen Play by Sonya 
Levien and William Ludwig * Based on the Operetta ^Written 
by Composer ^Franz* Lehar and * Authors Victory Leon and Leo 
Stein * Directed by Curtis Bernhardt * Produced by Joe Pasternak 



As the fame of "IVANHOE” sweeps the nation — 
"THE MERRY WIDOW” gayly arrives to date you! 


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Fund Insures New Season 



.Havana, Aug. .12. •* 

The government' has granted tftfc 
JJn Philharmonic Orchestra 
gooob to enable it to begin its 
during the coming winter 
An ad4itlo»*l $100,000 has 

5? Komiaea, $5^o£^whlch 

will 


^“comefrom one olthe Tegular 
national lotteries ‘to be held in 

September. ", 

The Philharmonic has never 
teen self-sustaining financially. 
Musically one of the best orches- 
tras in Latin-Amerjca (sometimes 
rated second only. to. that of Buenos 
Aires), it has alw*x$. operated with 
j deficit. Founded in 1924 by 30 
music professors and musicians, it 
depended for funds on patronage 
headed by Agustin Batista (not re- 
lated to the president). Batista 
was head of the Trust Co, of Cuba. 

Under the baton .of Eric Kleiber, 
former leader of the Berlin Phil- 
harmonic Orchestra, Cuba’s Phil- 
harmonic became one of the top 
ones in the hemisphere. But the 
cost of a series of famed guest 
artists was far beyond the orches- 
tra’s financial means. During one 
five-year period Batista spent about 
$400,000 of his own money to keep 
the orchestra going. Finally, it 
was forced to disband in 1949. 

Promised aid by the government, 
i new board of directors was 
formed two years ago under Al- 
fredo Antoi etti, professor of music 
at the University of Havana The 
orchestra survived the season, but 
the following year np government 
aid was forthcoming, and there 
were not enough funds to pay the 
musicians’ salaries. Now, however, 
a new government has taken over, 
and prospects appear- brighter. 
Frederick Weissman, who was 
Kleiber’s assistant in Berlin, is to 
be the maestro this year. 


Radio in first film 
Coverage on ‘firebird’ 

Stockholm, Aug. 13. « 
World preem of Terra Film’s 
“The Firebird” at the Cinema 
Royal here yesterday (12) marked 
the first time that the state-con- 
trolled Swedish radio made a point 
of covering such an occasion. Sta- 
tion interviewed Hasse Ekman, 
picture’s director- writer, in plug- 
ging the unveiling. 

While the Swedish radio re- 
views new films from time to time, 
it never before had joined in ad- 
vance promotion for a pic preem. 
Reason for" the unprecedented 
move, it is believed, may lie in 
the fact that air commentator Ake~ 
Falck made his debut in the film. 

A tinter made in an English ver- 
sion only, the film stars Ellen 
Rasch and Tito Gobbi. * 


About 120,000 Yanks 
To Paris So Far in ’52; 
Many fight Price Gouge 

Paris, Aug. 12. , 
So far this year 572,365 tourists 
have visited Paris. Americans con- 
stitute 119,291 of this -total, ac- 
cording to the Bureau of Tourism 
here. Last year there were 78,436 
Americans. Despite the increase, 
general opinion here, is that Yanks 
are dissatisfied witjh prices and 
clippo aspects of Paris hotels and 
restaurants. 

Next year will see a great reduc- 
tion in U. S. tourists if the same 
practices continue since it is appar 
ent that Americans are cutting 
their stays short- here, this season 
2 nd going on the remainder of 
their trips earlier than intended. 

Disillusioned Americans in some 
cases state that restaurants upped 
the prices on them and that the 
cost of shopping is too steep. Others 
said they were saying their coin 
to buy in other European countries, 
most complaints Were directed 
against hotel tactics. Hotels which 
serve meals, they say, put the 15% 
jevy on the bills and then also add 
J in an overall tax On the bill, 
iney resent paying the same tax 
.Other hotels make breakfast 
obligatory and ..then charge full 
meal prices for them. 

9 f ne ^ig airplane company re- 
in .^pt many Yanks are chang- 
ng “teir tickets for earlier de- 
parture dates than intended and 
moving on faster because of the 
J n ^ n ^ n ces. It was stressed 
at the tourist had no recourse on 
s complaints. The Bureau of 
t A k sm ^ lree years ago promised 
ii Ve . a .f° rm available to be given 
‘[visitors landing in France on 

nil-, cou ld voice any com- 
pacts. But few tourists this year 
o seen or heard of this form. 
Hoteliers answer these charges 
.A, aim i n S they are not.respon- 
for these conditions, and 
th2 e if xcessive taxes. They claim 
Fi 2 hotels are the cheapest in 
Ca °P e an d the stay of no Ameri- 
W i s been influenced by his 
Dot el charges. 


Moodabe Feud Over Pix 
From 3 U. S. Distribs 
In Stalemate on Terms 

Sydney, Aug. 12. 

The long-standing “feud” be- 
tween Mike Moodabe, topper of the 
Amalgamated cinema loop in New 
Zealand, and RKO, Columbia and 
United Artists on new product buy 
has not yet been settled, with 
Moodabe said to be waiting for the 
distributors to slash rentals before 
signaturing a deal. Understood that 
Columbia has offered to sell Mood- 
abe at the same terms as last year 
but without results. 

Moodabe is reported to have 
stated that terms must be his own; 
otherwise the product can stay in 
the cans insofar as his circuit is 
concerned, meaning also RKO and 
UA. Understood that Moodabe of- 
fered to make a deal with UA for 
six pix out of a lineup of 36, but 
the UA chiefs rejected the offer. 

Amalgamated chain is currently 
spotting 20th-Fox fare, Republic 
and WB, in certain key situations 
plus a percentage of J. * Arthur 
Rank product via an agreement 
with the major Kerridge. loop, in 
which Rank holds a 50% stock 
say-so. 

It’s a known fact that Moodabe 
and Kerridge operate a keep-off- 
the-grass agreement on product 
buys to prevent any distributor 
frorh selling to the opposition. 
Some distributors regard this as a 
restraint of trade, but the toppers 
concerned aver it is only good 
business. 


Iowa Pipers in Scotland 

Edinburgh, Aug. 12. 
Iowa State University Pipe Band 
began a Scottish tour here this 
week. Outfit will also" visit In- 
verness, Perth and Glasgow. 'Wil- 
liam Adamson, director of* group, 
said the trip would be useful in 
improving their knowledge of Scot 
mUsic' and traditions. 

Band comprises 60 femmes, being 
it’s first public appearance in Brit- 
ain. Arrival in Scotland created 
much controversy here, where it’s 
naturally felt only true Scots can 
be pipers. 


West German film ProA 




infiy, 11 . f tourism one of the top 
in 2 tnes . here and a l so a big help 
prosperity of the cabarets, spec- 
,-» • t nc * ®lms, the tourist officials 
diffi in , te . res ted in ironing out any 
d- m ♦ ll f s an< * keeping the Ameri- 
cn^ t0urist an d his folding money 
over. The Bureau of Tour- 
!ji 7. ,s Promised to take drastic 
I PS to rectify these situations. 


Galindo Mox City Amps. Chief 

Mexico City, Aug. 12. 

Marco Aurelio Galindo, biggie 
film-TV-radio scripter and novelist, 
now heads the city amusement- 
control- office here. 

He succeeds Luis Spota, who 
resigned. Spota, newsman-author- 
scripter, was named the top pix 
scripter of 1951 by the Mex 
Academy group. 


New French Film 
Chief Asks For 
Pix Biz Changes 

Paris, Aug. 19. 

Jacques Flaud, new head of the 
National Cinema Center here, be- 
lieves solution of the Franco- 
American film import impasse is 
one of the three main problems 
heeded to be taken care of, if 
French film difficulties are to be 
solved. Flaud also said that aid to 
exhibitors via new legislation and 
refurbishing of aid laws to French 
producers are the two other essen- 
tials. 

Flaud plans to give exhibs com- 
plete freedom in selection and 
length of their programs. He 
thinks the law passed during the 
German occupation, which limits 
play dates to one feature and a sin- 
gle short, should be repealed. 
Flaud also wants the clause fixing 
five out of 13 weeks of playdates 
set aside for French pix annulled, 
feeling that exhibs know their pub- 
lic well enough to pick their own 
programs. This admittedly might 
help on the quota problem by ab- 
sorbing more product and lower- 
casing poor quality films, which 
now try for amortization as the top 
and only feature. * 

Flaud feels that the present aid- 
to-producers law should be revised 
so that the government money 
goes for important, top pix. He 
would channel the money, raised 
via 7% tax on grosses, away from 
low quality films into prestige 
product, which would raise pro- 
duction standards. He also plans 
to straighten out the tax system 
on exhibs. 

An all-out effort must be made 
by the film biz to make the public 
picture conscious, according to 
Flaud. Flaud would have film 
clubs where members could see 
old pix and study film production. 
He also suggested special " film 
days. He. said a special budget 
would be set aside for these ac- 
tivities. 

About the • Franco-American ac- 
cord talks, Flaud claimed the de- 
cree lowering imported dubbed 
films from 186 to 138 still left a 
large margin for bargaining on the 
third clause, which enables coun- 
tries favoring the distribution of 
French pix to be awarded supple- 
mentary visas. The subsidy pro- 
posals of the Motion Picture Assn, 
of America were brought up but 
not commented on. 


Coward Comedy Triumph 
For Lunts in Glasgow 

Glasgow, Aug, 19. 

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne 
are playing to solid biz here in the 
new Noel Coward comedy, “Quad- 
rille.” Th^ir acting is generally 
singled out for greater praise than 
the play, which is not out of the 
playwright’s top drawer. They are 
doing a fortnight’s stint at King’s 
Theatre here. Play is in the 1873 
period, with much scope for eye- 
catching Cecil Beaton decor. 

Piece will move to London and 
the Lunts are expected to take the 
play to New, York for a run. 


Aussie Exhib Unit Seeks 
Same 25% Rejection On 
c Brit. Films as for U.S. 

Cairns, Queensland, Aug. 12. 

Just concluded annual conven- 
tion of key Queensland exhibitors 
here suggested a move to include 
British films under the right of 
rejection clause in current con- 
tracts that cover U.S. films. Pres- 
ently, U.tS. products carries a 25% 
right of rejection .in favor of Aus- 
sie exhibs.. British and Australian 
films are exempt from any rejec- 
tion percentage, operating under 
a play-on-pay agreement with the 
British distributors. 

For several years there a govern- 
mental edict in force in Aussie 
whereby exhibs are compelled to 
screen a minimum 15% British 
each year. Many exhibitors, it’s 
understood, have not kept strictly 
to this percentage— som ewhat of a 
sore point with distributors of Brit- 
ish. Point raised by exhibs is that 
films should Jbe regarded as' inter- 
national irrespective of the flag 
tag, and if they are granted the 
right to reject 25% of U.S. films, 
the same right should apply to 
British pix. This year has seen an 
upsurge in the popularity of Brit- 
ish films here, with record biz go- 
ing to several pix. 

British spokesmen claim the ma- 
jority of Aussie exhibs would not 
press for any rejection right. He 
added that there was no need for 
British distributors to do any flag- 
waving about product. 

# 

Diaz Hit in Legit Debut 
With Mexico City ‘Janus’ 

Mexico City, Aug. 12. 

Rosita Diaz, Spanish pic star, 
after making several Mexican 
films, is-- making her theatre debut 
at the Colon in Rodolfo Usigli’s 
new play, “Janus Is a Girl,” where 
she’s scored a hit. Cast Is other- 
wise- all-Mexican. 

Miss Diaz is also mulling doing 
“I Am a Camera” here. She’s now 
an American citizen, living in New 
York where her husband, Dr. Juan 
Negrin, Jr., is a neuro-surgeon. 


Berlin, Aug. 19. 

. From a postwar low of only 
seven films completed in 1946 and 
1947, the West German film indus- 
try hit a high of 75 features In 
1951. In contrast* East German 
studios were only credited, with 
turning out seven in 1946-’47 bqt 
their peak was a mere 12 pictures 
in 1949. For the current year 
West Germany has eased off to 56 
films released or in production to 
date while the tally for East Ger- 
many is 11. Pre-war Germany, in- 
cidentally, made 99 pictures in 
1938. 

An analysis of distribution this 
year shows that Hollywood im- 
ports have 47% of tfie West Ger- 
man market. Of a total of 430 
pictures in all, some 203 came 
from the -U. S. Runner-up com- 
prises new German product or 
24% and 104 features. » 

French studios contributed 32; 
Britain, 26; Austria, 22; Italy, 22; 
Sweden, 22, while another 14 had 
.their origin in various other film 
producing countries. These pic- 
tures saw release through 58 dis- 
tribution companies. 

Nine of them principally handle 
pew German pix, 10 are primarily 
concerned with American films, 15 
offer varied product and 22 pre- 
sent only German or foreign re- 
issues. 

Statistics, compiled by SPIO (top 
organization of the West German 
film industry) reveal that, as of 
Dec. 31, 1951, there were 4,547 film 
theatres registered in West Ger- 
many and West Berlin. They had 
a capacity of 1,840,000 seats. "In 
addition, there were about 450 mo- 
bile theatres. Admission taxes 
vary from 15 to 30%. 


Legit Shows Abroad 


LONDON 

(Week ending August 16) 

(Figures indicate opening date) 
“Affairs of Stato," Cambridge (8-21). 
“Albert R. N.," Saville (7-31). 

“Bet Your Life/' Hippodrome (2-18). 
“Bride of Denmark," Comedy (8-11). 
"Call Me Madam," Coliseum (3-15). 
“Deep Blue Sea," Duchess (3-6). 

“Dial M Murder," West. (6-19). 
“Excitement," Casino (3-8). 

“Cay Dog," Piocadilly (6-12). 

“Globe Revue," Globe (7-10). 

“Happy Marriage," Duke York (8-7). 
“In' Chancery," Art (7-30). 

“Innocents," Majesty's (7-3). 

“Little Hut," Lyric (8-23-50). 

"London Laughs," Adelphi (4-12). 

"Love of Colonels," Wyn. (5-23-51). 
“Meet Callahan," Garrick (5-27). 
"Millionaires," New (6-30). 

"Paris to Piccadilly/ Pr. Wales (4-15). 
"Relative Value," Savoy (11-20-51). 
"Reluctant Heroes," White. (9-12-50). 
“Ranch In Rockies," Empress (6-5). 
“Seagulls Sorrento," ApoUo (6-14-50). 
"South Pacific," Drury Lane (11-1-51). 
“Step Forward/' Strand (7-30). 

“Sweet Madness," Vaudeville (5-21). 
“tinder Sycamore," St. James (4-23). 
“Water off Meon," Haymarkct (4-19-51). 
“Winter Jeurney," St. Jarfles’s (4-3). 
“Woman pff Twilight," Vic. Pal. (6-18). 
“Zip Goes a Million," Palace (10-20-5D. 
"Young lElix.," 1 Criterion (4-2). 

IRELAND 

(Week ending August 16) 

“Fourpostor," Arts. Belfast. 

“Godlva Ooes Gay," Empire. Belfast. 
“Constant Wlfo," Group, Belfast. 
“King'* Rhapsody," Opera H.. Belfast. 
“Seventh Veil," Opera House. Cork. 
“Heme l*>Hare," Abbey. Dublin. 
"School ter Wives," Gate, Dublin. 


MADRID 

(Week ending August 16) 

"Mother/' Alcazar.' 

"Los quatro besos," Calderon. 
“Momla Formal," Alvarez. 

"Day Night Madrid," Comedia. 
“Fourposter, Isabel. 

“Suenos Gloria," Fucncarral. 
“Helen's Daughters," Lope de Vega. 
"Copla Andaluza," Pavon. 

"This Way Spain/' Price. 

"Tanto Tan Calvo," Reina. 

“Plernas de seda," Zarzuela. 


I 


PARIS 

(Week. ending August 9) 

“Ament Par Etage/' ‘ Casino. 

“Chanteur de Mexico/' Ohatelet. 
“Dialogues des Carmelites," Hebertot. 
"Gay Paris," Casinq, de Paris. 
"Lyslstrata," Humour. 

"Marcel," Bernhardt. 

“Occupe-Tol Minimum," Palais-Royal. 
“Ohcle Vanya," Theatre de Ppuchc. 
“Paris Galant," Capucines. 

“Puceau," Ambigu. 

“Yielettes ImperlaleS/' Mogador. 

“Vrale Folle," Folles-Bergere. 

AUSTRALIA 

. (Week ending August 9) 

"Kiss Me, Kate/' Royal, Sydney. 

“Folles Bergere," Tivoli. Sydney. 
“Medley," Empire. Sydney. 

"Seagulls Over Sorrento/' Comedy, Mel. 
"Tommy Trlnder Show," Tivoli, Mel. 
"Largor Than Life," Princess. Mel. 
"Casslne," Empire, Sydney. 

“Sleeping Princess," Maj., Melb. 

“Te Dorothy," Royal, Adel. 

“Take Peek," Royal, Bris. 

“Don Giovanni," Maj., Brl*. 


BUENOS AIRES 


(Week ending July 26) 

"Ml Suegra," Apolo. 

"Las tagrlmas tamblert," Ateneo. 
"De Espana Llega," Argentino. 
"Cuando los Duendos," Astral. 
"M'aruxa," Avenlda. 

"Streetcar Named Desire/' -Casino. 
"Florence est Folle," Cervahtes. 
"Brothers KaYamaxoff," Colonial. 
"Miguel de Molina," Comedia. 

"La Lampara Encendida," Comico. 
"Israelite," Corricntes. 

"F.B," El Nacional. 

"Sepa Nicola," Marconi. 

"Marlage Figaro," Odeon. 

"Sombra Querlda," Polltcama. 
"Chocolate Soldier," Pueblo. 

"Celos del Aire," Empire. 
"Ladronclto," Splendid. 

"Jexebel," Lasallc. 

"Vendaval," *San Martin. 

"Hombres eh ml Vida," Smart. 
"Caprices," Antigone," Van Riel. 
“Oios Llenos de Amor," Vers. 

"La Verdad Eres Tu," Pat. * 


Glas- 


SCOTLAND 

(Week ending August 10) 
"Quadrille," King’s, Glasgow. 

“Husbands Don't Count/' Lyceum. 
Edinburgh. , • 

“Hplf-Past Eight," Royal. Glasgow, and 
King's, Edinburgh. 

“High Temperature," Alhambra 
gow. 

MEXICO .CITY 

(Week ending August 2) 

“The Duel/' Bellas Artes. 

“Jane Is Girl," Colon. 

"Stork's Visit," Ideal. 

"Edward's Sons," Cara col. 

“The Idol," Caballlto. 


Italo Film Prod. Costs 
Soar 33% Since 1950 
Bnt Lower Than France 

Rome, Aug. 12. 

General" costs of picture produc- 
tion in Italy are up 20% to 40% 
over last year -or 33% over costs 
in 1950. This claim was made by 
Henry Henigsen, production man- 
ager of Paramount’s “Roman Holi- 
day,” currently being made at the 
Cine-Citta studios just outside of 
city. Henigsen knows the produc- 
tion setup because he was also 
production manager for “Quo Va- 
dis,” made at the same studios for 
Metro in 1950, and rated somewhat 
of an authority on production of 
American films 'on foreign Soil. 
Last winter he was with “The Devil 
Makes Three” in. Germany. 

Henigsen said there was no spe- 
cific thing that cost more— every- 
thing, including materials, labor 
and personnel adding to the higher 
bill. Materials for sets, for ex- 
ample, showed a considerable 
surge in costs. 

Rome's production costs are still 
less than Paris, but Madrid is less 
than in Italy as is Germany. How- 
ever, Madrid production presents 
the time element. It takes so long 
to get anything done there that the 
expenses are piled up while wait- 
ing. Another aspect for superior 
film production in Rome is that in 
the last three years there has been 
a great improvement in all-round 
efficiency. It is possible to rent 
film equipment within a few hours, 
with the latest in lights, cameras 
and various other items. Many 
sound stages are available at al- 
most any time. Tri-lingual assist- 
ants, experienced in film work, can 
be had for a nominal fee. 

No longer do American com- 
panies pay more for facilities here 
than a local producer would. Costs 
are up, but it is now easier to put 
a picture together than it was in 
the old days (four years ago). An- 
other reason is that the Italian gov- 
ernment, eager to create work for 
their mass of unemployed, is able 
to see its way clear to unfreeze 
some of the American companies’ 
rental coin when the funds are to 
be used for production or co-pro- 
duction. " 


Brit Pix Biz Off $949,200 

London, Aug. 12. 

Official Custom and Excise fig- 
ures disclose that the intake for 
film theatres in June was $8,285,200, 
a drop of $949,200 from the pre- 
ceding month. 

Grosses have registered a steady 
decline since January. 




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Washington, Aug. 19. 

National production ’Authority 
okayed construction projects for 
four drive-ins and one conventional 
theatre over the weekend in its 
latest allotments of material for re- 
mainder of year and beginning of 
1953. 

star Theatre, at Limestone, 
Maine, was approved for a $10,750 
addition. Blatt Brothers, of Mer- 
cer County Theatre Corp., in 
Wayne Township, Pa., got the nod 
for $13,848 of work on an ozoner. 
The Little Flower Drive-in, at Ot- 
tawa, Ohio, had a $15,000 project 
okayed, Albert Rains, of Houston, 
Texas, won appro vat for a $50,000 
ozoner; and the Golden Spike 
Drive-In Theatre Corp. received 
the go-ahead on a $29,000 job. 

Judge Okays Late-Hour Ozoner 
Pittsburgh, -Aug. 19. 

Judge J. I. Cook of Greene 
County court has ruled that an out- 
door theatre may remain open 
after 11:30 p.m. Decision came out 
of an action brought by’ Edgar H. 
Johnston arid his vdfe, ’Frances, 
against Louis Stuler and Durward 
Coe, operators of the Sky-Vue 
Drive-In, adjacent to the Johnston 
farm in Carmichaels. 

The plaintiffs contended that 
noise from the loudspeakers con- 
stituted a nuisance, but Judge 
Cook ruled that this was negligible 
after one speaker was removed 
and other types of in-car speakers 
were substituted. 

Denver Drive-in Boom 

Denver, Aug. 19. 

New drive-ins are going in at a 
pace faster than at any time since 
the ozoners came to the Denver 
territory. One theatre company is 
building at least seven this sum- 
mer, one in each of their towns, 
where they do not have one at 
present. Others are being put in 
towns of very small population. 

A recent installation was in Hud- 
son, with a 200-car capacity. Town 
has a population of about 300. The 
nearest competition is eight miles, 
but in one direction there is no 
theatre in 35 miles. 

The Black Hills Amusement Co., 
headquartering in Dea^wood, S. D., 
this summer is building or will 
build drive-ins, each with about 
300-car capacity, in Deadwood, Hot 
Springs, Sturgiss a n dj Belle 
Fourche, all in S. D.; Newcastle, 
Wyo., and Gordon and Chadron, 
Neb., with the latter about ready 
for opening. 


i uyeiniig. inspection ny Monogram omciais. 

JoeSikes opened his new Stock- p n even t they're deemed okay for 


ade, 250-car capacity, .at Chadron, 
Neb. 

R. A. Daniels building a 350-car 
drive-in at Tatum, N. M. 

Walter Houser, owner of the 
LaFay, Lafayette, Colo., and Car- 
men Romano, owner of the Rex, 
Louisville, Colo., teamed and will 
build a 250-car drive-in between 
the two towns. 

U. A. Kane putting in a. 500-car 
drive-in at Las Cruces, N. M. 

Tom Murphy opened his 330-car 
Trail drive-in at Clayton, N. M. 


Des Moines* Biggest Ozoner 
Des Moines, Aug. 19. 

Construction has started on the 
fourth and largest drive-in here in 
the Capitol, located a half-mile 
north of the city limits on Highway 
69. Owners of the $150,000 project 
are Lloyd Hirstine, Kansas City, 
Mo., who will manage the theatre; 
Homer Strowig, Abiline, Kans., 
and Clarence Schultz. 

Drive-in is being built on a 19- 
acre tract and will accommodate 
700 cars. Ramps to handle 300 
more cars will be built as soon as 
materials are available. In addition, 
there will be a concrete patio with 
200 chairs for walk-ins. 


ponset Drive-in is being loaned to 
Dorchester Ministerial Assn. Fel- 
lowship for Sunday a.m. religious 
services* throughout the- summer. 
Setup last year for „ convenience of 
potential churchgoers, who due to 
physical handicaps or lack of baby- 
sitters find It difficult to attend 
more cdnyentibhal services, inno- 
vation proved to be very popular. 
Held rain or « shine, services are 
heard by worshipper’s via “in car” 
speakers. ' * 0 

U.S.-Angle-Franco 
Pacts £ue Uncertainty 
In Europe— Ritchey 

No drastic changes in remittances 
or general business conditions, on 
the continent are seen in the near- 
future by Norton V. Ritchey, 
prez <of Monogram International 
Corp. Just returned from a nine- 
week trip to Britain, France, Ger- 
many atid .Holland, he pointed, out 
in New York this v^ek that atten- 
dance has been good but hoted 
there’s a hit of uncertainty due to 
the fact that new Fritnco-American 
and Anglo-American film agree- 
ments are as yet to be concluded. 

Although Britain is the best film 
market per capita in the world, 
Ritchey declared that an unusually 
hot summer in that country has af- 
fected thfc b.o. to some extent. 
While in London the Monogram- 
Allied Artists foreign chief con- 
ferred with officials of Associated 
British-Pathe in regard to produc- 
tion and distribution arrangements 
between the companies. Second 
picture under the 1 joint Mono-ABP 
film-making program, he said, will 
probably roll by October. ‘ 

Ritchey also revealed that Mono- 
gram is contemplating distribution 
of some German L language pictures 
in the U. S. market providing the 
films shape up as -suitable for 
American audiences.* These fea- 
tures would come from Europa 
Filmverleih, a production-distribu- 
tion company formed in Hamburg 
last year by German banking in- 
terests, Lux Film of Roine, Asso- 
ciated British Pathe cine} Monogram 
International. 

Filmverleih, said Ritchey, has 
started its third German picture 
on an annual program that envi- 
sions completion of .six- to eight 
films. Those already in the can 
have been shipped to the U. S. for 
nspection by Monogram officials 


American fllmgoers the pix will be 
released through Mono’s art film 
subsidiary, Stratford Pictures Corp. 

With Monogram 'already engaged 
in a joint production program with 
Associated British, Ritchey dis- 
closed that the company would like 
to promote similar arrangements 
with its distributors in other ter- 
ritories. Such a venture was being 
considered, with the f?hochiku Co. 
of Japan but it’s been temporarily 
abandoned due to inability to hit 
upon a suitable story. 


‘Movietime’ Drive 


New Orleans Drive-In 

Omaha, Aug. 19. 

Golden Spike, newest drive-in 
opened in preview showing be- 
cause decorations were not com- 
pleted. Big spot on western edge 
of city has 850-car capacity and has 
100 seats for other patrons who 
drop in from numerous motels 
nearby. Spot attracted much at- 
tention with its railroad decora- 
tions. Jack and Sidney Epstein, 
theatre and real estate men, are 

?£!f at ? rs> latter managing. 

With two more ozoners planned, 
the city then would have seven 
drive-ins. 


NX Exhib Assns. 

Acquaint Public On 
Upped Status of Biz 

Pair* of exhib associations in 
New York have undertaken insti- 
tutional publicity campaigns groov- 
ed to acquaint the public with the 
upbeat in business. ^ Objective is 
tp ' counteract the dispensers of 
gloom, 

- Few weeks back the Independent 
T.heatre Owners Assn, informed 
the Gotham dailies, via a formal 
press handout,, that indie theatre 
biz is running 1 1% above last year’s 
level. In the past week, the Met- 
ropolitan Motion Picture Theatres 
Assn, announced that grosses at 
the nabes and Broadway showcases 
have been spiraling. MMPTA 
played up the point that Holly- 
wood’s* 'planning of diversified 
product has begun “to bear fruit 
against competition of outdoor en- 
tertainment and the other usual at- 
tractions available ‘to the public in 
the summer,” 

Exhib orgs seldom make an- 
nouncements on business which 
are designed* to reach the public. 
In N. .Y, it was felt, ‘however, that 
some measures must be adopted to 
depict the industry as being far 
from falling apart under economic 
strain. / 


JULY FILM DIVVIES 
OFF TO $3,194,000 

Washington, Aug. 19. 

Film industry dividends for the 
month of July came to $3,194,000, 
a decline from the $3,506,000 fig- 
ure for July, 1951, U. S. Depart- 
ment of Commerce reported today 
(Tues.). 

For the first seven months of 
this year, the stockholders’ melon 
totalled $16,850,000, a dive from 
the $18,5^000 for the. same 
period of 1951.^ Reason July eased 
off, Commerce points out, is be- 
cause three large companies paid 
their stockholders less. 

United Paramount Theatres’ 
dividends of $1,633,000 was $17,- 
000 less. 20th, which paid $31,000 
on preferred stock last year, re- 
called the stock and had no divi- 
dends to pay in 1952. Warners 
paid stockholders $1,405,000, or 
$166,000 under the preceding year. 

"bommeree Department reminds 
that the public-reported dividends 
in an industry are generally about 
60 to 65% of all dividends in that 
industry. 


10% Biz Upbeat 


Continued from- page 3 


Ozoner’s Sabbath Se*- : - ■ ' 

Boston, Aug. 19. 

u S , eC £ nC ! u.ai 

zne Michael Redstone-owned Ne- 1 weren’t getting bigger names. 


^ Continued from page 4 

bia, Dore Schary of*. Metro, Y, 
Frank Freeman of Paramount, 
Darryl F. Zanuck of_20th-Fox, Jack 
L. Warner of Warner Bros., Wil- 
liam Goetz of UI, C. J. Tevlin of 
RKO and Jack Baker of Republic. 

Coast 0 coordinating committee 
for “Movietime, USA” tours is 
faced with the immediate task of 
lining up names for five areas. 
Council of Motion Picture Organi- 
zations, which handles the New 
York and field work, has accepted 
commitments for, definite dates 
from that many territories. 

Initial fall tour will start in the 
Indianapolis area Sept. 7. That 
will be followed by Denver Sept. 
14, Boston Sept. 21, St. Louis Sept. 
28 and Charlotte Oct. 9. Addi- 
tional dates are expected to pile in 
within the next few weeks. 

The Hollywood coordinators will 
have a much easier time than last 
year, when many of the tours.were 
compressed into a single week. Now 
they are being carefully spread out, 
although there may be more than 
one a week if schedules demand 
it. However, by the diversity of 
dates it is hoped to avoid squawks 
by area committees that they 


counting for good biz now is the 
reaction to the lengthy heat wave 
suffered in July. Apparently some 
entertainment demand built up 
during that time, when people were 
more intent on seashore or resort 
than filmeries. 

Current upbeat is not creating 
the enthusiasm among pic execs 
that similar — although less pro- 
nounced — improvements in biz 
created last year and the year be- 
fore. When fall came and the big 
video shows resumed, the increases 
didn’t hold up. Aside from better 
product, industryites have not rea- 
son to believe things will be differ- 
ent this year. 


New French Union 


Continued from page 7 

additional income would not b 
sufficient to pay for them and th 
industry would be in even mor 
trouble than now. 

Political differences that wer 
behind the new union organizatio 
also contributed to the recen 
shelving of Michel Fourre-Corir 
eray as director of tire goverr 
ment’s. National Centre of Cinemt 
Fourre-Cormeray was depose 
mainly because Of his inability t 
keep Commie influences out of th 
film setup. He now has the titl 
of honorary director of the Centre 

Jacques Flaud, who took *ove 
Aug. 4 as his successor, is oppose 
by certain factions of the industr 
as being reactionary and becaus 
of his activity as a member c 
the censorship board, which the 
say caused aesthetic and’ mor: 
harm to French quality productioi 



In a comprehensive survey of three-dimensional films and ex- 
perts of stereoscopic photography, John A. Noriing, of LonvlMr 
Studios, industrial film producers, declares in a series nf S A*l 01 % 
the Journal of the Photographic Society of America that* n! C e . s ’ 1)1 
motion picture industry does not have an extensive stereo " vast 
gineering and development program.” os copic, en* 

Occasionally, Noriing says, .at meetings of the Societv-nf i* 
Picture and Television Engineers, the subject of three-dimensiL,K on 
fe introduced, and although there is tremendous response littii f 1 ms 
to advance the medium. Noriing states that the art of stewS*. done 

“sex appeal", but that it seems to have escaped the attention o“mL haa , 
the people in Hollywood. 01 mos t ol 

Although major studios haven’t shown much interest in thve* a- 
sional films, indie producer Arch Oboler will unveil this fall a?" 
made in the process. Film requires the use of Polaroid oiLL T 
obtain the three-dimensional effect, hut it is the belief of manvtw< t 
the major studios put their vast resources behind a research nrnJ* 
eventual development of three-dimensional pix would be possible^?' 
out the use of spectacles. Another method set for public showinJ • 
the Cinerama process. However, this is not a true three-dim pS 1 ? 
effect, giving rather an illusion of depth. men ^° nal 

Noriing cites the tremendous success of stereo films called “Ami' 
scopiks,” Which were released by Loew’s in 1935. He says they rSl 
to be the most successful short subjects ever issued, winning not o2 
domestic acceptance, but unprecedented play in the foreign field ° J 


That the title of 20th-Fox’s “Snows of Kilimanjaro” may hamper the 
film’s full b.o. potential is advanced by Robert A. Wile, executive se<£ 
retary of the Independent Theatre Owners of Ohio, in a letter to 20th 
distribution ‘chief A1 Lichtman. “Several exhibitors in this state ” he 
wrote, “have, asked me to convey to you their apprehension over the 
boxoffice possibilities of ‘Snows,’ because of the picture’s title. 

“It is felt that people will not go to see a picture whose name they 
cannot pronounce. They hope that you will see fit to change this title 
before, the picture is released. The exhibitors who have talked to me 
about this do not dispute the possibility that the picture is excellent’ 
it is the title alone that worries .therm Some of them point to ‘Scara* 
mouche’ as a recent example of a title 'hurting a picture.” 

Replying to Wile’s letter in Lichtman’s absence, assistant sales head 
W. C. Gering admitted that the tag of the Ernest Hemingway bestseller 
is an “odd title, but it is a very famous one.” To strike a reassuring 
note, he pointed out that “our New York executives including Mr. 
Skouras and Mr. Lichtman have seen the picture in California. Both 
ot these gentlemen are sure the title is just right, the picture is great 
and’ it is good news to the whole picture business that ‘Snows’ will be 1 
huge boxoffipe success this fall ...” 


With no pix bites yet, it looks very much like Edna Ferber’s new 
novel, “Giant,’*’ may not sell to Hollywood. If so, it will be the author’s 
first major work to escape reeling. Her previous novels have included 
“Cimarron,” “Show Boat,” “So Big,” “Come and Get It” and "Saratoga 
Trunk,” all of which became films. . 

Story is currently being serialized in The Ladies Home Journal and 
is the October Book-of-the-Mionth Club selection. Miss Ferber's attor- 
ney, Morris Ernst, who is agenting the property for her, hasn’t offi- 
cially submitted .it to the studio story departments yet, but they’ve 
virtually all covered it by normal underground methods. Yam is lo* 
caled-in Texas — a state which Miss Ferber obviously doesn’t like. It’s 
created quite a bit of editorial reaction there, including one comment 
that “All novelists should be shot at 60; Miss Ferber is 65.” 


Samuel Goldwyn office in New York this week found itself linked 
with the series of vice raids making the Gotham headlines. Among 
the suspects nabbed was a man who identified himself as an actor and 
claimed he had a role in Goldwyn’s “Kid From Brooklyn.” He said 
his name is Richard Short but also is known as Wallace. 

Wire services and local dailies put in quick calls to the Goldwyn 
office Monday (18) and all got the same reply: “We never heard of 
him.” There was nothing in the files on the film, lensed in 1946, show- 
ing a connection with anyone named Short ' or Wallace. The dailies 
were very circumspect in pinpointing that. 


Bosley Crowther, N. Y. Times film critic, in the paper’s magazine 
section Sunday (17) named 10 foreign pictures made over the past 40 
years that he “best remembers and . most admires.” His "purely per- 
sonal and arbitrary” list includes “Quo- Yadis” (Italy — 1913), "Potem- 
kin” (Russia — 1926), “Variety” -(Germany— 1926), “A Nous La Liberty 
(France-1931), “M” (Germany— 1933), “La Kermesse Heroique^ 

(France— 1936); “Grand Illusion” (France— 1938), “In Which We Serve 
(Britain— 1942), “Open City?’ (Italy— 1946) and “Bicycle Thief” (Italy- 
1949). 


“RKO is now about $7,000 ahead on the contract it signed with John 
Barrymore, Jr., April 1, although he has yet to appear in a picture lor 
the studio. He’s on a $250 salary and studio *paid him approximate y 
$8,000 for the one job he’s done since then, a Toanout to Republic to 
“Thunderbirds.” RKO, however, received $20,000 from Republic, 
all', RKO has paid Barrymore about $13,000 to date. Thesp cur ^ en 
is in Paris for 10 weeks of study. Studio okayed the trek and w 
keep him on salary during his absence. 


Effective with its September issue, Coronet mag inaugurates a n , 
method of suggesting “best” films of the month to its readers, tnsi 
of relying upon selections of its own board of review, the pubiica 
will have an “outstanding” member of the picture industry give 
choice. Short profile of the guest reviewer will be included UI ^ e r 
new format. Guest for September is indie producer Stanley K-f ' 
His recommendations are Warners’ “Where’s Charley?’ A 
■ Disney’s “Robin Hood.” 


Filming of Metro’s '‘Dangerous When Wet” has been comphea 
one replacement after another. Charlotte Greenwood re P la ,^ lliams ' 
Merkel, who originally replaced Marjorie Main, as Esther w ^ 
mother. Role of her father,, intended for George Murphy, t0 

William Demarest. Jack Carson drew the part formerly assig : . 

James Whitmore, and Barbara Whiting is doing the role first a s 
to Debbie Reynolds and later to Kay Brown. 


It was Benedict Bogeaus Pictures, Inc., not Benedict B og I i as t 

ductions, Inc., that filed a petition in Los Angeles Federal outlaw 
week to ^prevent creditors from taking action against My lfr< 
Brother” until the film shows a profit. First-mentioned firn LJ.^ notions, 
picture company, entirely separate from Benedict Bogeaus rr 
which has been doing business for a dozen years. 


to b« 


“High Noon,” on the basis. of business to date, appears cc 
producer Stanley Kramer’s biggest grosser. The unite mar ket 
release looks sure to da $2,500,000 or better in the domesi eI 

compared with “Home of the Brave,” also UA, the previo 
with $2,200,000. 


Angiaat 20* 1952 



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Results are In on the 
first fifty dates of 

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Bob’s biggest ever! 

Check with showmen 
who’ve already grabbed 
it. They have the proof 
that it "leaves the “cash ' 
register with that full, 
satisfied feeling" and 
"registers a clean sweep 
at the nation’s boxoffices” 
—just as M, P. Herald and 
Showmen’s Trade Review 
predicted it would i 


BOB 


JANE 


Produced by ROBERT L. WELCH. 

Directed by FRANK TASHLIN 

Written by Frank Tashlin, 
Robert L. Welch and Joseph Quillan 



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Kong, Room, 
Tear’ Set Pace 
For RKO Spurt 

With its. recent product proving 
a healthy, b.o. draw, there is sub- 
stantial optimism at RKO that i^s 
financial structure at the .end of 
the year will be much firmer than 
the $334,627 nrofit on the books at 
the end of 1951. 

Upbeat trend really got rolling 
with the reissue of “King Kong,” 
which amazed industryites by, its 
unique pulling power. Coin on the 
reissue is coming in fast, too, since 
'pic was played off quickly with sat- 
uration regional showings. 


Dieterle Preps'SauF 

Hollywood,' Aug. 19, 

First indie production by Wil- 
liam Dieterle will be “King Saul,” 
to be filmed in Jerusalem and 
other Biblical cities with Israeli 
financial backing. , Yigal Mossen** 

son, Israeli playwright, is doing , , 

the script, based on an adaptation not been in effect long enough to 
of the Old’ Testament story.-. make a true appraisal of its values, 

Deaf has no connection with accordiug t0 j ame s J.‘ Thompson 


ist-Rnn Policy Test By 
4 Jersey Owners Lifts 
B.O., But Costs Also Rise 

A first-run policy at four Jersey 
drive-ins that began July 27 has 


Dieterie’s four-picture contracts 
with Columbia and paramount. 



Free Streetcar Rides, 
GratisFBm Tickets 
In Mpls. Ballyhoo Plan 


Minneapolis,, Aug. 19. 

. Loop theatres, merchants and 
the Minneapolis St. Railway Co. 
are originating a plan this week of 
ibe same time. Walt Dis- offering the public, free streetcar 
ney’s “The Story of Robin H<*>d, rides into th<; loop> wit h free thea-. 
which RKO is releasing, was also tre tickets as bait ; 

proving a strong cqin ^collector. ffrom.T to 9 p.m. each' Thursday, 

«• • « * A . J . . * A _ 11 L 


whose Eastern Drive-In Circuit op- 
erates the Totowa and Paramus 
ozoners on Route 6 and Route 4, 
respectively. Other two outdoor 
theatre* in on the experiment are 
Phil Smith’s Route 6 Drive-In, east 
of Paterson, and the S-3 Drive-In, 
in Rutherford; 

Shift from subsequentr-run to 
fresher product was made with 
RKO’s; iJClash By Night” followed 
by “Robin Hood,” “King- Kong” 
and the current “Wild Heart,” all 
from the. same disttib. Deal with 
RK0, which eyplved from a “meet- 
ing , of - the minds,” called for con- 
secutive bookings of six films from 
the company. Still to come are 
“Macao” and “Sudden, Fear.” 

‘ New .policy, said Thompson, has 


anyone, wishing to travel into the 
loop hoards- a streetcar and pays 

no fare. Rather, he gets from the . .. , , _ 

conductor a numbered pamphlet both advantages and disadvantages 
explaining the plan. And in all “The booxffice Us up, he added, 
loop theatres, 1,000 numbers will “but so is The cost of the product 
be posted in lobbies, to he changed and advertising. Good weather 
each week. The list* of numbers has helped business m the last few 
are the same in all theatres. And weeks. Meantime, however, we in- 
it the jMmpWet number, appears tend. ton*** pix 

have opened at Totowa and Route 
6, .then have’ gone to S-3 and Pa 
ramus on a moveover_ Tariff is 
65c per person at all times. 

Curiously, “Clash by Night” was 
advertised as “exclusive” first-run 


Continuing RKO’s upward trend is 
the recent release of the Joseph 
Kaufman indie .production, “Sud- 
den Fear,” starring Joan Craw- 
ford. Pic, in= opening weeks in 
New York and Chicago, gave in- 
dications of being one of the com- 
pany’s biggest., money fnakers of 
the year. In Gotharn, it racked up 
$61,000 for its first* Week, biggest 

gross at Loew’s State in many on the list, the bearer is admitted 
months, with extra shows deeded t b e theatre free, and he can pick 
to handle the Crowds. ^Cleveland, the theatre of his choice. 

Fear did a hot $18,000 for the, stores' cooperate by remaining 
first stanza. . t ’.open until 9 p.m. Similar late 

Company also feels it has jin- ‘closing .hours ;on Monday nights at 
other winner in “The - Big Sky,” one time Was considered a spur — . — 

which had successive weeks of to theatre business oa those nights by both the drive-ins and Charlie 
$35,000 and $24,000 in its Chicago because, .- shopper* would -drop in Moss’ Lee Theatre, a conventional 
debut. Take was cut down some- foa a show after their tour of stores, hquse in nearby Fort Lee, N. J. 
what because of the length of the The free-rider doesn’t get by Latter had thc^ picture day-and- 
p:c — it runs 140 minutes — which completely untouched. He must date with the’ ozoners. 'Moss mini- 
reduced the -number of shows. pa y the standard streetcar fare for mized the ozoner competition since 
Sky” bowed yesterday (Tues.) at bis ride home. be felt they were not close enough 

the Criterion, N. Y. Plan hoped to be of benefit To to* attract any of his' trade. The 

RKO’s great problem in -recent three different businesses suffering outdoor theatres vary from seven 
months has been a dearth of prod- from recent influences. Crowded to. 12 miles distance from Fort Lee* 
net, a situation the company has loop, parking has. hurt stores, and 
been rapidly • amending by taking growth of suburban centers — Day- 
on indie films. Latter, combined ton’s, the city’s largest department 
with the increasing flow of studio- store, lately announced a deluxe 
made films, is helping the outfit branch to be built in suburban 
* to present a stronger and continu- Edina— hasn’t- helped stores, while 
ous product array. it has helped motorists’ nerves, 

Streetcar company 'has been- in 
trouble for some* years and is cur- 
rently battling to make changes* 
including switch to buses, which 
will enable it to stay alive. No-fare 
policy 1 on Thursday nights will 



Streamline’ teat 


Continued from, page '5 


For the Week Ending Tuesday (19) 

Weekly Weekly Weekly Tues. 
YoLlii High Lew Close 

I®#* 

N. Y„ Steele Exchange 

ABC.. 16 * 9% 9% 

CBS, "A” ,.* 29 35 34 33% 

CBS, “B” 16 35 33% 33% 

Col. Pic, 11 12% 12% 123/ 4 

Decca 228 9% 834 9 

Eastman Kodak 147 46% 45% 45% 

Loew 1 * \ . . . 268 18% 13 13% 

Paramount....* 78 25% 2434 24% 

Philco 47 32% 31 31% 

RCA 220 2fi 25% 25% 

RKO Picture* ............ 112 4 3% 4 

RKO Theatre*. . . . . , . , . 131 3% 3% 3% 

Republic * 23 3% 3% 3% 

Rep., pfd. 4 10% 9% ' 10% 

20th-Fox 115 16% 16 16% 

Un. Par. Th.. 129 14% 133% 13% 

Univ 70 12% 12% 12-% 

Untv. pfd. 5 62 62 62 

Warner Bros 81 13 1234 12% 

Zenith 56 76% 74 74% 

N. Y. Curb Exchange 

Du Mont 48 16 15% 15% 

-Monogram.. 35 3% 3 3 

Technicolor 5 22 21% 21% 

Over-the-counter Securities Bid Ask 

Cinecalor .. ... l 1% 

Chesapeake Industries (Pathe) .......... 3 3 4 4% 

U.* A/ Theatres 4% 5% 

Walt Disney ,,7% 8% 

( Quotations furnished by Dreyfus & Co.) 


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KOGOD-BIMA SELL 
DC. 


‘King Kong’ 

Continued from .page 3 


PAR INVITING OFFERS 


ter. Depinet reportedly feels that | apply also to- its bus lines. * 
it would mean ruination of the 
company? since it would ’ certainly 
set off such bitter exhib reaction 
that the distributing organization 
would have an almost impossible 
time pedaling current product. 

Depinet- returned to New York 
over the weekend from a lengthy 
stay' on the Coast. It is understood 
the possibility of the Chesler sale 
was one of the things keeping 
him there. He also was reportedly 
attempting to line up new prod 
net to carry the company beyond 
the present 11-pic backlog in the- 
can 

Surprise gross on “King Kong” 
points up the problem facing all 


to seirif it get* the right offer. 
. , „ Company recently unloaded; film 

companies and all prospective pur- pr0 cessing facilities on the Coast 
chasers of film backlogs. That is former head of its lab op 

how to equate or set a price on erations there, 
a flock of old pix. A few films 

that have been completely written o • ir w* • 

off and virtually forgotten about NWI, Viiif MaiOfS 
suddenly be pulled out of the 


its Own inspection ;of. ' films when 
they/ 'ar^ returned by exhibs, and 
its own storing' and shipping, it 
Would. all be done by a Single 
agency in a central building, . This 
would Save handling and shipping 
costs by more efficient use of per- 
sonnel* and permit branch offices 
eventually to shuck off their leases 
on present expensive buildings. 
Alfred W. Schwalberg, v.p., in 
_ ___ , w 1 charge of. distribution for Para- 

FOR ITS.ASTORIA LAB I « i'S'S 

proponent of consolidation. His 
plea that the time for longwinded 
study is* over — and “the way to 
start is to. start”— found, sympathy 
with other execs at last week's ses- 
sion.. . 

Not all of the distribution top- 
pers are .in favor of the streamiling 
move by a long sight. However, 
the project moved much closer to 
that everyone ex- 


Washington, Aufl. 19. 

Fred Kogod and-Max Burka have 
announced the sale of their inter- 
ests in the K-R circuit, of six D. C, 
area theatres to Marvin Goldman 
and Fred Burka; Fred Burka is. 
the son -of Max Burka - and Gold- 
jnan is Kogod’s son-in-law*. 

Houses involved are the Ontario, 
MacArthur, Apex, Nhylor/ Langley 
and Flower, air ‘modem nabes ex- 
cept the large Ontario which, al- 
though in a nabe ^location, bids, for 
and plays first-run films in the 
Washington area. 4 Understood the 
deal, involves leasing and operating 
of the. houses and not ownership of 
the teal estate, -which will continue 
with the older men. 

A 25% interest in the Langley 
and. Slower was sold to Goldman 
by Frank Boucher a few months 
ago, When Boucher severed his con- 
nection with the K-B chain of 
which he had been general mana- 
ger for several years. 

Kogod and Max Burka have been 
exhibitors in Washington for near- 
ly 3Q years and are also large 
holders of -real estate. 


. Paramount is understood ready 
to entertain offers for its labora- 
tory. in Astoria, Long Island. Origi- 
nally built as an adjunct to the 
company’s studio there, lab in re- 
cent years has been used only for 
film storage. Studio has been taken 
over by the Army for making of 
training films. 

Par also has a lab in England 
which it is not using and is ^eady-| nctuafitv 

i. 11." 1 T £i- £.1 _!wLi _ IT I 


m 


can 


stockpile and earn a fortune. That 
always leaves the question as to 
how many other such pix would 
be contained in any vaultful. 


Exhibs Wary 

Continued from pace 3 


On Red Firings, to Trial 

Long-pending suit filed against 
the principal film companies by 
the Screen Writers Guild and cer- 
tain of its members is now sched- 1 n , r , . 

uled to come to trial in New York ^ f" 


pressed willingness to be shown 
that *it could ’ save coin and thus 
favored selecting a city and mak- 
ing a test 

One of the suggestions for hous- 
ing the central -inspection _and 
shipping depot in New York was 
Paramount’s lab in Astoria, Long 
Island. It is no longer in use, it 
has plenty of vault space and it is 
available. 

Lots Simpler 

This is a lot simpler project now 


tion, will be “pre-released” at a 
limited number of houses in key 
cities beginning early in October. 
This sales method usually means 
higher-priced tickets. 

Samuel Goldwyn’s “Hans Chris- 
tian Andersen,” RKO release, is 
being eyed *'- an advanced-admis- 
sions possibility. 

In many cases exhibs, while 
averse to the principle of bigger 
prices for some films, say they 
might go for the policy with less 
hesitation if the boost in price is 
limited to 10-to-15c. But substan- 
tial increases hurt grosses for the 
pic which immediately follows ‘the 
tit’ed-srale picture, they add. 

Dlstribs are enjoined by court 
decree from insisting on higher 
tariffs. The theatremen state, 
though, that hefty rental demands 
by the film companies mean the 
scales must be raised for them, the 
exhibs, to come up with a profit. 


Federal Court short# after Oct. 6. 

Instituted four years ago and 
often postponed, the action 
charges a conspiracy by the film 
outfits via their agreement to fire 
so-called “unfriendly’ witnesses 
who appeared before the House 


cause of the .fact that non-inflam- 
mable film stock has come into 
general use in the past 18 months. 
Central depots would no longer 
have to be expensive-to-build 
vault-laden A-l fireproof brick 
buildings. Fact that all present ex- 
changes are of such construction 


Un-American Activities Commit- . ... 

tee. An injunction, but no dam- 1S of ibe things that makes 

_ r I^ATIrO I /in t n Am PA AVnArtoitrA ni-k/4 


ages, is asked. 


rental on them so expensive — and 
unnecessarily so now. 

Schwalberg also sees consolida- 
tion making possible greater ef- 


Cut Jersey Ad Rate 

In Coticesh to Exhibs I fleiency and better, service to ex- 

H ' ,1 LIV*. M _ tttt_ ?i _ 

Continuing its drive to obtain 
the same ad rates in newspapers as 


local retail stores, the film indus- 
try has received an important con- 
cession in New Brunswick, N. J. 


hibs in non-exchange cities. While 
it Is too extravagant now for in- 
dividual companies to put up in- 
spection and trans-shipping depots 
in various non-exchange centres, it 


Sol Lesser, Nassours 
Team for Jungle Pix 

Hollywood, AUg. 19. 

Sol Lesser, William and Edward 
Nassour have partnered in Jungle 
Adventure Pictures, - Inc., which 
will turn out a series of femme 
Tarzan pix for RKO relfase, one 
annually. Tagged “Sheefta,* Queen 
of the Jungle,” first pic starts 
Oct. 15. Nassour brothers will 
produce. 

. Lesser, who returned several 
weeks ago from two-month trip 
abroad, brought with him prints of 
[•six foreign films he’s interested in 
releasing domestically. 


WB Theatres Cuts Down 
In Chi in Office Shifts 

Chicago, Aug. 19. 
Warner Theatres here is reduc- 
ing its operations, moving the 
major part of the midwest office 
work to Milwaukee and other 
cities. 

A1 Koval, head of the circuit 
here will headquarter in Milwau- 
kee, taking a booker and' other 
employees there. Charles Wheeler 
and Alex Halperin will remain in 
Chicago, according to present 
plans, along with one booker. A1 
Weinberg, veteran head of adver- 
tising and publicity for the chain, 
is leaving, with no replacement 
named as yet. 


In a deal arranged between RKO* wou ^,, P^fectly feasible on a 
Theatres and the New Brunswick consolidated basis. 

“Why,” asks Schwalberg, “should 
film from Columbus have to be 
shipped every night to Cincinnati 
and then shipped back a day or so 
later. The whole operation could 
be done much more efficiently in 
Columbus if we had a depot there.” 


Home News, the newspaper has 
agreed to drop its local film rate 
from $1.65 per column inch to 
$1.55. New rate applies to local 
motion picture advertising and 
does not climge the rate for other 
types of amusements. 


Pix as Nitery Draw 

San Antonio, Aug. 19. 

Tommy Scrlvano, oWner-operator 
of the Steeplechase, local cocktaf 
lounge, has installed a motion pic 
screen for nightly showing o: 
sports events, short subjects and 
comedies. 

It’s proving popular with pa- 
trons. 


Conflicting Meet Costs 
TOA Plenty of Moola 
In Tradeshow Space 

Skedding of the Theatre Owners 
of America national convention 
next month in conflet with another 
group's meeting- appears to be 
costing the theatre outfit a wallet- 
ful of coin via lost qales in trade- 
show booth space. TOA’s conclave . 
is set for Sept. 14-18 in Washing, 
on, of the ;samo time when the 
National' Automatic Merchandis- 
ing Assn, holds its annual convex- 
ion in Chi. 

Coinmaohine distribs and manu- 
facturers, and others in that field, 
who normally take space for ex- 
hibits at theatre association meet- 
ings, will be tied up with the 
NAMU sessions. Consequently, 
TOA is losing out. 

Theatre outfit, which originally 
had the equivalent; of 100 booths 
to peddle, is still left about 40 un- 
sold, At about $350 each. Also con- 
tributing to the deficit is the lack 
of interest by theatre television 
dealefs and makers this year. They 
bought a hefty chunk of floor space 
at -theatre conventions last year 
and the year previous. 

Mitchell,- Wolfsoh, TOA prez, met 
with the; convention committee 
last week' in D. C. to go over all 
plans for the four-day get-together. 
Joining , in the huddles were exec 
, director Gael Sullivan, general 
Counsel Berman Levy, press direc- 
tor Dick Pitts, and Howard Bryant, 
service coordinator. 

Seeley -Fields to Pitt 

On ‘Somebody* P.A.S 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 19- 
Blossom Seeley and Benny 
Fields made Pittsburgh their ini- 
tial stop last week on a month-iong 
barnstorming trip tied in with Pa 

Betty Hutton picture, ‘ Somebody 

Loves Me,” w'hich is the life st ry 

of the couple. „ . 

Tour, which will take them m 
a dozen cities or more preceding 
the preem of “Somebody in 
cago Sept. 5, was put together by 
Jerry Pickman, Par pub-ad heaa, 

in New York. He accompanied 

Fields and Miss Seeley to Pius 
burgh. They came here to maKe 
an 'appearance before the 10 
managers in Moe Silver s zon , 
had assembled for a pep meetug 
before the' annual showmanship 
drive. Exploitation junket 
here on in, however, will b 
charge of Par’s field men. 


Col Credit Union Tops 

$1,000,000 in Assets 

Hollywood. Aug. 19- 
Over the tpp went the Colum 
Pictures Federal Credit Umor u the 
first, studio credit J° a H 0 n is 

$1,000,000 in dssets. 0r S an ‘ z ^ Xnt 
headed by Bert Lea as pre- 1 u 
and W. R. Liymgston as trea^^ 
Organized m 1938, it na. bU 
of 1,250 members, all ^ 1U jo anS 
employees, has Jjjsu d ^ 
amounting to $6,500,00u 
individuals. 


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FICTCUBS 


August 20, 1952 


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Washington, Aug. 19. 

Justice Department and exhib- 
itors got together last week in the 
first huddle to explore the 16m 
antitrust suit and its probable ef- 
fects on the theatre owners. 

Exhibitor spokesmen made Olear 
to Antitrust Division officials that 
they felt the suit was unfair and 
the relief sought was impractical. 
They emphasized that they would 
be the real sufferers in this'action, 
rather than the large distributors. 

Justice Department officials, ex- 
pressed sympathy, said they would 
try not to do anything harmful to 
indie exhibitors, but asserted that 
the suit wpuld go on. / % 

Attending for the exhibitors 
were Mitchell Wolf son. 




With Great Pix, Schine || 

Tells than Conyenooil Hesrst dailies, pin* Time magazine, 
Albany, Aug. IS, *U violently dapping tbe Hr of J. 
Hollywood, hiding ^it ripped It- Apparently in the position where 
self Of the fat that acciimdlatted the D^f 

during it* lush wir years, Is now he ^statement’ St 

* u a g s t^' c6,niPlatot ' (se * ***' 

they are still going to get better.’ rate story}- 
This was the message delivered to- 

day (Tues ) by J. Myer Schine, N. Y. Mirror* Kap 

president of Schine Theatres, Inc., in one of the more recent -edi- 
at the opening of its first conven- toria i swats taken at the Depart- 

2 on . te J 1 J£S2L,,w ment of Justice for Its 16m suit 

twenty-ftw »ise »tt^dmg. agatost the Mm industry, the N. j: 

tel-fschlne-owned — Schine fixed Pally Mirror (Hearst) on Monday 
1951 as the year when producers (18) riotes^that the producer-dis- 
starief to waC up to the fact that -tribs would be committing "hara- 
^^^tKredudedthe Hrt by releasing costly ittms for 
expenditure of “millions that were Cheap televised showing and de ; 


troying their Valife for theatre 
exhibition.” 

The daily further comments: 
“The antitrust laws were created 


not necessary. 

“There was no chance to save the 
business- except by actual work,” 

: Theatre other tcT curb business pirates, who . got 

Owners of America prexy;^ ?i fmrses; everybody together in the dark to eliminate 

The result was competition by criminal means. 

finer nictures . They c were not devised to arbitrari- 

TOA general counsel; Harry 0 nner pictures. ^ i v coerce one' industry to turn 

Brandt, of the Independent Thea- “Hollywood has 0 yer its basic property rights to a 

tre Owners of America, and Eman- great pictures it promised, Schine compe titive industry at a gigantic, 

uel Frisch, of Metropolitan Motion said. “We must notify our patrons a ruinous, loss . . , What 

Picture Theatre Assn.. of these pictures. of Conspiracy’ do the busy- 

They conferred with Newell Conceding “television has hurt body Government 1 
Clapp, acting chief of the Anti- us- without a doubt,” he asserted, that sa ne. business policy (of hold- 

trust Division; and his aides, "Victor “it • cannot "destroy us, any more ing pix f rom TV)? 

«r v — — » than radio did. We will make use 

6f i^f vi ? on ^ Coast Resolution 

-Schine’s son David, who flew Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

back from City council ha* passed a reso- 

erated ; that the lution suggesting a ’conference 

. — u 't—iess ^levision. Con- iWith film ind u$try reps in the bat 
- ---y . hadabi^d with RCA against the Government’s 16m 
board chairman David Samoff con- sultf wb i c h was condemned as a 
vanqed him that television was not menace “to our American way of 
out to “bury” theatres; a. large ^ and to th4 , individual freedom 

part of RCA’* business came from which -we are confident no good 

the development, mabufacture apa American wants to trade for a free 
sale of equipment to theatres* he pags to * mov ie over his TV set at 

added, ■ , . . • - a .the expense of destroying a great 

* Louis W, Schine, vice-president, industry/* 

Meanwhile, all aspects of ..the 


H. Kramer, Perry Epps and George 
M. Shueller. 


Pix Toni to Choirs 
For Added Musical 
Background Impact! 


Strategy of Silence in Kin Suit 

In refraining from any, public comment* on the Government’s 
16m Ault, film company president* are following through on care- 
fully Worked-out strategy of silence, according to some key indus- 
tryites. Reasoning it that denunciation* against the Justice Del 
partmejit.suchas that of 20th~Eox prezSpyros P. Skoufas, would 
piit the P. Of X im stich ia position that it couldn’t gracefully ease 
up on pursuing.) its conspiracy' complaint, 

The” prexies have in 'mind that the D. of J. might want to bad' 
away from- an all-out fight When tbd .storm ;Which followed insti- 
tution of the Suit abate*/ This could bfe Via an amicably wOTked- 

out decree which imposes no burdensome dictates upon the film 
distribs, or .simply no. pressing of the complaint. 

However, thiswould be precluded as a possibility by any more 
harsh statements, itVfelt.- -If any' large number of film officials 
took’ to publicly blasting the D. of .J., it might have the effect of 
inciting a fullscale courtroom donnybrook. 

*» Situation is similar on the public relation* front. Skouras’ state- 
ment sufficiently presented the defendants’ position, it’s said, and 
publicized exhib association resolutions and press editorials all 
have been violently critical of the JD. of J. For this reason, it’s 
understood,^ no additional effort will be made to win public support 
at this " time. 


NX 


RAPS 


Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Widespread public acceptance of 
choir work in the recording field 
has cued a new Hollywood! trend-r- 
use of choral backgrounds in both 

musical films. As a reshlt, the com- introduced Mayor Erastus Corn- 
parative handful of; experienced . h6 ised the indpst ry’s 
choral singers * On the Coast are „ 
enjoyln* boomtlm* employment. of mirpco- Picture Industry Council meeting. 

Prob.hIy. th, town’, biggest sin- “ ' tomorrow night (Wed.), which *111 

gle employer of choristers is 'Nor- . Seedier, Metro advertising 
man Luboff, choir director at War- director, opened (he afternoon 
ners alid for the NBC airer “The m eeting. Closed sessions will be 
Railroad Hour.” He* uses groiips held Thursday, 
regularly on the Gordon MacRae- 


suit will be discussed at Motion 



For 24 Wks., 



also hear plans to reactivate the 
“Movies and You” series of shorts. 
Surplus of $40,000 from showing 
of tfie films four years ago will be 
suggested as production coin for a 
new series- which Trueman Rem- 
busch and Sam Pinanski promised 
full support* At .tomorrow’s meet- 
ing, Gunther Lessing will com- 
plete his six-month term as prexy, 
Rochester, Aug.' 19. with Steve Broidy taking over and 
Eastman Kodak today reported Arthur Freed, of the Producers 
sales .of $249,924,131 during the Guild, becoming .veepee. 
first half of 1952, compared with 

,._ r i .„ f $251,62^707 for the same period Film theatre landlords are be- 

and more and more studios Tre of last v y*ar. Net earnings of $18,- -tog enlisted in the fight against the 

utilizing voice groups to imple- 178,388 were off 21% from the Government suit * least one big 

ment the instrumental background *23, 111,078 for the first half Of circuit is enclosing a special letter, 

1951* Report covered the 24: weeks with its monthly rent check, calling 
ending June 15. landlord’s attention to the Govern- 

The report listed working cap- mpnt suit and the dangers it poses 
ital of $170,000,000, about $10,000,- for theatres. Letter takes stand 
000 more than at- mid-1951. Inven- that landlords are innocent third 


GOVT, SUIT ON VIDEO 

• Further aid. to the film industry, 
from the press, in the Govern- 
ments 16m suit, is clearly seen hi 
another - editorial rapping the De-' 
partment of Justice, “Actually, this 
j suit strike* us as being a* phopy as. 
a $3. bill,” the New York' World- 
Telegram and Sun stated last waek.. 

T&iy & Sun recalled that' more 
than a year ago it took side* with 
the film industry when the Federal 
Communications C o mm i ** ion 

threatened .reprisals against the 
distribs for not licensing pix to TV. 
At that time the daily editorial- 
ized: ' “It certainly is not in the 
public interest to have a bunch of' 
bureaucrat*. threatening one indus- 
try for refusing to lay down it* life 
for a rival.” 

Daily states in- it* new editorial: 
“Thi* i* just- a* true today of the 
Department of Justice’s suit. It is 
perfectly proper for TV and the 
movies to be battling for the pub- 
lic’* attention. It Is outrageous, 
tiowever, for the Government, the- 
oretically the referee in any con- 
flict between rival interests, to 
sneak across a kidney punch on 
one of the contestants. For such 
an action the Government should 
be booted out of the ring.” 



starring, radio program, on Colum- 
bia recordings and in a growing 
number of pix at the Burbank stu- 
dio. 

“Vocal arrangements,” Luboff 
explained, “frequently provide a 
tonal effect thAt cannot be achieved 
by instrument* alone. As a result, 
many recording artists insist' on 
working with a choral background, 


score. 

One 6f the biggest choral jobs 
in a considerable period is that un- 
dertaken by Luboff for Warners- 
upcoming “Miracle of Our Lady 
of Fatima.” Tint drama utilizes a 


tories, called “generally satisfac- parties to the action and have 
choir of 65 voices to underline the- tory,” were, up $7,000,000 during great, if not greater, interest in 
spiritual theme of the film. Music the first half of 1952 or $17,000,000 survival of the regular theatre as 
is authentic Christian sacred music, over the mid-mark of last year. does the operator. 

Luboff fol>owed that job with a se- Because of the drop in earnings, 

Ties of arrangements of Hebrew income and excess profits taxes for »v t »• y,* nr . 

liturgical music for the choir used the hhlf were less than for the |l|]h|||| L1T1PYT1H WfirkAK 

in the remake of “The Jazz Singer.” same period last year, $35,000,000 vuavaua nuinvio 

Musicals; of course, provide the against $41,000,000. .iclr Wisa RaacI 

most fertile field for the re-discov- — — — >: * AlCIlJr Vf dgC WMJM 

ered choral groups. Massed chorus- Spanish Warbler Clicks 
es occupy key positions in such >v . Y , . A . m 
films as “The Desert Song,” “Back On Latin-Amencan TOUT 

“°A? I ?? d ^ ay/ .V <April in Paris ” and Bogota, Aug. 12. 

u jk ; Conchita Piquer, vet Spanish 

*^ e I er ’ luboff pointed out, warbler, is touring South America 

Btti® Hkeli- with a compact company of dancers 

follow^hA choi j’ s wi . n and singers and doing smash biz, 

of rJLiSfor usual , Bollywood cycle Miss Piquer has been around the 
SLunfni fi a QUick peak and then Continent many times. She is play- 
“Pnhi?^ , ing to capacity at the Colon here. 

ways been^hleh ” 1 ?!^^ 8 h 1 S f^ Miss Piquer is doin ^ Spanish bal- 

• ^ ub0 ?-. Ported lads for most of her act. 

— . e c n. rren t interest m choral Pepita Reyes, Adolfo Moran and 

Carlos Fernandez handle the prin- 
cipal dancing of the .outfit. Com- 
pany is rounded out with Luis Pos- 
adas, Miss Piquer’s accompanist. 


groups in films is merely a result 
of a growing studio awareness of 
that interest.” 

Tremendous number of choral 
groups around the country, he add- 
ed, would indicate that pix will find 
, . beneficial to keep choral par- 

ievel^ 1011 in films,at a fairly high 


I 


FIgcks Sue Moorehead 
Los Angeles, Aug, 19 
Agnes Moorehead was sued in 

C °, Urt f0r $3,028, .claimed 

firm cf ri aFy o\ y the Publicity 
ciates. f C y_Strauss & Asso- 

Complaint is that Miss Moore- 
head promised to pay the company 

x 0 income for one year, 

Starting May 7, 1951. 


Cosily Kicking 

Los Angeles, Aug. 19. 

Claiming she was kicked by the 
film horse, Trigger, Mabel Smayne 
filed suit for $186,000 in Superior 
Court against RGy Rogers and Roy 
Rogers Enterprises. She wants 
$175,4)00 for injuries, $10,000 for 
loss of ttarnings and $1,Q0Q for 
medical costs. 

Plaintiff, a studio worker also 
known as Mabel Smayney, declares 
Rogers was in the saddle a year 
ago when Trigger let fly with his 
hoofs on her chest and head. 


Dublin, Aug. 15. 
Workers in film houses here 
nixed a wage hike o£ $1.12 per 
week, and are pressing for pay 
boost of $1.80 for all workers 
male and female, over 18 years of 
age. Theatre and Cinema Assn, 
had offered $1.12 for meix, 56c for 
women and 35c for those under 18 
years of age. Union wants flat 
rate for adults. 

Negotiations are expected 
open next week. 


Suit as ‘Blessing 

• Hollywood, Aug. 19. 
The Government’s antitrust suit 
on 16m films for television may 
be a “blessing^ in disguise,” Sam 
Pinanski opined as a meeting of 
the Councjl of Motion Picture 
Organization* adjourned in a blaze 
of optimism after four days of 
sessions. , 

v Suit has rallied all branches of 
the industry to its defense under 
leadership of COMPO, Pinanski ex- 
plained, 'indicating “strength of 
purpose and a fighting spirit that 
bias not been shown by us in many 
years,” 

Trueman Rembusch promised 
“we wttL win” the fight to repeal 
the 20% tax, and described the 
response of exhibs and support of 
studio head* as “overwhelmingly 
gratifying.” 

“Repeal would mean $100,000,000 
to $150,000,000 for productions 
alone,” Robert O’Donnell reported. 

COMPO exec*, left over week- 
end fpr their respective offices. 


Disney Ready to Start 
. Producing Brit "Sword’ 

Paris, Aug. 12. 

Walt Disney 1* here, with his 
family on a combo looksee and biz 
trip prior to going to London later 
this week tot the beginning of 
work on hi* next live-actioner, 
The Rose and the Sword.” It will 
be based on an incident during the 
reign of Marie Tudor in the 16th 
Century. The TechnidOlor film will 
star Richard Todd. A Paris preem 
of his “Robin Hood” will be held 
here this fall. 

Disney stressed other new proj- 
ects nearing completion in the U. S. 

such as “Peter Pan” and the car 
toon, “Aquatic Birds.” He has plans 
for an animated version of-- “The 
Sleeping Beauty” and a mixed, ani- 
mated, live version of “20,000 
Leagues Under the Sea.” 


to 


AFN-BerlmT 7th Anni 

Berlin, Aug. 12. 

Staff of the American Forces 
Network in Berlin celebrated .-its 
seventh anni of bringing programs 
to the American community in Ber- 
lin. Many Berliner* h^Ve ^hosen 
AFN as their favorite station. 

Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue” 
was the first sound heard on the 
initial program Aug. 4, 1945. To- 
day AFN-Berlin is one of the most 
up-to-date studios in the European 
hookup. It boasts of being here 
throughout the Berlin Blockade 
and was classed as one of the main 
morale-raisers by the men in the 
| ranks. 


London Film Notes 

London, Aug. 5. 

Kay Walsh off to Hollywood mid 
September to feature in Metro’s 
“Young Bess” which stars Stewart 
Granger and Jean Simmons, with 
shooting to start Oct. 1 . . . Alfie 
Bass joining cast of Paul Soskin’g 
pic “Fair’s Fair,” the Ronald Shiner 
starrer, which will be directed by 
John Paddy Carstair* at Pinewood 
for a J. Arthur Rank release . , . 
Exclusive Films has signed John 
Van Eyssen to play opposite Bar- 
bara Payton in “The Four Sided- 
Triangle.” Lewis Milestone here to 
direct “Life of Melba” which Sain 
Spiegel is doing for United Artists 
. ; ; George Minter, head of Renown 
Films, has lined up film version of 
“Grand National Night,” play by. 
Dorothy and Campbell Christie, 
which was a hit at the Apollo thea- 
tre in 1946. Minter also has ac 
quired the rights of Jerome K. 
Jerome’s classic “Three Men in a 
Boat,” which he intends ,to film 
early next year. ..Roy Boulting 
(Boulting Bros) to do film for 20th- 
Fox “Brown on Resolution,” based 
on bestseller of same name, with 
shooting to start Sept. 15. 


Queensland Exhibs Hit 
Free 16m Airline Shows 

Brisbane, Aug. 12. 
Key exhibitors in Cairns, import- 
ant Queensland show biz centre, 
are ready to battle the Trans-Aus- 
tralia Airline Corp., government- 
controlled major airline outfit 
servicing the local territory, to pre- 
vent continuance of free 16m 
shows in hotel lounges and small- 
capacity halls In opposition to the- 
atre* operating' here. The TAA 
free shows mainly cover the 
growth of aviation here and 
abroad.- It is ;the free show angle 
that is burning the Aussie exhibs. 
Harry Kitching, general manager 
Far Northern • Theatres, powerful 
circuit operators, fired the first 
shot in the current battle by lodg- 
ing an emphatic protest against 
free 16m shows with the Films 
Commission, in charge of cinemas 
in the Queensland zone. He cited 
that if this type of entertainment 
was permitted to continue it would 
cut deeply into regular film biz. 

Kitching said that TAA had not 
been granted an okay by the local 
gendarmes to put on free 16m fare 
in hotel lounges, adding that such 
shows would only benefit hotel- 
keepers via an unbeat in liquor 
sales. 


Film Commission Ends 
Cuba Sitdown Strike 

Havana, Aug. 12. 

The government’s new. Film 
Commission overcame its first ma- 
jor difficulty when one of its mem- 
bers, Raul Acosta Rubio, who is 
also President Fulgencio Batista s 
private secretary, talked film tech- 
nicians and workers into ending a 
sitdown strike. in Movie City, now 
under construction in the Biltmore 
suburb of Havana. -They had de- 
manded a seat. .on the Commission. 
Acosta Rubio convinced the tech- 
nicians that their interests would 
be adequately safeguarded. 

Batista bad appoined the Com- 
mission to replace the Fdl ” p .* 
tronate of his predecessor, By .* 
dent Carlos Prio Socarras. RuO o 
announced that the Sovernmen 
planning to turn over to the com- 
mission $160,000 shortly so that 
work can begin on the fiyst 
within 45 days. The $l 60 ’ 00d f ' \L 
be from the proceeds of 
regular weekly national lotter 


Align** -20, 1952 


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FIRST THREE OPENINGS SENSATIONAL U . . . Loew’s State, 

- * I ' • 

N. Y., hits highest gross in three years! . . * Palace, Cleve- 
land, and Apollo, Atlantic City, doing the kihd of business 
that the cry-babies moaned was gone forever! . . . Same 
kind of news due soon from openings in Boston/ Phila- 
delphia, Washington, Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Detroit, 
to prove that “Sudden Fear” means sudden wealth for 
any theatre! . . . Top reviews! Top audience satisfaction! 

' o 

Top money everywhere! 


“Brings suspense and excitement back to the 

screen with a capital S and a capital E! 

* & 

Joan Crawford’s best acting.” Highest Rating. 

- N. Y. DAILY NEWS 

0 

“One of the screen’s all-time thrillers. 

* - ’ 

Reaches a new height in suspense melodrama. 

- N. Y. DAILY MIRROR 

“Exciting entertainment. Doesn’t miss 
a trick. Tense, polished, absorbing. 

There’s no letdown in the tension.” 

~N. Y. JOURNAL-AMERICAN 


“Brings you to the edge of your seat 
and keeps you there . . . The height of 
suspense.” „ n. y. post - N 

“Ranks with the best.” 

— N. Y. WORLD-TELEGRAM 





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Film Reviews 


Centura** fr*i* )***• * a 


not get the proper.rospense out 
ot -the script. Kober Bem Jacks 
the authority and ability to hrmg 

9 gagfS 3 BS& 


Jersey Exhibs 

CftttikSid ft*** JHtfe X 


TkeMmg 

championship contender. He’s sev- 
erely beaten, gives tip, boxing for- 
ever and is at loose ends until his 
girl convinces him that there are 
other ways he can fight for the. 
things in which he believes. It’s a 
well-knit script, ' sprinkled with 
terse- and effective dialog. 

Cast is headed by Gerald Mohr, 
the manager; Lalo Rios, the boxer, 
and Rita Moreno, latter as the 
femme interest. AH' deliver a top 
job'. Supporting roles by Robert 
Osterloh, as the trainer, and Mar- 
tin Garralaga, as the fighter’s 
father, are distinct assets. .Robert 
Arthur scores in a brief scene as 
a young fighter. 

Kurt Neumanns direction is 
sharp, and Russell Harlan's cam- 
erawork is distinctive. Editing and 
musical credits are good, Gtos, *■ 

Old Oklahoma Plain* 

(SONGS) 


5 Cos. Defendants 

In Queens Trust Suit 

“ * J lI?'th! deprived, sensation-ieeking j n(( j„ line »/ter that jvere Burner- 1 CfCT LgXSUlK DmI 

/femme patron*. Thin story of a moll whose love lej^a tn eventual oils other Jersey indies who aren't, A , 5 

deaf-and-dumb diild has obvious tragedy. The ^ in the Paterson-Passaic area* and; Vents W * lch - pre ' 

| tear-jerldng. angle* which have 1*. a^uate, Lenstog. i* good^d ^ ^ dit^tly fcy the SLn £“* 

been freely exploited- And which Soak. sales to the open-air house. These trust provlsions^nf ttfp anti * 

will help it along *t the boxofttce. into mayhem sequences, m delude theatres in Newark ^ ! Sherman 

' • V.ff*? ttwas charged 


Army background western 
-with good exploitation possi- 
bilities. 


Hollywood, Aujr. 19. 


Republic release of Edward J. Whit* 
production. Stars Rex Allen; features 
Slim Pickens* Elaine Edwards,. Roy Bar- 
croft, John Crawford, Joel Marston. Rus- 
sell Hicks, Fred Graham, Stephen Chase, 
Republic Rhythm Riders. Directed by Wil- 
liam Witney. Screenplay, Milton Raison; 
from story by Albert DeMond; camera, 
John MacBumie; editor, Teny Martinelll, 
Previewed Au*. G, '52. Bunninr time, 
59 MINS. 

Rex Allen Rex Allen 



Ari 

anefe . , 

is a strong aelling.- point for the. 
home tradefrlthoiign the theme was 
used in a recent Hollywood pro- 
duction; This may affect the film’s 
chances - in the U.S. 

Central charactef in the yam, 
which! is based on a novel by Hilda 
Lewis, “This Bay is Ours,” 


(G«*4 Meminr, JSlephantl) 
(ITALIAN) 

Locarno, Apg. 5. 

Dear Film release of Rizzoll-DeSlca 


.Eliz^th^ ' • ^ ; : In i *ujt brought in N. Y. FeJS 

Odd ‘.angle to the HKO-WB fray CoPrt last week by Inter-cw 1 
is that ft resulted Ip patching up Theatres and Linden OueS 


They seek a dSaStlw 
to determine their 


|.of a long-standing feud between Corp. 

RKO and the ’Skouras Chain in judgment 
_ _ __ Jersey. TJnable to sell to' Warners, rights, 

production. siarV^Vittof^ DeSica. Sabu, pKO made- peace with- Skouras, Named defendants in the action 
ily r Gi,SS rc r?McWto? ISeTOiwv Su,o and its houses are currently play-, are five corporations as landtords 
ciccU n-xS“. c“ii« »ivSu«i from ing the distrlb’s product in Jersey of the Cambria, Garden S 

z»v,tu*i; «««•,. Aid?. aty ; - • : Street, St. Albans and State Th“ 

•WB, by coincidence, picked a all in Queens, L. I. Quintet 
bad time to , get into a row with, £u e d includes Golder Park, Inc. 
RKO. Distrih, which has had very Baywood Realty Corp., state 
little in the way of important prod- Homes, • Inc., State Engineering 


yowe Child', who' was ; .bora, deaf Jg&HgSX' q^SEaf'% *Tfm 
and f*, inevitably, dumb. Against a rotUytl Loc*tn<v 
background of parent*l disagree- -Vittorio D|Sto 

ment, the plot traces the methods •;;;".'".V.'.'iaiia. Mercader 

used in Reaching yqungsters the art 

of lip-reading and expression. Somewhat along the realistic- uct recently, just as the "fight 

This part of the story,treated fantasy linesdf “Miraclo inMilan .started rah Into a flock of releases 
with a documentary .fidelits^ is ab-, w ith **fir.jner foot in reality, pic vnich have done unusually good 

sOrbingly interesting, -but the t*i^ is - essentially * a BeSica-Zavattini grosses. Pix Which have ‘gone to -■-« 

angle of adults, composed _ of the product, although director credit the owners include “Clash,” “Rob- Y ear . lc ’ se * It s claimed that the 

chfids paxente and the headmaster go^ ^ Gianni Erknciplini.^ Under .g od/, 5‘King Kong” “Macao” original agreement was modified 

of the school, provides an ;\m- the‘DeSlca banner, and with word- ‘*Sudd enEpI ar” * * ’ a 

worthy diversion. of-mouth aid, it should get a run, *■ ■ n i?ear “ 

The., dominating performance • in, the special spots in America* ~ ' 
comes from little Miss Miller in] Film tells, of an. impoverished 


Corp, and Higbie & Springfield 
Corp. 

In 1938 and 1940, Inter-County 
assertedly took the houses on a 2b 


the "title role. This child is. a con- gchoolteacher, living from ,, hand- 
fident- arti$t, with a sensitive bearv to-mouth with his family,- yet ever; 
ing and.* Winning personality, sustained by his seemingly foolish 
Phyllis Calvert plays her mother optimism, his good nature** An ac- 

a Jl w w _ m 2 _ 4-« mkwrl w 1 a • 1 I 1 . LS ^ kJ 1L Ai Vvif*! i4 trh tf . 


Continued from p»f« .7 


in 1943 and 1947 by stipulations to 
the .effect that Inter-County would 
not compete with any of the leased 
theatres by operating another 
house in the area. 

Another clause is said to have 
stated that admission scales of the 
fi.ve theatres were not to be raised. 


without variation in style while c fd e ntfri -meeting with M visittMf: Eoreign^ Affair* and other depart- - These modifications accordine to 
the -husband i* portrayed in an un- Indian Prince brings on a guided htents. ’ ^according to 

realistic key by Terence Morgan, tour of Rome, ending in the teach- -,x v . . . . ’ . J ? 6 1 VOld , and . ll " 

The- best adult performance comes, er’* apartment where the chUdreu ^.^ 01 ^^ -Plaintiffs also ask an m- 

from Jack Hawkins who makes the ^see the,, visitor as a. fairytale getting any kind Of agreement sig- junction to restrain the landlord 

headmaster a vital and sincere prince come true. Incidentally, he natured by all the necessary mm- corporations from ejecting them 

character, Godfrey Tearle and also saves the family from evic- istries so that the, American com- under the 1938 and ’40 agree- 

sumPiokVnV*: siim Pickeis Marjorie Yielding as the child’s tion.; Long after his departure, pany toppeH have Something of- ments. 

Terry Ramsey ...'.’.Elaine Edwards grandparents top a sound support- the teacher receives a gift of a ficial in front of them to accept, Action was instituted after In 

Arthur Jensen Roy Barcroft i n g ca$ t. • ' live baby elephant, delivered to — *-- L . .. 

. uc amsey o^n . ra or Alexmider Mackendrick has done apartment. 

a competent job of direction, Boug- Illogically, and to please the 
las Slocombe’s lensing is first class children, * he decides to keep it, 

but sooxi the situation becomes 


, . ” w wvavwvvw MUV.I III" 

reject or negotiate on further. It ter-County and Linden Operating 
is a signatured proposal of this na- Corp, allegedly subleased the State 
ture that is , supposed to be present- Theatre to another which report- 


and Seth Holt has edited with un- 1 
derstarjding. * Myro. 


ed tomorrow. 

first-hand picture of the prob- 


desperate, wandering ^ ^ ^ ln pllinin g the 


through nighttime Borne with the ™ Pinning me 

e^phapt, he finally leaves it in 

custody of some muns in a con- Monday by Fayette W, Allport, the 
■vent. . From there it finally ends Motion Picture Assn, of America’s 
up in a zoo, where the. teacher] London rep, whp has. headed the 


Et. Spike Connors Joel Marston 

Col, Bigelow RusseU Hick* 

Nat Cameron. Fred Graham 

Maj. Gen. Parker Stephen. Cha*e 

Republic Rhythm Rider* 

The Army's experiments with *a 
newly-developed tank, to deter- 
mine the feasibility of replacing 
the cavalry horse in open warfare, 
provides a springboard for unfold- 
ment of this latest Rex Allen entry. 

Fact that the tank was a proven 
instrument .of war in 1926, period 
of picture, and the mounted cav- 
alry was fast disappearing, doesn't 
hold against the entertaining 

aspects of film, which, in addition _ ____ _ _ 

to furnishing fast action for good'K^* * brinks v temporary. -relief . to l/fl#. J^rench calls for lopping a per- 

b.o. reaction, whips up some pretty :tEe fiinily. .- ■- ; tehi;age off frozen coin how in 

fair, exploitation, facets.^ -Lich^l ju»u«ni •'T patia* ;I technically simple much Paris and *due American diiitribs. It 

fe**- elaborate than “Miracle,” yet would total about $450,000, with 
This. filth is a colonial, costume l.giojbtfely ' and ‘humorously told. It $250,000 a direct subsidy to -French 


Capitaine Antut 
(FRENCH) . 

’ipjuris' 5 *. 

^ tHapa .tfieaW ap* production. ' sji*r», visits it daily ^ ^with his family, ever] majors* .'negotiating team in 
D«net. ^ optimistically hoping some day to France. He flew Jo New York over 

Scrc«npi»y, .Zwobod* and pierr« Nord have- enough money to buy it back, the Weekend -and is going right 
frnnx ^ ' ■“ — *' ' — T — ' i2 - 1 ~ ' ut - --• — -* 

^7.7,iS2L*^U.«5'^Ed ro-*h.m:T a i;- of ".nirnai I “discount” proposal which 

Ardant 




a MA.' I1JLO timUAGll. 'WUWA AvO frti ^ /|| j;_ <t« 4 , * . 

saint-cyr *iig*e*ted to .him, sale pf . animal . 1 ^ ie discount proposal which 
■ vinceart; ue yeV : occurs to hiim but- the zoo’s Ah imri hAs been discussing with 

a. . ~ ‘ _ * _ _ 11. * *wl . _ _ . _ i. 11-. y • 


edly failed to maintain the prem- 
ises properly. Original leasing 
agreement on the five houses 
specified that if the lessees didn’t 
keep the theatres in good condi- 
tion they could be evicted. 

Landlord defendants were un- 
derstood to have protested about 
the State Theatre’s* condition to 
Inter-County and Linden. Latter 
firms, incidentally, admitted in 
their complaint that they took over 
the Parsons Theatre, Jamaica, 
L. I., after 1947. House is located 
in the disputed area. 


Allen is called 
Hicks, colonel in 


in by Russell 
charge of the 


actioner dealing, with Arab upris- come* across w.ell -even in its tin- producers and $200,000 to be spent 
Sd the ranches mgs. and 'intrigue in .FxBn^b .Mo- . eveti shape. BeSica is fine- as. the in tha U„ S. lor an organization to 

th«r wm be provided Vith other rocc( ?; . Unimaglnatiye --handling, teacher and Sabtiwand other^ fill sell' and promote French product. 

W^‘55^:*-. „ v,^.pr«^r 

' l * ttlMsUc ' Va *« Article- III of -the 

will no longer be any market for tIn V < S n 5? , J2S! ^ ^ 
their stock. Roy Barcroft, leader L f h ^ ^ gunrunners and going 

Of the stockmen, stands to^ ^ lose S-Ta r Sil J Li 
$100,000 if the tests are successful, ,*t npMnJlJSv 

and plot is woven around his ef- lln^nn 

•iwe .ronro ^oiinT-A stiot on JocaUon, are a plus factor 


ARG. EXHIBS TO SEEK 
EASE OF U.S. PRODUCT 


Hawk. 


forts to' assure their failure and 
Allen’s assignment Intervening, 
footage is highlighted by the race 
between the tank and a troop of 
cavalry, something new in western 
movement and an exciting bit of 1^^ 

reeliffp 1 native dances. Vincent is dashing 


and; make' the pic ea*y on the. eye* 
if not the credibility, 

Birection muffs the movement 
that could have been gotten out of 


FCC Hearings 

*Ue4 from pare 4 


imiper’s * initial decision on the 
questions at issue. - Final ■ FCC 


reelage. 1 

Allen socks over his role with 


cavalry charges, fort, sieges and ] action should come by Nov. 1. 

Last- week’s FCC order on the 


Although Hollywood product is 
slow .in reaching Argentine 
screens, this situation will be 
straightened out, in the opinion of 
Nicolas Bi Fiore, who heads the 
Argentine Exhibitors Assn. The 
theatremen, he said, will take 
every step toward bringing about 

. la, normal relationship for Ameri- 
eri films which, win prizes at can fli ms -without restrictions. 

Di Fiore, who arrived in New 
Metro is strenuously objecting York last week on a month’s visit, 
to the -“discount” scheme as it is pointed out that Hollywood pic- 
set up. As leading American distrib tures and stars are well regarded 
in France, it has .most money tied by the public, and with goodwill 

1fV\ * I'UaI wvaamm Si ..1 Jt L A t. _ f. 1 9. . * 1 . • .1 iL - A A.t* 


recent 

decree, import permits ‘in' addition 
.to the basic 90 which are expected 
to go to the U. S., may 'be handed 
out for such subsidies* A few addi 
tional licenses will be available for 


tnree tuneiui song numbers, Dest ■ -r-v- tion of a Tecent directive that he 

of which is “Dese Bones ” Remib- m J ect * laughs a* the gauche _ ” * i-ecent airecuve raw ne 

ux wiiiLU -is iJunci. xvepuu-* , , .u.ui.t. a ^ 4.* consider no testimnnv hased nn 


_ w A ^ T1-.W n * A n • TTVtA, O A W UJ. UC1 VU biiC . _ ” m 

uii .1 SainLCyr is too case j ssue ^ response to a U P there. That means it would be being shown by both sides the flow 

his customary ease, and gets in re ^ ue ^ frora R « sAick for clarifies . ^Jr ibuti ^.5y ^ ^ lar S e st sum of U. S. films will resume on a 

three tuneful song numbers, best tion of a recent directive that he 1*9 the subsidy jackpot, in return ; larger, scale. Meantime, he added, 

for which it would be getting only business in general is good, 
three added permits,. It feels that While the -market for Argentine 
to make profitable the laying out filths ill- the U. S. has been small 
of the hefty amount of its coin in- ! iruthe past, Bi Fiore expressed the 
volved, it must get more than three -hope th«tt a means of Increasing 
additional licenses. playing time v for these pictures be 

If tomorrow’s expansion of terms S0 W'' & * he course of his 

of the decree is in keeping with Month’s stay in America, he will 
discussions AUport has had, the' visit Hollywood to study film pro 
Yanks by accepting the 90-plc Action techniques, 
quota would be permitted to remit 
$1,200,000 annually at the official. 


lie Rhythm Riders back him in the , * faithful sidekick. Action 'Stuff 

trio. Slim Pickens. is in for his a aI l^ wrR;- 

usual comedy relief, and support ers have made the dialog too un- 
generally is good, headed by Bar-1 “weildy;* Mos/c. 

croft, John Crawford, Joel Marston 
and Hicks. Elaine Edwards dishes 
up the distaff interest. 

Direction by William, Witney is 
sound and Edward J. White's pro 
duction values are satisfactorily 
presented. Whit 


Mandy 

(BRITISH) 


Xe* Aaiaat* Mfridit* 

(The Damned Lovers) 

. (FRENCH) 

„ . Paris, Aug. 5. 

CocLnor r*l««*c of Sport Film, produc 
tion. Stow Robert Berri, Danlele Roy. 
Directed, by Willy Rosier. Screenplay, 


consider no testimony based on 
Par anti-trust activities prior to 
1948. ■ The Commission’s order, 
while not ruling out additional 
hearings, said that the question of 
holding, the record- open calls for 
the * “exercise of informed discre- 
tion by hearing examiners in the 
light of all the circumstances pre- 
sented.” 


British tearjerker looks strong 
b.o. bet; reminiscent theme 
may hurt chances In IJ. S. 


uirecteu. by winy Rozicr. Screenplay. . However, the agency emphasized 

Xavier Valller; camera, F. Lanenfcld. At its desire- to bring the Case to a , ^ . 

Berlitz, Pari*. Running time, IS MINS. close bv declaring that furthar rate 0f exchange and all the rest 

, . . Jacquc* _D^n«m prolonged continuances which that 

Mori. * A 5. invent 3 ! vatfnn timni/i nmni/i Meantime, the Society of Inde- 


More Trust Suits 


Continued from page 5 


the Jamestown Amu, Co. be 

... jeoav« oT. C TplTderri h n e a t^. 1 cause latter has 45 outlets. 

London Auv 5 It. a Gallic gangster sfory of the proceedings.” sidy scheme and the majop may 

G.F.D. r,i«,e of Ealing stodlo.-McW 1 ^ ase « on tbe . ex e ,0 > ts , of * *««“*- 1 MeauwhUe. the AUen B. DuMont menteT/ th^y^w^t * to * uudi P the 

Umptorto prove’, C l^te b au FCC P “ Q thr ° Ugh ** lmmedlate action - 


Balcon production. Stars Phyllis Calvert, ly deceased French gURmUn, 
Jack Hawkins, Terence Morgan, Godfrey “Pierre The Madman ” Attempt at 
Tearle, with Mandy Miller. Directed by f ne • Maa m*n. Attempt at 

Alexander Mackrendrick. Screenplay, documentary - approach Via a frame 
J? 18 ?. 1 an ? Jack whittingham from work of an interview with a police 

Dny is Ours by Hlld& Lewis) inspector uointu iid tihviniif pnn*- 
camera. Douglas Slocombe; editor. Seth r? U C C °*? 


ventionality *of the pic. It has its 
quota of gunplay and killings, but' 

nunmng time, T2 MINS. Ij s on i v ft field and dnee 

Phyllis ^Calvert “ ? n K 


Holt; music, William Alwyn. At Odcon, 
Leicester Square, London, July 29, ’52. 
Running time, M MINS. 


f* arlc • Jack Hawkins 

mrry Terence Morgan 

Mr. Garland Godfrey Tearle 

Mandy . . . Mandy Miller 

i ^f; land Marjorie Fielding 

• Nan cy Price 

Edward Chapman 

LUv TlS^ er c., Pntrlcla Plunkett 

• Eleanor _Summcrflcld 


not compare with its American 
equivalents in the crime-does-not- 
pay ^series. At he«t, this could do 
for certain spot* in the U. S/ 
market . 

Story concerns a bartender Who 
reads gangster stories and haunts 


Woodland (Senior) w c ° lil \- r ’O r d° n seedy dance ball*, spreading talk 

Miss Stockton . ' ^Do^othv 0 tllat he 11 Hunman. A gal he tried 

Davov a ^ r . ieI1 ^ Brun « 

Mrs Paul John Cazabon 

Miss TuoLr* Gwen Bacon 

mil I »rn«5 Phyllis Morris 

Mias Larncr Gabrlellc Blunt 


Ealing’s latest 
clearly designed 


production 
to appeal 


is 

to 


t9 impress comes into his bar. 
When she laughs at him, he goes 
berserk and shoots up the place. 
This starts a . series of holdups, 
shootings and formation of a gang. 
Interspersed is the love story 
which is weak. 

Direction is standard and does., 


Par Stock 

Continued from- page S 


option agreement. The registration JUU1.U fUl WWW ,1 g 

I* * technicality, and its purport s ' me defendants asking tha 
was misinterpreted, on the street. Him firms be enjoined ir0I J 1 
Price of the shares began to ; 
climb back when’ Par arranged for 
the Dow- Jones news service into 
brokerage offices to carry the ex- 
planation of the registration. When I new suit alleges 



holding, that it is not controlled by 
Paramount (which owns 25% of 
the DuMont stock), petitioned the 
Commission for equal treatment 
with Par in considering testimony: 

auested C the r CommL«ian U ^° rtfrSt ! Change Commission of 40,000 
Besnick to wWch he obWned under “ 

witii recent relationships of Par 
and DuMont in passing on the con- 
trol question. 

DuMont also asked that Resnlck 
be required to give priority to the 
control issue in writing his de- 
cision, in order to enable the com- 
pany to facilitate plans for tele- 
vision. DuMont is limited to its 
three owned and operated TV sta- 
tions until the issues in the pro- 
ceedings are resolved. 


Pannos' 450G Suit 
Des Moines, Aug. 19. 
Suit for $450,000 damages has 
been filed In Federal Court, Dav- 
enport, by Ernie A. Pannos, Iowa 
exliib, against Central States The- 
atre Corp., Tri-States Theatre 
Corp., both ’of Des- Moines, and 
eight major film producing and 
distributing corporations. . • „ 

Two weeks ago the pl a intitts 
filed an antitrust suit against the 


mm nrms 

fusing to license or interfering 
with rental of first-run fil ms ^ 
the Coronet Theatre, Davenport, 
which is co-owned by Pannos. i w- 
new suit alleges the Capitol 


yimiaciuu uj. me Aegis trauion. wnen *icw puii 
the quotation went down, Par also atre, Iowa City, suffered cia 
began to consider the possibility of of $150,000 between *[ un f’ u ilit y 
resuming purchases by tender to and June, 1952, due to its in T b ] e 
retire shares. High for the year was to show first-run pictures. 

30%. * damages are sought. 


‘ Wednesday, Ati^ust 20, 1952 


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ith great pride Republic Pictures 
announces the pre-release premiere 
engagement at the Capitol Theatre 

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HJirw VHP IT definite leave of absence because 

« ■ *-*** * u , , . . of illness. William Twig* who’s been 

Theatre Owners of America is acting manager for. several months* 
cutting down on the amount of j s back to post of assistant. branch 
office space it leases in the Para* manager, 

mount Bldg., New York, and as a AlSWerdlove, Screen Guild, took 
result the headquarters of the over New England franchise for all 
Metropolitan’ Motion Picture Thea- uppert releases and will distrib- 
tres’ Assn, had to be moved. ute Kis office here. Lippcrt 
MMPTA exec director D. John exchange shuttered, with Irving 
Phillips had sublet space ^ from ]\jendelson, branch manager, mov- 
TO A. As a resultofthe TO A lop- Ing temporarily to Swerdlove’s of- 
ping of offices, Phillips this week fic * K ^ 

moved upstairs in the same build- emerge Kraska, foreign film ini- 
iug to headquarters the Council p or1 t er an <j exhib, who owns Ameri- 
of Motion Picture Organizations. c ^ n rights to Austrian sliding short 
Ftank Carter promoted from su bje C t '“Ten Years Later,” has re- 

f ?„ r titled It "Miracle on Skis." 


Warner’s to- branch topper m 
Atlanta. Joe S. Youngs salesman 
in Memphis, named manager of 
that office. 


DALLAS 

Bill Williams, office manager of 
local 20th Century-Fox exchange, 
named salesman; replacing T. P. 
Tidwell, Who was made manager 
of Jacksonville, Fla., branch, 

Isaac "Sanders named new man 


CHICAGO 

Glasford Theatre, Glasford, 111. 
reopens Sept, 5. _ . ««ac 

The Roxy, formerly the Peck, ager 0 f the Fox Drive-In, Marshall, 
Pecatomca, 111., lights up again succeeding Charlie Johnson, who 
Aug. 20 after remodeling; , was niade manager of the Fox at 

Eagle Theatre anti-trust suit Bunkie, La. 
against the majors set for Sept. 8 g Ted Borum opened the new 
hearing in Judge Sam Perrys Chi Sunset Drive-In at Earth. Borum 
Federal District Court. , also operates two theatres there. 

Encyclopaedia Films appointed Frank Flores ‘opened El Charro 
Swensk Filmindistri as distributors Booking Service in San Antonio, 
of its product in Sweden and Fin- an< j will specialize in Spanish re- 
land. , A x, leases; formerly was booker for 

Abe Teitel took over distribution ciasa-Mobme Aim exchange here, 
of “Young and Dammed,” first Mex- Lefe and Fred Welsh took over 
lean film to play more than a week operation of the New Tex and 
in the Loop. ■ Picture Is in fourth Anthony at Anthony, 
stanza at the World. Harold' Fleming: and Jack Arthur 

A1 Weinberg, long-time ad-pub- are operators of Sun Drive-In at 
licity head for Warner. Theatres Comanche; they also own and 
here, resigning; no replacement operate the Majestic and Rltx the- 
named as yet. .. atrea there. 

The Vic, Manta Sc Rose Indiana 


Harbor, Ind., house, closes Aug. 29. 

John Semadallis, owner of Ram- 
ova Theatre, back from Greece. 


ALBANY 

Neil Heilman has reopened the 


Varietys.Clubi honored Art An- Royal. He closed it and . ^mother 1 
derson, new Warner Bros, division local neighborhood house, . the 
manager at a luncheon! Paramount, seyen weeks juf°* Dur- 

Allied Theatres of Illinois last ing the blackout, Heilman gave 
week belatedly jumped aboard the the Royal a facelift. 

COMPO bandwagon by endorsing He plans „ relighting the Parar 
the drive against the 20% Federal mount, also being refurbished. In 
tax, but asked Allied members to September, 

join for one year only. Theatres i Clayton Pantages is new 20th- 
under 500 seats will contribute $10 Fox Salesman In Albany territory, 
while others will ‘range up to* $100 succeeding Fred Miller, resigned, 
for 2,500 seats or ihore. Pantages started with the 'Company 

John Smeckler joined the Manta as a student Salesman in Boston 


charge of the Indianapolis situa-' 
tion, but a general manager will 
be employed- for that spot. Mrs. 
Lucille Ann Reagan was raised 
from secretary-treasurer to veepee. 
All policies formulated by Cockrill 
during 1 18 -year operation of house, 
including single-bill, will be con- 
tinued. “ , . 

Robert Hill, « Columbia branch 
manager, recuperating • at home 
following an operation. 

Commonwealth Theatres bought 
the Pawnee Drive-In, North Platte, 
Neb,, from W.'L. Smith. 

With resignation of Don Lappm, 
as manager, Ben Benda, his assist- 
ant, promoted to manager at the 
Ritz. 

Fred Brown, Black Hills Amus, 
C<F. buyer and booker, back on job 
after long illness. 

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PITTSBURGH 

Gary McHugh, a former Pitts- 
burgher, <naraed manager of the 
Squirrel Hill, WB nabe art house. 
McHugh, who has been in N. Y. 
for the last few years, is also an 
entertainer. He was known here 
as Buddy McQully. 

Frank Silverman named city 
salesman for Columbia here; suc- 
ceeds George Tice, who recently 
resigned -after being with company 
for Jp years. Jack Ellstrom -Was 
promoted from booking depart- 
ment to. the West Virginia sales 
post* with Charlie Dortlc switching 
from W. Va. to the Main Line ter- 
ritory. 

Harold Authenreith, former West 
Virginia theatre manager, _ appoint- 
ed manager of the Hams in St. 
Marys, Pa., replacing Frank Jack- 
stin. 

Blatt Bros, circuit is. constructing 
its ninth drive-in at Ranged 'Cor- 
ners, Pa. 

Mrs. Irene McGxeevey Is new 
manager of Midstate’s Regent at 
Reynolds viUe, succeeding Mrs. 
Kathryn Edimston, resigned. 

George. Eby, comptroller of Har- 
ris Amus. Co, and treasurer of 
Variety International, is chairman 
of the mid-year meeting here Nov. 
*21-22 of officers and chief barkers. 
The sessions are to commemorate 
founding of the original Variety 
Club in Pittsburgh 25 years ago. ’ 

MINNEAPOLIS 

K. C. Denver and Omaha* added 
to Twin -Cities, Des Moines and six 
other Io^ra towns in which there 
are RKO theatres .now are ‘ under 
supervision of Harry H. Weiss, dis- 
trict ^ manager, , -who. headquarters 


gc ’Rose managerial staff last week. 

Chesterfield film short is playing 
the Balaban Sc Katz circuit. Chain 
had not been Usinfe ad shorts pre 
viously. * v 


last December, * Subsequently be 
served ln ; New Haven and Buffalo. 

Operation of the Scotia in Scotia, 
tranaferred from Val -Rickey to 
Alex^WeisZ^lessee of the Crane in 
Schenectady. 

- Scblne •- Circuit- convention open- 
ed at Ten Eyck Hotel here Aug. 19. 
his I Product, operation and exploitation 


attended by 150 from New York, 
Ohio, Kentucky and Maryland. 


ST. LOUIS 

Charles Dunlap shuttered 
Madison, Kinmundy, 111., for in- will be analyzed during two-day 
definite period. session. This first general meeting 

The Balco in La Center, Ky., of Schine zone, district and theatre 
successor to the Center, which was managers since 1941 (regionals 
dismantled, has been opened by J. have been held annually) will be 
W. Holland. 

Herschel E. Webster, Steele- 
ville, 111., closed his Princess, Per- 
cy, 111. He will continue to operate 

his house in Steeleville. rr ny . nna . ™ 

C. Barnett purchased the Elec- . ^ ac f ^ ic w 6 P-.tr J 

trie, Iberia, Mo., from J. and Redus 

Roden circuit, opened his own booking 

Lester Levy, Illinois salesman =f™ ce here - the Falls 

for Columbia’s St. Louis exchange a, 

bedded down in Barnes hospital fl i” d atl a 0 e n tSn against the' “2 

Jimmy Frisina, film buyer for 
Frisina Amus. Co., Springfield, 111., 
off to another golf tourney. As a 
tyro, he qualified for U.S. Amateur 


Lopert Retains to UA 
With Distrib Rights 
To 6 Foreign Films 

Following an eight-week Euro- 
pean junket, Ilya E. Lopert arrived 
in New York yesterday (Tues.) with 
American distribution rights to six 
British, French and Italian pic- 
tures, ThayTl be -released through 
Lopert Films Distributing Corp., 
of which Lopert is head. 

While in Britain Lopert set up a 
production deal with Sidney Box 
that calls for filming of a ballet 
picture' to be danced by members 
of the Sadler’s }VelIs .Ballet. Three 
ballets to be used in the venture 


Briefs From the lots 


Hollywood, Aug. 19 
Paramount shifted prodiwL 
reins on “Adobe Walls’^ f?om 
Duggan to Nat Holt, for 
October start . . .Jack Woody 
stujiter who broke both legs 
a stunt, makes his bow as an 
WarnerV “Ceme On, ^ 
. . . 20th-Fox renewed Sol HaSL 
as head of the camera department 
and laboratory . . . Bm y DeWolS 
1 drew a featured role in “Call 
Madam” at 2Qth-Fox . . Sy Goa' 
berg signed with Warners as a 
winter-. . , “Operation Secret*’ k 
the new tag on ■■■ 3 


CKopin; ‘^PP* ri ,t‘ ons -" , by , ber produc'tioJf schfdule caUs Z 

and ■•Faeade,” with music by Wil- thfee starters: “Jungle Girl “Sr!? 
liam Walton and Frederic Ashton’s gier Incident” and an untitled 
choreography. by Peter Scully, lory 

Lopert snared U. S, rights to the Anile Baxter obtained relea« 
boff Gallic grosser, “Fanfan La from her 20th-Fox contract . * 
Tulipe,” and a new Julien Duvivier Warners readying a musical ver- 
film that’s still before the earn eras* sion of ^Saratoga Trunk” . , 
“Holiday for Henriette.” He also x^ hn u PP ed to producer 

picked up TL S. and Canada rights ^ Warners, with "There’s a 

to the Italian-made “Sensuality” Hotel as his first produc- 

and *Vop* and Robbers” British S 5 ? ’ ’ wil Robinson ^ d rew 
acquiritiom give him worldwide in™ n Joductkm Wl "whv d r° yI ? 

ThX S "Sound fSut^uSlfri Go^dstone 5 
ander Korda pix. They re Sound quired rights to the Hans HaM 

th *. *> COm " r i ove1 ’ “ Walk to Darkness,” for in- 

pleted ^Gilbert and Sullivah.” dependent production . . . Metro 

During bis brief London stay signed Dick Simmons for a role in 
Lopert huddled with indie produ- “Battle Circus” . . . Allyn Joslyn 
cer David Lean in regard to mak- plays a Broadway producer in “The 
ing an underwater film. This proj- Jazz Singer” at Warners . . . Jane 
ect would be lensed by means of a DarweU returns to the screen for 
proce ss recently developed in Eng- Tim Sun Shines Bright" at Re- 
land. It already has be eh used in 
an underwater show beamed, on 
TV ip London. 


public. 

James Craig and Sally Forrest 
will costar in Metro’s “Code 2 ,' 1 


Lopert indicated that he prob- toroaeriy tagged “Code 3.” 

n .4 Uc LnnZ Glenn Langan snagged a romantic 
ably t dub any of his import ro i e j[ n Hugo Haas’ Columbia pro- 

into English since the average art auction “Storv Of a Bad Girl ” 
house patron prefers tiie dialog in "The Band ^go^. is the officiai 
the original tongue. But hfc feels title for the Metto picture previ- 
that it’s well worth dubbing a big, ously known as *•! Love Louisa” 
spectacle picture’ which is intended, and “Strategy of Love.” . . . Kenne 
fon-ihe general market, Recent sue- Duncan, just back from the Orient, 

m e t aF FTia >Tfn1Ton^mn«1>A. T\1 QVCr f AYl Ti notfir 1 iiimria 


cess of the Italian-made^ V-Fabiola 
was a , good sample of ' this. 


Londou Fifan Notes 


London, Aug. 12, 

Sydney Box has « added Eleanor 
Summerileld to the cast of -his new 
film, tentatively titled Police W om- I the general release of 20th-Fox’* 


plays- top heavy in. “Gene Autry’s 
On Top of Old Smoky.” . . . Karl 
Malden joined Anne Baxter and 
Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitch- 
cock’s “I Confess.” *. . . Charles 
McGraw handed a key spot in the 
Randolph Scott starrer, “Come On, 
Texas,” at Warners . . . Mexican 
Government officially authorized 


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ep, which stars Foggy Cummins. **yiva Zapata” in that country. 


DALLAS 




. competish in Seattle. 


LOS ANGELES 


ments. A San. Antonio carpenter’s 
helper, who answered a paging 
call at a local ozener, was arrested 
by secret service agents on a 
charge of forging a.U. S. Treasury 


Jack Broder, head of Realart Pic- ^heck 

Offices to^ °Ger^al°511rw?pe S qwKS" John L * Franconi Enterprises 

Toflr ^ d Sf* ^ Capitol Pictures) picked up local 

1 sales franchise rights to S. Mb Film Pro- 
Xn Hawdd re MMcih g !r.? lY n a rf>u ductions’ French import, “Paris 
Wirthwrin Nights.” Franconi will handle it 

tag to sit a^sales’tx^icyTor Mono- m Texas - 0 klahoma an d Arkansas. 
gram-Allied Artists’ 1953 product. tidmx 

Others heading for the confab are xIHiDi V IjX\. 

Morey Goldstein and L. E. Gold- Jack Allender quit* as 20th-Fox 
hammer, from N. Y., and Hames salesman, and left for the Coast. 
Prichard, from Dallas. John Thomas resigned as man- 

ager of the. Brighton, Colo., drive- 
in, and has become a Paramount 
salesman, covering New - Mexico; 
succeeds Steve Ward, who resigned 

?^ 2 at ^Vi mo ^ ed J ts °S ce £ ere Maury Rosenblatt, Universal 
I?!,-!! ® ul tomg. New Eng- booker, resigned to become assist- 
S n ’ dt)m P ris ii 1 S six states, ant to Fred Brown, buyer and 
is headed by George O Heron. booker for Black Hills Amus. Co. 

A V £jf cord ‘£ r ? a ?? ng crowd of 70 H ^rry Wilhelm, assistant man- 
exnimtors, distributors and press ager at the Denver, named manager 
? ac i r ? d i° r ®P s attended a luncheon of Rialto here, succeeding Stan 
* or '* oan Crawford by local Strauss, who quit to become an 
e c5 cs at Hitz-Carelton last RKO salesman. * 

K. star - making her first visit Mrs. Vera L. Cockrill, widow of 
th»m^^ as + A er r e f0 , r two-day tub- the late Benjamin D. (Dave) Cock- 
dpn pUILm nt for he V P ic * “Sud- rill, succeeded him as president, of 
acco T m P an md by the Denham Theatre Corp., which 
T?*fin^. r< t« ucer ’ . JasG P h Haufman. operated the first-run Denham 
formerly branch here, as well as four first-runs in 
cheekKfin 0 ^ w a K nei \ in Atla nta, Indianapolis, Ind., ^through the 

exchange where Greater Indianapolis Amus. Co. 
ne replaces William Horan, on in- 1 Cockrill formerly was in direct 


BOSTON 

Jack H. Levin Associates, nation- 
al theatre checking and survey or 

rfaMlr*rtG/vM J • A _ _ FV4« * « 


“Greate*t Show on Earth” <Par) 
unaktng a speedy letum downtown 
here at regular admissions after 
four weeks last April at the Cen- 
tury with $1.25 scale. Opens at 
Lyric for another minimum four? 
week run Aug. 20 at 76c. 

sA Twin Cities downtown house, 
the first-run St. Paul World, offer- 
ing free parking to patrons for 
first tinie. 

Old fashioned and corny show- 
manship, including gimmicks of 
every sort, is credited by M. A. 
Levy, 20 th~F ox district manager, 
fbr-;boxoffice gains up to 25% (in 
some instances 50%) in the Twin 
Cities, St. Louis, Milwaukee, St 
Louis and Kansas City areas under 
his sales jurisdiction. The improve- 
ment has resulted in reopening of 
long-dark 1,800-seat St. Louis The- 
atre. 

Twin City Theatre Corp., com- 
prising M, E. Montgomery, How- 
ard Dale and Bob Rydeen, has 
abandoned film exhibition entirely 
for ice cream biz. Chain included 
five theatres in the Twin Cities 
alone, but. it has relinquished all 
nf its houses. one by one, the last 
one, the St. Paul State, being giv- 
en up a few days ago. 

Grand, grind house running 
“Mystery, at Burlesque” to good 
biz without trouble from the 
morals squad, which clamped down 
on the RKO for showing “French 
Peep Show.” 


PHILADELPHIA 

Robert Weiner, son of Harry 
Weiner, Columbia’s divisional 
head, doing publicity for company 
in Boston. 

Neighborhood theatres cleaned 
up here with “Greatest Show qn 
Earth” (Par) at regular prices. Key 
runs in number of spots held pic 
pver second week and the Merben, 
in northeast Philly, clocked up a 
new record for Initial stanza. 

John B. (Jack) Kelly flew back 
from Olympic Games, at Helsinki, 
to attend personal appearance at 
Boyd Theatre of daughter Grace 
Kelly, at local preem. of “High 
Noon.” 

Negotiations by Minsky interests 
to take over the Earle Theatre 
(Warner first-run vaudery) have 
broken down. Minskys couldn’t get 
together with unions and the Grant 
store chain, which owns the Earle. 

Monique Van Vooren, a player 
in “Tomorrow Is Too- Late,” here 
for film’s preem at Stanton last 
week. It is first Italian film to play 
a large midtown, first-run. 


Pic goes into production, in October 
after outdoor shots are completed. 
Muriel Box, sister Of Sydney Box, 
will direct . . . Lewis Milestone 
holding up filming of “Life of 
Melba” due to. difficulty in getting 
Ministry^ of Labor permit. 


Italy’s Panaria Appoints 
Salemson for U.S. Press 

Harold” J1 Salemson has been 
napied public relations rep in the 
Cm»U> BtMKtt. will direct U.SlorPaMrta Films, 

Geor g e Brown’* -“Desperate Mo- Outfit is currently completing The 
ment,” with shooting to start Sept, Golden Coach,” English-language 
22. Pic will be released by J. feature in Technicolor, starring 
Arthur Rank. Anna Magnani. 

Patric Knowles, On vacation here Pic is being* shot without Ameri* 
from U.S., returns -Aug. *27 to ap- can release arrangements. Pro- 
pear in new picture, “Jamaica ducer-director Jean Renoir will 
Run,” for Paramount in which follow the same policy he used 
Ray Milland is tostar.'. .Nigel Pa- i n making a deal for "The River,” 
trick signed by. George Minter to which United Artists released. 

be directed b£ his liata ’ head ° f Panaria ’ wiU C?me 

first directorial assignment . 

Shooting starts Oct. 24. 


to the U. S. in October with a 
print of “The Golden Coach” and 
will then attempt to make a dis- 
tribution deal. Panaria has set a 
prograpi of 12 pix annually. 


Pix on Strippers 

= Continued from page 4 » 


Brandt Bids 

Continued from page J 
acquired from Roberts the dis- 
tribution franchise for New York 

and New England for the Ray Rob- . , • ■ .. . Clirp bo. 

inson-Joey Maxim setto. It worked that tiiese pix ai • 

out profitably for him. " draws, since they are certain ot no 

There are understood still some c ^ p ®i 1 ^ n Y ork V the°three main 
problems to be worked out in re- ou uetf ter^these^ films arc the 

IBC was said to be desirous of Eialt0 - the Tlmes - and the ^ 


eliminating from large-screen cov- M , gnae Q n Tee p Show’ 

erage^ houses in New York and Mpls * MinneaDolis Aug. 19. 

New England, as well as those in rhan0tl heart 1 robbed re- 
Philly, of course. Brandt will have C + hang t„H f ,nnr? Attaches of a 
to revise his offer on that basis. Porters and “” t attac h h “ in ° g of 
Promoters hoped to help fill the fhnnce to see a specia sho g 

Philly Municipal Stadium with F . r !“ ch „^ e S® h X' a tre here into 
fans from ttiose areas. New York, got the R HO-Pan Theatr 

of course, is an easy train trip raided to 

from Philly, and Marciano’s home Theatre management dec de 

is in Brockton, Mass., so he has a enter ^ llty plea „ qn ager f 
big New England following. -George R. Stephens, th f nl i n g ene 

NBC, with Gillette as sponsor, $100to 

paid $175,000 for home tele rights; p i c * * ^J^f^rniirt Picture was 
to the second Walcott-Ezzard M ^ ni ? pa i Snt confiscated when 
Charles bout, and it was the high- pulled S nffirc?s saw it during 
water ‘mark. Present fight is said moral s sc ^ ad tit t e em ent and 
to be worth more than that on 5 eg i U i a 5 j? ea , tr ® "epidermis 

basis of public interest. Since decided display of raw ep 

home tele’s not a factor, however, was ‘ :00 raw ’+i T ,, 1P H with the 
Brandt would seemingly only have Ca ^ Theatre^ office hei*e 

to beat out Halpern. Latter’s out- hmt A h ® R 5? Si Iharee That 
fit has serviced to exhibs all the would fight the cnarg . 
important theatre tele bouts to would have en * ad ? d sp f c none of 
date. It makes a per-seat or per- i n & f° r judge, bailiffs, •« sed 
patron charge against theatres whom, it appeared, had i pi uu case 
using the fights, major part of the film at the RKO-Pan. j; # 
which goes to IBC and the con- was marked closed, howeve : , t ^ 
testants, and a small part of which were hints some of the lets* * 

TNT gets. Imight take a look at it an>way- 





DETROIT 

(Continu^M**** , 

«K“vi* a is.sts ! l 

lisire” (UM'and^'3 ior Bedroom 
&, $18,000. , - 
^Madison (OT? ttJWfc ’ WSTj- 

»Tnrrie" (Par). Gopd. $13,000 
» rf wcek “Day ,®arth Stood 
&r (20th) and' ‘TChe Thing” 
(RKO) (reissues), $0,000, 

United Artiit# (UA) Cl^QOOj 70- 
«h\ “Anvboeiy Seen My Gal - (U) 
4a y n" Territory') (Mono); 
fS»nd $11,000. ■* Last week, Wash- 
ington Story'' (M-G) and “Gold 
F«W' mono), $8,200. \ 

Adams (Balaban) (1,700; 70-05) 

‘Charley’ Fine $14,000, 
Buff.; ‘Knock’ Big 18G 

.Buffalo, Aur. 19. 
Holding for ""nine ‘ days, ^ “Don't 
Bother To Knock” is getting t]he 
biggest coin total here this week' 
with sturdy session at the Buffalo. 
“Where's Charley” shapes fine at 
paramount and “Carrie 0 looms big 
at the Center. ✓ “The Jungle” is 
rated good at Century. . 

Estimates for 'This Week 
Buffalo (Loew’s) (3,000: 40-70) 
“Don’t Bother to Knock’ .(20th) 
and “Sea Tiger” (Indie). Sturdy 
’ $18,000 in 9 days, with new hill 
held back until after .mid-week. 

Paramount GE^ar) “(3,p00; 40-70) 
“Where’s Charley” (WB) and 
“Breakdown” (Mono), Pine $14,000, 
Last week, ‘‘Dreamboat”(20th) and 
“Maytime in Mayfair” (U), $13,000. 

Center ..(Par) (2,100; 40-70) — 
“Carrie” (Par). Big $10,000. Last 
week “Will Rogers 0 (WB) (2d wk), 
$6,000. , . 

Lafayette (Basil) (3,000; 40-70) — 
“Cripple Creek” (Col) and “Whistle 
Eaton Falls” (Col). Fair $8,500. 
Last week “Anybody Seen My Gal’ 
(U) and “Navajo” (Lip), $9,500. 

Century (20th Cent.) (3,000; 40 
70) — “The Jungle” (Lip) and 
“Stolen Face” (Lip). Good $11,000. 
Last week, “High Npon” (UA) (2d 
wk), big $10,000. 

SAN FRANCISCO 

(Continued from page 10) 

Big $19,000. Last week,' strong 
$28,000. 

Paramount (Par) (2,646; 65-95) — 
.“All Because of Sally’* (U) and 
“You for Me” (M-G). Tair $12,000 
Last week, “Greatest Show” (Par), 
on popscale run, 9 days, nice 
$18,000. 

‘ St. Francis (Par). (1,400;- 65-95)— 
“Carrie” (Par) (2d wk), Off to 
$9,000. Last week, nice" $12,500. 

Orpheum (No. Coast) 2,448; 65- 
95 (—“Affair in .Trinidad” (Col) 
and “Rainbow Round My Shoul- 
der” (Col) (3d wk). Held at $9,000 
Last week, good $13,000. 

United Artists (No., Coast) 
(1,207; 65-95)— “High ’Noon” (UA) 
(3d wk). Nice $8,500. . Last week, 
$11,500. 

. Stagedoor (A-R) (370; 85-$l) — 
Franchise Affair” (Indie) and 
Five Women” (Indie). Oke $2,800, 
(reissues). Last week, “Laura” 
20th) and “This Above All” (20th) 
(3d wk), $3,200. 

Clay (Rosener) (400; 65-85) — 
. (J ndie) (2d wk). Oke 

loon * n 5 days. Last week, 
$2,800. 



The U. S. Court of Appeals v in 
San Francisco, Monday (18), dis-j 
missed the Government’s "appeal 
from .the decision of Judge Leon 
R. Yankwich last February, in the 
case of playwright F. Hugh Her- 
bert against Robert A, Riddell, col- 
lector. The Government made . no 
opposition to the dismissal. 

The case involved income taxes 
and particularly a so-called .“col- 
lapsible corporation” t h r o u g.h 
which Herbert’s legit hit, “Kiss 
and 'Tell,” was film-produced. 
Judge Yankwich has decided in 
favor of Herbert and the Govern- 
ment had appealed. Pursuant to 
the judgment' there will be re- 
funded to Herbert the sum of 
$198,515.53 plus interest of ap- 
proximately $25,000. 

Herbert w*s represented by at- 
torneys George T. Altman, of Bev* 
erly Hills; Gang, Kopp Jfe Tyre, by 
Martin Gang, of Lqs Angeles; and 
Edward E. Colton of New York. ' 



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Oke $9,000; ‘Carrie’ Same, 

‘Desire’ 4G, ‘Pirate’ 6G 

Louisville, Aug.. 19. 

Looks like average ’week at 
downtown first-runs. “Carrie” at 
Rialto' and “Captain Pirate” at the 
Mary Anderson, are carrying the 
ball to grab fairly solid takes. 

“Don’t Bother to Knock” at State 
is good, but not terrific. 

Estimates for Thi# Week 

Kentucky (Switow) (1,000; 54- 
75)— “Island of Desire” (UA) and 
‘Army Bofind” (UA), Nice $4,000, 
and may hold. Last week, “Any- 
body' Seen My Gal” (U) and “Just 
Across Street” (U) (3d wk), $3,000 
Mary Anderson (People’s) (1,200; 

54-75)— “Captain Pirate” (Col). 

Brisk $6,500. Last week, “Win 
Rogers” (WB) (2d wk),' $5,500. 

Rialto (Fourth Avenue) (3,000; 

54-75) — “Carrie” (Par). Nice 
$9,000. Last week. “Lure of 
Wilderness” (20th) and “Sea Tiger 
(Mono), big $14,000. 

State (Loew’s) ^3,000; 54-75) — 

‘Don’t Bother to . Knock” (20th) 
and “Big Night” (UA). Satisfac- 
tory $9,000. Last week, “Fearless 
Fagan” (M-G) and “Glory Alley” 

(M-G), 'fast $11,00Q. 

Strand (FA) (1,200; 54-75) — 

"Wagons West” (Mono) and “Wil'd 
Stallion” (Mono). Fair $3,500. 

Last week, “Strange World” (UA) 
and ‘“Without Warning” (UA), good 
$4,500. 

‘NOON’ LIVELY $8,000, 

PROV.; ‘CHARLEY’ 6G 

' Providence, Aug. 19; 
bright sunny Sunday held week-' 
end take down a bit v Although 
f Loew’s State is getting top coin-j 
with “Island of Desire” it is very 
mild. .Just average are “Strange 
World’.’ at RKO Albee and 
“Where’s Charley” at Majestic, 

Strand looks nice with “High 
Noon.” 

Estimates for This Week _ . 

Albee (RKO. (2,200;- 44-65) — 

“Strange, World” (UA) and “Red 
Planet Mars” CUA). So-so $6,500. 

Last week, “Francis to West Point” 

(U) and “While Jungle Captive” 

(Emb), nice $7,500. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 44-65) — 

‘Where’s Charley” (WB) and 
“Stolen" Face” (Lip). Just fair 
$6,600. Last week, “World in His 
Arms” (U) and “Wild Stallion” 

(Mono), hig $li;000. 

State (Loew) (3,200; 44-65) — 

“Island of Desire” (UA) and “The 
Franchise Affair” (S). Slow $9,000. 

Last week, “Lovely Look At” 

(M-G), (2d wk), fair $7,000. 

Strand (Silverman) (2,200; 44-65) 

—“High Noon” (UA) and “Storm 
Over Tibet” (Col). Nice $8,000. 

Last week. “Rainbow Round My 
Shoulder” (Col) and “The Brigand” 

(Col), $9,000. 

ST. LOUIS 

(Continued from page 11) 

Last week, “Island of Desire” (UA), 
solid $16,000. 

Missouri (F&M) (3,500; 60-75) — 

“World in Arms (U) and “Sally 
and Saint Anne” (U). Good $14,- 
000 or near. Last week, “We’re Not 
Married” (20th) and “Bal* Tabprin” 

(Rep), $13,000. 

Pageant (St. L. Amus.) (1,000; . un f a i r iy, arbitrarily, incorrectly 
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‘AFFAIR’ TALL $7,500, 
OMAHA; ‘ARMS’ 8G, 2D 

Omaha, Aug. 19. J 

“Affair in Trinidad” is perking j 
up the Brandeis boxoffice to a lof- ‘ 
ty total this ‘ session. Two hold- i 
overs showed strength at the box- j 
office. “Pat and Mike”" and “Wash- j 
ington Story” at State went into 1 
second week with but only a slight 
drop in trade. The Omaha’s 
“World in^ His Arms” continues 
sock in second week. 

Estimates for This Week 

i Brandeis (RKO) (1,500; 16-70)— 
“Affair in Trinidad” (Col). Tall 
$7,500, and holding over as “sin- 
gle-feature. Last week, “At Sword’s 
Point” (RKO) and “Half-Breed” 
(RKO), $7,000. 

Orpheum. (Tristates) (3,000; 16- 
70)— “We’re , Not Married” (20th) 
and “Outcasts Poker Flat” (20th). 
Opened Friday (15) in nice' style. 
.Last week-“Will Rogers” (WB) and 
“Wild, Stallion” (Mono), $9,500. 

Omaha (Tristates) (2,100; 16-70) 
— “Wprld in His Arms” (U) (2d 
wk) and “Unknown Map” (M-G). 
Sock $8,000 or close. Last week, 
“World” solo hit $10,000. 

State (Goldberg) (865; 25-76)— 
“Pat and Mike” (M-G> and “Wash- 
ington Story” (M-G) (2d wk). Good 
$6,500. Last week, smash $9,500. 


DENVER 

(Continued from page 11) 

Great $16,000. Last week, “Lost 
in Alaska” (U) and “Pistol Har- 
vest” (RKO), $7,500. 

Rialto (Fox) (878; 50-85)— “Out- 
cast of Islands” (UA) and “Cloud- 
burst” (UA). Fair $2,700. Last 
week, on m.o. ' 

Tabor (Fox) (1,967; 50-85) — 

“Duel at Silver Creek” (U) and i 
“Beautiful But Broke” (Col). Fair 
$6,000. Last w6ek, '“Kangaroo” 
(20th) and “Tough Girl” (Col), 
$6,500. 

Webber (Fox) (750; 50-85) — 

“Duel at Silver Creek” (U) and 
“Beautiful but Broke” (Col). Oke 
$3,500. Last week, “Kangaroo” 
(20th) and “Tough Girl” (Col), 
$3,000. 


Paris, Aug. 12. 

.In the last few years, co-produc- 
tions have again sprung up in 
France on a wholesale scale. The 
greatest number have been Franco- 
Italian, with a smattering of 
Franco- American pix. Most co-pro- 
duetjori films suffered from a split 
personality and did not quite jell 
because of the diverse aspects of 
producers, stars and directors of 
different countries with conflicting 
temperaments, Many times stars’ 
were rung in to please <ach coun- 
try when they were not .suited for 
the roles. 

Now things seem to be ironed 
out in the Franco-Italo deals. Re- 
sult is that they have arrived at a 
coordination which turned out the 
two biggest boxoffice draws both 
here and .in Italy this year. One 
is “Fariafan La Tulip,” with di- 
rector Christian-Jaque being able 
to keep the essential French spirit 
of the story ahd still utilize Italian 
Star Gina Lollobrlgida as a sexy 


gypsy. Julien Duvlvier, using Fern- 
andel, succeeded In doing att Ital- 
ian story in Italy with -Fernandel 
as a fighting priest in “The Little 
World of Don Camillo,” with a fine 
fusing of Gallic and Italian char- 
acteristics. 

Franco-American pix were less 
successful. The Julien Duvlvier pic, 
“Blackjack,” shot in -Bpaiiv proved 
a.hashup espionage film in spite of 
the cast of George Sanders, Herbert 
Marshall and Agnes Moorehead. 
Rudolph Mate’s “The. Green Glove” 
(Benagoss), was an average thriller 
that did not appear to add mu v ch 
to coproduction prestige. The Wil- 
liam Marshall-Errol Flynn starm*. 
“Tavern of New Orleans” (Rep), 
was also a mild entry, 

French and- Spanish producers 
recently have linked up,, and in 
1951 produced two pix, “Desire and 
Love,” directed by Henri Decoin, 
and “Andalousle,” directed by 
Richard Pottier, starring Gallic 
tenor Luis Mariano. Latter was 
made in Gevacolor. Both pix did 
well in France and Spain, although 
are pot of sufficient caliber for 
U: S, interest. 


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$4,000. Last week, “Wild 
Heart” (RKO) (2d wk), $3,500. 

Shady Oak (St. L. Amus.) (800; 
90) — “Outcast of Islands”- (UA). 
Fine $4,000 or over. Last week, 
“Wild Heart,” (RKO) (2d wk), 
$3,800. « 

BALTIMORE 

(Continued from page 11) 
of “Try and Get Me” (Col) got 
average $4,300. 

New (Mechanic) (1,800; 20-70)— 
“Dreamboat” (20th). Good $10,000. 
•Last week, “We’re Not Married” 
(20th) (2d wk), at $5,200. 

Stanley (WB) (3,280; 25-^5) — 
“Where’s Charley” (WB). " Mild 
$8,500. Last week, “California 
Conquest” (Col.), $6,700. 

Town ' (Rappaport) (1,500; 35-60) 
— “High Noon” (UA) (2d wk). 
Slipping off to $7,000 after fine 
$13,200 getaway. 


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The Screen Writers' Guild and the Authors League of America have been on strike against the Alliance 
of Television Film Producers since August 1 1 . This joint strike action has been taken on behalf of tbe more 
than 6,000 professional writers of the United States who are members of the .Guild and the League, which is 
comprised of the Authors Guild, the Dramatists Guild, and the Radio Writers* Guild* 

In the past, the Screen Writers' Guild and management have been able to conclude just and equitable 
contracts through the normal processes of collective bargaining. But nine months of fruitlesss negotiations 
with the Alliance, which has continued to reject summarily and without consideration the Guild's basic pro- 
posals, have forced this strike action upon us. 

In seeking a basic minimum contract for writers working in the TV field, the Guild and the League ask 
the following: * 

1. Minimum advance payments against a percentage of gross revenue, such percentage to be 
paid only after the producer has recouped his budgeted negative cost. 

2. Leasing, rather Aian outright sale of material, such leases being on a 7-year-renewable basis. 

* * /i 

3. Reservation of rights. This means that a writer working in television retains all but the. TV 
rights and that these other rights— motion picture, dramatic, radio, etc.-^must be acquired 
separately. 

Contrary to the published statements of spokesmen for the Alliance, these proposals are not unprecedented 
in the writing field. The Authors, Dramatists and Radio Writers' Guilds have "obtained for their members res- 
ervation and leasing of rights and participation in gross* revenues in the form of royalties and percentages. 

* •< , 1 , 

Rex Stout, president of the Authors League of America, in directing its more than 6,000 writer members 
to withhold their services from the Alliance, stated: 

"This is a crucial test of the willingness and ability of American Writers to act jointly to protect 
and advance their common interests. Television is already a major source of income to many 
^ members of the League and it is quite possible that before many years it may become the largest 
single source. It is of vital importance to dll Writers to establish in television practice the principle 
that tbe writer owns what he writes and that therefore he may properly claim the profits and 
privileges of that ownership. If that principle ls-not established in television now, it may never 

be7and the resultant loss tb writers both of today and tomorrow will be incalculable." 

• \ 

The SWG and the ALA therefore call upon their members and upon, writers hot affiliated with these 
organizations to support this strike in the interest of all writers, for the successful conclusion of this strike, will 
affect every professional writer inYhe United States. 

Herewith follow the names of the members of the Alliance of Television Film Producers against which 
the SWG and tbo ALA are on strike, together with the names of the series produced by them, their sponsors and 
the advertising agencies involved: 


PRODUCER & SERIES 


William Boyd Productions 

HOP ALONG CASSIDY^-Hr. 
HOPALONG CASSIDY— Yz Hr. 
William F. Broidy Productions, Inc. 
WILD BILL HICKOK 

Bing Crosby Enterprises, Inc. 
REBOUND 

Jerry Fairbanks Productions 
FRONT PAGE DETECTIVES 

Flying-A Pictures, Inc. 

GENE AUTRY SHOW 
, DEATH VALLEY DAYS 
RANGE RIDER 

Gross-Krasne, Inc. 

BIG TOWN 
Primrose Productions 
RING SERIES 

Roy Rogers Productions 
ROY ROGERS SHOW 

Screen Televideo Productions 
ELECTRIC THEATRE 
JEWELL THEATRE (2 sponsors) 


SPONSOR 


Syndicated 

None 

s 

Kellogg Co. 

Packard Motor Car Co. 

Syndicated 

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. 
Pacific Coast Borax Co. 
Syndicated 


AGENCY OR SYNDICATE 


NBC-TV Film Syndications 
None 

Leo Burnett Co., Inc. 

Maxon, Inc. 

Consolidated TV Sales 

Arthur Meyerhoff & Co. 
McCann-Erickson, Inc. 
Flying-A Pictures, Inc. 


lever Bros, (also syndicated) Ruthrauff & Ryan, Inc. 


RANIER THEATRE Ranier Ere 

STEGMAIER THEATRE (re-run) Stegmaier 

SUNKIST THEATRE Sunkist Gn 

TELEVIDEO THEATRE Syndicated 

TCA 

ABBOTT 6 COSTtLLO None 

• * 

Adrian Weiss Productions 

CRAIG KENNEDY, CRIMINOLOGIST Syndicated 

Frank Wisbdr Productions, Inc. 

FIRESIDE THEATRE \ Procter & ( 

Ziv Television Programs, Inc. 

THE UNEXPECTED Syndicated 

BOSTON BLACKIE Syndicated 

CISCO KID Syndicated 


None 

t 

General Foods, Inc. 

Edison Electric Institute 
Hamilton Watch Co. 
International Silver Ce. 
Ranier Brewing Co. 
Stegmaier Brewing Co. 
Sunkist Growers, Inc. 
Syndicated 


Procter & Gamble 


Syndicated 

Syndicated 

Syndicated 


None 

Benton 6 Bowles, Inc. 

N. W. Ayer 6c 5on Inc. 

Batten, Barton, Durstine 6c Osborn, Inc* 
Young & Rubicam 
Brisacher, Wheeler 6c Staff 
McManus, John & Adams 
Foote, Cone£ Belding 

Stuart Reynolds Productions 

< 

None 

Louis Weiss 6c Ce. 

Compton Advertising Int, 

Ziv TV Programs, Inc. 

ZIy TV Programs, Inc. 

Ziv TV Programs, Inc. 







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So Far; Regular Film Prod. Okay 


Pearls,' Aug. 12. 4 

Activity here iii ! both the film 
and TV fields has increased recent- 
fv with the influx of .more Ameri- 
can pix people. Although Paris has 
been P looked upon as a. fertile* field 
for tele series, most 6i the planned 
package deals have fallen through. 
John Nashfwas one of. the. few to 
finish his group off 13 films about 
the Paris musichalls. Films, had 
advantage of the variety artists’ 
names. 

N 0W television film activity has 
picked up again, and there are 
several packages in production or 
ready to go into work. Sheldon 
Reynolds has started' .a “Foreign 
Intrigue” series here at Epinay. 
The first pic, “In Old Heidelberg/' 
is near completion.- Also to be 
made here are “The Key” and 
"The Plot.” 

Several companies are also buy- 
ing up French pix for dubbing into 
English here and packaging them 
for TV in the XT. S'. Harris Inter- 
national Associates already has 
starter on its package through 
Paris rep Sam Selslcy.- Selsky set 
up his own dubbing unit, called 
Phoenix Films and has. completed 
the pilot film, “-Monsieur Murder- 
er.” Lansing Baily repping the 
Franco-American television Com- 
pany is scouting for a package to 
be dubbed here also. 


Dave Chudnow has set up a deal 
here with William Marshall to- pro- 
duce a series of 26 half-hour de- 
tective films based on x the case 
histories of the French police. 
Chudnow plans to be back from the 
U. S. in October with Akim Tami- 
roff and director Robert Florey to 
do the series. 

Plenty of TJ. S. Film Activity 

Victor Stoloff is in town with the 
rough copy of his pic, “Tales of 
Cairo,” which he will cut here. 
Albert Levin is busy dping a screen 
adaption of the French novel, 
"Hasard To Destiny,” which he will 
make in Morocco. Irwin Shaw is 
finishing the script of “Girl on The 
Flammina” with * the locale switched 
to Frknce. It likely will be made 
here this fall by Anatole Litvak. 

Henri Lavorel, French producer, 
has undertaken a Franco-English 
coproduction with American direc- 
tor Jack Jory. Tentatively titled, 
"The Artist,” it will be made in 
French and English, ''wjtb Evelyn 
Keyes and Gallic star Henri Vidal 
heading the cast. It is due to start 
this month. 

William Perlberg. is here seating 
the 'groundwork for the new Bing 
Crosby film to be made here, “The 
Lost Boy.” It will be directed by 
George Seaton and may be made 
here entirely. Jules Buck and. John 
Steinbeck are preparing a script 
’for later European production. Lip- 
pert Productions, recently dubhed 
* French film here for the Ameri- 
can market and it will ride under 
the name of “Pirate Submarine.” 


PRESTONE PACTS GRID 
SERIES FOR 48 MARKETS 

Prestone antifreeze, via William 
jEsty agency, has bought “Football 
this Week,” quarter-hour -vidpic 
aeries, from Station Distributors, 
tnc., for 48 markets. Last year 
Prestone had the show in 24 cities. 
Contract is for 10 weeks, starting 
*eek ending Sept. 2T. 

oeries, produced and narrated 
jy Norman Sper, features his pre- 
mctlons of upcoming grid games, 
"itn film clips of the teams in ac- 
m*. Previous. Saturdays. Station 
istributors is > peddling the show 
.a *? on ‘Prestone markets (in the 
£ an d on the Coast), with Stu- 
rt Reynolds handling sales, on the 
^stations; On most outlets 
*TK es t°i le has Class. A time on 
nursday and Friday. Esty is pre- 
20-second „ and onentninute 
tnotiori 3IK * ^ working on pro- 

Ha, „ a * 30 ^tributes a “Magic 
fAv n j , ser ts in 45 markets not 
^ Bonomo candy; “Roller 
.V n , ow running in 29 mar* 
Clown” cartoons 
nd T °m Tyler” westerns. 


Thesps OK New Vidpic 
Pact by Topheavy Vote 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

By a one-sided vote of 3, *167 to 
87, the Screen Actors Guild ap- 
proved the new contract with tele- 
vision producers, running through 
July 20, 1955. It is the first official 
agreement on minimum salaries, 
working and re-run payments for 
thesps in television films. 

Producers who signed the con- 
tract include members x of the Al- 
liance of Television Film Produc- 
ers, currently involved In strike 
trouble with the Screen Writers 
Guild. 


New ‘North’ Series 
Set for CBS-TV 


New “Mr. and Mrs. North” vid- 
film series will be aired on CBS- 
TV this fall, but exactly which 
time slot it will occupy hasn’t yet 
been determined. Colgate, which 
bought the show more than a 
month ago, had considered several 
networking, possibilities before 
tossing the biz to the CBS web, 
and is now dickering with CBS 
execs on the best time' period 
availability. 

Vidpix, which are. being pro- 
duced on the Coast, may go Friday 
nights at 10, or at 10:30. Pearson 
Pharmacal is currently bankroll- 
ing “Police Story” in the 10 
o’clock period, but is repoidedly 
thinking of checking off the show. 
If it cancels, CBS will turn the 
time over to “North.” Web is ex- 
pected to have a station clearance 
problem at 10:30, but if that’s 
the only* one open, Colgate will 
pick up as many CBS outlets as 
possible and then sell the show in 
the other markets it wants on a 
spot booking basis. 

KENTUCKY PLAYHOUSE. 
INTO VIDPIC SERIES 

Louisville, Aug. 19. 

Normandy Productions of Holly- 
wood recently ' completed shooting 
•all scenes of the Pioneer Play-, 
house of Kentucky’s version of 
Henrik Ibsen’s “Ghosts,” at Dan- 
ville, Ky. Film, made for /TV 
showing, was shot on the stage in 
the Playhouse’s theatre at Ken- 
tucky State Hospital, near Dan- 
ville. 

California filmsters started tour; 
ing the country a few weeks ago 
on the initial phase of a project 
which eventually, it is hoped, ‘will 
include the filming of productions 
staged by 13 playhouse groups in 
the U. S. Film made in Kentucky 
was the fourth in the series 
planned by the Coast outfit. 

Art Fellows, former Hollywood 
film director, was in charge of the 
camera crew. Assistants were 
Muffin Mayo; Richard Van Hessen, 
sound technician, and Randy 
Clardy and Mike Ricko, . camera- 
men. A trailer will precede show- 
ing of the Ibsen play, relating 
Jfacts about Kentucky in general. 
Film outfit has the blessing of vari- 
ous state officials. . The group 
plans to mike additional films of 
various Kentucky scenic spots,, and 
additional films are in thy making 
to be shot at vacation sites under 
auspices of the State Conservation 
Dept. 

Prep 54 Videoaters 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

William Brown and Associates, 
Inc., is readying a series of 54 
oaters for television. Series, will 
consist of a mixture of stock foot- 
age with new scripts, each running 
27 minutes. 

Bob Livingston and Anne Brad- 
ley will co-star, with Scotty Brbwn 
directing and Ed Gardner scripting. 



The heavy plugs that for. years 
have marked institutional and ad- 
vertising films made by major in- 
dustrial firms are all but disap- 
pearihg. By using a more subtle ap- 
proach, big companies are finding 
they can get plenty of foY-free 
playing time for 1 their pix on' tele. 

•New pix for which advertisers 
contract With the 50 or more im- 
portant makers of industrial films 
all have their plugs carefully 
buried. That’s not so good from 
the standpoint of the thousands of 
bookings by clubs, civic organiza- 
tions, etc., thab the films still get, 
but it is more than compensated 
for by the vast TV circulation. 

Tele showings aren’t in the best 
time segments, of course, but since 
the price is right, the industrial 
firms have no complaint. They are 
also pleased by the fact that rather- 
than being |orced to go out seeking 
the video bookings, they can prac- 
tically take their choice 'out of re- 
quest made for the product. 

Subtlety of some of the plugs is 
evidenced by a series of three pix 
made by Transfilm for Ford Motor 
Co. They are “Men of Gloucester,” 
“Pueblo Boy” and “Southern High- 
lander.” There’s no mention at all 
of Ford, the only aim of the pix 
being to promote tourism by car. 
Company figures that it will get its 
normal share of auto sales out of 
increasing driving. 

Dodge has sponsored widely- 
used films of an Armand Denis ex- 
pedition to Africa. Only plug is 
the fact that, the trucks shown to 
he successfully negotiating A some 
of the heavy going in the veldt 
happen to be Dodges. 

- Western Union sponsored a pic 
on Samuel Morse, inventor of the 
telegraph, that found top TV play- 
ing time. It was used in part on 
“Pulitzer Playhouse.” A popular 
tele entry with 1 a much more direct 
plug is one sponsored by American 
Telephone .& Telegraph, showing 
operation of --its long-lines depart- 
ment. Despite its obvious public 
relations quality, it’s apparently 
felt by. stations to be of wide 
enough interest to merit showing. 

There are also whole series of 
mental health and cancer films 
which are widely used. They are 
sponsored by the Mental Health 
Institute and American Cancer So- 
ciety, but of course, are of such a 
general welfare nature that' they 
don’t fall into the category of npr- 
mal industrial public relations film. 


Francis-'Yisit’ Pilot Pic 
Readied With Lindsays; 
Prep Young. Monolog 

Pilot film of “Visit,” femceed by 
Arlene Francis and with Howard 
Lindsay, his wife Dorothy Stickney 
and his partner Russel Crouse as 
her first subjects, has been com- 
pleted by -Henry MorgCnthau, 3d, 
and Marion Parsonnet. 

Vidfilm series will consist of 15- 
minute profiles of celebs, lensed 
in their homes and showing their 
personalities and ways of living. 
Its aim is “taking the interview off 
the couch and bringing it -to life in 
the subject’s home.” Audition 
film was shot at the Lindsays’ New 
York home on East 94th St. 

Others- already lined up for the 
rseries are Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, 
who’ll be lensed’ at Hyde Park; 
Eric A. Johnston, David Rockefel- 
ler, head of the Rockefeller Foun- 
dation; designer Raymond Loewy, 
a ship captain Who’ll be shot on an 
ocean liner, etc. Parsonnet direct- 
ed and Leonard L. Levinson script- 
ed the first reel. * 

Shooting sked calls for one day’s 
work on, each quarter-h6ur, which 
is packaged for $5,500, Miss 
Francis, incidentally, is part own- 
er of the p*ck£ge. 

Morgenthau. who is associated 
with Parsonnet in production Of 
“The Doctor” telefilm series for 
Procter Ac Gamble on NBC-TV, is 
also prepping a flve-mimrte film 
strip together wffh Matty Good- 
man. It will star Roland Young in 
quic&e.^omedy^onqlpg^ , , 


Scripters Mull Rump Union, as RWG 
Blasts ALA m SWG Vidfifan Strike 


Moppet-A-Marionette 
Series Prepped by King 

Murray King has completed the 
first series o^,six quarter-hour live 
action vidpix titled “Adventures of 
Blinkey.” Series, which stars nine- 
year-old Michael Mann with- mari- 
onettes, Is scripted by Lucille 
Emerick, child psychologist and au- 
thor of “Web of Evil” and other- 
novels. 

King said that the show will be 
peddled by Blinkey Productions, 
With rates based on a percentage 
of the outlet’s Class C time. Pup- 
peteers include Sylvia Meredith, 
Donald Somers and Mike Dietrich. 
Series is being filmed in N. Y. in 
King’s own studio. 


Repeat Pay Angle 
On Tele Coml 


Crucial issue in the upcoming 
negotiations on television film 
commercials is likely to be Screen 
Actors Guild’s demands for a re- 
peat payment for the actor each 
month the vTdpic blurb is used. 

Talks on the vidpic commercials 
will start in New York, alter Labor 
Day. Taking, part will be a commit- 
tee of the Film Producers Assn, of 
N. Y., with advertising agencies, 
station representatives and indie 
producers sitting in as observers 
and advisers. Actually, the vidpic 
commercial code will be a supple- 
ment to the TV supplement already 
concluded on the* Coast to the basic 
SAG contract. 

The contract negotiated in Holly- 
wood dealt with extra, payments 
above the initial use of filmed TV 
shows. A big question Is how, and 
whether, this principle wilf apply 
to spot commercials. SAG proposal 
that actors get repeat fees if their 
spot is used for more than a month 
is similar to a clause in the Amerl- 
can Federation of Radio Artists 
transcription code. * 

The AFRA pact for recorded 
spots calls for repeat fees after a 
plug has been used 13 weeks, the 
usual radio and tele sponsorship 
cycle). However, SAG wants this 
whittled down to one month. Its 
reasoning is that when an actor is 
seen as well as heard he is “burned 
out” more quickly, and that TV 
sponsors, more so than AM bank- 
rollers, demand exclusivity. 

At a meeting July 30 called by 
SAG, with reps of the American 
Assn, of Advertising Agencies, 
Assn, of National Advertisers, FPA 
and indie producers present, the 
Guild suggested FPA form the base 
foY a negotiating group. Producers 
of film commercials in the east, ad 
men and station reps gathered at 
the office of Transfilm, Inc., last 
week and appointed a committee, 
including Pete Mooney, Dave Pin- 
cus, Ed Lamm, Walter Lowendahl, 
Leslie Rousch, Mel Gold and Ralph 
Cohn. 


Cress-Board Pic Series 
Prepped by WJZ-TV 

WJZ-TV; N. Y., will .launch its 
cross-the-board “Picture Show,” 
using old feature’ films, in the 6- 
7:15 p.m. slot, starting Monday 
(25). Move is being ^nade, accord- 
ing to' station toppers, because al- 
though the New York market was 
one of the slowest ‘to. accept old 
celluloid, it now is .proving a hot 
area for the vintage’ pix. 

Due to fact that “Space 
Cadet” is in the 6;30-6;45 pun. spot 
on Monday, Wednesday .and, Friday 
for another five weeks, “Picture 
Show” will be interrupted, on those 
days. However, at ,end of Septem- 
ber, when “Cadet” bows out, the 
8-7:15 pun. sked will obtain cross- 
the-board. 

Pix for an entire year, over 260, 
will be supplied by Motion Pictures 
For TeJeyjsiPTU t . 


Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Defection of the Radio Writers 
Guild from the strike called by the 
Screen Writers Guild against the 
Alliance of Television Film Produ- 
cers is setting the video jurisdic- 
tional pot boiling. Latest move is 
calling of an organizational meet- 
ing for a new TV scripters union 
tomorrow night (Wed.). Meeting 
was called by writers who are In 
RWG, some .who are unaffiliated 
with any union and some who are 
in SWG. An RWG spokesman said 
that his guild has no connection 
with the projected organization. 

Meeting will be "in RWG offices, 
but Dick Powell, chairman of new 
guild’s organizing committee, said 
the gr<^up was merely renting 
space from RWG. Powell is also 
head of the Coast RWG committee 
studying separation .-from the 
Authors League. He Is also a 
member of SWG. The new group 
would seek to control both live and 
filmed TV. 

, Last week the Coast region of 
RWG held a membership meeting 
with about 120 members present, 
of whom 80 voted not to support 
the strike action of SWG against 
ATFP. An official RWG bulletin 
issued later declared that “a large 
number of RWG members are em- 
ployed by the producers against 
whom the strike was called. These 
RWG members had no voice In the 
formulation of the demands or 
the strategy of the negotiations. 
RWG members had no assurance 
that they would have any voice 
in the conduct of the strike, it* 
duration, or the terms of filial set- 
tlement. 

Saya ALA Order ‘Illegal’ 

“The Authors League of Amer- 
ica’s order directing members to 
strike is illegal in that the Consti- 
tution of the ALA expressly pro- 
hibits any strike action until two- 
thirds of the membership of any 
Guild .affected- has voted such 
strike action. The strike was an- 
nounced by SWG and ALA even 
before strike ballots were received 
by the RWG membership.” 

Meanwhile RWG passed a reso- 
lution ’that a joint committee of 
the RWG and SWG be established 
to the end that: “Terms and tar- 
gets of negotiation for film tele- 
vision be formulated .which Will 
represent the best interests of all 
TV writers and around which all 
TV writers can unite in action. 
Also, that TV writers be afforded 
the opportunity of choosing their 
own bargaining representative.” 

The RWG action stems from the 
July, 1951, agreement of the ALA’s 
National Television Committee. 
After the RWG left that confab 
in a dispute, NTC yoted to grant 
temporary TV jurisdiction to the 
Television. Writers. Guild of the 
ALA in the east and to the TWG 
of the SWG west of the Rockies. 

This decision rankled RWG. 

(Continued on page 28) 

READY N.Y. DISTRIB ORG 
ON ARROW PRODUCTIONS 

Leon Fromkess, Head of Arrow 
Productions, Coast telepix outfit, 
is in New York this week to set up 
an organization to distribute the 
firm’s product. Arrow’s initial 
series, “Ramar of the Jungle,” 
starring Jon Hall, is already on 
the air in a number of cities. 

First 13 of the 27-minute pix are 
completed. Fromkess has set an- 
other series; “King Arthur and 
Knights of the Roundtable,” to 
start Nov. 7 and will follow with 
a group of unrelated dramatic sub- 
jects. Syndicating outfit which 
Fromkess is setting up to handle 
them will have offices in New 
York, Chicago and Atlanta. 

Fromkess is former production 
chief for Samuel Goldwyn. He 
left in April, 1950, to organize Re- 
vue Productions, a telepix outfit, 
for Music Corp. of iUnerica and 
set up Arrow early this year. As- 
sociated with him in Arrow are 
Harry Rothsfchild, prez of Roths- 
child Oil Co. of California, and 
Rudolph Flothow, formerly with 
Columbia and Liberty Productions. 


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SCHLITZ PLAYHOUSE OF 
STARS 

With Iren* Donne, hMtm; John. 

Real, Amanda Blake, others . 
Produce*: Edward ‘Lewis 
Director: Robert Boyle 


df banality from which they cannot 
extricate themselves, and the end 
result would be better forgotten 
than distributed >s ^n, ottering Jn 
a series : that has. js‘ generally ; fair 
! average.. "Uncle Marty and Marie” 


Writers: Philip MacDonald, Joan j is just'such an ottering, .arid it pro- 
Harrison , j duces nothing more than a" desire 

to change thechahnel. 


3* Mlns.7 Fri. (IS), t PM. 

SCHLITZ 

CBS-TV, N. Y. 

. {Lennen'k Mitchell) 

CBS-TV’s “Schlitz Playhouse,” 
which hasn’t shown much since 
switching from live" to .film several 
months ago, almost got back on 
the right track Friday night (15). 
Latest in the. half-hour vidpix 
series got off to a flying start via 
what looked like a highly-interest- 
ing mysterioSo script. But, 'after 
the first commercial, the only 
mysterious factor* remaining was 
why the producers ever bothered 
to lens the yarn in the first place. 
It deteriorated into a confusing 
and mediocre story, with a non- 
satisfying denouement. 

Story had John Beal as an attor- 
ney with an adaptability x for solv- 
ing crimes. Wife of a university 
professor came to him for help, 
claiming her husband was trying 
to kill her. Minutes after she left 
his office, the professor walked in, 
claiming it. was his wife trying to 
kill him, and cited the Same three 
instances she had given of the 
murder attempts. • Story- had all 
the earmarks of a real thriller- 
diller but it fell away to nothing 
after that. Through some con- 
trived hocus-pocus; Beal discov- 
ered which 'was the culprit and 
then tricked the one into signing 
a phony confession. 

Beal and Amanda Blake, as the 
wife,, rose above the confused 
script to turn in competent thes- 
ping jobs. Rest of the cast was 
okay. With the exception of the 
story, the rest of the production, 
credits were good. After the. gen- 
eral excellence of the Schlitz 
series when it was being aired live 
from N. Y., however, it seems too 
bad that the new film series can- 
not keep pace. Irene Dunne, as 
hostess, had little to do in an amus- 
ing but non-essential Introduction 
to the story, indicating that the 
produce^ hope to capitalize on her 
name alone. She did help spark 
the show, though. 

Schlitz blurbs, also on film, 
were par. Stal. 


Supposed comedy book is the 
penchant of amiable XJncle Marty 
to lend other- people’s property. 
It’s not particularly funny, how- 
ever, and the sc.ript plods painfully 
toward a conclusion rather thana 
climax. One of the - incidents In- 
volves a .justice of the peace who’s 
willing to call 0 ft a three-day . jail 
sentence in return for having jhis 
barn painted; free, and th% dubious 
morality of th4 situation apparent- 
ly is supposed to be nothing com- 
pared with its impact on the na- 
tional f unnybone. • 

Director William Claxton and 
the* cast appeared to be! convinced 
there wasn't much that could be 
done with the 1 script^-so they 
didn't exert themselves. Kap. ‘ 

THE MAGNIFICENT LIE 
( i’he Unexpected) 

With Raymond Burr; Erville Alder- 
. son, Carol Brannan 
Distributor-producer: Ziv TV 
Director: Sobey Martin 
Writers: Jerry Lawrence, Robert 
Lee 

30 Mins.; Fri., 8:30 p.m. 

ACME BEER 
KECA-TV, Hollywood . 

The twist, in this latest in a 
sefies of telefilms that relies on a 
twist for itjf staying power, is that 
there is no twist., Events run their 


’expected course, H’s still a mod- 
erately entertaining half-hour as a 
result of offbeat Subject matter 
and good direction and acting. 

Story line of this latest Jerry 
Lawrence and Robert Lee opus 
concerns an aging test-tube jockey 
Who’s convinced that he has over- 
come the misfortunes that beset 
the alchemists of. old and trans- 
muted base. : metals -into • gold. 
There’s an ingot ;at the bottom of 
the crucible, to prove it.' Unfortu- 
nately, it’is nothing but sleigh£Jf- 
hafid on the .part . pf his loving 
daughter, who doe»tt ? t care how 
many rtlelting^pots he; cracks up as 
long , as he doesn’t crack up him- 
self.' . The old ;man is .injured in a 
blast , and it looks like the secret 
will , out, but the 'doctor goes along, 
with the gag.to, let:the chemist die. 
happily. Fadeouti o£ course, finds 
romance blossoming ; between the 
doctor and the daughter. It’s pre- 
dictable but pheasant. . 

' ,$obcy Martin has done another, 
fine job of direction; and Raymond 
Burr turns in another of his excel- 
lent 'characterizations to make the 
doctor credible’’ and underline the 
good work by Erville Alderson and 
Carol Brannan as -the other char- 
acters. Camera work by Curt Fet- 
ters makes the most ' of the cen- 
tury-old; setting*' and Hank Weav- 
er’s commercial jollity has been 
tied in to the script for added im- 
pact. 


Ozarks AM’er Okayed 

Kansas City, Aug. 19. 
Permit to operate a new radio 
station in. the Osage Beach-Grand 
Glaize area of the Lake''’ of the 
Ozarks has been, 'granted by the 
FCC. Permit was granted to Rob- 
ert M. Smith, of Kansas City. 

Call letters of KRMS have been 
assigned on a frequency of 1,150 kc 
and- 1,000 watts. 


jy/ Atfgait 20, X952 


STARTS WITH ST ATE PIC 

• . Chicago, Aug. 1,9. 
Newest entry, into the ranks of 
•Windy City television film produ- 
cers Is Producers Film Studios, 
headed up by Jack Lieb as prexy, 
Lieb was formerly associated with 
glllng Studios here, and prior t<r 
that h^d chad a . long hitrifi- in iJaM 
Metro Short 'subjects adjunct; 

• NeW firm! is already grinding Out 
TV commercials and industrial 
.'films, and wjDLP eventually branch 
out into the vidpix. package field. 
One of the first; major assignments 
’has been the lehslhg* of a '38-minute 
educational, film; for the State of 
Illinois.’ . 

: Thinking , in terms of the .move 
into vidpix, ;LJeV sees’ a strong 
future for reels . with’ an education- 
al format^ • He figures they’d be 
eheaper to produce and might 
prove to have better staying power 
than the entertainment type plx. 

Guinness ’Topper’ Series 
Prepped for England 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Partnership for a telefilm series 
based on “Toppers” has. been 
formed by John W. Loveton, own- 
er-producer of “Mr. and Mrs. 
North,” now being filmed here for 
television, and radio-video pack- 
ager Bernard Schubert. * 

Series will be made in England 
with Alec Guinness starred, but 
Loveton is arranging for cast of 
supporting players from Hollywood 
plus American production .crews. 
Filming starts in October. 



TV Films in Production 


as of Friday, Aug. 15; 


LESSON IN HOT LEAD 
(Chevron Theatre) 

With Rory^Mtallinson, Stacy Harris, 
Billy Gray, Kenneth MacDonald 
Distributor: MCA-TV, Ltd. 
Producer: Revue Productions 
Director: Richard Irving 
Writer: Frank Burt 
30 Mins., Fri., 9 p.m. 

CHEVRON STATIONS , 

KTLA, Hollywood 
The lead flies hot and heavy in 
the opening footage of this stand- 
ard western, but the rest of the 
way the shootin’ irons cool off and 
it settldi down to a study In con- 
trasting emotions. As such itffnan- 
ages a fair degree of arrested 
attention, but the action fans won’t 
vote it the vidpic of the year. Too 
tame for their crave of excitement. 
e Story is of two outlaws, who rob 
a bank and hole up in a hideaway. 
Just as hunger overtakes them, a 
braw of a lad brings them provi- 
sions. One of the gunmen is his 
idol and he wants to join up so 
he can pattern his life after him. 
Once cornered by the sheriff’s 
posse, the head badman gives up 
without a struggle. His hidden 
motive is to save the kid from a 
life of crime by playing yellow. 
The kid catches on and decides his 
idol has feet of clay and a wide 
streak of cowardice. And by golly, 
it works. 

Crime-bent youngster is well 
played by Billy Gray and the 
baddies by Rory Mallinson and 
Stacy Harris. They essay the roles 
with the same subdued menace as 
has become the pattern for all 
such sagebrush dramas over the 
years. Frank Burt’s script and di- 
rection by Richard Irving are par 
for the pi'airie. Not being on net- 
work time, KTLA loaded up the 
break with triple spots and a pro- 
gram scheduled for 9 p.m. comes 
up five minutes later. It must cost 
the show many dialers and is 
unfair to the sponsor. Helm. 

UNCLE MARTY AND MARIE 
Premiere Playhouse) 

With Steve Brodie. Lynne Roberts* 

Lucien Littlefield, others 
Producer: Gil Ralston 
Distributor: vScreen Telcvidco 
Director: William Claxton 
writer: Nathaniel Curtis 

SUNKIs : / ri " 9:30 P ‘“- 
KTLA, Hollywood 

The search for comedy frequent- 
ly leads writers into hHnrf 


WILLIAM F. BROUDY PRODS. 

Sunset Studios, Hollywood 
"WILD SILL H1CKOK" series of - half 
hour western adventure series now in HONOR telepix now shooting. - 
preparation to resume shootin* tnid-Au- Producers: W . U. Fiahk, William Dean 
gust. Guy Madison.. Andy Devine set girector: Reginald LeBorg . 
i enc l B . r • Production Managers Bart Carre 

„ "CASK HISTORY" featuring Regis Too- 
| tney, Sara Hayden, and "TRAIL BLAZ- 
ERS" with Alan Hale. Jr., as set lead, 
also In preparation for fall shooting. 


WM. BOYD PKOD’NS, INC. 

11700 Ventura Blvd.s Los Angeles 


"RANGE RIDER" shooting second *«• Director: Lew Landers 
ries of 52 half-hour vldeoters. Jack Ma* Associate producer: Warren Douglas 
. honey, Dick Jones head cast. • 

Hopalong Cassidy series^ of; half-hour Producer: LOuis Gray _ .... PATHESCOPE PRODUCTIONS 


western adventures now shooting. .Star 
ring William Boyd and featuring, Edgar 
Buchanan. . . ‘ 

Executive producer: William Boyd 
Associate^ producer: Robert, Stabler 
Production manager: Glenn Cook 
Directors: DerWin-Abbe, Tommy Carr 


Directors: Wallace Pox, Geo. Archalnbaud 580 Fifth Ave.,^ New York City 

.nmiL a ^nL°TH^A?%r S ^t^ a Zw NOW shooting "THE HUNTER," series 
DEATH VALLEY DAYS now 0 f i 3 half-hour telepix, sponsored by 


shooting. 

Producer: Darrell McGowan 
Director: Stuart McGowan 


W. R. FRANK PRODS. 

General Service Studios: Hollywood 
Group of 4 30-minute "MEDAL Ol* 


Executive producer: William F. Broidy. 
Producer: wesley Barry > ’ 

Director: Frank McDonald 


JACK CHERTOK PRODS. 

General Service* Studios. Hollywood 
"LONE RANGER" half hour series of 52 
vldcoaters now shooting. John Hart, Jay 
Sllvcrhcels set leads. 

Producer: Jack Chertok 
Associate Producer: Harry Poppa. 


GKOSS-SRASNE, INC. 
General Service Studios: Hollywood 
Now shooting "BIG TOWN"serles of 
26 half hour tcleplx sponsored by Lover 
Brothers. Patrick McVey and Jane Nigh 
sot lends* 

Producers: Jack J(. Gross and Philip N. 
Krasne 

Director: E. A. Dupont. 


R. J.- Reynolds Tobacco Co. through 
William Esty. Barry Nelson heads . cast. 
Producer: Ed Montague 
Production Supcrvlsox’s: Walter Raft 
Robert Druckcr 
Director: Oscar Rudolph. 

ROLAND REED PRODS. 

Hal RoaCh Studios: Culver City 
Now shooting "TROUBLE WITH 
FATHER" series of 30-mlnute situation 
comedies. 

Producer: Roland Reed 
Director: Howard Brethcrton 


BING CROSBY ENTERPRISES 

RKO-Patlic. Culver City 
Shooting "REBOUND" series of half 
hour adult dramas sponsbred by Packard 
Motor Car Corp. 

Executive producer: Basil Orlllo 


JOHN GUEDEL PRODS. 

600 Taft Bldg- Hollywood 
Art Llnkletter starring in a scries of 
104 15-minute vidpix tltlod "LINKLETTER 
AND THE KID*." . 

Producer-director: Maxwell Shane 
Associate producer: Irvin Atkins 


PAUL F. HEARD, INC. 

KTTV Studios: Hollywood 

. — , . . * Series of 13 quarteivhour telcpics en- „ — . 

Half-hour series of comedy-drama for titled "WHAT'* YOUR TROUBLE?" with Director: Charles Barton 


REVUE PRODUCTIONS 

• Eagle Lion Studios: Hollywood 

Half hour series cf "ADVENTURES OF 
KIT CARSON" telepix now shooting, for 
Rovue Prods, 

Producer: Revue Productions 
Directors: Richard Irving, Norman Lloyd, 

HAC ROACH PRODUCTIONS 
Hal Roaoh Studios: Culver City 
"AMO* 'N' ANDY" Series df character 
comedy .telepix now shooting.- Sponsored 
by Blatz Beer for CBS-TV. 

Cast: Tim Moore, Spencer Williams, Alvin 
Childress, Ernestine Wade, Johnny Lee. 
Horace Stewart. 

Supervisors: Freeman Gosden, Charles 
Correll, Sidney Van Keuren 


Production executive: James Fonda 
Assistant director: .Emmett Emerson 


"A -CHAIR ON THE BOULEVARD" In D r . an( j Mr*. Norman Vincent Pcale. 
preparation. t Producer: Paul F. 'Heard ' 

, Director: Paul F. Heard 

for "CROWN THEATRE now shooting. Production supervisor: Harry Cohen 

DESILU PRODUCTIONS JAN PRODUCTIONS, INC. 

HoUyw< ?, od General Service Studios: Hollywood tel e£,' ViduivVn ^ 'haffw'r' TJ 

"I LOVE LUCY" half hour comedy se* "ITS THE BICKERSONS" series of half Rogers Dale Ev-fnc 
ries sponsored by Philip Morris 'shooting hour comedy telepix now shooting. Lew {n iunnort G^^ % 

tor fall season. Parlcor an,l virnoi, Or.v sot loads. kpoKSd ' bfoSaYfiSTs tor N^C-TV 

Producer: Roy Rogers 
Associate, producer: Jack Lacey 
Director: Bob Walker 


ROY ROGERS PRODUCTIONS 

GoUhvyn Studio, Hollywood 
ROY ROGERS now -shooting 15 oater 


Cast: Lucille Ball, Dcsl Arnaz, William 
Frnwley. Vivian -Vance. 

Producer: Jess Oppenheimer 
Director: William Asher ' 

Writers: Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn 
Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr. 

"OUR MIS* BROOKS" half-hour com- 
edy drama series now shooting for CBS- 
TV. General Foods sponsor. 


Parker and Virginia Grey set leads. 
Producex*: Jack Dcnove 

£ roduction supervisor: C. M. Florence 
irector-wrltcr: Phil Rapp 


EDWARD LEWIS PRCDS. 

Motion Picture Center, Hollywood 
. Series of 13 half-hdur telepix featuring 
Ireno Dunne as fcmcco resume Sept. 3. 
Cast:^Eve*Araem'*GaIe v Gordon, Jano Mor- Producer: Edward Lewis 
gan. Dick Crenna. Gloria McMillan, Bob Production manager: William Stevens 
Rockwell, Virginia Gordon. 


Producer; Larry Berns 
Director; A1 Lewis 
Assistant director: Jim Paisley 
Writers: AI Lewis. Joe Quillan 


THE McCADDEN CORP. 

General Service Studios: Hollywood 

"THE BURNS' AND ALLIN SHOW" 

now shooting series of half hour comedy lng'hilThourlMepIx series Aug“25! 
telep!x._Tho Carnation Co. sponsor. AM _^ Producer: JHal JXoach, Jr.: Carroll Case 


SCREEN GEMS 

1302 N. Gower, Hollywood 
Now shooting the FORD THEATRE 
series of 39 half-hour telepix. 
Producer-director: Jules Brlckcn 
Assistant director: Eddie Scats 

. SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS 

Hal Roach Studios, Culver City 

SQUAD" series resume shoot- 


New York 

1 the njentalist, naotoj 

t° ‘ ?« w vldfilm seriM t d 

SS£ kU * set for a "ole 'in 

CBS new film show, “Tangier” a 

Coe named veepee ' in 
of TV Station Sales w 
Stemng Television . . . Tranqnml?. r 
leanj’BroxLdcastlng & TV 
ot 'Greatest Story Ever Told -' Sm 
t n * w P 1 ™ Production 
J}2* f°>* TV. commer- 

cials -and non-theatrical indusK 

i McGrath and 

hav * taken over 
g-oduction of commercial films ill 
Kathl Norris . Teienews has 
I. turned out a new 12W-minute short 
tjr TV , on ‘The Plying Saucer 

tritt. WitK Et<rllng Fltos 

Hollywood 

Hollywooki writer Robert Blees 
and Ninon Karlweis* head of the 
Office- of Internationale Artistique 
in Pans, teamed to form a vidpic 
firm which will turn out half-hour 
stanzas in Paris and other Euro- 
pean capitals. . Tagged “European 
Zone, the senes starts in the fall 
. . . Madge Meredith finished 
“Money Under the Tree” for 
Frank Wlsbar’s “Fireside Theatre” 
and started work in another, “Afri- 
can Story,” for the producer . . . 
•Moppet Dominic Delgarde signed 
far two- more United World vid- 
films at Universal - International 
after finishing six in the “Fight- 
ing Man” series . . . Screen Gems 
inked Fred Brisldn as exec as- 
sistant to producer Jules Bricken 
in a buildup of the Columbia vid- 
film unit. Jerome Odium and 
Betty Reinhardt were added to the 
writing staff . , . Raoul Kraushaar 
set as musical director and Fred 
Berger as editor, on the new “Hop- 
along Cassidy” series . . . Official 
Films’ exec Mike Nidorf plande 
back to N. Y. after four weeks of 
huddles here . . . Walter Lantz 
signed with Auto-Lite for a series 
of one-minute Technicolor car- 
toons for television Charles B. 
Brown* salefc* veepee of Bing 
Crosby Enterprises, planed to 
N. Y. for huddles with CBS-TV, 
United Television Productions and 
GAC > . . Bob DeSousa* former 
KNBH sales manager, named 
regional sales manager of Major 
Television Productions, Inc. 


Seripters 

Continued from page 27 


FEDERAL TELEFILM* INC. - Ca.it: George Bums and Grade Allen, Director^ Jim* Tinllnif 
Goldwyn Studios. Hollywood ^ Fred Clark. Bea Benadar^t, Horry Von 
"MR. AND MRS* NORTH" series of half ZeU. 
hour situation comedies now shooting Producer* Ralph Levy 
first 39. Barbara Britton, llichard Den- Director: Ralph Levy 
ning, Francis de Sales head cast. Writers: Paul Henning, Sid Dorfman, Har* 

Producer: Federal TV * Corporation. vey Helm, William Burns 

Director: Ralph Murphy.'- 


FRANK PERRIN PRODUCTIONS 

0526 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood . . ... 

"*MILIN* Ip'* GANG" series now shoot- ries of 26 half-hour jiix. Thomas Mitchell, 
lng. Ed McConnell, Nino Marcel head cast, narrator, with cast including Gene Lock- 


MARCH OF TIME 

309 Lexington Ave.. N. Y. 
"AMERICAN WIT AND HUMOR" so- 


UNITED WORLD FILMS, INC. 
Universal International Studios. 
Hollywood 

. “JH* FIGHTING. MAN," scries of 13 
s half-hour telepix, how shooting. Michael 
Thomas, CllfE Clark set leads. 

Director: George Blair 


Producer-director; Frank Ferrin 
Associate producer: Ralph Ferrin 
Assistant director: Don pisen • 

FILMCRAFT PRODS. 

8431 Melrose, Hollywood 
GROUCHO MARX starred in 39 half-hour 
audience participation film productions, to 
be made once^a week for NBC. DeSoto* 
Plymouth sponsoring. 

IToducer: John Guedfl 

Film producer: I. Lindenbaum 

Directors: Bqb Dwan, Bemle Smith 

FLYING A PRODUCTIONS 

6920 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 
. "ANNIR OAKLEY" h*w series pi 52 
half-hour videoaters now in pjraparatlon. 
Gall Davis, Billy Gray head oast. Parts to 


hart, Jeffrey Lynn, Arnol 
Burr and Olive Deorlng. 
Producer: Marlon Parsonnet 
Director: Fred Stcphanl. 


FRANK WISBAR PRODS. 

Eagle Lion Studios: Hollywood 

Moss, Ann "FIRMIDE THEATRE" series of half- 
hour adult dramas now shooting. 
Producers! Irector: Frank Wisbar 
Associate producer: Sidney Smith 


PARSONNET TV FILM STUDIOS, 
INC. 

M8 Larchmont Boulevard, Hollywood 
Casting: Jack Murton, Fred Messenger 

PL Li. t# L .a./ • . . 


WIZARD TELEPICTURES CO. 

Larchmont Studios: Hollywood 

, m PMAM it UP" series of 15-minute 

ck ♦«- c t ic — leplx begin shooting Sept. 3. 

Shooting half-hour dramas for series rn- Chick Chandler starred with Franklin 
Ifited Ttie Doctor," sponsored by Proctor Rangborn* Gua Schilling, Benny Baker in 
A Gamble, features Warner Anderson. support. 

Producer: Marion Parsonnet 
Production manager: Hepry Spitz 
Directors: Robert Aldrich, Don Siegel 


l/irccbors: noioerx Aioricn, Don Siegel 
Ass't directors: Jack Berne, Frank Fox 

LINDSLEY PARSONS, PRODS. 

KTTV Studios: ^Hollywood 
Shooting "THE FIlT OF * JEFFREY 


Producer: B. L. Petroff 
Associate Producer: Bert Douglas 
Director: fc? L. Petroff * 
Production manager: H. A. Hirshfield 


ZIV TV 

vi Clinton St.. Hollywood 

.u(, h Ai n /, lp * T °. H RLACKII" seriis «f 


Autrv 0n w.Sf r rn 8 ^ Gen* JON«»" series of half hour adventure half-hour telepix shoot in August, 

telepix shooting. Gen* telepix. _ Director*, e.u* , 


ritera into hllnd QllAirc! ^ u f ry «®8tern telepix shoo 
iiicxo into Dima alleys I Autry, Pat Buttram set lead*. 


Producer: .Llndsley Parson* 


Uavis, Sobey Martin, 

Geo. M. Cahan. 


However, its members on the NTC 
participated in the negotiations be- 
ing conducted in the east on liv*e 
TV with the networks. It was ex- 
pected that the temporary juris- 
dictional allocation would be re- 
vamped as part of a general over- 
haul of the ALA setup. 

The reorganizational confab was 
eventually called this year, but 
RWG was again* miffed because 
only a brief segment of the three- 
day parley was devoted to tele 
and no specific revamp was adopt- 
ed. It set up a special committee 
to consider the possibility and ad- 
visability of disaffiliation from 
ALA. However, at the time RWG 
declared that it would not take any 
precipitous action. 

The latest move was made, ac- 
cording to an RWG exec, because 
“the strike was called from the 
top, not by the TV writers them- 
selves.” He said that the walkout, 
directed at the 13 companies in 
the ATFP, couldn’t result in a 
contract that would set a “decent 
pattern” for the industry unless 
telescripters, “many of whom are 
in RWG,” were given a voice in 
the strike strategy. He claimed 
that a weak SWG-ATFP pact could 
“set a bad precedent when the big 
boys- — the nets, major studios and 
big indie producers — get into iv 
films.” 

RWG charged that SWG is us- 
ing the -strike to “raid” its ranks 
and to make permanent its tem- 
porary award of jurisdiction. 

SWG tagged the RWG^ 
as “lies.” On question of RWus 
not being inforined, SWG answered 
that RWG reps heard SWG plans 
outlined at the ALA’s hi • 
Screenites also- answered that 
RWG . prexy Milton Merlin was 
present at all sessions but one oi 
the SWG negotiations. 

The SWG is getting aid via an 
interim order from Rex Stout, A j 
prexy. Order will be effective u 
the ballots (on which ALA mem 
bers are being polled r ^ a ! nre 
their support of the s - r * k f for 
counted. No deadline ivas stt 
return of the ballots. 
struct* ALA members to \vithnol 
scripts from the struck fli’ m • 





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,.: interesting frcfc that agencies are moving radio out of their front 
offices and into their media departments was spotlighted here to- 
day (Tues.L'by CBS Radio sales veepee John J. Karol. Speaking 
before 1 'thd St. Louis Advertising Club, hfe attributed this to the 


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fact tMt TV‘ has usurped radio's former position as the “glamor 
medltrni 1 ,i, t>ut said that the agencies, in turning AM over to their 
med^a' departments, are providing further proof that it reaches 
more people tbd*y at less cost thap magazines, newspapers, TV or 
“even penhy postcards." Karol declared: 

“I concede to television the fact that in the minds of many 
advertisers and agencies, TV is now the glamor medium. Much of 
its evaluation has been emotional and much of the corporate desire 
for its use based on prestige. and not upon its effect on the sales 
curve. For many years, network radio was in the same position. 
But now, like its honored and accepted competitors, newspapers 
and magazines', radio is being judged in the revealing light of per- 
formance. And in that light, without benefit of the trimmings of 
glamor or the appeals of emotionalism, network radio is being 
re-appraised and, consequently, is being freshly praised.” 

Karol described, radio’s new position in the agencies as “one of 
the most important and praiseworthy changes I have seen in my 
22 years in the business.” 


New Rate Fonnnla Makes CBS Radio 
% Deal One Price Operation’: Karol 


St. Louis, Aug. 19. 4 

CBS Radio’s new rate ’ formula 
re-establishes radio for CBS, at 
least, aS a no deal, one price opera- 
tion, according to sales veepee 
John J. KaroJ. . New moderniza- 
tion and simplification of the web’s 
discount structure, he said, “will 
give discounts for performance, 
and performance only, and will re- 
flect investments of advertisers in 
our facilities.” 

Speaking here today (Tues.) be- 
fore ■ the. St. Louis ...Advertising 
Club, Karol listed the most perti- 
nent points of the new formula as 
including a 25% iflghttime cost re- 
duction for sponsors; a 5% boost 
for daytime advertisers Monday 
through Friday, and a reduction of 
Saturday and Sunday- morning 
costs to the level of Saturday and 
Sunday afternoon costs, which will 
he lower than the cross-the-board 
oharges. Averring that the new 
rate policy will stabilize radio 
values “for a long time to come,” 
Karol declared: 

“The values and the costs repre- 
sented by this structure are not 
theoretical values. They are 
values which have been established 
after many months of analysis of 
past performances and projection 
to probable future performances. 
They remove completely from our 
consciousness any interest or any 
need to make special arrangements 
for any advertiser these days — re- 
gardless of size. They do this by 
establishing sound researched val- 
ues for all day parts of our sched- 
ule — which values are the greatest 
in all advertising” 

Pointing out that CBS’ daytime] 
program schedule is now SRO, j 
Karol said the approximate 5% 

,, hike In daytime charges “is ex- j 
ceedingly moderate,” particularly 
in view of the “disproportionate 
increase in magazine costs as 
against their circulation guaran- 
tees.” As for bringing down the 
costs on nighttime radio, he point- 
ed to the number of availabilities 
which CBS still has. He empha- 
sized, though, that the cost of an 
(Continued on page 36) 


IT’LL BE FRIDAY NIGHT 
MUSIC ON NBC THIS YEAR 

Honors for block programming 
°f musical shows on Friday nights, 
which were held by CBS Radio last 
S as ?n, will shift- over to NBC in 
the fall. Latter web has scheduled 
Lucky Strike’s “Hit Parade” for the 
5, 0 clock Friday night slot; a- Coca- 
J-'Ola show, as yet unselected, which 
will replace the Mario Lanza pro- 
8:30; “Music by Monto- 
vam, no t yet gold, a t g t the 

Goodman, orch at 9:30. 

CBs had Its “Musicland, USA” 
m last season and this- summer, 
irom 8 to 9:30 Fridays nights. 

15 fall program lineup isn’t 
JL ra * p H ed up y et * hut the web is ex- 
?? cted to forsake the block music 
aea for the new season, in favor 
i concentrating Several detective 
mellers that night. 


Everybody’* Bug 

In some outlying video mar- 
kets, local stores have been 
bitten by the TV bug, with the 
merchants going before the 
cameras themselves to plug 
their wares. * It’s a kind of per- 
sonalized selling that has been 
found highly successful, with 
viewers responding to a re- 
tailer whom they feel they’ve 
^gotten to know. 

An interesting aspect of the 
hamming merchants is that 
they are using Teleprompters 
when 'they deliver their com- 
mercials. As a .result, one sta- 
tion operator reports, he is 
making a bigger profit frpm 
Teleprompter fees than he is 
, on the time sales. 

NBC Rate Setup 
Expected Soon; 
CBS Jumped Gun 

With CBS Radio affiliates having 
gone aver the top in approving the 
new rate formula worked out by 
the network and a special affiliates 
committee last week, NBC is ex- 
pected to come out with a new AM 
rate setup within the next few 
weeks. NBC execs declared this 
week that they have a special “task 
force” studying the CBS plan, and 
while they are not yet certain ex- 
actly how closely they will follow 
it, they said that their formula will 
be competitive. 

Under agreement worked out by 
CBS brass with the affiliates group, 
85% of all CBS stations had to 
approve the plan by last Friday 
(15). before it became a fact. By 
Friday afternoon, 88.5% of the 
web’s affiliates had wired in their 
acceptances, indicating that vir- 
tually all the stations will okay the 
plan. 

It's pointed out, incidentally, 
that CBS, either accidentally .or on 
purpose, displayed near-perfect 
timing with its move. With the 
selling season for new fall shows 
rapidly drawing to a close, CBS 
is now all set with its new formula 
to' do business with its clients. 
NBC, on the other hand, must work 
out its own plan, then in some way 
notify its affiliates and advertisers, 
get their consent and then start to 
work* selling its shows. As result, 
CBS apparently has jumped the 
gun- sales-wise on the rival NBC 
,web. 

In answer to this, however, NBC 
execs claim that they have already 
cleared their decks for action. They 
noted that both their affiliates and 
advertisers realize that they must 
establish rates which will be com- 
i petitive with those of CBSi . j 





By BOB STAHL 

CBS p’rexy Frank Stanton de- 
clared this week that he has no 
intention of reintegrating the radio 
and television divisions of his net- 
work into a single operation, as 
NBC is currently doing. Such 
a move according to Stanton, can 
only “make a lc bargain sale out 
of radio, and I’m not willing yet 
•to write radio off.” 

Explaining his reasoning, the 
CBS chief pointed out that “the 
show is still the thing” in any 
branch of entertainment, and it's 
impossible to program for two 
media without doing harm to one 
or both of them. And without 
combining the AM and TV pro- 
gram departments, he said, it 
would be senseless to reintegrate 
the sales departments. Any at- 
tempt to program radio and TV 
simultaneously, he declared, would 
“reduce radio to the position of a 
soundtrack for TV.” 

At the same time, Stanton killed 
rumors that he is contemplating 
any major change in his exec line- 
up, such, as NBC Is now undergo- 
ing. Fact that both Adrian Murphy, 
prez of CBS Radio network, and 
J. L. -Van Volkenburg, prez of 
CBS-TV, have just been elected to 
the overall CBS directorate, he 
noted, should prove this fact. He 
pointed out that CBS now has only 
one building maintenance staff, 
which services the offices and stu- 
dios of both the AM and TV nets, 
but said that that’s as far as any 
(Continued on page 36) 

See 30,000,000 TV 

Set Sale in 5 Years 

Chicago, Aug. 19. 

Major Chicago-area television 
set manufacturers are predicting 
a long-range spurt in purchases re- 
sulting from the lifting of the 
channel freeze and the increasing 
obsolescence factor; They fore- 
see a firm market for the final half 
of this year and 1953-. Next year’s 
models are making their appear- 
ance now, generally ’ with lower 
price tags. 

The new Admiral line was un- 
veiled last week, with prexy Ross 
D. Siragusa reckoning 30,000,000 
sets will be sold in the next five 
years. He figures replacement and 
new-family purchases will average 

7.000. 000 sets yearly. 

Motorola prez Paul V. Galvin 
estimates the industry will turn out 

6.000. 000 sets next' year and fore- 
sees an average yearly market of 
between five add. 6,000,000 re- 
ceivers. 

Both manufacturers have kind 
words for the FCC, now that the 
agency is again authorizing new 
stations. 

Educ’I Groups Take Com’l 
Tips in Hugging Shows 

The educational fraternity is 
taking a leaf from the commercial 
bankroller’s book and is learning 
the importance of promoting and 
publicizing cultural shows . — not 
merely putting them on without a 
pitch to get an audience. 

National Assn, of Educational 
Broadcasters, for example, will use 
ads to plug its “Jeffersonian Heri- 
tage” series, which was made pos- 
sible by a grant from the. Ford 
Foundation. Klor.es Ac Carter, Inc., 
was i appointed to handle advertis- 
ing and promotion; with both daily 
newspapers and* trade publications 
to be ujjed.’As one phase of the 
promotion, some. 300, 000 letters are 
being sent out. by direct hiail.to 
tell VIPs and other opinion mould- 
ers about the show. 

Ford Foundation has also signed 

a pressagent to beat the drums for 

its 90-minute “Onjnibus” series, 

starting iri thfee months On CBS- 

TV. Flack is Jack Perils. 

• * 


. Not Unanimous 

Underscoring the difference 
pf opinion existing among 
some of the top CBS affiliate 
station 'managers on the new 
rate formula, It was learned 
this week that Victor A. Sholis, 
general manager of WHAS, 
Louisville, who helloed spark 
the affiliates’ committee on the 
rate cut plan, has ratified the 
setup, while John Patt, prez 
of the' Goodwill Stations, is 
still a holdout on the accept- 
ance list. 

While enough CBS stations 
ratified the plan by the dead- 
line Friday (15) to have it 
adopted, consensus among 
them apparently Is that they 
are still dissatisfied, but feel 
this is the best deal they could 
work out at this time. 


Limited Use For 


* 


Simulcast Seen 
By NBC’s Barry 


In further clarification of his 
programming plans under NBC’s 
new reintegration policy, Charles 
(Bud) Barry, the web’s AM-TV pro- 
gram veepee, declared this week 
that he definitely will not flood the 
air with simulcasts. Barry said that 
simulcasting may be okay for cer- 
tain panel or quiz shows when it’s 
not. absolutely necessary to watch- 
the participants, but that the sys- 
tem has no place in dramatic or 
variety programs. 

At the same time, John K. Her- 
bert, new AM-TV sales veepee, said 
that he will postpone Integration 
of his department ■ until at least 
fhe first of the year. Herbert said 
that the special research job being 
done for NBC by A. C. Nielsen Co. 
on circulation of the NBC .stations 
will be finished by middle of Sep- 
tember. Current radio sales staff- 
ers, he said, .are naturally best 
equipped to disseminate that in- 
formation to agencies and NBC 
sponsors. In addition, Herbert de- 
clared, he wants additional time to 
study the talents and capabilities 
of staffers in both media before 
combining them into a single setup. 

■ Barry reiterated his previously- 
stated thesis that he hopes to use 
TV producers and directors for AM 
shows and vice versa. That doesn’t 
mean, he said, that a radio director 
working on a video show will do 
the button-pushing in the TV con- 
trol booth, or that a TV producer 
working on a radio show will han- 
dle the mike positions, etc. Inte- 
gration pa that score, he empha- 
sized, will be only* on the level of 
top-thinking creative personnel 
and not in the technical depart- 
ments. Out of the plan, he added, 
may come some new program con- 
cepts for both radio and TV. 

As for NBC talent previously 
committed to work exclusively In 
radio or TV, Barry said he hopes 
to use a. number of them in sepa- 
rate shows in both media. Per- 
formers themselves, . he said, are 
beginning to realize that Jt is not 
possible to reach the entire U.S. 
via video only, that there is still a 
“large hunk of unduplicated audi- 
ence which must be taken into con- 
sideration.” They know, he said, 
that AM and TV actually are in- 
terdependent and complement each 
other, and t so they are willing and 
eager to w.ork in both. 


Poole’s Southern Shift 

Greensboro, N. C., Aug. 19. 

Bob Poole, who recently exited 
his -WOR-Mutual -“Poole’s Para- 
dise” show after four years, has 
joined the staff of WBIG here. 

. He’ll 'eonducf a daily program 
along the lines of his former net- 
work show, starting Sept. .1. 



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■ NBC’s newly-integrated radio- 
TV program department was final- 
ly set up over the weekend * by 
program veepee Charles (Bud) 
Barry, but in creating his new de- 
partment, Barry lopped some 25 
staffers off the payroll. Majority 
of those axed were TV program 
production coordinators, but also 
included in the list were several 

staffers for whom no definite as- 
signment had been forthcoming for 
the new fall season. 

According td Barry, the firings 
do, not represent a cutback or econ- 
omy .move, as such. Instead, he 
said, ‘It was. found that some jobs 
were duplicated under the- new in- 
tegration setup. Most of those 
trimmed from the payroll have 
been giv<yi long-term notices to en- 
able them to get "new jobs. As a 
result,, the web is reluctant to iden- 
tify them pending their tying down 
new employment elsewhere. 

. Report to Barry 

Under the unification setup, 
Thomas A. McAvity, formerly TV 
talent and program procurement 
manager, becomes national pro- 
gram director. Davidson Taylor, 
formerly general production exec 
for TV, has beeh named public af- 
fairs chief. Both McAvity and Tay- 
lor henceforth report directly to 
Barry, with the organizations under 
them handling shows for both the 
AM and TV nets. Also reporting to 
Barry is Abe Schechter, general 
program exec, who will work on 
special assignments. Unit produc- 
tions headed by Max Liebman, 
Worthington (Tony) Miner and 
Robert Montgomery continue un- 
changed. 

Reporting to McAvity are Mer- 
ritt (Pete) 'Barnum, named man- 
ager of new program development; 
also Fred Coe, Doug Coulter, Dee 
Engelbach, Sam Fuller, George Mc- 
Garrett, Roger Muir and Barry 
Wood, as exec producers. Carl 
Stanton was named TV program 
manager, with Leroy L. Passman as 
his assistant. John Cleary _ was 
named AM program manager; Arch 
Robb is manager of music services; 
Van Woodward, supervisor of the 
script department; Ross Donaldson, 
supervisor of literary rights and 
script readers, and Robert Wogan, 
supervisor of network program op- 
erations. 

Hal Kemp was named manager 
of the talent office, with Mitch 
Benson, manager of radio contract 
administration, and John Rayel,. 
talent and program coordinator, re-‘ 
‘porting to him. Ben Parks is TV 
program manager, Chicago, and 
Homer Beck, radio program chief, . 
Chicago. 

_ Reporting to Taylor will be Wil- 
liam R. McAndrew, named news 
and special events chief; Tom Gal- 
lery, director of sports; Ed Stan- 
ley, manager of public service 
shows; Charles H. Colledge, man- 
ager of public affairs operations; 
Leslie yaughan, business manager 
of public affairs, a*d Richard Pink- 
ham, exec producer of “Today.” 

Also Under the new setup, and 
reporting to Taylor, Henry C. Cas- 
sidy, formerly AM news and special 
events chief, becomes a radio-TV 
news commentator; Francis C. Mc- 
Call becomes producer of “Camel 
News Caravan’’; Joseph Meyers is 
named chief of the central news 
desk; and Ad Schneider, producer, 
will concentrate now on the NCAA 
football schedule for TV. 


DETERGENT BARS LOOM 
AS EXTRA SPONSOR COIN 

Broadcast Industry is looking to 
Zest, the new Procter A Gamble 
product^ for some new sponsorship 
• coin. 

Zest,, a detergent beauty bar, 
has been tested in several markets 
by P&G, via Benton & Bowles 
agency. Colgate, which has a simi- 
lar product, has also engaged m 
tests and a battle of detergent 
bars might emerge. 


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Washington, Aug. 19. f* 
Moving much, faster than was 
anticipated, . the FCC J 1 ** 
issued authorizations for 30 new, 
TV stations since it began process- 
ing applications a little over a 
month ago. In addition, the agency 
has handed out permits for six 
noncommercial educational sta- 
tions. 

As result of the authorizations, 
television is being brought to 18 
U. s. cities which have been 
hitherto without local stations or, 
in most cases, beyond the range of 
satisfactory video reception. Two 
Xj. s. territories— Hawaii and 
Puerto Rico — will also soon have 
TV by virtue of authorizations for 
Honolulu and San Juan. 

Among the non-TV cities given 
commercial station construction 
permits are Denver, Portland, Ore., 
Mobile, El Paso, Bridgeport, Aus- 
tin, Tex., Baton Rotige, Spokane, 
New Bedford, Mass., Youngstown, 
O., Fort Lauderdale and Flint, 
Mich. • # 

Last week, . the Commission is- 
sued authorizations for six com- 
mercial and two noncommercial 
stations? The commercial permits 
went to- The Appalachian' Co. and 
radio station WGBI in Scranton; 
station KTSM in El Paso; Harry L. 
Liftig in Bridgeport; Polan Indus- 
tries in Ashland, Ky., and station 
WAFB in Baton Rouge. 

Except for the FI Paso grant, 
all of these permits were for UHF 
stations. 

N. Y. JEducT Web 

The noncommercial permits were 
for stations in New York City and 
Binghamton, both to be operated 
on UHF channels. These stations 
will be part of a projected eight- 
station statewide .educational net- 
work in New York which will 
eventually include Albany, Buffalo, 
Rochester, Syracuse, Ithaca, and 
Utica. Authorizations for five of 
these cities have already been 
made. 

• Commission action in granting 
the educational permits to the 
New York State Board of Regents 
prior to actual legislative appro- 
priations for the project was taken 
over the dissent of Commissioner 
Edward Webster, who feared such 
policy might result in TV chan- 
nels laying idle for a year or two 
after the grant. In the meahtime, 
he said in a dissenting opinion, 
qualified privately endowed educa- 
tional institutions might be pre- 
vented from operating noncom- 
mercial stations “for the obvious 
reason that facilities reserved for 
this purpose were being held but 
not used by groups at least tem- 
porarily unqualified financially.” 

Negro-Owned AM 
Set for Kaycee 

Kansas City, Aug. 19. 

One of the few Negrorowned and 
' Negro-operated radio stations is 
planned for Kansas City within 90 
days. Station is KPRS, which re- 
cently was purchased- from the 
Johnson County Broadcasting Co., 
and is being moved here from 
Olathe, Kans., by the new owners, 
Twin Cities Advertising Agency, 
Inc. 

Twin Cities is headed by E. E. 
Pate, president, who said KPRS 
will be programmed for colored au- 
diences entirely. Studios and of- 
fices will be located in " the east 
side Negro district, and transmitter 
site nearby is now being sought. 
Moving of station equipment from 
Olathe already is under way. Pate 
expects the new station to be in 
operation in the late fall. 

Type of programming is not new 
to Pate, who has been doing it for 
more than two years now via 
KCLO, Leavenworth, Kans. Pate 
has four hours daily bought in a 
package deal from KCLO, and fills 
this time with programs originat- 
ing in studios at the Twin Cities 
offices here. Products are pretty 
much standard items also adver- 
tised on other stations. Difference, 
according to Pate, is the style of 
programming, which is designed to 
attract colored audiences. 

Other entirely Negro-owned and 
operated stations are in Atlanta 
and Nashville, 


Four-Year Scoop 
Washington, Aug, 19. 

Somewhat belatedly, but 
nevertheless effectively, CBS 
tossed in a new candidate for 
■winner of the political stoop 
sweepstakes between the net- 
works, “Capitol Cloakroom,” 
weekly interview show frpm 
the capital, insists it’s way out 
front with a four-year beat on 
the nomination of Gov. Adlai 
Stevenson as Demmy presi- 
dential candidate. 

On Jan. 19,. 1949, Chester 
Bowles, then governor of Con- 
necticut, now U. S. Ambassa- 
dor to India, and the newly- 
elected governor of- Illinois, 
Stevenson, shared the inter- 
view spotlight bn the web ra- 
dio show. Questioned on' his 
choice for Democratic presi- 
dential nominee in ’52; Bowles 
named Stevenson. This is what 
h© said 4 

“My No. i candidate for 
President in 1952 is Mr. r Tru- 
man, if he wants to run again, 
and my second nominee would 
be Governor Stevenson here.” 



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i^Thomaa J. McMahon hlu been 
hamerf direct** gf sports for the 
DuMont web, filling the job left 
vacant since Tom Gallery moved 
over to NBC. 

Formerly, $ radio-TV. exec with 
the N„ W, Ayer' agency, McMahop 
broke in as' an announcer oh 
WNBF, Binghamton, N. Y., in 
1935. ; 



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Nix Chi NABET 



Washington, Aug. 19. 
Efforts of the National Assn, of 
Broadcast Engineers and 1 Techni- 
cians (NABET) to organize units 
for radio directors and associate 
radio directors at NBC and ABC 
studios in Chicago blew up yester- 
day (18), when the National Labor. 
Relations Board dismissed the 
case. 

In an order affirming findings 
of ‘examiner Virginia M. McElroy, 
the hoard ruled that directors and 
associate directors are supervisors, 
as contended by the Radio and 
["Television Directors Guild (AFL) 
which opposed the NABET bid, 
and. that it therefore had no juris- 
diction to determine the question 
of representation*. 

The Board found that radio di- 
rectors have full responsibility for 
the final form of "radio programs 
assigned to th£m; that they hold 
auditions, hire talent, conduct re- 
hearsals, give orders to engineers, 
sound-effects men and musicians, 
and possess “ample authority” to 
carry out their assignments. 

Regarding NABET’s contention 
that the directors give orders 
“Which merely describe a desired 
effect but do not prescribe the 
manner of achieving the effect,” 
the board held that “it is the di- 
rector’s concept of a desired effect 
that governs the' response of the 
engineers and musicians”- and that 
the limitations in his operations 
do not, in the field of radio, de- 
tract from “responsible” direction. 

“These employers (NBC and 
ABC),” the board concluded, 
“have but one product, and it is 
the directors alone who have the 
responsibility of initially preparing 
and ultimately presenting the prod- 
uct — an’ integrated, coordinated 
radio program. In this way, the 
directors, exercising independent 
judgment, fulfill a fundamental 
function of management.” 


Channel Contests 
To Start Oct. 1 


Washington, Aug. 19. 

' Hearings have been set for Oct. 
1 in Washington for contested tele- 
vision channels in Denver, Canton, 
O., Portland, Ore., and Waterbury, 
Conn. 

These will be the first hearings 
on TV channels since the lifting 
of the freeze. However, on July 11, 
the FCC authorized 14 stations in 
nine cities, awarding non-contested 
channels. Si bsequently, 14 more 
stations were authorized including 
four for non-commercial educa- 
tional Use, x 

The new Denver hearings will 
involve Channel 4, sought by 
KMYR Broadcasting Co. and Met- 
ropolitan Television Co.; Channel 
7, sought by Aladdin Radio and 
Television, Inc., and Denver Tele-, 
vision Corp. 

Empire Coil Co. got Channel 27 
in Portland, Ore., in July. The new 
hearings will /involve Channel 6, 
wanted by KOIN, Inc., Pioneer 
Broadcasters, Inc., and KXL Broad- 
casters; Channel 8, on applications 
of Westinghouse Radio Stations, 
and Portland Television, Inc.; 
Channel 12, Oregon Television, 
Inc., and Columbia Empire Tele- 
casters, Inc.; Channel 21, with Mt. 
Scott Telebasters, Inc., and Van- 
couver Radio Corp. of Vancouver, 
Wash., in competition. 

The Canton hearing will be for 
Channel 29. The Brush-Moore 
Newspapers and Stark Broadcast- 
ing Co. both want it. 

In Waterbury WATR, Inc., and 
the American Republican, Inc., are 
both after Channel 53. 


Dukoff Sues NBC for 100G 
For Scotland Yard Show 

Los Angeles, Aug. 19. 
Damages of $100,000 are asked 
by Ed Dukoff in a suit filed in Su- 
perior Court against NBC, charg 
ing the network with theft of his 
story material and a format for 
a radio series based on the files of 
Scotland Yard. Also named in the 
suit is Tom McCray, western pro- 
gram manager for NBC. 

Dukoff declares his story mate- 
rial, submitted in November, 1950, 
was returned in 30 days. In April, 
1951, he asserts, NBC came out 
with a series titled “Whitehall 
1212.” This series, the complaint 
says, is substantially like the ma- 
terial he submitted as “From the 
Files of Scotland Yard.” - 

Dukoff, former Broadway nitery 
p.a., is now exclusively personal 
rep for Danny Kaye. 


Tying in with; th* upcoming Prudential elation, RCA teed oft 

* fullscale Advertising campaign yesterday (Tues.) In newspaper# 

throughput, thf; c<*n>try v keyed to the slpgan, “The Campaieo 
Comes to 18,0(jb,000 Whistle Stops.” Text of the institutional ad 
which makes no straight pitch'for RCA receivers but plugs both the 
parent company and NBC, details the jrole being played by TV i n 
bringing Government ^ ack to ^ people. Ads cite .the wav tv 
actually provided “60,000,000 delegates” $o the Chicago, conven- 
tions, adding that because video coverage makes jhe public better 
informed,, “they will be able to vote for men and principles and 
not just fpr, party labels.” .Ads are designed to convince. the Dublin 
to vote this year. ' \ 

* Explaining TV’s’ development as “the greatest tool we have yet 
devised for self-government,” the ads quote a remark made in 
1923 by Brig. Gen, David Sarnoff, RCA board chairman,, to the 
effect, “I believe that television, which is the technical name for 
seeing, as well as hearing, by radio, will come to pass in due course 
... it may be that every broadcast receiver for home use in the 
future, will also be equipped with a television adjunct by which 
the instrument will make it possible for .those at home to see what 
is going on at tHe broadcast station.” 

Text of -the ads, which were sparked by RCA prexy Frank M 
Folsom, who coined the “whistle stops” catchphrase, also details 
how there will be “more and better TV coming.” “It’s bound to 
happen,” the ads point out, “that some day— and soon — we will be 
able to sit in on sessions -of Congress and perhaps even the de- 
liberations of our Supreme Court. And it’s a certainty that we will 
see. television cross the ocean and give every TV setowner a pass- 
port to the'world.” 


Capp Sees Comics Carryover In TV; 
Gives Out With 'Different’ Approach 


WOR-TV Power Bi 

WOR-TV, N. Y., has bought the 
powerful high band TV amplifier, 
recently developed 'by Standard 
Electronics, and has applied to the 
FCC for permission to increase its 
power. 

New amplifier would make 
WOR-TV’s radiated power 100 kilo- 
watts stronger than that of any of 
the 38 other high band tele outlets 
in the U. S. 


Vet WCBS Gabber Toms 
Valedictory Show Into 
Pitch for Another Job 

In a unique instance of a radio 
performer turning his valedictory 
on one station into a pitch for a 
job on another, Phil Cook wound 
his near-20-year stint recently on 
WCBS, the CBS Radio web’s N. Y. 
flagship, by berating the station 
for axing him. Show, incidentally, 
is taped, which gave WCBS the 
chance to edit Cook’s script. Sta- 
tion management, however, wanted 
Cook to “have his say,” so let the 
show take the air with only minor 
modifications. 

Cook had been a perennial with 
his one-man gabber-musical show 
in .the *8:15 to 8:30 a'.m. slot on 
WCBS, and had been drawing 
down good ratings. Station man- 
ager Carl Ward, however, thought 
he could draw better ratings and 
more business with more of a 
variety format in that period, so 
hired Bob Haymes away from 
WNEW, N. Y. indie, to take over 
not only Cook’s time but also the 
half-hour immediately following, 
which had been occupied by Mar- 
garet Arlen. 

With WCBS thus giving him the 
widest .possible latitude for his 
finale, Cook explained to his listen- 
ers how unhappy he was to leave 
the station. He said he would be 
willing to accept an offer from 
another station for “almost pea- 
nuts” at the start because he was 
confident that he could build that 
same 8:15 to 8:30 time slot into a 
high-rating payoff position. 

Ziv’s Berg to Coast 

Lee Berg, staff scripter for 
Frederic W. Ziv Co., Ziv TV and 
World Broadcasting, . has been 
transferred to the Coast 

.Berg will start work immediate- 
ly on “Freedom, U.S.A.,” new Ziv 
AM show. Berg has written “Fa- 
mous Jury Trials,” “Mystery The- 
atre,” “Boston Blackie,” and other 
shows, and is currently working 
with Harry Revel on a play “Get 
Up and Go.” 


Philco June Sales 
Soar; Profits Dip 

Philadelphia, Aug. 19. 

Although Philco Corp. sales for 
the June quarter were the highest 
in the company’s history, earnings 
dipped 9c a common share. Sales 
during the second three months of 
1952 were $80,917,000, compared 
with $57,499,000 for the same pe- 
riod last year. 

Net earnings were $1,948,000 or 
52c a common share, compared 
with $2,220,000, or 62c a share, 
last year. For the first half of this 
year, Philco sales were' ZVz% be- 
low a year ago, while earnings fell 
20%. Sales totalled $165,156,000 
against $171,023,000 a year ago; 
net income $4,289,000, or $1.16 a 
share, as against $5,741,000, or 
$1.58 a share. 

The drop in earnings according 
to William Balderston, Philco pres- 
ident, was due to taxes. Philco 
last year had a tax credit Of $1,- 
728,000, while this year its taxes 
totalled $2,656,000. Inventories of 
all Philco products are at a mini- 
mum, Balderston said. Govern- 
ment work is increasing ’ and sev- 
eral new orders for advanced types 
of electronic equipment have been 
received. 


Western Pa. Indie Buy 
Kills Off Competition 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 19. 

Frank Smith, owner of WBVP in 
Beaver Falls,, Pa., bought out 
WRYO in Rochester, Pa., just a few 
miles away, and promptly closed 
the d'ooPs of the latter operation. 
Equipment is being dismantled and 
will be sold. WRYO was WBVP’s 
chief competition in the Beaver 
Valley. 

Smith is former manager of 
WWSW, indie Pittsburgh operation 
owned by the mornipg Post- 
Gazette, who left here several 
years ago to go into the Beaver 
Falls market on his own. 

Since folding of WYRO, vacat- 
ing 1,050 kc, station WBUT in 
Butler, Pa., owned and operated 
by that town’s newspaper, the. 
Eagle, has made application to the 
FCC for permission .to change 
from 1,580 to 1,050, which would 
also give it additional power, 500 
watts. WBUT is managed by Phil 
Hirach, a former Pittsburgher who 
joined the station in May, 1951. 


Cartoonist A1 Capp, creator of 
Li’l Abner and the other denizens 
of Dogpatch, is trying for some- 
thing different in his new program, 
the A1 Capp Show, which he calls 
a “television essay,” on WNBT, 
N. Y. “The most interesting sight 
on TV,” he says, “is the guy, the 
kind of person the viewer wouldn’t 
ordinarily meet, saying something 
unpredictable.”. 

Capp stressed the element of un- 
predictability. “The trouble with 
most tele shows,” he says, “is that 
you know the plots, you know the 
speaker’s way of thinking, almost 
the exact phrasing. On the other 
hand, 1 think someone like Arthur 
Godfrey is exciting to watch be- 
cause of his unpredictability.” 

He approaches, Video with humil- 
ity, Capp says, because in the past 
he burlesqued and ridiculed it in 
his syndicated strip and magazine 
writing. “But it’s different being 
a critical member of the audience 
and being the poor stiff in front 
of the camera trying to get some 
life out of the audience,” he con- 
fides. “Nevertheless, I’m in it nett, 
and that is, possibly, proof that I 
was entirely right in my past judg- 
ment.” 

Although his trade is humor, 
Capp says he isn’t striving to be 
funny. “I want chief ly r just a 
chance to talk, to make interesting, 
imaginative conversation — with a 
certain amount of courage. How-' 
successfully I’m doing that, I don’t 
know,” Capp said. “If it turns out 
fun, so much the better, but my 
main goal is not to amuse.” 

‘Two Main Industries’ 

Capp enjoys monologing on sub- 
jects such as war and marriage, the 
“two main industries of mankind.” 
The purpose of marriage, he said 
on a recent Sunday morning edi- 
tion, is to increase the population; 
the purpose of war is to decrease 
the population. “Men wear uni- 
forms for waging war,” he added, 
“women wear uniforms for waging 1 
marriage, uniforms designed so 
that their 'weapons will be con- 
cealed — but not too ooncealed." 

A careful student of the roots 
and principles of humor, Capp 
feels that the targets for wit in 
mass media are becoming more and 
morfe restricted. “One can either 
make a personal joke, directed at 
oneself or a stooge, or the large 
enormous joke which kids the en- 
tire human race,” he explains. 
“You’re okay as long as you lay 
off the specific insanity and don t 
refer to specific groups. But one 
can rib the entire race of humans, 
because that includes me, and the 
viewer feels it hits everybody but 
him.” 

Capp says he is aiming his pro- 
gram, not at the “undemanding 
housewife and the fascinated 
child,” but at the millions oi 
adults who are tired of 4 dullish 
political forums and emasculated 
news programs. “When I started my 
comic strip,” he recalls, “I ha ". 
audience of 12,000, 000 kids. Th 
I. decided to go after adult readers 
— and today I have an audience 
40,000,000— while the bids stayed 
right along. In the comics I found 

that people want something P 

vocative, amusing and diiieren 
and I think I’ll find the same thing 
true in TV.” 


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Chi’s WBKB Heads for $2,000,000 



Chicago, Aug. 19, - 
Indie TV station WBKB is well 
its way toward another record- 
JeaWng U With the 'SZ befort- 
taxes profit- figure- expected to top 
the $2,000,000 inaift. If the first 
Ix-month earning pate is main- 
tained through the last lap, the 
nalaban & Katz-owned station will 
easily exceed the $1,800,000 net 
registered last year, making it one 
of the top money makers • m the 

industry. _ . 

General manager John Mitchell 
is confident the- final half this year 
will be as good, and probably bet- 
ter than the first, six-month pe- 
riod. He told Variety fall bookings 
already in the house are running 
at the highest levels in the four 
years he’s been at the helm. 

Surprisingly, the pending United 
paramount Theatres takeover of 
ABC, now going through the FCC 
mill, is having practically no ef- 
fect on WBKB time selling, Mitch- 
ell says. When and if the welding 
comes about, WBKB’s Channel 4 
will be sold to CBS-TV for $6,000,- 
000 and its call letters will be 
moved over to Channel 7, currently 
occupied by WENR-TV, the Chi 
ABC o.&o. WBKB is presently 
serving as the CBS affiliate here. 

Admittedly, the eventual shift 
will cause some contractual con- 
fusion when WBKB and WENR-TV 
fuse and when WBBM-TV moves’ 
into Channel 4 as the • CBS-TV 
owned-station. But the UPT-ABC 
merger has been hanging fire so 
long now that it has ceased to be 
much of deterrent for 'potential ad- 
vertisers. Also Mitchell has oper- 
ated on the theory since the wed- 
ding was first proposed, with the 
expected drawn-out FCC hearings, 
that it would have to be “business 
as usual” at the old stand until the 
deal was actually consummated. 
Then there’s the already negotiat- 
ed sales pact with CBS which 
states the web shall assume the 
normal business contracts of 1 the 
station when it takes over, which 
is construed to . mean that WBKB 
bankroller agreements must be 
honored by WBBM-TV. 

‘Get It While We Can* 

Since, however, the day likely 
will come when WBKB ceases to 
exist as an independent station and 
becomes the Chi ABC-owned sta-. 
tion with all the personnel and 
operational revamping that entails’,, 
there are logical “get it while we 
can" overtones to the present 
WBKB “business as usual” stance. 

It’s a compact, fat-free, opera- 
tion with running costs kept to a 
minimum and practically the Whole 
force of the operation focused on. 
the selling front. Mitchell has long 
recognized the dangers of TV pric- 
mg itself out of the reach of the 
small local bankroller and as a 
result the station’s s&les policy has 
(Continued on page 36) 

Hickman to NBC 
In CBS-TV Snafu 

»^?S-TV got caught on the horns 
• s . ta tion-ciearance dilemma 
?“ ain this week and, as a result, 
st the Herman Hickman sports 
“Mw, to be bankrolled by Hick- 
mi s new employer, General 
^gar. to the NBC video web - 
S had planned to slot the 
ow Sunday nights at 6, but found 
u en 11 went out to clear time on 
of *?. fflliate stations that too many 
cm * la( * P rev ious commitments 
rJfws for other networks. As a 
hp-^V ^e cigar firm took its busi- 
thft S *° Latter web will air 

7 .n n pro Sram Fridays from 7:15 to 
rnnf . p m - Cigar firm, however, will 
S n t‘? u ,° to bankroll its “Sports 
niaM sh ? w on CBS-TV Wednesday 
H „l after the p abst fights. 
hoaH C # ai ? resigned his job as 
We^v /°°thall coach at .Yale last 
lvnrf t0 de , vote his full time to. TV 
Piclo’rT General Cigar had 

rn-navn up tor the new sports 
reeni am ‘ Hickman had been a 
"S'., panelist on CBS-TV’s 
Celebrity Time.” 


Don’t Crane Now 

St. Louis, Aug. 19, 
Shades of Rosie the Riveter. 
Staffers at KLXW are going 
around with a new theme song 
— “Never underestimate the 
power of women — or of radio.” 

In a tieup with the Missouri 
State Employment Service, the 
station aired a single spot for 
a “female electric overhead 
crane operator.” But the yocks 
turned to wonderment when 
within a few hours the employ- 
ment service received some 75 
phone calls and 18 acceptable 
applicants. The first applicant 
sent put got the job. 


ABC-TV on Gabber 
Kick; Mulls Davis, 
MMM for Roster 


ABC is planning lo bring more 
of its radio commentators into tele- 
vision, with Elmer Davis and Mary 
Margaret McBride likely to be the 
next web gabbers to go tele. . ■*. 

Project is a development of the 
pattern which started with Drew 
Pearson’s doubling into ffcle a few 
months x back and with Walter 
Winchell slated to add TV Oct. 5, 
each of them doing separate AM 
and TV shows. It should be noted 
that both Winchell and Pearson 
have sponsors, pointing up the 
commercial potentialities of com- 
mentating — as differentiated from 
straight newscasting — in tele. 

In part the ABC-TV interest in 
adding gabbers stems from its ex- 
periences at the recent presi- 
dential conventions, when there 
was high viewer interest in watch- 
ing a reporter comment on the 
developments of the hour. To some 
degree the nominating conclaves 
were a showcasing for the big ABC 
stable of spielers, which the chain 
feels spans t broad gamut of 
opinion. 

Addition of Miss McBride, Davis 
or other opinionators is not an 
immediate prospect, although the 
net has been talking to MMM about 
the possibility of simulcasting her 
network radio strip three days a 
week. 



GUILD’S SUMMER SUB 
WINS OWN FALL SPOT 

Impressive ratings which NBC 
has been drawing down this sum- 
mer with its Sunday night “Best 
Plays” series, in as a sustaining 
replacement for “Theatre Guild of 
the Air,” has led the web to keep 
the show on the air for the new 
fall season. Hour-long dramas are 
tentatively slated for the Friday 
night lineup when “Theatre 
Guild” returns, but a definite time 
slot hasn’t been selected. 

Guild, incidentally, has reported- 
ly squawked about the idea, com- 
plaining that the show is too close 
in format to its drama programs. 
For the fall, however, NBC is 
changing the title to “Great Plays” 
and thinks that moving the series 
over to Friday nights should give 
the Guild no reason to beef. 


Framer Set as Producer 
On Campbell Soup ‘Double’ 

Indie packager Walt Framer has 
been tapped to serve as exec pro- 
ducer on “Double or Nothing, 
which preems on CBS-TV Oct. 6 
under sponsorship of Campbell 
Soups. Qrtizzer will hold down the 
2 to 2:30 p.m. slot Mondays, 
Wednesdays and Fridays. 

Framer is packager of both 
“Strike It Rich” and ‘‘Big Payoff.” 
Bert Park* will emcee “Double. 


By BERT BRILLER 

Despite all the talk of network 
radio’s being scuttled, Mutual in 
the past few weeks has quietly 
garnered a healthy bag of new 
sponsorship cash. Picture has the 
web’s execs convinced that several 
major advertisers are wagering 
their coin on AM’s continued 
health. . They opine; that this is 
“original AM budgetary appropria- 
tions,” not merely supplemental 
funds allocated in helter-skelter 
fashion to round out spending in 
TV. 

New biz gives MBS a virtually 
solid early -Sunday evening block 
and places the SRO sign ^ on its 
cross-the-board moppet lineup. 

Wildroot bought half “The Shad- 
*ow,” Sundays at 5-5:30 p.m., plus 
15 minutes of “20 Questions” Sat- 
urdays at 8 p.m. (latter purchase 
giving the veteran parlor game its 
first bankroller since Ronson bowed 
out. two seasons back). Wildroot,' 
via BBD&O, will also launch two 
five-minute quickies, Tuesday and 
Thursday at 7:55 p.m., in which 
Parker Fennelly, in his New Eng- 
land Yankee characterization, will 
comment satirically on the news. 

Libby, McNeill & Libby is pick- 
ing up “Nick Garter” at 6:30 p.m. 
Sunday, and Vick Chemical is tak- 
ing a five-minute newscast at 4:55 
p.m. With Seabrooke Farms re- 
newing “Matthew Bell” at 4:30 
p.m. and Motorola having recently 
taken the alternate week on “True 
Detective Mysteries” with William- 
son Candy at 5:30, the Sunday who- 
dunit block is fully backed, except, 
for the 6. p.m. slot. 

Murine, which last season had 
Cecil Brown for five minutes, will 
take Gabriel Heatter’s quarter- 
hour stanza on Friday nights at 
(Continued on page 36) 


Commy Time ‘Headache’ 
Explained Via NARTB 
Polit. ‘Catechism’ Guide 

Washington, Aug. 19. 

Some of the specifics of the 
“equal time” requirements of the 
FCC in making broadcast facilities 
available to candidates for office 
are spelled out in “A Political 
Broadcast Catechism” distributed 
to members last week by the Na- 
tional Assn, of Radio and TV 
Broadcasters. 

Designed to answer questions by 
broadcasters besieged by requests 
for air time by political office- 
seekers, “Catechism” points out 
that stations don’t have to sell or 
give time to any candidate, but 
that if they do for one they must 
for the others. 

Among the so-called “headache” 
questions which the “Catechism” 
answers is whether a broadcaster 
is required to make time avail- 
able to a Communist Party candi- 
date. The broadcaster is^told that 
“If the Communist Party is a le- 
gally recognized party in your 
state, and if they have a candi- 
date legally qualified for the office 
he is seeking, and if you have 
scheduled time for another candi- 
date for that office, the law re- 
quires that the Communist be 
given “equal opportunities.” 

“Catechism” suggests that 
broadcasters meet the “dilemma” 
of the Communist demand for 
time by following the practice of 
one station \yhich announces be- 
fore and after the Communist talk 
that “the preceding (or following) 
program was -(or is) sponsored by 
the Communist Party and is car- 
ried by this station as required by 
the Federal Communications Act 
and by the Federal Communica- 
tions Commission. All funds re- 
ceived in payment for this program 
have been donated to (local 
charity or patriotic group.)” 

Preparation of the “Catechism,” 
said NARTB, was prompted by the 
“unprecedented” number of ques- 
tions being asked this election year 
by broadcasters, reflected by the 
growing requests of candidates for 
time on television and radio. 


65G Weekly 'Oimubus' Nut Pats It 



Pencil Parade 

Top CBS-TV execs, includ- 
ing prexy J. L. Van Volken- 
burg and several veepees, 
moved into their lush new of- 
^fices last week on ’the 19th 
floor of the web’s 485 Madison 
Ave. (N. Y.)> headquarters. 
New space has '.everything 
from shiny, expensive-looking 
ashtrays to a private dining- 
room, complete with fully-fur- 
nished, all-electric kitchen. 

Seems the builders, how- 
ever, forgot one important 
item in the modern decor — 
there’s not a single pencil- 
sharpener on the floor. So 
each morning at 9 o’clock, all 
the 19th floor secretaries trek 
down the stairs (private, no 
less)' to the 18th floor, where 
* they, preen their pencils on the 
sharpener outside the old- 
fashioned office of sales serv- 
ice chief Bill Fagan (now 
known as “Wild Bill”). 


the inking stage to lead off the 
parade. If it comes in, the billings 
will be enough to enable NBC to 
break even on the three shows. 
Then revenue derived from the 
other two bankrollers to be lined 
up would represent profits. 

“Tandem” last year was partici- 
pated in by Chesterfield, Whitehall 
Pharmacal and RCA. They had 
commercial spotting on the hour- 
and-a-half Sunday night “Big 
Show” and the Friday night Dean 
Martin- Jerry Lewis program. “Big 
Show” has been axed this year and 
Chesterfield will bankroll the 
Martin-Lewis show on its own. 


NBC STILL SEEKING 
OPEN TIME FOR MINER 

NBC is still undecided on what 
lime to provide for a TV dramatic 
show this fall under production 
aegis of Worthington L, (Tony) 
Miner. With most of its video time 
already sold out, the web is mull- 
ing the idea of either having Miner 
do an hour-long show Sunday after- 
noons at 3, or else retain his cur- 
rent "Curtain Call” series as a half- 
hour evening entry. 

When Miner swung over from 
CBS to NBC last spring, it was 
planned that he would have a show 
Wednesday nights at 8, replacing 
the defunct “Kate Smith Evening 
Hour.” NBC . could not sell the 
show, however, and since then has 
sold the time to other bankrollers 
for different programs. 

Levy’s Profit-Sharing 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Ralph Levy, TV producer-direc- 
tor, and CBS got together on a 
five-year contract, which gives him 
an equity in shows he creates. He 
shares in the Cass Daley • show, 
based on his original idea. 

Levy has directed Ed Wynn. 
Alan Young, Jack Benny and 
Burns Sc Allen. 


Tandem’ Policy 
To Stay at NBC 
With 3 Shows Set 

NBC will continue its “Opera- 
tion Tandem” sales policy this year 
and has tentatively set three shows 
for the ‘plan, under which a trio 
of sponsors get billing on all three 
shows. Programs selected are “Bar- 
rie Craig,” the William Gav^nn 
private-eye starrer, which goes 
Sunday evenings; the Red Skeicou 
show, scheduled for Tuesday nights 
at 8, and the Judy Canova show, 
for which a time slot has not yet 
been determined. 

Final “Tandem” setup will de- 
pend on NBC’s success in lining 

up the three sponsors. American , _ ... , , 

Home ‘Products reportedly is neard. _ ® _Foundation detailed one pros- 


CBS-TV’S new “Omnibus” show* 
to be produced by the Ford Foun- 
dation’s 'Radio-TV Workshop, will 
carry a weekly talent and produc- 
tion nut of $65,000 which, with its 
scheduled 26-week schedule, will 
make it one of the most expensive 
video shows on the air this year. 
Foundation has earmarked $2,- 
000,000 for the project and is pre- 
pared to pay all' station charges 
for any amount of time which CBS 
is unable to sell prior to the show’s 
kickoff Nov, 9. It's to be aired 
Sundays from 4:30 to, 6 p.m., and 
CBS has already lined up 21 live 
stations. 

Under the sales setup, CB£> is 
offering the show to five partici- 
pating sponsors, who are to buy in 
for $13,000 each per week. Each 
bankroller is to be included in 
opening and closing billboards each 
week, plus a. straight two-mipute 
plug placed after one of the pro- 
gram’s features and rotating in po- 
sition. In addition, the show will 
include a special five-minute in- 
stitutional blurb, which is to be 
devoted to the business of each of 
the five sponsors on a rotating basis 
every fifth week. These plugs are 
to be produced on film by the 
Workshop and in cooperation with 
each sponsor’s agency, but at no 
additional cost. 

Unconventional 

“Omnibus,” which is to be em- 
ceed by Alistair Cooke, TJ. S. cor- 
respondent of the Manchester 
(England) Guardian, will inaugu- 
rate a number of new program- 
ming techniques. While there are 
to be five or more separate fea- 
tures each week, they will not be 
confined to any specific time pat- 
tern, but can run the number of 
.minutes “best suited to effective 
presentation.” In addition, the 
show v'ill break away from the 
conventional 13-week series pat- 
tern. Each type of feature is to 
be presented “as many times as it 
will be interesting and no more,” 
according to the Foundation and 
CBS. 

As example of the type of ma- 
terial to be included in the show. 


pecHve program as having a w.k. 
American comedian describe a 
British Cricket match; “Camera 
Miracles,” which would be studies 
in slow motion and highspeed pho- 
tography; a quarter-hour segment 
on “What Is an Orchestra,” to be 
conducted and narrated by Leo- 
pold Stokowski; “Your Name in 
Lights,” or the story of how a 
Broadway star is created; a five- 
minute editorial feature on plas- 
tics, and a segment titled “Mr. 
Lincoln,” devoted to the “signifi- 
cant aspects” of Abraham Lin- 
coln’s life. 

Robert Saudek, Workshop’s direc- 
tor, will be exec producer of “Om- 
nibus,” with Franklin Heller as as- 
sociate. Exec editorial -staff for 
the show will be headed by two 
former Life magazine execs: Jo- 
seph J. Thorndike, Jr„ former 
managing editor, and Oliver Jen- 
sen, former senior editor. 


Mowrey Named As 

WJZ-TV Pgm. Mgr. 

Paul Mowrey will be named pro- 
gram manager of WJZ-TV.* N. Y., 
in a move by ABC-TV to hypo Us 
Gotham key. 

Mowrey, now in TV program 
sales for the. skein, was formerly 
head of tele for ABC when it was 
getting its feet wet in the medium. 
He originally set up WJZ-TV four 
years ago and helped launch all of 
the chain’s five owned-and-oper- 
ated tele operations. 

With the owned stations assum- 
ing greater importance In the vari- 
ous webs’ setups, particularly 
from the point of cash income, 
ABC is shifting Mowrey from the 
network sector to local operations. 
Incumbent program chief of WJZ- 
TV is Hal Hough, who was brought 
east from the web’s midwest oper- 
ation. 




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Wiift Shenna* HIUlMgalar, Mortoa 

Downer, BUI C*ptm, Connie 

Tower*. Doema Tnylor 
Producer: Myron C, Dutton 
Director: Hal Purdy 
3G Mins,; Sat„ 7 p.m. 

Sustaining 

CBS-TV, from New York 

New half-hour format of Sher- 
man Billingsley's Stork- Club show 
is a good blend of glamor atmos- 
phere, institutionar bally, new 
faces, vet performances,, and even 
a panel segment whereby four so- 
cialite matrons ah'* their, views on 
what annoys them most about men 
in general (and most of them add- 
ed their husbands, in particular). 

Institutionally, the chichi, dig- 
nified yet gay aura of the Stork-gets’ 
a network builder-upper which no 
nitery has yet achieved on radio 
and TV or even in pictures (as did 
Paramount’s version of “Stork 
Club” some years ago). Film mon- 
tage takes the viewer from the 
Times Square spectaculars to a 
- closeup on East 53d St, . and pan 
shots' of the sundry private rooms, 
bar, main night' club (two dance 
bands) and finally focuses on the 
Cub Room, where host Billingsley 
is picked up meeting, greeting:, in- 
troducing or chatting with a repre- 
sentative cross-section of class pa- 
tronage from the nearby Westches- 
ter and Connecticut belt, plus the 
Show biz contingent. 


PICK THE WINNEK . 

With .Walter moderator; 

Oof/ Shensi mi P, Adauut, Sen. 
Michael C. Monroney, yue*t* J, 
Producer: Dave Zellmer 
Director: Ted Martel 
30 Min*.; Thor*.. 9 p.m, 
WESTINGHOUSE 
CBS-TV, from NX. 

( Ketchum , McLeod & Grove) 

. Initial stanza of CBS-TV’s “Pick 
the Winner” , series was .a winner 
on all counts. Bought* by" Westing- 
house aspart of its political con- 
ventions-Elecftion Night coverage 
package and designed specifically 
to “get out the vote,” this 13-week 
series should play a major public 
service role in accomplishing its 
purpose, judging from the prefem 
last Thursday night (14). Because 
with two highly-personable and in- 
telligent politicos kicking the talk 
back and forth across a table, the 


SPORTS AND .COMMENTS 
With Boh EMM 
Producer: Bop Aden - 
Director: Phil Boudejll 
15 Mins.; MoMluru-Frf « »» „ 
MANHATTAN MOTORS 
WBKB-WCFli, Chicago 
(Ades) 

Here’s a switch: -a simulcast 
beaming of a sports show with 
WBKB lensing it as. a. Videb pro- 
gram while indie W^CFL carries* 
the audio as a AM offering. And 
it’s a logical arrangement, Working 
to the advantage of both outlets. 
Heretofore, Bob Elson, K by far the 
busiest freelance sports gabber m 
town, had been airing a taped show 
on WCFL at the same time he was 
doing his TV chatter via WCFL 
for the same bankroller. Now with 
the two-way tiein, he’s knocking 
off two birdies with one. toss- 

Elson, sort of the dean of Chi 
sportscasters with years of radio 





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the daytime, but that it's * - 


as Morton Downey in two piano 
logs which he heralded as “re- 
hearsals” for his September re- 
opening of the Hotel Pierre’s Co- 
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show did almost, as much as the r-'r-.-j-r-.— -,,, 4 +nv, 
conventions themselves in spot- behind him, has made the switch 

lighting major issues of the cam- Jo ,f e e Y with hVc rS* and 

paign for the viewer. £j ib ®. jf llbb 9£ q d 

Jz . . , jt u-u ~ identity as the regular White fc>ox 

Each stanza is to deal with a ra( j£ 0 broadcaster -first on WJJD 
specific subject, and the miMw and now WCFL he packs a good 
thus delved into how the Demo- c i 0 ut for lining up top name guests 
crats and Republicans each plan £ or interview portions of this 
to handle the campaign. Speaking s i mu i ca st 

for the GOP was .Gov. Sherman P. j^ s the interviews that really 
Adams of N.ew Hampshire, cam- £be sessions into the “must- 
paign manager for Dwight D.Eisen- £ iew n class for the sports f ans . E l- 

hower, and for. the Demos, Sen. son comes 0 ff a s a pretty austere 
Michael C. Mom’oney, of Oklahoma, character videowise until he gets 
yjw one pf Adlai Stevenson s master- i n to the chinning bees with his 

Acainst this last Saturday night jnmders. Duo puHed no punches m guests. Then,* however, he does a 
amsc T? 1S ia j oaturuay their debating tactics, branching wpiivpring* hen cmestions 

a6) bounced such dprables out into the non-essential politick- the P gueIts tS§ 

mg only sporadically.' Result was things the fans most want to know, 
an attention-holding half-hour. • His q &a> ability was under- 
Contestants drove home their scored on version seen and heard 
Bill points of contention without resort- (31) when he had on Mickey 
Corum; music critic Deems Taylor; j_ n S once to below-the-belt smart Mantle, the laconic N. Y. Yankee 
and “new face” Connie Towers, ta lk * Way they touched base on all rookie sensatmn. Under Elson s 
who clicked in last season’s Georgie the pertinent points and still re- smooth prodding the youngster 
Hale floorshow, “All About Love,” -tamed their sweetness and light dropped his yes-and-uo routine 
af the Versailles aura gave moderator Walter Cronk- and came through with, some mter- 

m,,. t a Q ite a chance to do nothing but in- esting sidelights of what it means 

rrJtr? e <T? . irf o Jiv-f troduce them at the start of the to a 20-year-old to be a regular 

show and then toss them a final with the world champs. Dave. 
■Xh!SS.SSS g ,??5;^.i.S b l1’.? question. Wisdom he showed in 

not attempting to cut in made him 

V * s B 3 ] i g l ? y * t as *i er< L ^p ne M* a s muqh of a star as they. They STEEL 

add up t0 impor - ta 1 ?, t , sI J5L W r as ' covered naturally the “captivity” With Paul Bedford 
4 bg iiir-^ b n? was ^ especially effective ang j e now being tossed back and Directors: Carl Freeborn, George 
in Miss Towers case where (1), she f or £b by both parties, qualifications Cyr 

presented her blonde, videogenic of thei “ two can didates, recent dis- Producer-writer: Ed Wallace 

f 1 im closures of nefariousness in the ISJMjns.; Tues., 7 a.m. 

rtyle with he? thrashing “Just T ™ m " n administration, etc. • WNEK, Cleveland programs 

One of ( Those Things^ Miss W Betts the We?«nghous? demonstrating again that® tele- 
er$ stated she has Broadway legit Jana to aenver tqe westingnouse vision can be made an educational 

SL°e al mT^l 0 rcrt, Sh ° Uld toT J Tlan^e" by 

Room um w ith liis t' ^to rli th h°old e the m Wu?b d s e< ^own ^^pening Wallace, NBC’s director of 

sgtgsgff gjtg. bus® rjjasrrs: 

er or not somebody wondered about jj ar ser i es Sunday afternoons on 

CBS Rjadio until Election Day. 

Stal. 


an upright in the , private room, 
the chirper squared that away with 
“You told me I could order any- 
thing, Sherm, so I ordered a piano.” 

Downey’s trailer for his Pierre date YOUR LAWN 
augurs well; he looks fit, has gotten with Ruth and Phil Alampi 
the weight right, and bounces out Director: Cort Steen 
in great style, from “Blue Heaven” 30 Mins.; Thurs., 10:30 p.m 


rent series is depicting the story 
of steel, from its arrival at the 
local ore docks to its manufacture 
into finished products and the 
products’ use in the home, office, 
etc 

The series, shown on Tuesdays, 
is being picked up by Dave Garro- 
way as part of his remotes out- 
side Manhattan. 

Opening program depicted re 
moval of ore from freights at the 
foot of East 9th St. Second stanza 


e Irish doggerels plus a listen- Participating 
able good new ballad, “On My Way WJZ-TV, New York 
Out.” He also got his fave Coca- “Your Lawn” is a half-hour stan 
Cola plug in as befits an enthu- za with Ruth and Phil Alampi, im- caughT 7l2^ 
siastic stockholder in the bottling mediately following their “Home eration of a blast furnace — was un- 
business. Gardener” show on WJZ-TV, While questionably one- of the most dy- 

Corum had two good stories and, the earlier 1 pitogram covers a num- namic live shows yet seen in this 
told them well and with authority, her of gardening subjects, . the sec- area. The story of steel has been 
One was topically linked to the and entry, as the title indicates-, is told AM and filmwise on scores of 
current August racing season and devoted exclusively to the green occasions. Here, however, it’s 
the other was a good newspaper- carpetry. As such, it will be of in- turned into a stirring morning 
man -yarn. Both bear repeating. terest to homeowners. i‘assroom. 

Billingsley has the authority of Concept is a good one, in that In setting up the blast furnace 
a boniface and unobstrusiveness of specialized airers, devoted to how- stanza, American Steel & Wire co- 
a good host, imparting a nice sense to-do-it subjects, can attract loyal operated extensively. Three cam- 
of modesty and deep regard for his audiences. There undoubtedly is era crews were used. Two spe- 
plush patronage. The gallantry a lar S e group of viewers which cially-built platforms were utilized 
comes through especially when he wil1 switch from dramatic or other inside; one 25 feet to the left of 
straights for the femmes, as with entertainment offerings on compet- “B” furnace tap door and about 
Miss Towers and the four matrons in S channels to pick up pointers 10 feet above ground; the second 
who had some sage observations tbat bel P specific problems, in camera, to the right of the tap 
about roving-eye husbands* con- * b * s c 9 se “suburban agriculture.” door, 20 feet away and six feet 
genital turneroffer-husbands (the A ] am Ph WJZ’s early morning farm above the runners and ladles 
electric lights, etc.); always-talk- e oitor, and his wife apparently carrying the white-hot molten 
.ing-business husbands (after they’re a ,8 reen pumb and know steel. 

told to doll up for a class nitery pe n“ High point of the stanza came 

spree, like in the Stork), etc. The s ?£, a a Ai«r^ eglS ^ r +^ airly weB ’ when “B” s furnace was tapped and 
careless cigaret flickers (into every- a Alam Pi . betrays some tbe w hffe-hot liquid metal went 
thing from cups to flowerpots, but nerv ousness via grimaces. cascading down the runners into 

rarely into the proper ashtrays), ft’s a spontaneous show and the the 50-ton ladles. So blinding was 

was a perfect cue for Billingsley’s Alampis are natural, as when Mrs. the light and heat that special fil- 
closeup of those giant Stork Club Alampi unwittingly squirted a ters had to be used on the cam- 
ashtrays which are prominently spray gun on Thursday’s (14) edi-> eras, and cameramen, like the 
billed as “exclusively for Fatima ti°n because she “didn’t know it “uuddlers.” had to wear asbestos 


' Ab final guest- emcee an CB$ 
TV’s “Toast of the Town” "before .[ 
Ed Sullivan returns from his Eu- 
ropean vacation, Victor Borg£ 
sparked th» show to another fine 
viewing stanza Sunday night (17),’ 
Cast, sets and V a particularly in- 
genious camera setup for, Borge's 
piano finale, reflected the contin- 
ued creative care and cost that 
are going into the show even dur- 
ing the summer months. And 
Borge himself made for an affable 
emcee and also scored in his solo 
spot with one of his funniest rou- 
tines, his reading of a story with 
his Own brand of “phonetic , punc- 
tuation.” 

Show got off to a fast start with 
the Seven Ashtons, certainly one 
of the best risley acts around. 
Their jet-paced acrobatics and 
.oe-twirling, done against a lush- 
looking East Indies background, 
was standout. Same setting pro- 
vided a natural backdrop for the 
Chandra Kaly Dancers, who also 
registered with a jive version of 
Oriental terping. Artie Auerbach, 
he “Mr. Kitzel” of Jack Benny’s 
radio show, displayed a potentially 
good vaude and nitery so.lo act 
with his dialect delivery, 'but .evi- 
denced on this, his TV debut, that 
he needs sharper material. 

Rosemary O’Reilly, currently on 
Broadway in “New Faces,” ‘ scored 
with a straight rendition of “Danny 
Boy,” which was also enhanced via 
imaginative camera . treatment. 
Comic Ken Whitmer added to the 
overall pleasurable aspects of the 
show with his zany musicianship 
on some specially-constructed in 
struments. But it was Borge him- 
self who drew the most yocks, 
proving via his surefire timing and 
delivery that he’s almost as good 
a comedian as he is a pianist. He 
chose “Clair de Lune” for his 
straight 88’ing, and producer Mar- 
io Lewis and director John Wray, 
utilizing what must have been a 
tTarefully - rehearsed superimposi- 
tion, touched up the finale by hav- 
ing three dancers appear to be 
working*’ directly oft top of the 
piano. Stal. 

The College All Stars-L.A. Rams 
charity game Friday night (15) 
over a special 53-station DuMont 
TV hookup, under Admiral spon- 
sorship, seemed like rushing the 
grid season hut comes August and 
the cry of the wild pigskin starts 
to be heard. It was a rather loose 
game but Jack Brickhouse did a--| 
good videocast and Admiral got 
over an intelligent sequence of 
commercials, including the 21-inch 
bargain price-range compared to 
other brands, plus other electronic 
features. 

Chi Trib Charities. Inc., was the 
charity beneficiary from Soldier's 
Field and enhanced its usual net- 
work a flock of indie outlets. Next 
night, on AM, the N. Y. Giants- 
Green Bay Packers pro teams’ 
practice game was broadcast by 
WMGM, N. Y. It won’t he long 
now. Abel . 


powerful enough for 'the extra® 
day everfing slotting that S& 
ha* voted it this summer as retjff 
ment for “Comedy Hour” S f 
tion - values, confined to the chi- 
presentation of the prizes, and the 
human interest angles engendered 
by the contestants’ vying to win 
the gifts for their ladies fair 2 
the show considerable punch fl* 
the housewife audience. In “fart 
like packager Walt Framer’s othfS 
quizzer, “Strike It Rich,” this is a 
“show with a heart.” Stal 

<*» - — 

Director Albert McCleary’. 
“cameo” technique on “Hallmark 
Siihimer Theatre” is certainly sure- 
fire teevee, but the camera’s an. 
proach to thesping must be sun- 
ported by other elements; good 
scripting, for one. 8 0Q 

In “Lift My Lamp” over NBC- 
TV last Sunday night (17), in the 
10-10:30 mot, scripter Rod Serling’i 
Iron Curtain stuff was strictly 
cliche with weak continuity and 
dialog. Stanza had the benefit of 
a capable performance by Maria 
Riva in the role of a Czech refugee 
She was put in a spot by her home- 
land boyfriend who tried to get her 
to return to her country where her 
father, a liberal, was under perse-* 
cation. From there on the plot got 
tangled up in transition and it 
never recovered. End was tele- 
graphed — Miss Riva’s decision to 
remain in the U. S. Half-hour was 
overlong. Trau. 


as “exclusively for Fatima 
cigaret ashes.” 

Billingsley’s thrice-weekly 15- 
minuter over CBS-TV has been 
shifted to a single half-hour Sat- 
urdays, and comes in a choice spot 
and an important commercial slot. 
The present format permits for a 
greater versatility and a more fluid 
framework for the several ingredi- 
ents as now constituted. It over- 
comes the former concern about 
clock-fighting when, too often, the 
15 minutes forced curtailment of 
discussion. The Quarter-hour also 
stylized the .show too much; this 
way “Stork Club” can pitch for 
name guests (as John Loder, who 
is heralded for next week); go in 
for exploitation tieups (such as the 
Surf Maid finalists, which is ready- 
made cheesecake and very season- 
al); and even a contest gimmick 
for a welsh terrier prize letter 
(which a committee comprising 
Walter Winch ell, Arthur Godfrey, 
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specially designed 


‘puddlers,’ 

was loaded.” Other elements of in- clothing and 
sufficient preparation are not as headgear. 

easy to take, such as the film clips p au l Bedford, voice of the series, 
of men starting a seed bed, which does the describing .and explain- 
were inexpertly edited. i ng w ith .deftness and understand- 

Guest on the telecast caught was ing. His on-the-scene interviews 
Gilbert H. Ahlgren, of Rutgers U., with workers and foremen add 
who advised on starting a new materially to the stanza. Except 
lawn. Talk was given visual trap- for momentary tendencies to over- 
pings with Alampi and Ahlgren talk the picture, Bedford’s stellar 
working on the soil in a trough, job is one significant reason for 
Here the need for more rehearsal the program’s success, 
was evident, as the guest eyed the In this instance, television 
wrong camera part of the time. should take the opportunity to 
However, those with a yen for give itself credit. Consequently, 
cultivating their lawns and fighting somewhere in the stanza there 
the crabgrass menace won’t mind should have been camera attention 
the uneven production in view of to the personnel; shots showing 
the high quota of helpful sugges- the men at their work positions 
tions the Alampis make. From a and gear worn. The one fleeting 
commercial viewpoint it’s success- instance this was done gave to the 
ful, with a half-dozen sponsors — viewer an all-too-hrief educa- 
chemicals, fertilizers, weed-killer tional realization that those who 
sprayers, spike disks, grass seed, telecast must become part of the 
etc — getting effective plugs. - educational, living picture. 

I • Bril. Mark. 


Bob Elliott & Ray (Goulding) 
have an iconoclastic approach to 
almost every aspect of the AM and 
TV medium, and got in their licks 
in spades, Saturday night (16) over 
NBC-TV with two tiptop satires. 
One was titled “This Is Business?”, 
wherein the pair, as embryo butch- 
ers, presented their prqblem be- 
fore the Fadiman-type board and 
aired their ambitions to make the 
bigtime — the A&P chainstores. 

The development matched the 
general zanyisms, wherein a dour 
George S. Kaufman-type deadpaii- 
ned them; a gushy femme guestar 
enthused; and a Sam Levenson 
road company got “reminded of. a 
story.” The private-eye schooT of 
whodunits got the same treatment, 
in the “Martin Kane” manner, with 
the principals interrupting their 
moments of stress as they stopped 
to dish with the philosophic tobac- 
conist who spouted commercials 
about pipe-tobaccos, cigarets, and 
the like. Abel. 


The ^All Star Summer Revue’’ 
(NBC-TV, Saturday, 8 p.m.) has 
developed into a lively variety 
package. Apparently, the early- 
season attempts to differentiate 
itself from other vaudeo displays 
have been abandoned. Format and 
acts -are familiar, but the sketches 
are fresh and bright. 

Saturday’s (16) session was dis- 
tinguished by the fact that the 
sketch by Goodman Ace was wor- 
thy of better acting. Ace invested 
a domestic sequence with some ex- 
cellent verbiage and good situa- 
tions, However, Grace Hartman 
and Marty May showed signs of in- 
adequate rehearsal, blowing of 
ines and unsureness that did their 
sketch little good. Jay Burton also 
wrote a good bit which was given 
a worthy interpretation by Jimmy 
Nelson. 

Nelson, incidentally, was fairly 
prominent in the proceedings. He 
ingratiated himself in his own spot, 
and also worked in a commercial. 

Nelle Fisher & Jerry Ross made 
the most o£ a picturesque dance 
turn. Femme song spot was by Ella 
Fitzgerald. This hep singer^ was 
somewhat over-arranged on “Pag- 
anini,” but corrected that defect 
With “Ding Dong Boogie.” Jose. 

Ingenuity in handling five-min* 
ute quickies is being shown by 
WNBT, N. Y., in a couple of strips 
slotted at 11:10 and 11:15 p.m. 

Buster Crabbe’s sportsnewscast 
has added a novel method for 
presenting baseball scores. Crabbe, 
who’s regularly on WOR-TV and 
is subbing for Bill Stern on W. Nil i» 
spiels from a standing position De- 
hind a lectern with a blank mack- 
board in front. The ball results are 
superimposed over the board/ 1 
good visual effect. Crabbe, me 
dentally, makes a pleasant, in- 
formed gabber. .. h 

Jon Gnagy’s weathercast, whicn 

follows in tandem, makes S J C “.. _ 
of his drawing ability and other 
props. His sketch pad is tridrea 
up so that when he draws a 
basket, there’s a hole in w b i ch H j S 
can actually drop soo 16 ^^" ran t 
commercial for Fiye Day 
pads» registered nicely, with t ’ v 
such as his drawing one of tbe it p uPf 
and then being able to ^ 0I F e 
The bearded artist is proving 
of TV’s better weathermen^ 


With Randy Merriman off on a 
two-week vacation, Ralph Paul is 
filling in for him as emcee of both 
the daytime and Sunday night edi- 
tions of Colgate’s “Big Payoff” on 
NBC-TV.* Based on the ingratiat- 
ing, facile way he handled his 
chores on the stanza "caught (14), 
Paul was a good choice for the job. 
An experienced radio-TV an- 
nouncer, he pitched the questions 
to the show’s contestants entertain 
ingly, seemed sincere in his con- 
gratulations when they won and 
his commiserations when they, lost 
and generally kept the half-hour 
afternoon program pecking along, 
Bess Myerson, who’ll v apparently 
take her vacation lifter, continues 
as the emcee’* vis-a-vis and was 
equally good. 

Viewing of the afternoon show 
impresses anew that it’s one of the 


Lee Mortimer, who with 

Lait authored “U.S.A. 9.?Wker 
tial,” in an ad lib return Cracker 
Barrel” interview with Ted^ 


on “New York Matinee --- te . 

(13), offered no apologies for sta^ 
ments and accusations er n to id 
controversial hook. MorJ 1 ^ /five’’ 
Collins there were four or nv^ 
libel suits pending. not tne 
which Time said.” He listed ^ t 
by the Nieman-Marcus departm^ 
store, of Dallas, U. S. m 

garet Chase Smith; as „ o{ the 
Tulsa, and Dave^ Beck 
Teamsters Union. ionS &re 

Commenting that the aci ink « 

“fewer than a lot of P®° p i he first: 
Mortimer explaineti of f em . 
“We said that som * they 

ployees there were not h ^ in | [Q 
should be “orally. I won riff slie d 

further detail. . J+w Tulsa was 
because: “We said that 


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NOVEMBER we will hold the greatest mass demonstration of self-government by. free men in the history of the world* 
• More people will Yote in the election of a President and Congress than ever before* 


In the campaign leading up to the election, the candidates are going to take their story to the “whistle stops” of America* 

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But thistime, the whistle stops will not be just little stations on railroads , They will be the 18,000,000 television sets 
now in the nations homes. 


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F or the first time, the candidates will be able to show themselves to 60,000,000 people, each in his own living room • 

Television has brought their government back to the people! 

In the early days of America, the average man was close to his government. He chose as his representatives men that 
lie knew. They were familiar with his views, followed his wishes and reported back to him. 

And we had our town meetings where each man had his own say as to how things should J^e run. 

But as the country grew and the government became more complicated, the average citizen and his chosen leaders 
began to lose touch with each other; and the government began to grow away from the people. 

It reached the point in recent years where ma^y people thought that the American people had lost interest in their 
government, and had lost hope of playing any part in it; 

Then, just a month ago, a tremendous thing happened. The national political conventions of 19S2 were brought into 
the nation^ homes by television * Once again, as in the early days of America , the voters had an opportunity to know the 
candidates and understand the issues. 


We discovered then that the interest of the American people in their government, and their determination to run it 
themselves, is greater, than ever * 


60,000,000 Delegates To Chicago 

For the first time in the 120-year history of political conventions, the 
American people got a clear, first-hand view of kow presidential candi- 
dates are nominated." 

18 million television sets were tuned in on Chicago — many 
of them until 2 and 3 o’clock in the morning. 

*60 million people had , front-row seats and got a better 
picture of what was going on than any delegate or any 
reporter on the convention floor. 

Because the delegates were conscious of the fact that 
the eyes., of the nation were literally upon them, the vast 
unseen audience played a tremendous part in ‘determining 
convention decisions. 

In other words, with the aid of television, we had what amounted 
to the biggest town meeting ever held. 

This contribution of television to better government didn’t cost the 
television audience or the political parties a cent ; but it cost the television 
stations and their sponsors millions of dollars. 

The American public is still talking about the great job the television 
industry did. NBC has received many thousands of letters commenting 
on the network’s 250 hours of outstahding radio and television coverage 
of the conventions. 

All these letters reveal that the public has suddenly become awar-e, 
of the fact that television has grown up; and that it has brought their gov- 
ernment close to the people, where government properly belongs. 

Now, the political campaign is getting under way, and the American 
people will be able to see and hear and know the candidates — not through 
the eyes and ears and words of others — but through the wide open win- 
dow of television. 

And because of television, Anrterican citizens will be better informed 
than they evefr were before. They will be able to vote for men and prin- 
ciples, and not just for party labels. 

That’s one of the reasons why more people will want to vote in the 
November elections than in any other election in our history. 


How They Got There 

Television’s spectacular development as the greatest tool we have 
yet devised for self-government would never have happened if men of 
courage and vision had not worked long and hard to make it happen. 

As early as 1923, Brig. General David Sarnoff, now chairman of the 
board of RCA, told the company’s directors: . 

“I believe that television, which is the technical name for 
seeing, as well as hearing, by radio, will come to pass in 
due course ... it may be that every broadcast receiver for 
home use in the future, will also be equipped with a tele- 
vision adjunct by which the instrument will make it possible 
for those at home to see what is going on at the broadcast 
station.” 

Ever since that time, RCA has used all its resources and alt its ingc* 
nuity to make that prediction come true. 

While it took the best efforts of many great companies to put tele- 
vision over, we are proud of the fact that RCA and NBC'haVe contributed 
so many <f firsts* f to the history of television’s development « 

We offered the first regular television service to the American public. 
Our research scientists and engineers invented and developed much of 
the key equipment, without which television would have been impossible. 
For instance, RCA scientists developed the iconoscope, “eye” of tele- 
vision’s camera; and the kinescope, the picture tube for receiving sets. 

And after World War II, when we introduced the first postwar home 
television receivers, we launched television on its period of greatest growth. 

We devoted more than tiventy years to scientific research and engi- 
neering development of television before we ever made a dollar's profit 
from it. 

Today, 18 million sets can be tuned into 109 television stations. 
Coast-to-coast networks of stations enable 60 million people to occupy 
front-row seats on all important occasions. In a few short years there will 
be 2,000 television stations serving every part of the nation; and television, 
together with radio, will be a reality in practically every American home*- .** 


More And Better Television Coming! 

There are many more great television “firsts” just over the horizon. 

It’s bound to happen that some day — and soon — we will be able to sit in ob sessions of Congress and perhaps even 
the deliberations of our Supreme Court. And it’s a certainty that we will see television cross the ocean and give every tele- 
vision set owner a passport to the world. 

You will be able, at no cost Jo yourself, to go any place to which the press or the general public is admitted. 

Of course, television isn’t going to be all political conventions and elections and world-shaking events. It shouldn’t be, 
for life itself would be pretty dull if that’s all it had to offer. Television will continue to be Toscanini and Milton Berle and 
Kukla Fran and Ollie and the World Series and more and better programs of every type. It’s going to be drama, religion and 
science and all the different things that appeal to all the different kinds of people that make up America* 

As television enables us to look in on more and more thrilling events now beyond the reach of our eyes, it will help 
p* understand better than ever before this wonderful age in which we live. 

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ternate-week basis, will expand to 
a weekly sponsorship on Mondays. 

“Queen For a Day” will be SRO 
in the fall, with Quaker Oa(s tak- 
ing two quarter-hour segments. P. 
Lorlllard has a'' 15-minute strip in 
the 11:30 a.m. airer, with Kraft 
having the other three segments. 

Web also got renewals from Kel- 
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Heatter’s Wednesday edition. 

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preceding year.' Each month 


showed a hike of the corresponding 
frame- for last year, except July, 
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ventions? 

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tions block for Its second season, 
prospects for ’52-’53 look, good at 
MBS. While the. web’s sales up- 
trend antedates the Thonias F. 
O’Neil, Jr.-General Tire takeover*; 
the latter development half given 
the net a more unified . Manage- 
ment, And since the O’Neil . inter- 
ests control, WOR, N. Yv*. Yankee 
and Don Lee, administrative' econ- 
omies follow from integrating key 
station operations with the skein. 

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town ,and a majority without TV 
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evening half-hour on- CBS has; 
dropped $46$ since 1937 because; 
of the increase in coverage. “Inf- 
fact,” he added, “if you disregard 
all the homes with TV, your dollar 
of time cost today is still 8% more 
efficient than it was in ’1937.” 

Siding with the demands by- 
affiliates that the net abandon its; 
emphasis pd , program ratings, 
Karol noted tiiat a recent Ameri- 
can Research Bureau study showed’ 
that less than half of radio listen- 
ing today is done- in” the living 
room, and that Nielsen’s audimeter 
system cannot give a full account 
of the secondary sets. He quoted 
hew. Pulse ^figures showing that, 
in the past season, evening radio 
listening in TV homes has actually 


increased 2B% — from 14.1 last 
October to l|.l in ApHL Karol 
concluded: 

“The combination of the gales 
effectiveness of radio, the great 
size and continuing growth 6t ra- 
dio, the enormous uncounted audi- 
ence to radio and Its huge counted 
audience* — this combination of 
factil together with the realign- 
ment of our network’s cost struc- 
ture convinced me completely that 
the ^ years ahead will be bright 
ones for network radio.” 


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integration of personnel will be 
carried out. 

- For Better Programming 

According to Stanton, in radio 
and TV. ’-all creative areas should 
devote themselves only to the me- 
dium they are serving.” As proof 
that this makes for better pro- 
gramming, he pointed both to the 
top rating position and better sales 
record of CBS Radio over 4 NBC, 
He also noted that his radio web’s 
Coverage of; the Chicago political 


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AM accolades. He cited Wk r 11 
th»t, with TV time r«t es »nd Imf. 
higher, salesmen working imS? 
integrated ,etup wouW teM toV 1 
vote most o t their attention 

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happen." ‘ m “ 0t Wlllin * 

Stanton recalled that he had first 

lai ? >52? h i s P lan of separate AM 
and. TV networks in May, loan S 
»aid that an incident *£&£* 
during the Kefauver crime S 
mittee investigations two years apa 
spurred his action. He^ said that 
he had rebuked the head of the 
web’s news and special events d? 
partment who was then handling 
both media, for not giving the 
hearings enough attention on radio 
News chief answered, he said, that 
he saw no reason for bringing 
radio into it because the hearings 
were being covered so fully on TV 
‘Such a thing could happen,” Stan- 
ton said, “only when you don’t 
rfiave creative manpower concen- 
trating on only one medium.” CBS 
Topper added: 

“If you program both radio and 
•TV as qne medium, you must as- 
sume that they are servicing the 
same area, and that is not true 
now,, TV still covers less than half 
the homes in this country. In ad- 
dition,’ there are certain hours of 
the day when radio gets an audi- 
ence’ which TV cannot get. Tn the 
early morhing, for example, when 
people are moving around the 
house, you can’t expect them to 
■sit stiU in front of a 17-inch screen. 
That’s when they 'turn to radio for 
their 4 music and news. Or the 
nooi) period, when the housewife 
is getting lunch for the kids. Or 
the early evening, when she is pre- 
paring dinner, or late at night. 
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and TV simultaneously also leaves 
out the. portable sets, car radios 
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been designed to give any sized 
bankroller an opportunity to dip 
into the medium. Rather than just 
huckstering time and spot avail- 
abilities the WBKB selling crew 
uses the “how much have you got 
to spend” approach and then works 
out with a client an ad campaign 
tailored to his budget. 

This selling pitch is made pos- 
sible, it’s pointed out, because of 
the station’s emphasis on low-cost 
strip programs with a highly flexi- 
ble frequency discount arrange- 
ment on station bfeak and partici- 
pation spots. For example, one 60- 
secoijd identity on the morning 
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daytime strips sold on. a participa- 
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at 9 a.m. and shuts down at 1:30 
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Seminars: Denver Meet Scores 


There is a strong possibility that 
Broadcast Music, Inc. will hold 
three week-long program seminars 
at strategic points across the coun- 
try, BMI prexy Carl Haverlin said 
last week. Idea stems.' from the 
success of the six-day seminar BMI 
staged at the U. of Denver early 
this month, at conclusion of which 
the cooperating groups, Colorado 
Broadcasters Assn, “and Denver U., 
proposed at least five such semi: 
nars be held during the coming 
year. 

BMI has been running a large 
number of program clinics, lasting 
two days, but this was the first 
,cross-the-board affair. Resolution 
adopted at the meeting's close 
stressed that programming is 
radio’s vital stock-in-trade and that 
✓ more time should be devoted to 
improving it. 

Over 100 broadcasters attended 
the sessions, of which one day was 
devoted entirely to TV; Radio 
programming yras treated fully by 
some 16 speakers from nine states, 
who covered questions such as 
music, farm audiences, department 
store potentials, etc., Samuel H. 
Cuff, consultant to the 1 Allied 
Stores Corp., said that AM is on 
the threshold of more department 


store advertising than it has ever 
seen. 

Start From Bottom 

Sen. Edwin C. Johnson of Colo- 
rado, Chairman of th.e Senate.. in- 
terstate Commerce Comijiittee, 
answering a question on Hour the 
industry could secure favorable 
legislation, said that broadcaatets 
should start from the bottom; fint; 
the top as they have done in the 
past. “Get together, work out n 
bill entirely in .the public interest 
and then divide up the job of con- 
tacting^ on their home base»;-your 
own congressmen and senators. 
The congressman doesn’t care what 
people outside his “district say. But 
if someone from his own district 
explains matters to him, he will 
pay attention,” Sen, Johnson said. 

The senator said that free speech 
must -be' carefully protected. Bills 
proposed in Congress that would 
limit free speech, he declared; 
“must be'fbught by Everyone — the 
; newspaper,, the radio,, television.”, 
i Frank Bishop and Brad Roberts^ 
of KFEL-TV, .spoke on “TV Has 
;.Cdme To Denver.” A demonstra- 
tion of TV* remote equipment was 
: held with the cooperation of Hugh 
Terry and (Clayton Grace, of KLZ- 
:TV. Another workshop demonstra- 


tion was ■ coordinated by Jim 
Murphy, of WEWS, Cleveland. 
Clinic also toured KFEL-TV, to. 
see the outlet in operation, with 
owner-manager Gene O'Fallon 
handling the sightseeing. 

' Wayne Saunders, of KCNA, 
Tucson, said radio should borrow 
a leaf from the industrial users of 
music, who pattern their music to. 
the time of day. Robert J, Burton,* 
BMI v.p., spo^e on “Music Busi- 
ness jis Big Business.” Gov. Dan 
Thornton of Colorado* 1 lauded the 
broadcasters- and BMI fist: their 
program-improving efforts; 

Hovel feature of the seminar was 
fabtl ‘that broadcasters brought 
wives- -and kids, with speeial ac- 
tivities planned for the femmes 

and; a nursery for the moppets. 

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Richard Day, Film Art 
Director, Parted by NBC 

Hollywood, Aug, 19. 

NBC inked Richard Day, top film 
art director, to a term deal; He’ll 
serve* in an exeMttive capacity in. 
N, supervising; the NBC-TV art, 
direction with particular attention 
to ekperimbntal color telecasts. He 
left’ for N. Y. (Over the weekend. 

Contract, set by the Morris of- 
fice, starts Sept. 1. During 33 years 
in the film industry,' Day won more 
Oscars than; anyone in the Held, 
winning again last year on “Street- 
car Named Desire.” 


Houston Drive-In Sues 
' To End Disk Show Pact 
With Drinking Charge 

Houston, Aug, 19, 

. . . Stuart’s Drive-In Restaurant has 
filed auit here to scrap the $330 
a: ! week cbntract for its new all- 
night radio record show, charging 
the program's disk jockey-prOducer 
worked ohly two nights before he 
wa$- discharged for alleged drink- 



The suit was filed jointly against 
ICTHT, which aired the show, and 
Jameson Brinkmeyer, local indie 
radio producer. 

' Sponsor said the trouble began 
Auig. 6 in the specially constructed 
broadcast "booth which was built 
atop the drffe-in. 

Show, “Music from Main Street,” 
is now originating from the KTHT 
studios, with another announcer. 

Because Brinkmeyer originated 
the idea for the show and was to 
have; been the disk; jockey,; the 
contract should bWnuU jsjkd void, 
the suit said. MIT Bennett; man- 
ager of KTHT, stated that Birink- 
meyer would . be returned to ttie 
show by the outlet; 

*As far as the suit is concerned,” 
Bennett stated, “they could have 
cancelled the contract without gw 
tag; to court. Tfe^re always ready 
to end a contract at the adver- 
tiser's option.” * * ; s 


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9 . ... Legit actor Greer iVTnrtnJ 
Playing the role 0 £ a concert 
limst on ABC’s “Tales of tLo 

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Be 1 and Kreisler . , , Producer 
Montgomery Ford is doubling 
composer-adaptor on J. B. PrLt! 
te yS •* ( 5 >0 5r* Companions” when 

rnc:» ai ^4 0 T f? li( J ay night (2 5) on 
CBS Westinghouse Summer 

Theatre. He and his wife, Celia 
Ryland, composed five new tunes 
for the. show . . . NBC unveiling 
its . upcoming “Victory At Sea® 
series with press showings of two 
episodes today (Wed.) at the 
Johnny Victor Theatre . *5 

Baird back in N. Y. from the Coast 
to start, a new series of “Whistling 
Wizard’ with his wife, Cora, for 
CBS. He supervised the puppet 
sequences for “Jollyana,” the legit 
murical, in its San Francisco open- 
ing, but weekT . , . Morton A. Barret 
nafned operations and sales service 
“ft * mgr forWCBS-TV . . . Doe- 
stosTtesuealiai bought the 4:15 to 
p.ki. segment once a week of 
NBC?5"’.“Kate Smith Show” 
A J ***5?« ^Mon citing Ed Suili- 
ym»‘lbr ^ outstanding contributions 
Id American servicemen” when he 

*^ cee of CBS ’ “Toast 
6f thfe.Town Sunday night (24) 

- v Vm Massey set for a feature 
role am ABC’s “Tales of Tomor- 
row” t Friday night, with Chester 
;MorrU starring . . . Elaine Ellis 
on CBS' '“Police Story” Friday 
night. 

Gloria McGrath and Myrtle Lay- 
ton have taken over production of 
commercial films for Kathi Norris 
and other chores for the femme 
gabber formerly supervised by 
Babs Doniger, who’s gone into her 
own film setup. . .Flack Saul Krieg 
left last week for the Coast on 
John W, Loveton’s tele version of 
“Mr. and Mrs. North.”. . .Mary 
Hartline of ABC-TV’s “Super Cir- 
cus” .preejmed the new Mary Hart- 
line doll at Gimbel’s Monday (18). 

Jack Brumback, former AM-TV 
director of Goldwaite-Smith agen- 
cy, has joined Ziv TV as account 
exec fo^ the fiye northwest states 
. . . Randy Merriman, of NBC’s 
“Big Payoff,” returns to the strip 
Monday (25) after a two-week vaca- 
tion . 

Hollywood 

John I. Edwards & Associates 
won the sales rights to the telecast 
of the annual dinner of the Acad-, 
emy of Television Arts and Sci- 
ences, and is prepping a presents-, 
•tion to advertisers for nationwide 
beaming 0 $ the affair in February 
... Dennis Day set to kickoff the 
NBC-TV “AH Star Revue” Sept. 6 
... Ed Cashman, TV-radio exec 
for Foote, Cone Sc Belding, planed 
back to N. Y. to resume super- 
vision of the “Hallmark TV Play- 
house” . . . Johnny Dugan, who 
has concentrated exclusively on 
video since starting the “Johnny 
Dugan Show” on NBC-TV, played 
a three-day weekend nitery stint 
at the Del Mar Hotel. 


Chicago 

In what' the Releases discreetly 
describe as his “initial appearance 
in legitimate theatre,” WNBQ 
sportscaster Tom Duggan is co- 
starring this week with Vicki Cum- 
mings in*. the Chevy Chase produc- 
tion of “Light Up the Sky.” Norm 
Barry is handling the thespian’s 
regular radio and TV chores . . . 
Morton Jacobson, prez of Morton 
Television Productions, has can- 
celed his distrib agreement with 
Snader Sales and is setting up his 
own . seUing crew>. . . Stephen Fen* 
tress has been upped to assistant 
news director for the WGN-TV 
newsreel staff... Don Meier given 
the director reins for the video 
version to “Welcome Travelers 
Which tees off Sept. 8. Tom Hicto, 
of Dancer-Fitzg^rald Sc Sample, 
New York, will be exec producer 
. . . Clint Youle’s early evening 
weather show, and Dorsey Connors 
patter session are slated to be 
scratched next week to make way 
for a. filmed “King'CaHco” puppet 
strip. Latter show has been aired 
live on WENR-TV with staunch 
ratings. Hudson dealer Jim Morin 
sends bis “Courtesy. Theatre” fea- 
ture film series into its fourth year 
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Detroit — Goebel Brewing Co, Is 
sponsoring broadcast* over WJR of 
nil Detroit Lion* exhibition and 
National Football League games. 
Bob Reynolds, associate WJR 
sports director, will do the play-by- 
play of exhibition games, with Van 
Patrick handling the regular con- 
tests. ( 

DaUas^Wesley Fills and Tom 
Brown have joined the sales staff 
of WRK; municipally-operated out- 
let. Ellis was formerly announcer 
with' KtBC, Austin, and Brown 
was formerly a .producer with 
WFAA, here, 

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Saginaw, Mich.-— Raymond ' G. 
Ulbrich, former manager of WDMJ* 
•Marquette, has been named as- 
sistant to prexy' Milton Greene 2 * 
foaum at WSAM here; 

Albany — Marty Ross, former disk ! 
jockey at WOKCX and WPTR and 
an Army pfc for the past year, is 
now on the staff of- an*- Armed' 
Forces station in Berlin.' He also 
has done an off-screen commentary 
on a film which the Berlin Sym- 
phony Orchestra made and which 
Is to be televised in the TJ. S. Ross’ 
brother, Herbert, 1* a salesman 
here for Columbia Pictures, 

Houston A new half-hour 
audience participation show will 
make it* debut here on KTHT, to 


be called “Kitchen Canteen,” There 
will be quizzes and entertainment 
for the women on the series pro- 
duced by John Norman, Tom 
Of borne will be announcer for the 
series, Bruce BurkLs will provide 
the musical background, while Loci 
Passe will assist in the quiz por- 
tion* of the airings. 

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** San Antonio — John W; Fraser, 
account executive with KABC here, 
has resigned to join a local ad- 
vertising agency. He was at KABC 
for the past four, years. Prior to 
that he was promotion manager at 
WHB, Kansas City. 

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Albany — Bill Bennett is now 
doing a Saturday midnight deejay- 
I interview hour from De Gregory’s 
Restaurant in Saratoga Springs 
over WPTR. 

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Albany— Jackie Gleason Enter- 
prises, Inc., has. been chartered to 
conduct a * theatrical, television, 
radio and motion picture business 
in New York. Francis J. Murphy 
is a director and filing attorney. 

Cleveland— Penny Bell, formerly 
of WEOL, doe* a newscast nightly 
at WNMO for a hearing-aid spon- 
sor , . . Mike Graver, formerly with 
WHK sales, now with Carr Liggett 
Advertising . * . Pat and Doris Mc- 
Cormick, singers, and Tommy Mc- 
Cprmick, pianist-organist, ' along 


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.with Lenny Baker and Gloria Gott- 
fried, on the “Penthouse Party” 
11 p jn. TV stanza Saturday nights 
at WEWS . * ♦ Ed Maxwell, AFRA 
prexy here, resigned at . WTAM- 
WNBK for law biz. Stations add- 
ed Karl Bates, formerly of the Lib- 
erty network, to take over the an- , 

nouncing job. 1 

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Cleveland— Ted Malone, news 
commentator, will replace Shep- 
herd L, Witman on the Monday- 
thtu-Friday, five-minute, 11:10 pun. 
commentary stint on WXEL. Wit- 
man Is stepping qut the Central 
National Bank sponsored shows to 
devote more time to the Council 
on World Affairs here, of which 
he is executive director. McCann- 
Erickson is. the agency. 

Malone will move to Cleveland, 
but will continue to record for his 
ABC network stints. 

- Greensboro, 'N/C. — Robert P. 
Hardenbergh, former business em- 
ployee of WBIG in Greensboro, has 
become am, account exec With the 
Crosley radio" 'stations. He will 
coveX Illinois, Wisconsin, and Id 4 " 
dian* for the Cro&tey firm from 
headquarters in Chicago, - 

Boston— Sherm Feller has joined . 
WLAVf, handling a cross-the-bojdul' 
disk jockey stanza, llrl5 p.m. to 
12:30- a.m. 

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Philadelphia — George A. Koeh- 
WFIL-TV, has been named radio 
ler, director of advertising and pit* 
motion since 1949 for WFIL and 
sales direptor, He succeeds Norman 
R, 'Prouty, who joins the Katz 
Agency in New York City. 



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- America. Through far-reaching changes in the last twelvf years, 
the farmer has become one of America’s most important consumers as well, - 
s " \ i Here are some of the factors that have made him '"Vbur Best Customer:” 

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5 ' - s'^ ^ Itt 1940 income from farming was less than $11 billion; in 1951 it was $37.5 billion; 

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In 1950 the farmer's purchases of consumer merchandise were 2/t rimes 
what they were in 1940. 

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In 1940 total farm assets were $54 billion. By 1951 they were $153 billion. 

In this same period, mortgages, in relation to assets, were reduced "67%. 

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In 1940 the spendable cash held by farm families was $4 billion; in 1951 it was 
nearly $20 billion— $3,178 per family— many rimes the liquid assets 
of the average city dweller. 


These are just a few of the statistics that illustrate how Important 
It Js to reach the rural market — your best customer. In WLW-Land, 
WLW radio reaches more of them more often for less 
than any other medium. Ask to see the WLW story 
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192,2 * 1952 


Clere/s AFRA to Make 13 
Awards for AM, TV ‘Bests’ 
la 2d Animal Selection 

Cleveland, Aug. 19. 
Thirteen; “bests” in both radio 
and tele will be honored by. the* 
Cleveland local of American Fed- 
eration of. Radio Artists in -the sec- 
ond annual AFRA awards for 1952, 
Selection "of v the “bests’’ will be 
made by a group of seven judges', 
including Mrs/Nadyne King, , chair- 
man, radio division, Federation of 
Women's Clubs; Lewis E. Fender, 
director 1 public relations, U. S. 
Steel; Hal Stedfeld, Stedfeld * 
Byrne, Inc.; William B..Levenson, 
assistant superintendent Lb charge 
of Cleveland . elementary ^schools; 
Stanley Anderson, radio-TV editor. 
The Press; George Condon, radio- 
TV editor* The Plain Dealer, and 
Ben Wickham, radio-TV ’ editor, 
The News. Sanford Markey, of 
AFRA, is secretary to the judges. 

.Selection of award winners will 
be made in. both radio and tele 
for “best”' woman’s program; chil- 
dren’s; news, including, straight 
news and commentary; ’ sjmrts, in- 
cluding play-by-play arid sports- 
casting; musical performance, 
either to an individual or group; 
Commercial, including both, -spot 
and regular, commercials. 

An award will also be given to 
the v best ' program and performer 
in radio' and TV. The “best” radio 
disk jockey will be selected, while 
in tele, the judges will pick the 
individual whose presentation of 
filifts and/or emcee performances 
“contribute most to the success -of 
the program.” • » 

As for station themselves, the 
judges will, a* they did last year, 
honor the station for best promo- 
tion, public service 'and special 
service programming. 

Last year AFRA made 10 pres- 
entations at the Annual Awards 

Luncheon in March. 

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BIG BOOM IN DALLAS 
ON VIDEO SET SALES 

Dallas, Aug. 19. 

While; some 'Arms are having a 
summer slump, among the happiest 
business men here ire those wh<5 
have a franchise to .distribute TV 
sets. Biz is so good that some dis- 
tributors- complain they are having 
trouble filling , dealers’ orders. 

One distributor Stated that his 
$ales during June and July were 
the highest for that period in the 
firm’s history. “July sales alone 
were 23 t’imes as high jts those dur- 
ing July, 1951,” he said... “Of 
course, business was rotten in July 
of 1951, but our sales in July were 
twice as heavy as in March,, also a 
good month.” 

One firm reported that sales fell 
down slightly after the national 
conventions, but added that “busi- 
ness has picked up again.” 

Some distributors say that they 
are having trouble getting as many 
sets, as they need. Manufacturers 
are in the process of changing 
from old models to new. Secondly, 
manufacturers’ stocks were de- 
pleted by the heavy run of sets 
in June and July. At least one 
firm has put all its distributors 
and dealers on an allocation sys- 
tem. 

Local dealers point to three fac- 
tors which have contributed to the 
sale of TV sets — first, lifting of 
credit restrictions; second, arrival 
of “live” network TV in the area, 
and third, the two political conven- 
tions. 

• Dealers be.lieve/that the conven- 
tions did much to further the sales 
of TV sets. ’ One local dealer said 
his July sales was up 300% mainly 
due to the Chi telecasts. 

Regarding fall outlook for TV 
sales, most dealers are highly op- 
timistic. 

Figures produced by the Dallas 
Power & Light Co. substantiate 
distributors’ reports of good sales 
during June and July. 


’ 20 . 1952 



... , Pittsburgh, Aug io 
It be$ns to look as if Pittsburk 
may get an additional TV chaS 
•fterali. Acting as a private c?t? 

Sk’WSF&feBS* 

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Tbs move for a station at Irwin 
11 miles from Pittsburgh, is anan! 
parent -attempt to resolve the riT 
finding another outlet for 
western Pennsylvania within the 
.framework of the present FCC xZ 

present alloca* 
■S$5£ Pittsburgh would have in the 
VHF range only WDTV, which is 
being moved from Channel 3 to 2* 
another commercial outlet, Chan! 

Educational station, 
i Three other stations. 

range ' kave also been 
allocated, but nobody seems toa 
eager to get them. 

.n^eof contention has been prin- 
CipaUy.ihe allocation of Channel 4 
Dnd^r the FCC rules, it could not 
be granted to Pittsburgh because 
pf a slight overlap with WLWC in 
Columbus, O, It’s Channel 4 which 
Mayor Lawrence has asked to be 
assigned to Irwin. Mayor pointed 
out that Irwin, has a population of 
4,228 and that the FCC rules “pro- 
vide for ' the assignment of TV 
channels to many cities which have 
a smaller population than Irwin, 
Pa. He said that under present 
minimum assignment separation 
rules Channel 4 cannot be assigned 
“to any community in Pennsylvania 
larger than Irwin and to very few 
other communities at all.” 


VETLUGUIN (EX-METRO) 
ON CBS’ ‘STUDIO ONE’ 

Voldemar Vetluguin, one-time 
head of Metro’s story department 
reporting directly to Louis B. 
Mayer, has joined CBS-TV in New 
York as a . top script department 
exec. His first assignment will be 
consulting, on story properties for 
the web’s “Studio One.” 

Vetluguin left the M-G story 
department to, move into a pro- 
ducer’s 'berth bnd later was a pro- 
ducer on the Columbia Pictures lot 
in ^Hollywood. 


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Steve Hannegan and Morton Dow- 
ney will judge). 

“Stork Club” is now sustaining, 
for all of Billingsley’s cuffo com« 
mercials for Fatima. As a show biz 
entity, the show projects a unique 
brand of glamor which must in* 
trigue a large croks-section whose 
vicarious associations with the w.k. 
bistro have come from a barrage 
of press blurbs hardly rivaled by 
any othe nitery. .Winchell alone 
has made the Stork assume an aura 
and atmosphere that is a cross be- 
tween Madame Pompadour »in her 
heyday and 10 Downing St. 

This TV show does a lot to in- 
stitutionalize the posh cabaret- 
restaurant into the solid establish- 
ment that; it has become, a nice 
spot for nice folks and you don’t 
have to be a walking Fort Knox or 
a lammister from Glamville in or- 
der to enjoy the environment. Bill* 
ingsley blends the celebs with the 
jes’ nice folks in reality, and “Stork 
Club” on TV achieves that blend 
and projects it well. This perhaps 
is the show’s prirrfi aopeal and, it 
truth Were known, perhaps Billing- 
sley’s major reason for adding the 
video adjunct ajt such expense ana 
essaying it so importantly. The fact 
that Fa’tima, or somebody else, can 
underwrite the institutional buiia* 
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Nielsen Coverage Service, which 4* 
was to deliver Its report on cover- 
age of AM and TV stations and 
networks by Aug. 15^ has been de- 
layed and may not get the data 
in for' another two- to four weeks. 
A. C. Nielsen's contract witfi NBC, 
the only network which has sub- 
scribed to NCS ' so far, contains 
penalty clauses, whereby the web 
will pay less according to length 
of the delay. 

However, it hasn't been decided 
yet by NBC whether it will clip 
Nielsen for the postponement. 
Web will act on that question^on 
basis of duration of the delay and 
amount of information NCS gives 
in the interim. 

The delay is not expected to 
change the picture in the race be- 
tween NCS and Standard ,Audit 
and Measurement, Inc., outfit 
headed by Dr. Kenneth Baker, 
-former topper of Broadcast Meas- 
urement Bureau, demised outfit 
which conducted two similar 
studies in the past. Reason for 
the delay is tardiness of the tJ. S. 
Census Bureau, which is putting 
out a census of radio- homes. The 
state-by-state breakdowns are not 
completed yet and the Census Bu- 
reau will have about 20 finished 
by Sept, 1, Census delay is also 
likely to affect SAM, to which CBS 
has subscribed, and which . had 
been aiming for an October dead- 
line. 

Because of his desire to meet 
the NBC contract and also scoop 
SAM, Nielsen is paying the Census 
Bureau to rush through some tabu- 
lations. The Census data is used 
primarily for verification purposes, 
to correct and check certain fig- 
ures where a sample is . small. 

An attempt was mad* this spring 
to get SAM and NCiST to blend, - but. 

. this was unsuccessful. Both out-' 
fits have been signing up station 
subscribers and are Still going 
affer . more network 6oin. Which 
‘ nets sign for tha -respective serv- 
ices is likely to be determined . by 
the nature of their results, they 
show, acceptance of their data by 
the industry and 'Rises’ 'to : .which 
they can be put.* 

ABC looked likely to buy Kiel? 
sen's, since it f s a heavy Nielsen 
User, but its, failure fd decide is 
reportedly due td its waiting until 
the FCC decides on status, of its 
proposed merger with United 
Paramount Theatres. 


‘ San Antonio— -Tiln Collins has 
replaced Maryin Broyles aat com- 
mercial announcer and /color 'man 
on the. Mission baseball broadcasts 
of the Texas . League. Airings "are 
heard on KCOR and„ KITE-FM. 
Broyles has resigned to enter pri- 
. vate industry. He was Mso ’ for- 
mer program director of . English 
broadcasts for KCOR. . Collins is 
a member of the announcing ' and 
news staff of KITE. He w$s also 
formerly with Mutual Broadcasting 
System. 


Fair Shake 

“Sing- the Words” packager 
Jay Herbert is permitting NBC 
to hold on to its option on the 
show, Although show had a firm 
sponsorship offer from another 
network with a TV bankroller. 
Unusual aspect is that there is 
no Written pact involved, but 
Herbert feels “a handshake is 
°as good as a 400-page con- 
tract.” 

Herbert shook'' on the deal 
with NBC program veepee 
Charles (Bud) Barry, with 
whom he has made similar 
verbal agreements in the past. 
NBC auditioned “Sing” as a 
radio audience participationer, 
and has a 60<?day option , on 
the musical quiz. 


Poor FCC to Limit 
TV License Battles 


Washington, Aug. 19. 

FCC will hold testimony down to 
minimum in* order to expedite de- 
cisions at its, forthcoming hearings 
on contested applications for TV 
stations, it was indicated^ in ,a pre- 
trial conference before Examiner 
Fanny Litvin today on Cantyn, O., 
applications, which will be heard 
on Oct. 1 in Washington. 

Because of a tight budget, it’s 
unlikely that many hearings will 
be held in the field.. Aside from 
travel expense, FCC is expected to 
nix requests for field’ hearings? Th 
order to hold dowii number of* wit- 
nesses anfi unnecessary* evidence, 
Lawyers will be asked to submit 
testimonials regarding community 
standing of applicants in written 
form. * . 

So far, approximately 100 appli- 
cations have been designated for 
hearing. In addition to Canton, 
applications for Denyer, Portland, 
.Qre., and Waterbury, Conn., have 
been scheduled. 


Columbia U. Sjtudes Now 
Caif Major in Radio, IV 


Wednesday, August 20. I952 


Columbia .U, students will now 
be able to major In radio and TV, 
according to Erik Barnouw, in 
charge of broadcasting courses at 
the university. Students will be 
able to .take courses regularly 
offered by ■ the. School of General 
Studies in .cooperation with NBC. 

" Courses are also open to ' stu- 
dents hot working for a degree. 
This year there - will be' three new- 
broadcasting cotirses: TV Program 
Techniques, with William Hodapp, 
producer, pf “American Inventory”; 
TV, Radio and Filths as Informa- 
tion Media, with. Barnouw; and 
Special Video ‘Effects, with James 
A. Glenn, manager of‘ NBC-TV ! s 
special effects department. 





As TV Pre-Noon Sales Aid 


Chicago, Aug. 19. 

'Althotigh fall video business gen- 
erally is perking along nicely, pre- 
noon availabilities are apparently 
still proving a bit tough to move. 
As. an indication, WNBQ is con- 
tinuing its “five-for-two” discount 
plan fpr its morning, station break 
spots. Deal will go bn indefinitely, 
but is subject to a change on 30 
days' notice. It was originally 
framed as a hot weather come-on. 




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Loam in Can. TV 

Toronto, Aug. 19. 

The CIO and AFL have started 
a battle royal for control of new, 
lucrative . union membership in 
Canadian TV. v 

William Dale, steward of the 
Toronto local of International Al- 
liance of Theatrical & Stage Em- 
ployees (AFL.), last week ordered 
mobile TV units; , and crews of 
the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. 
off thq lot wherrthe state-operated 
system’ attempted to record a run 
of “Naughty -Marietta,” current at- 
traction a.t Melody Fair, tent setup 
in Dufferin Park. Dale is chief 
electrician -at Melody Fair. ^ 

Dale threatened t^at stagehands 
and,,, electricians , would walk out,; 
taking . the ‘ '“Naughty Marietta” 
east, if the CBC Crew was allowed 
to continue its intentions. With 
last-minute dispute relayed’ to Ben 
Kamslexy ' general .manager of 
Melody Fair—phifya sellout house 
\yith. standees— Kamsler' was .forced 
to tell, the CBC boys tp pack up. . 

Bald. Dale: “These jthe CB.C 
crew) are non-uriion men handling 
electrical equipment, and lighting 
alongside union meh;:and we had 
no warping.” :. . ■ “‘v *' . ' 

Canadian - Congress. ,of Labor 
claims ih rebuttal that the ’ CBG 
production staff; belong to the Na- 
tional Assn. - 6f Broadcast En- 
gineers and Technicians, an inter- 
national QIO. affiliate,- despite^the 
charges of - ; 1AT$E, Mean whfte, 
Walter ‘MurdOChi head of the Ca- 
nadian Musicians Union, currently 
is seeking specific increases over 
present radio rates/ for musicians 
when a performance 'is being tele- 
vised gnd alsct broadcast. ‘ 

‘For TV commitments, Murdoch 
.wants a $2 per half-hour raise for 
.his members, this a minimum $12 
for 30 minutes compared with $10 
for radio tasks. CBC TV is getting 
underway in Canada early in Sep- 
tember,, with stations in Toronto 
and Montreal the nucleus of a 
state-operated trans-Canada chain. 

Chi NBC, Scenic Artists 
Pact Likely to Settle 
New 7-Day Work Concept 

, Chicago, Aug. 19. 

NBC and United Scenic Artists 
| here are on the verge of a new com*- 
tract which has ramifications for 
the industry considerably beyond 
the scope of the number of per- 
sonnel involved. Only stumbling 
block remaining is the now stand- 
ard radio-TV concept of a seven- 
day operation with no premium 
wages for Saturday and Sunday 
work. 

Radio talent and technical un- 
ions have long since accepted the 
Sunday to Sunday operation. How- 
ever, with the advent of television 
and the emergence of the many 
craft unions new to the broadcast- 
ing situation, the problem of week- 
end overtime has cropped up. The 
networks, of course, have stuck to 
their guns and have been generally 
successful in selling the seven-day 
idea to the new guilds. 

In fact, if, as expected, the Chi 
artists go along with the work 
week, the webs figure they have re- 
moved the last hurdle to universal 
acceptance of the idea. The New 
York eraft unions have already 
okayed the concept in their current 
contracts. 

It’s the network’s argument that 
they must, under, their FCC char- 
ters, operate on a seven-day basis 
and that, therefore, weekends are 
normal working days. 


Radio High Sign 

’ Confronted ' with the .Ameri- 
can Guild of Variety Artists* 

, ban on talent being .inter- 
viewed on' radio disk jockey 
shows, ‘ Ivan Black and , Jim 
Moran, \Vho do a show nightly 
from the Bjfie Ribbon, N. Y„ 
eatery, nonetheless' inter- 
viewed singer Bernice Parks 
last week — but via Sign -lan- 
guage. Show is aired over 
WVNJ, Newark (N. J.) radio 
indie. 

Black and Moran had Miss' 
Parks at their mike, asking 
her questions which she could 
answer by nodding her head 
“yes” or “no,” or by signalling ■* 
her answers. They. th en ex- 
plained to their listeners the 
reason she could not speak to 
them. To give them a chance , 
to hear her voice, though, 
they played one of her record* ” 
ings. 


NAEB ‘Heritage’ 



“The Jeffersonian Heritage,” se- 
ries produced by the National 
Assn, of Educational Broadcasters, 
wifi be made available to commer- 
cial outlets on a sustaining basis. 
Outlets will be able to beam the 
13' half-hour dramas for the cost 
of the pressings alone, about $25. 

In New . York the series preems 
Sept. 14 oyer WNYC, the municipal 
station, in a 1 p.m. Sunday- slot. 
Kickoff in other educational sta- 
tions will be on the same date. 

“Jeffersonian” and three or four 
other series, are being financed un- 
der a $300,000 grant from the 
Fund for Adult Education, estab- 
lished by * the t Ford 1 Foundation. 
Series, stars .Claude Rains, was 
written by Morton Wisher grad 
and, Milton Geiger and produced 
and directed by" Frank PApp, with 
music composed, and Conducted by 
‘Wladimir* SelinjsS^.* ■ 1 :• 

NeyipOur N. Siegel, NAEB prexy, 
said that th£ 'series is not biograph- 
ical bqt “recreates. Jefferson as a 
hying, vbicp, his' ideals as living 
ideals .and., his principles as endur- 
ing qualities that should guide men 
of the present day.” 

RATE FIRST GUEST FOR 
REVAMPED BERLE SHOW 

Martha Raye will be first guest 
on .the; revamped Milton Berle 
show, which tees off: for the season 
Sept. 16. Other outside talent is 
expected to be .signed as soon as 
the first script is completed. The - 
writers wifi be headed by. Good- 
man Ace, and staff, will comprise 
Aaron Rubin, Arnold Auerbach, 
Ray Golden, Selma Diamond And 
Jay Burton. Burton is the only 
holdover from tlie previous script 
sector. Greg Garrison will be 
director, and Ben Griefer will 
supervise the show on behalf of 
■ the William Morris Agency. Tex- 
aco, through the Kudner agency, 
will sponsor the Berle layout for 
three out of four weeks. 

Buiclc will sponsor the fourth 
week. Buick format hasn't been 
set yet. Kudner is currently mull- 
ing George Jessel to topline a show. 
They are also toying with a circus 
idea. 


TV Integration Theme 
Of NAEB Convention 

“Integrate into TV or Die!” will 
be theme of the National Assn, of 
Educational Broadcasters annual 
convention, in Minneapolis Nov. 
6 - 8 . 

Major emphasis will be placed 
on video this year, with practical 
demonstrations of use of the me- 
dium. Closed circuit TV operations 
will be part of the confab, with 
equipment from KUOM, the U. of 
Minnesota station. 

Burton Paulu, AM-TV chief of 
U. of Minnesota, will be conven- 
tion chairman. One of the key- 
noters at the parley will be Sen. 
I Hubert Humphrey. 


The romancing of food and^i*. 
advertisers by Windy 

has re ^hed a new 
high this summer and the “come 
ons” are a]U variations of the sam. 
basic theme— merchandising tie-fn! 
with the big name retail chains 

WMAQ the Chi NBC outlet, is in 
its second year with its “Cha n 
Lightning” merchandising ooerSl 
tion, WGN just » few weclTagt 
launched its tie-up with the Inde 
pendent Grocers’ Alliance, boost- 
ing 1,369 stores within the station’s 
coverage area. And now it’s just 
been learned that WBBM, the CBS 
p.&o., has also quietly moved into 
the act. w 

• a PProach is some- 

what different but still aimed at 
the same goal— i.e., providing cli- 
ents using the particular show in* 
volved an additional inducement in 
the form of wider product distri- 
bution,* favored shelf positions and 
featured store displays. The WBBM 
formula*- like the others, is prem- 
ised .on the highly competitive sit- 
uations of the various brands with- 
in the "individual, store and chains. 

Under the WBBM setup the ac- 
tuaT merchandising followup is 
done by the bankrollers them- 
selves, with the station providing 
the client with the “in” with the 
retailers. 

On the daily quarter-hour “Shop- 
ping With the O’Reillys” on which 
the project is being tested, it 
works like this: On each show, be- 
sides the advertisers’ own blurbs, 
three minutes are set aside to plug 
featured items from one of the 
nine grocery chains which are par- 
ticipating to date. In other words, 
the regular sponsors of the show, 
in this case Zippy Starch and Mar- 
cal Paper Products, can offer the 
retailers playing ball with them an 
insert into the program that would 
cost the stores $330 each if it were 
to be purchased from the stqtioD. 

Since the strip itself is paid for 
by the two advertisers, it’s they, 
And not the station, that under- 
writes the cuffo “hitch-hikers." So, 
in this case, It’s not one of those 
“give a little time away to sell a 
little time” formulas that have 
drawn some criticism because of 
their snowballing, possibilities. 

Husing’s One-Shot Gab 

Ted Husing. returns to his old 
stamping grounds as a CBS Radio 
sportscaster for a special one-shot 
Aug. 29, when he’ll call the play- 
by-play £ 0 ^ the Little League 
World Series, which CBS is cover- 
ing from Williamsport, Pa. Show 
will be on the air from 4:30 to 
5:30 p.m., with no sponsor set yet. 

Husing for the last several years 
has been . conducting a twice-daily 
disk jockey show over WMGM, 
N. Y. radio indie. 



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In non-TV sections of America f 
one radio out of every four is al- 
ways. operating in the 1.0 a.m.-ll 
p.m. span, The average sets4n-use 
figure in areas without television is 
better than 25%, it’s indicated in 
two special studies maie for .MBS 
by J. A. Ward, Inc., in which over 
1,150,000 phone calls were made. 

First Ward study is a sampling 


of those -sections of the country 

which are beyond the range of TV. 
It’s pointed out by Richard J. Puff, 
MBS research director, that this 
area, covering 86% of the land 
area of the nation, includes 39.6% 
of tJ. S. radio homes and a popu- 
lation of 60,000,000. In non-TV 
markets there are 795 network AM 
stations in 531 communities. 
•Ward’s findings on share-of-audi- 
ence showed Mutual leading with 
41 % , with the three other networks 
getting respectively, 22%, 17% and 
12%, and the indies getting an 8% 
share. 

Reason for the Mutual leader- 
ship may be the fact that MBS has 
a local station in four, out of every 
five of the 531 communities of non- 
TV America, 37 more station cities 
than the three other networks put 
together. 

Mutual led’ also in average rat- 
ings in. the non-TV area, according 
to Ward. MBS got 10,8 bating, with 
the other nets earning 5.9, 4.5 and 
3.2, respectively, and the indies 
2.1%., r 

Study was done on the telephone 
coincidental method.. A sample of 
151 cities was chosen to represent 
a cross-section of the 531 commu- 
nities covered, ... , 

Grassroots .Coverage 

At the same time, as the non-TV 
study was made, Ward ' gathered 
data to update the “Hometown 
America” study / Crossley, Inc., 
made for Mutual two years ago. 
This was a study of those comr 
munities in which Mutual has the 
only network station in town. 

The 1950 report indicated that 
dialers in a particular city prefer 
the local outlet to out-of-town sta- 
tions. It fits in with Miitual’s sales 
pitch as the “grassroots network.” 

The ’52 followup shows that 
-MBS raised its audience share by 
an additional 11%, getting a 61% 
share in its home base markets, 
with the other nets getting 14%, 
14% and 4%, and the indies 8%. 
Average ratings wore 16^6 for MBS 
and 3.9, 3.7 and 1,0 for the other 
skeins, with the indies drawing 2.1. 

Jim Ward, who supervised the 
Non-TV’ America survey, was for- 
merly veepee-general manager of 
Crossley, Inc., when that firm made 
Mutual's “Hometown America” 
study. Current studies were 
financed by MBS, with over 100 
of its affiliates kicking in. 


Dallas WFAA Fare Set For 
Seven-Day Week Sked 

Dallas, Aug. 19. 

WFAA’s live-talent early morn- 
ing alrer, “The Early Birds,” will 
start a seven-day week Sunday, 
Sept. 7. Now in its 23rd year, show 
has-been a southwestern air favor- 
ite since it began a daily Monday- 
through-Saturday, 45-minute ’sched- 
ule, 7:15-8 a.m., in October, 1929. 

Present cast includes Elmer 
Baughman, Ben McCleskey, emcee 
John Allen, vocalists Claire Stewart,' 
Johnny Nolton, George Bent and 
Norvell Slater; musical director 
Wilbur Ard ai.d staff orch. ' 

Alex Kees^station manager, be- 
lieves the seven-day week airing 
schedule is without precedent here- 
abouts. 


Miles Bowout 



NBC-TV, which wrapped up the 
rotating sponsors ‘on- its Saturday 
nigfht “One Man’s Family” last 
week when- Procter Sc Gamble 
signed to alternate on the show 
with Miles Dabs, this Week was 
back, where it started. P&G is still 
in, but . Miles ..backed out, which 
now forces the web to line up a 
new bankroller to rotate with 
P&G. •' 

“Family” has been aired the last 
few seasons. Saturday nights ’ at 
7:30. Last season, Miles shared. the 
sponsorship hodors with’ Sweet- 
heart Soap. When the latter firm, 
checked off, NBC had little trouble 
in signing P&G’s Ivory Soap as^a 
replacement. As a result of the 
checkout, NBC’s Saturday night 
fall lineup, which last week was 
SRO from 7:30 to 11, now has an- 
other hole to be filled. 


EATON ADDS TO CHAIN 
WITH CLEVE. WJMO BUY 

Cleveland, Aug. 19;- 
WJMO, which went on the air 
five years ago, is selling out to 
Richard Eaton, operator of five 
eastern stations that concentrate 
on race-religion broadcasts. Sta- 
tion is sunup to sundown Opera- 
tion, with W. J. Marshall as prin- 
cipal stockholder. 

Sale is expetced to be confirmed 
by the FCC ^ithin a month. Dave 
Baylor, general manager, has an- 
nounced he is stepping out of the 
station’s operations for a position 
elsewhere in Cleveland. JHe’ll be 
succeeded by Bob DeTchon, who 
is now sales manager. : 


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Detroit’s CKLW Looks 
For Lush Fall Billings 

Detroit,' Aug.. 19. . 

CKLW. is looking forward’ t& one 
of the largest fall billings; in his- 
tory, it was announced^’ by J. E. 
Campeau, president. He said 25 
local merchants who have been 
consistent advertisers on CKLW 
forvtwo years or longer were Re- 
newing :in the. fall, On the national 

side, approximately the same num- 
ber have signed for fall programs. 

Campeau also announced that 
Sun Oil Co, will sponsor broad- 
casts: of Michigan . State College 
football' games this fall. 



$2,345,000 Billings 

. Chicago, Aug. ' 19. 

Past several days has seen a 
flock of renewals coming into the 
Chi NBC sales 'office, totaling $2,- 
345,000 in gross network time bill- 
ings. 

Biggest item was the year’s re- 
pacting of the morning “Dial Dave 
Garroway” strip by Armour & Co. 
Packing firm, through Foote, Cone 
Sc Belding, for the 'Upcoming sear 
son has put its entire account be- 
hind ’the show. Previously, only 
the Dial soapworks budget was in- 
volved. 

Allis-Chalmers is riding for the 
eighth year with “The National 
Farm and Hqme Hour.” Skelly Oil 
is sticking with Alex Dreier’s 
morning newscast and the Satur- 
day a.m. “This Farming Business,” 
both on 30 outlets: 

Also wrapped up are the “Dr, 
Paul” serial, backed on 62 stations 
by Wesson Oil; and the "Faultless 
Stafeh - Time” 'show, riding' on 60 
stations for the Faultless firm. 


’Radio-TV Audiences 
Of America’ incubated 

In Civil Liberties’ Pitch 

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4 Chicago, Aug. 19. 

A .new audience association 
“dedicated to the- improvement of 
broadcast programs and the pre- 
servation of civil liberties on the 
airways” is being formed by Dave 
Edelson, Vet radio figure here. 
Group of prominent civic personal- 
ities have been named to head up 
the organization tagged Radio and 
Television Audiences of America. 

Purpose of the group, according 
to Edelson, is to upgrade radio and 
TV fare and to serve as a clearing 
house for biographical material on 
performers. Edelson said the out- 
fit will be completely non-political 
and has no intention of clelving in- 
to the private activities of radio- 
TV people. 

Soon to be launched is a national 
membership campaign; • with no 
dues or assessments. Edelson said 
the group may eventually put out 
a magazine as a possible source of 
revenue. ..The group will work “to 
■encourage extensive patriotic pro- 
grams and to promote the right of 
free speech, free press and the 
freedom of the airways; and to sup- 
press immoral radio and TV pro- 
grams or those tending to hold up 
to ridicule or scorn any person 'or 
group because of race, color or 
creed.” 

Dr. Preston Bradley, pastor of 
the Peoples Church and radio com- 
mentator, has been named prexy 
of the organization. Veepees In- 
clude Mel Torme, radio-TV singer; 
Dwight H. Green, former Illinois 
governor; James Hart, managing 
director of the Ambassador East 
and West and the Hotel Sherman, 
and F. C. Jfrrgang, Chi business- 
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FOR CBS MOPPET SHOW 

CBS Radio snagged new sponsor 
blood this week, setting a deal with 
Mrs. Grass’ Soups to make its AM 
bankrolling debut as sponsor of 
a new Saturday morning moppet 
show. 

CBS plans to make room for 
the new show by moving the Galen 
Drake program, now on Saturday 
morning from' 10:15 to 10:30, back 
a half-hour. By slotting the kid 
show at 10:15, the web will' have 
a solid Saturday morning chil- 
dren’s block, -with “Quiz Kids” go- 
ing from 10:30 to 11, and “Let’s 
Pretend” from 11:05 to 11:30 
(after a five-minute newscast)* 


Stevenson Pulls Minority 
Intel tsi Out of TV Bid 

Washington, Aug. 19. , 

Democratic presidential nominee 
Adlai Stevenson has ‘ withdrawn 

his minority interest in -a company 
which hAs an application before 
the > FCC for a TV, station in 
Springfield, HI. The' applicant, 
Sangamon Valley Television Corp., 
filed an amendment With the Cofir-; 
mission last Friday (15) in' which 
Gov. Stevenson assigns his 2.5%' 
interest (100 shares at $100 a 
sharep to WTAX, Inc,, which holds 
a major stock interest in Sanga- 
mon. 

Stevenson announced, following 
his nomination for the Presidency, 
that he would dispose pf his broad- 
cast interests. He holds a 25% in- 
terest in the Bloomington Para- 
graph, a daily, which owns &0% of 
the stock of radio station WJBC in 
Bloomington, I1L Governor’s sis- 
ter, Elizabeth* Ives, "also, has. * 
minority interest in The Panta* 
graph and is .a stockholder in 
Sangamon Valley. , . 

The original Sangamon applica- 
tion* gives Stevenson’s net income 
in 1950 and 1951 as over $25,000 
and his assets as over $50,000. 



As 'Big Show Sub 

NBC radio will fill W hour-and- 
a-half Sunday evening time held 
by the late “Big Show” for the last 
two seasons , with three long-estab- 
lished AM properties. , Web, which 
is rapidly rounding its fall pro- 
gramming lineup into shape, has 
decided to slot the new “Baby 
Snooks” show, “Aldrich Family” 
and “Life of Riley” into the 6:30 
to 8 Sunday night period. No spon- 
sor has been tagged yet for any of 
these shows. 

Under present Sunday evening 
plans, NBC will have “Hollywood 
Star Playhouse,” bankrolled by 
American Bakers Assn., in at 5. 
“Barrie Craig,” which . is to be part 
of the web’s “Operation Tandem” 
this year, will go at 5:30. “Texas 
Rangers,” which is being offered 
to affiliates as part of' the “Minute 
Man” co-op setup, goes at 6. Then 
“Snooks” will follow at 6:30, 
“Aldrich” at 7 and'I’Riley” at 7:30. 

Phil Harris-Alice Faye show re- 
turns to the 8 o > clock slot, with 
Theatre Guild resuming at 8:30. 
“Dragnet” goes 9:30 to „ 10, with 
“Meet the Press” set for the 10 to 
10:30 period. 


t. important ingreiW 

™ d . aytlm f. WwWob is changin' 
h *. ingredients, according , 0 2 
btjr Stark, Indie AM-TV 
who, has been producing the Katti 
Norris show (now on WABD n v 
for, four and a half years. ’ Y,) 

Stark is using the present neri^ 

. tt* e . program, while hi s P S 
KathU is on sabbatical leave tS 
have her second child, to exnJi 

Srmate 

formats. xhe stress on revision? 
ana changes was stepped up ?„ 
May, when pianist Stan F reem I 
was added to the cross-the-2 
scries, and later singer Johnny M 
.drews was, signed. Since then 
other new features have beS 
launched, inoiuding "Cue's Ladies' 
Choice,” talent search done in m 
Operation with Cue mae- “Tf r 
Were You” a panel feature with 
teenagers, afid “What’s Your Pun’’ 
an audience participation segment 
among others. The result, Stark 
says, has been a hypoed rating. 

If you hit a successful format - ” 
the packager observes, “you can’t 
keep ‘it; that way. You’ve got to 
improvise and improve. The only 
thing that doesn’t change is the 
need, to change.” 

: One’ element that remains rela- 
tively constant' Is the femcee the 
personality who “has to be natu- 
ral, believable^ and friendly,” Stark’ 
says. But, just as a housewife 
wouldn’t accept a neighbor who 
came In every day with the same 
stories and moods, so the viewer 
wants to see her TV friend sur- 
rounded by different people and in 
varied situations.” 

Over four years ago, when Miss 
Norris . first, started her show, 
“Your TV Shopper,” the emphasis 
of daytime tele was on service, 
telling the viewer “how to do it.” 
Later there was the addition of 
variety shows, name personalities 
such as Garj-y Moore and Kate 
Smith, and soap operas. The most 
potent formula is still to be dis- 
covered, Stark believes, and he 
feels it will embrace a relaxed, 
friendly approach, a warm, human 
personality who treats the viewer 
on a mature level, a variety of pro- 
gram material and a deft use of 
showmanship and entertainment 
values. 


Chi Co-Op Educ’l Group ' 
Moving Slowly Towards 
Own TV Station Setup 

Chicago, Aug. 19. 

The group of Chicago educa- 
tional institutions which has 
joined forces to get a television 
station going on Channel 11 re- 
served for that use is inching to- 
ward the goal. Progress to date 
has admittedly been slow, but the 
committee is confident the station 
will become an actuality within the 
time limit set by the FCC when 
it staked out the “reserved for 
education” channels last spring. 

Chicago Board of Education, key 
element in the co-op group, last 
week leased two top floors in a 
Loop building which eventually 
will be used for studios and as 
transmitter site for the station. 
Illinois Institute of Technology has 
also entered a standing offer to 
donate land on its South Side 
campus for a studio building. 

Committee, comprised of 12 in- 
stitutions, hasn’t yet formally ap- 
plied for a construction permit 
from the FCC. As of now, the 
necessary funds which must be 
outlined in the FCC application 
aren’t at hand. However, the Ford 
Foundation has been formally ap- 
pealed to for $4,000,000 which, it’s 
figured, would cover a six-year pe- 
riod. Also, local foundations and 
civic leaders are being approached 
for funds. 


Regina, Sask. — Prof. E. M. Jones, 
of the U. of Saskatchewan, Saska- 
toon, has been named drama pro- 
ducer for the Canadian Broadcast- 
ing Corp. in Winnipeg, Man., and 
as such will be in charge of the 
weekly \yinnfpeg drama series. The 
CBC is planning extension and 
improvement Of prairie region 
drama porgrams. Prof. Jones 
founded the university drama de- 
partment and has been its head 
since 194$. 



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ft. «>e l, ^Si)S. ; Coi , i Can. Sales Accent, 

Spearheaded by Pounds 


Ste I plans S for 1 a St coop«ratlve Effort 

to toPO the jnclusion^f ^either 


Harold E. Pounds has been 
named merchandising manager 
for Columbia Records in Canada 


setup in Canada, Pounds expects to 
add sales promotion staffers 
Toronto and Montreal. 


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Vrfl Playing equipment 

** 50 i? io/fks on all tele sets. Plan with headquarters in London, On- 
«r reactivation, of RTMA’s tarlo. Pounds had been sales pro- 
Phonograph Industry- Committee motion manager for Sparton of 
a fnr a survey to be* made among Canada, Ltd., manufacturers of Col 
*5? S; manufacturers to determine platters in the Dominion. 

2. timber of video sets now being . In a move to expand Col's sales 
Sade with Phono jacks. 

It was disclosed at the Conclave 
that only about *% of all new tele 
sets are being manufactured with 
record players. During the first 
auarter of 1950, however, over 20% 
of all sets were phono-equipped. 

The Phonograph Industry Com- 
mittee, which has been, inactive 
since the outbreak of .the Korean 
war, is expected to hold its first 
meeting early in October. J. A. 

Berman, veepee of Shure Bros,, 
will chairman , the committee. 

Leonard Bernstein Paces 
Hub Boogie. Band Benefit 



Col Defers To 
RCA on EP 45 

Columbia Records is leaving the 
‘extended play” 45 rpm disk field 
| to RCA Victor exclusively for the 
time being. Victor- is ; launching 
the 45 EP line this fall but Col 
| execs are holding off until they 
can judge the impact of the new 
disk on the market. 

. 10 The EP platters, which are the 

, Boston, AUg. same size as the standard 45 rpm 

Surrounded by well-known jazz disks, will give from six to . nine 
names, Leonard Bernstein “broke minutes of music per side. It’S ex- 
it up” at a one-night jam session pected to sell for about $1.50. 
at Hub's Storeyville l^st week. Spot Longer playing time will allow for 
was reopened for one night (Wed.) the packaging of shorter 'longhair 
to raise funds for Storeyville mu- pieces on a single disk at a price 
sicos who lost instruments and per- comparable to the 33 rpm disks, 
gonal belongings when the room- Although Col, too, has. expert 
lng house in which they were liv- rpented with the EP disk, the disk- 
ing while filling engagement at ery’s brass is expected to sit tight 
summer Storeyville, Gloucester, for the next few months awaiting 
burned to the ground recently. public reaction to the platter. Vic- 
■« r»rrnifpcl mem- tor spearheaded the manufacture 

bers?f George Weiri’sStoreyville of the 45 rpm disk three years ago, 
hiyj dJmoJSSte ^iazz at the with most of the majors hopping 

WiSsUiSf on after its acceptance in the mar- 
symposium held at Branaeis univ. , assured 

last June, returned the favor by * 6t liaa 06611 assured. 


New Thomas F. O'Neil, Jr. re- 
gime at Mutual is embarking on 
an expansion of music remotes in 
a drive to strengthen the big bands 
and- at the same time give the web 
more top name orchs. 

Plans are being coordinated by 
Nat Abramson, head of the WOR, 
N.Y., entertainment bureau who 
for .19 years has been handling 
inking of remotes at the Gotham 
key, Abramson is now adding net- 
work remotes to his local WOR 
chores, and will also ink' the hotels 
and bands for the O’Neil stations 
and regional webs (such as Yankee 
and Don Lee). 

WOR contracts have been signed 
with the spots — such as the Wal- 
dorf-Astoria, N.Y., which the outlet 
has had for 18 years. This meant 
that when a band left Gotham it 
would lose its .berth on WOR. Un- 
der .the new setup; when a hand 
Mutual is carrying leaves a par- 
ticular. location it will be picked 
up on. the road by^the Mutual out- 
let In the city it is '"playing. In Chi- 
cago, for example, it would be fed 
to the web by WGN. 

If the out-of-town MBS station 
has a local commercial or commit- 
ment to carry another orch in the 
period, It can still send the MBS 
orch over the line while broadcast 
lng its own show. 

Since Mutual has some 560 sta- 
ion, most of them In grassroots 
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RCA Sees Need 


luring an overflow crowd Into the 
Hub spot to hear him give out with 
jazz treatment, of the “blues,” sueh 
standards as “How High the Moon’’ 
and, accompanied by drums and 
brass, a stanza of boogie woogie. 
While he publicly admitted the lat- 
ter is slightly passe, he neverthe 
less stole the show with his eight- 
to-the-bar agility. 

Management of Hotel Buckmin- 


Col’s hold-off decision resulted 
in the scrapping of the EP; re- 
lease of four tunes etched by the 
new Art Lowry orch. Col kicked 
off the JLowry orch, instead, on two 
78 rpm platters. Tunes cut were 
“Hold Me In Your Heart,” “Some- 
body Else’s Arms,” “Down By The 
O-Hl-O” and “What Do You Mean 
By Loving Somebody -Else.” 


Management of Hotel Buckmin- P * I a JL * Qurjfpli 
ster, where Storeyville is located, rOIll WU5 III uffllvll 
turned over profits on liquor sales « ai i j i i « p 1 

to the fund, which, hypoed by a from “kCIl Label 10 lOl 

H; ove V ^ arg< V Another indication of the thin 

of i^2 s line separating blues and rhythm 

A similar benefit held the same disks from the regular pop output 

evening at Stqreyvdle-^n Glouces- in current market, is the recent 
ter,, spotlighting * Johnny Wind- Four Dads, vocal 


... spotlighting * Johnny Wind 
burst’s band, added several liun 
tired dollars to the total. 


Repeal Saratoga Law 


switchover of the Four Lads, voca 
combo, from the Okeh label to -its 
parent firm, Columbia Records. 

The Four Lads broke in on Okeh 
last year handling the choral chore 
. ~ for the Johnnie Ray etchings. 

On Music Curfew When Ray moved over to Col, the 
« i. «•-.>. in- Four Lads Continued their back- 

Saratoga Springs, Aug. 19. ^ assignments for hinfobut began 

• ' " r Okeh. 

-- -t— i x.jluvv. .. — to give 

was repealed Saturday (16) | t he combo wider selling outlets. 

Initial sessions for Col will be cut 
next week. 


by the City Council. 

Musicians Union, the Saratoga 
Hotel and Restaurant Liquor Deal- 
ers Assn, and the proprietors of 
several local restaurants were be- 
hind the repeal. 

Sheldon’s R&B Spread 

In a move to expand its rhythm 
and blues catalog, Sheldon Music 
last week added Major Robinson, 
Negro columnist for Jet mag, to 
bs staff. Robinson will scout the 
south for the r. & b. material iis 
' v ell as act as liaison between Shel- 
uon and the Gale agency. Latter 
r eps a flock of r. & b. artists. 

Moe Gale, who is associated with 
" ls brother Tim in the" Gale 
agency, is partnered in the opera- 
“°n of Sheldon with Goldie Gold- 
mark. 


Soviet Rights in Peddling Russe Disks 


-+ Precedental battle between Leeds 




River Music Corp. chartered to 
conduct a music publishing and 
theatrical business in New York, 
y-npital stock is 200 shares, no par 
Value, 


Civicers, Unions Co-op 
For K.C. Opera Fete 

Kansas City, Aug. 19. 

Cooperation between civic groups 
and two unions will make possible 
an opera festival next March un- 
der guidance of the. Kansas City 

Philharmonic. Festival will be a 
two-week affair, with “La Boheme,” 
March 12,- 14, and double bill of 
“Pagliacci” and “Cavalleria Rusti- 
cana,” March 17-19. 

Rehearsal time, facilities and 
personnel were a problem for the 
Philharmonic planning group, but 
these were worked out last week 
with concessions from several 
sources. Auditorium advisory 
board is giving free use of the 
Music Hall to the orchestra for 
four days next March. 

Stagehands union, IATSE, and 
musicians, AFM, also agreed to co- 
operate in the rehearsal dates. 


Fair Trade Law 

After a month of “no comment” 
on President Truman’s new Fair 
Trade law, signed July. 14, the ma- 
jor diskeries are opening up with 
official "statements. RCA Victor 
followed the lead taken by Colum- 
bia Records’ prez James B. Conk- 
ling last week by adding its views 
on the controversy -via a statement 
from v.p‘ Paul A. Barkmeier, 

Barkmeier stressed the neces- 
sity to clarify the operation of the 
law in relation to mail order biz 
and price ceilings. As in the Conk- 
ling declaration, Barkmeier stated 
that no decisions had been made 
and the problem was still being 
studied. No offical statements have 
yet been issued by Decca or Cap- 
itol. 

The text of the Victor statement 
is as follows: “The RCA Victor Di- 
vision of Radio Corp. of America 
welcome^ the protection given 
brand names by the new Fair 
Trade law. 

“Before the principles of this 
new law can be' applied to the sale 
of records, however, a- number- of 
important problems must be solved. 
Of particular importance is the ne- 
cessity to clarify the operation of 
the new Fair Trade law in relation 
to the mail order business and to 
price ceilings set by the Office of 
Price Stabilization (OPS). In ad- 
dition, state statutes and enforce 
ment problems, which vary greatly 
from state 'to state, must be care- 
fully studied.” 

ConMing Steps In 

James B. Conkling, Columbia 
Records prez, conducted^ his initia 
record session for the diskery Fri 
day night (15). With Mitch Miller, 
Col’s artists and repertoire -topper, 
and musical director Percy Faith 
out-of-town, Conkling was forced 
to take oyer a rush Sammy Kaye 
session. 

Although this was his first rec- 
ord-cutting job since taking over 
Col’s top post about two years ago, 
Conkling cut sessions for Capitol 
j when he was a. and r. topper there. 
Under Conkling’s aegis, Kaye 
coupled “I Went To Your Wed- 
ding” and “It Wasn’t God . Who 
Made Honky Tofik Angels.” 


m * « p « *i< JL Music and indie record companies 

Wanng m L0BC6II Il6K whleh have been peddling disks 
Af 01 P/tnlrintfc etched In the Soviet Union on the 

ut Midwest, L\ bookings u# s market was seen ln the oU 

Fred Waring orch heads out on last week when Leeds warned 
a two-week concert trek of the mid- the indies that they’ll face legal 
west next month. Orch wiU play ac tion if they continue to release 
21 dates m 15 cities, teeingoff d i sks without Leeds permission, 
with two concerts at the Interstate Crackdown came on the heels of a 
Fair, York,-Pa., Sept, 10. pact signed July 25 between 

Waring, who’s making his first ‘Mezdhunarodnaja Kniga, Soviet 
concert tour in four years, will export agency, and Leeds, giving 
wind up at the Mosque Theatre, latter exclusive representation 
Pittsburgh, Sept. 24. He s skedded rights to * the Soviet etchings in 
to resume his CBS-TV series the U, S. and Canada. 

Sept. 28, Top target in Leeds’ crackdown 

is Colosafcum Records, which al- 
ready has 35" Soviet long-play plat? 
ter* on the market and 250 tape* 
in, the can. Bruno Ranty, Colos- 
seum topper, is prepping a release 
. j schedule of 10. LP disks a month, 
(Af of which four or five will be Soviet 
tapes, and- will buck any action 
taken* by .Leeds, Ranty claim* that 
Franz Lehar’s perennial, “The he’s been getting the tape* through 
Merry Widow,” Is being primed friends in Europe who’ve managed 
for a big shellac push via album. t? Smuggle the tape* from behind 
releases from . three diskeries. the Iron Curtain, and he refuse* to 
“Widow” scramble is sparked by royalty coin to the Soyiet 

the forthcoming Metro remake of government. According to Leeds- 
the operetta with Lana Turner and Kmga pact, the Soviet will receive 
Fernando Lamas. oi w h*t Leeds collects. 

Out on the market last week. Such other labels a* Vanguard, 
were albums from Capitol, star- Westminster, Period, Mercury. and 
ring Gordon MacRae and- Lucille Vox also. have, been releasing So- 
Norman; Columbia, starring Doro- viet-made "recordings in the U. S„ 
thy Kirsten and Robert Rounse- but for the most part, have been 
ville, and the M-G-M soundtrack paying advance royalties. Colos- 
album starring Lamas. Miss Tur- seum, however, ha* ttye top catalog 
ner isn’t heard on the M-G-M al- leading the field with 35 release*, 
bum since she doesn’t warble in Vanguard has three, Westminster, 
the pic. two; Period, three; Vox, one, and 

Similar triple diskery coverage Mercury, two. 
occurred recently with album re- • Accordlng t L d th 
leases from the same companies of thorlzed re lease of any record, or- 
Jerome Kerns Rrt>erta. Cap iginatlng in the Soviet will be an 
etched it with MacRae and Miss infringement of the firm’a rights. 

r sVe he tirs sSSJSSSSS 

s<mUa y r. etchings taSd"^ rival 
Grayson and Howard Keel. companies. As official rep for 

Kniga, Leeds expects to halt this 

Martin Gets Lash Yule 1 pract 


Warning to the indies came Via 

Date at LA. Palladium week. Letter Stated, “TWs letters 

Freddy ASA lush a^U persS. ^ 

Christmas to New Yelr's span at ° r corporation selling or otherwise 
the Palladium terpery, which now JJ 1 £ 66ord IPtfs With- 
has its bookings set through March com P an y» an d 

save for a four-week span in No- l6 8 a * P£0- 

vember. Martin, current at the ”?„ v ° • our + , 

Cocoanut Grove, opens 1 at the Pal- any am * unauthorized 

ladium Nov. 25 for six weeks. He’ll U5e * 

one-nlght-along the Coast between ~ ~ : 

the Grove closing In .October .and. nr . . i . ti 1 a ff* 'is 

the palladium bow. LDerle, lielcn 0 Lonuell 

Les B r °wn, current .at the Pal- ~ ‘ 

ladium, will be followed by Woody KniAm I I) [nr Oliri*!* 

Herman and Billy May for .four - ACJUIU J.U, llll VUCCr 

frames apiece. Next segment, still, . , .Vocalists Boh Eberle and Helen 
is to be filled and . then Martin Q'CJqhnell will rejoin theii* • old 
comes in to.be followed by Stan maestro, .Jimmy. Dorsey, for the 
Kenton and Ralph Flanagan, each first too in .almost 10 years Sat- 

for four frames. .urjjay night (23) for ar special one- 

shot on NBC-TV^s ‘•‘Saturday Night 

t^. t l • xt v l Dance Party.” Producer Hal Janis, 

DlCk Gilbert in IN. I • . . . . .who’s been working on the book- 
. Tft Tunp Tnf»rvipwfl ing.for a number of weeks, receiv- 

io lape interviews ed fiiial confirmation Monday a8 ) 

Dick Gilbert, disk jockey on fpom. Eberle and Miss O/Connell, 
KTYL, Phoenix, arrived in. New, both d f whom are now- doing solo 
York Monday ^ (18) to tape inter- ac t 6 . 

views and station-breaks with shel- .-j- w0 vocalists were part of the 
lac names for his daily platter j-) orse y outfit in the late 1930s and 

-n H S n r ™ri earl y >40s > during the golden era 

with Don Cornell (Coral), Toni of bands. They’ll reprise on the 

Arden and_ Tony Bennett (Columr video show several of the 

bia), June Valli (Victor) and. Steve. ^ unes which they helped make disk 

Lawrence (King). .bestsellers, such as “Tangerine,” 

Gilbert; who s headquartering. in «‘rp ni * n >,i dTln *» 

Gotham at disk flack .Jim. McCarr 

thy's office ‘in the . Brill. Building, , 

heads back to Phoenix Friday (22). . Eckstijie, Basic, Shearing 

7^ In Sept. 24 San Diego Date 

Janir European -Bow > San Diego, Aug. 19. 

Pianist Byron Janis will make Billy Eckstine, the Count Basie 
his first tb.ur of EurdpC ' this au- . band , and the George Shearing 

tos?’ of ^Colunrtfla^^Artists 6 quintet will appear in two shows 

Janis will play with leading or- at Russ Auditorium Sept. 24. 
chestras in Holland, Belgium and Shows will be at 7 and 10 p.m. 
England, and will give recitals in under Norman Granz’s promotion. 

Ita He-U return to the U. S. ^ , Third yerf for the tou^g honeert, 
November. * this ma rks first visit to San Diego. 


cr 


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By M*KB GROSS 


„• Mitch wper Orch: “Meet Mister 
Callagban”-“How Strange” (Co- 
lumbia). “Meet Mr. Callaghan,” 
the standout 'instrumental import 
frqm. England. which got off to a 
winging start'in the U. S. pop mar- 
ket several weeks ago via the Les 
Paul cut on the Capitol label, is 
'given a rich interpretation by 
Mitch Miller's orch and chorus. 
Miller uses a predominant horn 
backing to heighten the tune's in* 
fectious melodic line and it comes 
abro'ss for top impact. This side 
has a good chance to close in on 
the lead gained by the Paul work- 
over. “Callaghan” also gets an 
interesting treatment by The Hany 
Grove Trio on London and Chet: 
Atkins on RCA Victor. Both are 
okay entries but in this strong 
f(eld they’re headed for only sec- 
ond money. 'Miller spotlights the 
smooth, romantic theme of “How 
Strange” effectively via hi$ sock 
horn section. 

Ella Mae Morse: “Male Call”-, 
“A-Sleepin’ At . the Foot of the 
Bed” (Capital). ’ Ella Mae Morse 
has a surefire jukebox:’ udnner in 
‘'Male Call/v Platter ha$~he kind 
of driving delivery and wild beat 
that gets solid coin play. If the 
jockeys get .behind it f . it cohld 
move out on the retail level. ’ It’s 
strictly a performance tune, how- 


ever, giving the tune slim chances 
in the sheet market. Miss Morse 
gives the reverse plenty of sing, 
but It remains a mediocre number. 

Freddy Martin Orch: “You Be-, 
long to Me”-“ Ain't It Grand to Be 
Bloomin' Well Dead” (Victor). 
“You Belong to Me,” one: of the 
best ballad entries to hit the mar- 
ket this summer,* is given an aver- 
age workover by. the Freddy Mar- 
tin Orch. Following the slick 
treatments of Patti Page '(Mercury) 
and Jo Stafford (Columbia) this 
Victor release will have little 
chance for jock or juke spins,. 
Novelty on the flip, an import 
from England, could get the plat- 
ter off the hook.. It has a gay 
spirit and an amusing lyric ex- 
pertly rendered by Murray Arnold 
and The Martin Men. 

Dolores Gray. “Say- #ouni Wait 
for Me”- M Crazy, He" i Calls Me” 
(Decca). Dolores Gray ha s 4 a 
charming ballad , entry in. which to 
showcase, her warm , piping tech- 
nique in “Say You’ll Wait for Me.” 
Tune is an Italian ’ import and. 
looms as. a hit list potential. Miss ’ 
Gray's effective treatment should 
help it in that direction. ■ Bottom 
slice is a.firstrate rework of. the 
oldie popularized by Billie ■ Holi- 
day. Miss Gray'fc performance is 

(Continued on pags 50)? 




The fop, 30 songs of week . (more in case of ties), based on 
copyrighted Audience Coverage Index A Audience Trend Index. 
Published by Office .of Research, Inc., Dr. John Gray, Peatman, 
Director . Alphabetically listed. 

Survey Week of August 8-14 ~ 

' Am I In Love 7 Famous 

; Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart .;.... Hill, A ft 

• Be Anything (But JBe Mine) Shapiro-B 

Blue Tango . 7. *. Mills . 

Botch-A-Me. . .. ! Hollis 

• Delieado" \ Remick 

For the Very First Time ..Berlin 

. Forgive Me • ' ...... . .Advanced 

Half As Much . J Acuff-R 

Here Comes That Mood Life 

Here In My Heart : .Mellin 

High Noon — t“High Noon’* Feist 

-How Close .... Life 

I’ll Forget You ; Witmark 

In The Good Old Summer Time .* Marks 

Just For You — t“Just For You” * . . . Burvan 

• Kiss Of Fire Duchess 

Lover Famous 

Maybe % Robbing 

Once In A While Miller 

• Rosanne ABC 

Roses Of Yesterday. Berlin 

So Madly In Love ShapirO-B 

Somewhere Along Way United 

Sweetest Words 1 Know Life 

Till the End Of the World.’. Southern 

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home . v DeSylva-B-H 

‘ Watermelon Weather Morris 

Wish You Were Here— *“Wish You Were Here”. . . .Chappell 

You Intrigue. Me Remick 

Zing a Little Zong — t“Just For You” Burvan 

Second Group 


A Girl A Fella A Beach Umbrella 

Busybody . i * * 

Ginny 

Hesitation 

I Love You So » ! 

I’m Yours* 

Just a Little Lovin' 

Lovely To Look At 

Luna Rossa .’ • 

Manhattan I . 

My Love and Devotion 

Perfidia 

Should I 

Smoke Rings 

South 

There’s Doubt In My Mind 

Vanessa * 

West Of the Mountains 

When I Fall In Love 

Where Did the Night Go 

You 


Valarido 
Alamo 
Go day 
Mellin 
Jerome 
Algonquin 
Hill & ft 
Harms 
BVC 
Marks 
Shapiro-B 
Peer . 
Robbins 
Am Academy 
Peer 
BMI 
Morris 
Goday 
Young 
Chappell 
Republic 


Top 10 Songs On TV 


A Four-Legged Friend Famous 

Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart Hill & ft 

I Want A Girl Tilzer 

In the Good Old Summer Time .Marks 

Kiss Of Fire Duchess 

' * .'Famoua 

Should I Robbins 

Watermelon Weather . '.V. . . ’ V. Morris 

Wish You Were Here— *“Wish You Were Here”. . . . Chappdll 
Zing a Little Zong— 1“ Just For You” Burvan 

FIVE TOP STANDARDS 

Blue Skies Berlin 

My Little Grass Shack ... . Miller 

Night and Day wl™ 

While We’re Young ‘ .Regent 

With a Song In My Heart Harms 

~ • 

t Filmusical. * Legit musical. 


Survey ' of retail disk best 
tellers . based on reports ob* 
mined from leading' store* in 
12 cities . a.id showing com- 
parative sales rating for this 
and last week. 


II 


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a M 

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National 

Rating 

* 

• 

fhi* Laat 
wk. wk. 


• 11A 


*12C 


Week Ending 
August 16 

, Artist, Label, Tltlo * ^ 


VERA LYNN (London) 

“Auf WtedersehV'— 1227 6 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col.) 

“Half As Much”— 39710 8 5 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col.) 
‘Botch-A-Me”— 3975? ...... 4 X 

EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 

“Wish You Were Here”*— 20-4 830 ♦ 7 2 

FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) 

“High Nooil”— 39770 1 4 

F, LAINE-DORIS DAY (Col.) 

“Sugarbush” — 39693 5 3 

PERCY FAITH (Columbia) 

“Dellcado”— 39708 8 .. 


AL MARTINO (BBS) 

‘(Here In My Heart” — -101 . . 


JO STAFFORD (Columbia) 

“You Belong To Me”— 39811, . . . . 8 - . 

JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) 

“Walkin' My Baby Home”— 39750 . 10 


JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) 

“All of Me”— 39788 . . 2 


PEGGY LEE-G. JENKINS (Decca) 
“Lover”— 28215 


NAT COLE (Capitol) 

“Somewhere Along Way” — 2069. . 9 . . . 


LEROY ANDERSON (Decca) 

“Blue Tango”- 1 — 40220 


NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) 

“Walkin' Baby Back Home”— 2069 


HUGO WINTERHALTER (Victor) 
“Vanesaa”— 20-4691 . 


SLIM WHITMAN (Imperial) 

“Indian Love Call” — 8156 . . . . 


SAMMY KAYE (Columbia) 

“Walkin' to Missouri” — 39769 


TONY. MARTIN (Victor) 

“Kiss of Fire”----20-4671 


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5 2 a y 

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2 3 2 1 1 1 1 
37.. ..2 3 5 


10 * 4 2 . 7 


5 .. 7 6 ^8 9 


_• 1 1 91 

1 4 2 7fl 

3 3 4 fil 

5 . . 6 44 


• ^ ^ ^ •• ^ . . 42 


.. > < 3 .. 3 


3 : 7 .. 


» • » » 8 33 
7 8 7 31 


1 


8 .. 8 '7 5 30 


^ 2 , . . .. 5 .. 4 


5 . . 5 


4 . . . . 20 


4 10 4 


.. 15 


8 6 10 . . .. 10 10 .... 10 14 


10 .'. 6 % 9 5 . . 14 


3 14 


7 8 


EDDY HOWARD (Mercury) 
“Auf WiederseK’n”— 5871. . . 


FIVE TOP 
ALBUMS 


Billy May 

Capitol * 
KCF-329 
DCN-329 
L-329 



JOHNNIE RAY WISH YOU WERE 


ALBUM 

Columbia 

CO-6199 

C2-88 

B-2-88 


HERE 

B'way Ca*t 
Victor 
LOC-1007 
WOC-1007 
OC-1007 


f^rETY 10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines Week of flug 16 


1. auf WIEDERSEH'N (9) (Hill-R) 

2. HALF AS MUCH (10) (Acuff-R) 

3. BOTCH-A-ME (7) (Hollis) .' 

4. WISH YOU WERE HERE (2) (Chappell). 

5. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY (1) (United) 

6. SUGARBUSH (4) (Schimer) 

7. MAYBE (9) (Robbins) 

8. WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME (13) (DeSylva-B-H) 


9. HERE IN MY HEART (13) (Mellin) 


10. DELICADO (12) (Witmark), 


Second Croup 


KISS OF FIRE (15) (Duchess) 


FOOL, FOOL, FOOL (Progressive) 

SO MADLY IN LOVE (Shapiro-B) 1 

ZING A LITTLE ZONG (Burvah) 

VANESSA (E. H. Morris) !,.!!.!!!! 

I'M YOURS (13) (Algonquin) 

LOVER (5) (Famous) 

WALKIN’ TO MISSOURI (Hawthorne) 

BLUE TANGO (19) (Mills) 

SMOKE RINGS (Am Academy) # ^ # 

I'LL WALK ALONE (10) (Mayfair) 

MAKE ME LOVE YOU (Pickwick) 

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (Marks) 

HIGH NOON (Feist) 

I MAY HATE MYSELF IN THE MORNING (ValandoL ! 

t Figures in parentheses indicate number of weeks song 


(* Vera Lynn . ! London 

l Eddy Howard Mercury 

Rosemary Clooney ' . Columbia 
Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia 
Eddie Fisher 0 Victor 

( Nat (King) Cole .Capitol 

\ Tony Bennett Columbia 

Frankie Laine-D. Day . . Columbia 

P. Como-E. Fisher Victor 

( Johnnie Ray Columbia 

\ Nat (King) Cole Capitol 

( Al Martino BJ3.S 

l Tony Bennett Columbia 

(P. Faith Columbia 

)S. Kenton Capitol 


(T. Martin Victor 

\ G. Gibbs \ 

\ B. Eckstine MGM 

Kay Starr Capitol 

Georgia Gibs Mercury 

Bing: Cro$by-J. Wyman . • Decca 

Hugo Winterhalter Victor 

[Eddie Fisher Victor 

\ Don Cornell Coral 

Peggy Lee-G. Jenkins . . • • Decca 

Sammy Kaye Columbia 

{ Leroy Anderson £- e< i c t 

\H ugo Winterhalter Victor 

Les Paul-Mary Ford Capitol 

(Don Cornell 

{ Richard Hayes Mercury 

Georgia Gibbs Mercury 

Les Paul-Mary Ford Capitol 

Frankie Laine Columbia 

Betty McClaurin DeT y 

has been in the Top 101 











Wedtei4*y* Atunuit 20, I9S2 


Inside 

. .. $ 

Recurrent coincidence*, of similarity of arrangements and vocal stvlinv 


47 



-■• — 'v-r. . p — -»>»****i & iwuuwji uie same 

pattern of Steve Gibson s RCA Victor waxing on which Daraita Jo 
handles the vocal. Th< Victor disk was, released two weeks nrior to 
the More platter, Tune is published by .St. Louis Music, a BMI firm 
The Merc version gives disk label credit to Joe Reisman for the ar- 
rangement. 

Similar instance occurred several months ago when the indie Dorhv 
label hit the. market' with the Sunny Gale workover of- “Wheel of 
Fortune.” Capitol followed with a similar* treatment by Kay Starr and 
although the' Derby execs and Miss Gale attempted to legally ston the 
Cap pressing, Mias Starr’s version went over the 1,000,000 sales mark 

There is a moot question whether a special arrangement of a record- 
ing can be copyrighted.. Some contend this constitutes a copyright on 
top of an already copyrighted work. 

BK° is spearheading >a tieup drive with Tin Pan Ailey for the pro- 
motion of their pic releases via pop tunes. Fred Norman radio-TV- 
music contactman fqr RKO, has .set up a plan in which he assigns 
writers to pen times *ith the same title as the studio’s release. Recent 
example is ’Sudden Fear,” the Joan Crawford starrer, whose title tune 
was -penned_ by Art Altman and Irving Taylor. Song, originally set as 1 
an exploitation, gimmick, was inserted into the film just before its 
preem. Initial etching of the number by Steve Lawrence on the King 
labei hit the market' last' week. Norman also has assigned Sammy 
Gallup and Bob Sadoff to pen “Never Wave at a WAC,” which is on 
RK°’s upcoming .^cheduie. Norman published the tunes via his own 
firm, Fredbee Music. 


On the Upbeat 


New York 

Sarah Vaughan opens at Bird- 
land, N. Y., tomorrow (Thurs.) . . . 
Hadda Brooks back in New York 
last week for Columbia recording 
sessions after a European trek . . 
Mindy Carson into the Chase Ho 
tel, St. Louis, Sept. 19 . ... Benny 
Strong currently appearing at the 
Mark Hopkins Hotel,. San Fran- 
cisco . . . Tommy Russell and Joey 
Sasso opened a personal manage- 
ment office . . . Disk flacks Henry 
Okun and Lige McKelvey, who 
were partnered for,* ?ix months, 
split amicably last week* 

Chicago 

Sherman -Hayes finishes the sea- 
son at Dutch Mill,. Dele van. Wise., 
Atig. 27 with two frames . . . Neal 
Hefti and Francis .Wayne play their 
first ' Chicago date with two weeks 
at the Blue Note Sept. 12 . . . Chuck 
Foster takes over for. a month at 
the Peabody, Memphis, starting 
Sept. 4 . . Carl Sands begins^" run 
at the Rice Hotel, Houston, Sept. 
5 . . Clark Dennis subs for Johnny 
Desmond on ABC “Breakfast Club” 
for two weeks Aug. 19. 

Les Paul Sc Mary Ford, Ralph 
Flanagan and Vaughn Monroe all 
cut platters in- Chicago last week 
for the National Guard radio pro- 
grams . . . Cappy La Fall set at the 
Glass Stair, London, Ontario, Sept. 
8 . . . Three Twins have a two-weeker 
at the Buevctte Club; Rock Island. 

Pittsburgh 

Honey Boy Sc his Bunin’ Bees 
held oyer at Melody Club, Johns- 
town... Tommy Carlyn band, fol- 
lowing run at Oh Henry Ballroom, 
Chi&ago, reopened at Bill Green's 
(Mon.) for a week... Luke Riley 
subbing for vacationing Ken -Mar- 
tin on the piano with' Piccolo Pete's 
orch^ at VTW Club, East Liberty. 
Its the first time Riley and Pete 
P la y e d together since the days 
of Fifth Ave.’sold Music Box more 
than 25 years' ago...saxman Bob 
Uransite awarded a scholarship at 
the Eastman School of Music, Roch- 
ester N.Y. ... Lou Lavelle 4 back 
into Jimmy Sundry's William Penn 
Tavern... organist Walt Galli’s op- 
tion picked up again at the Twin 
Coaches. . . JBilly Catixone will be 
conductor of the Nixon Theatre 
house orch again for the 1952-53 
season. . .Hugh Jully Trio held 
over indefinitely at the new Carl- 
ton House’s Town and Country Bar 
v ,Tc d Lewis' deal at the new Ho- 
rizon Room calls for seven nights 
a week. 

Dallas 

Bay .Dreamers, vocal quartet, 
? p , ei ? t wo fra mes Nov. 11 in Hotel 
Adolphus Century! Room; where 
*r e jr n ?a n Wajdmap qrch remains in- 
definitely-. . . Marion- Callahan, 
dancer, added to Johnnie Ray show 
at Sky Club here; Sept. 25-28, with 
Uiuck Cabot orch backing. Same 
| r °hP set for Plantation, Houston, 
Sept. 22-24 . , . Baker Hotel’s Murai 
Room has The Redheads, instru- 
mental trio, headlining until Sept. 
Y when Russ Morgan orch and 
oance team of Tommy Wonder anh 
Margaret Banks fill 10-day stint, 
kpot has- set The Beachcombers, 
-mging-dancing foursome, for two 
weeks, starting Sept. 15,’ when Hal 

stand * ° rC ^ a * S ° opens month’s 

Kansas City 

Bobby Wayne west to the Park 
oo 11 ? Hotel, Denver, to open Aug. 
T' for two weeks after his fort- 
mght at Eddy s’ here. Mercury 


singer has a new release of “I’m 
Sorry,” backed by “Riitza, Rutza ” 
just out . . . Tony DiPardo birth- 
day partied by the Eddy Bros, on 
his 40th last Friday (15). He has 
headed the orch in the Eddy's club 
for many months . . . Eileen & 
Carver set to terp- at the Edge- 
water Beach, Chi, early in 'Septem- 
ber .. . Gus Van in Aug. 29 for 
a fortnight at Eddys’ . . . Stewart 
Scott orch set for dates in this 
area' when it closes the Drum 
Room- of the Hotpl President early 
next month. Crew • formerly 
booked out of the :Ohio territory 
-. . . Bill Bardo orch due in to sue* 
ceed Scott in the Drum Room 
shortly. 


5 Longtimers Retire 

From Boston Symph 

Boston,. Aug. 19. 
An RCA ,Victor recording sesh 
at Symphony Hall by Boston Sym- 
phony Orch today (Tues.), marks 
the bowout of five veteran mem- 
bers who have been with the or- 
ganization for periods ranging from 
1916, Oldest, in point of service, is 
Boaz. Piller, contra-bassoonist. 
Others are George Laurent, first 
flutist since 1921,*' Max Polster, 
member of percussion section since 
1918; Lucien HanSotte, trombonist 
since 1925, and violinist Gaston 
Elcus, member since 1926, 

Retiring musicians were feted 
by maestro Charles Munch and 
other members of orchestra at 
party held at Tanglewood last 
week, with each presented an in- 
scribed watch. 


Best British Sheet Sellers 

- (Week ending Aug . 9) 
London, Aug. 12. 
Auf Wlederseh’n. . ; . .Maurice 

Blue Tango Mills 

Homing Waltz Reine 

High Noon Robbins 

I’m Yours Mellift 

Kiss of Fire Duchess 

Never F.D.RtH, 

Blacksmith Blues... Chappell 
Pawnshop Corner. .Cinephonie 
Time Say Goodbye. . Pickwick 
Won’t Live in Castle Connelly 
Be Anything Cinephomc 

Second Jt 2 

Trust in Me .‘.Wright 

Tell Me Why Morris 

Ay-round The Corner Dash 

Walkin’ My Baby Victoria 

Day of Jubilo Connelly 

Gandy Dancers Ball... .Disney 
Wheel of Fortune Victoria 
When You’re in Love Connelly 

Faith Hit Songs 

Gonna Live Till I Die . Connelly 

Anytime Victoria 

Heart of Clowh. . .' Maddox 


CAP’S NET INCOME UP 
TO $424,717 FOR YEAR 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 
Net income, after Federal taxes 
and other charges, of Capital Rec- 
ords for the year ending June -30, 
1952, amounted to $'424,717, a 
gain of $5,303 over’ the preceding 
12-month' period. It was equal, ac- 
cording to President Glenn E. Wal- 
lichs, to 82c. a share on common 
stock, after preferred dividends. 

Sales of the company and its sub- 
sidiaries during the! year totaled 
$13,034,230, an increase of $942,- 
538 over the previous year. 

Harms Claims Copyright 
Infringement in Fla. 

Jacksonville, Aug. 19. 
Suit for. copyright infringement 
was filed in II. S. District Court. 
Southern District of Florida last 
week by T: B. Harms and Harms, 
Inc., against • the Tropic Bar and 
Patio here. Songs involved in suit 
are “Make Believe” and “Why Do 
Love You” (T. B. Harms) and “I 
Cover. The Waterfront” (Harms, 
Inc.). 

Complaint requested the court 
restrain the defendant, ’Alfred 
Goldberg, owner of the Tropic Bar 
and Patio, from publicly perform- 
ing songs in the future and to 
award statutory damages of not less 
than $250 for each of the unauth- 
orized performances as well as 
court costs and attorney’s fees. 

Music For All, Iqc., chartered to 
conduct a musical and recording 
business in New York. Capital 
stock Is 200 shares, no par value. 



Flynn-Felix Pic for Spain 
Madrid, Aug. 12. 
Director Hugo Fregonese will do 
four more pix in Technicolor In 
Spain. Next pic will be an Errol 
Flynn and Maria Felix starrer. 

Cesareo. Gonzales and Suevla 
Films, the Spanish partners and 
distributors * in the venture, have 
the exclusive rights on Technicolor 
in Spain. 

4-Point Mdse. Plan 
Told to Dealers 



RCA Victor is unveiling a ’four- 
point merchandise program for 
d'ealers and distributors at a series 
of sales meets being held around 
the country. Meets' teed off . Mon- 
day (18). Series, being conducted 
by Victor execs,, runs through Aug. 
28. 

..The lines which are grouped in 
the new merchandise program are 
the 45 rpm extended-play record;, 
a low-priced ’classical line on the, 
Bluebird label; a . “Best-Buy” pro- 
gram which includes the diskeryte 
complete album 'release schedule 
for the rest of the year as a dealer 
sales and inventory ai>d, and a new 
kidisk line. Release of the Blue- 
bird line indicates a further stress 
by Victor for a dominant spot in 
the classidal field and ‘the growing 
importance of low-priced platters 
in the classical market. 

The Victor execs, who are hit- 
ting the key cities around the 
country for the sales series!; are 
theming the meets On “Music Is 
Big Business” slogan. Victor also 
is gearing its advertising and pro- 
'motional setup for a big push oh 
the four-point program. 


Decca Inks Goldie Hill 
In Country Expansion 

Further expanding its country 
artists roster, Decca Records has 
inked Goldie Hill to a longterm 
pact. Her initial release will be 
“Why Talk To My Heart.” 

Miss Hill is the second femme 
warbler to., join Decca’s country 
roster In the past few weeks. 
Other pactee was Kitty Wells, 
whose initial etching of “It Wasn't 
God Who Made Honky Tonk An- 
gels” already has passed the 250,- 
000 mark. 


* New wrinkle seen taking shape* 
In the band biz 1* increasing prac- 
tice of ballroom operators in the 
New England area* to bypass “live” 
orchs for recorded dance dates. 
The ops, who are’ tagging these 
dates “record hops,” are bringing 
in local disk jockeys to spin their 
'platters and host the affair.. The 
jocks are getting as little as- $50 a 
night and drawipg hefty: b.o. 

’ The ballrooms in this area claim 
that the tab for an orch, or even a 
small combo, is too high for them 
to wind up in the black, -so they've 
been veering to the canned music 
and the .deejays. Agencies .are. 
trying to buck ,the deejny-danc#* 
trend by offering their top proper- 
ties but most of the ops. are stick- 
ing to the shellac affairs. 

Such Boston deejays as Fred B. 
Cole, WHDH; Nelson Bragg, 
WCOP, and Bob Clayton, WHDH, 
are building solid reps as ballroom 
lyres. . Cole, for exairiple, is 
booked regularly on Monday . nights 
into; the Broadcove Ballroom, 
Hingham, -Mask., and Friday nights 
into • the , Scituate Beach Club, 
Scituate, Mass. Scituate op related 
that he’s getting a bigger. turnout 
wlti\ Cole than he did when he 
booked dance combos. Cole also 
has been set to spin his platters for 
the terping at the Brockton Fair, 
Brockton, Mass., Sept. 6. 

Bragg also has a steady lineup of 
ballroom bookings but he doesn’t 
conflict with Cole 'since he spins 
only country platters. When the 
operator decides to stage a folk- 
terping date, Bragg generally gets 
first call. 

. The “record hops,” have not. be- 
come a nationwide trend and the 
agency men believe that its popu- 
larity in the New England area will 
diminish after a, .While. 

Frankie Laine Whams ’Em 
In London Palladium '-Bow; 
SRO Brings Extra Shows 

London, Aug. 19. 
Frankie Laine’s opening show at * 
the Palladium here yesterday 
(Mon.) resulted in a showstop after 
a 45-minute songfest in which he 
trotted out old and ndw faves. 

Other U. S. topliners on the bill 
are ballerina Nanci Crompton, 
holding over frbm the previous 
session, who also gets a big exit 
mitt, arid impressionist Arthur 
Blake, v^hose click justifies his 
quick repeat date at the theatre. 

Palladium is virtually sold out 
for the run of this show with man- 
aging director Val Parfiell order- 
ing extra matinees. - 


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Bongo-Maracas Six 
Contracted by Decca 

Still on the prowl for new 
sounds, Decca Records last week 
inked Bobby Orton’s Calypso Teen 
Aces to a three-year pact. The six- 
boy combo (they're all in their 
teens) use bongos and maracas as 
their only instrumentation. 

The Calypso Teen Aces cut their 
first side last week, a backing as- 
signment for Ella Fitzgerald's 
workover of “My Bonnie Lies Over 
the Ocean.” 


Bottom Symph’* Biff Tour 

„ Boston, Aug. 19. 
Final plans for a five-week 
transcontinental tour by Boston 
Symphony Orch next spring are 
being completed by maestro 
Charles Munch and manager 
George Judd. 

Contemplated tour, slated to get 
underway, next April 20, will . in- 
clude 30 concerts covering as far 
south as Atlanta and New Orleans, 
west to Los Angeles and San Fran- 
cisco. A concert in Toronto is also 
planned. 


Decca Repacts Southern 

Thrush Jerl Southern was re- 
pacted to Decca Records last week 
for an additional two-year term: 

Miss Southern joined the disk- 
ery 11 months ago. 


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Lubin Sets Bloom 0 
Abe Bloom took over the con- 
tactman’s spot at Lubin Music. 
Firm was formed several weeks 
ago by Joe Lubin, English tune- 
smith,' in New York. 

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ging staff of Southern Music. 









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areas, it will- be possible for the 
chain to pick up bands making one- j 
night stands in small hamlets, 
Abramson said. This will be pos- 
sible where the units are playing 
hotels and ballrooms, but union 
rules would make it uneconomic 
to do remotes ♦'from theatres. 

WOR. has long had a profitable 
operation under Abramson's aegis, , 
with a waiting list of Spots ffesir- * 
ing to have their mfisical aggrega- i 
tions given a radio airing. Num- | 
ber of radio slots available has ‘ 
been cut down over the years as < 
the various webs’ o-and-o station*? 
switched from remotes to all-night j 
ga beasts from eateries or disk i 
stanzas, such as WNBC’s longhair 5 
stanza in N.Y, after midnight. j 

Mutual and WOR may open up 
more time for band remotes. At 
present they’ve been skedding 
bands in the 11:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. 
span, but the 1-2 ajn, period may 
also be added, Abramson indicated. 

When Mutual and WOR .were 
under separate management, dif- 
ferent bands were picked up, since 
WOR wanted the income from 
spots whose erclis were aired. Un- 
der the coordinated "setup, how- 
ever, WOR is willing to forego 
some of the . coin in order to get 
stronger .names* 

Setup is planned so that the 
MBS affiliates won’t lose any coin. 
When .a band is picked up out of 
town, the station will make the 
contract and get the line and serv- 
ice fees. 

Bands ' are expected to benefit, 
since they’ll be getting a showcase 
on a potential of 560 stations (about 
330 carry the average music re- 
mote). If an outlet has a local com- 
mercial in the timeslot, it’s per- 
mitted under American Federation 
of Musiclank rules to tape the show 
for rebroadcast within a 24-hour 
period, during the daylight savings 
time season. 

The increased MBS attention to 
big bands, Abramson feels, will 
help windjammers, because it cre- 
ates new fans for the combinations, 
leading to better recording con- 
tracts and sales for them. Abram- 
son is talking to Music Corp. of 
America, General Artists Corp. 
and other talent outfits on the orch 
lineup for the chain. 



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EDDIE FISHER’S GREAT 
NEW RCA VICTOR RECORD 

THE HAND 
OF FATE 

Words and Music 
By PAT BALLARD 

Gonoral Mafic 



Scoreboard 

OF 


TOP TALENT AND TUNES 


Compiled from Statistical Reports of Distribution 
Encompassing the Three Major Outlets 

Coin Machines Detail Disks Retail Sheet Music 

as Published in the Current Issue 

for 


WEEK ENDING AUGUST 16 


NOTE: The. current comparative sales strength of the Artists and Tunes listed hereunder is 
arrived at under a statistical system comprising each of the three major sales outlets enu- 
merated above. These findings are correlated xuith data from wider sources, tchich are exclusive 
''with Variety. The positions resulting from these findings denote the OVERALL IMPACT de- 
veloped from the ratio of points scored: two witys in the case of talent (disks, coin machines ), 
and three ways in the case of tunes . (disks, coin machines, sheet music). 


POSITIONS 
This Last 
week. week. 


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3 

4 

5 


7 

8 

9 

10 


1 

2 

3 

6 

8 

5 

3 

4 
9 


POSITIONS 
This Last 
week. week. 


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2 

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4 

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6 

7 

8 
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10 


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4 
9 
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5 
7 


TALENT 

ARTIST AND LABEL TUNE 

KOSEM/LRY. CLOONEY (Columbia) jBrtch-A^* 

VERA LYNN (London) Auf Wieder-seh’n 

EDDIE FISHER (Victor) jTOsh You Were Here 

FRANKIE LAINE-D. DAY (Columbia) Sugarbush 

NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol) IffZy 

JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) jAUof Baby H ° m8 

AL MARTINO (BBS) Here in My Heart 

PERCY FAITH (Columbia) Delicado 

COMO-FISHER (Victor) : Maybe 

JO STAFFORD (Columbia) You Belong to Me 

TUNES 

TUNE PUBLISHER 

AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART Hill-R 

HALF AS MUCH Acuff-R 

BOTCH-A-ME Hollis 

WALKIN' MY BABY BACK HOME DeSylva-B-H 

WISH YOU WERE HERE Chappell 

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY United 

BLUE TANGO .. Mills 

HEftE IN MY HEART . .Mellin 

DELICADO Remick 

SUGARBUSH Schirmer 


Jocks, Jukes and Disks 


Continued from page 46 




standout and should get this side 
hefty spinning time. 

Anne Shelton: “Bella Musica”- 
“Santa Maria” (London). This 
novelty workover of “Bella Mu; 
sica” is due for a solid play. The 
wry lyric is e^cellenty blended 
with a spirited melody, making it 
a potent platter entry. Anne Shel- 
ton belts if out in a gay and in- 
fectious manner. The chorus and 
orch backing, under Stanley Black's 
direction, marks a standout assist. 
Miss Shelton changes pace on 
“Santa Maria,” a slow, mood bal- 
lad. Although she’s in fine vocal 
form here, number stands small 
chance to get moving. 

The .Modernaires - Neal Refti 


An*th*r BMl Hitf 

got you oh my mind 

Published by Rulei 9 h 

* Recorded by 

Buddy Morrow - Victor; ** * 7 "° " 
Okeh; Howkshow Hawkm*--Kf"9. J* 
Gr ..r _ Victor; Jo. B u r t o.n 

• — Intro. 


BROADCAST MUSIC INC S8 ° titth avtm r 

Niw TOI. . CN C 4 CO . MOiiTwooo NEW YORK 1 ! N Y 


v Orch: “Four or * Five Times”- 
“When My Love Comes Back to 
Me” (Coral). Initial teamup of 
The Modernaires and tile Neal 
Hefti orch comes off for only fair 
results. The vocal combo and the 
Hefti orch work well together but 
they’ve got to pick up some stand-r 
out material before they’ll score. 

“Four or Five Times,” a mediocre 
Tig Pan Alley offering, isn’t worth 
their efforts. The bottom deck, a 
rehash of “When the Saints Come 
Marching In,” suits their style and 
rates plays. , 

A1 Martino: “Say You’ll Wait for 
Me”-‘Tve Never Seen” (Capitol). 
Still riding high with “Here in My 
Heart,” on the indie BBS release, 
A1 Martino has his first big one for 
Capitol in “Say You’ll Wait for 
Me.” He makes the ballad fit his 
big-voiced styling and takes it for 
an effective schmaltzy ride. “I’ve 
Never Seen” has a so-so lyric and 
a small melodic pattern to back it 
up but Martino gives it a lift with 
an emotional styling that’ll appeal 
to the femmes. 

Bob Benton: “You Call It Mad- 
ness”-“I Was Such a Fool;” “Long- 
er Than Forever”-“Tu Amor” 
(Tico). The indie Tico label has a 
potent find in Bob Benton, 19-year- 
old vocalist. In his initial four 
sides, Benton makes a strong big- 
time bid. He’s got a straight-for- 
ward, sincere styling that scores. 
His piping style is warm and ro- 
mantic, and although he avoids the 
echo chamber and/or big- voiced 
technique, the femmes are sure to 
latch on. The four tunes are all 
in the same sentimental mood and 


he delivers each' effectively. Work- 
over of the oldie, “You Call It Mad- 
iiess,” should get the top spins. 
Tito Puente's orch lends a flrstrate 
backing. 

Eddy Howard: “Mademoiselle”- 
“I Don’t Know Any Better” (Mer- 
cury). Eddy Howard has come up 
with two slick ballads on this 
coupling. “Mademoiselle” gives 
Howard a chance to showcase his 
appealing style for payoff results. 
Tune has a charming lyric and a 
good melodic setting. Reverse has 
the same warm quality and could 
take off. 

Gordon Jenkins Orch: “My Love 
aud “ “ Just Say the 

Word (Decca). “Devotion” is a 
big ballad which Gordon Jenkins 
frames in a top-drawer instrumen- 
tal and choral setting. Vocal work 
is handled excellently by Don 
Burke, Betty Mulliner and Eliza- 
beth Rinker. Number on the re- 
verse is another attractive item but 
lacks .the power of its mate. 


J. Lawrence Cook, Iftc. char- 
tered to conduct a music publish- 
ing and recording business in New 
York. Capi .1 stock is 100 shares, 
no par value. Directors are Cook, 
attorney Chauncey S. Olman and 
Julius Yablok. 



S.F. Strippers 

— Continue* from p ag « 1 

termine if the strippers are "ZZ 
as charged. iy 

Eight other strippers and three 
comics, arrested in a simultaneous 
r*id at the Princess-Ellis Theatre 
have deferred until later whether 
they will seek a jury trial 


Lerit Films As ‘Defense’ 

. San Francisco, Aug. 19 
.Sally Forrest and “Remains to 
Be Sceff,” legit presentation at the 
United Nations Theatre here, last 
yeek became innocently embroiled 
* n . ft® ft 1 * 1 '?* burlesque strippers 
which has bit the local 1 headlines 
following police raids on two bur- 
lesque houses. 

Attorney Marvin Lewis, actimr 
mayor of San Francisco, represent 

Y G ; stri ^r S , employed 
Harold IC. Lipset, a private inve9* 
tigator, to photograph Miss For- 
rest during her performance and 
succeeded in getting several film 
shots before being stopped by 
Randolph Hale, managing director 
of the house. The films, showing 
Miss Forrest in scanty night 
clothes on the stage, will be 
offered in court in defense of the 
burlesque performers, Lewis indi- 
cated. He declared he wanted the 
pictures so that the court could 
see, when the time came, what 
a decent show in a respectable 
legit theatre looked like. 

Lewis had no qualms about his 
right to have the films taken. “I’ve 
had some experience along these 
lines before. The law is that the 
ticket is the contract, and that 
unless it prohibits picture-taking, 
you have the right to make them.” 

Miss Forrest, who is under con- 
tract to Metro, objected to being 
photographed on the stage without 
her permission. To forestall 
further incursions, Randolph Hale, 
United Nations Theatre head, has 
printed warnings in all programs 
forbidding the taking of photo- 
graphs or films of anyone in the 
cast. 


TOPPING ALL LISTS 



LEROY 

• ANDERSON 

BULLS MUSIC, Ine* 


/ Iff Mafic by 

JESSE GREER 

PrifrpMj TMay Y«t«rday’i 

KITTY FROM 
KANSAS CITY 

FEIST 



and His Orchestra 

Bermtidiana Hotel 

Bermuda 



America's Fastest 



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Qmot Aroi»d Nm Y, - 1 

— Continue* front paf* X J 

with a 45-minute blast against Win- 
rhell for singling out his place of 
pmoloyment and his employer, Lou 
nubln owner of Chandler’s, for 
OPS violations, and not biting the 
.Yjq other” bistros, restaurants and 
niteries that also have been cited 
for alleged price-ceiling violations. 

Crav reprised the Ed Sullivan- 
Josephine Baker - Winchell - Stork 
Club imbroglios over his micro- 
phone, and also surmised that the 
AGVA tabu against cuffo appear- 
ances by vaudevillians stemmed 
from the same sequence of events. 

Winchell merely accents that 
U S. Attorney Myles J. Lane calls 
Chandler’s- the "worst offender.” 
The Government’s suit is for over 
$346,000, which represents a triple 
damage claim. 

Press Agents ‘in the Middle 

Row has reached the point where 
film industry press agents feel 
they’re now directly affected. They 
have a choice between dropping 
Gray from their list of regular pub- 
licity outlets — he welcome^ Holly- 
wood celebs at his microphone— 
or running the risk of losing out 
on publicity breaks in various 
Hearst newspapers. One ad-pub 
exec in N. Y. this week said tho 
obvious decision is to avoid- Gray. 
Other p.a.’s are in &. similar spot. 

Position of the ad-pub operators 
was made unmistakably clear la*t 
week by Conniff. He concluded a 
blast at Gray with this warn- 
ing: "We say to these press 
agents and producers and per- 
sonalities who give their sup- 
port to Mr. Gray: ‘That’s just 
dandy. But surely don’t be sur- 
prised if we here at the Journal- 
American invite you to keep get- 
ting your plugs from him and noJ; 
to expect very much from us. Mr. 
Gray is hot, red-hot, and he is all 
yours’.” 

Conniff stated that Gray last win- 
ter made his microphone available 
to anyone "who wanted to savage 
Walter Winchell, then ailing in 
Florida.” He branded it as a bid 
for notoriety on Gray’s part, and 
now that Winchell is coming back 
with a rebuttal Gray is "crying 
foul.” 


THIS IS IT I 


The Singing Rage 



Two Smash Hits 

“YOU BELONG 
TO ME” 


and Another' Exciting Hit 

“I WENT TO 
YOUR WEDDING” 

MERCURY RECORD 

No. 58»? an<l $mX45 



Disk Companies’ Best Selleis 

CAPITOL ARTIST 

1. TENNESSEE LOCAL •. , Tennessee Ernie 

BLACKBERRY BOOGIE ennessee x.rme 

% ALONG THE WAY .'..Nat- (King) Cole 

WHAT HOES IT TAKE 

3. KAY’S LAMENT. Kav Starr 

TOOL, FOOL, FOOL 

4 ’ Stonny N ’ MY BABY BACK home *” Nat (King) Cole 

5 - ^TERTO HAVE LOVED YOU A LITTLE. Hank Thomson 
HOW COLD HEARTED CAN YOU GET 

X COLUMBIA 

1. YOU BELONG TO ME Jo Stafford | 

PRETTY BOY 

2. BOTCH-A-ME Rosemary Clooney 4 

ON THE FIRST WARM DAY 

3. HALF AS MUCH ...Rosemary Clooney 4 

POOR WHIP POOR WILL 

4. HIGH NOON Frankie Laine T 

ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 

5. SUGARBUSH * Frankie Laine-D. Day 4; 

HOW LOVELY COOKS THE MEAT * 

t CORAL 

1. STRING ALONG Ames Bros, 4 

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER * 

2. MY THRILL Alan Dale X 

YOU’RE MY DESTINY 

3. JAMBALAYA Neil Hefti & F. Wayne 4 

TWO FACED CLOCK 

4. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END Don Cornell 4 

I CAN’T CRY ANYMORE 

5. IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO , Pearl Bailey + 

LET THERE BE LOVE 

DECCA 

1. SHOULD I Four Aces 

THERE’S ONLY TONIGHT 

t 2. BLUE TANGO Leroy Anderson 

BELLE OF THE BALL 

3, BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL Mills Bros. 

JUST WHEN WE’RE FALLING IN LOVE 

4. WISft YOU WERE HERE . Guy Lombardo 

HONKY TONK SWEETHEART 

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the .ball clubs might be wise to 
realign their franchises, on the as 
sumption that some cities which 
now have two teams cannot sup- 
port them, while other cities with 
a single team would be in a far 
better position to handle two. St. 
Louis, for example, simply hasn’t ^a 
sufficient baseball-minded public 
to support both the Browns and 
Cardinals. Detroit, on the other 
hand, is fast becoming a boom- 
town again and -also has long been 
known as the best baseball city in 
the major leagues. It might be a 
good idea, according to TV execs, 
for one of the St. Louis teams to 
move into Detroit. 


It was also pointed out that a 
imber of clubowners are now ne-. 
tiating with sponsors for next 
ason’s contracts and so would 
f be averse to a little public 
kies-crying in an attempt to jack 
i their asking prices for rights, 
ubowners themselves have -been 
reed to pay increased costs for 
most everything, while few. of 
em have upped their admission 
ale? -for a number of years. As 
result, there’s no question but 
at th’ey would like to get more 
ih for their TV 'rights. 

Some TV industryites noted that 


Burnside Gardner, Ltd., char- 
tered in Albany to supply enter- 
tainers and musicians for clubs, 
churches, etc., with offices in New 
York. Capital stock is 200 shares, 
no par value. 


BENNY GOODMAN ‘ SEXTET 
With Jan Crockett 
Blue Note, Chicago 

Benny Goodman is making his 
first location stand here in a year. 
The maestro has assembled the mu- 
sicians whom he used in his re- 
cording dates and on his television 
guest shots in New York. Present 
group, more or less centered around 
vibraharpist Terry Gibbs; had a 
one-week rehearsal in the east, 
then nine concert dates in Canada 
before’ this booking. 

It’s essentially a rhythm unit 
and, therefore, lacks the brass as- 
sociated with Goodman's large-band 
efforts. Leads are taken by either 
Goodman or Gibbs, with the rest 
of the band lending strong support. 
Only in a few instances are there 
any attempts at jamming. - When 
this does happen, as in "The World 
Is Waiting for the Sunrise,” this 
basement spot really rocks. 

The book is strictly composed of 
Goodman’s old favorites, leading 
off with "After You’re Gone.” 
"Body and Soul” is just a soft 
backing for some wonderful licks 
on the clarinet by the leader. 
"Rosary” comes off well, with the 
leads switching from Gibbs to 
Goodman and back again, and sets 
the scene for some plain and fancy 
riffing. "Wanting’ You” is a slow, 
easy piece which gives the leader 
a chance to exhibit some tight 
scaling. “Flying Home” is a tune 
well suited for the vibes with 
Gibbs and Don Elliot whacking out 
some fiery passages on the plates. 
Gagged-up marathon on this num- 
ber lasts about 10 minutes. "Where 
or When” is a relaxing offering 
after "Flying.” The orchestra does 
45 minutes each set. 

Jan Crockett, femme singer, em- 
bellishes "Deed I Do” and "Cham- 
pagne Blues.” Band is composed 
of Terry Gibbs; Don Elliot, who 
does an excellent job doubling 
among vibes, trumpet and French 
horn; Morey Feld, a more than 
adequate replacement for Sid Bul- 
kin who broke a leg in an auto 
accident last week; Don "Red” 
Roberts, who achieves a strong 
beat on a non-amplified guitar; 
Sid Weiss, a fine bass player, and 
Jimmy Lyons, who really rides the 
bass keys on the piano. Zabe, 


STEWART SCOTT ORCH (4> 
Hotel president, Kano** City, M#* 

For its smart dinner-dancing 
room, the Hotel President has de- 
pended lately on the smoothed, 
slicker combos to draw its patron- 
age. It has had a strong line-up of 
small groups, and this one in from 
the east fits the pattern. Group is 
holding the stand • for five weeks. 

Onetime arranger and leader of 
bigger crews, Scott lately has bad 
a smaller orch with sweeter sty- 
lings. It’s his violin work which 
leads the way with backing of 
tenor sax, drums and piano. In- 
strumentation and arranging make 
for lilting type of tunes, and out- 
fit generally is classy. Crew - I* 
rounded out with Bob Wilkinson 
t piano, Eddie KM, tenor, and 
Chuck George, drums. 

Vocally group works in a good 
deal of variety, with Scott, war- 
bling pops and novelties, Boll Wil- 
kinson doing a neat ballad, and 
four working out and then oil 
novelty tunes and goodly supply 
of parodies. «&, 

Rooip continues its policy of en- 
tertainment from late afternoon 
on through the evening, with Mari- 
anna at -the organ for early-eve- 
ning patrons and Jeanne McKen- 
na at the piano alternating with 
the Scott outfit, for the later hours. 

Quin. 


ASCAP-ites Sue Cafe 

Another of those $250 ASCAP 
suits claiming copyright infringe- 
ment ^was filed in U. S. District 
Court, N. Y., last week. Suit was 
brought by T. B. Harms and 
Bourne Music against the . Boro 
Lounge, Kew Gardens, L. I. 

Tunes involved are "Make Be- 
lieve” (Harms) and "All of Me” 
(Bourne), which, the publishing 
firms allege, were performed with- 
out authorization. 


Dallas Symph Bows Nov, 14 

Dallas, Aug, 19. 

The Dallas Symph will open its 
season Nov. 14. As customary, the 
first concert of the year will be 
given at North Texas State Col- 
lege, Denton. 

Walter Hendl will conduct his 
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Sid Gary r Son fc Sonny, Lily Ann 
Carl Deluge i .Shirley, _ Johnny 
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Side of the Street/’ he does amt- 
rate carbons of Tod Lewis; Harry 
Richman, Billy- ' Daniels, Jimmy 
Durante and Louis Armstrong. 

Son & Sonny are next with, .some 
fast toe taps and handless flips. 
Duo really work at terrific pace and 
bring act to cldse with ‘tight finale 
of flying splits. Berle., of course, 
gets Into the routine with a few 
steps, done okay, , 


Strangely enough, when many 
niteries are withering on the vine, 
the No. 1 cafe of the midwest is 
having a bonanza season; 'perhaps 
the best summer in ’ its 20-year 
history. Following with one head- 
liner after another starting with 
Jane Froman in late spring, spot 
lias been doing turnaway business 
with rare exception,, and that 
mainly due to the iate. evening 
televising of the recent political 
conventions. 

Possibly some of the business is 
due' .to the heavy influx of visitors 
this summer, but they have been 
here before with only moderate 
b.o. Martin 2c Lewis, who just 
closed (16), did two*weeks of boffo 
business and now, Milton Rerle. 

Comic's format is essentially that 
of his teevee show which has him 
running through the whole revue 
for an hour and a half; There are 
acts galore and some get lost; in 
fact, it might be A- good, idea 'to 
slice one or two .to improve the 
pacing of the bill. Not that any of 
the acts aren't good; there's just' 
too much and trimming would 
tighten things up. Of course, most 
all are integral stooges to Berle 
and it might hamper things in 
th?»t department. ■ _ 

While this follows the TV pat- i chores. Brian Famon 
tern, or perhaps that of the old ! show expertly, 
days of the N. Y. Palace, it's con- ' 


tent is markedly different. For the 
followers of ./‘Uncle Miltie" in the 
cereal set it hasn’t too much to 
’ offer. For those who might be 
chewing their second cud and are 
in the know, 90-minuter is full of 
yocks. It’s humor at its broadest 
and roughest and buffoon doesn’t 
leave many stones unturned to get 
his laughs. Of course., the bellies 
are the ones best left untranslated 
fo the uninitiated. 

• Berle works frantically all 
through each act . with few es- 
caping his antics, and ties things, 
together expertly with his emcee- 
ing. He does a stupid swami stint 
with the expert and fast magic 
team of Delage 2c Shirley, winding 
up in a trunk in a -switch, locked 
compartment deal. He then brings 
on Lily Ann Carol, sexy looking 
singer with a strapless gown, who 
sells three tunes while star tries 
to divert her attention. 

Leonard Sues, who was seen here 
in the Olsen 2c Johnson revue a 
few months back, scores with flashy- 
trumpet work on “Blue Skies," 
some orchestra leader impressions, 
and then has Berle join him in a 
duet, which gives vent to the stuck- 
up routine. Headliner, a la Martin 
& Lewis, takes over the baton and 
creates havoc while Sues attempts 
St. Louis Blues.’’ Musician gets a 
has to* come back. 
Fatso 7 Marco, rotund bass-bari- 
tone singer, is standout in three 
tunes, in one of which, “Sunny 


Mountaineers (5), who look, like 
they got lost . from the bills of 
Brooklyn, are a good background 
for comedian, who dons red .under- 
wear , and other paraphernalia to 
portray the . bright one of the 
troupe. However, ..deadpan .girl 
singer, who can really yodel,' al- 
most steals the action from him 
via her expressionless face. Group 
registers heavily with the cafe 
crowd. 

There’s an excellent piece of 
nostalgia when Berle brings on 
Sid Gary for two baritone stand- 
ards, “Without A Shrig” and. “Old 
Man River," but the savvy seat- 
holders love his takeoff on George 
J essel . doing “My pother’s Eyes" 
with false, notes throughout. The 
pair put on black makeup right on 
the floor, a cue for Gary to sing 
“April Showers," and then the 
jester runs across the boards with 
an Eddie Cantor aping. They com- 
bine efforts on “Is It True What 
They Say About Dixie” for a pitich 
bowoff. ’ 

Berle is forced to return to beg- 
off with video theme, “Near You." 
Line has retained a number from 
the last show and Johnny Martin 
lets Berle do much of the emcee 

cuts the 
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lUVdlamL N. \\ 

Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz Orch 
(5), Bill Harris All Stars (5); 
$2.50 minimum. 

This fcellar spot has been riding 
high all summer with its strong 
lineup of jazz and bop purveyors. 
Current 'week, with Ella Fitzgerald 
toplining, will be no exception. 
Miss Fitzgeral^l has a solid rep in 
the hep and square circles .which ’ll 
help pull in a more varied trade 
than usually drawn by this pri- 
marily progressive music addicts’ 
hangout. 

Miss Fitzgerald is in fine war- 
bling form for this date. Mixes up 
ballads, scat, jive in her sock sell- 
ing manner and makes each rendi- 
tion score for a big mitt. Vocal 
versatility is displayed in wide- 
range songalog which includes a 
driving “Between ' the Devil and 
the Deep Blue Sea,’’ a moody “Set 
’Em Up Joe," a hard-hitting “Why 
Don’t You Do Right?’’, a scat- 
phrased “Air Mail Special" and 
sweet-swingy “Mr. Paganini." . In- 
strumental trio of Roy Haymes, 
drums; Nelson Boyd, bass, and 
Hank Jones, piario, excellently 
complements her. 

Musical interludes are belted out 
by the Stan Getz group and the 
Bill Harris All Stars. Both units 
whip out their snappy offerings 
with expert musicianship and hold 
the tablers until Miss Fitzgerald’s 
return. Gros. 


(FOLLOWW) 

J, C. Petr ill o almost relented a 
second time to permit this amaz- 
ing musical aggregation tq record, 
but reversed field on that; but it 
Is to the American Federation of 
Musicians* credit, , as well as the 
American public’s .gain, that the 
cardinal principle— -.that we have 
no frontiers on art — was preserved 
and this group may tour the U. S 

It wa4‘ a bit of a» do for ’ the 
Waldorf to break down AFM bar- 
riers, something which was unsuc- 
cessfully attempted some time-ago. 
It is understandable that .Petrillo 
might ‘frown on this versatile ag- 
gregation also dispensing dansapa 
tion but, for the basic purpose 
of ‘their presence,, .atop, .the Wal- 
dorf’s Starlight Roof, they are 
an unquestionable plus. Talk about 
new faces and something with a 
new excitement on the cafe cir- 
cuits, this is it. The most ardent 
AFM unionist can’t contend there 
is any encroachment on employ- 
ment. 

Los Chavales de Espana (The 
Kids from Spain) are known from 
the Iberian peninsula to South 
America and, to North Americans, 
perhaps best known via their long 
runs at Havana’s Tropicana, class 
nitery. Group of 11 has been to- 
gether for' 12 years as a coopera- 
tive organization of versatile mu- 
sicians who, in other less re- 
stricted engagements, also dispense 
terp music along with their “act.” 

They have set a mark here by 
being ' held three months, which 
is virtually the entire season of 
the Starlight ’ Roof. In . actuality 
Vaughn Monroe rounds it out un- 
til the downstairs Empire Room 
reopens the, winter 'Season - in Oc- 
tober with Les Compagnons de la 
Chanson' and the new Alstone 
band. (Alex Stone, who telescopes 
his name, is a French cQmposer, 
best known for- his “Symphonic" ) . 

Los Chavales are co-managed, by 
Victor de la Correa and Pat Nataro 
(booked by MCA), but works.] 
under a rotating “El Jefe,” which 
is Spanish for orchestral chief. 
Sebastian Morera, the bassist, is 
the current “jefe," and whoever 
is the head-man funs, .the band 
with the same sternness as his 
predecessor. * They rotate guest 
maestros every two .or' three 
months. Lids Tamayo, trumpe£-ac- 
cordion-singer, is prominently to 
the fqre as vocalist and gets ’em 
on his personality, but equally 
socko is Angel. Riera (doubling 
fiddle, sax, clarinet and' also 
dances) who whams ’em with hi? 
gypsy violin solo which Tamaya 
and Pepe Lara chirp. Latter tenor 
is also a versatile kid who handles 
accordion, guitar and an occasional 
piano. Luis Bona, a sort of Latin 
Danny Kaye, handles the comedy 
vocals when, he’s not doing chores' 
on trumpet, violin, guitar and oc- 
casional dancing. Rest of the per- 
sonnel comprises Augustine Lisan- 
dra, trumpet, violin and bandone- 
on; Ventura Martinez, sax, clari- 
net, flute and fiddle; Jose Mila, 
drums and castanets; . Sebastian 
Morera, bass, piano and drums;' 
Fernando Porredon, trombone, 
violin and arrangerr Alejandro 
Ruano, sax, clarinet and violin. 

Their pacing bespeaks of con- 
summate showmanship and their 
performances, sans .music on the 


kicks, indicate painstaking r#- 
hearsing They are said never to 
use the music stands even fair 
dance sessions, -preferring to learn 
the new terp tunes extempotane- 1 
ously, , » : 

* They shift to Chicago's Palmer 
Hou$d-iri September for five weeks, 
thence the Chase Hotel, St. Louis, 
With Washington and Miami Beach 
to follow. They were set to record 
but- the, AFM tabu nixed it. In 
turn, the group is said to have 
dedicated itself tq breaking up 
some old recordings, they - waxed 
in the Caribbean belt ai)d of which 
they are not particularly proud. 

Another, unique entry here {s 
Trini Reyes, an authentic Espag- 
nol from Brooklyn. Looking the 
mccoy and dancing withextyaordi 
nary., authority. Miss , Reyes is a 
pert terper and an , s.a. looker, 
whom Xavier Cugat ' first intro- 
duced at the Waldorf last slim- 
mer, It is said that Miss Reyes 
can’t even dig any Espagnol but 
there is . nothing wrong with her 
fandango versions thereof; 

For the straight dancing, the 
stable and staple Emil Coleman 
continues as the i'Ol’ Man River" 
of -^Manhattan nite life — he just 
keeps fus tiptop dansapation roll- 
ing along, year after year, and gen- 
eration after generation. He knows 
his public and they cotton to his 
brand of hoofology. Same also 
goes for the alternate Mischa Borr 
barid, long a landmark here. Biz 
•socko. The waitering , staff credits 
it largely to Los Chavales de 
Espana, a new group in the cafe 
scene and des^tvedly doing mucho 
b. o. Abel. 

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Los Angeles, Aug. 14. 

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No matter who Sammy Lewis 
and Billy Gray put into this room, 
the ropes go up nightly and there’s 
always a line outside for the sec- 
ond show. The 250 chairs go fast 
and elbows rub when passageways 
narrow to make room for more 
tables. No one seems to mind, and 
once the funny fellows come out 
and salt the air, the spirit of high 
carnival is abroad. 

Back for his third stand is Lenny 
Kent, the type of comic that sets 
the standard pattern. He is brash, 
brusque, trigger-lipped' and knows 
how to titillate the fast crowd that 
frequents this tavern. He lapses 
into the' Yiddish vernacular with 
subtle undertones and skirts the 
borderline without shock to those 
innured to these flights of blue- 
edged flippancies. For maidenly 
ladies ana prissy males, he is not: 

Kent’s routines vary* little from 
past visits, but the old line seems 
to lack little of its gusty wallop. 
His ' caricature of the boastful 
Texan is rough-cut burlesque and 
the. laughs roll on his takeoff on 
m&gico Cardini and Chaz Chase. 

Julie Robbins is new to this sec- 
tor, having- spent most of her time 
in the Florida night belt. She is 
a lusty singer of racy songs and 
should do well. here. Her imita- 
tions of show biz greats are well 
received although her forte' is 
gamey monolog. Skylarks are a 
singing quintet who seem out of 
place in this rowdy atmosphere. 
They work hard and harmonize 
well and take a turn with Kent in 
skirts for the needed lift. Bill 
Howe solos to his own accomp at 
the keyboard to take up the inter- 
mish slack, and backstops the acts. 

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Her clever “Botch-A-Me" for a 
kw 0 ? ^ a 9,? tees ai * encore with 

biggest piaudits. ever heard iri this 
spot. Next round includes “Vw 
Can’t Take That Away From Me " 
from her vibrant lows to cool high 
notes. After “Come On-A,” sh« 
tries to get away again, but can’t 
make it. So she does “You Make 1 
Me Feel So Young" and, with sus- 
tained pressuring for still more 
manages a begoff. ’ 

The. Wiere Bros, make fine prep- 
Ration for the singer. Starting 
off with a violin solo which ha? 

echoes/ the echo turns out to 
be one of the boys. Thence into a 
hilarious strolling troubadour bit 
The two pixies in the three-act 
provide .the guffaws while the 
subtle humor of the third takes 
up the v slack. 

• A series of dances by the two 
“elves" is cute with some heaw 
laughs thrown in. They Charles- 
ton, jitterbug and wind up with 
a Spanish number in which one 
loses a falsie. Respite is taken 
with a clicko piano solo by their 
accompanist, Mildred Seymour; A 
sprightly soft-shoe by the freres 
wraps up the funfest. 

Gino 2c Suzanne open the show 
with some pleasant and graceful 
dancing. Suzanne is. good to look 
at, Display is at its best in a 
aream sequence that has a clever 
and well received closer. 

Golden Girls are sweatered up 
for the opener and look smart in 
a tap session. They tie up the 
show with a sexy Latin wiggle 
with Terry True soloing. 

New group for intermission 
music is the Alice Hall Quartet 
with some .fine arrangements for 
two accordions, pihno, guitar, 
drums and bass. Macu. 

IMviera, Ft. Lee, N. J. 

Jack Carter, Toni Arden, Harry 
Mimmo, Art Johnson, Cabots (3), 
Line, Walter Nye and Pwpi Campo 
orchs; $5 minimum. 


Bill Miller’s new talent collec- 
tion is likely to maintain the box- 
office arid entertainment standards 
that have prevailed during the bet- 
ter part of the season at this Jer- 
sey hospice. The toppers, Jack 
Carter, Toni Arden and Harry 
Mimmo, each do excellently during 
their individual turns and the 
combination plays well on the floor. 

Carter last “ appeared here two 
years ago on a layout headed by 
Tony Martin. In the intervening 
time, he has been on and off Video, 
and again proved his efficacy as a 
cafe, performer during a recent 
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San Diego, Aug. 16. 
Mae Williams, Jjxck Nye Orch, 
Betty Hall Jones ; tTck cover or mini- 
mum. 


In a return to semi-name shows 
after a hiatus of a month, this 
city’s class nitery has a strong 
lure in Mae Williams. * Buxom, 
sleekly go wner . chirp exudes* sin- 
cerity— a good bet in a. town wary 
of imported, often patronizing 
Hollywood glamor. 

. Full-voiced thrust bears similar- 
ity in style to Beatrice Kay and 
Kay Starr with rugged >ipes and 
socko approach. Songs are refresh- 
ing switch from usual pops. On 
night caught, her stint included 
“Mad About the Boy," “Goody 
Goody," “I’ll Walk .Alone," “A 
Good Man Nowadays Is Hard To 
Find/’ and “Besame Mucho" in 
Spanish for visitors from nearby 
Tijuana, Mex. 

Despite cliche-ridden patter, 
chirp wallops to begoff. 

Jack Nye’s house band provides 
good backing, with Nye’s keyboard’ 
solo opening show. Oroli also plays 
well for terpers. 

In club’s Blackout Bar, ’ Betty 
Hall Jones bounces along in slam- 
bang 88-songs-humor, style, wooing ' 
packed houses. Hard-working sepia 
cnirp-elown is full of pleasing gim- 
micks such as scrawling requests 
oh handy* blackboard fcnd playing 
tape recordings of her keyboard 
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ta de to be produced lor the Arena 
Kirs Assn- will b«. r«<ly in 
Kail of 1953, At it* recent con; 
tcntton in Atlantic City AMA. voted 
to treat the Anderson show, stlU 
on the same oasis as- a 
Snuse production. Kevue will be 

touted well in advance of the sea- 
r $n at the time' the Itineraries for 
S Capadts" and "Ice Cycles'; 
fhnth AMA-produced) ate being set 
™ AMA voted to put all Its ex- 
ploitation faciUtle* behind the 

show. ‘ . 

The Anderson display is regard- 
,4 as an ideal vehicle for AMA 
5j.ee it is non-competitive with its 
iwrs and could be spotted into the 
AMA houses between the bladers, 
n\ also considered nort-competi- 
tive with the “Greatest Show" -se- 
ries which is being- produced for 
AMA by the Gale agency, letter 
ffoes for 30 days on a one-nighter 
bwis. Anderson’s spec will be spot- 
ted for stands of from several days 
to two weeks. 

The Anderson production is the 
latest AMA excursion into show 
business fields. This organization 
of aren* operators is still on the 
trowl for show biz attractions to 
fill up rental time. The sports 
fields have been showing diminish-, 
ing returns in several sectors, in- 
cluding hockey and wrestling, and 
there’s a dearth of suitable attrac- 
tions in boxing. AMA, at the same 
time, will be able to offer shows 
routed in its buildings an increas- 
ing amount of playing time. 

Group, at the A. C. confab, voted 
to accept into membership the Ho- 
bart Arena, Troy, O., and the Allen 
County Memorial Coliseum, Ft. 
Wayne. Active membership com- 
prises about 32 of the top arenas in 
the country. 

AFL Racket Drive 
Kills Carny Union 

The first result of the American 
Federation of Labor’s drive 
against racketeers in trade unions 
is an order b^ the AFL executive 
board that forces the International 
Jewelry Workers Union to with- 
draw a charter granted 'to a group 
which had been organizing conces- 
sion workers at carnivals. 

Local 450 of the recently organ- 
ized Carnival, Amusement & 
Novelty Device Workers Union is 
to disband as a result. 

Local 450 organizers had been 
Active among carnival workers, 
forcing many employees to sign 
with the organization at $4 month- 
ly dues. The organization recently 
compelled Cetlin & [Wilson Shows, 
a major carny, to sign its members 
or else the show would not have 
moved from Its Ft. Wayne, Ind„ 
stand. 

Harry Karsch, of St. Xouis, was 
head of the carnival union. Al- 
though George Meany, AFL vee- 
pee, declared that the jewelry, 
union had jurisdiction over the 
carnival workers, he stated he 
hnew little about Karsch. Joseph 
Morris, president; and Hyman 
fowell, secretary-treasurer of the 
Jewelry union, agreed to revoke 
the charter. Meany. had threatened" 
to take the matter to the conven- 
tion, if the charter remained. Un- 
fler , AFL rules, the convention 

+u U( L eXpe * the international from 
the Federation. 

The Carny union had been mak- 
mg headway among ' the smaller 
shows. However, it hadn't been 
to crack some of the larger 
® u t"ts such tfs James E. Strates 
And World of Mirth. 


San Antonio’s Ice Parade’ 

• San Antonio, Aug. 19. 

“Ice Parade of 1952” will open 
Thursday (21) for three nights and 
one matinee performance at the 
San Pedro Park Iceland. Show is 
being presented by the San An- 
tonio Ice Club. 

Some 150 members, all amateurs 
will participate. Gordon Casey, 
former Sonja Henie troups skater, 
is director of the show. 


See 2 New Cafes 

i 

Cueing More Coin 
For Vegas Acts 

Another inflationary wave among 
top acts is feared in the fall when 
two more hotels open in Las Vegas,' 
The Sahara is set to bow Oct. 1 
and the Sands on Nov. 1. -Even 
prior to the opening of these new 
hostels, complete with gaming 
rooms, Las Vegas already is paying 
the highest salaries in the country. 

Competition among top talent 
users such as the Flamingo, Tliup- 
derbird, Last Frontier, Desert Inn 
and El Rancho Vegas, among oth- 
ers, is so keen that most acts get 
higher salaries there than they do 
in any part of the country. Until 
now, the Las Vegas wages haven’t 
been the criterion for salaries else- 
where, but with the addition of the 
Sands and Sahara to the talent 
trying sweepstakes, it’s 'felt that 
thr Las Vegas influence will be 
felt in other major talent buying 
centres. The major salutary effect 
of the green-felt capital is the fact 
that the high stipends persuade 
name filmsters to try for the tall 
nitery coin. Once having worked 
niteries, they can be inducted to 
play other dates. 

Abe Schiller, entertainment di- 
rector of the Flamingo Hotel, is 
currently in New York casing acts. 
He has bought the revue that has 
been running at the Sans Soucl, 
Havana, for the past eight months. 
He’s planning on putting Miguelito 
Valdes on top of this show. 

Cast includes Olga Chivario and 
an American dancer, Skippy Het- 
zer, who has been well-publicized 
in Cuban iafe circles. Show opens 
Oct. 30 and will* play the Flamingo 
for four weeks before going back 
to Cuba. Music Corp. of America 
booked. 


Houston's Price Cuts 

p Houston, Aug. 19. 

a lP. Smith, owner operator of 
Ringside Club, believes the 
Pnee factor Is one of the reasons 
rJL ?£?Hning b,o. and is . doing 
about it. He has cut his 

brinks *° r 

^.Admission has been pared to 

plus tax, with beer set at 20c 

thT Z5 ~ pcr bottle and setups on 
the cuff. 

■tt^F^ntly at the spot are the 
Herbie Brockstein orch* Bob 
pv n , sen * ni.e. and comic, and Elic 
'-'hoi, exotic dancer. 


Ringling May Shelve 
Local Sponsor Setup 

Toledo, * Aug, 19. 

Officials of Ringling Bros., 
Barnum & Bailey Circus, in To- 
ledo Aug. 13-14 under sponsorship 
of the local lodge of B’naj B’rith, 
indicated that next year they 
would not resume the pldn of hav- 
ing local organizations sponsor the 
show in some cities. 

Several sponsors this season 
have reportedly taken a loss on 
the circus. 

‘ Carson's Cafe Clicko 

Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Jack Carson closed a two-week 
stand Saturday (16) at State Line 
Country Club, Tahoe, Cal., where 
liis draw got him an option to re- 
turn to the spot whenever he can 
make.it next season. 

Date also served as a honeymoon 
for Carson and his bride, actress 
Lola Albright. Couple returns to 
Hollywood later this *week, where 
Carson checks into Metro for a co- 
starring role in “Dangerous When 
Wet.” 


Newark * All-Negro Show 

Manhattan Paul, for many years 
the emcee at the Savannah cafe, 
N. Y., is planning to install an all- 
Negro show at the Newark Opera 
House,. Sept. 16. He’s currently 
negotiating with the American 
Guild of Variety Artists on a scale. 

Paul recently headed a troupe 
that played several engagements in 
India. 


*OAJ-Vamtie# ? LA, Stand 

“Olsen A Johnson-Skating Vani- 
ties” has signed for a 24*Iay date 
at the Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los 
Angeles, Feb. 13 to March t. 

Show’s producer, Harold Stein- 
man, and Pan Pacific manager Ly- 
man Johnson negotiated the stand 
in the 8,000-seater. 


Franchise Tit 

i 

An attempt to establish a com- 
mon meeting ground between the 
American Guild of Variety Artists 
and Artists Representatives Assn, 
will be made at a confab between 
representatives of both groups to 
be held, next Tuesday (2*6). 

Request .for ■ the • meeting was 
made by ARA.' Union’s national 
administrative secretary, Jack Irv- 
ing, declared that he would be glad 
to discuss matters with the reps, 
provided such a meeting would not 
prejudice the position taken by the 
union. 

Union’s position, as expressed in 
a resolution at its recent conven- 
tion in aLos Angeles,, calls for di- 
rect issuance of agency franchises 
and no dealings through an agency 
organization. 

An AGVA spokesman indicated 
that there was little hope of ef- 
fecting any sort of agreement with 
ARA, since apy “understanding” 
would imply a means of circum- 
venting the resolution. 

ARA had sought a means of ne- 
gotiation, feeling that agents 
should not be forced to accept con- 
ditions that are arrived at without 
discussion between the union and 
agency reps. 

Nype Ups Coin, So Pitt 
Carousel Will Reopen 
With Ventriloquist Nelson 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 19. 

Jimmy Nelson, ventriloquist who. 
does the commercials on Milton 
Berie’s TV show, has been booked 
as headliner at the Carousel Sept. 
5, when Jackie Heller’s room re- 
opens after a summer shutdown of 
nearly two months. Nelson, who’ll 
play eight days, will be fulfilling an 
old contract since his original date 
here late in July was- pushed back 
when Carousel, after hitting hard 
times via the heat and' steel strike, 
..decided at the last-minute to shut- 
ter for eight weeks. 

Russell Nype, who' clicked here 
in Civic Light Opera Assn.'s Out- 
door production of “One Touch of 
Venus,” had been practically set as 
the Carousel’s reopening star, -but 
deal was dropped when the ante 
went up from $1,500 to. $2,000 a 
week after his opera whamm. 

. Herman Middleman, who left 
Carousel'' bandstand after several 
years to try his luck in Florida last 
winter, will be back as the room’s 
maestro. Ralph DeStephano and 
Johnny Marino in turn had suc- 
ceeding him. 


Roz Courtright Booked 
For San Antonio Fortnite 

San Antonio, Aug. 19. 
Rosalind Courtright, singer, is 
scheduled to open here at the 
Anacacho Room of the St. Anthony 
for a two-week engagement on 
Sept. 2. Music will be provided 
by Steve ICisley and his orch. 

Nat Brandwynne and his band 
are scheduled to open an engage- 
ment at the spot on Sept. 16. On 
the same bill will be the Quintetto 
Allegro, from Florence, Italy. 


Names for York, Pa., Fair 

The York (Pa.) Interstate Fair 
has signed a heavy roster of names 
for its fiVe-day run, starting Sept. 
9. Fair has spotted, the Fred War- 
ing orch and chorus for one day, 
Sept. 10; Ink Spots, Sept. 11, and 
the Andrews Sisters, Sept. 12. 

'“Frank Wirth is booking the 
i shows there. ’ 


Eddie Bracken'* Vauder 

Eddie Bracken will play his first 
theatre date in several years at the 
Seville Theatre, Montreal, starting 
tomorrow (ThursJ. Bracken may 
follow with other vaude stands. 

William. Morris 'Agency is book- 
ing. - y 




; „ f 

Lena’s MCA Exit 

, a 

Lena Horne, slated to return to 
the U, S. around $ept 11 from'* 
tour of Europe, is not reriewing 
her: booking contract with ; Music 
Corp, of America, which expires 
Sept, 1. She has announced no 
new agency affiliation. 

MisS Horne, will rest for a few 
weeks in California before resum- 
ing engagements, • 


St Loo’s Koplar 



For Not. Casino 


St. Louis, Aug. 19. 

Harold Koplar, manager of the 
Chase Club and associated with his 
father,* Sam, in the operation of 
three west end hotels and two 
apartment houses here, is reported 
to have bid $200,000 cash for the 
Tahoe-Biltmore Hotel and gam- 
bling casino on Lake Tahoe, Nev. 
Koplar was . one of four persons 
who bid on the property at a pub- 
lic auction held at the site by the 
Reconstruction Finance . Corp., 
which holds an unpaid $360,000 
loan on the 'building. 

While JCopIar’s bid is understood 
not to be the highest, it was the 
only one offered in cash. RCF is 
expected to make a decision within 
30 days, , 

The stone and brick structure 
which has but 32 guest rooms and 
was devoted principally to gam- 
bling, has been* shuttered since 
1949. It was built the year pre- 
viously by the Blumenfeld Bros., 
§an Francisco theatre owners, for 
$480,000, with financing - by the 
Anglo-California Bank of San Fran- 
cisco. RFC guaranteed 75% of the 
loan. 

. Six months after its opening it 
was taken over by Sam Termini, 
San Francisco gambler and asso- 
ciate of Charles Blnaggio, slain 
Kansas City gambler and Demo- 
cratic leader. The enterprise went 
broke shortly afterward and RFC 
held the bag for $360,000, only 
$10,000 having been paid on the 
original loan. 

Others reported to have made 
term bids are Sanford Adler, own- 
er of the Cal-Neva Lodge, whose 
offer totaled $330,000; Albert Ichel- 
son, California real estate dealer 
and horse owner, $325,000, and Joe 
Greenbach, California hotel owner, 
$225,000. The Tahoe-Biltmore is 
situated on the Nevada-California 
border south of Reno. 

‘Aqua Follies’ Pulls 177G; 
Greater Seattle Nets 35G 

Seattle, Aug. 19. 

“Aqua Follies,” at the Green 
Lake Aqua Theatre, 6,200-seater, 
topped its two previous engage- 
ments. Gross for the 16 perform- 
ances was $177,000, with house 
scaled to $3.50. 

Frank Hixon handled the engage- 
ment for Greater Seattle, which is 
staging the city’s 100^h year cele- 
bration, Net profit * for Greater 
Seattle was $35,000, according to 
Walter Van Camp, managing di- 
rector. That sum will be used for 
expenses in connection with the 
celebration, from which there is 
no income. The Goji Cup Races, 
for instance, lost $16,000. 


‘Mr. BY Song-Golf Spree 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 10, 
Deal has been sewed up for Billy 
Eckstine to play a nitery in his 
hometown for the first time. He’s 
been booked by. George Claire's 
Vogue Terrace for last three nights 
of this week (21r23). 

Booking ;>vas made possible 
through EckStine’s entry in the Na- 
tional Negro Open golf tourna- 
ment, which will be played here .*1 
South Park next week. . . 

Harry Hendcl, nabe theatre own- 
er here, "gave Eckstine his start 
years ago when he put him in front 
of a band at the Savoy Ballroom in 
the Hill district, which Hendel was 
also operating. 


Washington; Aug. 19. 
Pentagon huddle between USG» 
Camp Shows proxy Lawrence Phil- 
lips, Col. Joseph Goetz, head of 
Armed Forces Professional Enter* 
tainment, and Col. William Bailey, 
chief of personnel services for 
troops in Europe and North Africa, 
is expected to result in. a stepped** 
up schedule of tours of show biZ ce- 
lebs and . better . coordination be- 
tween far-flung circuits. 

Replica . ‘ of Professional Enter- 
tainment Branch has been set up 
with headquarters <at Wejsbaden to 
route and supervise shows through 
the complicated Northeast Com- 
mand and Europe-North Africa 
area. Major Gerald Cameron, vet 
of troop entertainment since 1944, * 
is in charge of new setup under 
supervision of Col. Bailey, current- 
ly in U.S. for confabs. 

New policy provides nine-week 
tours by USO troupes, alternating 
the four circuits in this area, thu* 
giving each an equal share of Camp 
Shows’ dollar. In case of head- . 
liners, there is no stipulated time, 
except that no star can be booked 
for Korea or North Africa for less 
than a fortnight, 

- Wayne Morris, former Navy pilot 
is set to leave Friday (22) for “hos- 
pital walk through” in the Euro- 
pean area. Dennis Morgan is un- 
derstood committed to' a similar 
tour as soon as current film obliga- 
tions are* fulfilled. Letters have 
been circulated among a number of 
top femme film stars in an effort 
to recruit them for hospital stints. 

Pentagon powwow was followup 
on recent Hollywood huddle of 
George Murphy and Stan RiQhard- 
sori,- Hollywood Coordinating Com- 
mittee, USO board chairman Abe 
Lastfogel, and Col. Goetz. Undei> 
stood that Lastfogel promised Hol- 
lywood Volunteer Committee more 
money for use in building variety 
shows afound star names. Side tal- 
ent has to be paid, but current al- 
lotment to committee Is said to be 
a mere $50COOO. 

15% as Sponsor’s 
Bit on M&L Tour 

Martin Sc Lewis will start a tour 
of one-nighters Oct. 23 in Wash- 
ington, Duo will follow with stands 
in Providence, New Haven, Spring- 
field, Montreal, Toronto, Troy, 
Schenectady, Syracuse and New- 
ark. 

Comics will be getting. $10,000 
guarantee against 601% of the 
gross. 

3- . , 

Sponsor’s Mont’l Setup 

Montreal, Aug. 19. 

Percentage of profit fop pro- 
moter or sponsors who haVe 
booked the Martin A Lewis one- 
night show ' will be among the 
smallest in history. The comics; 
playing Maple Leaf Gardens here 
Oct; 27, are guaranteed $10,000 
against 60% of the gross, with 
sponsoring organization paying 
25% , rental, 'to the. auditorium. 
Thus the promoter is left with a 
15% margin out of which comes 
advertising and other expenses. 

Although the . margin is small 
percentagewise, it’s expected that 
the profits will be fairly heavy 
inasmuch as top grosses are ex- 
pected. 


Clarabell, Billy Gilbert * 
Head Ohio State Fair 

Columbus, Aug. 19. 

Clarabell, the “Howdy Doody” 
clown,' and sneezing Billy Gilbert 
will headline the “State Fair 
Follies” to appear at the grand- 
stand during the eight-day Ohio 
•State • Fair which opens Friday 
(22). “Fair Follies” is booked by 
the Gus Sun office. 

Klein attractions will present 
“Circus Follies” the last four days 
of (he fair. in the dual entertain- 
ment lineup. 


Mahalia’* Europe Trek 

Gospel singer Mahalia .Jackson 
will do a six-week four of Europe 
this summer. She’ll start in Paris 
Oct. 26. 

Negro songstress will play one- 
night stands in France, Italy and 
the Scandinavian countries. 


VAtTBEYIIXK 



20, 19SJ 


Battle between ft, Y. Mirror nl- 
texy columnist Lee Mortimer, am 
tbor" of the “Confidential”- series 
With Mirror editor Jack Lait, and 
the American Guild of Variety Ar- 
tists has been’put into mothballs 
temporarily while union attorneys 
study the situation. 

Mortimer, who was asked to 
come before the N.Y, branch board 
on Monday <18) to be questioned 
for writing unflattering items about 
the union, refused to make an ap- 
pearance there and notified AGVA 
of this intent via a letter Sent by 
his attorney, Hyman I, Fischbach. 
Board, in its deliberations Mon- 
day, ducked the issue and sent the 
missive to Silverstcme & Rosenthal, 
union’s counsel, for further study. 

Mortimer’s refusal may result, 
ultimately, in revocation of ‘his 
AGVA card on charges of conduct 



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unbecoming a member, and placed 
on the unfair list. Columnist has 
emceed shows in the ft.Y; State 
borscht belt. Beckman & Fransjty 
books him. ~ 

Mortimer’s attorney/ charged 
that AGVA proposed to. interrogate 
the columnist without “formulating 
and presenting to - Mr,* ’Mortimer 
charges of any, nature or kind 
whatsoever, arid" when your' atten- 
tion was called to the fact that 
your proceedings in effect were 
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informed Mr. Mortimer that there 
had not yet been a 'determination 
to prefer charge^ against him and”) 
you insisted, nevertheless, you had 
a right to interrogate him/’ 

* Fischbach’s^ letter also' stated 
that “prominent members of your 
committee, despite Mr- Mortimer’s 
objections, otherwise: conducted 
themselves in a manner Which 
made perfectly clear -your pur- 
poses apd objectives beyond those 
authorized to your organization by 
law. 

“Your communication of Aug. 7 
now requests that Mr. . Mortimer 
appear before yoit on Atigr. 18, 
1952, ‘without counsel and with-:] 
out a stenographer/ You are ad- 
vised that under the circumstances, 
Mr. Mortimer will not attend on 
the basis, of the request contained, 
in your communication. You. are 
also advised that any proceedings 
on the part of your organization 
with respect to Mr^ Mortimer 
which are yiplative of law or in 
any wise tend to impinge upon his 
rights will, if undertaken' by you, 
subject you and such of your of- 
ficers, directors or other personnel 
who participate therein, ter prompt 
and appropriate legal proceedings 
for such redress as the law may 
afford.” 

Letter came after Mortimer ap- 
peared at an AGVA beard meeting 
Aug. 4 with his attorney and d v 
stenographer. Board felt that it 
wanted to question the columnist 
alone. 

In “U. S. A, Confidential” Morti- 
mer and Lait called the union a 
“loose” organization, Mortimer at 
various times’ has taken potshots 
at the organization in the Mirror, 

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Ethel Smith’s Organ 
Recital of Dear’ Faree 

Organist Ethel Smith 'has been 
signed for the RitzCarltoh, Atlan- 
tic City, starting Aug. 28, on a 
guarantee and percentage basis.. 
She recently returned from a Con- 
tinental tour on which, she states, 
she earned “nearly 2,000,000 francs 
but had to cash travelers’ checks 
for boat tips.”- 

Miss Smith states she retired for 
the night in one Paris hotel at one 
rate and awoke with another 
(higher, natch!), She also cited th£ 
case of a French organ dealer who 
contracted to bring her equipment 
back from Monte Carlo in tithe 
for two galas at Deauville. Miss 
Smith was: forced’ to cancel these 
dates because the dealer failed to 
keep his .end of the- contract. She 
was. threatened with a law suit as a 
result. 

Organist suspected that the deal- 
er thought he could lose track of 
the equipment and she would be 
forced to leaye it in-Jhis custody 
after she sailed. Prewar organs 
rent for $20 daily in’ France. 

Miss Smith said she’s been asked 
to dp a repeat tour in ^France nexj: 
season, “but who wants to wrestle 
with hand-kissing pickpockets?” 

Chafe, SU Loo, Bookings 

St. Louis, 'Aug, 19... 

Frank Sinatra his been; pasted 
by the Chase Club for one -week 
starting Oct. 3, with music by Jack 
Fina’s orch. It will be the sing- 
er’s debut at this spot. 

The cafe relights for the 1952r- 
53 season Sept. 19 with a three- 
week frame for Mindy Carson. 
Mario 4c Floria and the Johnny 
Long orch. The -Starlight Roof 
will shutter after a three-week en- 
gagement of Mary Mayo, Dick 
Buckley and Henry Jerome’s orch, 
which starts Aug. 29. 



For N.Y. Ffeacli Casio* 

Plans are underway to tour, tlie 
(current • show at the French, Ca- 
sino, N. Y, Nachat Martini, op- 
erator, is slated to return to 
France shortly to begin casting an- 
other layout for the spot. When 
.new display hr readied arouhd 
Christmas; -Martini Jhopes to have 
?circuite.d ; :%b- : -:-- , c&*rpht . Program 
ground • the vahde and * nitery- 
routes. 

: French Casing. . 'which. opened 
July 4, - is holding -its -own. • Spot 
has survived ’ohc of. the • hdttest 
summers in many years, and losses 
have been held . down x to: a level 
which will ehablA fhe cafe to hold 
on for some fime; /French Casino 
is’ on the site of' Billy Bose’s Dia- 
mond Horseshoe. 


NX 



As 3d Headliner to Switch 
To Bill Miller’s Riviera 

The Copacabana, N. Y,, lost a 
third headliner to Bill Miller’s 
Riviera, Ft. Lee, N. J„ when Frank 
Sinatra pacted for the Jersey spot 
to opeh Sept, 5 for two weeks and 
three -days. Previous toppers, who. 
have shifted from the Copa to Mill- 
er’s; roadhouse were Tony Martin 
and Lena Home. • 

Transfer is believed to stem, 
"from the fact that, although sal-, 
aries are similar, the Copa’s three- 
show-nightly policy suffers com- 
parison against the Riviera’s two ] 
shows. Latter, however, runs a 
third frolic on occasional Saturn 
days and holidays;’ The Szonys will 
be on the Sinatra layout. 

Swooner was -.originally, slated to 
open Sept. 4,. but that would have 
conflicted with 'the Joe- E, Lewis 
preera at the Copa.. Sinatrarv will 
follow the Riviera with the’. Latin 
Casino, Philadelphia, . and the 
Chase Hotel, St." Louis. He’s now 
booked by the William . Morris. 
Agency. 


Stint at the N.Y. Copacabana. Car- 
ter, on this trip; indicated that he 



mm IN HAYANA’ 

The Holiday Theatre, N. Y„. is 
set to resume, unity next Tuesday. 
(26) with" “A Night in Havana,” 
which played through most of- the 
season at the Clover Club, MiatnI. 
Unit is- in for two' weeks and op- 
tions and Will include Juancitq & 
Mercedes, Peggy Genders, June 
Tomack, Dolores. Harper Dancers, 
and Nanci Darkeh.' Five other acts 1 
are to: .be. set, Kenneth Later 
Agency -set the deaL 
. .The • Holiday, which recently 
housed Frank Sennes’ version of 
“Peep Show,” will embark on a 
new policy following run of “Ha- 
vana/’ which was?- staged by Car- 
lyle,, -who formerly produced .at 
the Sans Souci, Havana. .Michael 
Rose, who has been named house 
producer by operator Israel Zat- 
kin, will install a stock policy with 
weekly changes of headliners. 
Plans call for a two-hour run of 
shorts, newsreels, and cartoons be- 
tween stagesbows. There will be 
,no feature- pix. . Four shows daily 
with early admissions pegged at 
99c are planned. 

The Holiday, in recent months, 
has be^n playing an increasing 
amount ' of stage-shows. Spot 
opened “Bagels and Yox” some 
time ago, and then went into a deal 
with Senries on “Peep Show.” 
With Rose entering the picture, a 
steady diet of stagers is in view. 


Billy Btahwp orch has opened an 
rndef engagement on the Pleasure 
Pier, Galveston, following Tommy 
I/Reed bend into the spot. 

• * ’ * * k .T* „ 


Saranac Lake 

By Happy Benway 

Saranac Lake:, N. Y./Aug; 19^ 
Summer flashes on our Main 
Stem; Bill- Morris at Saranac Lake 
| summer theatre to see- “The Bat.” 
Kate Smith eating up the exhibits 
at Town Hall antique show. Dr. 
Edgar Mayer, Cornell Medical Cen- 
ter 'professor and theatrical 
medico, tanning himself at Camp 
Kildare. Mrs? William “Mother’ 
Morris outbidding everyone for an 
antique copper tray of German 
origin at the antique sale for bene- 
fit of local hospital. 

Eddie (IATSE) Stott, who left 
here some time ago, was in for a 
checkup and got that green light 
Joe (UA) • Phillips shot into the 
general hospital for thoracoplasty 
operation, took it like a veteran 
and is resting* in comfort at the 
V. C. hospital. He was visited by 
Erancis » and Thomasina Phillips 
who motored in from Long Island. 

VI ’.Phillips -shot in from N. Y. 
to visit the V. C. hospital to relay, 
greetings from Joe Laurie, Jr., to 
this mugg and many, of the gang. 
Write to those who are ill. 


•but apparently 
gap f between 7 the comic and the 
crowd. ! He 'lowered the sights by 
several notches and' the audience 
Started roRihg. . Carter was, on for 
about ail hour and -for the greater 
part of ft got the maximum audi- 
ence response. Once. he established 
rapport, -with, the -congregation, . he 
was able to put in the new stuff, 
which ldok&'lfke. material deserving 
of a long run in his catalog. The 
[-comic took, ‘several, encores before 
retiring. 

Miss Arden, who moved from 
barid •vocalist ‘to name status, via 
disks, similarly proves h ei * mettle 
on this floor. Her rhythm tunes 
have spirit and., there are times 
when- her. ballads show delicacy. 
She- mixes her moods to maintain 
interest and variety. 

In the slow number category, an 
oldie, “Nearness of You,” and “Take 
My Heart” bring vigorous response 
from the- crowd. Miss Arden also 
shows up nicely on “Kiss of Fire.” 
She walks off a .distinct hit hebe. 
i Also in the comedy mood,, Harry 
Mimrne brings a- fresh note. This 
small ChAplinesque figure made his 
U*Sv debut recently at the Chateau 
Madrid He’s, an Italian import who 
came here via Cuba and has es- 
tablished. himself jta the Latin 
American countries.. . 

:■ Mimmo is a pantbmimist with a' 
heavy. grain of originality. He’s one 
pf , the riiore accomplished dance 
mimics; lampooning terpers of var- 
ious nationalities, -His, rib of the 
.German hoofers starts off. mildly, 
but soon develops into a vigorous 
goosestep, - Most of his dances, 
however, .have comedic overtones 
readily appreciated by the audi- 
ence; There are some subtleties 
which ., do '.not carry to the far 
reaches., of the room, but he still 
projects sufficiently to put him on? 
the plus’ side. * 

Rest of the bill carries over with 
Aft Johnson- on the vocals and the 
Cabots (3); in the production danc- 
ing. Latter troupe is now proving 
proficient in thesq chores, having 
progressed considerably since they 
started here at’ the beginning of 
the season. The Arden-FIetcher. 
line routines hold ‘ up well. The 
Walter Nye and Piipi Camfpo orchs 
provide the dance music and show- 
backing. Jose. 

-T 

Cafe Ciala? t. A« 

, - Los Angeles, Aug. 14. 

Jane Jones; Mai Henke Trio , 
Jean Arnold, Frank Howard, Don 
ShefFey;.$3.5Q minimum. 

ThCrets a .lot Of show* here for 
the Size of the room, and in spite 
of the table tariff, it sets one won- 
dering how jim Dolan can keep 
thff . black above the red. True, 
none of the acts is any great shakes 
along the county strip nitery belt, 
but it’s the kind of entertainment 
these habitues like. 

Everything has a hop arid a bop 
to. it,, with, a purplish tinge^ tO salt 
down gamey appetites. Jane Jopes 
takes top billing and it’s quite a 
load she totes, more than, 300 
potinds of it. She’S an old cam- 
paigner at' this' end of town and- 
long a favorite with the lat* crowd. 
She pumps, up a fairly good song 
but the" pipes are' beginning to 
Show signs-, of rust. This being ah 
era of muscle singers,, she lets go 
with all* stops put and like all big 
gals, inevitably pours hard and 
strong with “Some of These Days.” 
The inference is unmistakable. 

Mel Henke trio of piano, bass 
and guitar specializes in off-beat 
boogie and whomps • up jumpy 
rhythm*. Henke’s: lips move with 
the speed pf his keyboard fingering 
$q.d the pounding' too often drowns 
out the stringsiders. 

Jean Arnold is billed as “the 
brightest comedienne discovered in 
years.” That she isn’t. Better ma- 
terial for her songs would kelp. 
She’s a lively one, however, with 
tall timbre in her voice. 

As baritones go/ Frank Howard 
can travel “The Glory Road” with 
most of them. o His voice booms, but 
no stronger than Jones’ or Arnold’s. 
Don Sheffey, on the accomp side, is 
the. only one who doesn’t blast. His 
piamstics are intime and soothe 
the room’s jangle. Helm. 

- • f 

Mmpe* Skyroont, Kenn 

_ Reno, Aug. 15. 

Three Suns , Giselle A Francois 
Szony, SkyleUes (8), Eddie Fitz- 
patrick Orch (9), no cover or mini- 
mum. 


The Three Suns make their sec- 
ond appearance in this room, and 
are pl*ymg to a consistently 
large and - enthusiastic audience. 


Identifying theme t.. 

Time” gets th'em aboard 
friendly reception, and first saS 
1 l 1 ?Z eg F..i'f et yP«''Love S {” S ?t V a 0 t 


gallops Taster and faster 
about six choruses. throu811 

All the Things You Are ” with 
pleasant voicing by Artie W h 
organist, starts 8 roman?^ 5 U "”- 


TKen an unusuai r °™“' IC di s “? a 0 y d -. 


Morty Nevin on both his accorS 
and piano. Parody on several cni on 
from “Army Air Corps" to ‘‘ff 
the Rainbow” is a routine 
the plight of the three with tS 
girls, stranded in a balcony 

. Giselle and Francois Szony are 
impressive in the most refined *nS 
graceful daheing Skyroom hasever 
seen Handicapped by a stage 
which only affords ringsidersa 
.proper view,_ they nevertheles? 
sock Oyer with effortless grace 
Brother and sister glide throSS 
an ethereal entry, change to a 
bright. “Tea for Two” routine 1 and 
end with a Spanish number. Their 
ballet stints are perfection. 

' . Macu. 


JAY MARSHALL 

h«s rtturnvd to 
Las Yogas to visit 
his money. 

Currently 5th Week 

. Hotel 
Thunderbird 

Thanh to HAL BRAUDIS 
Management 

MARK LEDDY 




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Numerals in e«nn*etl*n with bills IndlMti sunmIhi day *f sh*w 

wHgthsr lull »r split 


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(L) Laew; (M) Mess; (F) Parameunt; (R) RKO; (srstell; IT) Tlvelli <W) 

rWR) Walter Read# 


Warner; 


New York City 
Music Hall (I) 21 
Roger King Mozlim 
Moscelyn Larkin 
Roger Colder 
Patricia itaynfty 
.<Boli Williams 
Chick Chester 
William Maun 
‘Rocjcettes 
Corps de Ballet 
filym Ore 

Pataca (K) 22 
George Kirby 
Ralph & Lorraine' 

3 Hollidays 
Nicholas & Haley 
Jaywalkers 
Kuda Bux 

Vic Charles 
Cnrla & .Fernando 
Dancers 

Pirtmount (P) 20 
Elliot Lawrence Ore 
Don Cornell 
Mickey Deems 

4 Evan* 

Trudy it'.ciiards 
Roxy (I) 22 
Mel iora: 

Elliott Reid . 

Tom & Jerry 
Arnold Sh:£a 
Be. tv A Vnson 
ABfiRD suN (S D) 

Capitol A .o only 

Asylum / t Horror*. 

CHICAGO* 
Chicago <P) 22 
Frances. Lang£6r<L 


Bobble Sherman 
(1 to fill) 

FARGO (N D) 
Parc* (P) 27 Only 
Asylum of Horrors 

ORAND FORKS 
(N D) 

Dakata (P) 24 Only 
Asylum of Horrors 
JAMESTOWN (S D) 
Grand (P) 21 Only 
Asylum of Horrors 

M|NOY IN p) 
itraftd (PV 23 Only 

Asylum of Horror* 
PHILADELPHIA 
Mastbaum <W) It 
Dean 'Martin Sc 
Jerry Lewis 
Kitty Kallcn 
Mayo Bros 
Dick Stabile 
Barr A Estes 
SAN FRANCISCO 
Paramount (PJ 22 
Lionel Hampton Bd 
Alin Nichols 
Toyley Hamner 
Sunny Parker 
Arnold Dover 
Rosetta Perry 
LoS Gatos 

WASHINGTON 
CepRol (L) 11 
Kltielt 

Chandra Kaly Co 
Joanne Charlebeis 
Gena Archer 


AUSTRALIA 


ADELAIDE 
Royal (T) It 

Jimmy Hanley 
Rahs Mack : nnon 
Rosemary filler. 
June Lansell 
Valerie Keast 
Robert Levis 
MELBOURNE 
Tivoli (T) It 
Tommy Trinder 
4 Botonds 
Hxlancn & Konarskl 
Prof Olgo 
Carl Ames 
Royston MacGregor 
Harry Moreny 
Tony L—n-nd 
Peter 

4 v <Slnglm Girls' 

3 Show Cirls 

4 Dapcin rt Boys 
22 Adorr.b’es 

SYDNEY 
Tivoli iT) it 
Mara & Maurice 
3 Daresco 


Lowe A Ladd 
Guy Nelson 
Renita Kramer 
Bouna 

Overbury A Suzette 
Sonya Cnrbean 
is show Girls 

M Nndet 
• Bey Dancers A k 
Singers 
22 BaUet 
NEW ZEALAND 
Christchurch 
Tivoli (T) It 
Armand Pcrren 
Fayes -3 
Pat Gregory . 

GerdL BJornstad 
Chribi 

Marika. Saqry 
PttilHp Tappln 
Wim De Jong 
Jacques Cartaux 
Jimmy Elder 
Joe Whltehouse 
Cissy Trenholm 
Terry Scanlon 
Guus Brox A Myrna 


BRITAIN 


ASTON 

Hippodrome (I) It 

Harry Rowson 
lan HayncS 
Les Zentays 
Valentine Cirls 
Jimmy Kidd & June 
Peter Broughton 
Joan Price 
Johnny Crltchley 
Val Cave 

BIR.M NOHAM 
Hippodrome <M) It 
Martell Sli . 

Jane Morgan 
Elton Hayes 
Richman • " ckson 

Jack Radclirte 
4 Jayq A June 
Nat Goncl’a Co 
Skylons 

BLACKPOOL 
Optra' House (1) It 
Lester Ferguson 
Terry-TI» rt nv.\s 
Semorir.’ 

Dandy Bros 
Harry B'llcy 
Pamela .ay 
Corps de ~'llet 
Regency 0 
Albert Murland 
Magyar Dancers 
BO Tiller Girls 
Roof Top Lovelies 
Palace (I) It 
Gwen Llddle 
Jimmy James Co 
RAJ Clyde 

f rlc Williams 
Angelos 
ictor Seaforth 
Carsony Bros 
Allen Bros A June 
Tower Circus (I) it 
C Cairoll A Paul 
Knle's Lions A 
Tigers 

Rose Gold 3 
Chezzl Bros 
Knle.’s Horses A 
Zebras 
Rogge Sis 
Tosca de Lao 
Knle's Llpplzanas 
.Jackie Luposcu 
CRlyeras 
Knle's Animal 
Carousel 

Duncan’s Collies 
Crocker’s Bears 
Knle’s Bn by Ele- 

J phants 
ittle Jimmy 
immy Scott 
Annette's Circusette 
Winter Gardens 
. (I) 18 

Frasers Harmonica 
Co 

Yoddie Sales 
^allol Puppets 
"aye A Tamara 
July McCormack 
Cathlecn Gray 
Torecn Hinton 
2 Beau Belles 
Ronnio Ronaldo 
. BRADFORD 
Alhambra (M) It 
Deep River Boys 
Peggy Cavell 
Morris A Cowley 
Beryl Orde 
Eva May Wong 
Sid Plummer 
A Sterlings 
„ BRISTOL 
Empire (I) it 
Frank O’Brien 
Jack Mayer 
Les Trois 
^ D'Artognans 
Foggy Stone 
Gordon Night Birds 
Rickey Howard 
Bene Bruce 
ftarry Ilumphroya 
Hargraves 


Hippodrome (*) it 

A1 Read 
Mary Naylor 
St Denis Bros A 
Beryl 

Lionel King 
Eddie Gordon A 
Nancy 

Allen A Lee 
Johnson Clark- 
Hal Mack Co 
Tommy Mitchell 
JBRIXTON 
Empress (I) it 
Hal Blue 
Georges A Dorina 
SAP Kaye 
Forsyth A - Calvert 
Magyar Ballet 
CHEI,5EA 
„ Palace (I) It 
Leo Franklin 
Margary Fleeson 
Glen Melvyq 
Ian Gardiner 
Laurie Adair 

CHISWICK 
Empire (S) It 
Bartlett A Ross 
Kenne Lucas 
Jones A Foss 
Les SyihmetrlcaW 
2 Pirates 

east ham 

Granada (I) if 

Cawalapis Dogs 
Winston 'Foxwell 
Les Valettos 
Delmondl 
Chikolas 
Alberto A" Rice 
Palace (!) It 
Jack Anton 
David Naim A Mrs 
Balmoral 4 
Jill J&yea 
Pauline Terrie 
Syd Raymond 
HACKNEY 
Empire (5) 18 
Terry O'Neill 
Cooper Twins 
Dixie Rohe 
Phil Darban A 
Wendy 

Hans Bela A Mary 
MuRlcr’ n irdoes 
» 5 •SOS 

Empire (M> 18 
G Mitchell Choir 
Jimmy Clitheroe 
Karina 

Arthur White 
Vadio A Hertz 
Sonny Burke 
Rexanos 
Jon J''v^e o >rs 
LEICESTER 
P.^lRre IS) 18 
Carroll Levis Co 
Viola Pretty 
Teon A^ers 
2 Ke’iy-! 

LINCOLN 
Royl (I) IS 
Alyce DeV 
Billy Wells 
Jackie Todd 
Haynes A Gardiner 
Meltones 
BAB Adams 
Audrey Mann 
Dave Starr 
Vocalaircs 
Funfair Mor-hles 
LIVERPOOL 
Empire <M) 18 
Sugar Chile 
Robinson 
Cvclo Bros 
Wilson Keppel A 
Betty 

Lcn Young 
Joe King 
Harry Worth 
Will Carr Co 
Frances Duncan 
Rex A Bessie 


LONDON 

Palladium (M) It 
Banlde Lalne 
Arthur Blake . 
Marquis Family 
Nancl Crompton 
Jo Jac A Jon l , 
Reverhoa 
Scott Sanders 
Palladium Girls* 
Skyrockets Ore 
MANCHESTER 
Hlppodr^mo (S)'-lt 
Derek Roy 
Eve Boswell 
3 Falcons 
Downey A Daye 
Charles Stephen 
Nanette Dubrey 
Eddie Myles 
Whlteley— Girls 

NOTTINGHAM 
Emplro (M) II 

Ray Alan 
Issy Bonn 
Skating Sayers 
Plddlngtons 
Tommy Jover Co 
Harry TaU Jr 
JU1 A Odette 

PORTSMOUTH 
Royal (M)-' 18 
Josef Locke - 
Herochel Henlero 
Leslie Randall 
Paula CoUtts 
Dick Calkin- 
Iris Sadler * 
Niberco Bros 
Linda A Lana 

SCUNTHORPE ., 
Savoy (I) It 

Cecil Sheridan 
Noel Talbot 
Joy Brennan 
Stephen Black 
Joe O'Reilly A 
Tommy 
Micky Reid 
Evelyn Henry 
Maxoms Shamrocks 
2 M'S 

Gass A Keegan 


iHRPHIRDS RUSH 
Empire (S) It • 
JefrnnU Lockwood 
Mmb Scott 
Maureen Comfort 
Torry Trent 
Anton Petrof 
Btakeman 3 
A1 Giliyon . 
Crochet 
Stevane 

SUNDERLAND 
Empire (M) It , 
Rgg Varney 
•Peter Dulay 
El Gtanadas A . 
Peter 

Agnette A Silvio 
-Earl A Oscar 
BaUet Mon f jh'<rtre . 

SWANSEA 
Empire (M> It 

Gladys Morgan ‘ 

HaU Norman. A 
Ladd 

Charlie Clapham 
Fred Loyelle 
Les- Rlcards 
Maurice French A 
Joy 

Alan' Clive . 

2. Lens. 

BebO A Bell e 
Siato Co 

WOLVER- 
HAMPTON 
Hippodrome (I) 1l 
Ossie Morris 
Rita. Page 
Maurice Keary 
Vic SUvor 
Rhoda Diane 
Don 

Dancing Kmgettes 

Burgos* Bros 
WOOD GRECH 
Empire (S) It 

'Staftpuert 
Forsythe A Seamon 
Woods A-Jarrett ' 
Bongos Dulay, Co 

SKIES?*'* 

2 Yolandas - 
Merle A Marie 


HEW TO ax CITY 


Blrdland 

Sarah Vaughan 
Slim Gaillard 
Blue Ansel 
Josh White 
Eartha Kitt 
Portia Nelson 
Orson Bean 
Ellis Larkin Trio 
Copacabana 
AI Bernie ■ 

Sonny Howard 
Peter Hanley 
Gall Gall 
The Cerneys^ 

Laurl Layton 
M Durao Ore 
Milt Page 

El Chico 
Rosita Rios 
■ Ruth Vera 
Ramonita y Leon 
Los Xey 

Enrique Vlzcane O 
Eduardo Roy 

Embers 

Barbara Carroll 3 
French Casinb 
Glnette Wander. 
Harry Seguela 
Jane Laste 
Laura Tunis! 
Dominique 
Dassie Bros 
Buddy Clayton ■ 
Gordon Hamilton 
Vincent Travers 
Havana-Madrld 
Rene Touset 
Lupino A Urbirfe 
Jose Curbelo Ore 
Hetol Ambassador 
Jules Lande , Ore 
Hotel Aiitor 
Carmen Cavallaro 
Joseph Sudy Ore 
Motel Blttmore 
Michael Kent Ore 
Hotel Edison 
Henry Jerothe Ore 
Hotel New Yorker 
Bernie Cummins O 
Rbymayne A Brent 
Elirnar 

Jack; Raffloer 
Joan Walden 
Adrian ltolllnl Prto 
Hotel Roosevelt 
Lenny Herman Ore 
Hotel St. Regis 
MUt Shaw Ore 
Horace Diaz Ore 
Village Barn 
D6ree A B1U Port 
Al Ferguson 


JdHelen Halpln 
ZCb Carver 
Arthur Warren Ore 
Village Vanguard 
Robert Clary 
Sylvia Syms 
Ctaronce Williams •- 
Waldorf- AsSet ia . 
ChaVales do Kenans 
Trtnl Reyes 
Emil Coleman Ore 
Miertia Borr Ore 
Hefei Taft 
Vincent Lopez Ore 
Martha Kaye 
catiu Gwarter 
Royal Ashtons* 
-Danielle Lamar 
Steeplechase 
Marilyn Ross ' 
CoUettO Fleuriot 
Marilyn Hightowe? 
Andre Philippe 
Art Waner Ore 
Rlvlotff 
Jack Carter 
Toni Arden 
Harry. Mlmme 
Art Johnsdn * 

Cabots 
W Nye Ore 
Campo Ore 
.Leon A Eddie's 
Eddie Davis 
Jo Ann Morris 
Ceok Sisters 
Oliver Dcrs 
No. 1 Fifth 
Paula Stewart 
Herb Gorey « 
BOb Downey 
Hafrold Fonville 
Hazel Webster 

S id -Roumanian 
ie B-mks \ 
Jackif Phillips ** 
Larry Marvin 
Joe, LaPorte Ore 
IFAquila Ore 

Park Sheraton 
Irving Fields 
Tp» Guitars 
Arena Rane, 

Elena A /dnatole 
EU Spivak 
Miachi Osdanolf 
Michel Michon 
Kostya Poliansky 
Versailles 
Mary Small 
Emile Petti, Ore 
P*nchlto Qrc 
Wlvel 
Std Noble 
Bob Lee 


Avt 


MlAMI-HliJCt BEACH 


Allison Hotel 

Beachcombers <4) 
Julio A Mae* 
Casablanca Hotel 
Bertie^ Serrano 
Hal Winter 
Milt Roberts Ore 

Clover Club 
Jackie Miles 
Nov-Elltes 43) 

Norma Parker 1 
Winn Seeley 
Ed May 

Tony Lopez Ore 
Diamond Horseshoe 
Collazito Ore 
Sonia 

Larry Girard 
Delmonlco 
Jack Almcda 
Crayton A Lopez 
Carlos A Mclisa Ore 
El Mamba 
George Mann 
Latin-American Rev 
Lao A Minerva 
Five O'clock 
Martha Raye 
Kirby Stone Quintet 
Ben Yost B 
Len Dawson Ore 
Frolic Club 
Kathie McCoy 
Don Charles Ore 

^ Lombardy 

Don Baker Ore 
Henry Taylor 
Jullg A Ma« 


Martinique Hotel 
Manolo A EtheJ 
Danny Yates Ore 
Rose A Paul 
Vincents 

Monte Carlo 

Day A Alva 
Arne Barnett 3 
Nautilus Hotel 
Benny Youngxnan 
The Bradys (2; 
Froddy Calo Ore 

Rendezvous 

Bobby Lucas 
The Muslcats 

Paddock Club 
lids Adrian 
Flash Lane 
Rozanno 

Connie Del Monte 
Ernie Bell Ore 
San Marino Hotel 
Map Pepper 
The' Jesters 
. Galetv Club 
Len E. Ross 
Olga Barrett 
Lori Iris 
Georgia Peoch 
Che*Che 
Lynn Clayton 
Gaiety Girls 
Green Hair Girl 
Bob Morris Ore 
Johnlna Hotel 
The Palmers 
Jock Murphy 


MaryPock 

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Babe 


or Revue 


Mump Bwanoou 
KddtoQu eiU u 
JacUo Jordan. 
Jack* K&g 

Chuckle Pouialno 
Lpny Boldin Derg 

Sene Soucl Hofei 

Shine A Stone 
Gub CotambO 

dor . 


Der« 



PfeylUo Arnold 
Val Olman Ore 
Taap A Dee 
Michael Sellcor Ore 


RooeUeTZ CarlOi 

Michael Solker Or* 
Shoromedo ^ 

Preacher Kollo I 

J onv Perterto 
Stone RovUO 
Billie Lee 
Chl-Chl- Lavorno 
Kitty OTCelly 
Jamie Lynn 
Charlotte Winter* 
Kenny Lynn ^ , 
Vagabonds Club 
Vagabonds (4) 
Maria- NogUa 
PhU Brito 
Bobbie Drake 
Frank Linale Ore 
River Boat Trio 
Harbor ' Club 
Joe Mooney 
Charlie page 


Aye«8t 20, 1952 



CHICAGO 


Cbox Pore* 
Milton -Borl# 

Fateo Marco 
SM .-Gary . N 
Lily Ann Carol . 
Leonard Hues 
Bon' A Sonny ' 

LOIago A Shirley 
MouhUlncora (3) 
Johnny' Martin 
Wenear Twins 
;ChM Adorable* (6) 
Brian Farnon Ore 
Conrad HlMfon Hefl 
AdOlo inge 
Eric Waite 
Diana Grafton 
CharJLaa A Lutdll* 
Cavanaugh 
Dennla A’ Dartone - 
Lillian Brets 
Yvonne Bi 


T 4 * 

LOS ASQELES 


Philip Froeer 
Toriy Taylor 
Donald Tobin 
Ooargo 'Xak 
BoulevaT-doaro ft) 
Prankig.- Master* O 
BdgowatOr ~Booch 
Ralph Flanagan Ore 
Harry Prime * 

JCathy 'Kwoency 
Chordial Aire* (5) 
Trixie % ; 

Roger Ray ' 

Hlld v Dancer# (ID) 
Palmer House 
Mail -A Hari and 
• Co (4) * 

Noonan A Marshall | 
Eatella Lorlng 
George Prentice 
Eddie' O’Neal ore 


Froddy Martin Ore 
Btuart Wada ' 

Murray Arnold 
The Martin Mon 
Rita A Alan Farrefl 
Bar H Music 
Dbgdls s A -Spider - 
Nancy’ Andrews . 
r«Ua DecOla 
Beano Rnblnyl 
Eddie Bradford Ore 

I Many's Ksndbo k 

Lnsy Kent 
JUlie RObblna 
Skylarks (S) 

Bob B ut w o od 
BUI Howe 


. fjBIBmere Hofei 
^ Penny Singleton 
•Walton A O'Rourke 
Les Bessie Trio 
Cafe Dale 
Jane Jones 
Frank Howard 
Bean Arnold 
Mel Henke Trio 
Eire’s ’ 

Peggy Ryan A v . 

Ray McDonald: 
Rgoe Mario 
Dick StabUo OK * 
Bobby Ramos OrC ' 


Billy Daniel 
ByrOn .Palmer 
Eddie Oliver . 


LAS VEGAS, HEVAIJA 


Fl e m i ngs 

Spike Jonas Rev 

Ddoaa*CootoUo 
Don Reynolds 
Lolo A LHa - 
Roberta A Alicia . 
Anthony, Allyn A.- 
Hodges 

Carlton Hayes Ore 
IP Cortog 

BenLMbt 
Larry Mbettf 
Bonny Bqy 
Dick Barr Trio 
Throe Commandos 

Leaf , Frontier 
Hark Shriner- t 
Yoat’s Royal 
Guards 

Blcbar Dancers 
Jerry Wallace 
Jimmy tUeeo 
Jean Devlyn Girls 
Bobby Kainoa. Ore 
Don Baker 


■I Rancho VagSs 

Billy Daniels 
Belsaoats 
Bill Skipper 
Joy Walker 
El Rancho Girls 
Ted 'Fio Rlto orch- 
Slfror Slipper 
Woo Woo Stevens 
IQUantan 
Hank Henry 
Ropneys - 
La' Barr Leonard 
Isabelle Dwan 
Jimmy Cavanaugh 
Dolly Doe Dolls 
Georg* Redaaan 
Bill Willard ,.j 
Thwndertdrd 
Mills Bros 
Jay Marshall 
Pelro Bros 
Donna'- Philllpe 
Johnny ' O’Brien ' 
K Dnffy JDanaatlons 
Normandie Boys 
L^l Jahu* ore 


Vtlace, Ha. :lo 

Flo it Ttd Valletta Cfne Jamac, 
Johnny Woods, The Kinds' & THetr 
Ladies (6), Fanny it Kitty Watson, 
Cleopatra it Co, (4), the Pitch- 
men (3), Louis it Oliver Sisters 
(3 ); *Soh of Ali IWba” (U)., re 



S LEOPAtRA (4) 

[aci« 

9 Min«. 

Palace, K. Y. 

Cleopatra wears a white, shim- 
mering, s.a. gown, -and works with 
an undulating rhythm that sug- 
gests tantalizingly that this is what 
the original Cleopatra must have 
been like. The magical version of 
Cleopatra thus contributes some 
interesting moments for the varie- 
ties, if not always in the magic de- 
partment. She has two femmes 
and one m^le assisting- with the 
props. 

This brunet temptress goes 
through the standard tricks of the 
kerchiefs that mystifyingly become 
unknotted, the disappearing poul- 
try, the switched gals in the trunk, 
etc., all done with reasonable mys- 
tification, except for the wiggle 
of Cleopatra’s derriere.^That is no 
mystery at all. - Kahn . 


BUZZ BOLTON 
D ancing- Juggling 
« Mins. . 

Apollo, N. Y. 

Buzz Bolton, Negro hoofer who 
combines some adept juggling with 
fair terp routines, adds up to a 
good novelty turn* for vaude or TV. 
In opening the bill at the Apollo, 
N. Y., he clicked handily. 

Garbed in strawhat, white coat 
and dark trousers, Bolton gets un- 
derway to some conventional step- 
ping. He then produces three balls 
and juggles ’em simultaneously 
with his footwork. Gilb 

Mrs. Johnnie Ray IIT 

Buffalo, Aug. 19. 

Mrs. Johnnie Ray was hospital- 
ized at Millard Fillmore Hospital 
here over past weekend for a res- 
piratory infection. 

The former Marilyn Morrison 
was reported badly in need of rest 
foll 9 wing an extended tour with 
her husband since their marriage 
in May. She’s the daughter of 
Mocambo (Holywood) boniface 
Charles Morrison. 


viewed in variety iss\tt of Aug. 
13, >52. 

4»- niMrfi-M-i-m 

The Palace has come up with 
one of its more enterprising en- 
tertainments in this eight-act bill. 
It has a neat mixture of standard 
turns with some nntamiliars, the 
atpndard performers . Including 
such names as the^Watson v Sisters, 
the Valletta, -Johnny Woods and 
The Pitchmen, 

Fio it Ted Willett are a socko 
opening -with their manipulation 
of the batons, and their stunts, 
as .always, -have a marked display 
of ^showmanship. 

'Gene Jamae, a kid harmonica, 
player, has an.imtisual stage pres- 
ence for one of his youth, and 
he gets a nifty hand with his dex- 
trous musicalizing.’ His topper is 
“Rhapsody in Blue/’ as an encore. 
Youngster is attired in shott pants 
and, open-collared shirt, emphasiz- 
ing his moppetry, ,and it all goes 
over with the crowd. * 

Woods, with his impressions of 
Dime personalities; keeps up the 
bill’s entertainment values with his 
personality and varied abilities. 

The Kings A Their Ladies are 
a five-woman, one-man act in the- 
East Indian dance motif, and 
they’re the weak, spots, with a turn 
that's hardly any different from 
other - aids of this type. They’re 
decorative and perhaps need Addi- 
tional playing time on this bill to 
show off their real values, since 
tt.y're on much too briefly to do 
them justice. * 

Fanny tc Kitty Watson have a 
charm and flavor that’s out of the 
old school of vaude comedy, but 
they still know how to get laughs 
no matter the generation they’re 
entertaining. Fanny Watson seems 
to fit her name more and more 
as the years go by, but the heft 
is -no detriment, since- she moves 
with agility. They’re still doing the 
jokes, -with, Kitty the feed, and 
they still knock off a tune with 
the same zest that they showed a 
quarter of a century ago at the 
Palace. 

Cleopatra A Co. ' comprise a 
slinldly, exotically attired femme 
magico,.plus two gals and one man 
assistant (New Acts.).. * 

The Pitchmen (3), with the 
comedy- in^tnimentalizing, still ex- 
act laughs with their kazoo take- 
offs, * etc. Neatly attired in tuxes, 
male threesome gets ^strong hand 
op thdlr bowoff. 

Closers arc Louis A Oliver Sis- 
ters, hand and head-balancers, who 
go over- In .an act that’s familiar,, 
though they do some terrific stunts 
and are a good bet for the varie- 
ties. . Kahn. 


. Capitol, Waslu 

. Snoohv 
tns, Steve Evans, Maurice 
Troupe (4), Sam Jack KauS 0 
House Orch (20)’ “Whil - l 
Rome" (M-G). * Wflen 

Continuing its recent poll™ *r 
accenting pop singers r n L°? 
comes up this week with ’a taKj 
diak laves. Despite fact that Jaw 
of it is -musical, the four-ap? oSa 

H w ??j. I «P ed , Sihly’S 

structed, thanks to unusual appeal 
to each segment and hep pro® 

Headliner Snooky Lan^n «»’ 
“Hit Parade" spotting, wraps i?n 
.sock Show to No. 4 slot with 5 
group of romantic ditties delivered 
in- his usual well-pitched baritone 
Lanson has a sound set of nioSl 
and an assured manner, but i« 
somewhat weakened by a rather 
pompous, stuffy kind of natter 
He'd do well to skip the ga? and 
stick to his music. “Mississippi 
River'; gives Lanson a fine intro to 
galleries and he launches fast into 
what the crowd came to hear * 
medley of “Hit Parade” tunes— “Be 
a Beggar, Be a King " ‘Tm Yours” 
and “Here’s My Heart,” “Walkin’ 
My Baby Back Home ” a tune from 
Victor Herbert’s “Eileen,” a some- 
what offbeat choice, and “That Old 
Black Magic” complete the Lanson 
repertoire and rate enthusiastic re- 
ception from his fans. 

Dolores Hawkins, a less familiar 
figure to Capitol crowds, surprises 
with a big voice, a fine sense of 
timing and rhythm, and an appeal- 
ing emotional quality to her warb- 
ling. Blonde makes an engaging 
entry, then belies her ingenue type 
prettmess with a bouncy “Hallalu- 
jah,” followed vby a very torchy 
version of “I Walk Alone.” By this 
time, the relatively unknown chan-* 
toosey has the galleries well in 
hand for a rhythmic “To You My 
Love.’” Walks off to unusually 
heavy mitt action and comes back 
with "You Made Me Love You” and 
“Sing You Sinners.” Gal is a hep 
performer and rates attention. 

Comic Steve Evans scores with 
his series of zany imitations tied 
together with some laugh-provok- 
ing inanities. Styles and looks are 
highly reminiscent of Red Skelton, 
a resemblance audibly noted by 
many atubholders; As usual, main- 
stay of routine is a really side- 
splitting series of takeoffs on laugh 
types, with sitters providing plenty 

(Continued on page 63) 


.Apollo* N. Y. 

Billy Ward A His Dominoes (6), 
Arnett Cobb Orch (11), Dolores } 
Martin, Buzz iBolton, Four Skating 
Macks, “ Pigmeat ” Markham it Co., 
u Sound ' Off” (Col). 


.. Resuming its ^stageshow. policy 
after a layoff since July.. 17, Har- 
lem’s vaude flagship this week 
comes up with a Well-balanced bill 
that augurs good b.o. on the 
strength of opening day (lb) busi- 
Lness. Billy Ward & His Dominoes, 
a harmony group, ^haVe local ap- 
peal while Arnett Cobb’s hand is 
a solid musical combo. 

• Cobb’s crew, comprising three 
rhythm, four reed and four brass, 
gets the session underway with aH 
noisy opener. Hoofer-juggler Buzz 
Bolton (New Acts) folIoWs^to pave 
the way for songstress Dolores 
Martin. Encased in . a strapless 
gown, she warbles "Hard Hearted 
Hannah,” a fair novelty. Moves 
into “I’m Through with Love” and 
winds • up to okay returns with 
“Something Better Thah Love”. 

Cobb, who toots a. mean tenor 
sax, is joined by three rhythm, two 
brass and a sax on hot instrument- 
als that add up to neat jamming 
for the stubholders. Four Skating 
Macks, three ofay gals and a male, 
impress with their lifts and spins 
on a circular platform. A double 
swivel spin makes for a sock finale. 

Ward .& His Dominoes are a 
four-man vocal group accompanied 
by piano and electric guitar. Their 
harmonies are erf average quality 
hut despite this the boys have a 
loyal following of teenagers who 
literally shriek and scream at vir- 
tually every other note. At show 
caught, they did five numbers 
including their disclick, “Have 
Mercy Baby,” as a closer. 

“Pigmeat” Markham & Co. han- 
dle the comedy slot. Humor is of 
the banal type, but it suffices to 
meet the demands of the audience. 

Gilb. 


Unit Review 


I Come For to Sing 

(BLUE NOTE, CHI) 

Chicago, Aug. 12. 

Concert with Lawrence Lane, 
Big Bill Broonzy, Win Stra eke, 
Chet Roble; narration by Studs 
Terkel; $2 minimum. 

The Blue Note’, major Windy 
City jazz spot, has solved its Mon- 
day evening problem (musicians 
night off) with this folk song-jazz- 
blues festival. Although launched 
as an experiment, the group, com- 
prised of “lyric tenor Lawrence 
Lane, Negro blues singer Big Bm 
Broonzy, folk singer Win Stracke, 
jazz J singer-pianist Chet Roble and 
narrator Studs Terkel, looks 0 ® 1 ! 
tain for a long stay at the Loop 
cellar,. Also, the package should 
grab, attention from other locations 
with a cultist clientele seeking a 
change-of-pace booking. * 

Smart programming showcases 
the individual turns to best advan- 
tage with ' each member st ric ty 
tops in his particular department. 
It’s the songalog approach as eacn 
yound of solos is built around 
definite theme. The 45 -minut 
roundelay is smoothly pieced to 
gether by em£ee Terkel and n * 
clever running commentary. 
formal narration by Terkel is one 

of the show’s strongest elements- 

Group- works through sever 
tune categories, such as trave » 
drinking and work songs. Foi e 
ample, Lane, who handles t 
Elizabethan ditties, sans aoo .° nt 
paniment, opens with the t f n01 
“Poor Wayfaring Stranger foi * 
solid score. Broonzy follows ’ 
“Keys to the Highway for an au 
thentic blues tinge, backgrounded 

by his powerful guitar. 

Stracke takes over with a line, 
robust treatment of . ,^ e t3 0 hie 
Rock ‘Candy Mountain. 
comes in to punch across, wi a 
patented lyrics and keyboaidmg^ 
real lowdown version of_ Free 
Easy.” Finale is a rousing choui 
by all hands. This Joint effort 
could be used oftener to give 
concert a bit more bounc . 

It’s pretty specialized ■ fa ie * al that 
all. but the sort of dehcacj 
catches on with the see ^ e r3 flt; g < 
the unique. 




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Hunting Ground; Stars in Demand 


Chicago, 'Aug. T9. 
While Chicago legit had ft few 
anxious weeks during the past 
month with the tremendous heat 
wave and political conventions, 
which sliced the grosses heavily, 
its poor cousin- relative in, the 
country, the strawhat, has been 
packing up surprisingly good 
grosses. This in the face of more 
siloers than ever before, and alsp 
in the absence of any real sched- 
ule, most of the theatres mainly 
hooking week to week.'- 
Getting attractions has been the 
main problem, with most of the 
packages wanting to play the east- 
ern circuit However, with the fig- 
ures racked up by attractions 
ground here, booking Office! 1 are 
revising their strategy and plan- 
ning for stars to hit the “hot** Chi- 
cago circuits next summer. 

With the exception of one or two 
weeks, most every play has hit 
ground the $10,000 mark at the 
two leading theatres, Salt Creek, 
Hinsdale, and Chevy Chase, Wheel- 
ing. The latter, -which has con- 
verted into a ten t-the atre-in-th e - 
round operation after being housed 
in a former casino; ha* been break- 
ing all sorts of records. First with 
Robert Q. Lewis, who hit, over $25,- 
000 with his first appearance and 
then did a lush repeat two weeks 
Jater to $16,000. Vincent Price 
then grabbed on to $17,000 for 
“Goodbye Again” and Mae West 
is currently pacing the Robert Q. 
Lewis first week in “Come Up... 
And Ring Twice.” 

Salt Creek Ahead. 

Salt Creek, which is now in its 
second year of .operation * under 
Marshall Migatz, is ahead of last 
year with only two bad weeks, the 
opening with Constance Bennett in 
'A Date With April”and tab revufe 
of “One Touch of Venus.” Spot 
never played musicals and it was a 
hush booking, but critics like it. 

(Continued on page 58) 

Andrews Again in Lead 
As 'Roberts’ PrepsFor 
Another Season’s Tour 

With Tod Andrews again in the 
title part, “Mister Roberts” will 
open Sept. 18 in Hartford for an- 
other season’s tour." After playing 
the role for two years on the road, 
actor had declined to go out again 
this season, but last week changed 
his mind. Herbert Duffy, who 
played the Captain last season, 
will have the same assignment 
again, but the parts of Ensign Ful- 
ver and Doc are not yet definitely 
cast. 

Clarence Jacobson will be back 
again as company manager and 
Joe Shea will pressagent the 
■Thomas Heggen -Joshua Logan 
play. The tour will comprise split- 
weeks, one-nighters and ,a few full- 
week stands, including, return 
It’s figured that it will cost 
about $5,000 to reopen the Leland 
wayward production, and that the 
X^ion can get by at about $15,- 
000-$16,OOQ on week stands. 

ea< * °* last season, “Mis- 
R ,°kerts” had earned a profit of 
^$1,370,000, of which $1,300,- 
wO had been distributed.. Last 
season s tour netted about $44,000. 
*he production was originally 
hnanced at $100,000. 

Helen Hayes Still Trying 
To Quit as ANTA’s Prez 

ei ? Hayes has again submitted 
^^gnation as president of the 
American National Theatre & 
i m ?* Actress, who sought to 
guit last year but was persuaded 

tn S u rv j anot her term is understood 
tim De d ? teri uined to step out this 
l 9n $ l k° ar< l members of the 
fiefen^t tl0n agail1 hoping she’ll 

According to friends, Miss Hayes 
tsi? 0 I° n £er in sympathy with cer- 
A>PnA. oarc * Policies. In view of 
tinn ooAtiaued deficit opera- 
; ° n ‘ th ® actress is also said to be 
< 0r -e n to making further appeals 


N.Y. Compass’ Amus. Ed 
Badly Hurt in Car Crash 

Fred Rayfield, amusement editor 
of the N. Y. Compass, who was 
severely injured Aug. 7 in an auto 
crash in Petersburg, Va., will prob- 
ably be laid up three or four 
months. He was brought home Sat- 
urday (16) by train and ambulance 
and entered a hospital Monday 
(18) for examination and X-ray to 
.see if an operation is required. 
He's in. a past. 

Pending his return, Arthur Pol- 
lock, drama critic, and Milton Sha- 
piro, a member of the sheet's legit* 
film department, are sharing Ray- 
field's duties. Mandel Herbstman, 
a film trade paper reporter, who 
was with Rayfield, was also in- 
jured. 

Derwent Venice’ 
ANTA Plays Sub 

Instead of a Play Series such as 
last season’s, the American Na- 
tional Theatre 5c Academy' now 

? Ians a single production, to be of- 
ered for an indefinite run. The 
show Is tentatively slated to be 
a revival of “Merchant of Venice,” 
with Clarence Derwent as Shylock. 
Margaret Truman is understood to 
have turned down a bid to play 
Portia in the production. 

.Derwent, chairman of 1 ANTA’s 
New York chapter, has played the 
Shylock role in several recent re- 
vivals of the Shakespeare classic, 
notably at Stanford U. last year. 
He retired last spring as president 
of Actors Equity, after serving 
three terms in the post. . 

The decision to offer a 'single 
production this season instead of 
another Play Series such as last 
year’s is reported to have been 
made by the ANTA board after 
Robert Whitehead declined to 
serve again as managing director. 
Another factor in the decision is 
believed to have been ANTA’s 
shaky financial condition, since the 
various editions of the Play Series 
have invariably incurred a deficit. 


1ST PLAY BY MASSEY 
TO PREEM ON AUG. 25 

Manchester, England, Aug. 12. 

The first play, by Raymond Mas- 
sey, “The Hanging Judge,” is set 
to open here Aug. 25, with Sir 
Godfrey Tearle in the starring role. 

Piece is based on novel of the 
same name by Bruce Hamilton, a 
brother of Patrick Hamilton. 
Michael Powell will present it. Af- 
ter a short tour, play is. expected 
to open in London. 


Glenn, Yorke Drop Plans 
For Broadway ‘Run’ Run 

Peter Glenn and John Yorke 
have dropped plans for a Broad- 
way production of “See How They 
Run,” Peter King's English farce. 
Pair are understood to have been 
having difficulty financing the 
project, but their decision was for- 
tified by seeing a strawhat presen- 
•tation of the play. 

“Run,”, a moderate success in 
London and the British provinces 
several seasons ago, has had num- 
erous barn productions *in the U. S. 
in tiie last two or three" years. 


Fordham Lops Legit 

Fordham U. has discontinued op- 
eration of the Fordham University 
Theatre for the coming season, and 
dropped its theatre courses in the 
Communication Arts Dept. 

Edgar- L. Kloten, who three 
years ago succeeded Albert Mc- 
Cleery as director of the theatre, 
will do freelance directing this 
l year. 


By HAROLD M. BOWS 

New Haven, Aug. 19. 

From the angle of the cash reg- 
ister tinkle, there’s little music in 
the air along the silo circuit this 
season, to date. At least, insofar 
aa it applies to the 600-mile bu- 
colic belt traversed by this sur- 
veyor in a week-long jaunt through 
sections of lower New York, New 
Jersey and. Pennsylvania. . 

While the SRO of former years 
hasn’t exactly reached the SOS 
stage, the fact remains that a num- 
ber of barn impresarios will un- 
doubtedly wind up this season with 
not too much to show for the head- 
aches that go into present-day 
summer theatre operation. In 
some instances the grosses just 
haven’t been there, while in other 
pases Substantial Intake has been 
outmaneuyered by substantial out- 
go, leaving the management with 
a balance sheet showing a remark- 
able resemblance to the w.k. goose- 
egg. 

Spots covered represent a widt 
cross-section of strawhatiana, in- 
cluding both Equity and non-Equity 
operation; capacities ranging from 
125 to 1,500 plus; possible grosses 
fluctuating from $600 to $18,250; 
and with varying degrees of the 
name and no'mname policy. 

Among the stands that are rum- 
maging around in the linen closet 
trying to locate a crying towel are 
Princeton, Rucks ; County at New 
Hope and Grist Mill at Andover. 
The grief is not entirely a matter 

(Continued on page 60) 


Prep ‘ Jollyana’ . 

For B way Date 

“’Jollyana,” -currently trying' out 
on the Coast, Is reportedly" set to 
be brought to Broadway this fall, 
possibly at the Hellinger or Cen- 
tury. The musical Is a revise by 
E, Y. Harburg, Fred Saidy and 
Sammy Fain of their “Flahooley,” 
a failure of the 1950-51 Broadway, 
season. 

The new version, starring Bobby 
Clark and Mitzi Gaynor, with John 
Beal top-featured, was produced by 
Edwin Lester for the San Fran- 
cisco and Los Angeles Civic Light 
Opera Assns. After its current run 
at the Curran, in S.F., it will go 
to L.A? for an engagement at the 
Philharmonic Auditorium. 

Doctbring is now concentrated 
on the second act, with emphasis 
on expanding Clark’s part, tight- 
ening the boolc and speeding the 
tempo. 

Shurr’s Deacy to Open 
Own Talent Agency 

Jane Deacy, formerly with the 
Louis Shurr office, where she spe- 
cialized in musical comedy casting, 
has resigned to open her own tal- 
ent-agency. -She hopes to have of- 
fice space and an Actors Equity 
franchise by next week. The new 
agency has been set up as a lim- 
ited partnership, with the, entire 
$10,000 capital supplied by William 
S. Kilborne, of Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. 

According to the partnership 
agreement, the investment is to be 
repaid in five years, but in the 
meantime Kilborne will withdraw 
from his capital account each year 
“the same amount as the general 
partner (Miss Deacy) is renuired to 
pay Into her capital account.” Kil- 
bome will get 10% of the profits 
of the venture, plus 4% interest 
on his investment. 

According to Lester Shurr, New 
York head of the Shurr agency, 
there is no immediate prospect of 
a successor for Miss Deacy. Mean- 
while, the latter is operating from 
her New York home until she ob- 
tains office space. 




British Bow for Littler 
'Long Legs’ Musical 

“Love from Judy,” musical ver- 
sion of “Daddy Long Legs,” with 
songs by Hugh Martin and book by 
Eric Maschwitz, is being produced 
in England by Emile Littler* Show 
opens a tryout tour next week and 
is due in London in late Septem- 
ber, with a cast including Jean 
Carson (not the Broadway actress 
of that naipe), Bill O’Connor, 
Johnny Brandon and Adelaide 
Hall. 

Martin's last Broadway show 
was “Make a Wish,”* produced in 
the spring of 1951. 



Thru Northwest 


Martha Wright, co-star of. the 
Broadway company of “South Par 
eifle,” will switch to the touring 
edition for three weeks during Oo* 
tober to play her native northwest. 
Janet Blair, original co-star of the 
road production, will Vacation dur- 
ing those three weeks. Mis* 
Wright’s substitute In the Broad- 
way troupe hasn't been selected 1 
The two male co-stars, George 
Britten In New York and Webb 
Tilton on tour, will continue their 
regular assignments. 

Miss Wright's transfer to the 
road cist- will be effective with the 
Portland' engagement Oct. 14-18, 
and will include her birthplace, 
Seattle, Oct, 20-25, and Spokane, 
Oct. 27-Nov. 2* Miss Blair will re- 
turn to the show for the Denver 
engagement, opening Nov. . 5 with 
Miss Wright returning jto the 
Broadway troupe. .Incidentally, 
Miss Blair has a 90-day 'cancella- 
tion clause in her contract, but has' 
signified no intention of exercis- 
ing it. 


HOVER WINS 27G AWARD 
ON COAST LEGIT LOSS 

Los Angeles, Aug. 19. 

H. D. Hover, nitery owner and 
stage impresario, won a jury ver- 
dict of $26,927 in Superior Court 
in his suit against the owners of 
•the Ivar Theatre, where he pro- 
duced three legiters last year. The 
owners, Eghicbe H ar °ut and his 
wife, and manager Harry Engfel, 
were charged by 'Hover with mis- 
representations which, he declared, 
caused him to lose money on his 
three shows. Verdict covered only 
his actual losses, although he had 
sued for a total of $150,000. 

Plays- involved were “Detective 
Story,” “Peg O* My Heart” and 
“For Love Or Money,” which 
grossed a total of $39,586 for a 
little over 11 weeks last summer. 


Actor’* Equity’* new alien re- 
strictions, which the union’s coun- 
cil deferred last week, are seen as 
possibly needling British Equity 
into making necessary concessions 
to settle the whole matter of in- 
ternational exchange of players on 
a mutually acceptable basis. The 
U. S. union’* adoption of the new 
rule, which aroused a storm of pro- 
test from Broadway managers and 
in -London legit circles, was ap- 
parently decided in the mistaken 
belief that negotiations with Brit- 
ish Equity had collapsed, . , 

With the severe restrictions now 
in abeyance, Equity’s alien com- 
mittee, with Katherine Meskill act- 
ing chairman in the absence of 
Chester Stratton, held a special 
meeting late yesterday afternoon 
(Tues.) to appoint a representative 
to resume negotiations on the sub- 
ject. It's figured that Raymond 
Massey, -who i& said to favor strong 
retaliatory measure* if Rritish 
Equity fails to- modify it* alien 
rule*, may be asked to take the as- 
signment He i* currently in Lon- 
don for the tryout of his play, “The 
Hanging Judge.” The idea would 
be ultimately for a meeting of U. S. 
and British Equity, with the Lea- 
gue of N. Y. Theatres, the British 
Ministry of Labor and the Society 
of West End Theatre Managers, to 
reach a general agreement on a 
policy to covet both countries. 

Hassle* which had threatened 
to hold' up several new Broadway 

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Miss MacNamara Out Of 
‘Moon’ Due to ill Health; 
B. Bel Geddes Back OcL 1 

Maggie MacNamara, co-star and 
femme lead of the Broadway com- 
pany of “Moon I* Blue,” Is out 
of the cast for at least two weeks, 
with understudy Janet Riley sub- 
bing for her. Mis* McNamara is 
said to be underweight and irt a 
nervous condition after her ap- 
proximately year’s run in Chicago 
and two months in the same part 
in New York. 

Barbara Bel Geddes, who origi- 
nated the role, is not due back 
from vacation until Oct. I. At 
conclusion of the Broadway run, 
she and Donald Cook, also of the 
original cast, are signed to do the 
F. Hugh Herbert comedy in Lon- 
don, but Barry Nelson, co-star and 
remaining lead, has not yet de- 
cided whether to go. 

A touring edition of the Aldrich 
Sc Myers presentation, directed by 
Otto Preminger and produced at 
the Actors • Playhouse, La Jolla, 
Cal., with David Niven, Diana 
Lynn and Scott Brady as stars, Is 
currently playing the Coast. If the 
same combo is used for a film 
version this fall, another company 
may be formed to play the north- 
west, southwest and other avail- 
able territory. 

SMITH’S ‘MATCH’ MELO 
FREEMING AT LA JOLLA 


British Actress as Lead 
In Moss Hart ‘Shadows’ 

Penelope Munday, 25-year-old 
British actress, will play a 14-year- 
old girl in the new untitled play 
by Moss Hart, a dramatization of 
the Edgar Mittelholzer novel, 
“Shadows Move Among Them,” 
The Joseph M. Hyman-Bernard 
Hart production, to be staged by 
the adaptor, is scheduled to start 
rehearsing early in September, 
and after a tryotit tour, open early 
in November at the Martin 
Beck, N. Y. 

Miss Munday, who recently ap- 
peared as Margaret in “Much Ado 
About Nothing” in London, sails 
for New York this week. 


Mae Schocnfeld set for featured 
role in “My Lucky Day,” Yiddish 
musical costarring Edmund Za- 
yenda, Irving Jacobson and Selma 
Kaye, which opens at the -Second 
Ave. Theatre, N. Y., in October. 


La ■Jolla, Cal., Aug. 19. 

“Strike a Match,” Robert Smith 
melodrama starring Eva Gabor, 
Pat O'Brien and Richard Egan, and 
directed by Mel Ferrer, premieres 
tonight (19) at La Jolla Playhouse. 
Others In cast include Tom Brown, 
Rex Evans, John Downey, Michael 
McHale and Alan Dexter. 

Next week’s offering, Christo- 
pher Fry's “Lady’s Not for Burn- 
ing,” starring Vincent Price, 
Marsha Hunt and Beulah Bondi, 
closes the season. Following week 
here, the play will run three weeks 
in San Francisco. 


Local Boy Scott Back 

To Texas With ‘Bell’ 

Austin, Tex., Aug. 19. „ 
Zachary Scott and Joan Bennett 
will star in “Bell, Book and Can- 
dle,” when it shows here at the 
Paramount Theatre Nov. 3. 

This will be first appearance 
here for Scott since he appeared 
In roles with the U. of Texas Cur- 
tain Club. He Is a local boy. 


LEGITIMATE 


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Boston, Aug. 10. 

“Private Lives/' co - starring 
Alexis Smith and Victor Jory, 
pulled gotfd biz, at Boston Summer 
Theatre last week, with near $10,- 
000 reported. “One Touch . of 
Venus/' starring . Carol Bruce, is 
current. 

“Man of Destiny" and “Great 
Catherine," double-billed at Brat- 
tle, repeated its initial week gross 
of $2,800 for second round. Zero 
Hostel in “The Doctor in Spite of 
Himself" bows in for a 10-day 
stand today (Tues.) in final pro- 
duction of summer season. (Activi- 
ties beyond this point are un- 
settled, with an announcement ex- 
pected this week). 

“Glass Menagerie/* starring 
filmstar Dana Andrews, built to 
good biz at County Playhouse, with 
near $10,000 estimated. Claude 
Rains in “Jezebel’s Husband" is 
current. * 

“The Play’s -the Thing," with 
Uta Hagen, Luther Adler and Rom- 
ney Brent, was disappointing at 
John Hancock Hall with $4,800 es- 
timated. Kim Hunter in “They 
Knew What They Wanted" is cur- 
rent. 


is “Wizard of Oz," " With Jean 
Rogers, Iggie *' Woffington and 
Danny Daniels; “Hew Moon*' fol- 
lows week of Aug;.. 25 "with Ann 
Ayars and Clifford Harvuot*. 

Two-week concluding engage- 
ment, commencing Sept. 1, is “An- 
nie Get Your. Gun," with Marilyn 
Day and Earl Covert, which is al- 
ready 50% sold for dose to a 
$25,000 advance. “Annie” is com- 
peting with the Canadian National 
Exhibition .grandstand show star- 
ring Tony Martin. 

• ‘Milky’ $5,106, Stockbridge 
.. Stock-bridge, Mass., Aug. 19. 

The* 18-year-old-comedy, “.The 
Milky Way," rolled up a neat gross 
of $5,100 last week at the Berk- 
shire Playhouse here. Featured 
were guest player Edward Andrews 
and resident player Deirdre Owens. 

This 'vvpek director William Miles 
is reviving Barrie’s seldom-done 
“The Little Minister/’ Gaye Jor- 
don, resident company member for 
the past three seasons, is featured 
in the Maude Adams role of Lady 
Babbie, and Whit Bissell, ^after a 
10-year absence, returns to be fea- 
tured in the name role. 


‘Corner* llViG, Olney 

Olney, Md. t Aug. 18, 

Olney Theatre nearly, did its 
maximum take at the boxoffice last 
week, with $11,500 for “Dangerous 
Corner" with Faye Emerson and 
John Forsythe, Summer house, 
which has absolute , capacity of 
$12,000, had standees at every per- 
formance after the opening night. 
Week wound up with a bang-up 
• party for the cast, for which the • 
star’s - hubby, Skitch Henderson, 
flew in. 

Tonight (19) ushers in the pre- 
miere of “Cornin’ Thru the Rye," 
play with music based op, the life 
of the Scotch poet Robert Burns, 
written by Warren Munsell, Jr., 
who was working oh. the produc- 
tion here when he died suddenly 
a few weeks ago, Evelyn Freyman 
and Kenneth Banghart, producers, 
are pacing the show for Broadway. 
Warren Munsell, Sr ? and several 
other New York producers are on 
hand for the^opening’ performance, 
whose star- is David , Brooks, of 
“Brigadoon." * 

Bea Lilli# $1«,$O0, Princeton 

Princeton, N. J„ Aug. 19. 

“An Evening With Beatrice 
Lillie," at Herbert Kenwith’s 
Princeton Summer Theatre, racked 
up a fat $16,600 for eight; perform-, 
ances last week, highest- gross' of 
the season, and second highest' in 
Kenwith's six years of ‘operation 
here. Leader was Mae West’s “Dia- 
mond HI,” last season; T**# 1,031- 
aeater had turnaways Friday and 
Saturday (15*716), 1 ' 

Constance Bennett, in “Date 
With April," is 1 current, to wind 
the season’s skcd. 


New Hampshire .Home Stretch 
Manchester, N. H., Aug. 19. 

New Hampshire’s strawhat cir- 
cuit is starting down the home 
stretch of a highly successful sea- 
son. , At the Lakes. Region Play- 
house in Gilford, • Ilona Massey 
starred in a new play, “Angel in 
Paris," starting Aug. U. Presenta- 
tion replaced a cancelled appear- 
ance of June Havoc in “Rain" at 
producer Alton Wilkes’ summer 
theatre, 

Rosanna Cox was brought from 
New York to play the lead of Billie 
Dawn in “Born Yesterday" at Edith 
Bond Stearns' 19-year-old summer 
theatre of the ’Peterboro Players. 
This year, under Candler Thomp- 
son of New York, the Peterborough 
group has had a banner season. 

A late-season attraction at the 
New London Players barn is the 
appearance of members of its 
Junior Theatre Group in a series 
of scenes entitled “Family Life," 
which includes several group dance 
routines. 


> 


‘Marietta* $23,100, Toron 
Toronto, Aug. 

Despite Saturday’s (16) 
Melody Fair did another j 
capacity week, plus standees, 
.Naughty Marietta" (Maria 
tili, Iggie Woffington and Do 
Keller as leads), grossing $2 
with the 1,640-seater tent set 
midtown Dufferin Park seal 
heavy $3.40 top. 

Figure compares with 
record of nearly $25,000 se 
season by “Carousel," “Fi 
Rainbow” in second place 
$24,100 and “Great Waltz" cl 
same figure, with “Mai 
fourth. 

At current turnaway biz, 
auemg-operating team of Lei 
K. Brill and Ben Kamslcr s 
take in close to $250,000 for 
12-week Toronto season. Ci 


Young Maryland Opera 
Troupe Impresses With 
Westport Double-Bill 

Westport, Conn., Aug. 19. 

In ft switch on Westport barn at- 
tractions, the Hilltop Musical Co., 
a Maryland repertory group, of- 
fered two new one-act operas, 
“The Stronger," by Hugo 'Weisgall, 
and “A Letter to Emily,” by Lock- 
rem Johnson, at Lucille Lortel’s 
White Barn Theatre, Westport,- last 
Siturday-Sunday (16-17). 

Group, directed by Weisgall, and 
composed of some 30 young pro- 
fessional singers, impresses as it 
enters its second year • of opera- 
tion in and around Baltimore, with, 
.aim of establishing a . permanent, 
repertory .opera company in that 
city, ' • ■ . 

Current operation i$ based ^on a‘ 
summer ' stock season, in the vicini- 
ty of Baltiniore and . winter book- j 
ings at colleges and Civic organ-; 
Nations. . Among the 18 different 
offerings presented are a double’ 
bili of MenottPs “Telephone" and 
Mozart's “The Impresario"; 'Brit- 
ten’s ‘‘Albert Herring,” and works 
by Gilbert 8c Sullivan.. . All are in 
English, and usual bill consists of 
two small-cast short works, at' $275 
for the complete package. Opera- 
tion has been in the black from 
the start. 

.Of the two presentations at- the* 
White Barn Theatre, “The Strong- 
er" is based on Strindberg’s play, 
with music by Weisgall and, libret- 
to by Richard Hart. Seven char- 
acters are involved in the plot, 
dealing with the conflict between 
two women interested in the same 
man. 

“A Letter to Emily" presents an 
episode in the life of poet Emily 
Dickinson, the. visit of a critic who 
disillusions her about her work. 

Both operas are in the modern 
idiom and use music to portray, 
the inner character in conflict. This : 
seems - to be more, successful with 
the intense emotions Strindberg 
depicts than with the delicate 
sensitivity of Miss Dickinson. Best 
moments of “Letter to Emily” are 
the musical settings of the poems. 
Phyllis Frahkel’s portrayal of the 
poet is attractive and well-sung, 
and Malcolm Bernstein is forceful 
as her dominering father. Vir- 
ginia Webster as her understand- 
ing sister and Raymond Brown as 
the critic have pleasing voices but 
need , training in acting. Princi- 
pals in “The Stronger” are Natalie 
Weisgall, Dominick Argento and 
Eva 'Bober. Ve?ie. 


Ross’ N.Y. Concert 

Lanny Ross, currently starring 
on the strawhat circuit in the mu- 
sical, “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn," 
will giv-i a concert at Town Hall, 
New York, next Jan. 18. 

Singer presented 26 concerts last 
season, touring as far as Minne- 
sota. 


‘Boswell* Musical 

“Boswell's Journals/’ bestseller 
compilation of Boswell diaries, has 
been acquired for legit musical 
adaptation by songwriters Irvin 
Graham and Baldwin Bergerson. 

No one is set yet to write the 
book. 



Boltoi Dane Break Lays 
Up’ Ciitk . Six Weeks 

Whitney ' Bolton, drama critic-, 
columnist of the N, Y* Morning 
Telegraph, fractured a bone in his 
heel in accident over the weekend 
at his home in -Sea Cliff, L. I. His 
leg is in, a cast and he will prob- 
ably be laid up for about six weeks. 
He is continuing his column from 
his -home. 

Mishap occurred when he fell 
from a ladder while painting his 
house. 


North Carolina Outdoor 



puapno a itn vp i wiipvj 

Fifth AI Fresco Added 


Greensboro, N. €., Aug, 19. 

North Carolina’s “summer Broad- 
way" has picked up tempo with 
passage of the season, * and will 
open another outdoor show, mak- 
ing a total’ of five. There’s no sum- 
mer slump among this state’s 
homegrown hits. 

At Boone, “Horn in the West" 
is averaging over 700 patrons 
nightly and gaining. Total attend- 
ance for the first 31 performances 
was 21,302, according to business 
manager' Mason Bliss. .Publicity 
director Miriam Rabb has arranged 
for Greyhound bus “Horn in the 
West" specials from Winston- 
Salem to Boone four times weekly. 

At Asheville, visitors are prais- 
ing .lighting effects and costuming 
of “Thunderland." Reduction of 
.running "time to two hours is also 
hailed as improvement in the most 
elaborate and expensively pro- 
duced of all North Carolina's out- 
door dramas." 

“Sword of Gideon" is scheduled 
to begin its second season in Kings 
Mountain National ‘Military Park 
Sept. 11, and continue with Thurs- 
day, Friday and Saturday perform- 
ances through Oct. 4. Outdoor 
drama, based op the Revolutionary 
War battle of Kings Mountain near 
the North Carolina-South Carolina 
line south of Gastonia, is by novel- 
ist Florette Henri. It enjoyed a 
successful season last ahtumn. ! 

“The Lost Colony,” at Mante'o, 
oldest^ of all ' North Carolina out- 
door efforts, is ^repotting the best 
season since before World War II. 
“Unto These Hills,” in its third 
Season at Cherokee, is doing well. 

mm.- — ■ ■„ 

‘DarlaessEuropean Bow 
Skedded for Belfast 

• “Darkness at : Noon/.*. Sidney 
Kingsley’s # dramatization of the 
Arthur Koestler novel, will have 
its European premiere next week 
at the Arts Theatre, Belfast, with 
Keh Hukham in the leading role 
created on - Broadway by Claude 
Rains and -played on tour last sea- 
son by Edward G. Robinson, 

The drama won the N. Y. Drama 
Critics Circle prize as the best play 
of the 1950-51 season. . 


Barn Notes 


A squall Saturday night al 
Asbury Park, N. J„ blew out the 
lights at the Neptune Music Circus 
there, forcing cancellation of s 
sold-out * performance of “Rce! 
Mill” ... Broadway stager Marj 
Hunter will speak Friday afternoox 
(22) on “Parallels in Production— 
Elizabethan Theatre vs. Moderr 
Theatre,” as the seventh lecture ir 
the series presented by the Arner 
lean Shakespeare Festival Theatre 
8c Academy of Connecticut, at the 
Westport Country Playhouse . . 
Jean Stapleton is playing leads ii 
“Lo and Behold,” “Show-Off” anc 
“Ring Around the Moon” at the 
Cecilwood Theatre, Fishkill, N. Y 
Carlson Spear, former manage; 
of the Shubert, New Haven, is nev 
business manager of the Melod 1 
Fair, Danbury, Conn., with Al B 
Perlman, as pressagent . . . Broad 
Way producer Richard Aldrich 
who doubles as manager of thi 
Cape Playhouse, Falmouth Play 
house and Cape Music Circus, oi 
Cape Cod, recently visited Kathar 
inc Cornell at her place on Mar 
tha’s Vineyard to try to persuade 
her to make a barn tour next sum 
mer. As before, no definite answe 
. . . Marlon Uray, former staffer o; 
TV’s “Celebrity Time/’ now busi 
ness manager .at Berkshire Play 
house, Stockbridge. Succeeds John 
Babington, who leaves for univer 
sity teaching chore ... Klaus Kol 
mar, publicity director of the Sp 
Summer Theatre, Saratoga, N.Y 
addressed the Ballston Spa-Burn 
Hills Rotary Club last week o; 
“The Theatre, Its Blessings, Tidal 
and Tribulations.” 


20, 1952 


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Kay Swift, who composed' the 
swore for. ComeRa OH* Skinner’* 
“Paris *90/* Is doubling "on the- 
piano in the orchestra directed by 
Nathaniel Shilkret at the Spa Sum- 
mer Theatre, Saratoga Springs, 
N. Y.(t this week. ' It is the only 
summer house appearance by Miss 
Skinner. Aldon S. Blodget di- 
rected; Peg CroAsfield and John 
W. Keek did the scep.ic designing. 

Margo Jones, director of Theatre 
’52 in Dallas, confirmed last week 
that she’ll open another theatre- 
in-the-round next winter in San 
Francisco . . . Sol Jacobson, press- 
agent for “Male Animal/’ will take 
a motor tl'ip through Maine next 
week . . . Al Goldin, general man- 
ager for Leonard SUlman*s “New 
Faces of 1952," under treatment 
for an ear infection . . . Richard 
Maney will be pressagent . and 
Robert Rapport company manager 
for “Dial ‘M* for Murder" . . . Mar- 
garet Webster, who returned from 
Europe last week, has Ifcdguired the 
U. S. rights to the current Parisian 
all-male play, “Sur la Terre 
Comme au Ciel” (“On Earth As. It 
Is in Heaven") and plans’ to pro- 
duce it on Broadway as soon as 
Victor Francen is free to come here 
to play his original leading role. 

. . . ATPAM member Saul Richman 
back in N. Y. from , a three-week 
Caribbean trip. 

Legit actor Bill Hawkes has 
completed a two-year hitch with 
the Navy and has returned to New 
York . . . Zelda Dorfman is com- 
pany . manager of the Blevins 
Davis-Robert Breen revival of 
“Porgy and Bess," with Ted Gold- 
smith pressagent, George Quick 
stage ’ manager and Walter Rieiper 
and Jerty Law$ assistants . . . John 
’’Loder will be co-starred with Edna 
Best in the Theatre Guild’s pro- 
duction of “Jane" on tour this fall, 
playing, the role created by Basil 
Rathbone'last season on Broadway 
. . . Mills Ten Eyck, Dramatists 
Guild . executive secretary on a 
year's leave of absence, attended 
the recent religious-dramatic spec- 
tacle in Bruges, Belgium. He’s due 
back in the fall . . . Vernon Rice, 
drama editor of the N. Y. Post, will 
vacation in Europe month of Sep- 
tember. 

Burl lyes will star in the WoWe 
Kaufman-Jobn Yorke touring edi- 
tion, of ‘‘Paint Your Wagon," sing- 
ing the role originated by James 
Bartoin' and subsequently played 
by Eddie Dowling . , . Anthony B, 
FatreR looking to buy a house in 
Westchester County, N. Y. . . . Joe 
Harris and Arthur Cantor, who 
were" .to hive been respective com- 
pany manager and pressagent for 
the Tate Irving Jacobs on' the pro- 
duction of “Berhardine/’ will con- 
tinue in the assignments now that 
Guthrie MeClintiC has taken over 
the show. Also,. Jacobi will re- 
ceive billing as presenter of the 
Mary Chase’ comedy. 

"Elliott Nugent, already part- 
nered yrtth Courtney Burr in the 
proposed production of. “Happy 
Ant Hill," will also be associated 
in the presentation of “Seven Year 
Itch/’ but won’t direct it . . . Fred- 
erick O’Neal and Alonzo Bonn 
will have leading parts in Abram 
Hill’s Negro version of R. C. Sher- 
rill's “Miss Mabel," to be produced 
by Alexander S. ince and Joel W. 
Schenker . . . Philip Barry, Jr.; and 
Martin Manulis have postponed 
the scheduled tryout next week 
of Richard Condon’s “How to Fly 
with One Feather" at the John 
Drew Theatre, East Hampton, L. 
I. Barry planes to the Coast today 
(Wed.) to huddle with* Mel Ferrer 
about a possible New York pro- 
duction of Robert Smith's “Striker 
a Match," which is being tried out 
at La Jolla with Eva Gabor and 
Pat O'Brien as stars , . . Holly Har- 
ris, Vivienne Segal's standby as 
femme lead in “Pal Joey," Is play- 
ing the role during the star’s va- 
cation this week and next. 

Marsha Hunt will co-star ' with 
Vincent Price and Beulah Bondi in 
“The Lady's Not For Burning," 
which will open at the La Jolla 
(Cal.) Playhouse Aug. 26 for one 
week and then tour the Coast. Mel 
Ferrer is directing. Neva Patter- 
Son, originally , announced for the 
role, was forced to bOw out be-! 
cause previous commitments made 
it impossible for her to tour. 

Thomas Mitchell will be co-stai’- 
red with Helen Gallagher hr “Hazel 
Flagg," the musical version of the 
film, Nothing Sacred,” playing a 
New England doctor . . . Gertrude 
Lawrence, ill from poison ivy in- 
jections, has been out of her star- 
ring role in “King and I" since 
Saturday night’s (16) performance, 
back tomorrow- night 
(Thurs.), Meanwhile, understudy 
Constance Carpenter is playing the 
part . . , Otto, Hartman, company 
manager of “Guys and Dolls," ill 
with a kidney Infection, willi 
Charles Harris subbing . * .Tom 


ox absence to direct 
Itch." Cl 


^ven Year 


London Legit Bits 

Jack . Hylton’s^new^-Crazr 1 1 

returns to the Victoria Pal,., n ? 
1 with Hylton’s currrat rev?vai 
there, ‘Women of Twilight" SI? 
injf end oi September or ml 
transferring to another Westffi 
• Although several West 

withFf, l L m r a iS er i. ar f <«<***$ 

r & j & Wartin for English 
rights to “Guys and Dolls," unto- 
stood that no rights will be dl. 
posed of, as F & M intend to pre- 
sent the show in the West E 
themselves. Whenever the, a» 
ready.they will do it in assoeij. 
tion with Louis Dreyfus, 


Chi Area Barns 

Continued from, paje 57 r— 

Joan Blondell, who played "Come 
Back, Little Sheba” last year at 
Chfevy Chase for the season’s rce* 
Otd, did the same vehicle this year 
at Salt Creek and again racked up 
a new. high for the much smaller 
theatre, $10,200. 

On top of this, a quickie of Patsy 
Kelly and Kay Westfall, local tee* 
vee actress, in “My Sister Eileen," 
is threatening that mark. Advance 
on Kim Hunter and Art Smith in 
[“They Knew What They Wanted," 
which played last week, was cue to 
the over $10,000 gross. On the 
southside, Drury Lane has been 
doing okay with two-week shows 
with names, the present occupant 
being Jeffrey Lynn in “Hasty 
Heart.” 

North Shore Musical Theatre 
has abandoned star importations 
fdr its operettas, using mainly *, 
stock group. This non-profit or- 
ganization, now in its third season, 
is averaging about $16,000 weekly, 
with* some of the* musicals hitting 
as -high as $23,000. Tenthouse, 
which is the oldest tent group In 
the area and uses the same people 
here each year and in Palm 
"Springs, Cal., in the winter, has 
built up . a large following which 
assures them of takes ranging from 
$8,000 to $11,000 weekly, with no 
Stars. 

Shady Lane at Marengo, 111., is 
the, oldest Equity group in the mid- 
west and also does well, but doesn’t 
pull dpwn the heavy .loot. Tv/o 
new groups started this year, Mlch- 
ianna Shores, which was a semi- 
pro group last year, and which has 
a tie-in with Purdue U., and Quar- 
tette, which started on similar 
lines as the Tenthouse a month 
ago, with local talent. 

Union Moves 

With exception of North Shore 
Musical, which has union men in 
every department, and Quartette, 
which has them in all but press, 
most of the others have no union 
except for Equity, and resisted? ef- 
forts of the boxoffice men and 
pressagents to organize them last 
year, claiming they would shutter 

first. .. a 

Line rates on ads here are tne 
highest in the country, making * 
sizable dent In budgets. . 

Of the three theatres using 
names, most have used P a ^ a “f* 
and fared well, but the lar6 
seating ' capacity here, as agau J. 
those in the east, makes ^itpron 1 * 
able to pick up a tab for $ 3 , 500 ^f 
Mae West, plus a heavy transpor- 
tation item for 15 members. Whu* 
this may be a little unusual, the 
$2,500 percentage deal for KoDen 
,Q. Lewis and the $4,500 for Fi 
chot Tone, who was not the draw 
expected, are- common. Lnevj 
Chase makes most of these hujs. 

While there is some talk of going 
past the Labor Day mark, most op- 
erators are a little leary. re > 
bering last season with unp 
able September weeks. That , 15 J a ^ e 
less someone can offer a h°t j 
attraction, in which case, 
will continue for another week 


so. 


5 r Vice Burns 

Los Angeles, Aug. ■ l 9 - 
iker takes over the LU 
*ole in the touring com 
louth Pacific, .jj. 

the Philharmonic Audi 

ppc David Burns, who 

succeeded Ray 
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Seagulli Over Surjreuto 

Westport, Conn,, Aug, 19, 

Westport Country Blayhoua* pr«enu- 
tjon of comedy 'in three -act* (aevcn 
scenes) by Hugh Hantihgs. Staged by 
Annina Marshall,, Charles , Bowden; set’ 
ting, Peter Larkin. At Westport JCdUtO 
Country Playhouse* Aug. 5 18, '52; $3.90 
tip.- • 

Able Seaman McIntosh*. Bruce Hall 

Able Seaman Sima: Mortimer RVdeU 

Able Seaman Turner John Randolph 

Able Seaman Badger J. Pat O’Malley 

Petty Of Acer Herbert. .... .Leslie Nielsen 

Lt. Comdr. Redmond GuySpsjuJl 

Sub,-Lieut, Granger..' -Bill Daniels 

Able Seaman Hudson. ... .'.Walter Brooke 
Telegraphist Rpd Steiger 

The psychological moment , of 
presentation to Broadway has made 
or broken more than one play. The 
psychological moment for presenta- 
tion of this particular one is as 
early in the now season as possible. 
At a time when playgoing appetites 
have not been surfeited via a long 
list of productions, and when 
critical evaluation is apt to be" 
more letiifent in its eagerness to 
greet the resumption of stage 
activity after the summer hiatus, 
a moderately interesting candidate 
stands a better .chance of survival. 

And that’s exactly what "Sea- 
gulls" is as of its strawhat breakin 
« — a moderately interesting play 
drawing its highest values from its 
interpretation by a competent cast 
rather than from its basic thesis. 

This is a British import brought 
over from ■ London for Theatre 
Guild showcasing in Gotham. Un- 
like many of its predecessors, it 
appear^, to have a fair chance of 
selling itself. Good dialog, lends 
a helping hand. « 

Although it lacks the promo- 
tional asset of names in the Cast, 
this same factor has provided a 
very modest ’ nut * which can well 
help it to hang around till it 
catphes on. 

'’Play, which will probably be 
labeled "The Limey Mr. Roberts," 
concerns a small group of British 
seamen doing dangerous experi- 
mental work on an island in Scapa 
Flow. . Cast comprises standard 
types befitting such a group, hut 
the stereotype angle has been 
successfully subordinated by an 
excellent set of performances that 
emphasize how a thing should be 
done rather than the thing itself. 
In brief, they’ve added a fresh 
feather to an old hat. 

Troupe is uniformly good; with 
J. Pat O’Malley carrying the lion’s 
share of the burden for laughs as 
a. vet salt whose motto is "never 
volunteer for anything." Neatly 
cast are Bruce Hall as a silent 


Scot; Mortimer Rydell as junior 
member of the crew; John Ran- 
dolph as an explosive seaman; 
Leslie Nielsen as an unbearable 
petty officer; Guy Spaull as top 
brass of the outfit: Bill Daniels as 
assistant brass; Walter Brooke as 
a philosophic radar man, and Rod 
Steiger as a burly radio operator. 

Direction is praiseworthy, like- 
wise Hie technical work, including 
set and lighting, * * Bone ► 

Night .ait Mmc. Tiitisaud’g 

Norwich, Conn., Aug. 19. 

Herbert X'.’Kneettr production .of melo- 
drama In two acta by Edwin Justus May- 
er. Stars Miriam Hodklrts, Peter Lorre; 
features Ralph Clanton. Viola Frayne. 
Hudulph Justice Watson. Directed by 
Lorre; settings, Geoffry Brown; lighting, 
Lloyd Kerber. At Norwich (Conn.) Sum- 
mer- Theatre, 5 ' Aug. 18, '52. 

Marquis de Brienne Ralph Clanton 

Wife Miriam Hopkins 

Mine, Tussaud Viola Frayne 

Doctor Rudulph Justice Watson 

Brutus Peter Lorre 

Messenger Barry Alan Grael 

Sergeant Joseph Warren 

Soldiers Geoffry Brown, A. Serli Peary, 

Sidney Antebl 
Mme. -Calvert . ^ Harriet Tecot 



MICHAEL MANN 

juii Conc/usUd a* Pud in 

“On Borrowed Time” 

"Michael Mann is neither aggressively 
precocious nor obnoxiously saccharine. 
HU talent and television experience re- 
sult In a natural and thoroughly like- 
able performance." 

THE LAKEVILLE JOURNAL 

"Michael Mann gives a convincing per- 
formance as ho becomes a counter- 
part of his crotchety grandfather, Karl 
Light." 

THE HARLEM VALLEY TIMES 

Sharon FiayhoHso, Sharon, Conn. 
ARTISTS SERVICE SU 7-5400 


Producer* Herbert L. • Kneeteyr 
made a quick booking with Edwin 
Justus Mayer’s "A Night at Mme. 
Tussaud’s" at his Norwich Summer 
Theatre. The moderate horror 
play 1 , built along Grand Guignol 
lines, co-stars Miriam Hopkins and 
Peter Lorre, with Lorfe making his 
American stage debut. 

Show, op opening night, seemed 
in better shape than most new 
plays when premiering on the silo 
circuit. . More blood and gore is 
reported to be added as. the melo- 
drama continues its five-week trav- 
els, and it can do with both. 

It should fare well for remainder 
of its summer touring, and appear- 
ance of Lorre on the stage .will 
prove a draw, if .only, for curiosity 
value, judging by the attention the 
little man received here at Nor- 
wich. 

Lorre must have remembered his 
European experience, for the star, 
known only in films here, knows 
his way around the stage. He is 
properly horrifying and sinister, 
and yet, with his own innate likable 
qualities, comes off no worse than 
Peck’s Bad Boy misbehaving. 

He plays an artist in the Tussaud 
PaAs waxworks in 1794, who has a 
fondness for the heads collected 
from the guillotine and enjoys 
nothing better than an afternoon 
attending head-choppings-. 

He also has a fondness for Ninon, 
enacted by Miss Hopkins, who, 
with her husband, is an aristocrat 
in the days when it was not safe 
being one. 

She and her husband, the 
Marquis Lomenie de Brienne, are 
posing as brother '•and sister, and 
are being sheltered by Mme. Tus- 
saud until they can make their 
escape. Brutus, or Lorre’s charac- 
ter, seems, to be one of the ob- 
stacles. Hopkins has to play up to 
him when, in actuality, she would 
feel more loving toward a grass 
shake. 

It’s the kind of role .the femme 
star likes to do, and the teeth at 
all times are busy getting into it. 

Other members of the troupe are 
in good form. Ralph Clanton, as 
Miss Hopkins’ husband, is always 
af home in costume drama, and 
gives his part a fiare. Viola Frayne, 
playing Mme. Tussaud, and Ru- 
dulph Justice Watson, in role of 
Dr. Guillotine, the man who .ih 
vented the head - chopper - Offer, 
have little to do, but they bring 
period atmosphere. 

Mayer has to give the play more 
point to his story, and suspense 
before it is ready for Broadway. 
More comedy and horror atmos 
phere will help. "Tussand" would 
make a good touring vehicle, for 
people on the road would scare 
more easily in the presence of the 
master scarer, and there should be 
a ready audience in the hinterlands 
for an easy horrifier, 

Lorre has staged the play, and 
with additional" timing and direc- 
torial suspense, the show could he 
ready for its travels. 

For Norwich, Geoffry Brown hate 
designed a neat peripd set. 

Broadway could do with a good 
horror play with comedy overtones. 
Time and a lot of work will decide 
whether this can be it, Vem. 


Pitt Opener Put Back 
To Late Sept. With ‘Okla/ 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 19. 
With a, two-week postponement 
of "Oklahoma/ from Sept. 15 to 29, 
opening date of Nixon, town’s sole, 
legit house, for the 1952-53- sea- 
son, is still somewhat up in the 
air. Management row hopes to 
get something else for an inaugural 
before "Oklahoma.” 

Incidentally, the ne.w Nixon began 
its career as a legit house, in Sep- 
tember, 1950, with "Oklahoma." -■ 

» ■ 

Boff Ballet Ran Trial 
Balloon onCom’l Shows 
For D,C.’s Barron Amphi 

Washington, Aug. 19. - 
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo 
scored so solidly during its nine- 
day run at the outdoor Carter Bar- 
ron f Amphitheatre here that it is 
being held over an additional 
week, winding up its D, C. stint 
Aug. 23. Despite being rained out 
two nights, and threatened with 
showers every night but one, the 
Sergei Denham troupe grossed an 
impressive $40,000 for seven shows 
in , the 4,000 seat outdoor theatre, 
scaled from $3. 

Ballet run was a trial ballodn to 
test use' of the Amphitheatre for 
strictly commercial shows. Sylvan 
Theatre was built in 1950 for use 
of Paul Green’s "Faith of Our 
Fathers," pageant commemorating 
the ^Capital’s sesqui-centennial. 
Later renamed in honor of the late 
Loew-Metro exec, largely responsi- 
ble for its existence, it has threat- 
ened to become a white elephant 
Current success of initial commer- 
cial use is inspiring elaborate 
plans for 1953. Government-owned, 
amphitheatre is under supervision 
of the*Dept. of the Interior. 

Super Attractions, run by Id 
and Irv. Feld, former pharmacists 
who now operate town’s largest re- 
tail disk shop, booked the ballet, 
along with David Polland, local 
film and legit publicist. Feld 
Bro^, have bpen making a dent in 
local show biz circles the past 
three years, with one-night book- 
ings of name bands, jam sessions, 
etc. They have recently extended 
their activity to Baltimore, Rich- 
mond, Norfolk and Pittsburgh, and 
are now turning attention to .cul- 
tural attractions. . Next season’s 
agenda for the brothers, for ex- 
ample, includes "Don Juan in 
Hell,” with the Drama Quartet, 
booked into Constitution Hall next 
November. 


I 


THE FORT WAYNE LIGHT OPERA FESTIVAL 

Production of ^ ROBERTA” 

Starring RONALD ROGERS 

BROKE ALL EXISTING RECORDS! 

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Tam Marlow, la GOOD NEWS" "THE GREAT WALTZ" 

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Strawhats Not So Jaunty 


; Continued from pafe 57 



Quadrille 

Glasgow, Aug. 14.. 

H. M. Tennent, Ltd., and John - C. WiL 
son production o£ ".Quadrille," romantic 
comedy, by Noel Coward. Scenery and 
costumes by Cecil Beaton. Incidental mu- 
sic (under direction of Leslie Bridge- 
water) by Noel Coward. In three acts. 
Directed by the author. -At King's The- 
atre, Glasgow, prior to London produc- 
tion. 

Rev. Edgar. Spevin. . John Gill 

Sarah Moya Nugent 

Gwendolyn Pamela Grant 

Waiter Michael Allinson 

Courier ....Timothy Forbes Adam 

Marquis of Heronden.... Griffith Jones 

Mrs. Axel Dlensen ..Marian Spencer 

Catchpole Gordon Phillott 

Marchioness of Heronden. .Lynn Fontanne 

Lady Harriet Ripley Joyce Carey 

Foster Sybil Wise 

Footman Rhoderick Walker 

Axel Diensen Alfred Lunt 

Octavla Sylvia Coleridge 

Walter Charles gcnnlson 


Noel Coward has. written this 
romantic comedy specially for the 
Lunts. This is the third play he 
has done" for the pair. If not one 
of Coward’s best, it is nevertheless 
excellent entertainment, providing 
the distinguished U. S. husband- 
and-wife team with ideal parts. 

Only Alfred Lunt and Lyhn Fon- 
tanne could do the splendid job 
essential for this gay, ' romantic 
piece of Victorian England and 
France. Judging by the standard 
of show caught, and the eyecatch- 
ing Cecil Beaton scenery and cos- 
tumes, this production looks 
headed for a lengthy London run 
this winter. Reported it may 
later move to New York, with the 
Lunts, of course. 

Plot is the familiar elopement 
tangle, with the wife of an Ameri- 
can railroad magnate running off 
with a foppish English marquis 
and the railroad millionaire, a dia- 
mond in the rough, teaming up 
with the gay; sophisticated mar- 
chioness. 

Marian Spencer and Griffith 
Jones are- well cast as the railroad 
king’s wife and the marquis, re- 
spectively, while Joyce Carey is a 
conspiring visitor. 

The first act drags, with the 
Noel Coward dialog not exactly 
J shining until the later acts. Gord. 


of business decline . (although thfct 
factor is evident), it’s also' a mat- 
ter of blowmijr overhead * that is 
causing the gripes. Costs oh prac- 
tically everything have gone up 
hut in virtually ' every instance 
scales have been forced to main- 
tain’ their! 1951 levels: Exception 
here -is Andover, which jacked it’s 
tariff 10c, Data and. observations 
on playhouses visited shape up as 
follows: 

Paper Mill Playhouse, .Millburn, 
N. J. (Cap. 988; top $4.20; weekly 
performances 8; possible . gross 
$18,000). Frank Carrington is man- 
aging director here. House is not 
strictly strawhat as its season runs 
from- around Faster to January, 
Worthy of note, however, is thatJ 
the summer business this year has. 
been about .10% below a.. corre- 
sponding period of 1951. Now in 
its 13th season, PAper Mill, which 
draws substantially from Long Is- 
land and'Philly, continues its pol- 
icy of running musicals not less 
than four weeks and even up to 
seven * weeks. Best grosser this 
year has been the six-week- sojourn 
of "Kiss Me Kate." * 

Summer Theatre, Princeton, N. 
J. (Cap. .1,023; top $3.60; weekly 
perf. 8; pos. gross $18,250).. De- 
spite a 300,000 potential draw with- 
in a 50-mile radius,' producer-direc- j 
tor Herbert Kenjvith has checked 
off a 2.5% drop in biz over the ’51 
figure of the same weeks. * This 
was the tabulation, in the seventh ; 
week of his sixth- season, normally 
slated to go 10 rounds. Number 
1 b.o. impact was furnished by Mae 
West in "Come On Up." ! 

Bucks County playhouse. New j 
Hope, Pa. (Cap. 432; top $3.40; 
weekly petf. 8; pos. gross $6,600). 
Theron Bamberger is finding this 
12th season • of the Playhouse 
somewhat a case of much ado 
about nothing from a net financial 
angle. Although the season’s open- 
er of Kitty Carlisle; in "Lady in the 
Dark" pulled a substantial gross, 
it. simmered down to just a.pres-- 
tige engagement when the .final 
chips were down. In the ninth 
week of a 14-week season, the Bam- 
berger gross scoreboard shows a 
minus of 10% as compared with a 
year ago. Oh straight plays, 
"Count* Your Blessings" (Albert 
Dekker) drew top dollars. Spot has 
a long distance draw, pulling them 
from as far as 80 miles away.. 

Music Circus, Lambertville, N. J. 
(Cap. 1,500; top $3.60; weekly perf. 
7; pos. gross $17,000). By way of 
variety from the beef contingent, 
St. John Terrell reports biz’ in the 
ninth week of near-SRO season, 
about 1Q% above ’51. Terrell states 
it’s the best year of the spot’s four- 
season career and there has not 
been a red week to date in ’52. 
Tent show pulls two-thirds of its 
audience from Philly (37 miles) 
and the balance within a 30-mile, 
radius. A solid sellout (two weeks) 
of "Carousel" is the jackpot win- 
ner to date. 

Pocono Playhouse, Mountain- 
home, Pa. (Cap. 500; top $3.60; 
weekly perf. 8; pos. gross $8,000). 
Eighth week (of 11) of this, sixth 
season found: producer-manager 
Rowena Stevens on the plus side 
of the ledger by a small percent- 
age over last year. The Claude 
Rains tryout of "Jezebel’s Hus- 
band" hit the top figure as 1 of this 
report. In a smalltown mountain 
hideaway, playhouse must pull 
from an extended area, with one- 
third of its business coming from 
50-mile-distant Scranton. , 

Grist Mill Playhouse, Andover, 
N. J. CCap. 790; top $2.50; weekly 
perf. 7; pos. gross $12,700). Robert 
Perry, managing director here, 
records his third season below ex- 
pectations, as of the seventh frame 
of an 11-week schedule. Calcula- 
tions bring out a figure of approx- 
imately 10% less than the same 
period last year. Perry has a 25- 
mile lake resort region to draw 
from but has encountered new 
smaller-scale competition this year 
from nearby Landing, N. J. Jackie 
Cooper and Fran Warren in "Re- 
mains To Be Seen” have pulled 
the fattest gross of season so far. 

Lakeside Summer Theatre, Land- 
ing, N. J. (Cap, 402; top $2.40; 
weekly perf. 7; pos. gross $5,200). 
Hal Lawrence has adapted this 
erstwhile film cubicle to strawhat 
operation and finds his first season 
at the spot not too heartening. On 
a possible gross of $5,200, nearest 
^ as ■■ come to that figure was 
$3,000 on top puller "Happy Time" 
with Helmut Dantine. When early- 
season matinee drew nothing but 
vacant spaces, Lawrence shifted to 


a Saturday midnight show 
improved results 

Rockland 




with 


Blauvelt, N. Y.^^%82; P top$° 1 U 8 S n: 
Weekly perf: 5; pos. gross $2,400)* 
This non-Eqmty setup, called the 
Pickwick Players, is busing 
managed by David Manning S 
takes over the spot where *2 
Equity .group folded in ’51 
four weeks of operation. Entlrelv 

that plays Wed.-Sun* Although 
located in New York, 50% 0 f draw 
comes from over-the-line Jersey 
communities. "Philadelphia Storv” 
has brought the best figure to date 
Venture Js paying its way at the 
end of the fifth week of a scheri. 
Uled 1 1-week season. 

Foothill Playhouse, Bond Brook 
N. J. (Cap. 125; top $1.50; weekly 
perf. 4; pos. gross $600). One of 
those projects that convinces an 
observer that the living theatre 
will never die as long as it has 
advocates of this nature, this non- 
Equity setup, headed by Charlotte 
Klein, is attempting to phoenix its 
way up from the ashes of a larger 
institution which was completely 
destroyed by fire three years ago. 
Shows run over two-week periods 
ahd to date have paid expenses on 
a non-profit basis. 

Meadowbrook Summer Theatre, 
Cedar Grove, N. J. (Cap. 750; top 
$1.20; weekly perf. 6; pos. gross 
$2,300). John Martucci, managing 
director of Frank Dailey’s Meadow- 
brOok; reports a to-date season 
\ which, while .behind last year, i* 
optimistic enough to indicate *a 
good . possibility of going • Equity 
next year, Succeeding weeks have 
been reducing the minus percent- 
age gap over ’51 and final thren 
weeks of 13-week season look en- 
couraging. A hybrid b.o. system 
here adds novelty to the spot; first 
seven rows are reserved, balance 
rush, with a pass-the-hat gimmick 
raking in whatever coin is avail- 
able. "Male Animal" best grosser 
so far. 

Practically all houses are air- 
conditioned, only major exception 
being Princeton. Fact that the 
, university does not occupy the 
building in summer, hence sees no 
point in air-conditioning it, is a 
serious stumbling-block do sellout 
biz here. 

Survey verified the fact that the 
day of slipshod catch-as-catch-can 
strawhat productions is a thing of 
the past.* Sqven shows caught re- 
vealed good workmanship in "Out- 
ward Bound" at Blauvelt, "Show- 
Boat" at Millburn, "The Traitor" 
at Princeton, "Blue Danube" at 
New Hope, "3 Musketeers" at 
Lambertville, "Jezebel’s Husband" 
at Mountainhome, "One Touch of 
Venus" at Andover. * 

• On the subject of names, majori- 
ty of comment centered on the 
opinion that stars were getting all 
the gravy while operators were just 
; haying the fun of handling the 
money. At Andover, Perry gave 
strong indications of reverting to 
a resident .company next year 
unless star-management financial 
setup is revised. On the other 
hahd, at Princeton, Kenwith states 
that he cannot operate without 
names, and’ in his case, Hollywood 
names. If he is unable to close a 
Hollywood name deal for his final 
week, he will cut his season that 
much short. At Lakeside, Lawrence 
states he will abandon names next 
year inasmuch as he finds that a 
major portion of inquiries ask what 
he is playing, not who is in it. 
Lawrence is playing moderately- 
priced names this year with the 
proviso they give a full week oi 
rehearsals. 

‘Okla.’ to Tee N.H. Season 

New Haven, Aug. 19. 

The Shubert season here, orig- 
inally skedded for a late start, 
closed a fast booking of OKja- 
•homa" to tee things off ior Aug. 
•29-30. •* 

Normally the scene of a flock ® 
early season tryouts, house 
nothing set in the preem line until 
Sept. 18-20, when "In Any Lan 
guage" (Uta Hagen) gets its hap 

* Others on the probable Ihb 
though still unsigned, are Oentie 
men Prefer Blondes, Don ^ „ 
in Hell", and "Deep Blue Sea 
(Margaret Sullavan*. 


Astrid Varnay,. Met CA1 .S >e $ 
Soprano, engaged for a sei 

eight starring appearances a. 2 

artist with the Munich Staatsop 
beginning Sept.. 11. 


iagriBM»-ajm 


Woduddbiy* An&ft 1951 



Rea Cha*** *M»# Upheld 

t,V a 3-2 decision last week, an 
livHitratian boat’d upheld the right 
$ the L A. Pally News to depy 
Employment to staffers who refused 
to answer sworn charges to the 
L^ct they were Communists. Two 
reporter Vern Partlow and 
Sa writer Parr^mith, had been 
gSd as having been Communists 
tv witnesses before the House Un- 
American. Activities Committee. 
Adion of the News .had been 
Challenged by the L. A; Ifewspaper 
Guild and matter was brought to 
arbitration. 

n r Paul A. Dodd, a . dean of 
UCLA, cast the deciding vote be- 
tween the deadlocked- management 
and union reps. In his opinion, 
Dodd wrote that a 'newspaper is 
particularly susceptible, to criti- 
cisms that flow from the support- 
ing public, advertisers, subscribers 
and readers” and "in ■ order to 
survive In this highly competitive 
field” it had the right to. call on 
the staffers to "deny the charges 
or leave the employment of the 
newspaper.” y 

Partlow was discharged and 
Smith, who held a place on the 
“preferential hiring list, was denied 
rehiring rights. 

After the arbitration was wrap- 
ped up, News prexy Robert L. 
Smith sent out . ..letters to friends 
noting that although three rival 
papers published the original re- 
ports about the writer*’ alleged 
political activities, they failed , to 
print reports on the result of the 
arbitration. He added that although 
an employee of another L. A. daily 
was charged with "Red” links at 
the same time, "to date no action 
to discharge him has been taken.” 
The paper, however, has dropped 
his byline. 


Refines ‘PantagrapH* 

Editor, Variety: 

When I was a kid playing circle 
stock with the Hill & Dale Co. out 
of Cedar Rapids, I took some time 
off during the summer of 1933 and 
hitchhiked to the Century of Progi* 
ress Exposition in Chicago. 

En route to the Windy City I 
passed through Bloomington, HJL, 
and at a beanery there I happened 
to glance at the masthead of the 
local -newspaper.* I became fascin- 
ated with the name of that news- 
paper and asked several natives 
what Pantagraph meant. They 
didn’t know. 

My dictionary wasn’t much help. 
It defined pantagraph or panto- 
graph as "an instrument for copy- 
ing drawings, designs, etc., on an 
enlarged or reduced scale. ' 

When The Pantograph popped 
Into headlines recently, I deter- 
mined to find out' what the name 
meant, so "I asked the man who 
owns one.” Today, I received this 
letter from Springfield. 

"Thank you so much for 
your nice letter. 

"The name 4 Pantagraph * is 
taken from, the Greek, mean- 
ing 'to write all things .* I am 
*ure from, the meaning of the 
name you will understand 
why it was' selected as the 
name of the newspaper in 
Bloomington. • 

"You were good to write me 
ftnd 1 am most prateful for 
your good wishes . 

Adlai E. Stevenson.” 
Now we all know. — 

Hob Downing 


Scully’s Hypoedl 'Saucers’ 

Recent revival of interest in the 
flying saucers is - perking sales of 
Frank Scully's "Behind the Flying 
Saucers,” published by Henry Holt 
two years ago. Book has sold over 
t>5,000 copies in- seven printings 
and has been put out in six trans- 
lations. A South African publi- 
cation has just picked up 10,000 
words of the tome. Book by the 
variety mugg also "had, a big re- 
print sale via Popular Library. 

Meanwhile, True mag includes 
*n "expose” of the Scully book in 
Jts September issue. Scully claims 
tne mag printed the piece because 
P f its "envy” over having original- 
ly turned down the Scully’s saucer 
yarn two years ago. 


Windsor 'Confidential* 
Current under-the-counter best- 
7, el ter in New York is a purported 
Private lives” of the Duke and 
Duchess of Windsor. Labeled 
Lese Majesty,” the $4 volume is 
c A re tbt e d to Norman Lockridge. 
Author is not- further identified 
utner than a flap reference, as a 
trained reporter.” 

, If he is trained, it must have 
on tk® worst type of tabloid, 
•n?. I ?J e * s n< ?t only thoroughly 
’ffnlous, but there’s mighty little 
documentation of the innuendoes 
malce s. Tome comprises long- 
drawn-out, fishy-sounding anec- 


dotes that make rather dull read- 
ing. 

Ffew bookstores are carrying it in 
stock and most are loath to pro- 
cure it -unless pushed. Printed in 
the U. S., it bears the label of 
"Boars Head Press,” which is not 
listed in the New York telephone 
directory. Herb. . 


‘Trend to Male Mags 

Circulation of men’s magazines 
has reached an -estimated high of 

45.000. 000 copies sold annually at 
newsstands, with result that more 
publishers are hopping on the stag 
bandwagon. At least eight pub- 
lishers are readying new men’s 
mags' for introduction this fall, in 
a. frantic raqe to cash in on a good 
thing. 

While. Esquire is a dominant 
force among male publications, it’s 
a service-slanted book. The em- 
phasis in the newcomers is op he- 
man, adventure and expose. True 
and Argosy, other pioneers, are 
big sellers and are showing healthy 
increases this year. Saga, Mac- 
fadden’s 1950 entry, is also grow- 
ing rapidly.- Stag and Male, both 
about a . year old, divide about 
850,000 monthly newsstand circu- 
lation between them. 

True and Argosy jumped from a 
total of 6,000,000 sold in ’43 to 

29.000. 000 in ‘50, and last year 
newsstand sales were 33,000,000 
with 12,000,000 copies sold via 
subscriptions. 

Ned Pines, publisher of See and 

Popular Library, launches Real on 

Sept. 16.’ Others out or due soon 

are Cavalier - and Adam (both 

Fawcett); Hillman’s Man’s Day; 

Crestwood’s. Man’s Life, Almat’s 

Man’s Magazine,-’ Timely’s Fury 

and Welder’s Mr. America. 

« 

Bishop’s 'Hellinger* Mixup 

Jim Bishop, whose "Mark Hel- 
linger Story’ 1 will, be brought out 
by,Appleton-Century-Crofts in No- 
vember, is having a hard time 
keeping bids for rights to the opus 
from getting crossed. 

Mixup resulted from fact that 
William Morris agency Is handling 
the book and serial rights, while 
A1 Horwits of • Universal-Interna- 
tional is- working on the -picture 
rights. Meanwhile, some mags 
have been' contacting Frattz Horch 
Associates, Bishop’s onetime agent, 
for the serial rights. To add to the 
confusion, "Parish Priest,” which 
he finished earlier, is due from 
McGraw-Hill presses In .February, 
and the phones for rights are ring- 
ing everywhere but at McIntosh A 
McKee, who are handling this opus. 


Storing Busts 

Nate Bienstock, business coun- 
selor to show 'biz and literati per- 
sonalities, is executor of Jo David-* 
son’s estate and when the sculptor 
died he found himself with the 
original moulds of such greats as, 
F. D. R., Will Rogers and Walt 
Whitman. Obviously this pre- 
sented a storage problem but Bien- 
stock solved it by storing Presi- 
dent Roosevelt’s mould in Brandeis 
University; Will Rogers at the- 
Rogers Sanatorium in Saranac; and 
Whitman’s at the Walt Whitman 
School in N. Y. City. 

Bienstock is the man about 
whom Robert C. Ruark, one of his 
clients, wrote a magazine article, 
"Bienstock and Our Jack,” refer- 
ring to the coin he guards for per- 
sonalities like Paul Galileo, Budd 
Schulberg, et al. 

Hemingway’s Jackpot. 

Ernest Hemingway’s latest novel 
is getting a unique mass publica- 
tion spread. Titled "The Old Man 
and the Sea,” the 30,000-word tome 
will be published in its entirety in 
the Sept. 1- issue of Life (out Aug. 
28). Scribner* will publish the 
novel between hard covers on Sept. 
8 and Book-of-the-Month Club will 
distribute it as half of its dual se- 
lection for next month. Life paid 
Hemingway $40,000 for the 30,000 
word’s or $1.33 a word. 

Story is an adventure tale about 
an old Cuban fisherman who, after 
a long streak of bad luck, lands a 
monster-fish and overcomes almost 
impossible odds to bring it in. 
Theme of the parable is man’s dig- 
nity and endurance. For details 
Hemingway has drawn on his 
knowledge of Cuba, where' he has 
been living in recent years. 

It’s the first time that Life, with 
its huge circulation, has run a com- 
plete novel in one issue. It will 
takeup 20 full pages and will be il- 
lustrated by drawings by Noel 
Sickles. 

Life cornered, the Hemingway 
opus with an assist from legit pro- 
ducer Leland Hayward. Latter was 
guest of Life editors at lunch, re- 
cently, after a visit to the Heming- 
ways in Cuba, and his enthusiastic 
report on the novel, .which he had 
just read, intrigued the Life top- 
pers.' They asked Hayward if he 


would contact Hemingway on 
whether he’d be receptive to the 
Life publication. Hemingway holds 
the copyright on his own works, 
and so was able to grant Life the 
right to run it. He also holds the 
film and tele rights. 


Sharp’s 'Wing** 

Dr. Roland Hall Sharp, foreign 
correspondent of the Christian 
Science Monitor, flew to Europe 
last week with a stopoff in Iceland. 
It’s first leg of a world flight to 
gather material for "On Wings of 
the Word,” with Dr. Sharp visiting 
50 countries for a report on use of 
the Bible In various parts of the 
globe. 

Duell, Sloan" A Pearce-Little, 
Brown will publish it. 


Good 1951 Year Book . 

"American Peoples Encyclopedia 
Year Book” (Spencer Press), re- 
prising the events and personalities 
of 1951, is an excellent anthology 
of the passing scene in all its as- 
pects. Franklin J. Meine, editor-in- 
chief, enlisted a who-’s who cast of 
byliners, each an authority in his 
own field, for expert reviews of his 
or her particular sphere of influ- 
ence. It is not only a well con- 
ceived and intelligently designed 
year book for ready reference, be- 
cause of its easy alphabetization 
according to theme and/or author, 
but it has been so attractively con- 
trived as to make for easy bedside 
reading. 

The book is insured of wide dis- 
tribution via an exclusive hookup 
with Sears-Roebuck in the U.S. and 
the North American. Educational 
Guild, Ltd., of Winnipeg, Can. 

Abel. 


Mpls. 3MG 'U.S.A.* Suit 
A $300,000 libel suit growing out 
of the ; Jack Lait-Lee Mortimer 
“U. S. A. Confidentialr book was 
filed in Minneapolis district court 
this week.- Suit was incepted 
against two of the city’s largest 
department stores by Anthony B. 
Cassius, nitery owner and a direc- 
tor of the ' Mpls. Urban League, 
who charged that Lait A Mortimer 
identified him as the "boss of 
Little Harlem.” 

’ Cassius said he was suing the 
stores, Dayton’s and Donaldson’s, 
instead of the authors and Crown 
Publishers, because none of the 
latter had any agents or assets in 
Minneapolis which could be served 
in the case. The stores have halted 
sales of the book. 


Argus* ‘Rogue* 

M. K. Argus, whose first book 
in English, "Moscow on the Hud- 
son,” was published by Harpers 
last year, has pacted for another 
tome, to be delivered Jan, 1 and 
published in the fall of ’53. Book, 
tentatively titled "A Rogue .With 
Ease,’” Will concern the humorous 
adventures .of a Russian bogus 
prince in the U.S. 

Argus is columnist of the Novoye 
Russkoye Slovo, daily N.Y. Russian 
(anti-Red) newspaper. 


65,000 Science Printing 

"Across the Space Frontier/* 
edited by Cornelius J. Ryan, asso- 
ciate editor of Collier’s, will be 
published by Viking Sept. 18. with 
an unusually large first printing 
for a scientific book of 65,000 
copies. 

Tome is £n expansion of a space 
symposium which-appeared in Col- 
lier’s,. with Willie Ley and Werner 
von Braun as principal contribu- 
tors. Theme calls for erection of 
space stations well above the air, 
for peaceful uses. Book will be 
extra large in size, of 174 pages, 
with 32 pages of art. 


Shulman** 6th For Doubleday 

Max Shulman was pacted by Ken 
McCormick for Doubleday this 
week to deliver a novel in 1953. It 
will be his sixth book for that pub- 
lisher which "discovered” him and 
brought out his first one, "Barefoot 
Boy With Cheek.” The new novel 
will concern itself with the lighter 
side of youthful matrimony. 

Shulman returns to Hollywood 
next November to put the finishing 
touches on the third screenplay 
which he will have done for Metro 
this year and on which# he’s pres- 
ently working at his Westport, 
Conn., home. 


•Art Treasury Revise 

Thomas Craven’s "A Treasury of 
Art Masterpieces,” first published 
by Simon A Schuster in 1939, will 
be reissued by S&S Oct. 6 in a 
revised, greatly enlarged edition, 
comprising 336 pages, and priced 
at $12.50. Book Is regarded as the 
biggest selling hard-cover art book 
.in publishing history, with sales 
to date totalling 150,000 copies. 
Original investment in plates and 
physical production- in ’39 ran be- 
twenn 300G and 400G. 

Revised tome will have 22 new 
color plates, bringing total to 160, 
with an additional new section of 
500 black-and-white plates. Extra 
new color plates alone will ,cost 
about 20G. There were subse- 


utkkati 


a 


quent edition* of the book issued 
during the recent war, but (hi* i* 
the first revision and enlargement. 
Tome will be printed for S&S by 
the Conde Naat pres*, as ’originally. 
There’ll be no text on back of 
prints, as was done with some edi- 
tions during the war? to save paper. 
Fire-publication, date orders will 
carry on Inside price of $11. 


Writer* Conference 
The 14th annual Writers Confer- 
ence opened, at the U^ of New 
Hampshire, in Durham, NrH., Aug. 
11, for a t»wo-week session.” Both 
proven and prospective writers are 
in attendance. 

Two of this year’s staff — 
Robert P. T. Coffin and Margaret 
L. Colt-^are Pulitzer Prize winners 
and several others have won na- 
tional awards. They include 
Charles Angoff, editor' and short 
story writer; Shirley Barker, a 
UNH graduate, whose "Rivers 
Parting” was the December, 1950, 
Literary Guild selection; Herschel 
Brickell, editor of the annual O. 
Henry Memorial Award Prize 
stories; Lloyd Haberly, poet and 
biographer; Elizabeth Yates, novel- 
ist and author; EUa Shannon 
Bowles, former UNH editor and 
now a freelance writer* J. Donald 
Batcheller, dramatics director; Ed- 
mund Cortez, professor of speech; 
Frangcon L. Jones, English profes- 
sor at UNH; Oliver St. John Go- 
garty, prominent writer,, and 
Laurie Hillyer of ’ Peterborough, 
novelist and short story writer. 

^ !»!«***«**» 

CHATTER . 

Harris Shevelson, Pageant mag 
editor, in Hollywood for a week to 
round up material, 

Mary MacLaren, film star Of the 
silent day*, completed her first 
novel, "The Twisted Heart.” 

John Steinbeck wrote an intro- 
duction to Al Capp’* book of "LIT 
Abner” strips/ to be published^ in 
November. 

Collection jot Hank Ketcham’s 
cartoons, "Dennis the * Menace,” 
will be published Sept. 8 by Henry 
Holt & Co. 

Gordon Irving,- Variety Scotland 
mugg, scripted radio program about 
half-century of show biz at the 
Gaiety Theatre. Ayr. 

Edward Dmytryk wrote an arti- 
cle, "Real People Are Unreason- 
able Too,” for the November issue 
of the National Board of Review 
magazine. 

Bill Ornstein*s. new book, “Ma 
and Me,” collection of his short 
stories, out this week via Story 
Book Press. Ffe’s Metro’s trade 
press rep. 

J. Bryan III back to freelance 
writing after a hitch with the Cen- 
tral Intelligence Agency In T'ash- 
Ington. He’s an ex-Satevepost as- 
sociate editor. 

Revised, enlarged edition of 
“Love joy’s College Guide,” refer- 
ence guide on planning college ca- 
reers, will be reissued by Simon & 
Schuster late this' summer. 

Jack Lait, editor of the N.Y, 
Daily Mirror, due. back at his desk 
later this week following treatment 
of a sore leg at University Hospital. 
He’s since been,, discharged from 
the hosp. . . 

George Biderman, director of 
advertising and public relations, 
has resigned at Bantam Books. He 
joined BB in 1948 as director of 
publicity and special sales, and 
upped to present post in 1951. 

Ted Kavanaugh has been shifted 
from head of the sales publicity 
department of Curtis Publishing 
Co. in N.Y. to the public relations 
department in the Philadelphia 
homeoffice. Peter A; Gulotta re- 
places in N.Y. 

William E. Peters, Jr„ is new 
articles editor of Woman’s Home 
Companion, succeeding Roger Da- 
kin, who .was upped to editorship 
of Collier’s. Peters was formerly 
on the editorial staff of the Ladies 
Home Journal. 

George Jessel gets a full-scale < 
S. J. Perelman treatment in the’ 
September issue of Holiday. 
Groucno Marx and Jimmy Durante 
were earlier profiled by Perelman, 
leaving only a Fred Allen piece to 
round out the series. 

Upcoming tomes on the. Pren- 
tice-Hall schedule are "The Com- 
plete Book of 20th Century Music,” 
by David Ewen; "Bullfighter from 
Brooklyn,” an autobiography of 
Sidney Franklin, and "Collected 
Poems of Nick Kenny.” 

Shepherd . Mead, Benton & 
Bowles veepee, will have his hu- 
morous tome, "How To Succeed In 
Business Without Really Trying: 
The Dastard’s Handbook to Fame 
and Fortune,” published by Simon 
&. Schuster next Monday (25). 

Bill Dowdell's Rome American 
News, English weekly, has taken 
in Michael Chinigo (ex-Hearstman 
in- Italy) as co-publisher and .co- 
partner with Albert Salvatori, Col. 
Peter C. Borre and Harry Cushing 
4th comprise the board along with 
these three. 

Capt. Kenneth S. Giniger, on 
leave from Prentice-Hall as editor- 
in-chief, having been recalled to 
active duty with the CIA, takes 


his. first matrimonial step the end 
of next month with Carol Wilkins, 
ballerina- They met while she was 
with a ballet act at the Wardman 
Park Hotel, Washington. 

Anatole Chujoy and P. W. (Bill) 
Manchester, publisher and asssocl- < 
ate editor, respectively, of Dancf 
News; back last week from two 
months in England. Chujoy was 
first American ever invited, to de- 
liver the annual address a^.ithe . 
Royal Academy of Dancing In Lon- 
don. , 

David Heald of Newport, N.H*, 
has been named executive director 
of the newly-ibrmed New Hamp^* 
shire Publicity Bureau, a non-profit 
organization designed to promote 
recreational, Industrial and agri- 
cultural Interests of the Granite 
State. Heald is a member of the 
New England advertising advisory 
committee and public relation* 
council af Dartmouth College. 


TV’s Black Ink 

Coatixu«e from p«k« i 


AM industry, which ran to $370,- 
000,000 in 1950. (Later AM figure* 
are not yet available.) ' 

Talent expenses for video pro- 
gramming are shown to total $34,- 
000,000 last year, or nearly the 
amount spent for this purpose 
($37,400,000) by the radio broad- 
casting industry in 1950. Overall , 
TV programming' costs are shown 
at $109,000,000 in 1951 as com- 
pared to $140,800,000 by radio in 
1950. -v 

Report puts final figures for, TV 
revenues in 1951 at $235,700,000} 
or more than twice those of 1950, 
which totaled $100,000,000. (Pre- 
liminary figures issued, last March 
estimated TV revenue* for 1951 at 
$239,500,000), The TV revenue* 
compare with estimated , radio rev- 
enues of $455,000,000 last year. 

' Definitely Black Ink 

Profit* Ibefore taxes) for . the 
TV broadcasting industry are 
shown at $41,000,000 In 1951 (the 
preliminary estimate wa* $43, 000,- 
000), as compered *to a loss of 
$9,200,000 in 1950 and a loss of 
$25,300,000 in 1949. The TV profit 
figure compared to estimated prof* 
its last year of $01,800,000 (10$ 
below 1950) of the radio broadcast* 
lng industry. 

Report show* the average TV 
station (excluding network o A 0 
outlets) took In nearly $1,000,000 
from sale of time and $163,000. 
from sale of talent, program ma- 
terial or service. Average expense* 
per TV station totaled $824,000 of 
Which 43% was for programming, 
28% for general and adminstra- 
tive costs, 21% for technical ex- 
penses,. and about 0% for sales. 

Varying slightly from prelimi- 
nary estimates, the report show* 
that of the total number of TV sta- 
tions, 92 made money last year, 
profits averaging $330,000, (March 
estimate showed 93 stations in the 
black). Eight of the losing sta- 
tions are. in the .•even-station mar* 
kets of New York and Los An- 
geles. Only ope of the 40 stations 
in oper-statlon markets reported a 
loss in 1951. 

Report Shows that 12 markets 
accounted for 60% of total TV sta- 
tion revenues, New York leading 
with $23,000,000, With nearly half 
of all TV stations operating in 
these markets. Average invest- 
ment in tangible broadcast ‘prop- 
erty of the 93 TV stations is shown 
at $592,000, the initial investment 
ranging from under $300,000 in the 
smaller markets to nearly $1,000,- 
000 in the largest. 


EiicTTV 

Continue* from pas*. 1 

educational and commercial sta- 
tions.” 

In addition to meeting "this 
challenge of illiteracy,” Walker 
told the Workshop, educational TV 
can help meet the challenge 
Of overcrowding In elementary 
schools, shortage of teachers, high 
cost of college education, and scar- 
city of instutions of higher learn- 
ing. 

"By the miracle of television,” 
said Walker, "top-flight educators 
can give their courses in Minneapo- 
lis and New Orleans the same day 
. . . on the west and east coast, or 
over the whole nation . . , simul- 
taneously,” 

Calling educational TV "a bold 
experiment” which the world is 
•watching, Walker said the move- 
ment is destined to have "a signifi- 
cant impact” in the commercial 
field through development of ideas 
which broadcasters may find use- 
ful. Thus, he asserted, "the cre- 
ative work that you are soon to be 
launched on will enrich the whole 
fabric Of American television.” 



VeAhetAmyi Au^um 20. 



the David Sarnorfs s*U for home 
from XiOit^pb Aug. 28 on. the SS 
United States. 

- Agent Paiil Small planned to 
itay in. town a week;, but. had to 


resignation and will be baok on 
Carnegie Tfceh dram* faculty this 

Announcer Beckley Smith, Jr., 
to Florida for a month before re- 
suming his doctorate studies at 
Tech' 

Mrs, Jimmy Hendel, wife of UA 


rush back to Hollywood after two manager here, competing l thhr week 


w j * fof Madrid are making In Spain 

LADOOB and abroad in Portugal. Among 

Talbot p’r.rTeU, v«t ttkh vaude- M „ r)> FeIto(i , nd -One* Upon Ik 
Ilian { .in hospital for major leg w ith Joan Fontaine, at 

? P Ji"my ' Phillips, exec of Peter spieled on Span- 

Maurice Music Co, "to Spain on lsft location*, 
three-week vacation. 


flays . 

- Hiller Lines, assistant eastern 
production chief for Paramount, 
visiting Jhe studio this week. 

. Joel Preston, associated with 
Hollywood publicist Arthur Jacobs, 


in Public Parks tennis toutney in 

St. Louis, . . clan, provides Ida Lupino with an 

Florence Sando, Hon Hirsch and uncle: 

George Held representing local John. Firman, managing director 



Birth of .a son to Barry Lupino, 

70-year-old head of the Lupino . - . , . , 

• ‘ * — 1 Eddie Bach cldwn band ihb Gay 

'00s cafe for ihdef stand. 4 

, „ Edyth Bush Little Thhatre open- 

AFRA chapter at national conven- of B Fe ldman; Ltd., leaving on the ing run of "Charley’s Aunt" in St* 

tion in W; Y. „ • . Queen Mary Sept. 4 for his annual Paul tomorrow (Thurs.). 

i « w^ek after „ ^ oel B^ker, 14, sort of Dr. Eddie business trip to America* Variety bar plans wrinkle in en- 

back t0 i^hc Coa s t Ihis wee r Bakel . f Carnegie Tefch football Basil Radford back In the cast of tertainment embracing “fun house" 

two weeks of flacking in • coach, playing the boy in. Happy “Affairs of State” after collapsing idea, with air jets, mazes and prac- 

vjhk 17**4 paramount s fash- a t White Barn Theatre* during pre-London performance at tlcal jokes on display after 8:30, 

Brighton. Play set to opbn at the Council of Living 1 Theatre held 
Cambridge tomorrow (21). meeting of clubwomen at Mini- 

Douglas Byng goes into the Cafe fcahda Club to organize subscrlp- 
de Paris Sept. 15 for two weeks tion drive for seven-play deal at 
with option of two more', replacing Lyceum. 

Jack Buchailan who has postponed University Theatre presents 
his booking until the end of the “Harvey” Thursday through Sat- 


, Hollywood 

Teddy Hart planed to 

pPt hfe rvn a ? ter planed 1qT Qu 3& 
pat, O Brien vacationing at Dei 


Mar, 

Edward Selzer to Alaska 
tion. 


on vaca- 


Edith Head, Paramount's fash - 1 Time 
Ion designer, stopped off briefly 
en route back to the Coast from 
Europe, where she studied the new 
Style trends. 

Herbert Jartey, with 20th-Fox In- Art Buchwald off to London. to 
ternationaPs publicity dopt., off to ca t C h the legit shows. 

Europe Friday (22) on the United H ildegarde Halliday and Bob 


Paris 


States for & three-week vacation. £m st 5 rt i n ^ their Song stints at year, ” r „ * urday (21-23) prior to taking It on 

w ^ *** Vo,,i ^ |X ' u " * 1 Richard Alton’s TV show, “Top the road to school auditoriums in 

Hat Rendezvous,” set for Aug. 27, five-state area, 
will be headed by Carl Brisson, . Carol Wick, Duluth, chosen “Miss 
prior to his Cafe de Paris opening; Minnesota” at Excelsior Park fl- 
Roger Came and the Three BeVer- nals, had to give up “Miss’ Arrow- 
ley Sisters. head” crown to accept larger honor, 

Anthony Steel, in the process of She’ll compete at Atlantic City, 
partnering Errol Flynn in Warners James Nederlander, operator of 

{ production, “The Master of Bal- Lyceum Theatre, has negotiated 
antrae” compelled to undergo f ftr .nAnsormhiD °f one-niehter. by 


He expects to attend the Venice 
Film Festival. 

Gloria Grahame, who just com- 
pleted “The Glass Wall” for United 
Artists release, arrives from the 

Coast Saturday (23) en route to . - 4 -- i4 -_- , r . A . . 

Germany to start "M.n on a Tight 

* Rope” for 20th~Fox, made in 1938 with the late Harry 

’ Bill (Metro) Rodgers* son, Tom, Ba *f r ’ . . . 

who Is with Trans-Lux in N.Y., will Sophie Feinsllber to London for 


Splvy*s nlteiy. 

Jean de Letraz new comedy. 
Hut .of Love,” into Palais-Royal | 
early in October. 

Max Glass preparing.* new film 



".SI of Continent, beginning in Munich, Ed Sullivan's TV program, “Toast 
~ Louis (Eppy), Epstein longtime Qct j * *.. of Town,” He also may do some 

personal aide to the mte Al Jolson, Michele' Morgan* up for a new vaudeville and night spot dates 
is back east end wants to get into version of »j oan of A rc,” .being while there, 
some local phase of show biz. Both scl: ipted by Jean Aurecnhe. and 
he and songwriter Harry, Akat sued p| erre Bost. 

the estate for monies owed, and a Michael Rayhill heading for a 

settlement was made out of court. stlnt before the GIs in.Ger- 
♦ Bob Weitman, veep of United many for 10 days and then return- 
paramount Theatres, birthday-par- ing to N. Y. 

tied at Grossinger’s. where, he’* Michel Emer completed . score 
.yacationing. Helping him. celebrate for” Anita Loos* play, “Montpar- 
were Metopera singer .Robert Mer- nasse.” Hilda Simms being cpn- 
rili; Warpers veep Ben Kalmenson, sidered for lead. • 
and Walter Gross, general counsel Albert Lewin, working on script 
of UPT, • . . of “Saaida/* the film to be. shot in 

. Harry E. Goulds co-owner of the Africa late this year, wants Vit- 
Belasco Theatre, legit .backer- and torio Gassman'for starring role. , 
w.k. in show bis, transformed his .Muriel Gaines opens a new 
Greenwich estate ihto an Hawaiian nltery here Aug 29. Bolte will be 
resort for their :15th anniversary called Cafe Society; it is the ex- 
and his wife, Lucille's* birthday, Boule Blanche in Montparnasse. 


PhQadelplua 


By Jerry Gaglian 

Alan Bergman, - WCAU-TV pro- 
ducer-director, off to Hollywood 


•Bing Crosby and Bob Hope to 
play Donald Peers and Ted Ray in 
a golf tournament at Maidenhead 

Sept. 21 to aid the National Playing for three-week Vacation. 

Fields Assn, and Variety Club. Frank Juele, Earle Theatre 
They will fly over from Paris for maestro, led cafe band at Chubby's 
the occasion. for engagement of- A1 Martino. 

Booking ' agent Bemie LgndiS 
Q »v* has purchased an interest in the 

d&n Diego Top Hat Cafe, midtown musical 

By Donald Freeman *Marge Welting- (WFIL f’emme- 


Park Bowl, season’s next-todast 


Jean-Pierre AUmont leglter here, 

st weex. Lovely Sunday,” will be on the , . . . , . . 

mW W»rrv ‘Rnhv the" former production rOster for London this Star-Light Opera production. 

Mrs, Harry Ruby, the former £ all W ith-Alec Guiness as the lonely Fourth, annual Shakespearean 

clerk. Festival presenting As You Like 

Leo Tolstoy’s “Resurrection” It” at Old Globe Theatre in Bal 

- boa Park. , 

“Countiy Girl,” with -Robert 
Haguef ~ starts Young, Nancy Kelly, and Dane 

Clark, oppns rqad tour next week 

... . 4 Pierre. Barseur here to synch his (29) at Russ Auditorium., ' 

Charles . Schlaifer, . ad agency last pic. “Tonight We Play Mac- Writer Robert Smith holding 
bead- and member of the Advisory beth. Brasseur plans to tour the long huddles with director Mel 
Council to the Surgeon General of Jean-Paul Sartre play, “The Devil Ferrer over “Strike a Match” 
the U. S„ leaves today for Lake and the Good Lord,” this fall. 

Tarleton, N. H., where he will chair Gilbert MiUer over from London 
the final week of the Festival of to settle ' dispute over U.S, stage 
the Seven Arts and will also speak rights of Albert Husson comedy, 
on “Mental Health in America.” “Angel’s Cooking,” which Miller 
Jack Entratter, co-boss with wants for Broadway this season. 

Jules Podell of the Copacahana, 


which coincided on. the same day 
last week, 

arry Rub: r 

silent screen star, Eileen Percy, 
east for physical checkups. Her 

SSlndwiv^ptfl^mualcfll 8 “Between brought to the. screen for 

the* 13 th time here this fall when 
Two Rivers, on the agenda. d iref>tftr A’ndr^ — ■ 

They’ve sublet a Manhattan apart- noting Anare 
ment until the fall, * 


Van Johnsons resting at Hotel cas t er ) and husband, Fred Weiting 
del Coronado. * , , (WIBG announcer), have gotten 

Spike Jones concert booked for the Anal decree. • f ' 

Russ Auditorium -Sept, 2. Erlanger Theatre will kick oft 

Alvino Rey drew okay crowd in the new stage season Sept. 8 with 
one-n ghter at Trianon Ballroom. Juleg Pfeiffer’s production ...of 
“Bittersweet opened at Balboa “Goofi Night, Ladies.” . ‘ ' 


preem at La Jolla Playhouse. 


Scotland 


still flirting with that new Sands 
Hotel (Las Vegas) offer, as much 
because of his health; the Nevada 
climate would be more conducive 
to his chronic arthritis. He’s in 


Berlin 


“Viva Zapata” (20th) chosen best 


Boston’s Lahey Clinic this week iov »y the Protestant Film 

a checkup. I Guild. 

While Mort Blumenstock is east 
for the “Fatima” double-preem at 


the Astor and Bijou, Sandra (Mrs. 
B.) is redoing their new Bevhills 
manse which has undergone meta- 
morphosis “first from Spanish, 


Top East Berlin handball team, 
Weissensee, fled to West Berlin 
and asked for asylum. The 15 play- 
ers said they were tired of the 
Reds. 


By Gordon Irving 
Scotland's own TV oUtsidfe broad- 
cast unit due to start operations 
soon. * Producer in charge will be 
James Buchan. 

Donald Maclean, radio producer, 
moving to London base to work on 
British Broadcasting Corp. dance 
music programs. 

Jane Morgan, U.S. cabaret art- 


Nitery owner Fr4nk Palumbo 
staged -kids party' for thousands of 
South Philadelphia Youngsters at 
Woodside Park last week 
Dennis James, Warren Hull and 
Jane Pickens will head lineup for 
WFIL-TV’s second annual Cere- 
bral Palsy marathon,- Sept. 6. 

John P. Giovanni, proprietor of 
Giovanni's Restaurant, taken to 
Jefferson Hospital (17) suffering 
from a mysterious gunshot wound. 

Three members of Truex family- 
— Ernest, his son, Barry, and wife, 
Sylvia Field— are in -cast of 
George and Margardt” alj Park 
Playhouse. • 

Capitol Records and Dean Mar ; 
tin & Jerry Lewis staged recep 
tion for press and disk jockeys at 
Warwick (18) between their shows 
at the Mastbaum. 


Dallas 


By Bill Barker 

Civic Playhouse’s summer play- 
ist, sharing top billing with Scot ers staging “Skylark” for 10 nights, 
comic Jack Radcliffe at Empire Fenton Baker, Sr., Baker Hotel 
Theatre, Edinburgh. manager, on the Coast to scout ni- 

Gaiety Theatre, _Ayr, run by the tery acts. 

3,000 


“AST James . oreh lured 


J-Akot, Mvm VJJJOJUIOAJI, Af +1,. Bo-lin Militaw Pnct onrl+Vio *"*&**>»«• *““***J' U allies ureil lUreU 

^ A_ _ T» 1 Tl*« 1 1 ^ 1 %| I American r ^communSty^ > here, n< cele- 1 ? ratin ? *° y ears ! P , sh “^ iz - ^ aude I into .Longhorn Ranch on one-niter 


just early Beverly Hills decor,” ac- 
cording to the WB ad-pub veepee. 

Flock of names submitting en- 
tries in the* art exhibit (of works 
by artists in the theatre), being 
held for a month at the Show 
Shop, Among those exhibiting so 
far are Henry Fonda, Clifford 


ww TTL) Jf’nSun house was opened in 1902. 
bratmg its seventh anni of .Berlin Frances Slaven. young 
service. 


at $2 cover, 

Frances Slaven, young actress T. P. Tidwell, 20th-Fox city sales 
<< Pft *, v -racc ” is T aw VnrV Pitv and niece of the lfite^ara Allgood, manager, upped to exchange branch 

in dew Scot comedy “Bachelors — ^ 

Ballet, Eugene Ormandy, Astnd Are Bold „ now out J on tour with 

Duncan Macrae in lead. 


Vernay and Polyna Stoska, an ex- 
hibition of American arts and 
crafts, and a textile fabrics exhibit 


Odets theatrical attornV Fnrmv wil1 be the U.S. contributions to 
uaets, meatrical j»tt 9 rney _ Tanny | the BerUn Cultural Fest i V al of 


Holtzman, writer David Swift, etc. 
Actress Diana Herbert is sponsor- 
ing. 


Lisbon 


Pittsburgh 


1952. 

Oscar " Martay, former HICOG 
film officer here, has become for- 
eign rep and manage* of Berolina- 
Film, a Berlin film production com- 


has 

An- 




By Hal Cohen 

Otto Krenn, of radio and TV, 
enrolling in law school in the fall. 

The mother of Ralph Quinn, 
prexy of the stagehands union, 
died. 

Jimmy Balmer back from Miami 
and a meeting of auditorium opera- 
tors. 

A Pittsburgh Symphony still $44,- 
uOOshort in its campaign to raise 
$295,000. 

New edition of “Ice Cycles” has 
arrived here for a string of rehear- 
sals at the Gardens. 

Felix Sadoski signed to stage the 
Pittsburgh Opera Co. production of 
“Carmen” this winter, 

_ t T° n y Conforti, owner of the old 
Nixon Cafe, has bought a motel 
in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • 

Jackie Heller opens at Club 30 
next Tuesday (26) after a fortnight 
at the Elmwood Inn, Windsor, Ont. 

Bernie Armstrong, Jr„ 17-year- 
old son of the KDKA maestro, in 
the Municipal Hospital with polio. 

Barry Farnol has withdrawn his 


By Lewis Garyo 
Impresario Rafael Prata 
opened two new cinemas in 
gola. . 

. Tomas Alcaide, former Metro- 

pany. He has gone to Bangkok politan tenor, appointed director 
where the new Berolina color pic, 0 f Foreign Contacts Office of the 
“Land of Smile,” starring Martha Portuguese National Radio. S SL M 2 m/ i 

Eggerth and Jan Kiepura, will be Lisbon office of Paramount will Raymond * at 

produced. distribute 40 features for the 1952- 1 alr Musicals. 

53 season. “Greatest Show on 
««* * n i Earth,” “Here Comes Groom,” 

Miami KaAPiI “Carrie” and “Something To Live 

miauu AKMUl For” are included in lineup. 

By Lary Solloway Cinema Sao Luiz, deluxe first- 


Terry Turner, RKO pubber, in 
to set- TV trailers plugging “Sud- 
den Fear” and “The Lusty Men.” 

Bill (Hopalong Cassidy) Boyd set 
for kids’ day personal Oct. 10 in 
Cotton Bowl during Texas State 
Fair. 

Charles R. Meeker, Jr., trained 
to Chicago to o. o. Martin & Lewis 
who are set for Texas State Fair, 
Oct. 4-19. 

Jeanette MacDonald planed from 
Coast to view “Call Me Madam,” 


pi^dfe Foy, Jr., out of the hos- 
Ray' 0 ^* 1 Grahame divorced Nick 

Coron*d<? 0hnEOn VaCatlonto S ta 

StSf F^fc” b °° ked f0r 

Hifh VaCati ° ni "« “ «* 

teW Chang?d hw " aiaa 

Vi™, Melton. Barry beddad ^ 
Mike Newman recovering from 
major* surgery, 

Danny Kaye to Wichita for ben- 
efit performance. 

Frank Freemans, Sr. and Jr re. 
turned from N. Y. *’ re 

Mervin-Houser on siesta for two 
weeks at Lake Tahoe. 

Regis Toomey celebrated his 22d 
anni as’a screen actor. 

Robert peer out of the Army af- 
ter two years of active duty. 

Joseph Sistrom checked into Par- 
amount after a stay in London 

Jerry Pickman in from N. Y. to 
gander new Paramount product. • 

Victor Mature tossing a Holly, 
wood preem for his new TV shop 

Corinne Calvet filed a $1,000,000 
slander suit against Zsa Zsa Gabor. 

- Charlton Heston and wife, Lydia 
Clark, in from eastern strawhat- 
ting, ' ' 

, Herman Millakowsky back at hi* 
Republic desk after three weeks in 
Italy, 

’.Pat De Cicco leaves next week 
on a safari to Africa with David 
May,. 

Pete Smith and his Metro pro- 
duction staff taking a mass vaca- 
tion. * > 

Frank Whitbeck named honorary 
prexy of the Boy$ Town Alumni 
Assn. 

Vanessa Brown taped a Voice of 
America broadcast for beaming to 
Italy. • 

Billy Wilder checked in at Para- 
mount after three months in 
Europe, 

, Margaret O’Brien leaves for 
Tokyo next week to star in “Across 
the Sea.” 

Jimmy; McHugh honored at a 
testimonial dinner for his crusade 
against polio. 

Eric Johnston will be presented 
with the .fourth annual City of 
Hope Award. 

Sophie Rosenstein resumed her 
dramatic coaching at . UI after a 
four-week illness. 

Bob. O’Donnell will speak on 
Governor’s Day (Sept. 4) at South, 
Dakota State Fair. 

Rocky Lane booked for three 
days at the “Back to School” cele- 
bration in Seattle. 

Glenn JE. Shaw exited the Shaw- 
Ingersoll agency to become a Wynn 
Rocamora associate. 

William Holden planed out for 
a three-we^k entertainment tour 
of the Korean front. 

Charles P. Skouras, Dick Dick- 
son and Frank Ricketson off on a 
Mexican hunting-trip. 

George Murphy will represent 
Hollywood at the Allied Theatre 
Owners’ convention in Des Moines. 

Edward G. Robinson nixed an of- 
fer to take. Charles Laughtons 
place in the First Drama Quartet. 

Alan Young and Roy Maypole 
staging a Highland fling contest at 
the, United Scottish Societies pic- 
nic. 

Harry Lenart in from Samoa 
where he’s been functioning as as- 
sociate producer on “Return to 
Paradise.” , , 

Paul Gregory and* Charles 
Laughton to Mexico City for Ju- 
dies with Ty Power, about John 
Brown’s Body.” 


Cleveland 


Art Ford at Saxony Hotel for run, reports best summer season in 

v ..vm. i i. LI 


vacash. 

Uncle Don ailing at Mt. Sinai 
Hospital here. ^ 

Jackie Miles held over for third 
week at Clover Club. 

U. of Miami players staging 
“Gramercy - Urhost” at Ring 
Theatre. 

Henny Youngman holds for sec 


years, with American air-condition- 
ing held largely responsible. House 
will close only for two weeks in 
September instead of usual two 
months. 

Comedian Raul Mota, warbler 
Fernando Correia, Spanish song- 
stress Marla del Carmen Quintana, 
singers Carlos Ramos and Deolinda 


ond week at Nautilus, unusual for Rodrigues, impersonator Humberto 
this room which normally adheres Madeira and Fernando de Carvalho 
to weekly change. orch top the bill of the touring 

With Martha Rhye shuttering vaude company of A.P.A., big Per- 
her Five O’Clock Club next week tugal booking agency, 
and Vagabonds darkening after Producer Anibal Contreiras will 
first of month, Clover Club will distribute the pix which Producer 
be sole big spot to remain open. Cesareo Gonzales and Suevla Films 


By Sanford Markey 

Joe Finan on NBC gabber staff. 

Don Cordray back as WERE an- 
nouncer. 

Sportsmen Qhartet opened at 
Sky-Way Lounge. 

Glenn Pullen, Variety mugg, 
fishing in Canada. 

Play House opens its season Sept. 
10 with “The Velvet Glove.” 

Duke Ellington and 20-piece 
band scheduled for Towne Casino, 
Sept. 21. 

Mary James in femme lead of 
“Angel Street” at Chagrin Falls 
Summer Theatre. 

Vaughn Glaser is being tempted 
out of the Lambs Club for a fare- 
well performance at the WHK 
Theatre. 


Portland, Ore. 

By Ray Feves 

Glenn Henry ..Quartet in at Club 
Portland iwr two weeks. 

The Day Dreamers and 
Wing play Clover Club for two in- 
nings. ' 

Ray Anthony orch set tor two* 
nighter at Jantzen Beach Ballroom 
(22-23). 

Judi Boutin, local skating star, 
has joined “Ice Follies m 5 

Francisco. , . 

Jerry Jarrot replaced trarry 

Davis in the Harry Shapno ro 

S Marfha 7 Wrlght will appear oppo- 
site We.BB Tilton in South Pa 

fic,” Oct. 14-18. . i h er 

Phyllis Lauritz is backat n 

desk at the Oregonian a f ter ri a eS tr 0 !; 
to Hollywood to write a sene 

film folk. , wound up 

Arthur Lee Simpkins w Supper 
three weeks at Amatos a 
Club (18) with the rope UP JJ or . 
ol the tune. Johnny O Brien 
gt» Carr and Tom & “Jl^eeks. 
Sine play the spot for two we 



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SAIL C. KATNftK 
Earl C. iBuck) lUyn^r, 93, <m« 
'of the pioneers ptfwWte trad* Jour- 
nalism, died Aug. 17 in New York 
nf a lung aliment. He launched 
Radio Digest in 1921. one of the 
first radio trade /weeklies to get 
national circulation. In the early 
Says of broadcasting he organized 
various banquets,- get-togethers and 
other industry projects such as the 
Radio World’s Fair* . He also found- 
ed and published the Post War 
Digest, Advertising Agency; and 
Advertising Daily.. • 

One of Rayneft suffers on Radio 
Digest was John G. (Jack) Forrest, 
who was later hired by the N.Y. 
Times to do its program logs when 
radio began to catch on with the 
nublic Forrest is now business and 
financial editor of the Times. 
Survived by his wife and two 


XT. in his junior year in 1921' tb 
study music, and got his radio 
start in New York. When the late 
Will Rogers had his own program, 
Kennedy -was the featured singer. 

Survived by hi* wife and four 
sons. 


MLLE. DAZIE 

Mrs. Dazle A. Fellowes, 67, 
Broadway musical and vaude 
dancer known professionally as 
Mile. Dazie, died Aug. 12 in 
Miami Beach, She was in the first 
“Ziegfeld Follies” in 1917 . and 
later ..played vaude. Her last stage 
appearance was in 1920 in the Mor- 
ris Gest production of “Aphro- 
dite.” 

Surviving is her husband, Cor- 
nelius Fellowes, . former owner of 
the St. Nicholas Skating Rink, 
N. Y. 


children. 


the Coast. Three daughters sur- 
vive. 


Henry Stanley Ivory, 58, blind 
musician, died Aug. 4 In a bus 
crash near Waco, Tex., in which 28 
others .were killed. It wasn’t until 
Aug. 12 that the body was 1 identi- 
fied. 


Hazel I. Wood, 58, Northwood, 
N. H., booking agent, died In 
Massachusetts General Hospital, 
Boston, Aug. 13. Survived by a 
son and a sister. 


Mother, 72, of Ella Logan, ac- 
tress, died Aug. 8 in Glasgow, 
Scot-born Miss Logan flew in from 
filming in Capri for funeral Aug. 
10, 


iN 

, Theodora Irvine, founder and 
former head of the, Irvine Studio 
for the Theatre, died Aug. 15- in 
New York. 


Widow, 47, of Arthur B. Ruhl, 
one-time drama critic of the N. Y. 
Herald' Tribune, died Aug, 16 in 
New York. .. . 


GIUSEPPE CREATORE 

Giuseppe' Creatore,. 82, retired 
bandmaster, died of a heart attack 
Aug 15 in New York.' Creatore 
came to the U.S. from Italy in 1902 
with a 55-piece band. He played his 
first American , concert at Hammer- 
stein’s • Roof Garden, N.Y„ and later 
toured the U.S.,- Canada and Eng- 

In 1918, Creatore .organized his 
own opera company, but disbanded 
that and his instrumental group in 
the early- 1930{5. . In 193£, be be- 
came conductor. of a : Works Prog- 
ress Administration group, the New 
York City Symphonic. Orchestra, 
resigning in 1940. He . was guest 
conductor of the Tri Boro Pop 
Concert, .Randalls. Island, N.Y., in 
1947 m 

Surviving are his wife, five sons 
and a daughter. 

* ■ i ■ j ■ — 

GUS WEINBERG 

Gus Weinberg, 86, legit and sil- 
ent screen actor, playwright and 
songwriter, died Aug. 11 in .Port- 
land, Me., after a long illness. 
Weinberg made his New York 
debut in the 0 " “Children of the 
Ghetto” in 1899. He also appeared 
In “The Isle of Spice,” “The Bur- 
gomaster,” “The Forbidden Land,” 
“The Lady Slavey,” “The Ginger- 
bread Man” and “The Song Birds.” 
He played in silents with Thomas 
Meighan and -Richard Barthelmess. 

Weinberg penned several musi-. 
comedy sketches, several of which 
were in “Ziegfeld Follies.” His 
songs included “There Are Mo- 
ments When One Wants to Be 
Alone” and “Girl Wanted.” 

ft at pn pVftn 

Ralph Byrd, 43, film sfctor for 18 
years who recently had finished 
starring as Dick Tracy in a vidfilm 
series, died of a heart attack Aug. 
18 in Tarzana, Cal.- He also cre- 
ated the role of Dick Tracy on the 
screen and had starred in Alexan- 
der Korda’s “Jungle Book.” 

Among Byrd’s other ' pic credits 
are “Moontide,” “Stallion Road,” 
“Canon City,” r “The Son. of Monte 
Cristo ” “The Penalty,” “The. Gold- 
en Fleecing,” “Dark Streets of 
Cairo,” “S. O. S. Tidal Wave” and 
“Mickey, the Kid.” 

His wife, Virginia Carroll, for- 
mer actress, and a daughter sur- 
vive. 


WILLIAM M. SMITH 
William M. Smith, 29, staff an- 
nouncer for WLW-C, Columbus, 
died in that city Aug. 13 of injuries 
suffered Aug. 4 ii\ a traffic accident 
while on his way to open the sta- 
tion. He was graduated’ from Ohio 
U. and took his M.A. at Ohio State 
y., where he was assistant director 
for radio education. 

Smith was music director and 
announcer for WVKO before going 
to WLW-C. He had been a tym- 
panist with the Columbus Little 
Symphony and a drummer with 
Chuck Selby’s dance orch. 

Survived by wife and mother. 


DANIEL W. CHAMBERLAIN 
Daniel W. Chamberlain, 83, mo- 
tion picture pioneer in the Twin 
Cities area, died in Minneapolis re- 
cently. He was prexy of the 
American Amus. Co. early in the 
century, operating theatres in 
Austin, Mankato, Minneapolis and 
raribault, Minn., and in Fargo, 
D. He sold out to the Finkle- 1 
stem & Ruben circuit in 1923 and 
retired. Group later became prop- 
city of Publix and then of Minne- 
sota Amus. Co., now ’ a United 
Paramount Theatres affiliate. 
Sister survives. 


T. REED KENNEDY 
T. Reed Kennedy, 52, former 
network radio singer, died of a 
heart attack Aug. 12 at his Pitts- 
burgh home. Only recently Ken- 
nedy had sold his interest in the 
,• J-. Kennedy Co., .building sup- 
ply firm founded by his father. 
Kennedy withdrew from Cornell 


ETHEL SERLY 

Ethel Serly (Mrs* Imre Brum- 
mer), 64, former dancer, died Aug. 
15 in New York;' Miss Serly ap- 
peared .in . vaude -with her sister, 
Irene, . as the Serly .Sisters. She 
later founded and managed the 
Hungarian Folk Dance and Charac- 
ter Ballet Group, which played the 
New Y-ork World’s Fair. 

In addition to her sister, two 
sons, two brothers and another sis J 
ter survive. 


LEWIS G. HAUSSER 
Lewis G," Haussef, owner-mana- 
ger of the Sun Theatre, Altoona, 
Pa., died* in the hospital there Aug. 
5. He was a graduate of Bucknell 
U. and had been a school superin- 
tendent before entering film ex- 
hibition in Milroy, Pa., some years 
ago. Later he operated a theatre 
at Galeton, and since 1949 had run 
the Sun. - 

His wife will continue operating 
the theatre. - 


ANTHONY G. . O’ROURKE 

Anthony G. O’Rourke, 58, film 
studio . labor . adviser, died of a 
heart attack Aug. 14 in Los An- 
geles. 

From 1941 to 1947, O’Rourke 
was labor relations head for Walt 
'Disney, later joining the Society of 
Independent Motion picture Pro- 
ducers as chairman of its labor 
committee. 

MILTON J. BLAIR 

Milton J. Blair, 64, formed ad 
agency ex€c, died Aug. 12 in Mar- 
tha’s Vineyard, Mass. He had been 
veepee of the Chicago office of J. 
Walter Thompson for 14 years, and 
for five years secretary, and a v.p. 
of Sherman K. Ellis & Co. 

Surviving are his. wife, a daugh- 
ter and three sons. 


JAY CADY TAYLOR 
Jay Cady Taylor, 95, former 
comic opera singer, died Aug. 15 
in Ann Arbor, Mich. • 

JBefore his retirement 40 years 
ago, Taylor had been a tenor with 
the Templeton, Carleton & Mc- 
Qaully Opera Co., New York, and 
the Andrews Opera Co., Chicago. 


PHILIP GARCIA 
Philip Garcia, 69, cajypso singer, 
died Aug. 16 in Port , of . Spain, 
Trinidad. He was known as the 
father of Trinidad calypso. 

Garcia sang under' 1 the title of 
Lord Executioner for more than 
5Q years. He recorded his calyp- 
songs for several indie labels. 

LEONIDAS WESTERVELT 
Leonidas Westervelt, 74, play- 
wright-novelist, died Aug. 16 in 
Great. Neck, N. Y. His play “By 
Right of Sword,” adapted from the 
Arthur Marchmont hovel, was 
produced on Broadway in 1904. 

His wife survives. 


RICHARD BURTON 
Richard Burton, 79, former 
vaude singer, died in Chicago Aug. 
•15. A Britisher, he came to the 
U. S. around 1910 and appeared 
in several revues as headliner. 

In recent years Burton had been 
'doorman at the Harris Theatre in 
Chi. 


PHILIP FURST 
Philip Furst, 60, owner of the 
45th St. Ticket Office, N.Y., died 
of a heart attack Aug. 16 in Holly- 
wood while on vacation. 

His wife, two daughters Jmd a 
brother survive. 13 


CLARENCE L. BURKE 
Clarence L. Burke, 46, former 
sax player with dance orchs, died 
Aug. 12 in Hawthorne, N. Y. 

A brother survives. 


A1 Kundc, 64, veteran western 
heavy, died of cancer Aug. 10 in 
Los Angeles. He became an actor 
30 years ago after a career as a 
heavyweight boxer (A1 Krieger) on 


Mother of Yvonne Bellamy, 'film 
producer Jerry Wald’s executive 
secretary^ died Aug. 1 while visit- 
ing in Little Rock; Ark. 

Hinda Colby, 75, mother of Jul- 
ius Colby, advertising manager. 6f 
Variety, died in New York, Aug. 
17. 


Son, 15 months, of Howie Horo- 
witz, assistant film director, was 
drowned Aug. 11 in Van Nuys, Cal. 


Mrs. Grace Spencer Doolitjtle, 
80, former singer, died Aug: 13 in 
New York. 


Mother, 85, of singer Julia Sand- 
erson, died Aug. 16 in Springfield, 
Mass. 


Benjamin Horton, 80, retired 
screen actor, died Aug. 9 in Holly- 
wood. 


House Reviews 

■ ■■■■■- Continued from page 56 - ■ ■ -J 

Capitol, Wash. 

source material as they join in the 
fun*. Gets hefty sendoff, N * 

Teeing off this solid bill is a 
miniature revue ‘ featuring aero 
terping and antics of Australian 
comic Maurice Colleano. General 
format of this act is novel and fast, 
with Colleano, dressed as a gob, 
dashing in and out of routine with 
.his sure-footed terping, zany but 
well executed * aero stunts, and 
slapstick clowning. High spot is 
comic’s* takeoff, complete in ballet 
dress; of a terp turn ‘by femme 
member of troupe. Windup, a bal- 
loon dance by Colleano and his 
partner-stooge, is also rib-tickling. 
This is surefire stuff, and pewhold- 
ers eat it up. Lowe. 


Chicago, Chi 

•Chicago, Aug. 15. 
Frances Langford , Condos & 
Brandow, Bobbie Sherman , Pride 
& Day, Louis Basil Orch; “Where’s 
Charley ?” (WB). 


• In for two weeks, this vaude fare, 
coupled with the Ray Bolger musi- 
cal on the screen, may result in a 
nice piece, of change at the box- 
office. However, the balance here 
is weak with the first two acts 
failing to build. Perhaps a. musical 
insert by the. band might tighten 
up the proceedings, but there 
needs to be a general overhauling 
of the first half of the revue. 

Pride & Day are standard here, 
with their juggling stint not one 
whit different from previous 
stands. Act and patter seem rather 
set 'and a certain amount of care- 
lessness has crept in. However, the 
crowd gives the duo a good mitt 
when the shapely femme juggles 
some tennis balls as she stands 
atop the male’s head while he 
twirls some Indian clubs. 

Bobbie Sherman, evidently a 
recent recruit from bistros, needs a 
great deal of material and polish- 
ing before venturing forth. He 
does a record panto act that is 
strange to audiences here. He gets 
some yocks with a Phil Harris 
routine. His wig-and-dress takeoff 
on Margaret Truman, replete with 
armpit gestures, registers with 
some of the juves in the house. He 
has an overdone bit of Mary Martin 
and Bing Crosby with hat switches, 
and closes with “Old McDonald 
Had a Farm,” getting some chuck- 
les with his fast facial gesturing to 
the sound of animals. 

Frances Langford, clad in a tight 
strapless, Upbeats "I Don’t Want 
You” for a neat opener, and follows 
with “Exactly Like You.” Pretty 
blonde is really in the groove with 
“Night and Day” and then gets 
back into a gay mood with “Who 
Cares.” Miss Langford ends strong- 
ly with “La Vie En Rose.” 

Condos & Brandow offer a 


« 

frantic 10. or 12 minute* with the 
session never letting up: Pair has 
a lively song and terp, “Wrap Your 
Troubles,” to start with, and then 
switches moods with- soft-shoe of 
“Tea for Two.” Highlight of the 
act, however, is the takeoff' on 
Louis Armstrong with Brandow 
graveLvoicing “I Can’t Give You 
Anything.- But Love” as his partner 
Chimes in on some solid trumpet 
work. “Ace in the Hole” is earthy 
fare but well received. The team 
gets off ' with . heavy applause for 
some rapid stair taps,.* 

Louis Basil does- the' best he can 
with this show, » Zabe. 

MU , H l. n .n i — il fn . I ...d - I I ■ Ml 


Equity-League 

, . ■ .m Continued .from pstce * 

show to obtain financing for the 
production. There is rarely an ad- 
vance royalty, but the record com- 
pany becomes a backer of the show 
and moneY advanced is merely 
part of the overall, investment^ 

In the case of . a' Rodgers-Ham- 
merstein musical, for .example,' the 
show is enough of* an 'advance value 
so there is he question of raising 
the necessary production coin. 
Morever, the; record companies are 
in advance- 'competitioh. for the 
original-cast album • rights, there- 
fore, the producers would be tak- 
ing no risk, in guaranteeing the 
cast leads a week's salary for the 
option oh their services for the re- 
cording. 

But in the case of most musicals, 
financing's a serious problem and 
the original-cast album * rights are 
a valuable bargaining point in ob- 
taining record company backing. 
In such- circumstances the manage- 
ment has no bargaining point with* 
out the option, lor in that "case the. 
record companies can merely deal 
directly ’ .with the essential cast 
leads without investing in the pro* 
ductibn. 

Prohibitive Loss 

With most shows, the recording 
rights are an integral part of the 
production, financing, so the man- 
agement cannot risk guaranteeing 
an extra week’s salary (as demand- 
ed by Equity), for fear of a prohib- 
itive loss in case no album deal is 
consummated; Moreover, 'If the 
.cast leads were given the guaran- 
tee, an extra week’s bond would 
have to be posted, thereby' increas- 
ing the production budget and the 
necessary financing that much, 

' Equity officials, apparently large- 
ly at the urging of the union’s at- 
torney, Rebecca Brownstein, are 
stressing Equity’s long-standing op- 
position to contract riders such as 
the album option; But managers 
point out that the probationary pe- 
riod in the standard contract is ac- 
tually an option, and that second 
season renewal clauses in actor 
contracts are similarly options. 

League representatives have of- 
fered one-eighth of a week’s salary 
for the record album option 
Equity is standing pat on the fulU 
week demand, but has offered to 
put the rest of the contract in 
force pending settlement of the 
single disputed point. The League, 
however, is insisting that the op- 
tion issue is part of the overall 
contract negotiation. Another meet- 
ing will be held today (Wed.) or 
tomorrow (Thurs.) when a possible 
compromise will be sought. 


Sbuberls I 

.i . ; Continued from pace I 

quently-announced operetta using 
Puccini compositions. 

It’s estimated that nearly 35% 
of all shows produced on Broad- 
way last year had some kind of 
Shubert financial backing, exclu- 
sive of waived or reduced theatre 
guarantees. In at least a dozen in- 
stances, such backing consisted of 
straight investment in the produc- 
tion, while in others it took the 
form of Shubert guarantee of the 
bonds and in a few cases, loans. 

In face of steadily dwindling 
'volume of production in recent 
years, it’s evident why the Shuberts 
are increasing their outlays to 
counteract the trend. For the last 
several decades the major Shubert 
theatrical activity has been In 
operation of theatres (and large 
other real estate holdings), both in 
New York and elsewhere, rather 
than in production. At the mo- 
ment, they own and/or operate 15 
legit houses, plus a dozen oif more 
other spots being used for radio, 
television or films in New York and 
numerous properties on the road. 

As of this week, they have leased 
the Broadway, N. Y., to Cinerama 
1 Productions for use as a picture 
4 Tiouse. 


MtL’s Chez Mark 

■ - - ■ Continue* from pace 1 

for first week. - Berle is getting 
$15,000 per frame, with $4,400 for 
additional acts. 


Berle'* $8,409 In Omaha 

Aug, 19. 

Milton Berle in a one-nighter 
Friday (15) at Ak-SaivBeu Audi- 
torium, here, scored a good $8,400. 
Show included Sid Gary, Leonard 
Sues, Lily Ann Carol, Landre & 
Verna and Fatso Marco. 

House was scaled at $1.90 to 
$4.80, Troupe opened at the Chest 
Paree, Chicago, Sunday (17). 


Johnnie Cracks Own Record 
Toronto, Aug. 19. 

With a gross of $24,320, Johnnie 
Ray topped by $200 the Casino 
record he set here in February. 

Again It was a six-a-day sched- 
ule for capacity biz, with $1 for 
any seat starting at noon instead 
of 6 o’clock. •. 

. Previous to Ray, house record 
had been held by Gordon MacRae 
who clocked $22,180. 

Ray’s $7,900, Troy 
, ‘ Troy, N, Y., Aug, 19. 

Johnnie- Ray, in a package 
show, with Jerry Wald’s orchestra 
and Betty Clooney, registered a 
sock gross ’of approximately' $7,900, 
at $2.40 top, in the RtfJ. Field 
House’ Thursday (14), 


MARRIAGES 

Ellen T. Fay to Thomas R? Har- 
mon, Albany, Aug. 1$, Bride is 
children’s program' director-rehder 
of WRQW there; •. 

• Jaclde Ruttenberg to Hal Fisher, 
Las Vegas, Aug. 12. Groom is loca- 
tion riianager for Columbia’ Pic- 
tures. , . 

Lois Cederberg to Peter Bald- 
win, Winnetka, HI., Aug, 1 16, 
Groom is stage and film actor. 

Carol Hirth to Eddie Koch, 
Pittsburgh, in April and just - an- 
nounced. Bride is a singer; groom 
is a musician-arranger. 

Lily Furia to Dick Means, Pitts- 
burgh, Aug. 10. Groom is • with 
Buddy Lee orch. 

Beth Blossom to Robert Metz, 
Jr., New York, Aug, 10. Bride is in 
NBC press department; groom ij 
on the New York Times. 


BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs, Glenn .Cummings, 
daughter, Los Angeles, Aug... 11. 
Father Is a radio publicist. 

Mh and Mrs. Rex Marshall, son, 
Aug, 7, Greenwich, Conn. Fathei 
is TV announcer. 

Mr. arid M rs * Terry Wilson, son 
Hollywood, Aug. 9. Father is t 
screen actor. 

Mr. and Mrs. Pen Brown, daugh- 
ter, Aug. 13, Worcester, Mass 
Father is WTAG sportscaster there 

Mr. and Mrs. William Robb, son 
recently, San Antonio. Mother. wai 
formerly women’s activity directoi 
of KEYL-TV there; father Is pro- 
gram director of station. 

Mr. and Mrs, Mead MulvihiU 
Jr., son, Pittsburgh, Aug. 13. Fa- 
ther is an announcer at KQV there 

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nixon 
Jr., daughter, Pittsburgh, Aug. " 9 
Mother is Midge Nixon, TV model 

Mr. and Mrs. James Anderson, 
son, Pittsburgh, Aug. 8, Mother la 
a former WMCK staffer there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Nemec, son, 
New York, Aug. 14. Father la 
executive secretary of the Society 
of Motion Picture ' A Television 
Engineers, 

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Spiegel, daugh- 
ter, New York, Aug. 13. Father is 
with Columbia Pictures’ exploita- 
tion department,-. 

Mr. and Mrs. Martin Michel, son, 
New York, Aug. 14. Father is radio- 
TV publicity chief for 20th-Fox. 

Mr. and Mrs. John Chulay, son, 
Pasadena, Cal., Aug. 9. Father is 
on the KTTV production staff 
there. 

Mr, and Mrs. Andrew J. 
Grainger, daughter, Aug. 9, De- 
troit. Father is an exec with W. S. 
Butterfield Theatres there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Waters, 
daughter, Chicago, Aug. 10. Father 
is an NBC-TV director there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Hal Davis, daugh- 
ter, Aug. 11, New York. Father is 
v.p. of Kenyon 3T Eckhardt ad 
agency. 

Mr. and Mrs, Paul Wills, daugh- 
ter, St. Louis, Aug. 9. Father is 
staff announcer and artist with 
Station KMOX there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Kent, son, 
Los Angeles, Aug. 14. Mother is 
Eleanore Davis, actress, father is 
a nitery comic. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert O’Sullivan, 
Hollywood, Aug. 8. Father is an 
opera singer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bern Hoffman, son. 
New York, Aug. 5. Father is legit- 
I TV actor. 

Mr. and Mrs. Danny Davis, son, 
New York, Aug. 7. Father is a 
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Switch in Piets’ Best B.O. ‘Season 


* 


Complete switch in the seasonal- 
b.o. curve is the aspect of the cur- 
rent neaMpectacular upturn in 
film biz th'at id ;drawini most re- 
action and commentirom industry 
execs. This is the third summer in 
succession where grosses have 
taken a substantial rise during the 
hot-weRther period. 

• Broadway legiters have also 
seen a heavier-than-normal hot 
weather b.o. upbeat during the 
past few weeks, although it hasn't 
b'cen so marked as that of pix. (See 
story in Legit Section.) Niteries 
bhve not experienced any change 
in the usual summer biz doldrums, 
contrary to the pattern of pic the- 
atres. 

- Traditionally, of course, summer 
has been bad at tho b.o., with many 
houses closing down completely to 
-await the fall “season.” Biz usually 
began to pick up somewhat about 
Aug. 15 and became quite good by 
Labor Day. It continued strong 
until Thanksgiving, • when the pre- 
Christmas doldrums started to set 
in. 

* Christmas week, -with kids out of 
school,' was always marked, by ex- 
ceptionally healthy, grosses. They 


Boys Town to Make Tele 
Bow as CBS-TV Series 


By MARK CURTIS 


Omaha, Aug. 26. 

Boys Town, Neb., which formed 
the basis, of a top Metro film a 
number of years ago, will now be 
seen on television. CBS-TV has 
acquired rights to do a half-hour 
weekly show based on the famed 
home for rejuvenating delinquent 
boys, and will lens a kinescope au- 
dition on the series last week in 
September* ■ 

Present plans call for the show 
to revolve around, the work being 
done at Boys Town today. As re- v 
suit, the cast” of characters will not 
include the late Father Flanagan, 
who conceived and operated the 
establishment for a number of 
years ( ^nd who was played by Spen- 
cer in the M-Q picture. 


Bands Shell Out 


declined son^ewh»V right after New 
Year’s day and then began to pick 
up during the middle of the month, 
rising until the beginning of Lent. 
There was then a decline, which 
(Continued on*page 55) 


Own Coin in Bid 


For Platter Hits 



Bishop Fulton J. Sheen’s “Life 
1$ Worth Living” television show 
way be commercially sponsored 
when it returns to the DuMont net- 
work in November. Everett Crobby, 
prez of Bing Crosby Enterprises, 
has suggested to the bishop that he 
.(Crosby) agent the show, with any 
profit deriving, from sponsorship 
going into the bishop’s “Mission 
Humanity” Fund, utilized to bank- 
roll Catholic, Protestant and Jew- 
ish activities. 

,, talks between Crosby amd 
the bishop are still in the tenta- 
tive stage, plan is for the 6how to 
°e offered to a sponsor, which 
would 'be approved by the bishop, 
*t a $25,000 net time and talent 
cost each week. Because of the 
snow s simple setting and the fact 
that the bishop himself does It 
aa it’s probable that almost 
wo, 000 weekly^ could be channeled 
nto the fund, it’s expected, of 
ourse, that the bishop would only 
. . fy an institutional-type sponsor, 
recalled that Philip Morris 
e ? definite offer to sponsor the 
now last season, but was turned 
?°. Wn ’ despite its bid to pay a cer- 
JJ 1 ” amount each week to a charity 
off tv ^shop's choosing. Program, 
t ™ air since late spring, returns, 
•p,, ^ u M°nt Nov. 11, week after 
faction Day. it presumably will 
he shitted again in the 8 to 8:3# 
R-m. period, opposite Milton Berle. 


With major record Companies 
still proceeding cautiously in the 
field of orchs on disks, more lead- 
ers are steadily shelling out their 
own coin to wax masters on the 
gamble that some diskery will pick 
them up for distribution. Latest 
gamble to pay off is Norman 
Greene’s, who recently had six of 
his masters picked up by M-G-M 
Records. Greene, who waxed the 
six bides last year, .also was wrap- 
ped up in the deal with a long- 
term M-G-M pact.^ 

Similar Instance occurred several 
months ago when M-G-M pacted 


Reno, Aug. 26. 

Although Nevada’s “Broadway” 
is scattered to the extreme three 
corners of the state, added up it 
now has more nightclubs booking 
top talent than any other place on 
earth. 

Seventeen spots book big names. 
Of the seven showcases in Las 
Vegas, five book the biggest shows 
in the business. The other two play 
secondary but expensive shows. 
Three more resort hotels are go- 
ing up — the Sahara and Sand$ this 
year — with star attractions sched- 
uled. 

. In, Reno three hotels run top pro- 
ductions. At Lake |tahoe, 30 miles 
away, four clubs register big 
names, while a fifth comes close. 
A few others run minor shows. At 
Elko, a cattle, centre in north- 
eastern Nevada, major and minor 
acts are booked sporadically in the 
two hotels. 

It all adds up to $150,000 week- 
ly entertainment bill which in- 
cludes, besides the stars, the stand- 
ard backdrops — bands, chorus lines 
and maintenance. About 12 major 
dance bands operate in the diffi- 
cult role of dance and show df-ches- 
tras, and approximately 200 girls 
find seasonal and year-round danc- 
ing jobs. 

Gambling foots the bill for the 
big show biz. Stars lure the trade 
by playing both the stage and the 
tables. As gambling’s most expen- 
(Continued on page 48) 


^Wish’ Show’s Title Ballad ' 
Hebiiuf Hvdo Crosses 


For the first time in m&ny years 
a song hit from a Broadway hUt- 
sical is accounting, in t^rt, for 
upped b.o. of the legltuner^ Title 
song has helped build steady grog®* 
es for “Wish You Were Here.” 

Although the musical opened to a 
bad set of notices and mediocre 
grossest fast getaway of the Harold 
Rome tune has kept the b.o. 
mounting.' Eddie Fisher’s etching 
for RCA‘ Victor has topped the 
400,000 sales mark.- The show 
grossed $47,531 last week giving it 
estimated $j$,000 operating profit. 

Original disk album, which was 
brought out by Victor several 
weeks ago, is moving fast around 
the country with hefty reorders 
coming in. 


McCarran Warns 


Radio, TV Scribes 


On Red Takeover 


Legionnaires Spend 
More on Pix, Cafes 
In N.Y. Than ’46, ’37 


(Continued on page 53) 


‘Andersen,’ ‘Limelight’ 

Top Contenders For 
Royal Command Date 


Two Yank films are principal 
contenders for the annual Com- 
mand Performance in London this 
fall. They are Samuel Goldwyn’s 
“Hans Christian Andersen” (RKO) 
and Charles Chaplin’s “Limelight” 
(UA). , 

Charity showing attended by the 
Royal Family is tremendously val- 
uable via publicity. As a result, 
both producers are ready to shape 
release plans around the decision 
of the group of British film person- 
alities who make the selection. 

Interest in Chaplin arises partly 
out of the fact that* he is still a 
British citizen, while “HCA” would 
also be a natural because of the 
tremendous popularity in England 
of star Danny Kaye. 


American Legionnaires, cur- 
rently in convention in New York, 
are spending more in film theatres, 
niteries, and restaurants than dur- 
ing previous N. Y. confabs in 1946 
and 1937. 

The Legion’s trend toward more 
entertainment from established 
spots comes partially as a result of 
their own law-and-order commit- 
tee, which has forbidden use of 
water pistols and rougher stuff. 
Again, the Advancing years of the 
World War I vets precludes the 
kind of rough-house entertainment 
they enjoyed in their more youth- 
ful days. 

The AL delegates are still light 
spenders, but they do represent 
quantity, which is what most 
amusement enterprise operators 


Washington, Aug. 26. 

A small group of Communists 
and pro-Communist supporters 
Jhave seized control of the Radio 
Writers Guild- and may succeed in 
taking over the television writers 
as well, Sen. Pat McCarran (D„ 
Nev.) asserted in a statement today 
(Tues.). 

McCarran, chairman of the Sen- 
ate Internal Security Sub-commit- 
tee, warned video to keep its house 
(Continued on page 38) 


Washington* Aug. 26, 

Two well-known radio writers, 
Peter Lyon and Millard Lampell, 
refused, on grounds of , possible 
self-incrimination, to tell Ifche Sen* 
ate Internal Security Subcommit- 
tee whether they were Commu- 
nists or were associated with any 
Red fronts, according to their tes- 
timony released today (Tues,). 

Four other radio ■< writers— Vin- 
cent W. Hartnett, Patti R, Milton, 
Ruth Adams Knight and Weiboum 
E, Kelley — testified that a small 
Communist and pro-Communlst 
minority have seized the Radio 
Writers Guild and that Lyon and 
Lampell are leaders 1 of the Red 
clique. 

The four, who explained how 
they had fought the Communist 
infiltration of their union, named 
several persons as Communists and 
others as pro-Communists and fel- 
low travelers. 

They charged that: 

1. Communists are so strongly 
entrenched that they have black- 
listed anti-Communlst writers and 
kept them out of some jobs. 

. 2. ' Communists have balked all . 
anti-Red resolutions and those in 
support of this country’s foreign 
policy while, at the. same time, 
there have been open attacks on 
anti-Communlst organizations in 
meetings of the Rato .Writers 
Guild and Its. exeiiutj^^council. 

3. The “pro-Cojnmnufibn|^^ after 
fighting for a. Guild shop^Hjected 
to accepting one bfecause. it/meant 
that their leaders vyo'ttld be on the 
(Continued on page 34) 


Tallu in Twin 


TV, Biog Bow 


Pulling Straws to See 
Who Gets Johnnie Ray 


First in Las Vegas 


seek these days. ;Cafe operators 
declare that Sunday (24) topped 
their best weekend in a long time 
because of the Legionnaires. 

Majority of eateries ■ getting 
heavy Legion patronage are in the 
low and moderate-priced class. 
The hotel dining rooms are doing 
much better than usual, and so 
are sidestreet barsi /- 
Surprisingly, all hotels haven’t 
achieved capaeiiy occupancy. The 
(Continued on page 55) 


Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Completion of a deal for the 
opening of Johnnie Ray at the in- 
augural show of the hew Sands 
Hotel, Las Vegas, has drawn the 
ire of competing hotel operators 
in the casino city because of the 
obvious shutout angle. 

As a result, Hal Braudis, talent 
buyer for. -the - Thunderb.ird, has 
suggested that Ray play this resort 
on a one-night basis with all the 
inns participating on a $1,500- 
$2,000 deal. Spots would pull 
straws for their turn. 

Deal, according to Tom Rock- 
well, General Artists Corp. prexy. 
Ray’s bookers, was made by Ray, 
It’s a firm deal, he stated, and if 
the Sands opens in time, Ray is 
obligated to play it. If spot doesn't 
open on. the specified date, Rock- 
well stated, then the inn must pay 
the singer* 


Tallulah Bankhead is now sched- 
uled to make her video debut as 
star of NBC-TV’s “All Star Revue” 
Oct. 11. Miss Bankhead's autobio- 
graphy is slated for publication the 
same week and NRC is getting to- 
gether with the publishers to 
launch a fullscale ad-publicity cam- 
paign to ballyhoo the twin events. 

TV show will be produced and 
directed by Dee Engelbach, who 
served in the same dual capacity 
for Miss Bankhead’s “Big Show” 
on NBC radio the last two seasons. 
Format hasn’t been finalized, but 
it’s epected that Miss Bankhead 
will femcee a big-name guest line- 
up, similar to. her “Big Show” 
chores, and also participate in one 
or two comedy and dramatic 
sketches. Show is to originate in 
N.Y., with Engelbach working 
closely with Sam Fuller, exec pro- 
ducer of “All Star.” 


Miss Bankhead was originally 
slated to tee off NBC’s Saturday 
night comedy show Sept. 6. With 
her appearance moved up to Octo- 
ber, Dennis Day will take over 
the $ opt. 6 spot, launching “All 
Star” with a top-budgeted guest 
Hneiw 


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IMISCRtUNY 


August 3 7 . 1953 



or Dry Up 


By WALT CHRISTIE 


at Stocks 
41 c AVge. in July 

. AYVfejfrjgf . value of amusement 





on the New York 
dropped 41c dur- 


Honolulu, Apg. 28, 

The key Waikiki nitery-drinkery 
spots are doing boff no-cpver bit, p 
thanks to heavy Navy and shipyard * 
payrolls and generally good con*- 
ditions. > „ ^ . 

Lau Yee Chai and South Sea 
concentrate on mainland acts, a 
do downtown Brown Derby .***4 AngJfftf, :.wtu Exchange reported in 
Pearl City Tavern, the other heavy , itW-monflfc summary last week, 
grossers. Tavern puts on&g/MAlr. ^ 
tied hula girl show, capablp ‘ “ 

by organist Roily Wray. 

Chai has been a consistent 
It’s a corporation operation 
ed by show-wise Fred Matsuo, 

Surprise click late entry 



bigtime is Ralph Yempuku’i 
Seas, about three blocks down 
street from the Matsuo cm 
with which he was associa 
four years. Lau Yee Chai ini 
xnents its Gung Ho cocktaiX 
with steady restaurant biz iii ! 
rate area, .while South Seas’’ 
is about 90% drinks, 
scored an overnight hit by 
ing in the Topnotchers, maiplasd 
trio which built socko foUqwing 
via previous engagements at L*ii 
Yee Chai. . * 

South Seas’ current show 
tures comic Doodles Weaver,, at 
fugitive from Spike Jones, : indfy 
Nob Hill Trio. Weaver has a ready 
following from previous Hula stage # 
appearances and is, of course* w.lLp- 
to mainlanders, represented h$re 
largely by service personnel. • It's 
good entertainment, although some 
of the gags. get plenty blue. Many 
customers cheer and beer their 
way through all three shows, . 

Weaver Hits Opposition 
Trio works enthusiastically, an 
asset that all too often seems to be 
a rarity in Hula spots, and the 
patrons get their money’s worth. 
On one of the shows caught, 
Weaver took a few potshots at “the 
competition down the street ... 
what’s the name of that place?” 
Might be expected from a novice, 
but Weaver’s been around long 
enough to know better. Besides, 
it’s dangerous, competition-wise, 
for Lau Yee Chai could afford to 
(Continued on page 63) 


feffS|>m $20.02 "at the end 

1 Knf luito 4£«19’60 * month later. 
.fDecRnt ilir% the face of an aver- 
ice *ia* of - we* In all issues listed 
bMhe> : V«4(c>4nge, closing July fig- 
ure being £$3A6, 

'M^kei' ^ue, of all amusement 
shares listed slid from $1,204,147,- 
690 at of June to $1»1 96 »- 

914,972 *fcihe end of July. Despite 
the decfeie Airing the month, 
value of gnuMpieht shares showed 
a considerable upsurge over July 
a year ago. Tibl-Value as of July 
SI, 1851, w* $1404.276,771 with an 
average pr% of $17.78 per share. 



$150,000,000 Annual 
N.Y. Conv. Take; Hotels 
Get One-Fourth on Rooms 

Almost a quarter of every dollar 
spent by convention-attending rub- 
bemeckers in New York City goes 
to hotels for rooms, according to 
Frank L. Andrews, prez of the 
Hotel New Yorker and treasurer of 
the City’s Convention & Visitors 
Bureau. 

The visitor’s dollar is split as 
follows: 24.6c for hotel rooms, 
11.9c in hotel restaurants; 12.7c in 
non-hotel restaurants; 20.7c in re- 
tail stores; 7.5c in night clubs and 
for sport events; 5.8c for theatres; 
6.6c for beverages; and 3.4c for local 
transportation. ‘ Andrews revealed 
the data on the Maggi McNeills 
tele stanza over WJZ-TV, N. Y. He 
said $150,000,000 cpmes into N. Y. 
annually in convention revenue. 

In 1953, he added, three of the 
largest convention — American 
Medical Assn., Kiwanis Interna- 
tional and Shriners — will all be 
held in Gotham. He urged the 
construction of a municipal con- 
vention hall in midtown Manhat- 
tan, saying it would double the 
$150,000,000 take. 

E 


Berlc^i 234 Attni 

Chicago, Aug. 26. 

Milton Bene," eur&rttly 
headlining at the-Chfez Paree, 
figures It’ll he his 23d anni- 
versary in television he’ll be 
notching when he resumes his 
NBOTV «tint for Texaco Sept. 
16. His present Windy City 
visit recalled that he did Ins 
first video turn here back in 
1929, when he appeared in an 
experimental closed - circuit 
telecast setup by electronic 
pioneer TLA. Sanabri*. 

.At that time, Berle was ap- 
pearing on the supporting bill 
at the 0pala.ee Theatre, which 
was toplined by musical 
comedy star Trixie Friganza. 
Miss Friganza also jtook part 
in the vidcast. 


House 




Prizes d Prelim 
; Vehi$ film Festivals 

1 • / Venice, Aug. 19. 

American entries have copped 
’ several prices in the two prelim- 
inary* “mftfor” fetes' of the Venice 
$btt' festival, the Art and Science 
fowuipenfery festival and the Fes- 
tivkl df Films for Children, which 
precede ,Hie main show, here in 
Venice. ; Awards" for children’s 
films announced . today, include a 
first in, the didactic pic . class to 
“Life Along the Waterways” (U.S.) 
and a special mention to “Room 
For One More” (WB) for its “posi- 
tive treatment of social problems 
regarding childhood and adoles- 
cence.” Other prizes in • the va- 
rious moppet ‘film ^classes were 
evenly divided among other par- 
ticipants, including Norway, Great 
Britain, France, Italy, Yugoslavia, 
Denmark and Germany. 

• In the Art and^ Science Docu- 
mentary classes, Yank participants 
garnered two prizes, two mentions, 
and had a hand in the production 
of two other firsts presented here 
by other countries. Grand prize 
winner was Luciano Emmer’s “Le- 
onardo Da Vinci,” produced in 
Italy by Docume^to Film, with 
XJ.S. distribution handled by Pic- 
ture Films. Further first prize 
winner In the art class is Jean 
Oser’s “Glory of Vermeer,” pro- 
duced by 20th-Fox and entered 
here as a British film. Other Yank 
kudos include an art class mention 
to “Witch -Doctor” (Ritter Lemer 
Sc Unity Films); a scientific men- 
tion to “Suction Socket Artificial 
Limb” (Dept, of Agriculture) and, 
in instructional pic section, a men- 
tion to: “Visual Flight Rules” 
(Richard De Fresnes), Firist prize 
in the abstract class went to “Ab- 
stract in Concrete” (John Arvonio 
for Photo Magnetic Sound Studios, 
U.S.), a second prize to Norman 
McLaren’s “A Phantasy” Mc- 
Laren-Canada), with a mention go- 
ing to “Polka Graph” (Ted Ne- 
meth-U.S.). Prizes for the best 
’national selections were given to 
France for pix intended for the 
general public; to Great Britain 
for pix intended for specialized 
viewers. 


On Immorality’ Charges 

Washington, Aug* 26. 

House , Commerce 'Committee 
will resume its inquiry into radio 
and TV programs for off ensiveness 
and immorality, with hearings next 
month in Washington and' New 
York. 

Tentative schedule announced 
yesterday by . Rep. ■ Oren Harris 
(D., Ark), chairman of the subcom- 
mittee conducting the probe, ’calls 
for hearings here Sept, 16-17 to re- 
ceive further testimony from the 
National Assn, of Radio-TV Broad- 
casters, and to hear witnesses from 
ABC, Mutual and DuMont net- 
works. „ 

* Subcommittee will then move to 
New York for sessions Sept. 23-24 
for testimony by NBC, CBS and 
the National Television Film Coun- 
cil. 

Final hearings will be held in 
Washington Sept. 25-26 to, hear 
witnesses from U. S. Brewers 
Foundation, American Civil Liber- 
ties Union, National Assn, of Cath- 
olic Men, National Assn, of Gag- 
writers, and FCC. A number of 
other witnesses concerned with 
radio and TV programs also will 
testify. 

Inquiry was authorized under a 
resolution introduced, by Rep. E. C. 
Gathings (D., Ark.) which requires 
the committee to report to Con- 
gress by Jan. 1 with recommenda- 
tions for legislation “to elminate 
offensive and undesirable programs 
and to promote higher radio and 
TV standards.” 

Hearings began last June, with 
most of the testimony highly criti- 
cal of TV programs and commer- 
cials, particularly as to their effect 
on children. The industry side of 
the case w?s just getting started 
when sessions adjourned. 




at 

MOftte Cad©, Aug. 19. 

For the first date ofhis present 
European tour Bob Hope confront- 
ed one of the toughest audiences 
that he’s likely tor meet anywhere. 
Hope arrived in - London Aug, 13 
and flew here for a one-nite stand 
at the- Sporting Club* . 

' The aud wai mostly composed of 
retired business men, playboys, 
oldfashioned . nobility and the 
sprinkling of amusement seeking 
tourists with a “we don’t care what 
you've done, let’s see what you’re 
gonna do now” attitude. 1 In addi- 
tion only about a third of the 800’ 
present understood English. Never* 
theless, Hope’s show, consisting of 
his usual . type gags, a couple of 
song parodies, and a sketch in which 
he is assisted by singer Bgtsy 
Duncan, Was good enough to give 
the non-“ang£tais parlers” an indir 
cation that there was something 
funny being said. Hope helped 
this along by his miming and 
clowning .and- .saved what might 
easily have been a flop. Situations 
like this prove the Advisability for 
American and English, acts visiting 
the Continent to lingualize their 
acts. 

Hope is due 'next in Copenhagen 
and Stockholm and then to Eng- 
land for one-nite Stands before his' 
London Palladium' 1 opening Sept. 
1 . Hope and Bing Crosby are sked- 
ded for a London concert and ex- 
hibition golf match agaipst Ted Ray 
and Donald Peers in mid-Septem- 
ber. Hope returns to the U. S. 
Sept. 23 for work in a new Para- 
mount film, “Girls Are Here To 
Stay.” 



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age of the gross. It’s figured that 
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ances. Comedians will do a revue- 
type show, for which they’re sup- 
ply ihg seven supporting acts. 

Initial announcement of the en- 
gagement over the weekend here 
started an avalanche of orders, 
with $8,500 in the first priority 
mail yesterday (Mon.). One man 
sent a check for $480 to cover 100 
tickets, explaining that he intends 
to send all the employees- in his 
plant to see the show. 

The predicted $300,000 gross 
total, if Martin & Lewis reach it, 
would not be a record. That is 
$320,000, set two seasons ago by 
“South Pacific,” also for 24 per- 
formances during the Fair. Last 
year, “Guys and Dolls” grossed 
$268,000 for the 24-performance 
stint. 


35-Min. Eva Peron film 
A ‘Must’ in Arg. Cinemas 

Montevideo, Aug. 21. 

Practically all film theatres in 
Argentina since* Aug. 16 have had 
to include on their bills a 35-min- 
ute documentary newsreel, titled 
“Eva Peron Immortal,” which was 
put together by N oticiercy Panamer- 
icano, Sucesos Argentines and Se- 
manario Argentino (the three 
Argentine newsreel outfits). The 
documentary was edited and put 
together by Luis Cesar *Amadori, 
of Argentina Sono Film studios, in 
collaboration with Press Secretary 
Raul Apold and Fanamericano’s 
Adolfo Rossi. Fifteen camera crews 
were used to lens the various fu- 
neral processions. 

Apart from the actual funeral 
sequences, the biopic includes shots 
of the crowds lined up during the 
16-day lying-in-* state, others show- 
ing scenes before the bier and all 
the panoply of fnourning which has 
been the salient feature of Argen- 
tine life since Eva Peron’s passing 
at 8:25 p.m. July 26. Hands of the 
clock on the tower of the Labour 
Ministry, where Eva Peron did 
most of her work, and where her 
casket lay in state' for 16 days, have 
been stopped at 8:25. Besides show- 
ing the various impressive funeral 
processions, the documentary in- 
cludes considerable biographical 
footage depicting Eva Peron in ac- 
tion at different stages of her of- 
ficial life. 


3-Reel 4 Eva Peron* 
Exclusive deal for the distribu- 
tion of “The Eva Peron Story,” a 
three-reeler reviewing the life of 
the wife of Argentina’s president, 
has been set by R. M. Savini, prexy 
of Astor Pictures, with Juan A. 
Brais of Argentina. 

Beginning with her early days 
as an actress, the pic presents 
events leading up to her idoliza- 
tion by the masses, and finally her 
illness and death. Highlight is the 
on-the-spot coverage of her fun- 
eral. 


Brisson’s Big Brit Bow 

London, Aug. 26. 

Carl Brisson made a solid im- 
pression in his British cabaret 
debut at the Cafe de Paris here 
Monday (25). Danish singer held 
the audience through a showmanly 
55-minute routine and was forced 
to beg 'off. 

Brisson is slated to remain here 
until Sept. 15. 


Pons, Kosty Set for ’53 
Coronation Week Dates 

Lily Pons and husband Andre 
Kostelanefz are set for some over- 
seas dates for next spring, imme- 
diately following the diva’s Met 
Opera season. Duo will be in Lon- 
don for Coronation Week in June, 
where Kosty will guest-qonduct the 
Royal Philharmonic, while Miss 
Pons will appear elsewhere in re- 
cital and in opera. 

Then the singer will be off to 
Milan, for her first appearance in 
many years with the LaScala 
Opera Co., while Kosty takes off 
for batoning engagements in South 
Africa and IsraeL 


Boom Tourism 

A 

With the ItaCtirtr,’! 
now in lull swing and assiS? 
boom ■ proportions, casual vui!?* 
«« tt increasingly 

{*0 or couch, or even to 
find tenting space in the v ar i„“ 
«*py»s : cities which form a motet 
beginning last year have this y«! 
mushroomed on the outskirts 0 5 
Venice and on the Lido * 

Venice is running well ahead of 
its nearest rival, Florence, in th* 
race for tourist honors in Itaiv 
(Rome is considered an outsider 
doesn’t count as strictly tourist 
city, though obviously outdistanc- 
ing all.) According to local tourist 
bureau figures, approximately 12% 
more visitors are expected to see 
the sights in the gondola city this 
year than last year, which, in turn 
\yas amply ahead of 1950 in Venice 
tourist attendance, despite the Holv 
Year, incentive. - 7 

From January through July this 
year a total of over 344,000 tourists 
had registered in Venice hotels, 
staying an average of 2A4 days 
and spending an estimated $14 per 
day per person. Average expends 
ture is hiked considerably by the 
high-spending element frequenting 
the deluxe hostelries, such as the 
Excelsior-Lido, the Danieli in town, 
etc. But it’s a fact that this year’s 
average tourist is watching his 
pocketbook more carefully than in 
other years. 

Lido’s Careful Spenders 

Evening activities ’ are centered 
on the Lido, where a long, avenue 
filled" with al fresco spots caters 
mainly to the. careful spender who 
likes to stretch his glass of beer 
over a couple of hours’ dancing. 
The class, trade is handled on the 
opposite end of the island, where 
the Excelsior Hotel, the gambling 
casino and the film palace are cen- 
tered. . During its run, the Film 
Festival gathers a large following 
of oglers who come nightly to 
glimpse stars, etc., plus a capacity 
share of ticket-buyers (for both the 
palace itself and the next-door 
opener-airer, which shows same 
shows at pop prices), whose a’le- 
giance is divided between sincere 
pic interest and snob appeal. Cou- 
turieres work overtime to feed 
femme element at the fete, consid- 
ered one of top spots in July to 
show off that new gown. At the 
gambling casino, two nightclubs 
run through most of the summer 
season. One features Bruno, one 
of better Italo dance bands, with 
the other running a floor show be- 
sides the band. Currently on twice 
nightly are Federico Rey and Pilar 
Gomez, Catherine Essex, Menya 
Maya, and the Busketeers. Mini- 
mum varies between $1 and $l.5U, 
depending on nights, but few get 
away with the base price. Mau- 
rice Chevalier is booked for single 
show here Augf 25, with tab raised 
to $5 minimum for occasion. 

Show biz center during film fete 
is the Excelsior* lobby, which acts 
as showcase forMalent, young «na 
old; producers, directors, dl f trl " s ’ 
etc. At one time or other during 
the fete’s three-weelc run, mosi 
Italian filmites grab the occasion to 
drop in at least once. The foreign 
crowd is also well repped. cur- 
rently seen are Orson Welles, Marc 
Lawrence, Gene Van Dee, Ant 
Vilar, Mexicans Emilio Farnandez, 
Arturo DeCordoba. Gabriel - 
gueroa, Roberto Gavaldon, P 
host of starlets. Expected: Cesat 
Romero, Errol Flynn, 
ler, Gregory Peek, Ingnd Bergman. 
Joan Fontaine, Claudette Colbert. 

JOSE FERRERTOPLAY 

‘MATADOR’ FOR HUSTON 

London, Aug. 26. 

Jose Ferrer has inked a deal wit 
John Huston to play the leaj 1 
the latter’s production of Ma • 
dor.” Adaptation of Barnaby 
rad’s bestselling novel will be in- 
dependently produced and direc^e 
by Huston in Seville next sP rin v 

Ferrer is starring in ‘ ^ 0l ' In . 
Rouge” for Huston eurrenti [y.^^, 
teriors are now being sh t- 
following- exterior shooting rece 
ly in Paris. Actor brought the a 
tention of Huston to Matado . 

Conrad, former matador and ^ 
consul ’n Seville, will W0 A j a d- 
screenplay and act as tech 

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KKO and United Artists entered^ 
«,? picture this week as bidders ' 
t^the film and theatre television 
fwthe Joe Walcott-Hocky 
$£*£*«> PhUto ’Sept 
While RKO is seeking aU the 
rights on its. own, TJA is 1 taking 
nart in the bidding in conjunction 
with Nate Halpern’s Theatre Net- 
work Television outfit. Meanwhile, 
Harry Brandt’s bid of last week is 
still being considered by the In- 
ternational Boxing Club, promotor 
of the bout. 

KKO is set to go for a big chunk 
of coin as an advance, -but is re- 
luctant to -shell out as much as 
Ned Irish, exec v.p. of Madison 
Square Garden, is asking. If RKO 
succeeds in snaring the rights, it 
does not propose- to transmit the 
fight to theatres. It will -merely 
license exhibs and turn over the 
physical servicing^ Halpern. All 
rights will be RKO’s. 

. Justifying RKO’s ability to 
handle the combined film and video 
distribution of the bout, a company 
exec declared:' “We’re distributors 
of entertainment, primarily of film 
entertainment. The only difference 
in handling the television eqd is 
that it comes in on a cable instead 
(Continued on page 17) 


Too He-Mahi$h? 

Hollywood, Aug. 26 

. A suggestion of hair on a 
male chest is okay with the 
Johnston Office, but more than 
that is tabu, Jeff Chandler ex- 
plained on the air here last 
week. In a transcribed inter- 
view with ABC commentator 
Bill Tusher, the actor said he 
had to shave his chest at- the 
Johnston Office’s- behest for 
his role in Universal’s “Yan- 
kee Buccaneer.” 

“I suppose if there were 
just a suggestion of hair,” he 
commented, “it would be okay. 
But in this case there was 
quite a lot of it.” 


TOA Convention 
Eyes Starr As 
Possible Prez 


limited NPA Ease On 
Amus. Bldg. Due in April; 
Seen as Aid to Ozoners 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

Formal orde^ lifting the bail on 
amusement construction on a lim- 
ited -basis will be -issued by the 
National Production Authority in 
the next few days, it was indicated 
here today (Tues.). Effective April 
1; 1953, the entertainment indus- 
try will be granted the same type 
of limited freedom regarding build- 
ing projects as. is now allowed other 
industries. 

Announcement is being made 
early so that interested groups can 
begin making plans. / Lifting of the. 
ban is seen as specifically hypoing 
drive-in construction/ The order 
specifies that any business in the 
entertainment industry may self- 
authorize any construction' which 
involves not more than five tons of 
carbon steel; of which two tons 
shall be structural steel, and not 
more than 500 pounds of copper 
and 300 pounds of aluminum. 

Despite these qualifications, the 
lid is off to the extent that no per- 
mission is necessary from the NPA 
if the building project follows the 
materials limit. Ozoners require 
little metal and can easily get by 
on the NPA limitations, while the 
construction of conventional the- 
atres requires more metal than al- 
lowed by the Government agency. 

Construction Advisory Commit- 
tee of NPA is set to meet again 
Oct. 29 to reappraise the situation, 
fi nd if it decides that there is 
enough material for the amuse- 
ment industry to go ahead, it may 
determine to lift the ban sooner. 


D.DFJ.SEEKSTO 



The usual pre-convention specu- 
lation on election of a new presi- 
dent .is underway in advance of 
Theatre Owners of America’s na 
tional conclave in Washington 
Sept. 14-18. There’s much senti- 
ment favoring. Alfred Starr, of 
Nashville, circuit op, as successor 
to Mitchell Wolf son. 

Wolfson would get a quick vote 
on reelection if he cose to run, it’s 
indicated in exhib circles. But the 
likelihood is that he’ll nix the job 
because o| his own business enter- 
prises and the time they require. 
In addition to. Operating a circuit 
in Florida and a TV station in Mi- 
ami, he’s now working on Federal 
Communications Commission ap- 
plications for new TV stations. 

Starr, at last year’s TOA meet, 
is said to have impressed fellow 
TOA-ers with his keynote address 
and work on the theatre outfit’s 
distribution relations committee. 
Whether he could make himself 
available for the job this time is 
not known. 


50(3 REFURBISHING OF 

theatre for cinerama 

A $50,000 ’ refurbishing job is 
underway at the Broadway Thea- 
tre, N. Y., to prepare the house 
lor the unveiling of Cinerama, tri- 
dimensional-effect film process. 
|t s expected theatre will be ready 
in September for the preem 
°f Cinerama’s initial effort. Cine- 
ra ?. a Productions, production and 
exhibition unit of the process, ex- 
pects to announce the exact open- 
mg day Friday (29). 

William Lescaze, theatrical de- 
signer and architect, is supervis- 
ing the changeover job. Entire 
iront of the theatre is being al- 
j; e r e d, since the showing of a Cine 
rama requires a special wall-to 
wad, floor-to-ceiling screen. Proc 
5 s also requires the installation 
Qt ^P ec ial projection booths. 

-First film to be presented will 
rf This Is Cinerama,” a docu- 
mentary-type travelog. 


latin-am. tour, for 

JOHNSTON ON POINT 4 

Eric Johnston has tentatively 
scheduled a swing through ^JLatin 
America for late October and the 
month of November. It would pri- 
marily be in his capacity as chair- 
man of the advisory board on 
Point Four, rather than as prez of 
J.the Motion Picture Assn, of Amer- 
ica. 

However, it is expected that 
Johnston would use the opportuni- 
ty to go into the two prime film 
problems in South America — 
Brazil and Argentina. Both are 
posing currency and import prob- 
lems. 

Johnston’s tentative plans call 
for taking one MPAA staffer with 
him, possibly Griffith Johnson of 
the Washington office. Rest of the 
party will be made up of Point 
Four people. 

Reagan Retiring as SAG 
Prez After Five Years 

Hollywood, Aug. 16. 

Ronald Reagan, Screen Actors 
Guild prexy for ' last five years, 
longer than any other person in 
Guild’s 19-year history, retires as 
president in November but will 
continue as member of the board 
of directors and executive commit- 
tee. 

Walter Pidgeon, first veepee, has 
been nominated for the presidency 
by the nominating committee for 
the annual election in October. 


Film industry execs believe the 
Department of Justice has all but 
acknowledged that it’s on shaky 
ground with its 16m antitrust suit 
against the film companies. Letter 
by Acting Assistant Attorney Gen- 
eral Newell A. Clapp to The New 
York Times last week was inter- 
preted as an effort by the -Depart- 
ment to justify its position. 

Portion of the suit which com- 
plains of conspiracy is more or 
less normal in an action of the type 
and can be considered on its mer- 
its, say trade observers. But they 
insist that the D. of J. aim of com- 
pelling a producer to sell product 
to- an unfavorable market violates 
the principles of the free enter- 
prise system. It’s concerning this 
part of the suit that the Depart- 
ment 'hjjs uncertain legal footing, 
say industryites. 

D. of J. has been the target of 
hostile editorials, in papers across 
the country since its complaint 
was filed, N.Y, Times was one of 
the first to come to the side of the 
film industry, stating it was “un- 
derstandable” that producer-dis- 
tribs should nix pix to TV rather 
than risk their theatre income. 

Times last Wednesday (20)' re- 
printed Clapp’s letter, which ran 
nearly a full column. Gist of it 
was that the suit attacks an al 
(Continued on page 15) 


New 'Gold Rush’: 
The Drive-Ins 


Minneapolis, Aug. 26. 

Painting a picture of large re- 
turns on small investments and five 
or less months of “easy work” and 
“soft pickings” that’ll finance win- 
ters of ease and luxury in Florida 
or California, certain outdoor thea- 
tre supply and construction firms 
have many of the territory’s “little 
fellows” in a dither. 

As a result, the “gold rush,” tak- 
ing the form of a mad, scramble to 
enter the drive-in theatre field, is 
on throughout the territory. The 
fire is being fed by. wildly exag- 
gerated reports of ozoner earnings. 
And though past experience has 
shown that most ozoners have 
rough going unless located in more 
or less populous communities, one 
(Continued on page 17) 



Selena’s Legion Benefit 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 
Selena Royle,’ who’s been fight- 
ing for months, to track down re- 
ports that the American Legion 
listed her among filmites whose 
loyalty was questioned, okayed a 
benefit performance of “Yes, My 
Darling Daughter,” in which she’s 
starring at Laguna (Cal.) Buipmer 
Theatre. Benefit Wednesday aft- 
ernoon (27) marks the first matinee 
in the silo’s history. • 

Proceeds from the performance, 
for which Miss. Royle is donating 
her. services, go to the American 
Legion Hospital Fund. 


AmaO Exits OPS 
Post in Time For 
Anglo-U.S. Talks 


+■ Filrn. industry’s painstaking in-- 
doctrination of American Legion 
officials to the steps it has taken 
to clear Communists out of Holly- 
wood apparently . paid off this, 
week. All discussion of un- Ameri- 
can activities* in the film capital 
were deftly shunted into commit- 
tee. Pic industry thus escaped a 
damaging, headline-making airing 
on the floor of charges of Red sym- 
pathy. 

State groups at theJLegion con- 
vention which opened in New. 
York on Monday (25) introduced 
five resolutions touching directly 
on the film bit and three' others 
which have industry implications. 
All were given the go-by on the 
floor when brought up Monday by 
James F. Daniel, Jr., of South 
Carolina, chairman of the Ameri- 
canism committee. 

Dapiel .recommended that the 
five film resolutions be. referred 
to the Standing Commission on 
Americanism, and the convention 
adopted the suggestion without de- 
bate. There is no further time al- 
lotted on the program of the con- 
vention, which closes tomorrow 
(Thurs.), for further discussion of 
the issues, so it could only be by 
some highly unusual occurrenc* 
that un-American activities in 
Hollywood - could come to the con- 
vention floor. 

Legion still holds over the in- 
dustry’s head, however, the threat 
of unpleasant publicity growing 
out of its interest in alleged Holly- 


Washington, Aug. 26. 

Ellis G. Arnall succeeded to- 
day "(Tues.) in shaking free 
from his post as director of the 
Office of Price Stabilization in 
..time to participate in the Anglo- 
U. S. film negotiations schedul^. 
to start in Washington Sept, 8.*^ ^ (Continued on page 15) 

The former Georgia governdv* 
has had his resignation before the 
President for wpeks, but its accep- 
tance has been repeatedly pushed 
off. He saw Mr. Truman today In 
a successful effort to wind up this 
week. 

Arnall is now on" leave as presi- 
dent of the Society of Independent 
Motion Picture Producers. He said 
he would reassume that post fol- 
lowing his release from Govern- 
ment service, but that it would 
be only on a part-time basis. That 
(Continued on page 20) 


Daff to Europe in Sept. 

Alfred E. Daff, Universal’s 
global sales chief, who returned to 
the homeoffice last weekend from 
Coast policy confabs, will take off 
on a two-week European inspec- 
tion trip early next month. 

Meanwhile, Charles Feldman, 
U’s domestic sales topper, is visit- 
ing the company’s regional offices. 


National Boxoffice Survey 

Biz Continues Very Big; ‘In Arms’ New Champ, 
‘Fear’ Close Second, ‘Affair’ Third, ‘Glory’ Fourth 

New, strong product and milder 
weather are continuing this week 
to hypO the boxoffice at first-run 
theatres covered by Variety. The 
older favorites are being joined by 
several fresh entries which prom- 
ise to keep biz at a high level with 
launching of the Stall season. Many 
eastern -and some midwestern keys 
were favored by fall-like tempera- 
tures part of the Week. 

“World in His Arms” (U) is new 
champ in key cities, with some 10 
playdates. Strong showing is be- 
ing made despite fact that the 
Gregory Peck starrer is playing 
holdover or moveover in many lo- 
cations. “Sudden Fear” (RKO) is 
only a step behind in second posi- 
tion although it’s in its first stanza 
out on general release. “Affair in 
Trinidad” (Col), which was first 
last session, is a strong third. 

“What Price Glory” (20th) is 
stepping out on its initial round 
to capture fourth spot while “Don't 
Bother To Knock,” also from 20th- 
Fox, Is winding' up fifth as com- 
pared with seventh place a week 
ago. 

“Where’s Charley” (WB) is tak- 
ing sixth, money, with “Big Sky” 

(RKO) seventh. “High Noon” (UA), 
which has been high in gatings 
for many weeks, still is big enough 
to take eighth place. “Jumping 
Jacks” (Par), which has played 
most of its big first-run dates, will 


be ninth while “Greatest Show,” 
from the same distrib, will round 
out the Big 10 list. Last-named 
now is on pop-scale dates. 

“Carrie”' (Par), “Diplomatic 
Courier” (20th) and “Island of De- 
sire” (UA) are the runnerup pix 
in that sequence. 

“Quiet Man” (Rep) shapes up as 
one of the potentially big grossers 
based on terrific initial week being 
turned in at N. Y. Capitol. “Miracle 
of Our Lady of Fatima” (WB) also 
looms as a strong entry predicated 
on its first round in two N. Y. 
houses. “Merry Widow*’ (M-G),,also 
new, looks fine in Buffalo, great in 
L.A. and brisk in Pitt. “Les Miser- 
ables” (20th) looks big in Buffalo, 
fine on second N.Y. week. 

“One Minute To Zero” (RKO) is 
rated fair in Toronto, sock in 
Cleveland and mild in Denver. 
“Just For You” (Par) is good in 
Philly while Par’s “Caribbean” 
looms sturdy in Buffalo. “Son of 
Paleface” (Par) continues lusty in 
Chi and is nice on its L.A. preem. 

“Washington Story” (M-G), un- 
even elsewhere, hit a new record 
in Philly where accompanying 
stageshow was headed by Martin & 
Lewis. “Ivory Hunter” (U), solid in 
Omaha, turned in a new high at 
bandbox Trans-Lux 52d St. in N.Y 

( Complete Boxoffice Repoi ts on 
Pages 8-9) 


Pickford’s 1st Film 
In 20 Years Starts 
Oct. 1 for Kramer 

An Oct. 1 starting date has been 
set by Stanley Kramer for Mary 
Pickford’s first starrer in almost 
20 years. Originally labeled “Trie 
Library,” pic has been retagged 
“Circle of Fire,” 

Producer revealed the starting 
date and title switch in New York 
last week on his way back to the 
Coast from a six-week tour abroad 
(Continued on page 17) 



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.. 53 

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.. 52 

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United Artists said yesterday > 
trues.) it had ‘not yet determined 
■what action ’ it would take regard- 
ing its contract to release "En- 
counter,” Paul Muni starrer made 
in Italy. Roy M. Brewer, Coast 
rep of the International Alliance of 
Theatrical Stage Employees, charg- 
ed Monday J25) that the film was 
produced hy persons identified 
with Communism and threatened 
to call on IATSE projectionists to 
refuse to show it. 

UA said that all it knew of the 
action hy the. Hollywood American 
Federation of Labor Film Council 
was what it had read in the news- 
papers. Its decision on whether it 
will release the pic will await for- 
mal word from the Council. 

According to word from Holly- 
wood, the Council will ask UA not 
to distribute. “Encounter” and ex- 
hibs not to play it. “If both of 
these methods fail,” Council ' stat- 
ed, “we shall then institute meas- 
ures to call upon our fellow union- 
ists: in the projection rooms of 
American theatres not to show it/’ 

Statement was . contained in a 
letter to the House Un-American 
Activities Committee. It asked the 
initiation of legislation at once to 
ban importation and < showing in 
this country -Qf films made abroad 
by persons identified as .“holding 
membership in or loyalty to the 
Communist party.” 

‘Should Be Govt.-, Job' 

Letter) signed by Brewer, chair- 
man of the Film Council, declared 
such policing should be work of the 
Government and not individual 
citizens. It also pointed out that 
Hollywood is Veil aware of the 
danger of Communism, and as a 
result of the crackdown many per- 
sons believed to be subversive had 
gone abroad. Brewer added thatje 




Hollywood, Aug. 26. , 
, Bore Schary expects to wind 
''The Hoaxers,” factual, document- 
ed 50-minute expose of Commu- 
nism. in. America/ within two or 
three weeks for October release. 
Herman 1 Hoffman, who turned out 
“The MGM Story” last year for 
Schary, scripted and acted as as- 
sociate producer on the film, which 
a number of top Metro stars will 
narrate. 

Reelage, gleaned from Govern- 
ment archives, libraries -of differ- 
ent newsreels* starts with the Rus- 
sian viewpoint toward, the U. S. in 
1917, time 'of revolution, and 
comes up to date. Metro plans 
regular film release. 

Pic stems from Communism-ex- 
pose Idea sold to the studio more 
than a year ago by Victor Lasky 
and William Hebert under the 
title “Big Lie.” Lasky expanded 
on the idea, which later was taken 
over by Allen Rivkin. 


$962,493 Profit 

For 20th-Fox In 
1st 6 Mos. of '62 


Twentieth-Fox earnings for the 
first six months of the current year 
looked plenty upbeat in view of the 
poor first quarter but the profit 

J jl fell short of what had been 
^ „ . _ _ _ idicted by prexy Spyros 

was also unfair In depriving worirCM'ouras a few months ago.. 

I r ru - 1 .. I ^ . J ml _ _ 


p. 


(Continued on page 6) 

Cal. Exhibitor Scorns 
Him Council, to Make 
Pic With. ‘Unfriendly 9’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Simon Lazarus, Monrovia the- 
atreowner, said here today (Tues.) 
that he was going ahead with plans 
to produce a pic in Hollywood 
utilizing the services of the “Un- 
friendly Nine.” Latter is the group 
that went to jail rather than dis- 
close its political affiliations in 
testimony before , the House Un- 
American ’ Activities Committee in 
1-947. 

It was Lazarus’ request to the 
Hollywood American Federation of 
Labor Film Council for ‘“coopera- 
tion” that led to a letter yesterday 
from the Council to the House com- 
mittee asking legislation to ban pix 
made abroad by alleged former 
Hollywood Communists or sympa- 
thizers. 

Lazarus’ request for “coopera- 
tion” was nixed. He then advised 
the Council that he would shoot 
abroad if he couldn’t get coopera- 
tion here. Now, however, he says 
he’ll go ahead in Hollywood in any 
case, although*he hasn’t a start- 
ing date, story, studio space or per-, 
sonnel. 

The e x h i b declined to name 
those of the “Nine” he planned to 
use, but said he had formed a cor- 
poration to make the pix on an 
indie basis. 


Decide Whether /Kiss’ 

Can Be Released to TV 

Los Angeles, Aug. 26. 

Whether “A Kiss For Corliss” 
can be released for television will 
be determined Thursday (28) by 
Benno M. Brink, referee in bank- 
ruptcy. “Corliss” is one of the four 
films involved in the legal affairs 
of the Nassour Bros. The others 
are “Cover Up,” “Without Honor” 
and “Don’t Trust Your Husband.” 

Brink approved the sale of the 
foui pix to television several 
months ago, but later the James 
t/* ^aphier Agency tried to block 
the televising of “Corliss” on the 
ground that it owns TV rights un- 
dn- a deal with P. Hugh Herbert, 
h.it If' £ Federal Court ruling 

Jh/r d t th . H?. phiel ' action . and now 
the fate of Corliss” is up to Brink. 


Statement issued la$t Thursday 
( 22 ) disclosed that 20th’s net for 
the half year amounted to $962,493, 
equal to 35c per common share. 
At the company’s stockholders' 
meeting in New York May 21, 
Skouras forecast, a profit of $1,200,- 
000, or 43c per share of common, 
for the period. He made it clear 
though that crystal-balling future 
earnings with any degree of ac- 
curacy is pretty tough. 

The new six-month net compared 
with $1,071,113, or 30c per common 
share, for the first half of 1951. 
Although the net was higher, pre- 
ferred stock divvy requirements 
caused the lower amount in per- 
share earnings. 

Earnings for the second quarter 
of ’52 soared to $928,492, or 34c 
per share, compared with a profit 
of $196,337, or 3c per share, for the 
second quarter of ’51. ’Twentieth’s 
net for the first quarter of this year 
was a. slim $34,001, equal to lc per 
share. Commenting on this at the 
stockholders session, Skouras said 
the quarter was the worst on the 
books since he has been president. 

Rentals for the entire 26 weeks 
climbed to $43,998,793, as against 
$42,566,350 for the first half of ’51. 
Theatre receipts dipped to $27,- 
614,580, down from $28,741,913 in 
the first 26 weeks of last year. 


2 Indie* CNi On 

T% Rights to Film 

Couple qf Indie Uutflts clashed] 
k thii week over television licensitof 
rigid* to “Jungle Fury,” which was 
produced by' Sigmund Neufleld. 
Chemical Bank k Trust Co. ob- 
tained the film via mortgage fore- 
closure, and Television -Exploita- 
tions, Inc., .picked URthe TV rights, 
according 'to the latter* 

However;. Regent Pictures has 
been negotiating sale of the TV 
rights to tejecasters. As . a conse- 
quence, Television . Exploitations 
filed suit un New York .Supreme 
•Court seeking an injunction and 
an accounting of any monies ob- 
tained by. Regents- for the pic. 
Hearing is set for Sept. lO, 




20th Defers Divvy Action 

Because the corporation’s di- 
vorcement is due on Sept. 27, 20th- 
Fox board of directors has post- 
poned dividend action until Sept. 
29. Management of the film com- 
pany at that time will recommend 
to the board a payment of 25c per 
share of common stock for the 
third quarter to be made the latter 
part of October. 

It’s expected -that the directorate 
of the new theatre- company also 
will meet Sept. 29 to consider diwy 
acton. National Theatres’ funded 
debt agreements restrict dividends 
to a maximum of 50% of the^net 
earnings of the previous year. "Ac- 
cordingly, the theatre company will 
be limited in 1952 to dividends of 
a maximum of about $1,150,000; of 
which $500,000 already has been 
declared and paid up to the parent 
corporation. 


OF ABC, DPT 

. Washington, Aug. 26. 

As anticipated, examiner Leo 
Hesuick closed the record last week 
on the six months old Federal Com- 
munications Commission - Para- 
mount package heatings, .paving 
the way for late autumn approval 
of the merger of American .Broad- 
casting Co. and United Paramount, 
Theatres, and license renewal of 
Paramount Pictures’ video station 
in Los Angeles, KTLA. 

Termination of the hearings 
should also , result in a solution of. 
the thorny Par-DuMont control 
question, on yhich testimony was 
heard when the proceedings began 
last January. 

The hearings were brought to a 
conclusion . when Resnick’ turned 
down a request by Commission 
counsel Frederick Ford to resume 
^sessions in two months for testi- 
mony .on* current antitrust actions 
against Par. Ford wanted time to 
gather evidence on ‘the Milgrini 
drive-in suit, the National Screen 
Service case* and. monopoly charges 
against* Madison Square Garden, 
which indirectly involves Par 
through interlocking directors. 

Resnick denied the request in 
compliance with a directive from 
the Commission to wind up the 
hearings as soon as possible. .The 
Commission had previously ruled 
out antitrust testimony based on 
activities prior to 1948 and, while 
leaving it to Resnick’s discretion 
to keep the record open for evi- 
dence on recent antitrust matters, 
called for a “speedy determination” 
of the proceedings. 

With "the do.sing of. the record, 
as of Aug. 20, lawyers for parties 
to* the proceeding were given 30 
days to submit proposed findings 
on the merger and Par license re- 
newal issues, and 20 days on the 
Par-DuMont control question. 

Lesser’s New HQ 

400-Seat House 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Sol Lesser is concentrating his 
film business activities, both 
foreign and’ domestic, in a new 
spot here recently purchased from 
Charles Boyer. In addition to 
offices, the building will contain 
a 400-seat theatre for the screen- 
ing of art pictures. 

New headquarters, will accom- 
modate all of Lesser’s organiza- 
tion and affiliated companies,* in- 
cluding Thalia Productions, . Odys- 
sey Productions, Jungle- Adventure 
Films, Sequoia Productions, Real 
Adventure Films, Principal Pic- 
tures, Art Films International of 
Stockholm and Western Hemi- 
sphere Holding Corp. Barney 
Briskin, his general manager, will 
remain on the RKO-Pathe lot to 
handle Lesser productions. 


Darnell in Italo Pic 

Linda Darnell has been pacted by 
Italian producer Giuseppe Amato 
for a film to be made in Italy. Pic, 
as yet untitled, -vvill go before the 
cameras in Rome later this year. 

Screenplay has been written by 
Cesare Zavattlni, writer of “The 
Bicycle Thief” and “Shoeshine.” 


Sports 


Europe to N* Y. 

Bert Block 
Kay Harrison 
Herbert Kalmus 
Edythe Latham 
Fritz Mahler 
Sydell Robbins 
Nicola Rossi-Lemeni 
Dorothy Sarnoff 
Menasha Skulnik 

N. Y. to L. A. 

Mort Blumenstock 
Michael O’Shea 
Billy Reed 
Deter M. Robeck 
Harold Rome 



Foreign Telemeter Right$ 

* *• . Toronto, Aug; 26, 

First lorefgfi-rights franchise of 
International Telemeter Corp/) in- 
cluding exclusive manufacture and 
distribution of- equipment in 
Canada, has Jieen personally 
bought by J. J. Fitzglbbons, presi- 
dent and managing director of 
Famous Players (Canadian), con- 
trolling some 620 houses across the 
Dominion. 

Jean A. Poullot, son of A. Pou- 
liot, dean. of. the faculty of sci- 
ence, Laval Uv, Montreal, will head 
Fitzgibbons* new venture. 

Since 1949, Pouliot has. been 
chief of the Canadian Navy’s elec- 
trical laboratories in Otiawa. 


N.Y. Indies Go 



For Bingo, Etc. 

Despite opposition of the city’s 
License Department and organized 
exhib associations, a group of un- 
affiliated theatreowners in the 
Greater New Ytfrk area are pro- 
ceeding with plans to launch a 
drive for the revival of Bingo, 
Banko, Screeno and other ccin 
giveaways. Exhibs, mainly ops of 
small-seater nabe houses, are set 
to meet after Labor Day to out- 
line strategy and weigh the legal 
angles. 

Leaders of the movement, con- 
tinuing their request for anonymity 
until the legalities are settled, said 
an attorney would be hired by the 
group. ^ 

Meanwhile, support for the re- 
turn of the games came from th£ 
two New York projectionists 
Unions, Local 306, International Al- 
liance of Theatrical Stage Em- 
ployees, with more than 2,000 mem- 
bers, gave tacit if not wholehearted 
approval. Union’s prexy,* Herman 
Gelber, noted, however, thSKt his 
outfit would prefer .other b.o. 
lures. He indicated that better pic- 
tures and technical advances, such 
as tri-dimensional films and big- 
screen video, would provide more 
lasting b.o, attractions. 

Staunch support for the move- 
ment came from the Independent 
Motion Picture Machine operators, 
an unaffiliated outfit repping about 
250 boothmen, 


WB’s 25c Divvy 

Dividend of 25c per share was 
declared payable by Warner Bros, 
at a New York meetings of the 
board of directors Monday (25). 

Coin is payable Oct. 4, 1952, to 
common stock holders of record 
Sept. ^ 1952. 


L. A. to N. Y. 

John Barrymore, Jr. 
William Bendix 
Richard Boone 
Leslie Caron 
Sam Colt 
Arlene Dahl 
Dee Engelbach 
James Flavin 
George Foster 
Gale Gordon 
Virginia Gordon 
Ward Green 
Abner J. Greshler 
Cedric Hardwicke 
Bill Hayes 
Dody Heath 
Jean Hersholt 
Ted Howard 
Hiller Innes 
Lou Irwin 
Arthur Klein 
Paul Kohner 
John Kriza 
Jesse L. Lasky 
Mary McCall, Jr. 

Horace McCoy 
Marilyn Monroe 
Wayne Morris 
Patricia Neal 
Martha Raye 
Jack Shaindlin 
Spyros Skouras 
Frank Stempel 
William Thomas 
Lupita Tovar 
Don Vanni 
Hal Wallis 


VqWttUy, August 2 7. 1952 

or to Lift 
; Latuko 

Mayor Marti? 1 H^Kranelly 6 ' i. 
weighing requests of the An I, 
CWI» Liberties UuW to 
Police censorship ban on two »|, 
tures. Pix involved are “The m . 
»cle£ fllm involved in 
ful ..Supreme Court decision 

.African dotmern^ 
which was nixed on the ground 
"hudity and cruelty to anSs- 
CM™** police first banned “The 
Miradle’ last year-prior to the 
high court ruling— on the ground 
that it “features immorality” a£d 
“exposes a religion to ridicule” 
Police censor board stood by its 
decision recently when it received 
a new application for a license to 
show the picture. 10 

- ACLU has indicated that if the 
mayor turns down its request on 
“The -Miracle,” it plans to exhibit 
the pic Ih a theatre so that an ar- 
rest will follow, leading to a court 
test/ ‘ As yet the outfit hasn’t set 

|.any strategy on “Latuko,” first 
awaiting the mayor’s decision. 

- Reason, for the intended action 
on “The Miracle” is that ACLU 
had planned an earlier showing of 
the film but abandoned the plan 
when theatreowner Elmer Balaban 
•was threatened with the loss of 
his license if the screening were 
held. ACLU, acting as distributor 
in Chicago for Joseph Burstyn, 
owner of the U. S. release rights, 
countered, with a private showing 
at the Unitarian Church here. Five . 
screenings were held for invited 
organizational leaders, clergymen, 
attorneys, judges and other com- 
munity officials. Edward H. Mey- 
erding, executive director of the 
ACLU, reported that an over- 
whelming majority voted for pub- 
lic exhibition of the film and 

(Continued on page 20) 

Pix to File Answer 
This Week to Ohio’s 
Brief on Censorship 

Toledo, Aug. 26. 

• Film industry’s answer to the 
brief filed last week by the At- 
torney General of Ohio upholding 
the state's right to censor news- 
reels will be filed here Friday (29) 
in Municipal Court, where the 
case of Martin G. Smith, exhib who 
showed an uncensored newsreel, 
is being heard. . 

State’s brief, running eight 
pages, declared that newsreels and 
motion pictures by their nature 
present different problems as re- 
gards censorship than do news- 
papers, magazines and periodi- 
cals. Brief, signed by John J. 
McCarthy and Louis R. Young, 
Toledo’s director and assistant di- 
rector of law (city prosecutor), 
(Continued on page 22) 


N. Y. to Europe 

Marian Anderson 
Claudio Arrau 
Catherine Ayers 
John Barrymore, Jr. 
Lawrence Bland 
Robert Breen 
Georgia Burke 
Cab Calloway 
Helen Colbert 
Hal Cooper 
Joseph Crawford 
Blevins Davis 
Zelda Dorfman 
Helen Dowdy 
Ella Gerber 
Kenneth Hibbert 
LaVern Hutcherson 
Joseph James 
Eva Jessye 
Samuel Kornblatt 
Moses LaMarr 
Jerry Laws 
Urylee Leonardos 
Joshua Logan 
Jed Mace 
Samuel Matlowsky 
fa John McCurry 
Bryan Michie 
•Leontyne price 
George Quick 
Walter Riemer 
Howard Roberts 
Wolfgang Roth 
Robert C. Schnitzer 
Leslie Scott 
Alexander Smallens 
Isaac Stern 
Helen Thigpen 
Arturo Toscanini 
Jack Trado 
William Veasey 
William Warfield 
Ray YAtes 



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Those Mednm-Grade Pix! 


# 

“Wlille *11 pix proved by the healthy upsurge in biz this summer/ 
the B's and medium-grade A's have felt less effect on the surge 
than the top-quality moneygetters. The second-grade product has 
been helped mostly via a free ride on the coattails of the biggies, 
which have rekindled interest in pix in general The lesser films 
have by no means profited by the hypo in grosses to the same 
proportion as have the powerhouse pix. Latter, proving there is 
still plenty of audience leff for films, have been breaking house 
records all over the country. 

Hike in grosses during the summer has by no means diminished 
the major problem to the industry posed by medium-grade pic- 
tures. They’re^ necessary to keep houses lighted— and pretty much 
unavoidable from a production standpoint— but they’re still not 
paying their own way, They continue to be a drain, on profits from 
hig, successful product and from the intentional low-budgeters. 
They’re doing a little better now, along with other pix, but if the 
trends of the past' two seasons are repeated, they’ll be first to feel 
violently, the impact of the return of the big TV shows to the air in 
September. ■ 


Breakdown of Normal Clearance 


Breakdown of normal clearance 4 
systems that have been making 
things even tougher thin normal 
for some Broadway houses are 
drawing squawks from Stem thea- 
tremen. In two instances in recent 
weeks, films still doing well on 
Broadway have been hit by open- 
ings in nabes or outlying territo- 
ries. ' 

First to feel the- pinch was "King 
Kong” at the Palace/ It racked up 
a tremendous gross, 'better than 
$30,000, and promised to soar even 
higher until, after three days on 
Broadway, it opened On the RKO 
circuit. That put a hefty dent in 
the Stem biz. 

“Kong” was booked for only a 
single stanza, hut could have stayed 
on indefinitely on the basis of the 
first few days’ grosses., 

Second pic to get clipped by lack 
of clearance protection is another 
RKO entry, "Sudden Fear,” at the 
State. It was figured on the basis 
of early biz to he ’good for a run 
of up to 10 weeks. 

Meantime, "Fear” has opened in 
a flock of Jersey houses, which are 
said to be biting into the State’s 
b.o. As a result, holdover hopes 
have been trimmed to .six weeks. 

In pre-decree days there was 
almost automatically a clearance 
period of from. 28 to 42 days before 
a pic went into any house in the 
metropolitan area. Now, protection 
is all a matter of negotiation and 
theatres frequently find themselves 
having a rough • time convincing 
distrlbs of their clearance needs. 

As a matter of fact, in a number 
of cases in recent years, exhibs 
haven't been too forceful on the 
clearance question. They've felt 
that an opening in the nabes or 
outlying areas a week or so after 
Broadway wouldn't hurt, although 
they ve seldom given in to other 
™ win S s while a pie was still in 
its Manhattan first-run. Now there’s 
a tendency to get tougher when- 
fw e , x hrt ) is in such circumstances 
Bt'k Can ma ^ e ^is- objection 


Scophony Stockholders 
Sue Levey, Charge He 
■Took Assets for Skiatron 

Trio of stockholders from the 
now-defunct Scophony Cdrp. of 
America filed a suit this week 
gainst Arthur Levey, jirez of SCA, 
Charging that he illegally took all 
SKr?’ P aten ts, etc., of SCA with 
, m to se t up Skiatron Electronics 
Corp., SCA’s successor, 
stockholders are seeking an ac- 
ounting of the assets and a tem- 
porary receiver to check into the 
company. 

Suit, filed in N. Y. Federal' Court, 
aims that Levey had no right to 
.3® 0Ve r SCA assets when the 
Pft^ pai ? y was dissolved following a 
nsent decree handed down by the 
government in the 1945 antitrust 
Fm • aga i ns L General • Precision 
quipmeut Corp. and Television 
oauctions, which were former 
tir/, * n the original corpora- 
a n n 'r TY 10 ’ incl uding John A. Steph- 
K r aiv 0 A u Sstein and Hans L. 
a ait ’ claim Levey should have 
tho° Un - te .^ Tor the SCA assets to 
e °nginal SCA stockholders. 


Blumenstock to Coast 

Mort Blumenstock, Warner Bros, 
pub-ad veepee, returns to his Coast 
headquarters today (Wed.) follow- 
ing a two-week stay at- the home- 
office. Exec had come east to su- 
pervise preem arrangements for 
WB’s "The Miracle of Our Lady 
of Fatima.’' 

Following launching of "Fatima" 
last Wednesday (20) night, Ben 
Kalmenson, company's distribution 
chief, took off for the Coast, stop- 
ping enroute at Warner exchange 
offices in Chicago and Kansas City. 


Only 1 Beef So Far 
On UA Disclosure 

Of Bids to Losers 

% 

Plan of disclosing high bids for 
product to losing bidders, pio- 
neered by United Artists almost two 
months ago, has produced only one 
squawk to date, according to UA 
sales chief William J. Heineman. 
He said that came from a femme 
exhibitor who felt that her private 
affairs were being unduly aired by 
opening her winning bid to com- 
petitors. 

Distribution topper declared that 
under the circumstances there was 
no alternative to telling the thea- 
tre op that since the company had 
established a principle, it had to 
live by it. She agreed that it would 
not stop her from bidding in the 
future. 

To most exhibs, Heineman said, 
the new move has made UA some- 
thing of a hero. It has been vir- 
tually unanimously applauded at 
a time when other companies have 
been bickering with exhibs reps in 
arbitration meetings on the scheme. 

Heineman opined that the UA 
action in throwing open the bids 
was a service to the entire indus- 
try. He said it was making -clear 
to exhibs that their charges were 
unfounded that distribs were not 
honestly awarding pix to bona fide 
high bidders. 

It is expected that the UA action 
will probably speed up the decision 
of all the majors to similarly open 
their books.. .Some distribs are of 
the opinion that it will also help 
them in that it will aid in pre- 
venting collusion by exhibitors in 
making their bids. 


Broidy Heads MPIC 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Steve Broidy succeeded Gunther 
Lessing as president of the Mo- 
tion Picture Industry Council, and 
the first action under the new re- 
gime was a vote to condemn the 
Government suit to force film com- 
panies to release current product 
for television. 

Each member group was used to 
make a close study* of the suit 
and to make individual protests 
to the Department of Justice. 




4 







Instead of day-to-day problems 
on business and their dealings 
with the distribs, chief concern of 
many exhibs across the country is 
the. development of a trl-dimen- 
sional system, Theatre Owners of 
America exec director Gael Sulli- 
van desclared in N. Y. this week. 
In the past three months he’s been 
in 45 states and has spoken to hun- 
dreds of field showmen. 

Tri- dimension, . Sullivan told 
Variety, is looked to by the the- 
atremen as the only means of giv-« 
ing exhibition the uplift demanded 
for a steady and prosperous econo- 
my. Repeal of the 20% Federal 
admissions tax and an arbitration 
system to settle intra-trade rows 
are a couple of subjects copping 
industry attention. .Achievement 
of both is desirable. 

But even topping these in im- 
portance . in exhib circles, said 
Sullivah, is a simplified and rela- 
tively inexpensive way to produce 
and exhibit films with third-dimen- 
sion sight and sound effect. The 
theatre or g official related that ex- 
hibs in numerous locations believe 
that such a development could 
match the original invention of 
sound recording and color photog- 
raphy as an industry hypo. 

Theatremen, Sullivan relayed, 
feel that the- studios should be 
charged with the responsibility of 
masterminding tri-dimension Yia a* 
fullscale research program con- 
ducted on a joint basis. They be- ' 
lieve further that this hasn’t been 
done yet because petty jealousies 
and personality conflicts on the 
Coast have been- blocking it. 

Overall subject of tri-dimension 
will be' given the spotlight at TOA’s 
national convention in Washington 
Sept. 14-18. National Theatres 
prez Charles P, Skouras, who is 
TOA’s board chairman, is expected 
to report on a plan for setting up 
an industry-sponsored research in- 
stitute to go on the prowl for so- 
lution to the tri-dimension mys- 
teries. 

UA Billings Hit 
New ffkly. High 

United Artists hit a new peak 
last week in the strong upturn that 
has marked its biz in recent 
months. Billings for the seven 
days ending last Friday (22) topped 
substantially the previous high- 
water mark of $433,000. 

The distrib was grossing less 
than $100,000 weekly when the Ar- 
thur B. Krim management group 
took control 18 months ago. Bill- 
ings have been up and down since 
then, with hypos from individual 
pix. Recent weeks, however, have 
reflected not only strength of sev- 
eral particular films, but the fact 
that the distribs’ pipeline is filled 
with product and income is being 
derived from bookings on a ilo-ek 
of pix. 

Heavy intake in recent weeks 
has been from Stanley Kramer’s 
"High Noon” and David Rose’s 
"Island of Desire.” Aside from 
these, however, Horizon Produc- 
tions’ "African Queen,” released 
last March, still accounted for up- 
wards of $50,000 in last week’s 
billings. 


Youngs tein May Join 

Krim in London 

Max E. Youngstein, United 
Artists v.p., may join prez Arthur 
B. Krim in London in a few weeks. 
Trip would be to plan a campaign 
for the opening there of the forth- 
coming Charles Chaplin film, 
"Limelight.” 

Krim has been in London for 
the past two weeks for huddles 
with indies producing there for UA 
release. If preem plans for "Lime- 
light” jell quickly enough, he’ll 
await Youngstein’s arrival. Pic may 
be "Command Performance” selec- 
tion. (See story on p. 1.) 


Draft, But Optimism Lags on Setup 


One Change Coming Up! 

Candidate for the title most 
„ likely to be changed: 

. Allied Artists’ registration 
last week, "Edward Zidler of 
the Moulin de la Galette.” 



Sessions Due On 




Further sessions on distribution 
"streamlining” will be held by ma-. 
jor company salesitianagers after 
Labor Day, Alfred W. Schwalberg,- 
chairman of the Motion Picture 
Assn, of America’s sales chiefs’ 
committee, said yesterday (Tues.). 
At that time, he declared, Clark 
Bros., of Philadelphia, will be in- 
vited to make a personal presenta- 
tion of its • plan for consolidation 
of "backroom” operations.. 

Schwalberg said that National 
Screen Service had made its pres- 
entation of a similar plan at a ses- 
sion last Thursday (21). He empha 


4 Although mutually acceptable 
terms of an arbitration system 
have been mapped by a drafting 
committee repping both distribu- 
tion and exhibition, the . film in- 
dustry this week was keeping It# 
fingers crossed over the ultimate 
outcome of the arbitration setup. 

All parties apparently are hope- 
ful that the plan for settling in- 
tra-trade squabbles will work out. 
But there’s an absence of any op- 
timistic predictions. Tradesters al- 
most unanimously recall previous 
last - minute snags encountered 
when the success of developing the 
system appeared most likely. In 
view of this past , record, execs 
caution against ' drawing any con- 
clusions at this time. 

There’s still the fear that the 
trade may again trip Itself up, on 
the arbitration- program when . it’s 
taken up by the fullscale mooting 
of all film company officials and 
exhib organization leaders. Curi- 
ously, observers say they see no 
part of the projected program, 
which looms as especially contro- 
versial. Sole reason for the wait- 
and-see attitudes regarding a full 
accord is the discord in the past. 

Drafting committee completed 
the job of putting the overall plan 
on paper at a two-day huddle* in 
New York last week, This is to be 
placed before the . full industry 
meeting, date for which is unset as 


sized that the whole project was an( * delegates to this session 
still exploratory. Also that aside will then lake the arbitration pro* 
from the possibility of having .SbJposnls back, to their , respective 
outside agency take over the bac}n Organizations for approval. An- 


rooms, the industry could alslf 
handle them on’ a consolidated ba- 
sis' on its own. 

Paramount sales chief also dis- 
closed that his company perforce 
was using the services of an out- 
side agency in the' Omaha terri- 
tory. Par’s exchange building was 
suddenly pulled down to make way 
for a new civic auditorium and it 
was left without vault space. 

As a result, it has turned over in- 
spection* and shipping of its pix to 
National Film Distributors. Latter 
has been handling it for four or 
five weeks and it is apparently 
working out satisfactorily, Schwal- 
berg said. Whether Par will use 
NFD in Omaha on a permanent ba- 
sis, he added, would hinge on fur- 
ther experience with the operation. 


WILCOX, YATES IN DEAL 
IN ANGLO. PRODUCTION 

London, Aug. 19. 

Herbert Wilcox and Herbert J. 
Yates, president of Republic Pic- 
tures, have announced a deal to 
make pictures in Britain for world- 
wide distribution. Wilcox Will di- 
rect the product, which will be 
distributed by Republic. 

Three films are skedded for pro- 
duction during the next 18 months, 
.all in color. First to go will be 
Joseph Conrad’s "Laughing Anne,” 
which starts in October with top 
British and U. S. stars. Next will be 
"The King’s General,” adapted 
from Daphne du Maurier’s best- 
seller,” with Margaret Lockwood 
in the femme lead. Yates is trying 
to get James Mason to costar. - 


other industry meeting to, ratify 
the plan then likely will be called. 

Next st&p will be obtaining court 
approval plus an okay by the De- 
(Continued on page 20) 

Hughes Holdout of 20 Pix 
Is Big Factor in Kdling 
Deal for RKO library 

In addition to the surprise 
grosses on "King Kong,’* Howard 
Hughes’ insistence on holding out 
20 pix was learned this week to 
have been a strong contributing 
factor to killing the deal for pur- 
chase of RKO’s film library. 
Hughes is said to have selected 20 
pix to which he wouldn’t give up 
title for three to five years. Po- 
tential buyers balked. 

Attempting to swing the deal 
was a Canadian group headed by 
financier Lou Chesler and Deek 
Wells. They were aiming to pur- 
chase some 800 features released 
prior to 1949. DuMont Network 
was tied in to handle syndication 
of the films and was to. advance 
part of the $14,000,000 purchase 
price. 

Big grosses now being piled up 
by reissue of the 19-year-old 
"King Kong” was partly responsi- 
ble for sinking the deal because Jt 
made Hughes wary of setting a 
price. Strong objections by RKO 
prexy Ned E. Depinet to the harm 
it might do RKO’s current sales 
also was a contributing factor. 


Italo Film Week Showings 
Get N.Y. Charity Sponsors 


Bogeaus’Pic to Get Ref 
Ruling on TV Release 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Bankruptcy referee Benno M. 
Brink will rule Sept. 4 on a peti- 
tion by Benedict Bogeaus for tele- 
vision release of "My Outlaw 
Brother” to gain coin to pay off 
indebtedness. Made in Mexico star- 
ring -Mickey Rooney, Robert Stack 
and Wanda Hendrix, pic- was re- 
leased in 1951 by United Artists. 

• Benedict Bogeaus Pictures, Inc., 
had petitioned Federal Court to 
forestall creditor, action against 
pic before profits could accumu- 
late. Charles Weintraub, Quality 
Film prexy, testifying as a piXTto- 
teevee distrib expert, opined that 
"Brother” can take in from $40,- 
000 to $60,000 in One year on tele- 
vision because of its cast names. 


Each of the Seven pix to be 
preemed at the. Liftle Carnegie, 
N. Y., during Italian Film Week 
will be sponsored by a charitable 
organization, according to plans 
now being set by Jonas Rosenfield, 
publicity chief for Italian Film Ex- 
port. A different. A different film 
will be shown each night. 

There will be no normal ticket 
sale for the Italo entries. Each of 
the New York charitable organiza- 
tions that takes on sponsorship will 
sell its* own tickets at premium 
prices which it will set. It will, of 
course, receive all the income. 

IFE has taken the house for the 
week on a four-walls basis from 
operators George Schwartz and 
Jean Goldwurm. Dates are Oct. 
6-12. Pix have not been set as yet, 
but they’ll be available for regular 
distribution and exhibition sub- 
sequent to the Little Carnegie fes- 
tival. 


FILM 1 BVIKWS 


WfrJutaday, Amgu.t xt. 19 52 


BU Jin MeLwIa 

** 'i L< 


r+e rr - 


■i?&SS 5 JB 3 £^ 

Hawaii;. . exploitation . potential 
xni star value indicate good 
possibilities 


Warn 

Robert 


Hollywood, Aug. 25. 

cr Bros. release of John Wayne- 
Fellow* production. Stars John. 


i production . 

Wayne* NNtcy Olson. James , Axncse; fee* 
.tures Alan Napier, y#da Am Bqrg,G*ym 
Whitman, Haf Bsyloib Wrsctsd by Kd; 
ward Ludwig. Written by James Edward 
Grant, Richard English, Eric Taylor, 
quotes from *'The Devil and Daniel Web- 
Iter" by Stephen Vincent Benet; .Camera* 

: Archie Stout; «dlior. Jack Murray; musL 
cal direction, Emil Newman. E reviewed 
Aug. 22, '52. Running time, »• MINS. 

Big Jim McLain..., ...John Wayne 

Nancy Vallon Nancy Olson 

>Ul Baxter.... ............ Jam** Arnes* 

Sturak * Alan Napier 

Madge Veda Ann Borg 

Dr. Gelstef ....Gayne Whitman 

Poke.,..., Hal Baylor 

Edwin White Robert Keys 

Robert Henrlcd Hans Conrled 

Lt. Commdr, CUnt Grey.. John Hubbard 

Mrs. Nomaka .Mme. Soo Yong 

Chief of Police Dan Liu 

Mr. Lexiter Paul Hurst 

Phil Briggs . : . .Vernon (Red) McQueen 
Mrs. Lexiter ...Sara Padden 


Modern Honolulu forms the set- 
ting for this topical story of the 
patriotic work .going on to expose 
Communist activities endangering 
this country and its possessions in 
♦the not-so-cold war of ideology. As 
a first for the John Wayne-Robert 
Fellows unit, "Big Jim McLain” 
looks geared for excellent returns, 
principally because of the star’s 
.-draw, the Warner release, and the 
natural exploitation values accru- 
• ing 'to the timely subject 

The picture is being rushed into 
the market and bears evidence of. 
that haste. Continuity is choppy, 
the script sketchy and lacking in 
clarity. But these critical flaws 
. ^become almost submerged in force- 
ful scenes, a number of good ac- 
tion spots and the excellent dialog. 
Cloaking the presentation, - too, is 
the on-the-spot lensing on Hawaii’s 
fabulous islands. Photography 
uses a newsreel technique that 
adds to the documentary flavor 
and points up the almost too- 
casual air with which the story and 
players go about their business. 
Wayne and James Amess_ ar£ 


tht Cgbmt Wmttt 
( CQLOfc ) t 

Rurt Lancaster Jib action- 
r crammed spoof on Swashbuck- 
ling sea fables. Excellent pros- 

'Pectin " ' •, 

Hollywood, Aug. 2ff. 

W*raer Bros, release of Harold H4cht 
(NormfO production. ' v Star* Burt. Lancas- 
ter; feature* Nick Cravat. Eva. Bartok, 
Torln ThatchcrJ . JmN - Hay tar, LadUo 
Bradley, M»rgof Gr»him<. Noel PtiirceUf 
Frederick Leister, EUot Makeham. Di- 

rected by Robert SLodmak. Written by 
Roland Kihbee: camera (Technicolor, 
Otto Heller; editor. Jack Harris; music, 
william Alywn. Previewed Aug.- 19, 52. 
Running thue* m MINS. ' " . 

Valin Burt Lancaster 

Ojo. .,...Nlck Cravat 

Consuelo Ev» 

Humble Bellows. Torln Thatcher 

Prudence - James Hayter 

Baron Gruda Leslie Bradley 

Bianca -Margot Grahame 

Pablo Murphy Noel Purcell 

Sebastian .Frederick Leister 

Governor -Eliot *Jakeham 

La Slgnorita Wynter 

Attache Christopher Lee 


laty Devil 

«Beau® and'-tho. Devil/' v 
French-made, vhfch opened at , 
the Little Carnegie, N. 
Monday (25 )> was reviewed in^ 
Variety from Paris, April 19# 
1950, under Its original title, 
“La Beaute Du Liable” 
Adapted by Rene Clair and 
Armand Salacrou from the 
“Faust” legend, pic, which was 
directed by Clair, was tabbed 
by reviewer Moafc as "a bril- 
liant tragl-comedy.” Review 
also stated "pic is a definite 
art-house and sureseater entry 
with its provocative theme, 

- exciting thesping arid above- 
average production values.” 
Review added that "pic’s adult 
interpretation of morals and 
ethics may be questioned by 
some austere censors.” Pic 
stars Michel Simon arid Gerard 
Phillipe. It’s being released 
in the XT, S. by Arthur Davis 
Associates. 


Swashbuckling sea fables get a ^ 

good-natured spoofing in "The appeal to many who find uplift in 
Crimson Pirate,” with Burt Lancas- significant events in religious his- 
ter providing the muscles and dash tory, as. well as for others who like 
for the takeoff. It is a comedy-ad- a well-rounded story of dramatic 
venture film shaped to attract a merit. While Catholic in basic 
substantial boxoffice, particularly' theme, the film and story are uni 
from the younger fans of derrin’- versal in acceptance, giving the 
do, and wears its seascapes, cos- picture possibilities' beyond a 
tumes and taction in sparkling small, select audience. It has 
Technicolor. taste, dignity without stuffiness, a 

Tipoif as to the spoofing nature gentle humor and an excellent 
comes before the title cards are WamerColor cloaking. 


shown when Lancaster, soaring on 
the end of a line between ship’s 
masts, halts lofag enough to warn 
that only half of what’s to be seen 
is to be believed. Then, a la earli- 


The real-life 1917 mirAcle that 
occurred in Fatima, Portugal, doc- 
uments the story, and so faithfully 
and sincerely does the film present 
it that the imoact is tremendous. 


er buccaneer adventure with com- There is no attempt to sensation- 
edy overtones, "The Black Pirate,” allze; in fact, much of the highly 
put out by the late Douglas Fair- melodramatic happenings that ac- 
banks, this Norma production for tually took place as belief in the 
Warners takes off on a chimerical miracle spread have been played 
flight that winds up as 104 -minutes down. Bryan Foy’s production is 
of high-action entertainment. Es- tasteful, . John Brahm’s direction 
capist values are sharpened by the understanding and sympathetic, 
location of lensing in and around and the screenplay by Crane Wil- 
an old Italian fishing harbor, as [.bur and Jam qs O’Hanlon effective- 


ly simple, 

Three children, tending sheep in 
a pasture near their Fatima home, 
are visited by a vision and are 


well as by some touches of 18th 
century "science-fiction” conjured 
up by an early-day inventor. 

The Roland Kibbee screen story 

..... is cloaked with a sense of humor promised further visitations. A 

crack - investigators for the Hou, J^.s it pictures Lancaster, the famed happy-go-lucky adult friend, long 
Committee on Un-American /M(h? rims . on Pirate, plying his trade on . strayed from the church, wisely 
tivities. When it is learned ratzthe high seas. Opening finds the counsels them to keep quiet about 
~ * ■ ” * * * ^ 'pirates capturing, a 30-gun galleon the vision, knowing it will be 

by trickery and then scheming to doubted by the Church and pro- 
sell its cargo of cannon to rebels voke the wrath of the arttl-Church 
trying to shake off the shackles of 


Communists are threatening in the 
islands, the pair is* 0 dispatched 
there to. get evidence against the 
Red cells that can be used for a 
documented public hearing. The 
investigation is tedious and not too 
fruitful. During its course Wayne 
meets and falls for Nancy Olson, 
a Secretary working for a suspected 
doctor, Gayne Whitman, He pur- 
sues Miss Olson and the Commies 
gradually making time on both 
counts, but as details of Red plot- 
ting begin to fall in line, Araess 
Is murdered, Wayne gains enough 
time to catch the principal Com- 
mies, engages in a slambang fist- 
fight with them and is rescued by 
the Honolulu police, led -by their 
real chief, Dan Liu. Investigation 
and the hearing that follows are 
futile to some degree, in that the 
Commies use the protection of the 
Fifth Amendment to block real 
punishment for their ^treachery. 

Edward Ludwig sends the play- 
ers through their paces expertly 
and gets suspense into the melo- 
dramatics despite the superficial 
script development by Janres Ed- 
ward Grant, Richard English and 
Eric Taylor. Wayne is a forceful 
hero arid his scenes with Miss Ol- 
son are particularly good, due in 
no small part to her personality 
• and talent. He also has some good 
sequences with Veda Ann Borg, 
who scores a standout as the will 
ring blonde who keeps a rooming 
house for sailors. Amess Im- 
presses in comparatively short 
footage. Alan Napier, leader of 
the Commies; Whitman, Hal Bay- 
lor and Robert Keys are among 
those pointing up the treachery. 

In addition to drawing on Dan 
Liu to play his real-life role * of. 
police chief, film uses Vernon 
(Red) McQueen, island sports 
writer, as a newspaper reporter, 
and other islanders for character 
parts that aid the drive for realism. 
Hans Conreid is literally pulled in 
for a single, unrelated sequence, 
but makes it a high spot of comedy 
among the melodramatics. Others 
are competent. 

Archie Stout did the excellent 
work. Other technical 


camera 


phases are okay. 


Brog. 


Rose* parade - jpeI th* '¥«|f * 
Day gridiron gam* In* tfc* Him 
Bowl. With film’s releasa brittle* 
ing with thia new football ieaaoft. 
good, bookings arid okay return* 
are poiaible. %. > 

Film roll# on to an . easy -atari 
under "William Beaudine’s direction 
and spins along its 73-minute 
course nicely. Hokum is kept like- 
able and believable and, thank- 
ully, the script doesn’t hive the 
herd of this foOtbalL yarn . making 
o’ne of those impossible winning 
ouchdown play$ at the finale. 
Team identifications are oifiitted 
for the football footage, but clips 
of the last Rose Bowl tussle and 
parade are neatly cut in tp the 
studio-filmed sequences to give 
values, Marshall Thompson, star 
of a Big Ten team, and his fellow 
pigskin artists arrive in Pasadena 
or the annual classic against a 
Coast eleven. Thompson, is ambi- 
ious, using college football as a. 
stepping stone to a pro career. 

Arrival finds the out-of-towners 
greeted by Nancy Thorne, 1952 
Rose Queen, and her court of beau- 
ties. Thompson immediately falls 
for Vera Miles, her borrowed mink 
coat leading him to believe she is 
an heiress. She isn’t rich, though, 
and contact with her middle-class 
amily, plus some romantic com- 
plications and the serious illness 
of the coach's wife, get him on the 
right path. He becomes , a team 
player. Instead of "the flashy star, 
etg his blocker carry the ball for. 
;he winning touchdown and rates 
a finale clinch with Miss Miles. 

Players bring off their chores 
pleasantly, Thompson and Miss 
Miles ' making a good romantic 
team. Natalie Wood scores as Miss 
Miles’ kid sister and shares com- 
edy. with James Dobson, one of 
the ’Big Ten players. Jim Backus 
and Ann Doran, Miss Miles’ par- 
ents, and Clarence Kolb, the grand- 
pa, also are effective. Keith Lar- 
sen' impresses in a featured spot as 
member of Thompson’s team, 
and the late Richard Rober com- 
petently portrays the coach. 

Richard Heermance’s production 
guidance;, under the executive su- 
pervision of Walter Mirisch makes 
the picture an entertaining offer- 
ing for Monogram release. Harry 
Neumann’s color lensing, the Mar- 
in Skiles music score, editing and 
other contributions are good. 

Brog. 


_ . government that controls Portugal, 
the King of Spain. The bucca- The story leaks out, however, and 
nqers also plan to then reveal the as the word spreads, the faithful 
rebel group’s whereabouts to the come from afar to see for them 
crown for more gold, but there are selves. Each month the crowds 
a girl and such complications as an that fill the pasture grow larger, 
awakening to right and wrong, a resisting Church and police efforts 
rebellion of the pirates against to halt the gatherings, and de- 
their. leader for conduct unbecom- manding the miracle promised to 
ing a buccaneer, and a finale fracas the children by the Lady in the 
against the king’s men using primi- vision. Finally, on Oct. -13, 1917, 
tive # machine guns, tanks, sub- to 70,000 pilgrims, the Lady de- 
marine, high explosives and a bal- livers the miracle, plunging the 
loon. All these don’t permit the sun towards the earth and bring- 
plot to turn serious, ing back the fear of God to the 

Lancaster and his deaf-mute pal, non-believers. 

Nick Cravat, sock the acrobatics Susan Whitney, Sherry Jackson 
required of hero and partner to a and Sammy Ogg play the three 
fare-thee-well under Robert Siod- Portuguese children in superior 
maks rugged but tongue-in-cheek fashion. Gilbert Roland is socko 
direction. Eva Bartok, as the as the children’s adult friend, 
daughter of the rebel leader, satis- turning in a sincere, yet lightly 
factqrily fills her costumes as the humorous, performance. Co-starr- 
heroine of the fable. Torin ing with him as the mother of 
Thatcher, Lancaster’s villainous Susan Whitney is Angela Clarke, 
first mate, is good. James Hayter and she wallops over her be.st as- 
punches the fun as the early-day signment to date. Frank Silvera 
man of science, and Leslie Bradley and Carl Millitaire are excellent as 
is a suave menace as the king’s two officials, as is Richard Hale as 
emissary. Margot Grahame is lost the village priest. Jay Novello, 
in a brief dancing-girl spot. Noel Norman Rice and Frances Morris 
Purcell, Frederick Leister, Eliot are among other capables. 
Makeham and several uncredited On the technical side, the pic- 
players among the pirates all help ture has been expertly handled, 
to uphold the spoofing aims of the Edwin' DuPar did the topnotch 
presentation. color photography, and the Max 

Harold Hecht’s production £uid- Steiner music score, plus the 
ance provides showm&nly values choral work on religious songs, is 
that can be used in the selling, very good. Brog. 

Aiding him as associate was Nor- 
man Deming. The photography by 
Otto Heller is very good. Brog. 


Miracle of Our Liuly of 
Fatima 

(COLOR) 


The Rose Bowl Story 

(COLOR) 

Good, general market gridiron 
feature with Rose Bowl and 
Rose Parade backgrounds. 


Uplifting account of a religious 
miracle, beautifully and sim- 
ply presented for universal 
appeal. 


Hollywood, Aug. 22, 

Monogram release of Richard Heer 
mancc production. Stars Marshahjhomp- 
son, Vera Miles, Richard Roberi Natulie 
Wood; features Keith Larsen. Tom Har- 
mon, Ann Doran, James Dobson, Jim 
§?ckus, , Clarence Kolb, Barbara Woodell, 
Hollywood, Aug. 21. B111 . W « L ** Nancy Thome, 1952 Tournx- 

Warner Bros, release of Bryan Foy pro- °t Rose s Queen and her court (Ann 

ductioh. Stars Gilbert Roland. Angela gottlngham. Diana Dial, Carolyn Grares, 
Clarice; features Frank Silvera, Jay No- , ar 2 ara / Sharon' Ann Kelley, Mar- 

vcllo, Richard Hale, Norman Rice, Frances D1 £«cted b£ William Beaudine 


Rodner Memorial Lab 

New research laboratory for the 
Will Rogers Memorial Hospital at 
Saranac, N. Y,, is being planned in 
memory of the late Harold Rodner 
by his former associates at Warner 
Bros. Rodner, a WB homeoffice 
exec for many years, was also exec 
v.p. of the Rogers Memorial Fund. 

His associates hope to raise suf- 
ficient coin to erect and staff a 
Harold Rodner Research Labora- 
tory. • 


Morris, Carl Millitaire, Susan Whitney, 
Sherry Jackson, Sammy Ogg. Directed by 
John Brahm. Screenplay. Crane Wilbur 
and James O'Hanlon; camera (Warner- 
Color), Edwin DuFar; editor, Thomas 
Reilly; music. Max Steiner. Previewed 
Aug. 7, 52. Running time, 102 MIN*. 

Hugo Da Silva Gilbert Roland 

Marla Rosa Angela Clarke 

Arturo Dos Santos Frank Silvera 

Antonio Jay Novello 

Father Ferreira Richard Hale 

Manuel Marto Norman Rice 

Olimpia Frances Morris 

The Magistrate Carl Millitaire 

Lucia Dos Santos Susan Whitney 

Jacinto Marto Sherry Jackson 

Francisco Marto Sammy Ogg 


_ V 

Written by Charles R. Marion; camera 
(Clnecolor), Harry Neumann; editor, Wal 
ter Hanncmann; music. Marlin Skiles, 
Previewed Aug. 20, '52. Running time 

Steve Davis .Marshall Thompson 

Vera Miles 

Coach Hadley Richard Rober 

Sally Burke Natalie Weod 

Bronc Buttram Keith Larsen 

Tom Harmon Tom Harmon 

Mrs. Burke Ann Doran 

Allle Bassler James Dobson 

Mike Burke Jim Backus 

Gramps Clarence Kolb 

Mrs. Hadley .....Barbara Woodell 

Bill Welsh Bill Welsh 


mii 


„ r , Monogram has an excellent offer- 

Warners gives a respectful pres- ing for its market in this Cinecolor 
entation to "The Miracle of Our feature backgrounded against Ras- 
Lady of Fatima,” slanting it for adena’s annual Tournament of 


good, 

#hots- 


Terra 
stedt ] 
Rasch. 
Elcman. 
dances, 
Stig Rj 
Ruiming 
Mario 
Linda 
Alice 
Sakat<. 
Pinky. 
Frank 


The BFJtve Don’t Cry 

Okay documentary for some 
lesser U.S., spots. 


Edinburgh, Aug. 19. 

Associated British Film .Distributors re- 
lease of Group Three production. Stars 
John Gregson; features Meg Buchanan, 
Andrew Kclr. Directed by Philip Lea- 
cock. Executive producer, *John Grierson; 
original screenplay, Montagu Slater. 
World preem at . Edinburgh Film Festival, 
Aug. 17, '52. Running time, S* MINS. 

John Cameron John Gregsan 

Margaret Wlshart ........ .Meg Buchanan 

Donald Sloan John Rae 

Dan Wlshart Fulton Mackey 

Charlie Ross Andrew Keir 

Jean Knox Wendy Noel 

Hughle Altken Russell Waters 

Dr. Andrew Keir Jameson Clark 

Rab Elliott Eric Woodburh 

Walter Hardle Archie Duncan 

WilUe Duncan Jack Stewart 

Biddy Ross Anne Butchart 

Jim Knox Mac Plcton 

Jock Woods Jock McKay 

Mrs. Sloan Jean Anderson 

Tam Stewart John Singer 

George Chris Page 

Mrs. Duncan..... ...Kelty Macleod 

Sandy Mackenzie Hal Osmond 

Jamie Knox Guthrie Mason 


complaining, humorouT^nZ^ 

Femme portrayals include a 
freshing study by Wendv NvL* ^ 
young Scots village StZ ?° el ls a 
* young miner. 2 2 m love "1th 
Camera work is comn-n^. , 
including mining 
lensed m East Scotland. 2 
’ Gord. 

Kldfagelit 
(The Firebrand) 
(SWEDISH) 

(Color, Songs) 

« vn Stockholm, Aug. iq 

ra Film release of Lorene m 1 
production. Stars Tltor«hw 
>• Written and dlSctedTy’S^ 
n. Camera, Goran 

Rvb?ant 1C ° A B f Cja £ t: mu sSal ta 5 core 
hg time,* 100 MINS^ 1 * StocWxolm * 

■ AJJ.ee ........ tjs, n 

Sakarovitch * Qeorr 

Pinky e 

Swedish* Sl^eV 

{In English) 

. ^though this is the first Swed. 
lsh-made tinter of any importance 
turns out to be an odd mixture 
ballet, dance and Inane pbt 
Even the singing of Tito Gobbi not 
handled skillfully by the producers 
fails to impress. Picture was made 
only in English, but some of the 
voices do not appear very familiar 
With the English language. It may 
get some U.S. playdates on the 
basis of being the initial color pic 
made in Sweden by native pro- 
ducers, 

Hasse Ekman, director-scripter, 
started this as a color short, but a 
shutdown of Swedish studioB 
caused delay. Later he turned out 
another short pic, both being dance 
films with Ellen Rasch. When pro- 
duction Was resumed in 1950, Terra 
Film conceived the idea of getting 
Gobbi and incorporating the two 
shorts into a feature production. 
Unfortunately this marriage of two 
briefies highlighting the ballet 
shorts with the operatip warbling 
of ' Gobbi and Leon Bjotker is an 
unhappy one. 

Ekman apparently tried only to 
get * something to keep the solo 
numbers together, and it looks that 
way on the screen. Actual plot is 
the oldie about the famous singer 
who falls in love with a dancer, and 
the latter’s struggle to achieve 
fame. 

Real laurels In this hodge-podge 
effort belong to Goran Strindberg, 
the cameraman, the first Swedish 
photographer to turn out a feature 
in color. The Gevacolor process 
used hints future possibilities. Ek- 
man, whose routine story is the big 
flaw of the production, did a fine 
job of directing, especially in view 
of the story material. 

Gobbi’s singing, of course, is the 
highlight, his best being excerpts 
from "Don Giovanni.” After he 
disappears from the plot, interest 
is focused on Miss Rasch, whose 
dancing is superb. Wtnq. 


Edinburgh International Film 
Festival is the arts-junket boosting 
ground for this sound British fea- 
ture, based largely on a recentvcol 
liery disaster at Knockshinnoch, 
Ayrshire, Scotland, when men 
were miraculously led to safety 
from a trapped mine by wearing 
new Salvus apparatus. Disaster 
scenes when cave-ins occur, men 
are confined, .and the wives and 
family wait at top of the pit while 
rescue squads go into action is not 
treated melodramatically, but in 
documentary style. Acting by 
large cast of players, mainly Scots, 
is adequate. And for once the 
Scottish accent is authentic. 

Story is grim and sombre, but 
relieved by some odd touches of 
humor. For example, one miner 
wants to place a bet on a horse 
while he is trapped, and a book- 
maker is called to the phone at the 
•pithead. 

The major fault is that the story 
is too regionalized. A little more 
dramatic effect, giving such a huge 
accident U18 men cut off in a col- 
lapsed mine) a natural place in 
headline news, would have en- 
hanced the picture’s appeal. As it 
is, w the story is quietly worked out 
underground and on surface,*with 
cameras simply switching between 
reactions of the men ana the mo- 
rale of their relatives. 

Cast has few wellknown players, 
but actors reveal talent. John 
Gregson, young English actor 
trained in Scot rep, does a work- 
manlike job as a youthful Coal 
Board official who risks his life to 
return to the men, but the stand- 
out portrayal is by Andrew Keir 
^himself a former miner) as the 


UA Awaits 

Continued from page 4 


to 

is 


to those in the film industry here. 

Regarding "Encounter,” letter 
states* 

"As a specific example we wish 
inform you that United Artists 
is contemplating the release in 
America of a picture entitled en- 
counter,” which was made uaiy 
and stars Paul Muni. This P 1 ^ 
was produced by John Web • 
identified as a full-time and lon£ 
active party functionary in N 
York and Hollywood; and Bernara 
Vorhaus, also identified as n Co ' 
munist. It was directed by Joseph 
Losey, a fugitive from a House Un- 
American Activities sut P° ena * 
was written by Ben BarzmM 1 ’ 
also has been identified as a paw 
member. We urge you to tak 
mediate steps to see to it that . 
picture is not shown in an Am 

can theatre.” A a flnV 

The letter does not make i any 

reference to Muni other th 
identify him as the star ol w 
fiim. 

One of Several £ ,x . - nrfl 
Brewer declared that the P 
is only one of several a ^ rea ft have 
and planned by "persons w , 
been identified as Commun ^ 
your committee” and who c ^ 
longer find employment ^ 
motion picture industry i . t(J 
wood.” Such persons were J! a J ce , 

have gone to D ix for 

Mexico and Italy to mak P 

the * 


by a uauiuiiuii. tA **;7V Jn i e nsm8 

Council for cooperation Holly , 
a program of pix ut jL e »_-group 

wood’s “Unfriendly Nine £ yeal 

■n-i at wpnt to iail rather 


exico aim xuujr ^ - — 
e American market. re£1 uest 
Letter resulted th e Film 

a California exh ! b ‘ in lensM 
mcil for cooperation . u A iiv* 


*V€T«nt£S 


Anffut 27 ) 1952 





French producers may yet get4 
their subsidies from the American 
majors. ' Rather than being part 
of the basic film agreement be- 
tween the French and XJ. S. gov- 
ernments, however, it is understood 
they may be provided in a supple- 
mental pact between the . French 
government and the Motion Pic- 
ture Assn, of America, 

Purpose of' the- “discount” plan, 
as it is called, would be to get 
added import permits. Under the 
basic arrangement the. U, S. indus- 
try has been cut' from 121 pix a 
year to 90. Via the, “discount" or 
subsidy of about $400,000, the 
French have indicated, they- might 
allow 18 or so additional films. 

Original negotiations by MPAA 
reps in Paris were aimed at a deal 
that would combine in 3* single con- 
tract the basic 9d. pix and the sub- 
sidy provision for 18 more. Ithad 
rim up against strong opposition, 
however, from the Society of Inde- 
pendent Motion Picture Producers, 
from the State DepL aiid from 
some qf the majors themselves. 

Idea of breaking into two sepa- 
rate pacts ’ the . acceptance of the 
90-pic deal and ‘the working out of 
a subsidy arrangement solved at 
once all the problems by removing 
obstacles from an immediate deal 
with the French, 

As far as the MPAA members 
are concerned, “their principal aim 
was to get out their coin as quickly 
as possible. This is accomplished 
by accepting the French govern- 
ment decree which provided an 
‘(Continued on page J5) 


Metro Suspends Lanza 
Again for Failing To 
Show; Mulls Damage Suit 

Hollywood,. Aug. 28. 

Mario Lanza,- Metro’s disappear- 
ing tenor, went on suspension 
again after failure to' report for 
start of "Student Prince” yester- 
day (Mon.), His previous suspen- 
sion was imposed Wednesday (20), 
but lifted Friday (22) when he ap- 
peared for wardrobe tests. 

Metro announced the studio is 
considering suing* hiim for hefty 
coin outlay caused by lengthy pro- 
duction delay; “ Lanza retorted he 
wanted added coin for working be- 
yond six-month per year period 
stipulated in his contract; MCA, 
his agent, said no money is in- 
volved in proceedings. 

Studio said it is “contemplating 
suit for substantial damages 
caused by production, delays over 
a period of several weeks,” and 
has its bookkeeping department 
working out the actual cost. Un- 
derstand frpm studio execs that 
more than $500,000 has already 
been spent on the pic, with figure 
probably reaching .$600,000, which 
may be amount of any suit. 

Studio said Lanza was “again in 
default of his contract when he 
failed to appear Saturday for pre- 
liminary production preparation, 
and again this morning (Mon.) fop 
start of the film. Further action 
is being determined by Metro 
executives and legal counsel.” 

Lanza said if he doesn’t get 
extra pay for time over six months, 
then work on the picture exceed- 
ing this period must be deducted 
from next yearly contract. He in- 
dicated he won’t report until this 
arrangement is worked out. Play- 
ers and full crew were on hahd 
Monday for Lanza’s promised ap- 
pearance. . When he didn’t show, 
they were dismissed at noon. 


Sues Ratoff for Pay 

Los Angeles, 'Aug. 26. 

. Suit for $3,500 and an account- 
ing of the profits of “My Daughter, 
Joy” was filed against Gregory 
Ratoff in Superior Court by Rob- 
ert T. Thoeren, screenwriter. 

Plaintiff declared his deal with 
Ratoff called for $4,000 for writing 
the screenplay and one-half of 1% 
of the profits on the picture, re- 
leased by Columbia. He* says he 
has collected only $500 and no 
Profits. 




.S. Subsidies 




Rapper Directs ‘Stars’ 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Irving Rapper will direct “Reach- 
ing for the Stars,” Ginger Rogers- 
William Holden-Paul Douglas star? 
rer, which Pat Duggan’s producing 
at Paramount. Pic originally was 
to have been- megged by Philip 
and Julius Epstein, then by Julius 
upon Philip’s death. 

. "Stars” rolls when Paramount 
selects a replacement for Audrey 
Hepburn, out-, because of overlap- 
ping schedule with "Roman Holi- 
day,” now being completed in 
Italy. After "J-Ioliday” Miss Hep- 
burn resumes in "Gigi” on Broad- 
way: 


Navy OK s Kramer 
Use of 'Mutiny In 

Title of Picture 

✓ 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

It is reported here that the Navy 
Dept, has granted Stanley Kramer 
tentative permission to use the 
title "The Caine Mutiny’ on his 
projected film adaptation of Her- 
marTWouk’s bestselling novel. 

The Navy had first objected to. 
suggestion of "mutiny” in .the 
service and Kramer had planned a 
switch to "The. Caine Incident,” 
The admirals apparently have had 
a change of heart, since the book 
has become so well-known through- 
long-run record it has established 
at,,the head of the bestseller Rst 1 

Kramer is due here in about 
four weeks for huddles with the 
Navy on Stanley Roberts’ adapta- 
tion. It’s understood the service 
would not provide required co- 
operation without considerable 
change from the literary version. 


HITCHY-BERNSTEIN CO. 
SEEDS 2 FOR NEXT YEAR 

Transatlantic Pictures, the Al- 
fred Hitchpock-Sidney Bernstein 
indie unit, has scheduled two films 
for next year, Bernstein revealed 
in . New York this week. They 
are "To Catch a. Thief,” which 
Hitchcock will direct, and "Dark 
Beauty,” which will be megged by 
another .director to be selected. 

Bernstein, British circuit opera- 
tor as well as producer, arrived in 
New York Monday (25) from the 
Coast and heads tomorrow (Thurs.) 
for Quebec. There he’ll join 
Hitchcock, who is on location di- 
recting “I Confess.” After about 
10 days in Canada, Bernstein 
returns to New York prior to sail- 
ing for London Sept. 17. 

Bernstein will be in England 
until after Jan. 1, prepping for 
production there and In France of 
the pair of Transatlantic pix. 
"Thief” will star Cary Grant. It 
is from the novel by David Dodge, 
which was published by Random 
House and condensed in Reader’s 
Digest. « 

"Confess,” originally scheduled 
as a Transatlantic entry for Warner 
Bros, release, has been taken over 
by WB as its own production. 


Jack Cohn the ‘Pioneer’? 

Annual dinner, its 13th, of the 
Motion Picture Pioneers is slated 
for Nov. 25 at the Hotel Astor, 
N.* Y. r Jack Cohn, outfit prexy, an- 
nounced this week. Shindig has 
been tagged “The Jubilee Dinner.” 
It’s reported Cohn himself may be 
honored as the "Pioneer of the 
Year.” 

At the same time, Cohn revealed 
appointment of David A. Bader as 
publicity director for the MPP. 
He’ll work with Harry J. Takiff, 
secretary-treasurer, and Marvin 
Kirsch, veepee. 


The slugging that Hollywood 
once regularly took from editorial 
writers, columnists and radio-TV 
commentators has diminished in 
recent months to almost nothing. 
There are a number of explana- 
tions of the new "be-kind-to-Hol- 
lywood” treatment, but, in any 
case, industry flacks are not fooled 
into thinking that a new rash of 
anti-pic comment couldn’t break 
out again at any minute. 

One of the principal reasons be- 
hind the new attitude is believed 
to be the assiduous campaign by 
both the Council of Motion Picture 
Organizations and the Motion Pic- 
ture Assn, of America to call to 
task erring writers and commenta- 
tors. Charles Collingwood, CBS-TV 
chatterer, was on the receiving end 
of a gentle whip-lashing of that 
nature last week. 

MPAA, which used to shrug' off 
pretty much unfavorable cracks 
about Hollywood, now -employs a 
careful system of checks on both 
the press and radio-TV. Director 
of information Alfred Corwin regu- 
larly paws through thousands of 
newspaper 1 and mag clips touching 
on fflms and employes a profes- 
sional listening-watching outfit to 
keep the MPAA informed of any 
bit of nasty comment on the .air. 

Letters to the offenders prompt- 
ly go out from Corwin and fre- 
quently, also, from Charles E. Mc- 
Carthy, • director of info for 
COMPO. They' normally don't ask 
for retractions, since they'd be 
much too late to do any good any- 
way. They merely point out the 
facts, as Compared with the state- 
ments made in. the press or on the 
air. 

This appears to be having a salu- 
tary cumulative effect. Practically 
all of the invidious comment comes 
(Continued on page 22) 

3,500 Shutterings 
Since the War 

Total of 3,500 U. S. film theatres 
have shuttered since the end of 
World War II, it’s shown in results 
of a survey conducted by National 
Screen Service. 

The trailer outfit has offices in 
all key cities and its field reps 
gathered the statistics f6r the 
Council of Motion Picture Organ- 
izations. COMPO, in turn, will 
use them to support its campaign 
'to repeal the 20% Federal admis- 
sions tax. Figures on- the number 
of new theatres which cropped up 
in the same period are now being 
compiled. 

Data on exhibition’s fatalities 
will be underlined to the nation’s 
law-makers in the effort to con- 
vince them that the 20% b.o. levy 
imposes too great a hardship on 
theatremen. Industryites across 
the country have mapped plans to 
contact Senators and Congressmen 
in their respective areas to sock 
across the message. 

Of the 3,600, about 50 will be 
selected by the COMPO headquar- 
ters in New York, it’s understood, 
and these will be scrutinized by 
COMPO committees in the field. 
COMPO execs have in mind that 
a careful analysis of the closed 
situations will show the 20% tax 
ag the Villain which caused their 
demise. An accurate picture of 
the reasons for darkening the 
houses, it’s felt, also will show 
that overcrowding of theatres was 
not much of a factor at all. The 
check on 50 situations should be 
representative of all shuttered 
spots, it’s believed. 


ACE Honors Fair 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Second quarterly awards voted 
by American Cinema Editors, Inc., 
went to Adrienne Fazan and Danny 
Cahn. 

Miss Fazan won the prize for ed- 
iting "Singin’ In the Rain,” Metro 
picture, and Cahn for "I Love 
Lucy,”, the Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz 
television show. 


Once an Actor , , . 

Hollywood, Aug, 26. 

-When Will Rogers, Jr., con- 
sented to play the role of his 1 
father in "The Story of Will 
Rogers” (Wte), lie declared it 
would be his first and last ap- 
pearance In film. 

Now he is signed for a tele- 
pic, “Life, Liberty and Orin 
Dooley,” by Film Gems, and is 
reading three scripts submitted 
by major studios. 


Preminger Sees 
Film Censorship 
Soon Powerless 

Although acknowledging that 
progress has been made in the 
handling and interpretation of the 
production code, director-producer 
Otto . Preminger believes that the 
time is not too far off when cen- 
sorship in films will be as power*] 
less as in the theatre. In Gotham 
to line up a legit directorial chore 
after completing "The Murder” for 
RKO, Preminger said he based his 
prediction on the recent decisions 
of the Supreme Court in the 
"Miracle” and “Pinky” cases. 

Elimination of the code Will not 
result in a spate of “dirty” pix, 
Preminger believes, but will do 
away with "the standardization of 
films governed by a code set up 
many years ago. .Pictures have 
been following a formula,” Pre- 
minger said/ "since the whole 
thinking in buying and writing of 
stories is influenced by the cen- 
sor.” 

"Pressure groups,” he declared, 
"do not picket big boxofflce suc- 
cesses,” adding that he didn’t 
think that picketing activity would 
hurt an outstanding picture. Al- 
though he said he was not a "join- 
er,” he declared that he was ready 
to align himself with any organ- 
ization that set as its goal the elim- 
ination of film censorship. 

He said, however, that there was 
little that the creative talent in 
the industry could do about it and 
that the major push would have to 
come from the executive branch of 
the industry. 

Preminger's next film will be 
"The Moon Is Blue,” which he also 
directed for the stage. Pic rolls In 
January, for United Artists re- 
lease. David Niven is set for the 
male lead with the possibility of 
an unknown essaying the femme 
starring role. 


Council of Motion Picture Or- 
ganizations is planning to under- 
take to break down the trade’s ^re- 
luctance to talk about itself via an 
extensive survey likely to be con- 
ducted by an independent statisti- 
cal outfit. Hope is to amass com- 
prehensive, data covering industry 
operations over the past 15. years. 

Purpose of the survey is to give 
the industry full knowledge of it- 
self, and this, In turn, can be 
imparted to. Congressional commit- 
tees at hearings on repealing the 
Federal admissions tax, COMPO 
special counsel Robert W. Coyne 
and other of the outfit’s officials 
anticipate that House Ways and 
Means Committeemen will want a 
thorough-going account of the in- 
dustry’s upS and dawns, including 
theatre closing trends, before they 
consider killing the 20% levy* 

Investigation by National Screen 
Service (sec separate story) dis* 
closed that 3,500 houses have* been 
shuttered since the end of World 
War II. Plans for the independent 
survey include a probe of the -in- 
dustry’s overall economy and the 
extent to which it figures in the 
national fiscal picture. 

Info Aimed For 

Aimed for will be the precise 
number of theatres now irt opera- 
tion, their grosses, pic ‘policies, the 
effects they, have on satellite busi- 
nesses in each area, figures on pro- 
duction and exhibition, costs, ef- 
fects on' cultural life in each com- 
munity, Conclusions on these then 
will be interpreted in terms of how 
much the Internal Revenue col- 
lectors are now drawing, how much 
will be lost as additional houses, 
burdened by the tax, go out of 
business. Further, the anticipated 
results of the inquiry will indicate 
how much the Government cduld 
gain, via. repeal of the tax, through ' 
more employment, personal income, 
taxes from theatremen ,> and upped 
corporate revenue: 

It’s believed the -survey could do 
much to counter the theory, which 
some lawmakers might advance, 
that exhibition grew 4o an over- 
crowded state ^nd the demise of 
some theatres was a normal eco- 
nomic development. It’s obvious 
that if some communities had been 
supporting, say, three theatres for 
a number of years and one of the 
three is now forced out of busi- 
ness, overcrowding could not be 
held responsible. 

Exhibs traditionally have resist- 
ed any, -effort to learn the facts 
about their - individual economy. 
However, they might be more in- 
formative in view of the tax fight. 


NX Roxy Fate Awaits 
Sept. 5 Exec Huddles; 
Policy Change Unlikely 


READE TV CO. FILES 
FOR DBF STATION 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

Walter Reade, Ji\, head of the 
Reade theatre circuit, is the prin- 
cipal stockholder of Atlantic Video 
Corp., Asbury Park, N. J., which 
filed an application today (Tues.) 
with the Federal Communications 
Commission for a UHF television 
station. Reade chain operates the- 
atres in New York and New Jersey. 

Application was filed through 
Marcus Cohn, Reade circuit’s 
Washington attorney. 

McIntyre Now Heads 
Entire S. Pacific for U 

Sydney, Aug. 26. 

Here McIntyre, who has headed 
Universal’s activities in Australia 
for the past 33 years, has had his 
duties expanded take in the en- 
tire South Pacific area. He said 
here today (Tues.) there would be 
no change in the Australian setup. 

New deal was worked out during 
McIntyre's visit to New York re- 
cently for huddles with U exec v.p. 
A1 Daff. Daff is a former Australian. 


Edward* Zabel, film buyer for 
Fox-West Coast and a principal 
aide to< National Theatres topper 
Charles P. Skouras, is due in New 
York Sept. 5 for huddles regard- 
ing the future of the Roxy Theatre, 
N. Y. The Skouras outfit takes con- 
trol of the Broadway showcase 
Sept. 27, when divorcement of 
20th-Fox theatre and production-- 
distribution organizations becomes 
effective. 

Policy for the Roxy is understood 
not yet determined by NT. Zabel 
Will study the house and in con- 
fabs with managing director David 
Katz possibly prepare recommenda- 
tions for Skouras. It is believed un- 
likely that there will be much 
change except that the theatre will 
reach out for best product from all 
companies, instead of restricting 
itself to 20.th pix, as at present. 

One of the immediate problems 
facing Zabel and Katz is film for 
the period after NT takes over. 
Only product booked now is 20th’s 
"Monkey Business,” which will fol- 
low the current "What Price 
Glory” and carry the house just 
about up to the divorcement date.' 

There’s understood to be a pos- 
sibility the theatre will shutter for 
a month or so for refurbishing. 
Otherwise, Zabel and Katz will 
have to make immediate arrange- 
ments for additional product. 


8 


HCTOUI CROSSES 


August 27 , 1952 



$32,000, In Anns 




Los Angeles, Aug. 26, 

Despite another earthquake in 
this area, overall bit outlook is 
good currently with "Merry Widow” 
pacing four new bills to okay 
grosses. "Widow” is heading for 
socko $32,000 in two theatres 
closely pressed by "High Noon” at 
around $30,000 for second frame 
in four houses. 

"World in Arms” looks smash 
$20,000 or close In two spots while 
'"Son of Paleface” is rated nice 
$15,000, also in two. "Big Sky” is 
below hopes with $27,000 in a pair 
of houses, but still okay. 

Estimates for This Week » 

Los Angeles, Chinese, Loyola, 
Kit* (FWC) (2,097; 2,048; 1,248; 
1,370; 70-$U0) — "High Noon” 

(UA) and "Navajo” (Lip) (2d wk). 
Good $20,000. Last week, rousing 
$53,500, 

Hollywood, Wiltern, Los Anreles 
Paramount (WB-UPT) (2,756; 2,344; 
3,300; 70-$1;10 )-t~" Where’s Char- 
ley" (WB) and "Gold Feyer” (Mono) 
(L.A. Par onlyH2d wk). Fair $17,- 
0Q0 or less. Last week, $23,500. 

Loew’s State, Eryptian (UATC) 
(2,404; 1,538; 70-$1.10) — "Merry 

Widow!’ (M-G). Great $32,000; Last 
week, "Washington Story” (M-G) 
and "Holiday for Sinners” (M-G) 
(9 days), $14,500. 

Hillstreet, Pantages (RKO) (2,- 
752; 2,812; 70-$l,10)— "Affair Trin- 
idad” (Col) and "Rainbow Round 
Shoulder” (Col) (3d wk). Big $21,- 
000 or close. Last week, $29,500. 

Beverly Hills, Downtown (WB) 
(1,612; 1,757; 80-41.50) . — ' "W h a t 
Price Glory”. (20th) (2d wk). Fair- 
ish $11,000, Last week, $16 i D00. 

Rialto, Vogue (Metropolltan- 
FWC) (840; 885; 70-$1.10)— : ‘Son pf 
Paleface” (Par). Nice $15,000. Last 
* week, Rialto, Hollywood Para- 
mount, "Jumping Jacks” (Par) (4th 
wk), $9,000. (Vogue td run). 

Hollywood- Paramount, Palace 
(F&M-Metropolitan) (1,430; 1,230; 
70-$1.10)—*r" World in Arms” (UL 
Smash $29,000 or close. Last week, 
Par with Rialto; Palace 2d-run, 

Orpheum, Fox Beverly (Metro- 
politan-PWC) (2,213; 1,352; 80- 

h,50)— ‘‘Big sky” (RKO). Okay 

127.000, but under hopes. 

Wilshlre (FWC) (2,298; 80-$1,50) 

—"Carrie” (Par) (2d wk). Okay 

19.000. Last week, $13,700, 

Four Star (UATC) (900; 85-$l,20) 
—"Wild Heart” (RKO) (6th wk). 
Good $3,200. Last week, $3,000. 

Globe (FWC) (782; 7<V-90) — 

"Don’t Bother Knock” (20th) and 
"Massacre Hill” (Indie) (4th Wk). 
Held at $2,800. Last Week, $3,900. 

-Hawaii (G8cS) (1,106; 7O-$l.I0)— 
"Lost Alaska” (U) and "Flame Sac- 
ramento” (Rep) (reissue) (2d wk). 
Thin $1,700. Last week, with 
United Artists, $7,500. - 


Lofty 


Broadway Crosses 

Estimated Total Gross 
This Week $660,300 

(Bused, on 20 theatres ) 

Last Year $626,000 

(Bused on 19 theatres ) 





’Zero’ Soars in Here To 
18G, ’Mask’ 13G, 
!n Arms’ Crisp 10G, 2d 

Cleveland, Aug. 26. 

Spell of low temperatures came 
at just the right time for "One 
Minute to Zero,” flying to smart- 
est take currently at Palace. "Car- 
rie” at State, however, looks only 
fair. Second round of "World in 
His Arms” continues extra lively 
while "Ivanhoe” on fourth at Still- 
man remains big. Allen’s "Lady in 
Iron Mask” looms okay. 

Estimates for This Week 

Allen (Warner) (3,000; 55-85) — 
"Lady in Iron Mask” (20th); Good 
$13,000. Last week, "Where’s 
Charley” (WB), $12,000. 

Hipp (Telemagement) (3,700; 55- 
85)— "World in His Arms” (U) (2d 
wk). Extra lively $10,000 follow- 
ing sock $16,000 last lap. 

Palace (RKO) (3,300; 55-85) — 
"One Minute to Zero” (RKO). 
Strong $18,000. Last week, "Sud- 
den Fear” (RKO) (2d wk), $12,500. 

State (Loew’s) (3,450; 55-85) — 
"Carrie” (Par). Fair $10,000. Last 
week, "Anybody Seen My Gal” (U), 
$8,500. 

Stillman (Loew’s) (2,700; 55-85) 
— "Ivanhoe” (M-G) (4th wk). Swell 
$13,500, after $18,500 last folio. 

Tower (Telemagement) (550; 55- 
85) — "Two Lost Worlds” (UA) and 
"Korea Patrol” (UA). Nice $3,500. 
Last week, "Don’t Bother to 
Knock” (20th) (m.o.), $3,300. 

Lower Mall (Community) (585); 
55-85)— "Art of Love” (Indie) and 
"Bedroom Diplomat” (Indie) (re- 
issues). Perky $4,000. Last week, 
"Encore” (Par) (2d wk), $2,500. 

Ohio (Loew’s) (1,300; 55-85) — 
"Dreamboat” (20th) (m.o.) (3d wk). 
Satisfactory $4,500 on heels of 
$6,000 last round. 


San Francisco, Aug. 26. 
Big news her this session is the 
great week being done by Lionel 
Hampton’s band topping vaude 
lineup with "Wagons West” „ at 
Paramount. "Big Sky” looms big 
at the huge Fox but "Duel At 
Silver Creek” shapes mild at Or- 
pheum. "Washington Story” is 
very weak at Golden Gate. 

Estimates for This Week 
Golden* Gate .(RKO) (2,850; 65- 
95)— -"Washington Story” (M-G) 
and "House of Oriental Evil” (In- 
die). Pallid $8,500. Last week, 
"Wild Heart” (RKO), blah $7,20Q. 

Fox (FWC) (4,651; 65-95)— "Big 
Sky” (RKO). Good $19,000 "or 
over. Last week, "Dreamboat” 
(20th) and “Capt. Black Jack” (In- 
die), $17,500. 

Warfield (Loew’s) 12,656; 80- 
$1.50)— "Ivanhoe” (M-G)*. (4th Wk). 
Sturdy $16,000. Last .week, $19,000* 
Paramount (Par) (2,646; $1- 

$1.25)— "Wagons West” (Mono) 
plug vaude headed by Lionel. 
Hampton orch. . Standout in city, 
great $32,500. Last week, "Be*; 
cause of Sally” (U) and "You for 
Me” (M-G), $12,500. 

St. Francis (Par> (1,400; 65-95)— 
"Carrie” (Par) (3d wk). Oke $7,000. 
Last week, $9,000. 

Orpheum (No. Coast) (2,448; 65- 
95) — "Duel At Silver Creek” (U) 
and "Lost in Alaska” (U), Mild 
$10,600. Last Week, "Affairs in 
Trinidad” (Col) and "Rainbow 
Round Shoulder” (Col) (3d wk), 
$9 000 

United Artists (No. Coast) 
(1,207; 65-95)— "High Noon” (UA) 
(4th wk). Pleasing $7,500.. Last 
week, $8,500, 

Stagedoor (A-R) (370; 85-$l) — 
"Franchise Affair” (Indie) and 
"Five Women” (Indie) (2d wk). 
Okay $2,600, Last week, $2,800. 

Clay (Rosener) (400; 65-85) — 
"Kind Hearts, Coronets” 1UA) 
(reissue). Good $2,200. Last week, 
"The Prize” (Indie) (2d wk) $1,900 
in 5 days. 1 

Larkin (Rosener) (400; 85-85) - 
"Faithful City” (RKO). Nice $2,- 
600. Last week, "Pepe Lc Moko” 
(Indie) and "Children of Para- 
dise” (Indie) (reissues), $2,100 In 
6 days. 


’Show’ Great $14,000 h 
Indpls^ ’Married’ 12G 

Indianapolis, Aug. 26. 

Biz hU taken a spurt at. first* 
runs here this week, cool weather 
and strong attractions* all around 
giving it a push. "Greater Show” 
playing the Indiana for first time 
at . regular prices, is big to lead 
city. "We’re Not Married,” at 
Circle, is extra good and almost 
as big. "Affair in Trinidad” is 
holding up nicely in second stanza 
at Loew’s* 

. Estimates for This Week 

Circle (Cockrill-Dolle) (2,800; 50- 
76 ) — “We’re Not Married” (20th) 
and "Black Swan” * (20th) (reissue). 
Dandy $12,000. Last week, "World 
In Arms” (U), $10,500. . 

Indiana (C-D) (3,200; 50-76) — 
"Greatest Show” (Par). Hefty $14,- 
000. Last week, "Where’s Charley” 
(WB) and "Three For Bedroom C” 
(WB), $10,000. 

Loew’s (Loew’s) (2,427; 50-76) — 
"Affair in Trinidad” (Col) and 
"Rainbow Round Shoulder” (Col). 
Neat $10,000 after big $13,000 
opener.. 

Lyric (C-D) (1,600; 50-76)— "Duel 
at Silver Creek” (U) and "Two 
Weeks- With Love” (M-G) (reissue). 
Fancy $6,000. Last week, "Will 
Rogers” (WB) and "Storm Over 
Tibet” (Col) (m.o.), $5;000. ’ 


Fear’ Wow mOM a Hob: ‘Knock’ 



St. L, Charley 11G 

* 

St. Louis, Aug. 26. 

Biz at firstruns here this stanza 
is holding up nicely, cool weather 
on tap Sunday (24) proving a real 
hypo to boxoffice activity. "What 
Price Glory” is headed for a sock 
session at the Fox while "Jumping 
Jacks” paired with "World in His 

rms,” both on moveover, are 
rated neat at Ambassador. "Where’s 
Charley” looms good at the Mis- 
souri. "Affair in Trinidad” shapes 
solid on second round at Loew’s. 

Estimates for This Week 

Ambassador (F&M) (3,000; 60- 
75) — "Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
"World in Arms” (U), (m.o.s.). Neat 
$13,000. Last week, "Robin Hood” 
(RKO), $15,000. 

Fox (F&M) (5,000; 60-75)— "What 
Price Glory” (20th) arid "Feudin’ 
Fools” (Mono). Sock $18,000. Last 
week "Jumping Jacks” (Par) and 
"Atomic City” (Par) (3d wk-3 days), 
good $4,500.. 

Loew (Loew’s) (3,172; 50-75)— 
"Affair in Trinidad” (Col) and 
"Harem Girl” (Col) (2d wk). Solid 
$14,000 following wow $21,000 
opening frame. 

Missouri (F&M) .(3,500; 60-75)— 
"Where’s Charley” (WB) and "Cap- 
tain Pirate” (Col). Good $11,000. 
Last week "Sally and St. Anne” 
(U) and “World in Arms” (U), fine 
$12,500. . 

Pageant (St. L. Amus.) (1,000; 
80)— "Outcast of Islands” (UA) (2d 
wk). Nlbe $3,500 after $4,000 open- 
ing session. 

Shady Oak (St L. Amus.) (800; 
90)— "Outcast of Islands” (UA) (2d 
wk). Fast $4,000 following $4,500 
initial stanja. 


State Fair Hurts Mpls.; ‘Show’ Socko 
10G, ‘Glory’ Hot 9G, ‘Arms’ Great 7G 



Key City Grosses 

Estimated Total Gross 
This ...» .$2>W6,500 

(Based on:23 cities, 175 'the- 
'litres, chiefly first -runs, include 
ing N, Y.) w ^ 

Total Gross Same Week 
Last Year ..$2,652,300 
(Based on 25 cities, and 208 
theatres.) 


Tear’ Great 16G, 
Pitt; ‘Happen (G 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. 

Stanley .is doing the real busi- 
ness of the town this week with 
Joan Crawford’s "Sudden Fear,” 
which shapes up as the best thing 
in the straight-pictures this WB 
deluxer has had in a long time. 
Second stanza holdovers of "Merry 
Widow” at Penn, "Affair in Trini- 
dad” at Harris and "Don’t Bother 
to- Knock” at Fulton are all doing 
well. Squirrel Hill doing fair 
enough with "Island Rescue.” 

Estimates for This Week 

Fulton (Shea) (1,700; 50-85)— 
"Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) 
(2d wk)! Holding up okay at $5,- 
000 on top of big $8,500 last week. 

Harris (Harris) (2,200; 50-85)— 
"Affair in Trinidad” (Col) ;<2d Wk). 
Will finish strong at $7,000, making 
way today for "World in‘ His Arms” 
(U). Last week, "Trinidad” was 
sock $12,000. 

Penn (Loew’s) <3,300; 50-85)— 
"Merry Widow” (M-G) (2d wk). 
Closing out briskly to at least $11,- 
000, enough to send picture over 
to Ritx for continuation of down- 
town run when "Son of Paleface” 
(Par), opens Saturday (30). Last 
week, thumping $19,000. 

Squirrel Hill (WB) (900; 50-85)— 
"Island Rescue” (U). Nice $2,500. or 
over. Last Week,. "Prelude to 
Fame” (U), $2,000. 

Stanley (WB) (3,800; 50-85)— 
"Sudden Fear” (RKO). Biggest 
thing house has had in a long time. 
Joan Crawford starrer, helped by 
personal of Director David Miller 
befpre opening, with plenty of 
newspaper space, shooting for ter- 
rific $16,000. Last week, "Where’s 
Charley” (WB), $13,000. 

Warner (WB) (2,000; 50-85)— 
Anything Can Happen” (Par) and 
"Denver & Rio Grande” (Par). 
Fairly good $6,000, Better than 
twinners usually do here. Last 
week, "Tale of Five Women” (UA) 
and ^Fighter” (UA), $5,000. 


Minneapolis, Aug. 26/ 
With its myriad attractions, the 
annual Minnesota State Fair is 
giving the cinemas their usual 
rough time here currently. How- 
ever, such newcomers as "Greatest 
Show on Earth,” for its initial reg- 
ular admission run; "What Price 
Glory” and "World in His Arms,” 
loom very big. "Where’s Char- 
ley” is way below hopes for the 
huge Radio City. "Jumping Jacks” 
looks okay on moveover for third 
downtown week. 

Estimates for This Week 
Century (Par) (1,600; 50-76)— 
"Jumping Jacks” (Par) (m. o.) Okay 
$4,500. Last week, "Rains Came” 
(20th) and “Leave Her to Heaven” 
(20th) (reissues), $3,500. 

Gopher (Berger) (1,000; • 50-76) — 
"World in His Arms” (U). Great 
$7,000. Last week, "Outcast of Is- 
lands” (UA), $3,800. 

Lyceum (Nederlander) (1,859; 
90-$ 1.25)— "The Miracle” (Indie). 
Opened Sunday (24). Hasn’t had 
the agitation and newspaper pub- 
licity that it had in New York city, 
and isn’t stirring up contention 
here. Winning praise, but Italian 
and other foreign pictures, except- 
ing occasional British hits, find go- 
ing heavy here. 

Lyric (Par) (1,000; 50-76) - 


"Greatest ShoW” (Par).- Was not so 
sock first time around at advanced 
admissions, but at popscale here 
looks smash $10,000. Lfcst week, 
"Wagons West” (Mono) and "Afri- 
can Treasure” (Mono), $3,500. * 

Radio City (Par)- (4,000; 50-76)— 
"Where’s Charley” (WB). Well- 
liked musical, but Ray Bolger’s 
name means little to local pix fans. 
Mild $7,000. Last week, *‘Jumping 
Jacks” (Par) (2d wk), $7,500. 

RKO-Orpheum (RKO) (2,800; 40- 
76) — "Island of Desire” (UA). 
Mediocre $5,000 looms. Last week, 
"Affair in Trinidad” (Col), $13,000. 

RKO-Pan (RKO) (1,600; 40-76)— 
"Affair in Trinidad” (Col) (m.o.) 
Second loop week will be enough 
for this one which chalked up nifty 
figures in its Orpheum stanza. 
Only okay $5,000. Last week. 

King Kong” (RKO) and "Leopara 
Man” (RKO) (reissues) (m. o.) split 
with "Sword in the Desert” (U) 
and "Rogues Regiment” (U) (re- 
issues), $4,00D. 

State (Par) (2,300; 50-76)— "What 
Price Glory” (20th). High powered 
exploitation have turnstiles 
greased. Big $9,000 shapes. Last 
week, "Will Rogers” (WB), $8,500. 

World (Mann) (85-$1.20)— “We’re 
Not Married” (20th) (3d wk). Neat 
$3,000. Last week, $4,000. 


‘DUEL’ LOFTY $11,500 
IN PORT; ‘ROBIN’ 10G 

Portland, Ore., Aug. 26. 
Town is loaded with action pic- 
tures this week* and biz looks good. 
"Robin Hood,” "Island of Desire” 
and "Duel at Silver Creek” all 
opened well, "Duel” looms stand- 
out with big total. 

Estimates for This Week 
Broadway (Parker) 1,890; 65-90) 
-"Duel at Silver Creek” (U) and 
"Lost In Alaska” (U). Big $11,500. 
Last week,. "Francis To West 
Point” <U) and "Dark Command” 
(Rep) reissue) (2d wk), $8,500. 

Guild (Parker) <400; 65-00)— 
"Bitter Rice” (Indie). Nifty $2,- 
500. Last week, on second-run. 

Liberty (Hamrick) (1,850; 65-90) 
—"Robin Hood” (RKO). Tall $10,- 
000 or near. Last week, "High 
Noon” (UA) and "The Lady Says 
No” (UA) (3d wk), $8,500. 

Mayfair (Evergreen) (1,500: 65- 
90) — "Dreamboat” (20th) and "Red 
Snow” (Col) (m.o.). Oke $5,000. 
Last week, legit play. 

Oriental (Evergreen) (2,000; 65- 
90— "Don’t Bother To Knock” 
(20th) and "Rains Came” (20th) 
(reissue), day-date with Orpheum. 
Fine $4,500. Last week, "Dream- 
boat” (20th) and "Red Snow” (Col), 
$4,700. 

Orpheum (Evergreen) (1,750; 65- 
90)— "Don’t Bother To Knock” 
(20th) and "Rains Came” (20th) 
(reissue), also Oriental. Nice $9,- 
UpO. Last week, "Dreamboat” 
(20th) and "Red Snow” (Col), also 
Oriental, same. 

Paramount (Evergreen) (3,400; 
65-90) — "Island of Desire (UA) and 
"Assassins For Hire” (Indie). Okay 
$8,500. Last week, "Jumping 
Jacks (Par) and "Atomic City 
(Par) (2d wk), $7,300. 

United Artists (Parker) (890; 65- 
90)— "Tales of Hoffmann” (UAi, on 
popscale run. Good $7,000 or 
over. Last week, "Lovely Look 
At” (M-G) (4th wk), $4,600. 


* Boston, Aui? 2 fi 

"Sudden Fear” at Memorikl, hy- 
poed by strong TV campaign, is 
far out in front this stanza and 
best in some time at sock Wii 
"What Price Glory” at Boston alsi 
shapes sock with "Don’t Bother to 
Knock” at Paramount and Fenwav 
ditto. "Affair in Trinidad” in™ c - 
ond frame at Astor looks solid, 
but "Carrie” in second round at 
Met looms way off. "Dreamboat” 
at State and Orpheum, holding 
four days of second week, shapes 
good on 11-day run. 

Estimates for This Week 
Astor (B&Q) (1,500; 50-95)—' "Af- 
fair in . Trinidad” (Col) (2d wk) 
Still solid $11,000* Last week, 
great $17,000. ^ 

Beacon Hill (Beacon Hill) (682* 
50-90)— “Bank Dick” (U) and “Lit- 
htle Chickadee” (U)‘ (reissues) (2d 
Wk). Okay at $3,000 following sur* • 
prising $4,300 in first. 

Boston (RKO) (3,000; 40-85)— 
"What Price Glory” (20th) and 
"Last Train Bombay” (Col). Smash 
$20,000. Last week. "Lost in 
Alaska” (U) and *?Sailors on 
Leave” (Rep) (reissue), $11,000. 

EXeter (Indie) (1,300; 60-80)— 
^Edward and Caroline” (Indie) (2d 
wk). Holding near $4,000 follow- 
ing oke $5,000 first. 

Fenway (NET) (1,373; 40-85)— 
"Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) 
and "Army Bound” (Mono). Nice 
$5,500. Last week, "Where’s 
Charley” (WB) and "Arctic Flight” 
(Mono), $4,800. 

Memorial (RKO) (3,000; 40-85)— 
"Sudden Fear” (RKO) and "Capt 
Black Jack” (Indie). Socko $30.- 
000. Last week, "World in Antis” 
(U) and "Stolen Face” (Lip) (2d 
wk), sock $17,000. 

Metropolitan (NET) (4,367; 40- 
85) — ;"Carrle” (Par) and "Feudin’ 
Fools”’ (Mono) (2d wk). Poor $9,- 
000 following sluggish $12,500 first 
round. 

Orpheum (Loew) (3,000; 40-85)— 
"Dreamboat” (20th) and "Holiday 
for Sinners” (M-G). Holding 4 
days in second .week and looks 
good $21,000 for 11 days.* 
Paramount (NET) (1,700; 40-85) 
-"Don’t . Bother to Knock” (20th) 
and "Army Bound” (Mono). Good 
$15,500. Last week, "Where’s 
Charley” (WB) and "Arctic Flight” 
(Mono), $13,800. 

State (Loew) (3,500; 40-85)— 
"Dreamboat” (20th) and "Holiday 
for dinners” (MG). Wound first 
week at $9,000, holding for 4 addi- 
tional days with oke $13,200 for 11 
days. 

‘Noon’ Sharp $11,000 In 
Omaha; ‘Hunter’ Bangup 
9G, ‘Affair’ Fat 6G, 2d 

Omaha, Aug. 26. 

Downtown houses are all in 
cheerful mood although grosses 
are not quite up to those of a year 
ago, They are' considerably better 
than four months ago. "High Noon” 
looks sharp at the Orpheum. "Is- 
land of Desire” and "As You Were” 
opened Saturday at the State. 
"Ivory Hunter” plus ’ "No Room 
for the Groom” shapes solid at the 
Omaha. "Affair in Trinidad” still 
is trim on its holdover stanza at 
Brandeis. Saturday midnight shows 
are being used with good results. 

Estimates for This Week 
Orpheum (Tristates) (3,000; 16- 
70— "High Noon” (UA) and "Glory 
Alley” (M-G). Sharp $11,000. Last 
week, "We’re Not Married” (20th) 
and "Outcasts Poker Flat” (20th), 
$9,500. 

Omaha (Tristates) (2,100; 16-70) 
—"Ivory Hunter” (U) and "No 
Room for Groom” (U). Solid $9,000. 
Last week, "World in Arms” (IB 
(2d wk) and "Unknown Man 
(M-G), big $8,200. 

State (Goldberg) (865; 25-76)— 
"Island of Desire” (UA) and As 
You Were” (Lip). Opened Saturday 
(23). Last week, "Pat and Mike 
(M-G) and "Washiiigton Story” .(2d 
wk), fine $6,000. 

Brandeis (RKO) (1,500; lU-^O)—- 
"Affair in Trinidad” (Col) ( 2 d wk). 
Fine $6,000. Last week, big $7,500. 

‘Knock’ Robust $9,000, 
Denver; ‘Arms’ Big 25 ’/ 2 « 

Denver, Aug. 26. 
First-run biz ’ ranges from xair 
to good here this week. Dont 
Bother To Knock” shapes fast w 
Aladdin. "World in His Arms got 
two extra days at Denver an 
Esquire, unusual for them, wii 
big total in 9 days, to°th spote. 
"Carrie” is rated nice at Denham. 

Estimates for This Week 
'Aladdin (Fox) <1,400; 50-85) ' 
"Don’t Bother to 
and "Shores of Tripoli ( 20 th) (re 

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Wednetday* August 27# .1952 


FaD Weather Perks Chi; Anns’ 

Socko $35,900, “Desire Fancy 17G; 
“Knock’ Loud 21G, ‘Charley’ 40G, 2d 



MtrriTBK GROSSES 


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* Chicago, Aug, 26. - 

Loop business is picking up from 
last week, which had a slight dip, 
with fall-like weather first part of 
week doubtlessly boosting trade. 
Most of bills are holdovers? but are 
doing great bi# 

There are only two new entries? 
"‘World in His Arms” at the Stated 
Lake, is tops with socko $35,000. 
“Island of Desire” and "Holiday 
For Sinners” should rack up com- 
fortable $17,000 for United Artists. 

“Don’t Bother to Knock” and 
“Glory Alley” at the Roosevelt in 
second frame is landing smash to- 
tal. The Chicago, with upped scale 
on “Where’s Charley” plus Frances 
Langford in person, still looks 
pleasant also in second. “Las Vegas 
Story” aided by “Half-Breed” may 
get a neat total for second stint at 
Grand, 

“Greatest Show on Earth” is dis- 
playing remarkable staying powers 
at Palace with 17th week promising 
another^ sweet session, “Son of 
Paleface” at the Oriental picked 
up and should have smart takings 
for fourth rotmd. “Big Sky” at the 
Woods also is perky $15,000 in its 
fourth stanza. 

Estimates for This Week 

Chicago CP&K) (3,900; 98-$1.25) 
—“Where’s’ Charley” (WB) with 
Frances Langford onstage (2d wk). 
Neat $40,000. Last week, big 
$54,000. , 

Grand (RKO) (1,500; 55-98)— 
“Las Vegas Story” (RKO) and 
“Half-Breed” (RKO) (2d wk). Brisk 
$10,000. Last week, great $18,000. 

Oriental (Indie) (3,400; 98)— 
“Son of Paleface” (Par) (4th wk). 
Lusty $25,000. Last.week, $22,000. 

Palace (Eitel) (2,500/ 98-$1.25)— 
"Greatest ’Show” (Par) (17th wk). 
Still solid with $22,000. Last week, 
$ 21 , 000 . * ' 

Roosevelt (B&K) (1,500; 55-98)— 
^Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) and 
“Glory Alley" (M-G) (2dwk). Smart 
$21,000. Last week, socko $25,000. 

State-Lake (B&K) (2,700; 55-98) 
—“World In His. Arms” (U), Good 
publicity campaign, shooting this 
way up to socko $35,000. Last 
week, “High Noon” (UA) and “Cap- 
tive City” (UA) (2d wk), big 
$23,000. 

Surf (H&E Balaban) (685; 98)— 
“Encore” (Par) (4th Wk).. Bright 
$6,000. Last week, $6,500. 

United Artists (B&K)- (1,700; 55- 
98)— “Island of Desire” (UA) and 
“Holiday for Sinners” (M-G). Neat 
$17,000. Last* week, “King. Kong” 
(RKO) and “Leopard Man” (RKO) 
(reissues), smash $20,000. 

' Woods (Essaness) (1,073; 98) — 
“Big Sky” (RKO) (4th wk). Solid 
with $15,000. Last week, $18,000. 

World (Indie) (587; 98)— “Young 
and Damned” (Indie) (5th wk). Up 
to nice $4,500. Last week, $4,200. 

K.C. Holdover Happy But 
'Courier’ Smash $16,000; 
‘Noon’ 8G, ’Affair’ 9G, 2d 

Kansas City, Aug. 26. 

Town is holdover happy as five 
of six situations have extended time 
on current bills, and all are getting 
good money. Single - newcomer is 
“Diplomatic Courier” in four Fox 
Midwest first runs, with rousing 
total in prospect. Weather has mod- 
erated from the heavy heat of last 
week, but is still warm. 

Estimates for This Week 

Kimo (Dickinson) (504; 50-75)— 
“Narrow Margin” (RKO) (4th wk) 
oke $1,200. Last week, $1,500. 

Midland (Loew’s) (3,500; 50-75)— 
“Affair in Trinidad” (Col) and 
“Rainbow Round Shoulder” (Col) 
(2d wk). Nice $9,000. .Last week, 
fancy $16,000. 

. Missouri (RKO) (2,650; 50-75)— 
‘High Noon” (UA) .and “Two Guys 
a Gal” (UA) (2d wk). Best here in 
many months. Nifty $8,000 or 
more. Last week,, great $14,000. 

Paramount* (Tri States) (1,900; 
50-75)— “Will Rogers” (WB) (2d 
wlc). Fair $4,000 In 4 days. Last 
week, hearty $14,000. 

Tower, Uptown, Fairway, Gra- 
nada (Fox Midwest) (2,100; 2,043; 
700; 1,217; 50-75)— “Diplomatic 

.Courier” (20th) with “African 
Treasure” (Mono) dualled at Tower 
and Granada only. One of better 
films In these houses recently. 
Stays a days for rousing $16,000. 
Last week, “Lost In Alaska” (U) 
and “For Men Only” (Lip), slow 
$10,000 in 6 days. 

. ^otuc (Golden) (550; 50-85)— 
‘ . he Spirit” (Indie) (2d wk). 
Ho c.s perky at $1,400. Last week, 
$1,800. 


Estimates Are Net 

Film gross estimates as re- 
ported herewith from the vari- 
ous key cities, are » net; I. e* 
Without the 20% tax. Distrib- 
utors share on net take, when 
playing percentage, hence the 
estimated figures are net in- 
come. 

The parenthetic admission, 
prices, however, as Indicated, 
include the U. S. amusement 
tax. 


Record $92,600 

For M& Fhilly 

Philadelphia, Aug. 26. 

City is still talking about the 
record week (6 days) hung, up at 
the > Mastbaum by Martin and 
Lewis. Heading the vaude show 
with “Washington Story,” the com- 
edy team scored a sensational $92, » 
600' despite having to lower the 
admission for youngsters after 
squawks from patrons.* Had the 
booking come during regular sea- 
son, the pair might have cracked 
the $100,000 mark at this vast 
house. 

Film biz is at a summer beak 
this session. “Affair in Trinidad” 
is heading for smash total at Ran- 
dolph. “Sudden Fear,” in view of 
playing smaller house, .the Gold- 
man, is making best actual showing 
with mighty figure. “Just For You” 
is rated better than expected with 
good total at the Boyd. 

Estimates for This Week 

Arcadia (S&S)’ (625; 85-$l,20)— 
“Scaramouche” (M-G) (11th wk). 
Nice $6,500. Last week, $4,500. 

Boyd.XWB) (2,360; 50-99)— “Just 
for XQjaltPar). Cfaod $15,000. Lest 
week, “High Noon” (UA) (4th wk), 
$7,000. 

Fox (20th) (2,250; 50-99)— “Car- 
ibbean” (Par)- (2d wk). Tepid $13,- 
000. Last week, solid $22,000. 

.Goldman (Goldman) (1,200: 50- 
99)— “Sudden Fear” (RKO). Mighty 
$25,000. Last week, “Robin Hood” 
(RKO) (3d wk), $8,500. 

' Mastbaum (WB) (4,360; 50-99)— 
“Where's Charley” (WB). Opened 
Sunday (24). ' Last week, “Wash- 
ington Story” (M-G) with Martin 
& Lewis onstage ait -upped scale T>f 
90-$1.5Q, terrific $92,600, new 
house record. 

Midtown (Goldman) (1,4)00; 50- 
99)— “You for Me” (M-G). Mild 
$6,000, Last week, “Don’t Bother 
to Knock” (20th) (3d wk), $8,000. 

Randolph (Goldman) (2,500; 50- 
99) — “Affair in. Trinidad” (Col). 
Sock $27,000 or near. Last week, 
“World In His Arms” (U) (3d wk), 
big $10,000. 

Stanley (WB) (2,900; 50-99)— 
“Son of Ali Baba” (UK Poor $9,000. 
Last week, “Sally and St. Anne” 
(U), $8,000. 

Stanton (WB) (1,473; 50-99)— 
“Tomorrow Too Late” (Indie) (2d 
wk). Okay $7,500. Last week, $11,- 
000 . 

Trans-Lnx (T-L) (500; 85-$1.20)— 
“Diplomatic Courier” (20th) (5th 
wk). Nice $5,000. Last week/ $5,- 
500. 


‘Knock*- Mighty $16,000, 
Toronto, ‘Sho vr r 13G, 2d 

^ Toronto, Aug. 26. 

Both very big, “Don’t Bother to 
Knock” and “Lovely to Look At” 
are leading newcomers this week. 
“Greatest Show” is topping the 
holdovers with big second week. 

Estimates for This Week 

Crest, Downtown, Glendale, May- 
fair, Seatboro, State (Taylor) (863; 
1,059; 955; 470; 698; 694; 35-60) — 
“Robinson Crusoeland” (IFD) and 
“Wild Stallion” (Mono). Okay $12,- 
500. Last week, “Hawks In Sun” 
(IFD) and “Models Inc.” (Cardinal), 
$16,000. 

Erlinton (FP) (1,080/ 40-80) — 
“Wild Heart” (RKO) (2d wk). Fair 
$5,000. Last week, $7,500. 

Imperial (FP) (3,373; 50-80) — 
“One Minute to Zero” (RKO) (2d 
wk). Fair $10,000. Last week, nice 
$18,000. 

Loew’s (Loew) (2,748; 50-80) — 
“Lovely Look at” (M-G). Fine $14,- 
000. Last week, “Island of Desire” 
(U) (2d wk), $9,000. 

Odeon (Rank) (2,390; 50-90) — 
“Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th). 
Smash $16,000. Last week, “All 
Because of Sally” (U), $7,000. 

Shea’s (FP). (2,396; 40-80) — 
“Greatest Show” (Par) (2d wk). 
Still big at .$13,000. Last' week, 
$19,000. 

Tivoli, University (FP) (1,436; 
1,558; 40-80) ‘— “Sudden Fear” 

(RKO) (2d wk). Nice $10,000. Last 
week, $15,000. 

Uptown (Loew) (2,743; 40-80) — 
“Just Across Street” (U). Light 
$5,000. Last week, “Untamed 
Frontier” (U), $6,500. 


Tear’ Hefty $13,000, D.C.; 
‘Knock’-Vaude Good£2G 

Washington, Aug. 26, 
Main stem biz continues along 
brisk pattern of recent weeks, with 
newcomers helping. “Strange 
World” is doing double average 
b.o. at ^Columbia; * “Don’t Bother 
to Knock” plus vaude at Loew’s 
Capitol, is good. “Sudden Fear,” 
hefty at RKO Keith’s, is in hold- 
over class. “Where’s Charlie,” at 
Warner, shapes pleasing. “World 
in Arms” looks very big in second 
Palace week. 

Estimates for This Week 
Capitol (Loew’s) (3,434; 55-95) — 
“Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th) 
plus vaude. Good $22,000. Last 
week, “When in Rome” (M'-G), plus 
vaude, $21,000, boff draw of “Miss 
Washington” beauty contest finals 
onstage for single night helping. 

Dupont (Lopert) (372; 50-85) — 
“Latuko” (Indie) (4th wk). Steady 
$3,5Q0 after $4,000 last week. 

Keith’s (RKO) (1,939: 50-85)— 
“Sudden Fear” (RKO). Hefty $13,- 
000. Stays. Last week* “Wild 
Heart” (RKO), $8,000. . 

Metropolitan (Warner) (1,200; 50- 
(Conttnued on page 18) 




“Knock’ Smash 14G 
Cincy Standout 

Cincinnati, Aug. 26. ‘ 

Downtown biz climb continues 
this round, helped by reopening of 
Capitol after eight-week layoff and 
above-par product. Biggest coin 
goes to “Where’s Charley,” nice at 
Albee, but. “Don’t Bother to 
Knock” at Capitol is standout with 
smash session. “Affair in Trini- 
dad” at Palace is great in second 
week. “You For Me” is a winner 
at the Grand and “Jumping Jacks” 
is third-weeking the Lyric to fine 
takings. 

Estimates for This Week 
t Albee (RKO) (3,100; 55-75)- 
“Where’s Charley” (WB). Nice 
$15,000, Last week, “Jumping 
Jacks” (Par) (2d wk), grekt $15,500. 

Capitol (RKO) (2,000; 55-75)— 
“Don’t Bother to Knock” (20th). 
Looks like rousing $14,000 for 
theatre’s reopening after eight 
weeks of shuttering and switchback 
to RKO Theatres management 
from Mid-States Theatres. 

Grand (RKO) (1,400; 55-75)— 
“You For Me” (M-G) and “Models, 
Inc.” (Indie). Good $9,500. Last 
week, “Strange World” (Indie) and 
“Red Planet Mars” (Indie), $10,500. 

Lyric (RKO) (1,400; 55-75)— 

V Jumping Jacks” (Par) (m.o,K Nine 
days. Solid $8,500 for third down- 
town stanza. Last week, .“Whistle 
Stop” (Indie) and “Pitfall” (Indie), 
five days, $4,500. 

“Palace (RKO) (2,600; 55-75)— 
“Affairs in Trinidad” (Col) (2d wk). 
Hefty $13,000 trailing smash $19,- 
000 preem. * 

‘Widow’ Merry $15,000, 
Buff.; ‘Miserables’ 14G 

, Buffalo, Aug. 26. 

“The Merry Widow” at the Buf- 
falo looks to get the biggest coin 
in town this week with trim tak- 
ings. “Caribbean,” rated sturdy at 
[Paramount, and “Les Miserables,” 
big at Century, also are winners in 
current session. “Carrie” is okay 
in second round at Center. 

( Estimates for This Week 

Buffalo (Loew’s) (3,000; 40-70)— 
“Merry Widow” (M-G). Merry 
$15,000 or near. Last week, “Don’t 
Bother to Knock” (20th) and “Sea 
Tiger” (Indie) (9 days), $17,200. 

Paramount (Par) (3,000; 40-70) — 
“Caribbean” (Par). Sturdy $13,- 
000. Last week, “Where’s Charley” 
(WB) and “Breakdown” (Mono), 
ditto. 

Center (Par) (2,100; 40-70)— 

“Carrie” (Par) (2d wk). Okay 
$7,000 after fancy $11,000 opener. 

Lafayette (Basil) (3,000; 40-70) — 
“Lost in Alaska” (U) and “Duel at 
Silver Creek” (U). Fair $8,500. 
Last week, “Cripple Creek” (Col) 
and “Whistle Eaton Falls” (Col), 
$7,500. 

Century (2Qth Cent.) (3,000; 40- 
70) — “Les Miserahles” (20th) and 
“Arctic Flight” (Indie). Big $14,- 
000. Last week. “The Jungle” (Lip) 
and “Stolen Face” (Lip), $10,000. 



i 



way; 

65G, ‘Big Sky 38%G, ‘Fatima $42,800, 
‘Glory" 87G; ‘Ivanhoe 168G for 4th 


Broadway ‘first-run business con- 
tinues to boom, with seven new 
hills and more mild weather help- 
ing .to keep trade in the higher 
brackets. Most theatres' were hurt 
several days by the national Amer- 
ican Legion convention, per usual, 
but others appeared to benefit by 
the influx of out-of-towners. Box- 
office activity -is resulting in one 
new high and several near-record 
weeks. 

Biggest money for a straight 
film bill is going to “Quiet .Mari” 
With a terrific $65,000 or near in 
first week at Capitol, close to 
record for films there. Pic, which 
drew uniformly great reviews, had 
one ofethe biggest opening' days in 
years at this house. “Big Sky” also 
wotmd up with smash $38,500 
opening round at Criterion 
although Legion convention dis- 
tractions hurt Sunday**nd Monday, 

'‘Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima,” 
playing day-date at Astor and 
Bijou, looks like big $42,800. 
Breaking opening-day mark at 
Astor, pic is heading for smash 
$35,000 at this house alone. It is 
doing nearly as well on reserved- 
seat policy at the Bijou, 

“What Price Glory,” with Mel 
Torme and iceshow heading stage 
lineup, shapes up for fine. $87,000 
opening session at the Roxy. 
Originally set for two weeks, this 
was extended yesterday to play a 
third. . “Francis Goes To West 
Point” looms mild $11,000 at the 
Globe. * 

“Ivory Hunter” set a new house 
record with a $13,500 opening Week 
at the Trans-Lux 52d St., being 
packed from outset. Legionnaires 
went* for the vaude at the Palace, 
pushing “Untamed Frontier,” with 
eight acts of vaudeville, to big 
$26,000 or better. 

“Ivanhoe,” with stageshow, con- 
tinues as the money champ with 
huge $168,000 or close in fourth 
stanza at the Music Hall, making It 
the biggest first four weeks ever 
at the Hall. “Les Miserables” is 
holding in fine style with $21,QQ0 
for secdndTound at the Rivolfi 

“Sudden Fear” continues socko 
at $36,000 in third frame at the 
State. “High Noon” still is in the 
chips by holding big with $20,500 
at the Mayfair. 

“Affair in Trinidad” looms very 
big with $24,000 in fourth wfcek at 
the Victoria. 

Estimates for This Week 

Astor (City Inv.) (1,300; 70-$1.50) 
— “Miracle of Our Lady Of Fatima” 
(WB). First week ending today 
(Wed.) is heading for smash $35/ 
000 or near,' which is close to best 
opening sessions here. Holds. Ex- 
tensive ad campaign in dailies and 
on TV is helping to get this figure. 
In ahead, “Will Rogers” (WB) (5th 
wk), $5,500. 

Bijou (City Inv.) (589; $1.20-. 
$2.40)— “Fatima” (WB). Looks like 
big $7,800 in first six days plus 
opening day for a total of 10 shows. 
This compares with actual capacity 
of $9,000 for this number of shows. 
Regular week takes in one re- 
served-seat show each night plus 
matinees Wednesday, Saturday and 
Sunday. Looks like it£ in for a 
run. 

Capitol (Loew’s) (4,820; 70-11.50) 
— “Quiet Man” (Rep). Heading for 
terrific $65,000 in first week end- 
ing today (Wed.). Near record for 
Straight films. Of course, it’s hold- 
ing. This, too, had a' great cam- 
paign on radio and in the dailies. 
Last week, “Carrie” (Par) (5th wk- 
8 days), $13,50Q. 

Criterion (Mdss) (1,700; 50-$1.80) 
—“Big Sky” (RKO) (2d wk). Ini- 
tial round ended Monday (25) 
soared. to wow $38,500, one of big- 
gest weeks here in some time. 
Makes second pic in a row to .catch 
on at this houke, “Robin Hodd” 
(RKO/Disney) just having finished 
a very profitable longrun. Eighth 
week (5 days) .was $7,000, okay for 
this stage of “Robin” run. 

Fine Arts (Davis) (468; 90-$1.80) 
— •■“Stranger in Between” (U) (2d 
wk). First round ended Monday 
(25) was socko $7,700. In ahead, 
“Outcast of Islands” (UA) (14th 
wlc-5 days) $3,400 to round out a 
great longrun. 

Globe (Brandt) (1,500; 50-$1.50) 
—“Francis To West Point” (U). 
First stanza ending tomorrow 
(Thurs.) is heading for mild $11,- 
000. Holds. Last week, “Don’t 
Bother To Knock” (20th) (5th wk),. 
$8,500 after a great longrun. 

Mayfair (Brandt) (1,736; 50-$1.50) 
—“High Noon” (UA) (5th wk). 
Continues very strong at $20,500 
after sock $25,000 for fourth week. 
Stays on. 

Normandie (Normandie The- 
atres) (592; 95-$1.80)— “Encore” 


(Par) (22d wk). The 21st round 
ended last night (Tues.) continued 
okay with $5,300 as against $5,200 
for 20th week. Stays for ’several 

Palace (RKO) (1,700; 75-$1.40)— 
“Unfamed Frontier” (U) and 8 
acts of vaude. Looks to hit big 
$26,000 or over. Last week, "Son 
of All Baba” (U), with vaude, fancy 
$21,500. 

Paramount (Par) (3,664; 80-$1.80) 
—‘‘Crimson Pirate” • (WB) with 
Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars, 
Gordon Jenkins orch, Ballantine 
onstage. .Opens today (Wed.). 
Last week, “Jumping Jacks” (Par) 
with Don Cornell, Elliot Lawrence 
orch topping stage bill (5th wk), 
nice $67,000 after $71,000' for 
fourth stanza. 

Park Avenue (Reade) (583; 90- 
$1,50) — “Brandy for Parson,” 
(Indie) (2d wk). Initial holdover 
session ending Friday (29) heading 
for fine $5,600. Holding again, with 
“Mons. Fabre” (Indie) opening 
Sept. 6. First week for “Parson” 
was $8,000. 

Paris (Indie) (568; $1.25-$1.80)~ 
“Casque D’Or” (Discina) (2d wk). 
First round ended Sunday (24) hit 
solid $8,200. In ahead, “Strange 
Ones” (Mayer) (3d wk), $6,000. 

Radio City Mujft© Hall (Rockefel- 
lers) (5,945; 80-$2.40)— “Ivanhoe” 
(M-G) with stageshow (4th wk). 
Holding at huge $168,000. Holds a 
fifth and for several more weeks 
at present pace, . Third stanza was 
$170,600, slighily over hopes, and 
terrific for any third week at the 
Hall. This was less than $6,000 be- 
low first “week qf run. 
t RlvoU (UAT) (2,092; 70-$1.60)— 
“Les Miserables” (20th) (2d wk). 
Holding at fancy $21,000 or close. 
First week was $29,000. 

Roxy (20th) (5,886; 80-$2.20)— 
“What Price Glory” (20th) plus 
Mel Torme, Elliott Reid, Tom St 
Jerry, iceshow heading stage bill. 
First stanza Is heading for fine 
$87,000. Last week, “Dreamboat” 
(20th) with Tony Bennett, Phil 
Foster, Iceshow onstage (4th wk) f 
big ’$79,000, helped by sneak pre- 
view. This biz warranted holding 
over again but “Glory” had been 
delayed two Weeks already in open- 
ing, and theatre wanted to get it 
launched. 

State (Loew’s) (3,450; 55-$1.25)— 
“Sudden Fear” (RKO) (3d Wk). 
Still socko at $36,000 after great 
$43,000, over hopes, for second 
week. Continues indef. 

Sutton (RAB) (561; 8041.50)— 
“Man in White Suit” (U) (21st wk). 
Still in chips with $6,600 for 20th 
round ended Monday (25)' after 
$7,000 for 19th wk, 

Trans-Lux 60th St. (T-L) (453; 
90-11.50)— “Lady Vanishes” (Indie) 
(reissues) (4th wk). Held at $4,000 
after sturdy $5,20Q for third week. 

TraAs-Lnx 5Zd St, (T-L) (540; 
80-$L50)— “Ivoyy Hunter” (U) (2d 
wk). Initial stanza ended Sunday 
(24) hit great $13,500, new high 
for house. In ahead. “High Trea- 
son” (Indie) (13th wk*8* days)* 
$2,700. * 

Victoria (City Inv.) (1,060; 70- 
$1,80)— “Affair in Trinidad” (Col) 
(5th. wk),. Fourth round ended last 
night (Tues.) continued Yery big 
with $24,000 after-great $33,000 for 
third. Stays Indefinitely- at this 
pace. 


‘MISERABLES’ OK 8G 
IN PROV; ‘KNOCK’ SAME 

Providence; Aug. 26. 

Just mild all around* here this 
week with the State’s “Dreamboat” 
and Strand's “High Noon” sharing 
top honors. Majestic’s “Don’t 
Bother to Knock” and RKO Al- 
bee’s “Les Miserahles” are close 
behind, . Another nice weekend 
helped hold -things down. 

Estimates for This Week 

Albee (RKO) (2,200; 44-65)— 
“Les Miserables” (20th) and 
“Breakdown” (Real). Okay $8,000 
or near. Last week, “Strange 
World” (UA) find “Red Planet 
Mars” (UA), $6,000. 

Majestic (Fay) (2,200; 44-65) — 
“Don’t Bother'; to Knock” (20th) 
and “Captain Black Jack” (Clas- 
sics). Steady $8,000. Last week, 
“Where’s Charley” (WB) and 
“Stolen Face” (Lip), $6,500. 

tSate (Loew) (3,200; 44-65)— 

“Dreamboat” (20th) and “Last 
Train Bombay” (Col). Spotty 
$9,000. Last week, “Island of De- 
sire” (UA), $9,000. 

Strand (Silverman) (2,200; 44-65) 
—“High Noon” (U-A) and “Storm 
Over Tibet” (Col) (2d wk). Good 
$5,500. First week, nifty $10,500. 


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IXTEnN ATJOIV AL 



Paris, Aug. 26. 

Dossiers • of several producers 
suspected of practicing fraud on 
the Film Aid Law handout are 
being’ studied by the Ministry, of 
Commerce. The ministry states 
that action may be taken against 
at least one producer on the sus- 
pect list. The Film Aid Law to help 
the film Industry here advances 
financial aid to producers on the 
strength of the receipts of their 
last film. Primarily designed- to 
help quality, on the thinking that 
good pix make good boxoffice, this 
has seldom worked out that way. 

Under the law a. producer pre- 
sents the receipts of his last film 
to the Ministry, and if okayed, he 
receives . a 35% advance • of the 
gross receipts of his last pic to 
go into . the budget' of his ; forth- 
coming film. Budget and statistics 
of next film also had to be turned 
in along with grosses. 

One way a fraud developed was 
the stepping up of grosses of a 
pic in the. estimate turned in.. A 
thorough Check on local returns 
here make this hard to water, but 
the foreign grosses are another 
thing. One method’ of chicanierjr is 
to have a producer buy hia >owh 
pic for overseas distribution' 
through a blind" setup and share 
benefits with the eventual' over- 
seas buyer, who would get a part 
of the proceeds in stating he paid 
the big previous price. Another 
method is to blow' up the' budget 
of the new film to be made and 
•also prove, via falsifying papers 
that the said producer has no debts 
and is clear for the new film in 
question. Another, obvious trick is 
to use some of the funds 'for per- 
sonal affairs and get them into 
the budget under miscellaneous. 
Items listed. ’ 1 

This probe will probably dead to 
changes and tightening in the aid 
laws and perhaps a special : board 
set up by the producers them- 
selves for self-policing. 

Another drain oh the aid funds 
were various quickie producers 
who made' their, second-rate, films 
in mass and in a hurry. Extremely 
low budget made them amortizable 
on the second-release basis, and lit 
the provinces. They were then able 
to get the funds for the next pic, etc. 
This treadmill setup led to libwrt- 
ing quality with * the number of 
French pix still appearing healthy. 
The need for quality in the French 
drive for screen product able to. 
go abroad was being undermined 
by this sort . of “B” - film ■ growth. 
The big budgeted films were not 
able, in most cases, 1 to. amortize 
locally and had to wait for foreign 
returns before they could be On 
a sOund enough footing fo be' eligi- 
ble for aid funds.’ Many top Gallic 
directors have made few films in 
the last few years because of this 
unbalanced handopt system. 


MEX NCB BEEFS ON 
SOARING PROD. COSTS 

Mexico City, Aug. 19. 

National Cinematographic Board, 
but not the film trade, is beefing 
about soaring costs of pix produc- 
tion. NCB announced that the 
overall cost of producing a pic is 
now 25% greater than it was in 
1950. 

Based on the outlay of $3,810,000 
for the 55 pix made this year up to 
July 31, film production In 1952 
will hit the new high of $8,760,000. 
NCB sees a 110-ix production 
this year, but the trade does not 
expect the 1952 crop to exceed 100. 
The 106 pix made last year cost 
$6,112,000. The 109 pix in 1949 
were produced for $5,250,000. 


Fairbanks’ TY-Film Co. 
Organized in London 

London, Aug. 19. 

After several months of negoti- 
ations. Douglas Fairbanks has 
formed his o\vn TV film company, 
lie is the only American director. 
Called Douglas Fairbanks, Ltd., 
the company will produce TV 
films. 

National Broadcasting Co. has 
given Fairbanks an order for 39 
films. Deal involves around $1 - 
000,000, with the pix to be deliv- 
ered in one year. * 

Films will be shotvn on Ameri- 
can TV, and are also likely to get 
telecast in London. Fairbanks will 
star in 25% of these films, others 
having Britha, ,. M , , 


Wolfe Cohen Back To 
N.Y.; Latin-Ain. Shifts 

Wolfe Cohen, Warner Bros, in- 
ternational -proxy, returned to the 
homeoffice Monday (25) following 
an eight-week: trip abroad during 
which he visited the company’s of- 
fices in all the major European 
■cities. 

At the same time; international 
department announced shifts in 
two Latin American, offices. Jose 
Sugrances, manager in Ecuador, 
was upped .to southern ■■ district 
manager in Brazil, with headquar- 
ters in Sao Paulo. Hugo GerL, book- 
er and assistant manager in Pan- 
ama, assumed the Ecuadof post. 

Western Powers’ Attests 
Flock to See ‘Courier’; 
Russkis Not Wised Up 

Vienna, Aug. 19. 

If the Husski Intelligence had 
known where to look, it could have 
struck, paydirt at the recent "first 
Vienna ' showing of “Diplomatic 
Courier” (20th) at the . British 
Army’s .Park Cinemf- Tlye British 
beat the U: - S, Army Circuit in 
bringing the Tyrone Power starter 
to the country 'which provides its 
background. : 

• Since publicity, plus the pre*- 
ence * of a second unit shooting 
backgrounds ip Austria last year, 
had tipped off the- fact that the pic- 
ture 'is based loosely fin .a railroad 
tunnel death, of ILS. Naval attache 


of the . flourishing espionage • in-' 
dustry at * this . east-west- -meeting 
point made the preem. Just about] 
every agent*, of British, U,S. and 
French intelligence was at the Park 
Theafre. To those in the kmow, 
their studied pretehse .that they 
didn’t' know . each .other was as 
the professional reaction to the 
pic. ■ . 

The writer and director would 
not have been happy to hear the 
yocks which greeted sections of 
I "Courier” meant' to be jseiUous or 
dramatic. ' e 


, 2 Coward- Flay* for Lisbon 

•Lisbon, Aug. 19. 

Playwright Francisco Mata re- 
turned from London where he 
bought the Portuguese translation 
rights of Noel Coward's "Relative 
Values” and “Quadrille," as well 
as "Dial M For Murder,” by Fred- 
erick Knock, "Deep Is the Blue 
Sea,*’; by Terrence Rattingan, and 
"The Living Room,” by Graham 
Green. 

-These plays will be presented 
next season at the Nacional and 
Monumental theatres here.' 


Ecuador Bans 9 Mex Pix 
• M Being: Immoral 

Mexico City, Aug. 19. 

Ecuador has joined Venezuela 
and Colombia in getting tough with 
Mexican -pix, Juan Bandera, man- 
ager of Peiiculas Mexicans, has 
revealed. He is one of the biggest 
distributors of Mexican films 
abroad^ Ecuador banned nine Mexi- 
can pix tm the ground of immoral- 
ity. 

Ecuadoran censors said the films 
had .low-level locales, suggestive 
costuming and gestures^. and too 
much blue talk. % 

Spain's New Film Rnles 
Face Change to Divorce 
Prod. From Permit Setup 

Madrid, Aug. 26. 

The new rules recently pub- 
lished for the protection of Spain’s 
film .industry* and the. entry of for- 
eign pix are not pleasing many 
people, including importers of for- 
eign films. Many protests against 
the regulations, have been aired 
recently. Resizing, that the new 
rules are far from .perfect and 
don’t change the old fcietup so very 
much, Director General for Cinema 
and Theatre Joaquim Argamasilla 
has admitted that the new rules’ 
have many loopholes for schemers 
to ask and obtain' subsidies, and 
Operate in the importation permits 
black-marJkVt. 


. "We must, in the future^ modify “’f ,h er ® including a good 

md perfect the present regula- ^Presentation from „*h? V S. TV 


and perfect the present regal* 
tionsr’ he^said, “so* that the pro- 
duction of films. In Sjpain is di- 
vorced fjrojm the issue of permits 
for importation and dubbing of 
foreign pix. ‘These last two op- 
erations are purely a question to 
be decided by the Ministry of Com 1 
merce and the Ministry of Fl- 


Capt. Eugene Karpe,' all members nance, • which • ''will decide , , how 


many foreign pix can be imported 
annually and what price has to be 
paid for the permits. 

"The Directorate for Cinema, and-] 
Theatre.! will receive such taxes 
from the other ministries and dis- 
tribute it to producers and studios 
according to rules which we will 
establish, part of. the foreign ex- 
change will, be . distributed to stu- 
dios for buying new machinery and 
negative film. While we will’-per- 
mit the importation of mord for- 
eign. pix, we Will increase the cost 
of importation!- and . .dubbing per- 
mits sd that 'the state’ will gain 
what is now gained by the .specu- 
lators who resell such permits.” 

Now- everybody here is waiting 
for new, and definite, regulations. 
The one which were announced in 
>| . the middle of July took more than 
six months to enact; hence* the 
hope that if something is going to 
be done it will be started soon. 

The. idea of divorcing the impor- 
tation and dubbing permits from 
the subsidies to Spanish producers 
is strongly favored by 'importers 
and distributors of. foreign films 
who would like to be freed from 
,the vagaries of the free market. 


Edinburgh Inti Fete 
Junket, Launched With 2 

By GORDON IRVING 

Edinburgh, Aug, 26. 

World’s biggest art* junket is 
now In full swing here, with nearly 
2,000 artists taking part ih 144 per- 
formance’s of music, drama and 
.ballet at the Sixth Edinburgh* In- 
ternational Festival, Longhair*, as 
well as lowbrows,; are attending 
the many stage productions, the 
famous thoroughfare of Princes 
Strfiet is packed with tourists from 
all quarters and shops are. doing 
a roaring bit in books and tartan 
souvenirs. Festival's final curtain 
is Sept. 6. Personalities by the 
score are here from .the theatre, 
ballet, music and film worlds. 



Artists 

same theatre, Henry sWvi! the 
sentlhg the new CWstoph, C 

W^ rS 'V P , ISy ' “The Piaf fe 
Scores of lesser shows fnnt 
daily listed on the Festlv j 

wXV w?* * aew pla y 

( ¥°‘ wi»?‘ songs> - wS? lectures' 
•rt exhibitions and even a PeS 

Festival at modest charges P 1 

An innovation Is an after-the. 

Sl°V* v £* staged by London Club 
Theatre Group. ud 

w l irly br ‘ 8ht consisting 

of sketches and songs. Pl«e b 


iuet, music ana mm worms, ™ , au «K5; piece Is 

Despite odd complaints here and. ^Peter °Mvir«; by A lec ^ raham * 
Jthere, the drama, music and ballet ^ nre^entintP. 01 ? 

events are drawing ton bit. Outfits u ^ . n 5 n ^. a dramatiza- 


e vents are drawing, top bit. Outfits 
taking part include six orchestras, 
two chamber orchs, six ensembles, 
four choirs, four stage groups, 
three ballet companies, one opera 
company and more than 22 solo-, 
ists, It it estimated that In the 
three' weeks about 200,000 peo- 
ple will visit here. Of that number, 
more than 60,000 will be accommo- 
dated privately or in hotel*. Visl- 


tors will spend $6,000,000 to $9,- Cabaret-style entertainment an- 

AaA A 1L J ^ - - - ■ ^ — w-_— ....V-X _ * 


000,000 at the fete 
Some 160 crix and correspon- 
dents are here including a good 


coverage is bigger, Scribes- .are 
here from France, Italy, New Zea- 
land, Australia, Eire, Israel, 4 ' Uru- 
guay, America*. Belgium, Switzer- 
land ahd' Scaifdinavla. 

. New Yerk CItjr Ballet Opens 
New York City BaHet Is at the 
Empire Theatre here *all this week 
(25), , performing the first British 
presentation of "Bayou,” plus "The 
Cage,” act two. of "Swan. Lake,” 
The Firebird” 'and the first pror 


me jcirewra ana xne nrsx pro- W ^ — ,, — , 

duction in the British Isles of "The side, nearly 200 membcri 

i .* «' » r\f th* Hamhiir* Cint* nhAxn Pa 


Pied Piper.” George JBaianchine di- 
rects. Other ballet groups partici- 
pating are Sadler’S Wells Theatre 
Ballet, under Ninette de . Valois, 
and N the Grand. BalleC du Marquis' 
die Cuevas; 

Criticisig by the\ drain* review- 
er* is that the new play "The River 
Line,” by Charles Morgan, which 
bowed In here as ; International 
Festival attraction, should hot have 
had its world preem earlier in 
Manchester. It- Was felt that all 
Festival plays should tee off here 
if of 1952 vintage. The ndw Scot 
production is an oldie, the ballad 
opera "Highland Fair,” jointly 
acted by the British Old Vic and 
the Glasgow Citizens’ Theatre, with 
Tyrone Guthrie directing. It was 
adapted by Scot playwright Robert 
Kemp. This is being staged In the 
ancient Church of Scotland Assem- 
bly hall. * 

At the Lyceum* Emlyn Williams, 
British actor, Is reading excerpts 
from Charles Dickon's "Bleak 
House,” first performance here of 


LONDON 

(Week ending August 16) 
(Figures • indicate opening date) 
"AS»lri »t Stats/' Cambridge (8-21). 
Albert, R. N./' Seville (7-31). 


Legit Shows Abroad 


"Sat Your Life/,' IJlppodromo (2-1S). 

Danmark," Comedy (8-11). 


"brida at _ „ 

"Call Me Madam," Coliseum (3-15). 
"Deep Blue Saa," Duchess (3-6). 

VDIal M Mui'dar," West. (6-13). 
"Excltamant," Casino (3-0). 

"Gay Dog," Piccadilly (6-12). 

"Glebe Revue," Globe (7-10). 

"Happy Marriage," Duke York (8-7). 

"In Chancery," Art (7-30). 

"Innocents," Majesty's (7-3). * 

"kittle Hut," - Lyric (0-23-50). 

"London Laughs," Adelphi (4-12). 

"Lava af Colonels," Wyn. (5-23-51). 
"Meat Callahan," GAxtick (3-27). 
"Millionaires," New (6-30). 

"Paris ta Piccadilly," Pr. Wales (4-13). 
"Relative Value," Savoy (11-28-51). 
"Reluctant Haraas," White. (0-12-50). 
"Ranch Jn Rockies," Empress (6-5). 
"Saapulls Sorrento," ApoUo 16-14-50). 
"South Pacific," Dniry Dane (11-1-51). 

' -"Step Forward," Strand (7-30). 

"Sweat Madness," Vaudeville (5-21). 
"Under Sycamore," St. James (4-23). 
"Water of Moon,"- Haymarket (4-10-31), 
"Winter Journey," St. James’s (4-3). 
"Woman of Twlllfht," Vic. Pal.* (6-18). 
"Zip Goes a Million," Palace (10-20-51). 
'Younq Ell*.," Criterion (4-2). 
(OPENING NEXT WEEK) 
(Figures denote preem dates) 
"River Lina," Lyric, Hammersmith (2). 
Emlyn Williams ns Dickens/ Ambassa- 
dors (3). 

"Wishing Well," Comedy (4). 


PARIS 

(Week ending August 0) 

"Amant Par Eta*e," Casino. 
''ChanieiJr da Mexico," Ohatclet. 
"Dlaloquas des Carmelites," Hebortot. 

Oay Paris," Casino de Paris. 
"Lyslstrata," Humour. 

"Marcel," Bernhardt. 

"Occupe-Tol Minimum," Palals-Itoyal. 
"Oncle Yanya," Theatre de Pouche. 

Paris Galant," Capuclnes. 

"Pucaau," Ambigu. 

"Ylol.tte. imparlales," Mogador. 

Vr.l. . 


TOURING BRITAIN " 

(Week ending Aug. 30) 

'/*»«• f*r _boy," Lyceum, Sheffield. 

"* w« boy/' Royal, Brighton. 

"blue Lamp," Grand, Blackpool. • 
"Brloadoon," Palace, Plymouth. 
"Carousel/' New, Cardiff. 

"Daiart San*,". Palace, Hull.. 

DOyly Carte, Hip, Golflers Green. 

Florodora, ' Embassy, Peterborough. 

. baagllnda," Butlin, Skegness. 
'M*^* 1 ”* Judge," OJH., Manchester. 

Opera House, Leicester. 

***• * Empire, Newcastle. 

"Ladle* Night," Empire, Bristol. 

' 1r . p 7* J«dy," Hip, Coventry. 

Maid of Mountains," Pavilion, Bourne. 
„'« ,r I Palace Court, Bour. 

"quadrille," Royal Court, Liverpool. 
"River Lina," Grand, Leeds. 

New - Oxford. 

Wild Harsas," Royal, Newcastle. 

AUSTRALIA 

(Week ending August 0) 

"Kiss Ma, Kata," Royal, Sydney. 

"Fallas bargage," Tivnit. 


'Madia) 


Tivoli, Sydney. 
Empire, Sydney. 


jy," 

"Saaaulls Over Sorranto," 'Comedy. Mel. 
"Tommy Trlndar Show," Tivoli, Mel. 
A* r *. €r Th * n Llf# Princess, McL 
"Casslno," Empire, Sydney. 

"Siaaplng Princess," MaJ., Melb. 

-T° I>orothy,'' Royal, Adel. 

"Taka Peak," Royal, Bris. 

"Don Giovanni," MaJ., Bris. 


IRELAND 

(Week ending August 23) 
"Fourposter," Arts. Belfast. 
"Constant Wife," Group, Belfast. 

«*ro," Abbey, Dublin. 
"Othello," Gate, Dublin. 

"Rookery Nook," Opera, Cork. 

MEXICO CITY 

ending August 16) 
„I*\* Artcs. 

"Private Lives," Chopin. 

"Jana I* Girl," Colon. 

"Stork's Visit," Ideal. 

"Edward's Jons," Oaracol. 

"The Idol," Caballito. 
^Tavarltch," r j , , , 


o < 


MADRID 


.... -• (Week ending August 23) 

"Mad re/' Alcazar. - 
"Mom la Pbrmal," Alvarez. 

"Quatrcs Copas," Calderon. 

"*V #no * Comedia. 

Rla« dot Amor," Fuencarjkl. 
"Fourpo*fer," Isabel. 

"Sabado," Lara. 

Abrlgo /' Latina. 

.Holon'i Daughters," Lope de Vega. 
"Rohemlo*/' Madrid. 

1,M /' Guerrero. 

<y An«clat* Dlvorcla," Metropolitano. 

Copla Andaluxa," Pavon. 

"Romeo Giullota," Reina. 

Plarna* da Seda," Zarzuela. 


BUENOS AIRES 

(Week ending August 16) 
"Ml Suegra," Apolo. 

J»BrlmaB tamblan," Atonco. 
"*>• i*P«na Llt 9 e," Argentlno. 

Cuando los Duandas," Astral. 

' 5 tr# .T tc * r Named Desire/' Casino. 
"Brothers KaramRxoff/' Colonial. 
"La Lampara Encendida," Comlco. 
"Israelite," Corrientes. 

"F.B," El (Nacional. 

Sapa Nicola," Marconi. 

"Parfactes Casadas," Odcon. 
"Sombra quarida," PoUteama. 
„« h ? co, * t# Pueblo. 

"Calo* dal Aire," Empire. 
"Ladronclto," Splendid. 

" Jezabel," Lasalle. 

«R eHt . 0 Printe Mar," Liceo. 
"Hombras an ml Vida," Smart. 
''Caprices/' Antigone," Van Riel.' 

Llanos da Amor," Vers. 

"La Vardad Eras Tu," Pat. 


SCOTLAND 

(Week ending August- 30) 

Lyceum, Edinburgh. 
Highland Fair," Assembly, Edinburgh. 
"Bachelors Art -bold," Palladiuih, Edin. 
5 Gateway, Edinhuvgh. 
Half-Past Eight," Majesty’s, Aberdeen, 
and Royal, Glasgow. 

"Hvsbanda Don't Count/' King’s, Glafig. 
When Wa Married," Alluimbra, Glasg. 
Johnny (( BeJJnda,'', Glasgow. 


tion iof Robert Louis Steven^i 
"Fbb Tide.” nson 1 

Nec d* More Nirht Life 

™ , the , ^'^jorlty of eateries 
shattered when the Festival shows 
exit, need In strait-laced Scotland 
is for more . night life. Festival 
Chib, official social center of the 
Junket* ca^rs for late-nighters. 
hiit U overtaxed at peak houri, 


parentiy would go well with Festi- 
val Visitors, but is frowned upon by 
the authorities. y 

Yaude has no place in the Festi- 
val,. a. feature which pleases the 
longhairs but leaves others unsatis- 
fied. The latter argue that the 
music^ hall and revue deserve a 
place in any junket as much is 
opera and ballet. 

Not offcially scheduled, an 
amusing Scot comedy by T. M. 
Watson U doing solid biz. Starring 
legit actor Duncan Marne, at the 
little Palladium music hall, it is 
being presented twice nightly. 0s 


of the Hamburg State Opira Co. 
are here after long sea journey 
from Germany. Producer is fir. 
Gunther Rennert 

World 'patronage to the Festival 
is. shown by attendance of 3fl en- 
voy* and ambassadors including a 
rep of the Soviet Union. 

.The International Film Festival 
is. bigger than in previous years, 
with 270 ptx forwarded from more 
than SO nations. France Has sent 
a program of films which have in- 
fluenced development of- the 
French documentary, compiled by 
the Cinemtheque Francaise. Walt 
Disney has "Nature’s Half-Acre” 
entered. Other feature pix are 
"Cry the Beloved Country,” “Death 
of a Salesman” and world preem of 
Group Three’s "The Brave Don’t 
Cry,” • Festival is also seeing the 
world preem of "Open Window,” 
documentary short made by the 
. governments of" the' five BrusselJ 
Treaty Countries. 

Tourist biz has been hypoed 
throughout Scotland as a result of 
the festival here. Since first Inter- 
national Festival in 1947, more than 
600,000' people have come' to the 
Scot capital. 

U. S. cars, sleek in comparison 
with modest British efforts, are 
crowding the main highways. Hun- 
dreds -Of tourists make for Loch 
Lomond, the Scottish Highlands 
or other beauty and history spots. 
Film Section Bigger Than Ever 

This fall’s Edinburgh Film Festi- 
val is- on a bigger scale than m 
years past, with reps present trora 
production, exhibiting and educa- 
tional spheres. . 

Feature pix on the roster include 
"Le Plaisir” by Max Ophuls, given 
a world preem, “The Joy Kuma- 

senu” from the Gold 

Brave Donr 


Beloved Country,’ 

Cry,” "Genghis Khan” *f°, 
Philippines, “Jeux Interdits tro 

U'l'onnu “TiltTITlPrOr S iJaKvl, 


France, and "Emperor s 
from Czechoslovakia. , 

* Films have been entered fron 
U. S., Sweden-, Puerto Rico, Den 
mark, India. Italy, Norway, So 
Africa," Spain and Southern Rno 
desia. Walt Disney’s short. 
ture’s^Half Acre” has earned spe 
cial praise. 

Okay Short Ribbing Mex Execs 
Mexico City, Aug- 1 • , 
Certain sensitive governmen oi 
ficials must take “Cromo R® vista, 
topical pic short, and hke it. 
censor banned it, because D* . , 
lightly spoofed those functio j - 
A local federal court £V a ^cKo; 
short’s producers an mJ 

against the ban. Tri ^ una , l g t ha 
with the producers plea ^ 
banning the pic for enhe g 
emment officials violated d 

cratic precepts. ' ' : ; : 


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• Tokyo, - Ail#. 19. 

The Japanese Finance Ministry 
has announced the quota's of for- 
eign films to' be imported during 
the last half of the current fiscal 
year, October until March, 1953. 
U S. distributors again received 
the greatest share, 74 films out of 
a total 104 allocated to all k foreign 
countries. Disregarding’ Japa- 
nese distribs wishes expressed 
through the Motion Picture Promo- 
tion Council, to' allow film imports 
on the basis of distributors’ ability 
to pay and. buy in the open mar- 
ket, the Finance Ministry stuck 
to the policy covering imports 
which it used for the first half,. 

Breakdown • of the near quota, 
same number as allotted in the 
first half,, follows: '* 

U. S., 74; Britain, 7; France, 
4; Italy, 4^ and West Germany/ 
one. One fipn each was al- 
lotted to f Austria, ' Mexico, Ar- 
gentina, Australia, South. Africa, 
China, Hong Kong, ' Canada, 
Switzerland, Hungary, Norway, In- 
dia, the Philippines -and Indonesia. 
Four other countries received no 
allotment for the last 'half of "the 


f 

Aussie /Pacific’ Bowing 
In Melbourne Sept. 13 

Melbourne, Aug. 19, 
Australian production of “South 
Pacific” will open at His Masesty’s 
Theatre, Melbourne, Sept* 13. 
Charles Atkin, of the N. Y. Rodgers 
Ac Hammerstein staff, is now in 
Melbourne for . rehearsals. Atkin, 
associated with the show in N. Y.’ 
for three years, will stage “Pacific” 
here for J. C. Williamson Theatres. 

Overseas leads are Mary La 
Roche (Nellie Forbush), Vir- 
ginia Paris (Bloody Mary), Rich- 
ard Collett (Emile) and Leonard 
.Stone (Luther Billi’s)’. .'Australians 
hi the , cast include John D’Arcy, 
Barrett Flemming, Kenneth 
Werner, ..Robert Moore,. Janette 
Liddell and Robert Healy. 



; year, having exported their yearly 

• quota of one film during, the first 

half. ' fi -' * 

The Ministry said that- shorts and 
newsreels would be imported on a 
“case-by-case -examination*' basis as 
.« to the ^relative applications • and 
after due consideration of licenses 
-given in the preceding fiscal year. 

. .. Remittance* of foreign currency 
for the films ' imported remains the 
same as during first half • of this 
year — 3093 of distribution receipts 
accruing monthly. 

In discussing,, the manner in 
which distribution nf .films al- 
located to the U„- B. shall he^made, 
the Ministry announced . that in- 
dependent companies would ' be 
considered on the same basis ai the 
majors affiliated with Motion Pic- 
ture Export Assn., but added that 
“importers already licensed for 
import contract of feature films 
of independent' companies shall be 
.. especially regarded as eligible for 
import quota/’ . 

The Finance Ministry used the 

• same method of computing quotas 
as has been used in the past, name-' 
ly, allotting quotas to each country 
in proportion to * the combined 

• rates of the quota and the dis- 
tributed, receipts of -each country 
during the preceding fiscal year.. 
However, recognizing that there is 
dissatisfaction among Jap distribs 
over the current system, the Min- 
istry noted that: the policy will be 
re-examined for. next year’s quotas. 


First ItaJo-Gennan 
Co-Pro* in Many Years. 
Set to Start in Rome 

•» X 

- Rome, Aug. 19. 
The first Italo-Gqrman film, co- 
production in_many years has been 
set to start here before the first of 
month. Wealthy publisher 
ai ?~ Producer ..Giovanni Rizzoli 

will back it for .the Gallone Films 
of Rome and the' Alfa Filins of 
Frankfurt. 

This is the first such film be- 
tween the two nations since the 
recent agreenient was reached 

th ^ is planned for 

ne Italian and German producers 
o include France and Austria for 
ome fonr-way co-production deals. 

v ed ‘‘Without Sails,” the pic 
hi be done in both Italian and 
german version, having two 
cameraman, Giovanni Pucci and 
JJostantin Tschet. The cast in- 
a, xr- Isa ^ arz izza, Dante Maggio, 
Soenbo 00 ^’ ^gert and Karl 

The story by Gaspare Cataldo is 
a student* and his 

ard fight to gain fame. Locations 
se U! or Italy and Germany. 
nf? r J. llms of Borne will handle 
ttalo distribution. 


Dust Off ‘Burma’ 


, . Glasgow, -Aug. 19. 

Objective Burma,” (WB) star- 
ring Errol Flynn, will be taken off 
p. e shelf to open aF Bedford and 
Playhouse cinemas here Oct. 20. 
r. beven .years ago British crix 
because they claimed it 
owed Flynn winning the war in 
sin gle-handed. Trailer and 
£ redits will carry tribute to 

Burm/ Sh tr00 S s < 


1 


For Italo Revues 


*’ * Milan, Aug; 19. | 

Plans for what looks like a busy 
seasofi-in the Italian musical revile 
field are taking shape here. Most 
companies go into rehearsals soon. 
Of all local theatrical- ventures, 
including opera, legit, concerts, 
etc., . ,the -musical revue- comes 
closest to breaking even. And in, 
the past many have made money.- 
However, despite a total gross of 
about $3,700,000 for the 'last sea- 
son, musicals . altogether lost over 
$300,000. Reason for. the . deficit is 
blamed partly on a complicated 
Italian protective ; taX system, which 
hits all forms of entertainment, 
then rebates sums in proportion to 
the so-called , artistic value 'of some 
shows,. The revue companies, 
though equally taxed, are not, con- 
sidered “cultural” and hence get ho 
handouts as given opera and. legit 
efforts. /' * '* ’ 

Also a big; trouble is the high 
operating expenses of the musicals. 

(Continued on page 20) 

PAKISTANrlNDlA PACT 
ON FILM EXCHANGE 

•Madras, Aug. 19, . 
Pakistan, and Indian film trade 
interests have come to agreement 
over the export and import of pix 
between the two countries. Present 
arrangement is that India can ex- 
port films to Pakistan on a basis 
of six pictures % for every one film 
imported into India from Pakistan. 
Since Pakistan does not produce a 
large number of films, the quota 
has been fixed at 36 Indian films 
against six Pakistan films for half 
a year. If Pakistan exports mote 
than this number of pictures In- 
dia’s quota would correspondingly 
increase at a ratio of six to. one. 
Import of Indian films would be 
on the same basis of -other foreign 
films. 

In addition, the present Pakistan 
Sales Tax of 20% on the value of 
Indian filihs is to be scrapped. No 
•restrictions apply on the export 
and import of short films. Agree- 
ment likely will be ratified by the 
Pakistan and Indian delegations at 
Delhi and communicated to the 
India government for incorporation 
in a trade agreement starting ,Oct., 
this year. 


London Legit Bits 

London, Aug. 26. 

Laurel Sc Hardy’s starring ap- 
pearance in Yal Parnell’s London 
Palladium Xmas pantomime, “Dick; 
Whittington,” was nixed by Ben 
Shippman, L & H’s lawyer, who 
figured that their extended stay in 
England, beyond the six months 
limit, would up their tax bracket. 
Instead, Parnell has signed Frankie 
Howcrd,, Richard Hearn e and 
Sonny Male, with Lois Green as 
principal girl. Negotiations are 
pending for Joy Nicholls to play 
the title role. 

“Life With the Lyons,” in for 
summer season at the Hippodrome, 
Blackpool, will, not come to the 
London Hippodrome for the fall as 
originally anticipated. Instead, 
Yal Parnell is dickering with Jack 
Hylton to bring over “The Blue 

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‘Affairs’ Looks Set For 
Prosperous London Run 

London, Aug, 26. 

Emfie Littler and Tom Arnold 
brought “Affairs of State,” by 
Louis Verneuil, to th$ Cambridge 
last Thursday * (21) after a short 
provincial tryout. Show has excel- 
lent cast -with* Joyce Redman ac- 
claimed, in- the Celeste Holm role. 

Other parts are played by Hugh 
Williams, Coral Browne, Basil 
Radford and Wilfrid Hyde White. 
Roy Rich directed the play, which* 
looks set for a prosperous run. 


Arg. Legit, Film Houses 
Try to Regain Ground 
Lost by Peron Closure 

Buenos Aires, Aug. 19. 

Following a nine-day fold, from 
the night of July 26 to Aug. 4 all 
lines of show biz here ai*> staging 
a comeback at the boxoffice. • Pix 
houses have done especially well 
since reopening. ’ • 

Argentine legit theatres, ' like 
many other branches of show biz, 
were shuttered for nine days. Even 
then they, reopened only until mid- 
night on Aug; B, closing through 
Saturday (9) and Sunday (10) for 
the funeral of Eva Peron, but re-’ 
Opened to brisk business the next 
Monday, Film theatres were shut- 
tered 11 days' plus final shows July 
26 but look for extra biz to com- 
pensate for the huge losses sus- 
tained, - ’* 

The state-operated theatres, the 
Cervantes and General San Martin, 
also the Yah Riei, run by the Na- 
tional-Institute of Modern- Art, 
must continue shuttered until Aug. 
30, since, subject" to the official 
mourning period for Mrs.. .-Peron 
decreed, for all state departments. 

The long shuttering .accentuated 
the queasiness producers Rave jtelt; 
over this year’s .financial- results. 
The Odeon Theatre took . a heavy 
loss on the. importation of the Com-* 
edie Francaise company, and the 
$12 admission high also , hurt. It 
was only the intervention of the 
French ambassador which averted’ 
a longer shuttering for them, Lola 
.Membrives, who had released tjxe 
Odeon Theatre for a month to 
make way for. .the Comedie, re^ 
opened there Aug, 13 with “Three 
Perfect Wives.’! - 

Although the money is not plen- 
tiful for the boxoffice tills this 
•year, the Pilar Lopez Spanish Bal- 
let at the Avenida seems likely to 
do .-capacity throughout its two- 
month run. .. 

The mourning hiatus delayed 
several important pix for a further 
two weeks* After repeated post- 
ponements. 20th-Fox was able to 
release !‘AU About Eve,” under 
its translated title of “The Evil 
One.” None of the publicity ma- 
terial has any indication of the 
English title, for obvious reasons. 
It is playing day-date at Gran Rex, 
Luxor and Broadway. Likely ,that 
the American picture must make 
way for Argentina Sono Film’s 
“The Girl With Eyes the Color of 
Time” at the Gran Rex, Aug. 21. 

“Evil One” went into the Gran 
Rex after Interamericana’s “De- 
shonra” ran 10 weeks to break all 
previous boxoffice records, even 
the one held by “Los Isleros.” 

“Cyrano’ de Bergerac” is still 
holding after seven weeks, but 
“The Uforee Musketeers” at the 
Opera got even heftier grosses, 
making it obvious once again that 
tinters are the best boxoffice bets 
with Argentine fans. Other releas- 
es this week have been “Great 
Jewel Robbery” (WB) at the Nor- 
mandie, “Song Of Siberia” (Art- 
kino) at the Trocadero and “Brim- 
stone” (Republic) at the Arizona. 

Although some local productions, 
like “Deshonra” (Interamericana) 
and “Facundo” (Guaranteed) have 
competed with the U,‘S. product 
in marking up ‘■’boxoffice highs, 
many of them flop badly. “Where 
the Swaihps Begin” (Cosmos) held 
for just 12 days' while “The Dark 
Flora” (Libertador) and the latest 
Pepe Iglesias comedy, “No Other 
Like Me” (Interamerlcana-Mapol) 
held only one week each. 

V* 


$600,000 Mex Film Co. 

Mexico City, Aug. 19. 

Big film producing company, 
Producciones Tepeyac, capitalized 
for $600,000, ' has been organized 
here by such trade toppers as Gen. 
Aberlardo L. Rodriguez, ex-Presi- 
dent of Mexico; Theodore Gildred, 
Oscar Dancingers, Miguel Bujazan 
and Jaime Menasce. Dancingers is 
general mariAgferi **•* 




INTERNATIONAL 


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Yates Outlines World 
Prod. Policy for Rep 

London, Aug. 26. 

Production on Republic pictures 
will no longer be confined to Hol- 
lywood, but will stretch all over 
the world' wherever the story de- 
mands authentic* locations and 
backgrounds, Herbert J. Yates, Re- 
public prexy, told the Variety Club 
here at a luncheon in his honor. 
He also outlined to the group Re- 
public’s new policy of concentrat- 
ing on big-scale production^ Yates 
said the new policy was already in 
effect and that it would gather in- 
creasing impetus in the cominf 
year. 

;• . Republic topper," who jr/rived 
in England Aug, 13 with his wife, 
Vera Ralston, —later outlined to a 
Republic sales conclave the com- 
pany’s upcoming films, and. stressed 
the use of the company’s own Tru- 
color in forthcoming productions. 


Gain in Japan 

Tokyo. Aqg.‘ 19. 

Commercial television in , Japan 
won over . exponents of a s.emi- 
govemmental -controlled system 
last week, when the Japanese 
Radio Regulatory Copawission is- 
sued its first provisional permit 
for. telecasts to the Japan Tele-* 
vision Network Co., promoted by 
Matsutaro Shoriki, former presi- 
dent of the Yomiuri newspaper. 

* Six other firms applied for li- 
censes; four were turned down 
cold,' and the commission said it 
was. “withholding” Issue of permits 
to the government - ’controlled 
Broadcasting Corp. of Japan (NHK) 
and to Radio Tokyo, another comr 
mercial firm, leaying a possibility 
that these two concerns may re- 
ceive permits later. 

The commission stated that JTN 
was - granted approval- on the 
ground- that it will cause no finan- 
cial burden to the government and 
that it has. the most substantial 
financial backing. Commission also 
said it would re-examine NHK and 
Radio Tokyo applications next 
year. 

• JTN prexy Shoriki said he ex- 
pects to. begin telecasting., next 
springs Plans include several re- 
lay stations connected by an ultra- 
shortwave radio system. Shoriki 
says he will use American equip- 
ment and hopes for eventual ex- 
change of TV programs between 
Japan and the U. S. 


NIX 2 FRENCH FILMS 
FOR VENICE FESTIVAL 

Paris, Aug. 26. 

On the eve of the Venice Film 
Festival, which started Aug. 20, 
Antonio Petruuci, fete director^ 
nixed two French pix which had 
been entered in competition. They 
were Rene Clement’s “Forbidden 
Games” and “Claude Vermorel’s 
“The Solitary Conquerors.” Films 
were turned down via the fete 
clause which rules out pix that al- 
ready have been shown at nther 
film festivals. These were shown 
at the recent Cannes Film Festival 
out of competition. 

The Assn, of French Critics ap- 
pealed the case to a special com- 
mittee of experts in Venice Who 
must rule on the first problem of 
this kind to come up, at film fetes. 


+ Pa'ris, Aug. 19. 

c Theatres are beginning to gird 
for the September reopenings here. 
•Most houses will resume with their 
previous tenants. Others will fill- 
in until new plays are ready to 
replace them. 

The Atelier again will have, its 
* hit Marcel Ayme play, “The Heads 
.of 4 Others,” which was the object 
of controversy here when judges 
claimed they were being malinged 
by the bitter shafts. Anita Loos has 
been approached to do an Ameri- 
can adaptation of this. “On Earth 
As in Heaven,” Fritz Hochwalder 
success, regains the marquee at- 
Athenee Theatre Sept 12. “The 
Seaweed Duchess” continues its 
success at Theatre Michel Aug. 28 
with the original cast. ' 

“The Three Musketeers ” based 
on the Alexandre Dumas epic* 
comes back to the Theatre Porte 
St. Martin Sept. 2 with the Grenier 
Hussenot troupe doing the duel- 
ling, Serge Reggiani, with pic 
commitments, is out of the cast, as 
is J. P* Grenier, who suffered a 
painful eye Injury during a ’fencing 
scene last season. 

“I’m Here and I’m Staying” re- 
sumes its^big success at the Gym* 
na»e Sept. 5. “When the Child 
Appears,”, another Andre Roussin 
hit, is back In the Nouveautes next 
•week. “Dialog of Carmelites,” the 
staid Bernanos play on. life in a" 
nunnery, stayed on all through the 
summer months, to good results. - 

The Jean Anouilh play, “Waltz 
of the Toreadors,” is- back at the 
Comedic des Champs Elysees un- 
til Jean- Girardoux’s "Siegfried’.’ is 
ready for staking, the delay being 
over finding a star to play the title 
role. 1 “Adeie’s Gift,” the Roussin 
hit, - will stay at the Comedie Wa- 
gtsm until Jean Marsan’s “Zoe,” 
With Nicole Courcel, is ready to 
take over. * “Adele” has . been 
adapted for the U. S, by Anita 
Loos, Jacques Deval’s “Dear 
Shadow,” with Robert Lamoureux, 
will play the Edouard V3I until the 
new Jean Richard untitled play i* 
ready, * 

'‘Father of the Girl”, holds at the 
Yarletes until Sacha ,Guitry. Is 
ready with- a revival of his “Don’t 
Listen, Ladies.” Another new show 
in the offing is a revival of the 
Pierre Frondaie hit of 1922, 4 'The 
Uhtamed,” at. the Ambigu. • Thjs 
play made Charles Boyer, a hew 
star being sought to fill the lead. 


Auto Tourist Trade To 
Mex in Sharp Upbeat; 
Set Tourist Travel Pix 

Mexico* City, Aug, 19. 

Motor tourist trade from the 
U,S. and Canada jumped in July to 
5,590 autos, a record for this year. 
That many cars entered via, Nuevo 
Laredo, opposite Laredo, Tex. t 
chief entry point,- according to 
the government's .tourist depart- 
ment, ~ -’ 

. U. S. and Canadian tourists came 
fo H Mexico in 57,922 motor cars 
during the first half of 1952. 

To further increase interest in 
Mexico’s . scenic spots and other 
points of interest, a group of 
shorts are planned by the govern- 
ment’s tourist department and the 
Mexican Tourist Assn. They hope 
to get wide wide cinema exhibition 
in* the U. S, in hopes of drawing 
more r tourists down here. 

The department was lr spired to 
this plan by what Brazil is doing 
in Europe with pic shorts adver- 
tising her natural charms, Brazil 
is reported currently screening 
these In 3,500 cinemas in France. 

Union Gets Tough With 
Tampico Film Theatres 

Mexico City, Aug. 19. 


Stratford Anzac Tour 

Sydney, Aug, 19. 

The Stratford-on-Avon Co. will 
open its Australian tour in New 
Zealand end of January. Company 
will bow in Australia at . Sydney 
next April, with seasons to follow 
in Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, 
Adelaide and Perth. 

Company will include Anthony 
Quayle, Rosalind Atkinson, Bar- 
bara Jefford, Leo McKern, Keith 
Michel, Jean Macarthur, Jack 
Gwilliam and Raymond WestwelL 
Tour will be 'Under J. Q. William- 
son ' 0 ' * '■ ■ 1 * ' 


National Picture Production 
Workers Union (STIC) plans to 
hit Tampico hard. All cinemas in 
the oil city have been threatened 
with a general strike by STIC un- 
less they grant a pay hike of 70%, 
allow more days of paid vacations 
and include painters and carpen- 
ters among the unionized help. 

Federal Board of Conciliation 
and Arbitration is trying to avert 
the strike by a possible compro- 
mise by STIC- and the exhibitors. 
Exhibitors told the board that 
while their trade is good it is not 
good enough to come even near 
meeting STIC demands and still 
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In the jMist- Edna Ferber his hid Inland Hayward and Kay Brown 
as her agent* and both she and Morris L. Ernst, her personal attorney, 
take exception to the statement that he is “agenting” the film sale of 
her latest novel, “Giant'’ (Doubleday), Ernst, himself an author hut 
essentially a barrister, has a phobia about lawyers-who-agent; and, by 
the same token* he doesn't like it when an. agent thinks he knows law. 
It’s for that reason, lor all his personal, interest in Miss Ferber as a 
legal client and an old friend, that he states he is not her agent. The 
film people may think so since, it so happens. Miss Ferber has no agent 
at the moment “Giant” is her first novel in many years. It is a 
Book-of-the-Month selection and since the item of last week in Variety 
it has been taken by Header’s Digest for January, oh top of the Ladies 
Home Journal serialization. 


“Hollywood Committee For Senator McCarthy,” pledged to support 
re-election of the Wisconsin senator, is headed by Rupert Hughes, and 
vice-chairmen .are John Wayne,. Ward Bond and Morrie Ryskind. Com- 
mittee announced that members include Cecil B. DeMille, Harold 
Lloyd, Louis B; Mayer, Adolphe Menjou, Ray Milland, Dennis Morgan, 
George Murphy, Leo McCarey, Pat O’Brien, Dick Powell; Randolph 
Scott and Cobina Wright. Group, said it was formed because Sen. 
McCarthy is “courageous and. willing enough to fight for our American 
way of life.” 


Sept. 9 issue of Look gives a big play (four pages) to the widening 
attention given by film, producers to ballet, an art form which a few 
short years ago was considered by film-makers boxoffice poison. 

Look, in a piece headlined “Hollywood on Its Toes,” throws its 
spotlight on six new films containing toe art sequences. They’re Samuel 
Goldwyn’s “Hans Christian . Andersen,” Metro’s “Lili,” “The Story of 
Three Loves” and “Million Dollar Mermaid,” 20th-Fox’s “Tonight We 
Sing” and Charles Chaplin’s “Limelight.” 


A monthly service to brief exhibitors and distributors on “new 
young faces” has been inaugurated by Modem Screen. Two weeks 
prior to the mag’s appearance on the stands exhibs and distribs are 
mailed a “confidential” digest on the upcoming issue plus a “break- 
down” forecast on hew players hitting the publication’s popularity 
poll. Those oiit in. f rent for the September issue are Anne Francis 
and Aldo Hay, ’ 


Legion Skips Pic Mention 


continued from par* 1 


wood subversives. That could be 
through adoption and publication 
of the resolutions when the Stand- 
ing Commkssiofi on Americanism 
holds a scheduled Session this fall. 

The List Simmers Down 

What hais, 'happened to the list 
of alleged subversives sifted out of 
the more than 200 names of studio- 
employees submitted to the majors 
by the Legion last spring couldn’t 
be learned: It is understood that 
scrutiny of explanatory letters 
submitted by those on the ’•list had 
reduced the number to 30 or 40. 

It was reported that these 30 or 
40 names might be publicized at 
the convention. It’s now believed 
likely that they’ll be published in 
the American Legion Magazine, in 
which original charges against 
Hollywood appeared. * 

Company presidents and other 
top film execs held two meetings 
with Donald Wilson, national com- 
mander, and James P. O’Neil, di- 
rector of publications afid Legion 
mag editor. Wilson and O’Neil 
also made personal • visits to the 
Coast, where they were carefully 
shown the extent to which the in- 
dustry has cleaned . its skirts of 
purported Communists. 

Both officials were admittedly 
impressed. They agreed that much 
had been done. At the most re- 
cent session with the prexies, how- 
• ever, they refused to commit them- 
selves m any way regarding what 
would or would not come up at the 
convention. They also refused to 
accept a suggestion from one of 
the company execs present that 
they make a speech on the floor 
commending Hollywood in similar 
terms to those used in the private 
meeting with the presidents. 

Meeting Seen Paying Off. 

As a result there was some trepi- 
dation concerning what would hap- 
pen at the convention. However, 
company exe.es are understood to 
feel now that the get-together with 
the Legion officials and' the atti- 
tude of compromise have paid divi- 
dends for the time being at least. 

Titles of resolutions referred to 
the Standing Commission on Amer- 
icanism are: Motion Pictured In 
Which Any Known Communist Has 
Participated (South Carolina);' 
Urge Entire Entertainment Indus- 
try Not to Support Communist 
Cause (Illinois); American Legion 
Magazine List Motion Pictures 
Tainted With Subversive Influence 
(Ohio); American 'Legion Maga- 
zine Keep Constant Supervision 
Over Subversive Trends in Motion 
Picture Industry (Kentucky), and 
American Legion Magazine Renew 
Mght on Communism in Entertain- 
ment Field (Washington). . 

Texts of the resolutions were not 
available to the press. 

Approved was a resolution com- 
mending press, radio and televi- 
sion for promotion of the Legion's 
Americanism program. 

Another resolution which was *p- 


•proved called for support of the 
House Un-American Activities 
Committee and the Senate (Mc- 
Carran) Internal Security Commit- 
tee. 

Rejected was a resolution intro- 
duced by an Illinois delegation tc 
support the fight for freedom oi 
radio and television. Also reject- 
ed Was an Hlinois proposal of a 
program for former Communists 
and sympathizers who have “un- 
equivocally broken with theii 
past?’ 


French-MPAA 

Continued from page 7 


'overall allotment of foreign pic 
permits of which the U. S. share is 
90. 

’ SIMPP Anxious 

As for SIMPP, it has been anx- 
ious all along to accept the 90 pix 
rather than give a subsidy. It was 
the granite-like stand of James A. 
Mulyey, prez of Samuel Galdwyn 
Productions and chairman of 
SIMPP’s distribution committee, 
that was responsible for killing the 
original subsidy idea. SIMPP has 
no concern if the MPAA companies 
want to go in later and make pay- 
ments for additional permits. , 

Lastly, the deal pleases the State 
Dept, because it has opposed # subsi- 
dies in principal and would not be 
signatory to a contract that con- 
tained provision for them. It can 
sign the present pact without res- 
ervations, leaving the majors free 
to make any additional deal on 
their own later. 

Subsidy plan as originally pro- 
posed was particularly distasteful 
to Metro, since it provided for a 
12Vz% discount on coin already 
frozen in France. Metro has the 
biggest chunk there, and so would 
be making the largest contribution 
for orjy the same number of per- 
mits as otljer companies. 

Under the new two-part scheme, 
discounts will be on future earn- 
ings. Thus any company will be 
free to figure how much a permit 
is worth and negotiate accordingly. 

While It is not part*of the decree, 
the French have agreed that ac- 
ceptance by the Yanks will open 
the way to remittance of $1,200,000 
at the official rate of exchange 
and all* the rest at the capital ac- 
count, rate, which is slightly less 
favorable. 

American acceptance of the de- 
cree at a session of the MPAA in 
New York last week apparent’y 
threw the French off balance. They 
were supposed to' offer an official 
proposal on a deal via the U. S. 
Embassy last Thursday (21), but 
found it uncalled for under the 
circumstances and are now about 
to close on the basic 90-pic ar- 
[rangement contained in their de 
crce. 


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Rooney to Korea 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Two more Hollywood names, 
Marie Windsor and Mickey Rooney, 
volunteered to entertain troops itr 
the K or ea-J apart area under aus- 
pices of the Hollywood Coordinat- 
ing Committee, 

Miss Windsor leaves Aug. 29 
and Rooney-’ starts $bpt. 21, ac- 
companied by Alice Tyrell, UJde 
Sharon and Dick Winslow, 

French Enter Process, 
Dugromacolor, Still Not 
Practical for Exhibs 

Paris, Aug. 26. 

Army and navy observers have 
been here checking on a new 
French additive color film process 
called Dugromacolor. Name is a 
combination of monickers of the 
three collaborators, Dumas, Gros- 
set and Marx. Dumas, old time 
photographer, supplied most of the 
inventive work; GrosSet, head of 
Kinoptics, lens firm here, furnished 
the optical material and Marx was 
the businessman of the trio. 

Dugromacolor uses special lens 
with filters to break the image into 
three primary-color components 
and puts them on the 35m film in 
three 16m boxes with the fourth 
part of each frame remaining 
black. Film is developed in the 
ordinary way and when projected, 
a special lens attachment goes on 
the projector so as to superimpose 
the three images for color rendi- 
tion. ~ * 

Additive color processes have 
been sought by researchers since 
color first hit the screen. There 
have been many attempts which 
have usually been unsuccessful be- 
cause of the need for extra ap- 
paratus for projectors and the lack 
of perfect registration, 

Dugromacolor, despite its fine 
registration, still has some draw- 
backs, Many have been impressed 
with the color but say ' it would 
be useless to make a film using 
the process because it would take 
five years to equip all theatres with 
the necessary apparatus. The pro- 
jector lens costs about $500. An- 
other drawback is'fhat the film is" 
actually being projected as a 16m 
image for subsequent loss in qual- 
ity, However, fine grain develop- 
ment has cut this loss of fidelity 
to some extent. 

The French industry, looking for 
a good, cheap color method, is natu- 
rally interested in Dugromacolor. 
With the hurdle of equipping all 
the different projectors out of the 
way, the remainder would be 
smoother sailing. Actual cost per 
foot of film was not announced. 

• The process is copyrighted in 18 
countries. The U. S. rights are 
partly owned (45%) by publicity 
agent Caryl Barrett. 


20TH’S 11 F0R3M0S. 
SAME AS LAST YEAR 

New 20th-Fox release sked an- 
nounced in New York this week by 
A1 Lichtman, director of distribu- 
tion, is numerically identical with 
last year’s program. Lichtman dis- 
closed that 11 1 productions will 
swing into release during the last 
three months of this year, the same 
as during October-through-Decem- 
ber, 1951. 

Included in the new lineup is 
Darryl F. Zanuck’s production of 
“Snows of Kilimanjaro,” in which 
Gregoiy Peck, Susan Hayward and 
Ava Gardner have the leads. Filpi 
will be pre-released in October, 
following its preem at the Rivoli, 
N. Y., Sept. 17. 


Stoloff Maps 2 More 

‘Tales’ Pix in Europe 

Producer-director Victor Stoloff 
arrived in New York last week 
from Paris, where he completed 
the editing on “Tales of Cairo,” a 
three-part film which he made in 
Egypt. Dubbing job will be done 
in the U. S. 

Film was produced and directed 
by Stoloff, scripted by Lou and 
Joe Morcheim With Fred Frei- 
burger, and lensed by French 
cameraman Nicolas Hayer. Three 
yarns are threaded together on the 
gimmick of an Arab guide who 
tells three tales to an assembled 
brood of kids. 

Stoloff plans followup pix in the 
same format called “Tales of 
Paris” -and “Tales of Spain,” all to 
be made on the spot. 


TO A Wives to Get Tour Of 
White House by Trumans 

Wives of members of the The- 
atre Owners of America will be 
taken on a tour of the White House 
by President and Mrs. Truman as 
part of the program lined up for 
the theatre outfit’s national con- 
vention in Washington. 

Mrs. Sidney Lust and Mrs. Frank 
Boucher are setting the femme 
agenda. Visit with the Trumans is 
slated for the morning of Sept. 17. 


TOA as Defendant 
In 16m Suit to Get 
Bd. Onceover at Meet 

Question of whether Theatre 
Owners of America will seek to 
become a defendant in the Gov- 
ernment’s 16m antitrust suit likely 
will be taken up by the board of 
directors when the organization 
stages its national conventipn in 
Washington Sept.’ 14-18. 

-Despite the statement by Spyros 
P. Skouras, 20th-Fox prez, 'that 
he’ll vigorously fight the suit, some 
exhibs feel that the film companies, 
generally are not in the belligerent 
mood regarding the case as they, 
the exhibs, would prefer. 

It’s apparent that some TOA-ers 
aife reasoning along that line and 
may seek to have the outfit among 
the defendants. This would place 
the org in a firmer court position 
to carry on the battle with the 
Department of Justice. TOA, in 
the • complaint, is merely listed as 
a “co-conspirator.” 


Johnston to Address' Meet 
Washington, Aug? 29. 

Eric Johnston, Motion Picture 
Assn, of America prexy, will ad- 
dress the convention banquet of 
the Theatre Owners of America, 
which meets here Sept. 14-18. 

Dinner has been tagged the 
'“Presidents’ Banquet” and will 
honor the prexies of various 
branches of the industry. Studio 
chiefs and the heads of theatre 
chains and associations will be 
among the 700 expected to attend. 

20th’s Nine Pix Due 
For September Lensing 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

September will be the busiest 
month in years at 20th-Fox with 
nine features slated to start, eight 
of them in the .first two weeks. 
Schedule includes “Stage to Silver 
City,” “First of April,” “The Presi- 
dent’s Lady,” “Blaze of Glory,” 
“The Man on the Tightrope” (In 
Munich), “Call Me Madam,” “Bap- 
tism of Fire,” “Able Seaman 
Brown” (in London), and “Desert 
Rats.” 


Long Island Theatre Asks 
$1,050,000 Damages 

An antitrust suit asking for 
treble damages of $1,050,000 was 
filed in New York Federal Court 
yesterday (Tues.) against four film 
companies and a N, Y. metropoli- 
tan area theatre chain by the La- 
vellon Amus. Corp., operator of the 
Criterion Theatre, East Rockaway, 
L. I. Defendants named were RKO, 
Warner Bros., 20th-Fox, Universal 
and Century Theatres. 

Lavellon charges that the de- 
fendants have discriminated. against 
its theatre by giving preferential 
treatment to Century on runs and 
clearances. The Criterion is the 
only film house in East Rockaway. 
Century circuit operates several 
theatres in the surrounding area. 

Suit further charges that the dis- 
tribs discriminated against the Cri- 
terion on the RKO Theatres split 
pictures by giving Century 12 to 
14 days’ clearance instead of the 
usual seven. Theatre, in 1951, insti- 
tuted a similar action against 
Loew's and others on the Loew’s 
split. This suit was settled early 
this year with the Criterion getting 
pix seven days after the Century 
showings in the surrounding ter- 
ritory. 

Change in Century’s policy in op- 
eration of the Fantasy Theatre, 
Rockville Centre, L. I., the suit 
charges, forced the Criterion to 
give a minimum of 12 to 14 days’ 
clearance. 


Portions of any court decree di- 
recting the sale of films to tele- 
casters, as sought in the Govern- 
ment’s 16m. suit, would necessarily 
be vague and of doubtful work- 
ability, industry attorneys believe.. 
They point particularly to provi- 
sions governing clearances between 
runs of a film at theatres and TV 
stations; . 

Department of Justice reps claim 
“reasonable” clearances will be de- 
manded as a means of protecting 
exhibs. However, lawyers under- 
lined this week, a distrib still could 
hold on to a film following its 
theatrical exhibition ’for a great 
length of time with the avowed aim 
of reissuing it to theatres. “Gone 
With the' Wind”, and “Snow White” 
have made the rounds many times 
already and at this point still could 
draw more money from theatres 
than telecasters could afford tc 
pay. 

As for pix in general, legalitet 
state, it’s just about impossible to 
judge subsequent reissue value, ii 
any, of a pic upon its initial theatro 
playoff. In other words, the amounl 
of coin which theatres will yield 
in the future on any given film la 
an unknown quantity which can- 
not be compared with rental rev- 
enue which telecasters could pro- 
vide at the present. The question 
thereupon is asked: how can an 
equitable decision be made • on 
whether to sell a film to TV after 
theatrical exhibition or to hold 
hack for additional income from 
theatres via reissue? 

Also, It’s said* if the case were 
to reach an ultimate court decision 
and a decree is entered, some con- 
deration would have to be given 
to theatres’ TV competition. In 
line with this, attorneys ask, whal 
yardstick could be used to deter- 
mine how the telecasting of pix, 
even the oldies, would hurt new 
product in theatres? Lawyers in: 
sist it would be impossible to gauge 
this with scientific accuracy and, 
therefore, the decree, if etfer thcr« 
is one, obviously would have to be 
vague. 


2 Nip Distribs Squawk 

Tokyo, Aug. 19. 

Top executives of two of Ja- 
pan’s largest distributors handling 
foreign films have .expressed dis- 
satisfaction with the motion pic- 
ture import policy of the Japanese 
Finance Ministry when it announced 
quo.tas for imported foreign films 
for the last half of the- current 
fiscal year, 

Nagamasa Kawakita, prexy of 
Towa Films, said that “we Japanese 
traders’ consider the government 
policy should be such as to prevent 
accumulation of frozen yen, and tc 
introduce good foreign pictures. 

“We submitted to the Ministry s 
plan for allowing film exports on 
the basis of • distributors. The 
quota per country might prevent 
imports of excellent pictures if the 
number of countries increases and 
the overall quota is, fixed at a spe- 
cific figure.” 

Managing director of Shochiku 
Studios, Shuichi Yamazaki, added 
his protest.' 


Govt. Shaky 

) Continued from page 3 ir 'j- 

leged agreement among the dis- 
tribs to restrict their films from 
TV. Companies wduld be free to* 
set their own policies individually 
but not collectively, he said. 

Clapp concluded his long- mes- 
sage with this: “The 16m Case 
charges that such an agreement ex- 
ists. The objectives of the suit, 
contrary to your editorial, are in 
accord With the basic philosophy 
upon which our .economic institu- 
tions rest.” 

> Couple of weeks ago the D. of J* 
issued a press statement designed 
to “clarify” the nature of the suit, 
similarly as Clapp intended in his 
Times letter. For the D. of J. to 
take such steps in the wake of 
institution of an action was seen 
as rare procedure. 


Enlist Labor In 16m Suit 
Santa Barbara, Aug. 26. 

State Theatrical Federation will 
make a pitch for general labor sup- 
port in Its stand against the gov- 
ernment's 16m antitrust suit at the 
AiMMial convention of the State Fed- 
'eration of Labor here this week. 





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— % 

Loew's — 

. , . 134 

13% 

13% 

13% 


Paramount 

... 39 

25*4 

2434 

25 

+ % - 

Philca • •••* 

... 82 

31% 

30% 

31 

— % 

RCA 

... 265 

26% 

25% 

26% 

+ % 

RKO Pictures 

... 61 

4 

.• 3% 

4 


RKO Theatres..*. 

117 

3% 

3*4 

3% 


Republic. . ; ; 

;... 34 

3% 

3%- 

334 

+ % • 

Rep,, pfd,.* ... 

► « • • 4 

10% 

10 

10% 

+ % 

ZOthrFoX.-. . . . . 

... 72 

16*4 

15% 

16 

— % 

Uu. Par. Th. . . . . 

... 116 

13% 

1 m 

13% 

— *4 

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... 27 

1234 

12 % 

12% 

+ % 

Univ. pfd. 

.... 1.2 

62 

61 

62 


Warner Bros 

. . . . 33 

13 

1234 

12% 


Z.enith 

.... 35 

76% 

75 

75% 

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..." 64 

16% 

15% 

15% 

+ % 

Monogram. . . ; 

11 

8 

2% 

3 

• 

Technicolor 

7 

21% 

21% 

21% 

+ *4 

Over-the-counter Securities 


Bid 

Ask 


Cinecolor . . . . . . . . 



. 1% 

1% 

-1- % 

Chesapeake Industries 

(Pathe) . . . . 


. 3% 

4 

— *4 

U. A. Theatres ' 



. 4% . 

5% 

+ *4 

Walt Disney 



. 7% 

8% 



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Goldwyn Difficulties 
In Germany on Taxes 
Being Squared Away 

Difficulties encountered by Sam- 
uel Goldwyn Productions in ' its 
operations in Germany are on their 
way to being* squared away. George 
Slaff, Goldwyn counsel, who made 
a flying three-week trip to' Frank- 
fort on the fiscal atid tax, problems, 
returned to New York last week. 

Goldwyn organization suffered, 
along with numerous other* U. S. 
producers and distribS, from in- 
terpretation of the tax law to which 
the German organization objected, 
resulting in impending of bank 
accounts and records. Among other 
steps taken by Slaff was to employ 
counsel in Germany on a regular 
basis to avoid similar mixups in 
the future. 


New ‘Gold Rush’ 

3 Continued from page 3 s 


supply concern head has gone so 
far as to predict that there’ll be a 
200 to 400-car drive-in theatres in 
or near every "good” town of 2,000 
population or over in this area 
within the next two years. 

The boys with the modest bank- 
rolls are willing to take the, gam- 
ble, it’s now evident. They .aren’t 

deterred by the fact that the 
Northwest’s summers are abbre- 
viated, the elements more than or- 
dinarily uncertain and night warm 
weather; even during the so-called 
summer, is mostly in short supply. 
A current impression is that the 
ozoner concession stand alone 
guarantees financial success. 


Leo Horster will- continue as 
Goldwyn sales rep in Germany. 
RKO, which handles Goldwyn prod- 
uct in most of the world, will dis- 
tribute the . producer's new pix. 
Herzog Films had been handling 
the old stuff during the period the 
American industry was jointly 
repped by the Motion Picture Ex- 
port Ass’n. • 


RKO Fight Bid 

--■■■ -- p; Continued Trom page 3 - 7 - 

of a can. We feel fully qualified to 
handle the distribution.” 

' Halpern, unable to outbid home 
video with theatre television alone, 


Censor Row Oyer ‘Ronde’ 
Boosts Biz in Tel Aviv 

Tel Aviv, Aug. 19. 
When a censorship license for 
•La Ronde” was first applied for 
it was granted without r the board 
looking at the film. After the pic 
was released here at the newly- 
opened Armon David Theatre, the 
censors decided they had made a 
mistake, hence, after three weeks’ 
showing the film to all age groups, 
the picture was suddenly declared 
unsuitable for youths under 18, 
and banned to them. This all cre- 
ated more interest in the pic. 

Stiener Films, distrib of the film 
In Israel, protested to the censor- 
ship board, claimihg that the age 
When people may get married in 
Israel is 17 and not 18, the film 
should be permitted to patrons 
above the age of 17. The censor- 
ship board ruled that the distribu- 
tor was right in the case .of “La 
Konde” and it can be shown to all 
over 17 years of age. 

* - 

Evelyn Keyes’ French Pic 

u . . Paris, Aug. 26. 

Henri Lavorel, French producer, 

. doing a French-English version 
Pic here under the aegis of hb 
own producing company, Le Monde 
£n Images. The film stars Evelyn 
ipyes and Gallic star Henri Vidal. 
»mall budget, necessitating loca- 
npn shooting, and language bar- 
kers are making the shooting a 
nlmic Tower* of Babel. Picttire is 
called "Arrival in Paris.” Miss 
v- e J e , s * s learning French, and 
.dal is being tutored in English. 
Film concerns an American heir- 
ess who comes to Paris and meets 

* handsome ex-Russian Prince on 

* bus tour. The Prince has be- 
come a con man preying on tour- 
ists and fronts as a guide for the 
bus tours. 


went to UA and several other film 
companies to get them to take tl)e 
film rights. He has received active 
support from UA, which has indi- 
cated a willingness to put up an 
advance, but it also is not ready 
to meet Irish’s asking price. 

Garden exec said yesterday 
(Tues.) that the promoters and the 
Garden management have not com- 
pletely eliminated the possibility 
of home television. It’s understood 
that Gillette has made a bid of 
about $250,000. .This tops previous 
payments of $185,000 the razor 
company made for the Joe Louis- 
Marciano tiff and $175,000 for the 
Ezzard Charles-Walcott tussle. 

Aim of the film interests, 'of 
course, is to come close enough to 
the Gillette bid via a combination 
of theatre television and , film 
rights'.’ Pix outfits don’t have to top 
the Gillette figure, since it’s under- 
stood the IBC would prefer to ped- 
dle the theatre rights, which it be- 
lieves would not dent the fight’s 
b.o. as much as home video. If the 
theatre TV rights are sold, Phila- 
delphia, and perhaps the surround- 
ing' area, would naturally be 
blacked out. . • 

Although the advance being 
asked’ by the. IBC hasn’t been re- 
vealed, it’s said to be plenty hefty 
since the promoters regard this 
bout as the biggest attraction since 
the advent of theatre television. 

RKO has done biz with the IBC 
before, having last year the film 
rights to the Ray Robinson-Randy 
Turpin fight and the Willy Pep- 
Sandy Saddler bout*. Filmery paid 
an advance of $300,000 for both 
matches. It did exceedingly well 
on the Robinson-Turpin encounter 
but took a shellacking on the Pep- 
Saddler setto. As a result, RKO is 
little gunshy of huge advances. 


Hollywood, Aug. 26. • 
For the second time in two years 
Bert Reisfeld (Germany) was 
elected prexy of the Hollywood 
Foreign Correspondents Assn. 
Other winning candidates were 
Ram Bagai (India), veepee; Geor- 
gette O’Connor (New Caledonia), 
secretary, and Jamshed Sheybani 
(Iran), treasurer. 

New executive committee con- 
sists of Dianne Q, Carrere (Spain), 
Regina Claire (Australia), Esko 
Miettinen (Finland), Abe Sandler 
(Sweden) and Bertil Unger (Swe- 
den). 


% 

Korda, Lopert' Set 
On U.S. Distrib Of 
Three British Films 

Deal has been set with the Alex- 
ander Korda organization and I, E. 
Lopert, prexy of the Lopert Films 
Distributing Corp., for release in 
the U. S. of three British pix as 
well as financial interest in the 
properties. Connected with Lopert 
in the coin department is Robert 
Dowling, of City Investing Corp., 
who with the distrib exec has a 
25% production investment in the 
films and participation in the 
world-wide distribution profits. 

Final agreement on the deal was 
made by Lopert, who. returned last 
week (19) from England; -Pix in- 
volved in the pact are “Sound Bar- 
rier,” a David Lean production 
starring Sir Ralph Richardson and 
Ann Todd; "Gilbert & Sullivan,” a 
Laund'er-Gilliat Technicolor pro- 
duction starring Robert Morley and 
Maurice Evans, and a new Cqrol 
Reed pic, as yet untitled. 

"Sound Barrier,” which has been 
completed, is set for release in 
the U. S. in about two months. 
Lean and Miss Todd will corfie to 
the U. S. early in September for 
bally activities in connection with 
the pic. "Gilbert & Sullivan” will 
follow the release of "Barrier,” 
and it is expected that the new 
Reed film will be ready for dis- 
tribution in the fall of ’53. 

While in England, Lopert re- 
vealed that her concluded a deal 
with Sidney Box to co-produce in 
England a Technicolor ballet pic- 
ture featuring the members of the 
Sadler’s Wells Ballet. In another 
arrangement -.with Korda, Lopert 
and City Investing will participate 
financially in the production of an 
underwater story. Pic, §.s yet un- 
titled, will be made in Technicolor. 

During his European trek Lo- 
pert snared the U. S. rights to 
"Fanfan La Tulippe” -and a new 
Julien Duvivier film still before 
the cameras, "Holiday For Hen- 
riette.” He also bought the rights 
to the Italian-made “Sensuality” 
and "Cops and • Robbers,” and has 
an option on the French "Wage of 
Fear.” 

Announcing that his company ex- 
pects to release a minimum of 
three films during 1953, Lopert *re- 
vealed that present plans are for 
his outfit to distribute directly all 
roadshow pix and outstanding for- 
eign films. On pix with a very wide 
general appeal, he said he would 
weigh deals with outside distribut- 
ing companies. 

Lopert's plans also include state- 
side production. He is currently 
negotiating with a director and re- 
vealed that within a week a pact 
would be signed for the production 
of a pic in U. S. for distribution 
by his organization. 

t 

Maria Felix to Marry 
Arg. Actor in Uruguay 

Montevideo, Aug. 19. 

After a wait of several weeks, 
Mexican film star Marla Felix 
finally received the divorce docu- 
ments which will enable her to wed 
Argentine actor Carlos Thompson 
here. The couple has filed appli- 
cation for *a license before the jus- 
tice of the peace here. Under Uru- 
guayan law the couple must wait 
10 days before being married, 
Which means the ceremony will be 
late in August. 

The Argentine actor gave his 
name as Juan Carlos Mundiii 
Dousse. This is his first marriage. 
Maria Felix gave her name as 
Maria <de los Angeles Felix. Her 
17-year-old son by previous mar- 
riage will be a witness at the cere- 
mony. 



PICTCHES 


17 





Chinese Exhib Plans 

Production in Spain 

Madrid, Aug, 19. 

Sun Laotse, who formerly owned 
about 200 cinemas in China, and 
still has many film houses In For- 
mosa, Philippines, Hong Kong and 
Macao, is here to finance the mak- 
ing of several pictures with Far 
East backgrounds. First to be 
lensed will be a production of his 
own novel, "The Yellow, River Is 
No More Blue,” script already hav- 
ing been done by Marcela de Juan. 

It will be a co-production enter- 
prise, with Sun Laotse investing 
about $200,000,. Pic will be di- 
rected by veteran producer Florlan 
Ray. Another film will be directed 
by Portuguese director Arturo 
Duarte, and will star his wife, Te- 
resa Casal. 


N.Y. SERIES AS TEST 
FOR WB ON ‘FATIMA’ 

New York is serving as a testing 
ground on both sales policy and 
exploitation plans for Warner 
Bros.’ "The Miracle of Our Lady 
of Fatima.” Dual booking — con- 
tinuous run at the Astor and re- 
served-seat, upped-admission . at 
the Bijou — is an innovation for 
Warners, and company is carefully 
studying the results before deter- 
mining the sales approach in other 
areas. 

Present plans call for the com- 
pany to withold further bookings 
of the pic for about four weeks.. 
At that time openings are planned 
in about 15 other situations, em- 
ploying the lesions learned in the 
Gotham run. If these policies do 
not hold for the hinterland engage- 
ments, changes will be made for 
the subsequent bookings, with ap- 
proximately 100 dates set to fol- 
low immediately. On the basis of 
these initial showings, edmpany 
will decide if a roadshow, upped- 
scale policy, with emphasis on thea- 
tre parties, is feasible or if the 
continuous-run, regular-price rou- 
tine is better. 

Following an invitational preem 
last Wednesday (20) night, pip 
opened strong at both tne Astor 
and Bijou the following day with 
SRO performances at the Astor 
and a complete sellout for opening 
night; at the Bijou. 

Another departure for Warners 
— saturation use of video spots to 
plug the pic — is also being studied 
by company execs for possible ex- 
tension in other regions. Outfit is 
particularly pleased so far with the 
results obtained in the TV drive. 

FWC Puts 9 Houses 
On Block Under Decree 

Los Angeles, A.ug. 26. 

Fox West Coast put nine of its 
California theatres on the market 
under the Government’s divorce- 
ment decree separating the circuit 
from 20th-Fox. Only bids to be 
considered are those from exhibi- 
tors or persons planning to enter 
the exhibition field. 

Seven houses will be sold out- 
right, including land, building and 
equipment. They are the Alpha, 
Melrose, Hi-Ho, Avalon, San Diego 
Egyptian, Santa Paula Fox and 
Turlock Fox. Also on the block are 
lease and equipment of the Bel- 
mont and. Tower theatres. 


Pickford Film 

■ Continued from page 3 I 

that included a visit to Israel. He'll 
make a pic in the Holy Land, "The 
Juggler,” which is likewise slated 
to go before the cameras Oct. 1. 

Kramer said that United Artists, 
which had originally skedded the 
Kirk Douglas^starrer, "Champion,” 
for Israeli release about a month 
ago, has delayed it to coincide 
with the player's arrival there for 
top role in "The Juggler.” 

While in New York for two days 
last week, producer took the oc- 
casion to sneak "Fourposter,” 
which he recently completed for 
1 Columbia release, in Stamford. 


Albany, Aug. 26. 

Hollywood today lias as its sole 
objective the production of pic- 
tures that will "sell tickets,” A. W. 
Schwalberg, president of Para- 
mount Film Distributing Corp., de- 
clared in a banquet address (20) 
climaxing the annual Schlne Cir- 
cuit convention last week. 

Gone are the days when produ- 
cers made pictures to "gratify per- 
sonal liking, personal ambition;” 
departed, too, are the premieres 
where "the great god genius re- 
ceived all the applause and the 
backslapping of assistants,” Schwal- 
berg added, 

" It is not just money that counts 
today,” continued Schwalberg. "Nor 
is it expensiveness and lavishness 
of production; there Is also the 
story, theme and idea. Hollywood, 
thirsting for knowledge, realizes 
that the acid test is: ‘Will the pub- 
lic buy tickets?’ ” 

Never before in film history, said 
the Paramount official, haye east 
and west been closer together than 
today. Speaking for his company, 
Schwalberg pledged that no project 
will be attempted "unless East and 
West see eye to eye on its possi- 
bilities for selling tickets.” Even 
with this system he would not ven- 
ture to predict that "every picture 
will turn put a bonanza,” but the 
speaker believed that "we know the 
public pulse better than anybody 
else.” 

Surveying the competition pic- 
tures face today — television, sports, 
including night baseball, the high- 
ways, beaches and "even sunshine” 
— Schwalberg commented that the 
industry had met and overcome 
competition in the past; possessed 
the brains, ingenuity-, know-how 
and confidence to do so again. 
Schwalberg conceded he did not 
know "all the ' answers” to tele- 
vision, although he did refer to the 
dire predictions — later proved un- 
founded — about the impact of radio 
on motion pictures. 

The merits of radio vs. news- 
papers in advertising pictures 
formed the basis for debate at a 
convention symposium. Main par- 
ticipants were Seymour Morris, 
circuit’s director of publicity; Gus 
Lampe, chain’s general manager; 
J. Myer Schine, head of th*e circuit, 
and Si Seadler, Metro ad manager. 


U.S. Coin Finances 

India Color Lab 

. Washington, Aug. 26. 

A laboratory for. processing 
color films is about to be estab- 
lished in India by American capi- 
tal, reports Nathan D. Golden, di- 4 
rector of the motion picture-pho- 
tographic products division of the 
U. S. Department of Commerce. 

New firm will be known as Color 
India, Inc., and should be ready 
for business 'about January, 1953. 
All. financing is being put up by 
American sources. . While India 
probably produces more films than 
any other nation in the world, it ’ 
is a novice in the tihter field. So 
far, only two or three 35m color 
pix have been made, by Indian 
producers. In each instance, they 
required foreign technical aid and 
were sent abroad for processing. 
India does have facilities for proc- 
essing 8 and 16m’ films and 35m 
stills. 

Color India, Inc., is expected to 
provide a big hypo for production 
of color pi# in the country. As 
part of the overall arrangement, 
two Bombay studios, the Central 
and Minerva, said Golden, are 
being reequipped to handle pro-, 
duction of color pix. Although 
these are owned by Indian capital, 
they will be managed by the same 
U. S. outfit as will run Color India, 
The studio, together with Ameri- 
can and British technical experts, 
will be available for rental by any 
Indian producer. 

Par’s TV Policy Switch 
In England on ‘Carrie* 

• Although Paramount won’t al- 
low the showing of excerpts of 
its pix on TV in the U. S., film 
company has a different policy in 
England. " 

Clips from "Carrie” were shown 
last week on the British Broad- 
casting show, "Current Release,” 
fortnightly program devoted t® 
outstanding pix. 





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PICTURES 


W^neoduy, August ■ 2 ?, 1953 


Big Summer Use Of 
Radio for Bally 

Film ad-pub execs still regard 
radio highly as an advertising me- 
dium for plx as evidenced by its 
extensive use during the summer. 
Practically all of the AM plugs 
were on a local level, with regional 
exhibs participating to some extent 
with the filmeries in the coin out- 
lay. 

With many of the regular radio 
advertisers off the- air during the 
sweltering season, film companies 
had an opportunity, to select ad- 
vantageous time for their spot an- 
nouncements. Particular emphasis 
was given Friday night, Saturday 
morning and Sunday night time 
segments, the theory being that the 
huge summer weekending crowd 
could be cornered at that time. 
With 45.000,000 cars on the road it 
was estimated that an audience of 
about 30,000,000 could be reached 
if one out of every four car radios 
were turned on. 

With the major TV shows off the 
air • during the summer, the pic 
industry was also able to use TV 
to advantage. Video outlets, seek 
ing biz during the dull season, of 
fered package deals to the pixites 
for special saturation campaigns. 
RKO was the biggest user of TV 
during the July-August stanza, em- 
ptying the medium to plug “King 
Kons.” “Sudden Fear” and “The 
Big Sky.” 

Technics 506G Net 

Consolidated net profit of Tech- 
nicolor, Inc., for the second quar- 
ter of 1952 shows an 11% dip from 
the take of the corresponding 
period of *51. Net after taxes for 
the quarter ended June 30 is an 
estimated $506,472, or 54c per 
share, as compared to $571,624, 
equivalent to 61c a share for the 
same period of *51, 

Consolidated net after taxes for 
the first six months of the year is 
estimated at $1,025,420, or $1.10 
per share, compared with $1,061,- 
395, or $1.14 per share, for the first 
half t>f *51, according to Dr. Her- 
bert R. T. Kalmus, prexy-general 
manager. Taxes are adjusted to the 
effective rate paid for the entire 
year. 


Halo Revues 

Continue* from paee 13 


Expensive scenery must be car- 
ried as well as big cast?, dancers 


'Miracle* Doing Strong 
Despite Theatre Pickets 

Despite repeated appearances of 
pickets outside the house, the Pix 

Theatre, White Plains, N. Y., has ^ orchestra throughout the short, 

been doing strong business with 'six-month .season. Main stands are 

the controversial Italian film, “The here and in Rome, but companies 

in David Ma- must tour Italy extensively to gar- 
Miracle. According to David Ma ^ ^ sdditional eoin . Although 

vity, owner of the 400-seater, the da ncers work sm all pay, upper 

pic played to capacity on opening case names in these musical reyues 

day, Friday (22), and subsequent are highly paid by local standards. 

income has been unusually strong. Each of top stars gets over $100 

w^yanke^frcra'^the^Cre^Thea- whh^Mc? member of'tte^support- 
was yanked from the crest mea ^ ^ getting $75 daily. 

With an initial cost of about $60,- 
000 to set up the show and a daily 
operating cost .of over $700, a show 


tre, Long Beach, because of pres- 
sure from some public groups. In 
the Long Beach operation, the 

P , iC w/ a t r h r it d 4h C t fpi^ C c h Has must average a daily gross of over 

hv the Leeion of $2,300 for ‘whole six-month period 
Been Condemned by the ce^on 01 nv.iv rm« shnw. 

Decency.” The pickets did not 


The 

identify themselves. 

In newspaper ads, Mavity has re- 
frained from any mention of the 
U. S. Supreme Court decision in- 
validating the N. Y. Board of Re- 
gents rejection of the film. 


to break even. Only one show, 
“Gran Baldoria',” turned the trick 
last season. 

Biggest local impresario in the 
musical revue field is Rdmigla 'Pa- 
one, who also owns the Nuovo, the 
Lirico, and the new Manzoni Thea- 
tres in Milan. He will produce 
three large-scale shows in the com 

$927,000 Damages Sought 

By New -Mexico Theatre local runs. Vanda Osiris and Al- 
Albuquerque, Aug. 26. berto Sordi will open the fall sea- 
Unusual antitrust action seeking son m Baraonda, written by Gar- 
$927,000 damages has been filed mex and Giovannini, which bows 
against the giant Griffith, circuit of here Sept. 1. The 
Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico P™T e(J t ** 1 Fanatici, starring 

by Mary E. Trieb, of the El Capi- Billi and Riva, comedians, and Mo- 
tan Theatre, Roswell, N. M. Rare pique Thibaut. Following an open- 
angle is suit's demand that circuit pig L? Turin, they move here Oct. 
be ordered to dispose of six the- 24. Third one, starring comedian 
atres in Roswell which it allegedly Rascel, opens in Rome Dec* 1, and 
acquired through monopoly and il- is scheduled to play here from Feb- 
legal use of its tremendous circuit ruary until Easter. Peters Sisters 
buying power. have , S1 *. ne $, * 01 J. 

Defendants are B. E. Griffith called "AtanM,e. CayaUo Vanesio 

Theatres, Inc., Theatre Enterprises, All three of Paone s projects will 

- — feature the British Bluebell ballet 
line. 

Gerard Philipe and the French 
Theatre Populaire, which opens at 


Inc., Griffith Consolidated The- 
atres, Inc., which control total 
of more than 200 theatres, plus 
20th, Loew’s, Warner, RKO, Para- 
mount, Columbia, Universal and I Milan’s Manzoni Theatre SepL 27 


United Artists. 

Los Angeles ‘attorney Fred Wel- 
ler, repping the plaintiff, charged 
defendants “engaged for years in 
a national conspiracy which re- 
sulted in forced sale of indepen- 
dent theatres to circuits.” Claim is 
that the distribs enabled the Grif- 
fith circuit to acquire two theatres 
and open four new houses while 
El Capitan was denied pix neces- 
sary for successful operation. 





heads Paone’s long list of imports 
which will play only a few of key 
Italian cities after Milan. The Lon- 
don Festival Theatre Ballet Troupe 
follows Sept. 29, bowing at the 
Lirico. Louis Armstrong plays Oct 
22-23. Also Paone has Maurice 
Chevalier listed for a brief Italian 
tour. 

Besides these Paone projects 
five other large-scale musical re- 
vues will be touring Italy this sea 
son, each built around a top Coine 
dian. Comedian Carlo DApporto 
supported by Nita Dover, Strelsa 
Brown, and Linda White, opens in 
Rome Sept. 25, with Yank chore 
ography by Paul Stephen. Film and 
revue comic Walter Chiari, strong- 
est comer in the group, debuts in 
“Dynamite” late in October when 
his picture commitments will allow 

Ugo To'gnazzi and Elena Giusti 
open in “Ghost and the Woman” 
Oct. 1 at Lirico Theatre here. Nea- 
politan comedian Nino Taranto will 
bring his new show here in No- 
vember, after a Naples opening. 
Macaro, long a favorite, is still ten- 
tative on plans for the season, but 
will probably bow in a new show 
in Turin near Christmas. 


Mono Drops Brown. 

Hollywood, Aug. 28. 

Monogram has called off the 
ohnny -Mack Brown series, in 
keeping with the new policy con- 
centrating on more expensive west- 
erns. Studio recently dropped the 
Whip Wilson gallopers. 

Brown had been on- the lot nine 
years during which he appeared in 
70 oaters, winding up with “Guns 
Along the Border.” 

Al$o, contracts of three second- 
ary players hi these pix, James El- 
Ison, Jim Bannonr and Fuzzy 
Knight, have been terminated. 

Extra Lares in Mpls. 

Make Film-Going Easier 

Minneapolis, Aug. 26. 

In {heir fight for survival in the 
face of TV boxoffice inroads, many 
conventional theatres hereabouts 
are taking a leaf from ozoners* suc- 
cessful book by making attendance 
less costly and more pleasant. 

At least one neighborhood house, 
now provides a “cry room’" attend- 
ant to take care of the tots. There’s 
also infant bottle-heating, the same 
as at drive-ins, where mothers 
watch the screen with babes in 
arms. : Additional, theatres also are 
admitting children- under 12 free 
when accompanied' by an- adult. 
This is a regular outdoor theatre 
policy. 

Patronage is believed by Ted 
Mann, its new operator, to have 
been stimulated at the St. Paul 
World by providing free parking 
for patrons after 5 p.m. It’s the first 
Twin Cities downtown house to af- 
ford this service, and. it amounts 
to a saving of at least 50c. for mo- 
torist patrons — the fee for parking 
in a private lot — riii addition to re- 
lieving the customer of the occa-^ 
slonal difficulty of finding parking 
space, \ . 

Most Twin Cities neighborhood 
and suburban theatres have adja- 
cent lots fpr free customer park- 
ing, One Minneapolis suburban, 
house, the Terrace, serves coffee 
and cake free to patrons. For three, 
weekends the downtown World 
here is dispensing orange juice 
gratuitously* 


Arnall Exits OPS 


Continued from page 3 


ACLU-Chi Mayor 


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Color by Technicolor 

NOW SHOWING LOCALLY 


asked the Chi censor board to lift 
the ban. 

In the case of “Latuko,” which 
won a court fight over a police ban 
in Newark, N. J.j recently, Ira H. 
Latimer, director of the Civil Lib- 
erties committee, wrote to the 
mayor asking that he issue an 
adults-only permit. He charged 
that the censorship board had ex- 
ceeded its authority. Film was 
made by Edgar M. Qupeny for the 
Museum of Natural History ' and 
tells a story of life among a primi 
tive tribe in East Africa. 

“The Miracle” has also encoun- 
tered difficulties in Ohio. How 
ever, Burstyn has indicated that he 
would take no action in that state 
until the outcome of the film in 
I dustry’s battle to strike flown news- 
reel censorship there. 


would be similar to hit arrange- 
ment with SIMPP when he left, 
earlier this year. 

Whether he’ll continue with the 
Society will be determined in a 
session he’ll hold with the group’s 
directors on the Coast following 
the British meetings. He made the 
promise to return to SIMPP at 
least temporarily and to participate 
in the English negotiations, ^ if 
possible, upon telephonic urging 
from New York last week. Phon- 
ing him were James "A. Mulvey, 
prez of Samuel Goldwyn Produc- 
ions, and Roy O. Disney, presi- 
dent of Walt Disney Productions. 
The two producers are SIMPP’s 
leading members. 

Arnall’s main concern at the mo- 
ment is reestablishment of his law 
practice in Atlanta. He’s also plan- 
ning to make a round of speeches 
in support* of the candidacy of 
Gov. Adlai Stevenson for Presi- 
dent. He emphasized that this 
would be in his capacity as an 
individual. 

Coming over for the British talks 
is Sir Frank Lee, permanent 
undersecretary of the Board of 
Trade. He’ll be accompanied -by 
a group of technical experts. On 
the American side, SIMPP will be 
repped by Mulvey and the SIMPP 
prexy, while the Motion Picture 
Assn, of America delegation will 
be headed by prez Eric Johnston 
and John G. McCarthy, director 
of the international division. 


Pasadena Lifts Ban 
On ‘RashoroKm’ Showing 

Pasadena, Aug, 26. 
This city’s film censors, Mrs 
William Dunn and Mrs. Wallace 
Reeder, have lifted the ban they 
had placed on the Japanese pic- 
ture, “Rashomon.” 

Film, originally nixed on inde 
cency grounds, was given a clean 
bill of health after a protest by 
Terry McDaniel, executive , 0 
Westates Theatres, Inc. 


Minn. Theatre Buyer 
Charges Fraud by Seller 

With tt“rrner'sht U !e ss 2 V 

legations of fraud and’m&i!’ 
sentation on sellers’ part are P h !" 
coming bruited about in the 
ntory. For the second time wi th t 
a year the purchaser of a -theatre £ 
suing the seller, and the action 
based on the claim that grosses and 
earnings were misrepresented. “ 

, Hi Serge * nt * represented bv 
local attorney S. P. Halpern w an Z 
$17,000 damages from ’X 
Sorenson, who sold him the theatS 
at Clarkfield Minn. In hi s sui h 
complains that Sorenson was nairf 
$14,000 for the lease, equipment 
and furnishings on misrepresents 
tions regarding the two preceding 
years’ grosses and profits Ho 
charges that, actually, the ’house 
operated without any profit during 
that period. 8 

In a suit filed previously a St 
Paul independent group is’ trying 
to have its purchase of the St Paul 
downtown Tower and Strand 
rescinded and the $75,000 of the 
$150,000 purchase price already 
paid to the Minnesota Amus. Co 
returned. Misrepresentations re- 
garding the theatres’ earnings and 
prospects are alleged. 

Par Lab Bought As 
TY Processing Centre 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Paramount’ sold its laboratory, 
maintained for years outside the 
studio proper, to G. Carleton Hunt 
and- Hans de Schulthess for $550,- 
006. Deal was arranged last May 
and the property was in escrow un- 
til last Friday. 

Hunt, former head of the RKO 
editorial department, said the plant 
^rill concentrate on TV processing. 
Kefrf . equipment costing $150,000 
Will be. installed within 60 days for 
developing: and printing 16m film. 
Company will spend an additional 
$300,000 in 1953 for color televi- 
sion equipment. Meanwhile, Para- 
mount will continue to use the 
plant’s facilities on a. rental basis. 

Edison Biog as 1st In 
Science Feature Series 

First in a. series of pix dealing 
with men of sciende set by Pictorial 
Films will feature Thomas A. Edi- 
son. Pictorial prexy Milton J. Salz- 
burg closed a deal last week with 
tHe Thomas Alva Edison Founda- 
tion for production of a picture 
about the inventor. 

Film is expected to be ready for 
general release before the end of 
1952. Lester Cooper is writing the 
screenplay and Julian Roff man will 
direct. No casting set yet. 


London Film Notes 

London, Aug. 26. 

John Woolf and Major Daniel 
Angel, head of Daniel Angel Films, 
acquired the film rights of Henry 
Hall and Claude Langdon’s play 
“Albert R. N.,” currently at Sa- 
ville Theatre. Play is by Guy 
Morgan and American Edward 
Sammis, with film going into pro- 
duction In April next year . . 
Sidney Myers, assistant to Man- 
aging Director Sir Arthur JalTett 
of British Lion ‘Films, in hospita 
for two weeks under observation 
. . . Karel Stcpanek, now moun- 
taineering in Austria, signed to ap- 
pear in two films concurrently, 
They are J. Arthur Rank’s “Des 
perate Moment,” and Ronald 
Stress’s “Rough Shoot,” which he 
i* making for United Artists. 


Arbitration 

Continued from, page 5 

partment of Justice. Green light 
from these sources is regarded as 
a foregone conclusion, since in 
New York Statutory Court, whicn 
heard the industry antitrust suit, 
actually has recommended formal 
arbitration for the industry. A • 
tration, if it reaches this point, 
then will become an amendment 
to ’the court decree which g 
erns trade operations. 

Drafting committee comprise 
Herman A. Levy, for The 5L tr e 
ers of America; Abram F. Mjerj 
Allied States; Robert W. Perhinj 
Warners, and Adolph Schim h 
Universal. Also s 1 F, 

their sessions w e r Wl -jp Hen 
Rodgers, Metro v.p.; his aide, w 

derson Richey, and ph A ,c n oi 
zel, Jr., Motion Picture Assn. 

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NEW YORK 


Monogram-Allied Artists is pub- 
lishing a new monthly house or- 
gan, Monogram Hightlights, for 
distribution through the com- 
pany's 37 exchanges. 

Jack Bellman, haying resigned as 
branch manager of Realart Film 
Exchange,' A1 Broder will take over 
its management. 

CHICAGO 


Fred Mindlin appointed man- 
ager of Ziegfeld Theatre, which 
reopens Aug. 29 with "Tales of 
Hoffmann" at pop prices, 

Skokie Highway Drive-In, oper- 
ated by Smith and Glenn Circuit, 
shuttered last week. Also closed 
was the Lux in East Peoria-, 111. 

Prospect Theatre, Prospect, III., 
scheduled to reopen after Labor 
Day. 

Rep. Margaret Church (R-Ill.), 
last week went on record oppos- 
ing the 20% federal amusement 
tax and said she would vote for 

Warner Bros, asking for unlimited 
local showing of "Miracle of Our 
Lady of Fatima." Hearing set for 
Sept. 8 by Judge Michael Igoe. 

Nat Donahue, formerly with 
Metro, switched at Paramount 
country sales. 

Palace Theatre set opening date 
of "Merry Widow" for Sept. 4,. 
holding "Greatest Show" for an 
week 

Winston Theatre’s request to- be 
removed from the terms of the 
Jackson Park decree set for hear- 
ing Sept. 9 before Judge Igoe. 

Viking Theatre’s request for 
change of venue to Milwaukee in 
its anti-trust suit will be heard be- 
fore Judge Joseph Barnes Sept. 22. 

Judge Michael Igoe last week 
denied the Government’s plea to 
annul parole of film biz extortion- 
ist Paul Ricca. 

Women’s Auxiliary of the Va- 
riety Club will hold its annual 
election Aug. 27. 

Bertha Theatre bought for con- 
version into a factory by the Ditt- 
mar Chocolate Co. 

RKO will spend $10,000 on TV 
advertising for "Sudden Fear,” 

* which opens at the Oriental in 
September. 

Minneapolis 

RKO-Pan open? test engagement 
Sept. 3 of reissue, "The Farmer’s 
Daughter," hoping for appeal 
ahead of elections from theme of 
pic. 

Alexandra Gromoff, who was 
technical adviser on "World in His 
Arms,” grabbed newspaper and 
radio space ahead of opening of 
film at Gopher Theatre. 

Discovery of oil in North Dakota 
spurring trading of theatres in oil- 
rich areas. 

Don O’Reilly, partner in theatre 
operations in Twin Cities, taking 
up residence in Los Angeles, but 
retains interests here. 

S. P. Halpern, counsel for Ben 
Friedman’s suburban Edina The- 
atre, plaintiff in a $1,911,000 anti- 


trust clearance conspiracy suit 
against major distributors and the 
Minnesota Amus. Co. (United Para- 
mount Theatres), has petitioned 
the Federal Court for the privilege 
of examining all the defendants* 
records pertaining to clearance 
agreements and film contracts for 
the entire period involved in the 
action, from 1934 until last Novem- 
ber. It has been the. Federal 
Court’s custom here to. grant pe- 
titions similar to that, of Halpern. 

The second Minneapolis neigh- 
borhood House within a month, the 
independent Homewood, has vol- 
untarily given up 28-day clearance, 
the earliest local 'availability, to 
return to its former 49-day slot. 
The other was the Minnesota 
Amus, Co.’s Arion, This is the 
third identical such swiffch for the 
Homewood within a' year. It went 
to 28 days availability, returned to 
49 days, went back, to 28 days and 
now returns to 49 days. This 
move enables the Arion and 
Homewood to play tyrth. bills at 
44c admission, instead of single 
features at 60c, the latter the es 
tablished policy for houses in the 
28-day slot. 

RKO - Orpheum reports that 
King Kong" on its opening day 
here, grossing $4,200, did - more 
business than for the entire week 
when it was first shown in Minne- 
apolis 18 years ago. After a bang- 
up first week, ■ however, picture 
faded when moved over to the 
RKO-Pan and was yanked after 
four days. While a click in and 
around the Twin Cities" TV area, 
the picture has been doing spotty 
business in many of the territory’s 
smaller towns. 

North Central Allied, independ- 
ent exhibitors’ organization here 
is named as a co-defetidant with 
Wilford Purper in a suit brought 
by the AFL booth operators union 
asking $430.65 damages. Action is 
the outgrowth of an alleged Pur- 
per violation of a contract with the 
union when he closed his St. Pau' 
neighborhood Royal Theatre. with- 
out giving two weeks’ notice, as 
required by the theatre’s pact with 
the projectionists, negotiated by 
NCA in Purper’s behalf. The 
$430,65 sought covers the fort- 
night wages, overtime and vaca- 
t tion pay which, it’s contended, the 
j Royal projectionist is entitled to 
receive. 

Minnesota Amus. has boosted its 
kiddie 'admission -from 12 to 20c in 
its four Minneapolis and two St. 
Paul downtown first-runs. In tilt- 
ing the ante thusly for youngsters 
under 12, circuit has fallen into 
line with the two looal and one St. 
Paul RKO houses, which have had 
the 20c scale for sometime. 


George Lynch, chief buyer, who 
started 35 years ago as an usher; 
John May, treasurer and one-time 
Gloversville bank president; Flor- 
ence Thompson Torrey, who work- 
ed up from clerk to office mana- 


Kind in H’wood 

Continued from page 7 


bush. 


Western Pennsylvania set for the 
William Penn Hotel Dec. 1-2. Com- 
mittees will be named soon by 
Secretary Fred J. Harrington. 

John Notopoulos quit sales post 
at U and returned to exhibition 
with Notopoulos Circuit in. Am* 
bridge; successor is Jack Lewis, 
who was in Cleveland. 

B. J, Redfoot named George D. 

Riggin as manager of tthe Pitt and 
Bedford theatres, Bedford, Pa. A 
former field rep for Metro, Riggin 
recently was affiliated with the 
Rivoli, chain' in Llyswen. 

/ John J. Maldney, central district 
sales manager fpr Metro, elected 
president of Sales Executives 'Club 
of Pittsburgh. He is first film man 

ever to hold that post. - Shea’s Teck (Loew’s) inaugurat- . , 

Ben N. Rosenberg sold the up- ed new operating policy last week, is typical. He was taming nf 
town Rialto, but the lease to Andy House, which since opening 10 changes taking place in the Orienf 
Battiston will continue. years ago has been utilized as a and mentioned that Tailand w « 

Ted Laskey now booker for m0 veover first-run, will discontinue being terrorized by zoot-sniw 
Laskey Bros,’ four outdoor the- wee kday matinees, opening at 5 dressed and armed exactiv u5 
atres; his brother John changed to p<m . Saturdays, Sundays and holi- their American counterpart? 
managing office detail. days will be continuous from 11 he stated: p ls * ihen 

Abe Rothenstein plans to reopen a<m . as previously. New policy 
the West at West Aliquippa next relegates . the Teck to a neighbor- 
month. House was shuttered for hood status, 
some time. 

A new outdoor theatre is under 
construction near. Aliquippa for 
Joseph E. Gray of NeW Brighton, 

It Is on the site of his former Rol- 


ger; Seymour L. Morris, publicity from writers or speakers who W 
director; William Kraemer, book- no knifelike motives, but are nil™ 
ing director; Bernard Diamond, ly thoughtless in publicizing ,,n 
executive assistant. • J favorable bits of information 
Neil Heilman, Albany theatre- with iust one ’ , 

man, announced plans for con- lng ^ would becomp^tin po , nder ’ 
struction of a 50-room motel cost- the ^ that 

ing $175,000 on the site of the old ably untrue nl , L and prob - 
Club Edgewood near East Green- ca 4 algn tr b U y C o™fn and 

is apparently having the effect ^ 
causing this pause for ponderl™ 
when Mm material is handled 8 

ColUngwood incident last week 

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MIAMI 

The Sunset, 550-seater, opened | the ldeas 
[in South Miami. Sidney Gordon is 


"Apparently the source of all of 
this plague of Thailand, or Sianu 
is those American movies, vintage 
of the 1930s and early 1940s that 
go all over the world and provide 


wan™* cWintf rlnir * I in oouin jyuauu. oiuucy uwuuu is Corwin, in his letter to the CBS- 

Witt relation of F. £>. ©inty) W e L^ h ,t WhUe Clyde that “ ll “ 

Moore and appointment of James South is manager. i?? , a J?r A fi }P s , were res Ponsi- 

Abrose to replace him as WB dis- J le ’ „ th . e zoot-suit crime wave must 

trict sales manager,, headquarters fAI ft ARY ALTA be an incredibly long-delayed re- 
for territory comprising Pitts- action, since the majority of Amer- 

burgh - Cincinnati - Cleveland - In- First drive-in in the Winder- ican films released in Thailand are 
di&napolis will be switched from mere, Alta., district is now in op- seldom over a year old." 
here to Cincinnati, where Abrose eration at Radium Hot Springs, “Earlier in the same broads <• 
head, prior to his Corwin 'addU -you 'rSemd^to 

promotion. at lnvermere! construction salutary dem0 cratic trends in other 

A $40,000 theatre to be known as Parts of the Far East — in Malaya, 
The Met is being built at Cud- where Asians were admitted for 
worth, Sask., by Mac Metropolis the first time into an exclusive 
House is due to open in September. British club, and in Egypt, where 
W. C. Russell, manager of Tivoli the economic usefulness of women 


ST. LOUIS 

Frisina Amus. Co., relights its 
State, Lawrenceville, 111., Aug. 31. 

The Algerian, Risco, Mo„ pur- ... — - 

chased by Brown ahd Greer, local in Saskatoon, appointed city super- outside the home is at last gaining 
merchants, from W. C. Thompson, visor of the Odeon-Morton thea- recognition. 

The Palm, a North St. Louis tres, the Tivoli, Broadway and “To be consistent, you might 
indie nabe. dark since September Victory. _ well have given American films 

last year, will be relighted Sept. 12 ? =— a credit for helping to foster these 

^s tomeri? n op 0 erated unScr S le a lse PHILADELPHIA attitudes. There you would have 

^How^dZaiSpf George Hutcheou. formerly with J”* wS £ 

Recent purchase by the Bloomer WB, back as a booker at Republic. ^ 

Amus. Co., Belleville, 111., of a new Heilman Theatres purchased 1^^* °Hservers and others 

ozoner near that town brings the tract of land ' between Langhorne that no medium of mass commum- 
number of drive-ins owned by the and Morrisville, Pa„ for construe- cation has done and is doing a 
company to four. It also operates tion of an 800-car dive-in. 
two houses in Belleville. Its new 


PITTSBURGH 

Paul Williams, with WB for 17 
years, resigned as manager of the 
Etna and is being replaced by Don 
Stehle from the Belmar. Tony 
Cotsoumbis, a relief man for cir- 
cuit, gets the Belmar post, 

Annual convention of Allied Mo- 
tion Picture Theatre Owners of 


great motion pictures are processed by PAT H-E 

Universal Pictures Board Chairman 
Nate «F. Blumborg sayss 

* i We have an exclusive contract 
, with Pathe Labs for tke process- 
ing of all our black and white 
pictures. They give us what we 


want , when we want it. ’’ 


No processing job is too large .for Pathe. 
None is too small. The only requirement 
is that each be of the highest quality. 
Perhaps you would like details on the 
benefits of an exclusive Pathe contract. 


ozoner formerly was owned by Joe 
Goldfarb and Harry Beck, 111., but 
operated by the Bloomer organiza- 
tion. 

Realart Pictures of St. Louis, 
headed by George Phillips ana 
Herman Gorelick bought the SL 


KANSAS CITY 


more effective job than Hollywood 
movies in conveying to all corners 
of the globe concepts of life in a 
free society." 


Pix to File 

Continued from page 4 


New ozoner at Columbus, Kans., 
get to open Aug. 22. Named the 
Cherokee Drive-in, 4fc is owned by 
Louis Stein Theatres, Inc, 

, , _ v Special weekend privileges on 

Louis franchise of Lippert T$c- weekly, streetcar passes worked out 

tures, Inc., effective Aug. 30. satisfactorily for all concerned and . ,. , . . ,, 

Charles Brechner, .resident man- are being extended _to Nov. 2 un- Save no explanation of what the 
ager in Grayville, • 111., for the der. agreement between the Public difference was. 

Tumer-Farrar Theatres, Harris- Service Company, downtown thea- State's brief, citing the argu 
burg, IH-. last week observed his tres and the merchants. Five, rid- ments of Smith’s attorneys in re 
45th anni in the Picture field. His ers are permitted on each pass for. gard to the U. S. Supreme Court 
career began in 1907 when he five cents each per ride from 2 p.m. decisions in the "Miracle" and 

S ? tx $! ay ““PI Sunday "Pinky" cases, noted that the high 

seater, in Granville at a cost of via this special deal. It wasorig- court ruled on “ sacr ilege,” and 

, „ , . ^ . inated several weeks ago and was since newsree is were not involved 

Bud Edele, after two years of se t to end Sent 1. news) reeis wi ere nui t * 

service in Korea, rejoins the St, ! im Hip hteh tribunals 

Louis UA office and will. resume 

his Northern Illinois territory! MEMPHIS 


__ sacrilege," the high tribunal’s 
decisions had nothing to do with 
the case.* 


Memphis ' Malco Theatre circuit Arguments advanced by the state 
here , announced several new also pointed out that there had 
changes in . their current shuffling been no undue power of restraint 


DALLAS 

. 4 , V**W** ft VM MA VM** MCCII HU U11UUX< i'V IT V* VP 

Robert J. O Donnell, veepee of of front office and field reps in a nd cited the testimony of Walton 
Interstate Theatre Circuit, will this area. Joe Kiefer, purchasing c Ament v.p. and general manager 
speak on Governors Day, Sept. 4, agent of chain, named as manager w arne r News. Ament, an Indus- 

the repeal of the 20% G flSl^d- ■ Aug^^Sd^Vafto^hfs knowledge 

» ‘& lateSt faCtS ab0U ‘ ^ haSl “ g ^ o^t th |r ^n k lde i 

Ray Trojahn n a med manager of M. TB. Dwyer, now assistant man- newsreels in Ohio ' . Brie j 

the Chalk Hill Drive-In here; comes ager of Malco, moves to Crosstown, sorship law went . l “^9. ® f * e that 
from Irvington Drive-in,- Houston, nabe house, as manager. Ralph drew the conclusion, tnerei • 

Joe DeAtley replaces Trojahn. Rothman, now city manager of there had not been muen cu e> 
Relax Theatre at Muenster re- Marco interests at Hope, Ark., of newsreel footage. . 

opened by F. E. Schmitz; house was moves into same slot at Camden, State also termed invalid tne m 
shuttered for about three months.* while W. J. Brown, now at Camden, dustry’s view that the $3 cnarg 
Albert Rains given approval by goes to Jonesboro as city manager, for censoring a newsreel was flis- 


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ST. JOHN 


the National Production Authority 
to build a new ozoner near Hous- 
ton. 

Ricardo Beltri, production chief Murray Lynch, manager of the 
at Galindo Bros. Studio in Mexico, Capitol, Halifax, N. S., largest thea- 
in San Antonio sampling audience tre in the maritime provinces, 

reaction to his studio’s latest pic, transferred to the Paramount, , wc / c therefore that the 

“The Right to Be Bom.” It prom- Moncton, N. B„ succeeding William ‘ ute - “ S.®”f®5 e, n ewsreels 

ises to be a top moneymaker for Gates. Both houses are in the Fa- obviously Intend 


criminatory, pointing out that tn 
charge would have to-be shown t 
be "confiscatory." Brief 
out that reels were not censorea 
in Ohio from 1933 to 1935 but 
were included In a new 1935 sw 


the Mexican film biz. Beltri stated 
that San Antonio is one of biggest 
foreign markets for Mexican pix, 

LOS ANGELES 

Morris Sudmin appointed man- 
ager of 20th-Fox’s branch office 
here, replacing Alex Harrison who 
is leaving Sept. 1 for N.Y. for an 
executive post in the homeoffice. 

Monogram will dedicate month 
of November to the Henry Gold- 
stein Drive, ih honor of the com- 
pany’s veepee and general sales 
manager. 


mous Players chain. 


to be censored. 


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Eighty-five Schine circuit em- 
ployees with records of five to 35 
years of service were honored at 
a dinner, in the Ten Eyck Hotel 
during last week’s convention. 
President J. Myer Schine intro- 
duced each vet employee. 

Among those honored were: 


GREENSBORO, N. C. 

The Elm Theatre here has 
opened under new management?! 
C. F. Kirkpatrick is now manager 
of the theatre, which has been 
leased by American Theatres, Inc. 
George T. Penny of Greensboro is 
president and- general manager of 
the firm, and Harry R. Stanley is | 
secretary-treasurer. 

DES MOINES 

Tom Arthur, veteran theatre 
manager in Mason City, filed a 
Federal Court suit against Central 
States Theatre Corp. of Des Moines 
in which he asks for an accounting 
for the period from May 27, 1932, 
to Sept. 1, 1951, during which time 
he was in partnership with Central 
States. Partnership involved op- 
eration of three theatres in Mason 
City, with Arthur- as manager. 


New York Theatres 


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THE DOCTOR spirit-seeker, tries . Hard ter ge 

(The inquiftlter) some fun into the proceeding*, *n 

With Warner Anderson, Anne Barbara Bestir is easy to watch' a 
Burt* -Whit Blsaell, Terdte Hoff- the romantic interest, Other the* 
man, Reinhoid Schunael, Billy job*, however, are merely stand 
Lee, other* ard, ***d Ax* 1 Gruenberg’i direc 

aSSrSJSSr 1 * film from fis *?ou* ne level? ^Ko^* fijf on the tiger and the b.ddiei gMH^ I credplHty7 Techffiar"assists^%re 

WrHe“ Fran* Spencer were captured. Lot* of fr action D^ri LelrH dMon standard. Kop. a 

to <iun Id n.m. ^ _ and some good jungle ammal shots Wnt«. ^rank Mo** * 

pnnrrFk Me &AMBLE SMILIN' ED'S GANG overcome the- choppy effect of the SUNKIST 

NBcSv^rom N.Y. ' With Ed McConnell, other* cheapie reel. E rl ” V * m ' NEW TV WR1TFRS flRflllP 

(Benton L Bowles) Prodncer-dlreotor: Prank Ferrit*. . Pinal portion was taken over by KTLA, Hollywood iilifi If l?IVHLIV3 IiIYUUi 

A<t the latest in the string of 3# Mina.: SaL* t.m> CDT McConnell and his trained pets— A heavy-handed melodrama about Tft QliKIT MI Dft 171 Umnu 

major vidpix package* hitting the BROWN SHOE CO. a Mdle-playing cat and a .talking a "Second marriage, "Aftermath” 1U Stth HLKu tUbt FIOfl 

zr t CBSTV> ga «*• «*■*«* r ts ,r * ■ 

light (24? vla NBC-TV. Initial Now int0 fts thlr(I sea , 0 „ for ft,, comicalities in his dialog with the spooling. Story by Frank Moss faUs As an outgrowth of the warfare 
S a was weU-scripted, produced Ms ^atLg ma- fiSSJK » * u *°° d fun fw - the to create sympathy for any of the between member* of the Radi, 

and acted, evidencing on all count* f ^jmjBhoe Co., tols m^uag. m? kiddies, character* involved and the obvl- Writers Guild and the Screen Wri- 

that it ‘carrie* a budget more than jor-domoed by genial Ed McCon- plug* were handled by McCon- denrives it' of anv few, run* a , ,, wn 

sufficient to it* means. Series i* nell, continue* a* a sturdy Satur* hell who worked throughout with h^ve been £7* ™ W ’ * ?* W or j* ni2ation . the 

being produced for Procter & Gam- day morning magnet for the mop- forced-draft joviality. Dave. suspense that might Jhave been Television Writers of America, waa 

ble by Marion Parsonnet at both pet’ dial twister*. Although . hete . — — — engendered by, the premise. formed here, with Charles Isaacs 

his Long Island City (N.Y.l studio* mA there, during the 30-minute - Thin plot line, stems from Bar- as temporary chairman iw 

and on the Coast, so that this is ^ 0 f the fllm-within-a-fllm, tight Camden, N. J— W. iE. Bo**, for- bara Whiting’s dislike of her new JL a ™ a "; New 

one program which won t offer a purse strings are apparent, the edi- mer RCA-Victor< home instrument stepfather. She finally admit* to group win seek jurisdiction over 

comparison between N.Y. and Hoi- t Ion viewed (23) had all the neces- held rep in New York and New the family doctor that she feels the scripting in both live and filmed 

lywood production methods. What* Mry dement* of excitement and England, has been named manager newcomer is trying to kill her, but xy. 

important, though, is that it should comedy to hold the youngster* set- of the television market develop- any doubts as to her mental bal- inn v 

draw and hold an audience week s j[^ e for the "sales messages.” - ment ' section .of the - company’s ance are quickly dispelled when . APPr™*wiy TOO Wnteis have 

after week, * * First half was given over to a home instrument department, ef- the stepfather admits having been volunteered to join. Membership 

Initial yarn, an original by Fran* filmed yarn, narrated by Smilin’ fecttve immediately. Boss -succeed* a longtime patient in a sanatorium. SS 11 ^r nd 

Spencer, indicated that the series Ed . Tale had to do with an Indian D. D. Halpin. After that, it’s just a question of a request will be made shortly for 

won’t be at Rll what’s implied in ■ . _ . ..... „ ■ 5 »n NLRB election to qualify TWA 

the "Doctor” title. Where it might - : ' * a* bargaining agent for TV scrip* 

aSaSrHS ' -TV .Films in Production £ — — — 

». „f Friday, Aii*. 1 KllBf Set* 26~PlC Series 

Btot 0 S h & °B 0 ^es? r"p!)rtfd*y' had ARROW PRODUCTIONS S SSX^bJP IK®® 8 ' Of Field*StOre < MistletOe ? 

exactly that idea in mind setting icrrv Studios: Hollywood Boh Dwa^Beraie Smith 

up the package* figuring that a Ju ^FLYING A ERODE CTIONS jone*'^ *»erie* H o£ half 1 bow adwmtuxe I Chicago, Aug. 2G, 

homey type such as a family doc- Mr i«. to rcnms in o«t, ' mo sunset Bird., Hollywood t*!*?!*' Kling Studio* starts production 


spirit-seeker, trie* . hard to get i elephant boy, a precious ruby, i , AFTERMATH .the obvious trap to let the storv 

some fun into the proceedings, and brace of bad men and a man-eating (Sunklst Premiere Playhouse) {• run «s course. y 


c st“ y - “ cal assI v« 


airwaves this season^ "The Doctor” 
o« to st«t Sunday 


{Burnett ) 


NEW TV WRITERS GROUP 
TO SEEK NLRB ELECTION 

, Hollywood, Aug. 26. 
As an outgrowth of the warfare 


ana actea, eviaencm* on »ia . » , , ■ . , ■ 

that it caiTie* a budget more than jor-domoed by genial Ed McCon- 

sufficient to it* means. Series i* nell; continue* as a sturdy Satur- 
being produced for Procter & Gam- da « morning magnet for the mop- 
ble by Marion Parsonnet at both ’ d j a j twister*. Although . here 
his Long Island City (N.Y.) studios there, during the 30-minute 
and on the Coast, so that this is of the fllm-within-a-lllm, tight 


TV Films in Production 


tor would draw an audience, and Ca« 


ARROW PRODUCTIONS 

KTTV Studio.: Hollywood t 
Second nt of 13 la ‘TUnur of tho 
Jungle" *6 half-hour Jungle gdventui* 
teleply *erie* to reaume in Oct, 

>ti Jon Hall. MXiao McClure, Bay Mont- 


ss 3 a* of Friday, Ajig. 22s 

Tilm oroducer; t tlndenbanaf 
Director.: Bob Dwan, Bernie Smith 

-FLYING A PRODUCTIONS 


thst th V torl«. th*mselve» could 1... ^^'SJS'^SrjrJSL'VSS u ICSSSl VSdSS D«,D. 


*030 Sunaet Bhd„ Holljrwood tel 

^ANNII OAKLIY M now aerie* of. ** ^ 


LINDSLEY PARSONS PRODS. 

KTTV Studio*: Hollywood 
Shooting "THK PILI OF JIFFMY 
JONK*" Mrie. of half hour adventure 
telepbc. 

Producer: Ltnd.ley Parent 


half-hour videoiterr now in praparation. Diractor: Lew Lander. 


take off from there, Fromkom. 

Preem edition, consequently, had (ir B r« ph 

a Czech woman applying for a job Amuunt director: Wilbur McOaugh 
as teaser in the orphanage run by. £ ua 
the doctor. To prove that she had nlhi oditon^DwUht Caldwell 


Second nriet of S3 half-hour 'Gene 
AUtry We.tern telepig .hooting. Gene 
Autry. Pat Buttram eet loada. i 


PATHESCOPE PRODUCTIONS 

9*0 Fifth Ave., New York City 


an NLRB election to qualify TWA 
as bargaining agent for TV scrip* 
ter*. 


Kling Sets 26-Pic Series 
S Of Ficld“Store 'Mistletoe’ 

Chicago, Aug. 26k 

Kling Studio* starts production 
this week on a series of 26 quarter- 
hour vidpix version of “The 
Adventures of Uncle Mistletoe,” 
moppet-angled puppet show owned 


Autry, Pat Buttram aot load*. i Now (hooting "TM* MUNT*a, y/ mxi*. by the Marshall Field department 
"BANBB aiDIk" Miootlngr McOnd of 13 half-hour teleplx. gpokuored by gtor* Storw hag been using a live 

rlee of 03 halfhour yideOter^ Jack Ma- X. J. Keynold. Tobacco Co. through 


the doctor. To prove tnat *ne naa pum 
the right qualification*, she told of stoxy 


editor: Dwight ( 
editor: Sberma 
r.: Brie Taylor, 


Caldwell 
n Low* 


honoy. Dick Jona. head 'tut. 
Producer; Louis Gray 


NSon^ h*e*drc^t. I version of th« show on WENR-TV 


liic uxin uu«uu\;auuii«, j»uN — sir’ . » T aw* rroeucw: douu ur«j ..... . Producer: aa Rtomagne ror ine DUt TOUT VOflTS tied 

Which formed the ^ flashback. _Seem* nAim WR,r»i%»NrC anutled ^DIATH VAM.1V DAYS' now Director; Oecar Rudolph. WAtailor atar+intf Sor,t. 23. - 


Montague 


for the ’past four years, tied in 


her husband wa* a district security WM. BOYD PROD’NS, INC* ahooting. 

ivM|A«r in ctaviet’-tfriminAtftd Pranie 11700 Venture Blyd.: Lo. Angel*. Producer: Dayrell McGowan 

cmcer m bovier-aominaiea rrague, Hopalong Camldy aerie, of half-hour Director: Ituert McGowan 

Who utilized- hw position to njht wtiUrn aarenturti Bow ihootlnl. Star* 1 ■ ■■ " 

the Beds In almost a one-man un- ring WillUm Boyd and featuring Kdgaf W. R. FRANK 1 

UnbMnmF* Kitni nnftr BUCMlUlRi _ Canoral Carvlee Cfiullni 


ROLAND REED PRODS. 

Hal Roach Studloe: Culver City 


Retailer, starting Sept. 23, will 
bankroll the filmed program twice- 
weekly on WGN-TV and will also 


the Reds In almost a one-man un- ringwnium Boyd and featuring idgar 

derground. Suspense built nicely producer: William Boyd 

as the officer tricked his military Aeeodate producer: Robert Stabler 

supervisor and so was able to place RS^^ft n TkSI^Abbf 1 *Km^ k ca» 
the blame on him for permitting Director.: Derwin-Abh., Tommy Cary 

some men slated for labor camps WILLIAM F. BROIDY PRODS, 
to escape. There’s been a surfeit ■ sunmt Itudjoa, Hollywood , 

rfvf nn twvh Pilrtein "WILD BILL MICICOK^ nrlei *f half 

Of SUCtl Stone* on iron -ourtain jj OUJ( . wca t«m adventure eerie, now In 

Countries on TV recently, but this preparation to reiumi .hooting mid-Au- 
one was intelligent enough to get *u«. Guy Madlaon. Andy Devine nt 


W. R. FRANK PRODS# 

General Service Studio.: Hollywood 
Group of 4 30-minute "MBDAL OF 
HONOR" teleplx now riiootlng. 

Producer.: W. Rv Frank, WUUam Dean 
Director: Reginald LeBorg 
Production Manager: Bart Carre 

GROSS-KRASNE, INC# 

General Service Studloe: Hollywood 
Now .hootinr "»!• TOWN" mrle. of 


Jy'w'SSffiSf 'POt “on ttniG-TV, Seattle, for 

comedie.. . use by the Frederick & Nelson 

Producer: Roland Raed etnr* n 'Fipld Rfnhtid 

Director: Howard Bretherton score, a rieia suosia. 

‘ . • ^ It’ll be syndicated In other 

REVUE PRODUCTIONS market* by the Kling sales force. 


^ * 1*0 in preparation for fan .hooting. 

Amateau, formerly with the Wald- Executive producer; William F. Broidy. 
Krjffi* pr<Hiuctlon unit «t BXO; 

and hi* knowhow was evident in . 

fine work of the cast. Warner An- JACK CHERTOK PROD 
derson had virtually nothing to do General Sendee Studio., Hollyv 
in the title role, leaving the hon- 
or, to Whit Blssell, who scored afS 1? 
solidly as the security officer tom Producer: Jack Chertok 
between his Communist ideology pffSSto? ff^i^*nire.‘ rlr3r 
and basic honor, Anne Burr turned Camera:’ Robert pittack 
jn an fiDnuftllnff DArfrtrrrtflnnp Film •dltor: Jack Rujupcra 


JACK CHERTOK PRODS. 


r?®dd comedie., 

DAL OF Producer: Roland Raed 
^ Directer: Howard Bretherton 
a Dean - 

REVUE PRODUCTIONS 

Ragle CJod Studloe: Hollywood 
Half hour aerie, ef "ADVINYURK* OF 
'-’p KIT CARSON" teleplk now riiooting for 

ywood Revue Prod., 

Mrle. of Producer: Revue Production. 

by Lever Directors Richard living* Norman Lloyd. 

ui« Nigh . 

n HAL ROACH PRODUCTIONS 

ramp n. Hal Roach Studloe: Culver City 

"AMO* 'N' ANDY" aerie, of character 
eomedy teleplx new ehootln*. iponaored 
net by Blots Beer foe CBS-TV, 


Pr«IUMr-arMt.r : NM Sh.rf. 

"Jfiy iSSja:,- .k2l~A to *o5 a 3«. ,rodo«.r: Irri. AUd». 


KIT C ARSON ' teleplx now snooting for . _ I 

General Service Studloe: Hollywood Revue Prod*. lf*J — J fiL.U.u 8 

Now .hooting TOWN" aerie, of Producer: Revue Production. fMlDIY LrfldtlfilT 8 

3* hail hour teleplx apoimored by Lever Director.: Richard Irving* Norman Lloyd. * lupia vmuivA | 

Brother*. Patrick McVey and Jane Nigh . I 

t . T ^ M HAL ROACH PRODUCTIONS — 

Jack J ’ Q * ?hm * Hal Roach Studloe: Culver City YnrV* 

. * "AMO* 'N' ANDY" aerie, of character IlCW I OIK 

Director: m. A, DUpem, eomedy teleplx new ehootln*. Sponaorcd ,, w nrn- 

T/issai r > TTvnwV pnnno hy Blats Beer for CBS-TV, Mr*. DdPothy B. McCann, prO- 

JOHN GUEDRL PRODS. * C..tj Tim Moore. Spencer William., Alvin ducer of CBS TUdio’s "Dr. Chris- 
. . SpO Taft Bldg, Hollywood Childrem, £:neriine Wade, Johnny Lee, .. /l,, ^ +h rvtnhr»r-diie "Death 

Art tJnUetter Marring In a mrle. of Horace Stewart. • ti*n Ana uie UCtODer-aue ve* 

104 13-mlnute vidpix titled "LINKLRTTIR Supervisor.: Freeman Go .den, Charle. Valley Days” Vidpix, to the Coast 

AND TNI I KID*." CerralL Sidney Van Kburen ciincrvise the "Valley” prodllC- 

Producer-dlrecter: Maxwell Bhahe Director: Charles Barton r, supervise xne va y y 

Amociate producer: Irvin Atkin. Production exeeutlve: Jams. Fonda tion* . . . Unity TV has acquired 

Amutant director: Bmmett Em«r»on video rights to three British fea- 

aor .ogees radDUCTioNS SIS 


in an. appealing performance a* hi* 


_ Ruggli 

wife, and Ferdie Hoffman wa* suf- *ii!t?!?£*"*\!a« •oLD'^Bet^Tor 1 $*vt. ShctS£ : ifiSr 5wi 
ficiently villainous a* the colonel. 3 ® «hooiing in "LON* RANd* R" h*y- Production Aipervlaor: Harry Cohen 

Supporting cast, topped by Rein- 5oh£ Hijt? r iay1siwe] rheela •St’leedgf* 04 ** JAN PRODUCTIONS * IN 1 
hold Schunzel and Billy Lee, was JAN , « , « N S’ n 1IN 

good. BING CROSBT ENTBBPKISBS ..?tTtM. .Vc«moh7- ^^75 

wereXv' 1 * 1 * ** CmK 's8P P JM* 3®*®^ gAH SS-“3S?«»E‘<«y 

Were OKay. oZUl, hour adult drama, sponaored by Packard producer’ Jack Denove 


BING CROSBY ENTERPRISES 

RKO-Pathe, Culver City 


PAUL F. HEARD, INC. tures including "They \ 

XTTV Studio*: Hollywood ROY ROGERS PRODUCTIONS SJJ??/ .iSSSSJL Junction’ 

Series, of 13 «uarter-hour telepleg tn# Geldwyn Studio. Hollywood ters, Mystery JUnCUOu 

tided "WHAT'* Your troublY?" with, roy roSSr* 2>w AoSJtfig m oater "Knight Without Armor.” 

Dr. and Mr.. Norman Vincent Peale. teleplx, Vidpix are half-hour each. Roy — 

Producer: -Paul IV Heard Rogers Dal*. Bran. topUne. pat Brady 

In support, General weriern part, to KU» U«ll,r«rnnrl 

Production auper vleor: H arry Cohen Sponsored by General Food, for NBC-TY. JriOtlyWOOu 

JAN PRODUCTIONS, * INC# Associate 1 uriuMn'hck Lacey EdgftP Bergen *nd * 

General Service Studio.: Hollywood Director: Boh Walker m*Aw nlatiori tn N’firthem 


Hollywood 


JAN PRODUCTIONS, INC. 

General Service Studio.: Hollywood 
"IT'* THI RICKKRSON*" Mrle. of half 
hour- comedy teleplx how .hooting. Lew 


1 . ^ * hour- comedy teleplx now .hooting. 

Shooting RIBOUND Parker and" Virginia Gray Mt lead*, 

hour adult drama. W onaored by Packard Produce J* c k Denove 


Motor Car Cotp. 

Xxecutlve producer; Basil Grille 
Half-hour mrle. of comedy-drama for 
J'A CHAIR ON THK BOULKVARD" to 


THE WHISTLING ROOM i'a'cha.r ohihm i ou ls var d" to 

(Chevron Theatre) preparation. .... 

With Alan Vanler Harhara Tteetav naif hour aerie, of adult drama film. 

£!* P J r * ** est *r, for //CROWN THIATRR" now Shooting. 


Edmund Purdom, Chnrie* Ev«n», * 

Tyler MacDuff DESILU PRODUCTIONS to Vhoot Sept, l " • 

Producer: Revue Productions General Service studio., Hollywood 

Distributor* MCA-TV. Ltd . 1 LoVi LUCY" half hour comedy »e- pff*' J^if 

. a r V rle. .pon.ored by Philip Morris riiootlng Camera: Gerdbn AvU 

Director: Axel Gruenberg for fall mason. 

Writer: Howard J. Green Cart: Lucille Bril, pe»l Arnax, wlUhun EDWARD LEY 

3ft Mina. Frl ft n m Frawley* VWtan Vance. Motion Picture C« 

% xi T' vrafrixT c m a xt «? Producer: Jem Oppenhelmer Series of 13 half-hot 

CHEVRON STATIONS Director: William Asher Irene Dunne a. femce< 

KTLA, Hollywood Writer.: Jes. Oppenhelmer. Madelyn 

_ Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr. 

Despite the high hopes Revue "our miss brooks" half-hour com* 

Productions obviously entertained now .hooting for cbs- 

for this little entry, it emerges as Carti ^e^denf GaieTordon. Jane Mor- 


Production mpervieor: C. M. Florence 
Director-writer: Phil Rapp 

LEA-TUCK TELEFILMS, INC. 

Quality Picture. Studios. Hollywood 
"HOW JULIU* RRCOMRS CAESAR," 
Mrle. of 13 half-hour teleplx scheduled 
to shoot Sept. 1. 

Producer: Phillip Tucker . 

Asst. Producer: Sam Leacock 


Series of 30 half-hour teleplx. 
Producer-director: Jules BrickeA 
AmUtant director: Iddle Seat* 

SCREEN TELEVIDEO PRODS. 

Ragle Lion Studio., Hollywood 
Resume production of half-hour dramas 
on Sept. 30. 


EDWARD LEWIS PRCDS. 

Motion Picture Center, Hollywood 
Series of 13 half-hour teleplx featuring 
Irene Dunne a. femcee resume Sept. 3. 


Writer.: Jess Oppenhelmer, Madelyn Producer: Fdward Lewi. 


Pugh, Bob Carroll, Jr. 

"OUR MISS BROOKS" half-hour com* 


just another tale of ghosties. Cred- 
its Impart the information that p r ^^r e , U L,YM^5 ordon ’ 

"The Whistling Room” is actually Director^ A1 ^SJH*** Cart: ^George ButM and Gracie AUen, 

a “satire On ghost stories” — but un- Assistant director: Jim Paisley ZelL Benadaret. Harry Von 

less the Chevron filling stations Writtr * : Lewi ., Joe Q ulllan Producer! Ralph Levy 

Its* to n aU n f U stnmSs eS tw^? mit FEDERAL TELEFILM, INC. w”um?p,'ShSSc. SU Dorfmau Eu> 
lis to all customers, there s little Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood vey Helm, William Burns 

possibility that the average viewer "MR. and mrs. north" scries of half «— — 

will realize what scripter Howard ^ u . r oS ltu £ ti0 £ c0 ^ e ,?i e * MARCH OF TIME 

J * V s ^l in ^ t0 d0 * mi, Francis d?Sri«s heVd «»¥ "AMfcKcAN^fr AND* HUMOR" 

♦bnf om d * a if w / th the strange noises rles^ cf w'hrif-ho^r pi?.' Thoma. M Mftchrii; 

that emanate from a cottage on the ^^ rcc ^ or * Rriph Murphy . narrator, with cast including Gene Lock* 

chSsedWa rich , P m'' FRANK FERRIN PRODUCTIONS MoM • 

... Y i LOn ^O^L r an( l his 6529 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood Producer: Marlon Parsonnet 

son. Latter S in love with a sprite- "SMILIN' ED'* CANO" series now shoot- Director: Fred Stephani. . 

I « • AM 1 1 > ^ V 1 1 I — r ^ W .* -hr. F. 1« k*. AM « « • A 


gan, Dick Crenna, Gloria McMillan. Bob 
Rockwell, Virginia Gordon. 


Production manager: William Stayen. Producer: Hal Roach. Jr.i Carrol 
— i — i Director: Jim Tinting 

THE McCADDEN CORP# tTvimi wniirT i?¥T xn 

General Service Studios; Hollywood ^ ^ nURLD flLMt. 

"THi BURN* AND ALLKN *HQW" Unlverml International Stv 
now .hooting mrle. of half hour comedy ■ . _ , , . 

teleplx. The Carnation Co. sponsor. . FIDHTIND* MAN," *er 

Cast: Georg* Burn* and Gracie Allen, half-hour teleplx, now .hooting, 
Fred Clark. Bea Benadaret. Harry Von Thom*., • Cliff Clark set leads. 


FEDERAL TELEFILM, INC. 

Goldwyn Studios, Hollywood 
"MR. AND MRS. NORTH" scries of half 


Associate producer: Jack Lae«y Edgar Bergen and * ca J^ era 

Directon bob Walker crew pu ne d to Northern Michigan 

orepvu mnuq to lens bRckground footage for 

1303 n. Gower. HoDywood Bergen’* upcoming vidpic- sene 

Now .hooting the ford THIATRR . . . Personnet Productions rolling 
*eri«. of 30 half-hour teleplx. fhrw# In Camflv’s "The Doctor 

Producer-director: Jules BrickeA Hire© in ^atnay ■ -»-“« ,, 

Amutant director: iddle Seat* series thi* week, with Bob Alaricn 

directing two and^ ^ Don Siegel the 
SCREEN TELEVIDEO PRODS, third. Casts' set thus far include 

Ragle Lion Studios, Hollywood Ttantiliv Pnmlnrore and Henry 

ATr ctlw 91 luli ’ hoUr dwmM Morgan in "The Red Wig,” which 

producer: Gil Ralrton and ArthuiJ Ripley Aldrich helms, and Dorothy Ma- 

Prod. rapervlsor: Rudy E. Abel r Marvin and Alan Reed 

Camera: Stuart Thompson lone. Lee Marvin ana A* qi« ee i 

Sup.rvirtng film editor; Bernard Mali. in "The Runaways,” which sieger 

■ me?* Fritii Duran set for tne 

SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS leaden "A Letter From Tess,” lat- 
Hri I Roach Studios, Culver City x- xl. "Raeket Sauad” series 

"RACKRT SQUAD" mries resume .hoot- es t ^ the «aCKet oqu.«u „ j 

Ing h*if hour teleplx mrle. Aug. as. which roll* today (Wed.) ai 

Jr> * Cwrr ®“ ^ Roach Studios. Ian McDonald also 

Director: Jim Tin ting dreW ^ ^ ln the vidfilm . • * 

UNITED WORLD FILMS, INC. **<*»/<* Llewellyn will make two 
Universal International Studio* telefilms based on Strange anu 
HS&X** 3 Unusual Tales” lot Kybutol . . • 


Prod, mipervlsor: Rudy E. Abel 
Camera: Stuart Thomp^ln 
Supervlrtng film editor; Bernard Mat!# 

SHOWCASE PRODUCTIONS 

Hal Roach Studios, Culver City 
"RACKIT SQUAD" Mrle. resume .hoot* 
mg half hour teleplx series Aug. 35. 
Producer: Hal Roach. Jr.i CarroU Cag* 
Director: Jim Tinting 

UNITED WORLD" FILMS* INC. 

Universal International Studio* 

_ Hollywood 


Zell. 

Producer! Ralph Levy 
Director: Ralph Levy 

Writers: Paul Henning, Sid DorfmaR, Har- 
vey Helm, William Burns 

MARCH OF TIME 
360 Lexington Ave., N. Y. 
"AMERICAN WIT AND HUMOR" se- 
ries of 34 half-hour pix. Thomas Mitchell, 
narrator, with cast including Gene Lock- 


5525 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood 
"SMILIN' ED'S CANO" series now shoot- 


iy colleen who believes alonff with lng * Ed McConnell, Nino Marcel head cast, 
an uninvited urofncclnnol L„ l Producer-director: Fi’ank Ferrin 
BP rh*iQPr thof .,P rote . ss l 0 Dal spook- Assoclato producer: Ralph Ferrin 

WF cnaser, tnat the spirits frown on Assistant director: Don Olsen 

^ their romance. It’s all pu.ntnoiiu 


ji • ” ** vtv u UU 

their romance. It’s all eventually 
exposed as the trick of a jealous 
rival, but the tadeout finds the 

rt 1 1* Aft «.4>i ^ ^ - i J ■ , . 1. . 


FILMCRAFT PRODS. 

6451 Melrose, Hollywood 


Bim- and Olive Deering. comedy teleplx begin 

Producer; Marion Parsonnet Chick Chandler starr 

Director; Fred Steph ani. . Pangborn* Gus Schlllin 

PARSONNET TV FILM STUDIOS, PrSdSn B. L. Petroff 

Associate producer: Be 

108 Larchmont Bo\Uevard, HoUywood pSducUon manaxe£°B 
Casting: Jack Murton, Fred Messenger rroaucu ® n maaK * cr « ” 
Shooting half-hour dramas for series en* ittxt n 


.Mi* Melrose, Hollywood titled "The Doctor," sponsored by Proctor 

GROUCHQ /iiARX starred in 39 hnif-hour Sc Gamble. Features Warner Anderson, 


noises starting aeain fn tho U Jr A . K ^. Btarr ?, rl »* 39 hnif-hour & Gamble. Features Warner 

nf WyT * u a 1 in delight audience participation film productions Producer: Marlon Parsonnet 

©I tne gnost-breaker. now shooting . once a week- for NBC. Production manager: Henry Spitz 


Alan Napier, as the professional Frta^STotaVu^i"'" 1 


Directors: Robert Aldrich, Don Siegel 
Ais't directors; Jack Berne, Frank Fo; 


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hrif-hour teleplx, now .hooting. Michael Fre .® EMlcr w0 “ * .P a T +hp r jf e ’* 
Thoma., • Cliff aark lead*. assignment* in "This is tne Due 

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Eagle Lion Studio.: Hollywood Virginia and IxaAO 

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hour adult drama, now shooting. seven "Our Miss Brooks vianinis 

Producer-director: Frank Wlsba? Sth Tva A JE* * AFM Local 47 

Associate producer; Sidney Smith \ With Eve Araeil . • r hn jg. 

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Associate producer: Bert Douglas 
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Stage; Trip to Fifanhouse Prescribed 


By LESLIE HARRIS 

(AM -TV Director, Colgate ) . 

Been to motion pictures lately? 1 

If you haven’t — even if popcorn 
crunchers give you creeps, and air- 
conditioning affects your sinus- 
go! Particularly if you are begin- 
ning to think of vidpix and motion 
pictures as virtually the same 
thing. This is a sure symptom of 
deterioration of the sense-percep- 
tion, and cases allowed to go un- 
checked have been known tff prove 
fatal. 

Let me fill you in on my case 
history. B.T.(before television) I 
used to go to a film house every 
week or so. Then it happened — 
never have been able to remembef 
whether it was a dull picture, „ wait - 1 
ing in line at the Music Hall, or be- 
cause I got intrigued with TV while 
watching some technical director 
superimpose Toscannini’s face over 
a fifth row flute section — but sud- 
denly tempest has ' fugited and I 
haven’t been to a film house in 
over a year. 

Well, that was yesterday. Now 
I’m back to normal. My quick re- 
covery came after being lured into 
the Paramount to catch a stage act. 
The act was bad, but it was boiling 
outside so I stayed to cool off. 
Okay, I was sleepy. # , 

But suddenly I’m wide awake. 
The feature is on, and both my 
rosy optics are popping at 60 cycles 
a second. All at once, I am*really 
seeing people, scenes have depth 
and look like real places. None of 
this fuzzy, misty nebulosity thqt I 
had grown so used to on the TV 
screen. These are hard, clean pic- 
tures, and you can see the contours 
and light shading on a person’s 
face — there’s a sharpness and clar- 
ity that I had almost forgotten 
could exist on a screen. And what’s 
more, the gals are pretty — and 
they’re big enough to appreciate. 
None of this - 17-inch diffused 
charm. This is real kingsized stuff. 

Real Color 

And the color — believe me, if 
you haven’t seen a color film for a 
while, the sheer contrast between 
the garish palette-spatterings of a 
few years ago that left you blink- 
ing, and the brilliant tones'' and 
color definition you can see today 
in pictures like “Ivanhoe” and 
“Merry Widow,” will leave you 
gasping. 

I don’t mean to make this pitch 
a paean of praise for the cinema. 
The stories — and particularly the 
dialog — are as tired as" ever, but 
with the advances in photography 
techniques — the contrast between 
what we accept today as finished 
telepic and a modern color film, 
makes one wonder if even black- 
and-white TV has really advanced 
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Pimpernel’ Set 

As NBC Vidpix 

“Scarlet Pimpernel,” the British- 
produced radio drama currently 
airing on JNBC, will double into 
Ty soon as a vidpix show. NBC 
this week closed a deal with Harry 
Towers, owner of the package, to 
lens the vidfilm version in London. 
Web will finance the operation and 
will control all network and syndi- 
cation rights. 

Pilot film is to be shot sometime 
in September, with Marius Goring, 
who plays the title role in the AM 
show, dittoing for TV. Show is to 
be produced for video as part of 
NBC’s film operation under veepee 
Robert W. Sarnoff, with Sarnoff’s 
crew working 'closely on the prop- 
erty with the web’s program de- 
partment. 

“Pimpernel” is one of several 
big-budgeted British radio pack- 
ages now aired in the U. S. CBS 
is currently broadcasting the 
“Horatio Hornblower” show on 
A:\l, but so far has made no move 
to double the program into TV. 


Will Roger?, Jr., Set For 
, life,’ His First Vidpic 

• Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Will Rogers, Jr., has been signed 
by Screen Gems for the starring 
role in “Life, Liberty and Orin 
Dooley,” half-hour vidpic for Ford 
Theatre. 

This is Rogers* second appear- 
ance on film, liiS; first being por- 
trayal of his father in the feature- 
film, “The Will' Rogers Story.” 

The teleplay was written by 
Mary McCall, Jr., from the Col- 
lier’s magazine story by William 
Fuller. Robert Stevenson, who has 
just completed Screen Gems’ 
“Birth of a Hero,” directs. 


Vidpic Strike, Scripting 
Scrap Seen in ALA Council 
Meeting Set for N.Y. Today 

Battle on the Screen .Writers 
Guild vidpic strike and tele script- 
ing jurisdiction may take place at 
the Authors League of America 
council meeting in New York to- 
day (Wed.). SWG board will meet 
on the Coast later in the day. 

Regular ALA council meeting 
was skedded for Sept. 8, but it 
was moved up to Aug. 27, presum- 
ably because off the SWG strike 
situation. SWG is Striking against 
the Assn, of Television Film Pro- 
ducers on the Coast. However, 
the western region of the Radio 
Writers Guild voted not to support 
the SWG action. It is disregarding 
an interim order from ALA prexy 
Rex. Stout not to sell material to 
the struck producers. RWG claims 
that SWG did not keep it informed 
of the specific demands on which 
the negotiations broke down. 

Stout’s interim order was accom- 
panied by a ballot on which ALA 
members are to indicate whether 
they support the strike. At the 
ALA council meeting . today it’s 
likely that a report will be made 
on the results of that balloting. 

An RWG spokesman said that 
his union’s representatives on the 
ALA council would go into the 
confab ,to “get more information.” 


Coordinated ALA Plans 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Battlefront in the Screen Writers 
Guild’s strike against the Alliance 
of Television Film Producers shifts 
to N. Y. this week. Mary McCall, 
Jr., SWG prexy, flew east yesterday 
(Mon.) at invitation of Rex Stout, 
head of he Authors League of 
America, for a conference to co- 
ordinate all members of ALA in 
the prosecution of the walkout. 

Radio Writers Guild, western 
branch, also a member of ALA, re- 
cently refused to join the strike, 
regardless of ALA’S temporary 
order restraining all member guilds 
from violating SWG’s strike 
against ATFP. SWG mailed a 
“White paper” to its own 1,200 
members and to RWG’s 1,000 mem- 
bers detailing facts designed to 
“correct records recently distorted 
in news releases.” * 

The “white paper” asserted that 
S.WG had been led to believe that 
the RWG western council “shared 
thSTJdlnt ttbn of ALA and SWG to 
improve Compensation and work- 
ing conditions” of writers in tele- 
vision. It added, “we find our- 
selves in the unpleasant situation 
of having been- deserted by an ally 
after battle action has been taken.” 

Referring to the efforts to form 
a new television writers organiza- 
tion, SWG asks “could this be the 
design behind the attempt to wreck 
the current strike — the formation 
of a television writers guild in the 
midst of created confusion and 
chaos — if the possible failure of 
the strike is such disorder in the 
television field?” 

Miss McCall will meet tomorrow 
with Stout and officers of the vari- 
i ous ALA guilds. 



£ Canada Dry hks $3,0ID,0I)0 Deal 
To Bankroll ‘Terry & Pirates’ Series 


With • both Hollywood and New 
York now vying for the position 
as capital of the booming vidfilm 
industry, a direct comparison • of 
the final results obtainable in both 
cities may soon be possible. Two 
new indie outfits swung into opera- 
tion during the last several weeks, 
one concentrating all its produc- 
tion on the Coast and the other 
doing all its lensing in N. Y, Trade 
is already looking forward to see- 
ing samples of both their works 
for a direct comparison of produc- 
tion values, lighting, camera work 
and .other important factors. 

Production firms are Hafner- 
Halperin, which is lensing half- 
hour series based on both the 
“Rex Morgan” and “Kerry Drake” 
comic strips, and Crown Cinema 
Corp., which is working in N. Y. 
on a half-hour drama series and 
a quarter-hour situation comedy 
package. Hafner-Halperin, al- 
though in business longer than 
Crown, is one of the youngest vid- 
film units in the industry. Produc- 
tion chief Les Hafner, 36, has been 
in the vidfilm business five years 
and was formerly prez of Motion 
Picture Stages, N. Y. Sales chief 
Stanley Halperin, -33, worked with, 
the William Morris-office 12 years. 

Chincse-U. S. Backing: 

Crown Cinema, the new outfit 
in N. Y„ is being financed by a 
group of Chinese-American indus- 
trialists. James Hsu is* prez olithe, 
company, with Frank Jacoby, staff 
director at NBC-TV, as veepee in 
charge of production. Freeman 
Koo, of the w.k. Chinese family, 
is treasurer. While Hafner-Halper- 
in has a longterm leasing deal 
with Hal Roach Studio in Holly- 
wood, Crown, is now working out 
of the Robert Lawrence Studios 
in N. Y., but plans eventually to 
build its own studio in the east. 

According 'to Hafner, in N. Y. 
last week to showcase his pilot 
pix to agencies and clients, he 
discovered when he Arrived in 
Hollywood last year that the ma- 
jor studios will be plunging into 
vidpix within the next few years. 
As result, his outfit decided they 
must produce films that will com- 
pare in quality with these turned 
out by the majors three to five 
years from now. H-H consequently 
Is budgeting its shows at $23,500 
per stanza which, according to 
Hafner, makes it possible to obtain 
the best possible writing, direct- 
ing and acting talent. In addition, 
the star names- used are being cut 
in for a percentage of the gross. 

Louis Hayward is playing the 
title role in the “Morgan” series, 
three of which have been canned, 
and Sterling Hayden has the lead 
in “Drake,” one of which has been 
completed. Hafner has pacted 
Willis Goldbeck, who wrote and 
directed both the “Dr. Kildare” 
and “Hardy Family” series for 
Metro, as writer-director. No 
writer has been set for “Drake.” 
To illustrate the coin he’s laying 
out for talent, Hafner revealed 
that he’s signed Marjorie Reyn- 
olds to co-star with Hayden in the 
latter series, with Arline Judge, 
Frankie Darro, Walter Woolf King, 
James Flann and frestor Paiva also 
in the cast. 

Crown’s half-hour series will 
have different stories and casts 
each week. First edition, titled 
“Hushabye Baby,” features Biff 
Elliott, Peggy Nelson and Tony 
Hickley. Husband-and-wife . team 
for the quarter-hour show, titled 
“Leave It to Arthur,” has not been 
set. Crown is budgeting the half- 
hour show at $17,500 per stanza, 
with the budget allowing for a 
full orch, with music to be com- 
posed and conducted by Elliott 
Jacoby. 


Colgate Skeds ‘North’ 

Colgate will install John W. 
Loveton’s televersion of “Mr. and 
Mrs. North” in the 10 p.m. Friday 
slot on CBS-TV, with an Oct. 3 
starting date. 

The Norths will be played by 
Barbara Britton and Richard Den- 
ning. 


Strong Unit to Back Up 
May ehoff. NBC-TV Show 

Arnold Staftg, Hope Emerson 
and Billie Burke have been signed 
for the Eddie Mayehoff show, 
which goes into the 7:30 p.m. slot 
Sundays on NB.C-TV. 

Reynolds Metals is committed to 
a firm 39 weeks, with an option to 
increase the series to 44 editions. 
Program consists of half-hour vid- 
pix. 

Kinnie Recording Issue 
Chief SAG, TVA Hassle As 
4A’s Preps New York Meet 

Associated Actors &. Artistes of 
- America meets in N, Y. today 
(Wed.) to draft a new resolution 
that will delineate the jurisdiction- 
al areas of Television Authority 
and Screen Actors Guild. 

Chief problem involved, in what 
has been lately a relatively quiet 
jurisdictional matter, concerns ed- 
ited kinescope recordings. SAG 
wants the phrasing on this subject 
to state that TVA has jurisdiction 
over kinnies so long as they are 
not edited in the manner of mo- 
tion pictures. 

TVA, however, contends that 
kinnies grow^out of live tele, are 
covered by TVA’s contracts with 
the networks , and stations, and 
they should remain under the live 
union’s wing. TVA argues further 
that -a large proportion of kinnies 
are edited, as when a boner is 
pulled in a commercial and the 
mishap is cut out or an overlong 
program is trimmed. 

The fight 'is actually over the 
language used, with TVA claiming 
that the SAG phraseology would 
cover too much ground. TVA feels 
that eventually SAG may use this 
language to cover the possibility of 
new methods of tele recording, 

’ On the other hand, SAG stresses 
that it is not trying to get control 
over kinescopes. It conceded TVA’s 
control over kinnies in National 
Labor Relations Board hearings 
long ago. It claims that the key 
phrase is “editing customary in 
motion picture production.” Merely 
trimming out a boner or an over- 
long sequence wouldn’t be con- 
strued as editing a la motion pix, 
an SAG spokesman said. 

A new resolution on the juris- 
dictional picture is being drawn up 
to replace one adopted by the 4A’s 
In April, 1950, ( when the- 4A’s 
awarded all jurisdiction to TVA* 
That resolution went by the boards, 
due to decisions by the NLRB and 
elections in which the actors voted 
for SAG control over film TV. 

However, the 1950 document is 
still on the books. Since all sides 
agree that the 1950 .paper is out- 
dated, it will be rescinded and re- 
placed with one that reflects the 
actual situation. 

SAG-proposed resolution says a 
program is considered in “live 
manner” if it is recorded in con- 
tinuous action, with cuts permitted. 
Audience participation shows, even 
though edited and on film, would 
be considered “live,” e.g., the 
Groucho Marx show. But, TVA 
asks, what if the “Red Skelton” 
show moves to film? . 


GINSBERG PREPS NEW CO. 
FOR FILM, TV PROJECTS 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Organization to create, develop 
and participate in motion picture 
and television projects has been 
initiated by Henry Ginsberg., for- 
mer head of Paramount studio. He 
just ended an association with 
NBC-TV as film consultant. 

Ginsberg will direct his activi- 
ties toward production of films for 
television and to achieve a closer 
coordination between the two in- 
dustries. 


■ In another major television film 
deal, Canada Dry Ginger Ale this 
week pacted with Official Films 
to bankroll OF’s “Terry and the 
Pirates” series in a number of 
"'major markets on a spot basis this 
fall, Canada Dry' will spend well 
over $3,000,000 for combined time 
and talent on the vidpix, thereby 
upping its TV advertising outlay 
considerably over the $4,500 week- 
ly it was paying ABC-TV as a 
participating bankroller on that 
web’s “Supfer Circus,” which it bias 
cancelled. 

“Terry,” being produced for 
Official by Dougfair Productions, 
is scheduled tq preem Nov. 22. 
Series will be aired alternate weeks 
only* and OF Is currently huddling 
with other major advertisers to 
pick up the open weeks. Deal is 
another illustration of the trend 
being followed by major TV spon- 
sors in abandoning network shows 
in favor of picking up only those 
markets it wants via a spot vid- 
film purchase, 

Don Sharpe, currently producing 
“Four Star Playhouse/’,, the Robert 
Cummings show and “Impulse/’ 
will coordinate plans for “Terry” 
with Dougfair, indie outfit headed 
by Douglas Fairbanks. Pix atfe to 
be lensed at the RKO studios in 
Hollywood starting Sept,’ 16. John 
Baer will play the title- role, with 
William Tracy playing the Hotshot 
Charlie character and Jack Krus- 
chen portraying Chopstlck Joe. 
Mathes agency handles the Canada 
Dry account. 

Dial is the third set to date with 
a top-spending advertiser by Offi- 
cial. Singer Sewing Machines will 
bankroll “Four Star” this fall via 
CBS-TV, while Dunhljl cigarets 
this week pacted to bankroll the 
Robert Cummings series Saturday 
nights on NBC-TV. 


With 50 NY. Prods. 


Screen Actors Guild last week 
notified some 50 film producers ill 
N. Y. that it is cancelling its cbn- 
tracts with them as of Oct. 23. 
After that date SAG members will 
not be permitted to work for any 
producer who hasn’t signed the 
guild’s new basic agreement of 
1952 and the television supplement. 

Some Gotham film producers 
have inked these agreements and 
will not be affected by this action'. 
Talks have been . proceeding be- 
tween the Film Producers Ass’n 
of N. Y. and the SAG, and will 
resume after Labor Day. It’s ex- 
pected that an SAG-FPA pact will 
be finalized ahead of the Oct. 23 
deadline. 

Guild’s contracts with the 50 pro- 
ducers involved permit cancella- 
tion, after a certain period, on two 
months' notice. SAG set the dead- 
line to prod the producers into a 
quicker settlement. 


NBC DELAYS AM ‘RILEY’ 
TO LAUNCH ITS VIDPIX 

NBC, which acquired radio-TV 
rights to the “Life of Riley” pack- 
age several months ago, has de- 
cided to postpone the debut of the 
AM version this fall in order to 
get the projected “Riley” vidfilm 
series under way. 

Web will lens a top-budgeted pi- 
lot film on “Riley” within the next 
few weeks in Hollywood, with Wil- 
liam Bendix playing the role he 
originated. As soon as the pilot Is 
canned, the web will use that to 
pitch the show to prospective Agen- 
cies and clients. Then, when and 
if the TV version is sold, NBC will 
turn its attention to the radio show. 

“Riley” was last seen on NBC- 
TV several seasons ago as a vidpix 
series. That version starred Jackie 
Gleason in the title role and was 
bankrolled on the network' by 
iPabst Beer. 


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RAM®- THEE VISION 


W«lne»d«y, August 27. 1952 


CBS-TV Maps Sharing Sponsors’ Plan 




Unable to line up a single bank-* 
roller for its ICen Murrayshow this 
fall in either an hour or a half- 
hour version, CBS-TV has decided 
to try selling the show to three 
sharing sponsors’, each of whom 
would pick up the tab for one- 
third of the package each week. 
Web followed the same procedure 
for its 'Jackie Gleason show and 
succeeded in wrapping up the 
requisite trio of sponsors well 
ahead of Gleason’s scheduled tee- 
off next month. 

Web is anxious to get Murray 
on the air with a sponsor or spon- 
sors, because its contract with the 
comic includes a $2,000 £er week 
pay or play clause. As result, it 
has budgeted the show consider- 
ably under the Gleason package 
and NBC-TV’s “All Star Revue ” 
which has' been sold cm the same 
basis the last two years. Each of 
the trio of sponsors buying into 
the Murray package will pay a 
gross time and talent fee of $25,- 
000 per week; on a' promised lineup 
of 35 stations. Gleason sho\y, by 
comparison, goes at $32,500 per 
sponsor weekly. 

If the web succeeds in selling 
Murray, it will slot him Saturday 
nights from 9 to 10, directly fol- 
lowing Gleason. While the CBS 
brass claims that the comedy block 
would give it a solid one-two punch 
against NBC’s “All Star” apd 
“Show of Shows,” it also would 
mean further re-juggling of the 
CBS Saturday night, and perhaps 
Tuesday night, schedule, -which had 
been presumably locked up several 
weeks* ago. 

At that time, CBS had “Leave 
It to Dad," starring Eddie Albert, 
slotted for the 9 p.nv slot Saturday, 
and Jane Froman’s “U'.S.A. Can- 
teen” in at 9:30. On Tuesdays, the 
web had the Red Buttons show at 
8‘ and the Alan. Young show at 
8:30, opposite NBC’s Milton Berle 
program. If Murray takes over the 
Saturday , night 9 to 10 slot, con- 
sequently, the web will have to 
select the best two of those four 
programs t’o fill the Tuesday night 
period. 

Bristol-Myers to Stay 
With ‘Bank’ on CBS-TV; 
ABC Gets Plum Renewal 

Bristol-Myers has decided to 
stick with “Break The Bank” in the 
9:30 p,m. Sunday -slot on CBS-TV, 
rather than another show which 
the network had been plugging for. 

CBS-TV had been pushing for 
—the sponsor to put in a more ex- 
pensive program, preferably the 
Ken Murray stanza. However, the 
B-M crowd felt that because it fol- 
lows the “Fred Waring Show” and 
is opposite the strong “Television 
Playhouse” for Philco and Good- 
year on NBC-TV, a more expensive 
layout wouldn’t do any better than 
“Bank” ratingwise. On a vlewers- 
per-dollar basis, the bankroller re- 
portedly feels, “Bank” will prove 
a better investment. 

Meanwhile, ABC radio has 
snagged a 52-week renewal from 
Bristol-Myers for “Bank,” aired 
Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 
11:30 a.m. It’s a plum for the web, 
since the show had been wooed 
over from another skein last year. 

Prudential is cutting back on its 
Jack Berch show, currently in the 
12 noon-12: 15 p.m. slot cross-the- 
board. Next month Berch will be 
trimmed to five minutes, running 
from noon to 12:05. Web is insert- 
ing a newscast with Don Gardner. 

Ted Mack’s “Original Amateur 
Ho,. M for Old Gold, which is in 
the Thursday 10-10:45 p.m. period, 
powders ABC after the Sept. 18 
edition. 


22 live Station Markets 
For NewCBS-TV ‘Omnibus’ 

With all replies from its affiliate 
stations not yet in, CBS-TV has 
tied down a live station lineup so 
far of 22 markets for its upcoming 
Sunday afternoon “Omnibus” se- 
! ries. Web expects to hit a peak Of 
’ 30 live markets for the show, and 
also revealed this week that the 
Ford Foundation, which is produ- 
cing with CBS as part of its TV- 
Radio Workshop, has approved 
additional funds to permit kine- 
scoping the show in other markets. 

“Omnibus” is slated for launch- 
ing Nov. 9, and will hold down the 
4:30 to 6 p,m. period Sundays. Web 
salesmen this week are following 
up on the presentation brochures 
mailed out to agencies and pros- 
pective clients last week, and CBS- 
TV sales execs report considerable 
sponsor interest. 



Set for Bristol-Myers 


Bristol-Myers is set to pick up a 
15-minute tele series on DuMont 
to precede that web’s c professional 
football telecasts .on Sunday after- 
noons, A limited station lineup 
will probably be used. 

Show will go into the 2:45-3 p.m. 
slot as warmup for the pro grid- 
ders. A name sports personality 
is being sought- to handle the stint. 
Agency is Doherty, Clifford & 
Shenfield. Product to be plugged 
will probably be Vitalis hair, prep- 
aration. 



S. O. of Ind. to TV 

Chi Pro Gridders 

& 

Chicago, Aug. 26. 

Standard Oil of Indiana has 
finalized a deal with the two Chi- 
cago pro football teams, the Bears 
and Cardinals, to televise an 11- 
game home schedule on seven mid- 
west stations. The contests will be 
telecast by ABC-TV, which is offer- 
ing them in other markets on a 
co-op basis. Under National Pro- 
fessional Football League rules, the 
games can’t be telecast in a city 
within 75 miles of a league* con- 
test, which means Chicago will 
automatically' be blacked out. 

The promotional aspects through- 
out the midwest for the two Windy 
City teams are an important part 
in the Standard TV. hookup. The 
oil firm, through McCann-Erickson, 
is actually only bankrolling one 
half of each game, with the other 
period given over to plugging 
either team, depending upon which 
is being televised. 

‘Standard and the agency are 
still rounding out other phases 
of its, annual fall football spread, 
which embraces both radio and 

T. V Already set are regular sea- 
son broadcasts of the following 
colleges: Colorado, KOA^ Denver; 
Iowa, WHO, Des Moines; Minne- 
sota, WCCO, Minneapolis; Ne- 
braska, KFAB, Omaha; Wichita, 
KWBB, Wichita, and Wisconsin, 
WTMJ; Milwaukee. 

Still to be worked out are the 
final details oh Standard’s . AM 
sponsorship of the Bears’ games 
on the WIND midwest' network. 


Lux Hunts Emcee 
As AFRA Ban On 
DeMille Stands 


-Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

C. B. DeMille’s expulsion from 
AFRA still stands, officials of the 
radio actors union have advised 
the J. Walter Thompson agency. 
Feelers were put out by the agency 
to determine,, the status of the 
former producer-emcee of • “Lux 
Radio Theatre” and- the answer 
was “nothing doing.” 

Overture was made by the 
agency to AFRA before proposing 
a return to the show to DeMille, 
which he had not sought. DeMille' 
was forced off Lux several years 
ago when he -refused to pay an 
assessment of $1" for a political 
campaign he disfavored. He fought 
the expulsion to the U. S. Supreme 
Court but lost. 

With the opening of the Lux 
radio season less than two weeks 
away, the . agency finds itself with- 
out an inaugural show or producer- 
emcee. William Keighley, who fol- 
JcrWfcd DeMille on the dramatic 
show, has -bowed out so that he 
can spend six months of the year 
in Europe. Cornwell Jackson, 
agency’s radio-TV veepee, is audi- 
tioning a successor. 

Pencilled for the teeoff Sept. 8 
was “African Queen,” but it had 
to be postponed because the pic- 
ture’s star, Humphrey Bogart, will, 
be tied up' in picture production 
It will be aired at a later date. 


Philly D.A. Cracks Down . 
On Pseudo Tune Contest 

Philadelphia, Aug. 26, 
An advertising promotion scheme 
conducted by a local TV dealer will 
be dropped on orders from the Dis- 
trict Attorney’s office. 

D. A.. Richardson Dilworth made 
the demand, when members of his 
racket’s squad found a so-called 
“mystery tune contest” sponsored 
by r the American Television and 
Appliance Cp., was “no real con- 
test.” * ■ - 

• The firm .offered “$100 merchan- 
dising certificates” to persons who 
correctly identified songs, recorded 
portions of which were broadcast 
over local radio- and TV 'Stations. 
Dilworth said the Better Business 
Bureau ’ was listed among the num- 
ber of complainants he had re- 
ceived about the program during 
the last six months. 


DFS* Rogers on Leave 
For Nixon Campaign 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

Ted Rogers, ex-CBS. director, 
■will serve as radio and tele liaison 
of the Nixon-for-Vice-President 
campaign, Republican National 
Committee announced over the 
weekend. 

Rogers is on leave from Dancer, 
Fitzgerald & Sample; he's as- 
sistant manager of the agency’s 
Hollywood office in charge of 
radio-TV, His work has been 
supervising network shows on both 
media. 


•Kukla’ to Debut as NBC Radio Airer; 

in AM, TV 

“Kukl& Fran & Ollie,” whiVh 
latched onto a network-controlled 
time slot on * television this year 
.for the first time since it’s been 
on the air, will also make its debut 
v?rfr/ a ^ aS a k a ^'h°ur radio show 

'?? C ,/ I 5 0 . gram vee P ee Charles 
(Bud) Barry revealed this week 
that the Kuklapolitan troupe will 
bow in nn radio Sundays at 6-30 
marking the latest instance of how 
NBC plans to utilize many of the 
samp shows in both AM and TV 
under its new integration policy. 

Barry pointed out that “KF&O’’ 
will be the first of three Sunday 
evening shows to be aired on both 
radio, and Ty, but not as simul- 
casts. “Meet the Press,” which is 
to be aired at 6 p.m. via video 
will have a playback of the audio 
portion of that show on the NBC 
radio jjetwork at 10 p.m. And The- 
odore Granik’s “American Forum 
of the Air,” which moves back to 
a Sunday afternoon slot for TV 
in the fall, will also have its audio 
played back on radio at 10:30 p.m, 
Barry cited these three shows as 
ibrime examples of the types of 
programs which could be utilized 
advantageously in both media. 

Explaining the genesis of 
“KFfcO’s” radio debut, Barry said 
he had long believed that the pro- 
gram was a basically good radio 
property, as well as TV. About 
six months ago, he said, he re- 
corded two weeks of the show's 
video stanzas and then played back 
the tape without having any TV 
pictures to watch at the same time. 
Kuklapolitans came out so well 
ip. the, AM format, he said, that 
he got together with Burr Till- 
strom, ( “KF&O’s” creator and star, 
and worked out the deal for a 
radio version. 

With the TV show now airing 
Sundays at 4 p.m., only two-and- 
a-half hours before the scheduled 
radio slot, Barry said that it 
hasn’t yet been decided whether 
Tillstrom and his troupe will tape 
a special show for the AM ver- 
sion in advance, or whether they’ll 
tape the audio portion of the TV 
show, and tiien “wild-track” in on 
the tape the necessary bridges, 
segues, etc., to fill in the gaps, 
such as might occur when the 
characters on TV were going 
through their pantomime antics. 


Longrun ‘People’ 
Due for TV Axe 


ABC, Subsids in $67,000 
Red for 1st Half 1952 

ABC and its subsidiaries report- 
ed an estimated loss of $67,000 for 
the first sU months of 1052. The 
loss'would have been an additional 
$74,000, if it had not bq.cn reduced 
by recovery of Federal income I 
taxes under the carry-back provi- 1 
sums of the Internal Revenue 
Code. 

For the same period of the pre- 
mous year, the net income was 
alter Federal income 


$472,000, 

taxes. 


1 1 i 


Television Premieres 

(Aug. 27-Sept. 6) 

% 

Following is a list of shows, either new or returning after a 
summer hiatus, which preem on the four major video networks 
during the next 10 days: 

Aug. 29 

Big Story. Drama. NBC, 9 to 9:30 p.m. Pall Mall, via SSC&B. 

Aug. 30 

Your Hit Parade. Variety. NBC, 10:30 to 11 p.m. Lucky Strike, 
through BBD&O. 

Aug. 31 

« Roy Rogers. Western. NBC, 6:30 to 7 p.m. General Foods, 
via Benton & Bowles. 

Sept. 1 

House Party. Audience Participation. CBS, 2:45 to 3:15 p.m. 
Monday-through-Friday. Participating sponsorship. 

Sept. 2 

Where Was I? Panel quiz. DuMont, 9 to 9:30 p.m. Wine Corp. 
via Weiss & Geller. 

Sept. 5 

Mama. Situation comedy. CBS, 8 to 8:30 p.m. General Foods, 
via Benton & Bowles. 

Aldrich Family. Situation comedy. NBC, 9:30 to 10 p.m. Camp- 
bell Soups, via Ward-Wheelock. 

Cavalcade of Sports. Madison Sq. Garden fights. NBC, 10 to 
10:45 p./n. Gillette, through Nixon. 

Greatest Fights of Century. (Film.) NBC, 10:45 to 11 p.m. 
Chesebrough Manufacturing, via Cayton. " 

Sept. 6 

Happy's Party. Kid’s show. DuMont, 11 to 11:30 a.m. Florida 
Citrus, via J. Walter Thompson. 

All Star Revue. Variety. (Dennis Day as first star.) NBC, 8 to 
9 p.m. Participating. 

Your Show of Shows. Variety. NBC, ,9 to 10:30 p.m. Parlici- 
pa mg.* 

Battle of Ages. Panel. CBS, Saturday, 10:30 to 11 p.m, Seru- 
tan, through Franklin Bruck. 


“We, the People,” one ,of the 
longest-run shows on television, is 
being cancelled by Gulf Oil at end 
of September. Sponsor is keep- 
ing its Friday night at 8:30 period 
on NBC-TV, and will replace 
“People” with a half-hour dramat- 
ic series, to be produced on a live 
basis by Young & Rubicam staffer 
Frank Telford. 

“People” also held a record of 
some kind as one of the oldest 
shows on radio, in which medium 
if started a number of years ago. 
When TV first became a network 
operation, Gulf attempted for a 
while to air the show as a simul- 
cast, but then dropped radio en- 
tirely two years ago in favor of a 
TV-only system. Lif.e magazine 
had been co-produciiig the show 
with Y&R during the recent politi- 
cal conventions, but it checked off 
several weeks ago, and is now 
shopping for another video pack- 
age. 

“People” was originally created 
by Phillips H. Lord. He sold.it on 
a royalty basis to Y&R and is still 
collecting his weekly check for the 
show. Its cancellation marks the 
second Lord package in recent 
weeks to get the axe, since his 
“Mr. District Attorned,” after 12 
years on radio and a year on TV, 
was cancelled by Bristol-Myers at 
end of last season. 


U. OF KANSAS TO BOW 
NEW FM RADIO STATION 

. Kansas City, Aug. 26. 

U. of Kansas, at Lawrence, is 
getting into FM radio. Its new sta- 
tion, KANU, will begin regular 
hroadcasting Sept. 10, R. Edwin 
Browne, director of radio, an- 
nounced last week. 

KANU will operate at 91.5 mega- 
cycles on the FM dial, with a clear 
signal being receivable over a 70- 
mile radius from Lawrence. It will 
broadcast by ■ means of a 10,000- 
watt transmitter and a 511-foot 
tower. 

Station is a gift to the K. U. 
school of journalism by John B. 
Harris and Sydney F. Harris, 
Hutchinson and Ottawa publishers, 
as a memorial to their uncle, Fred 
M. Harris, a former member of 
the state board of regents. • 

For many years, K. U. has 
owned and operated KFKU, an 
AM station, which splits time with 
WREN, Topeka. 


Drama Quartet Solos 

Agnes Moorehead, Charles 
Laughton, Charles Boyer and Sir 
Cedric Harwicke, the four thespers 
who comprise the First Drama 
. Quartet, will make separate, src- 
j cessive appearances on CBS Ra- 
dio’s “Suspense” series. 

1 Miss Moorehead will kick off the 
i scries'' Sept. 15, in the fifth reprise 
of her “Sorry, Wrong Number” 
classic. Laughton, Boyer and 
I-Iardwicke follow, in that order. 

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Trade Institutional Job 
To Highlight CBS Radio 
Fall Promotion Drive 

CBS Radio, continuing its at- 
tempts to revive interest in AM, 
will plug not only its program 
lineup in the fall advertising cam- 
paign, but try in. addition to do an 
institutional job on the medium as 
a whole. To this end, the web has 
scheduled its annual promotion 
clinic for Sept, 4-5 at the Hotel 
Pierre, N. Y., where top web execs 
will detail their fall promotion 
plans to more than 125 station and 
promotion managers. 

Charles Oppenheim, sales pro- 
motion and advertising chief, will 
conduct the clinic. Also scheduled 
to address the affiliate execs are 
network prexy Adrian Murphy; 
veepees Lou Hausman, John Karol 
and Lester Gottlieb; research di- 
rector Harper Carraine; news chief 
Ted Church, and press informa- 
tion chief George Crandall. 

Web’s promotion film, “More 
Than Meets the Eye,” will be 
screened for the affiliates Sept. 5. 
Hausman and Oppenheim are 
scheduled to trek to the Coast tne 
following week to deliver their 

spiels to CBS western affiliates 

Sept. 11. 

Texaco Set to Sponsor 
Met Opera B’casts Again 

Texaco is returning to sponsor- 
ship of the Metropolitan Opera 
broadcasts on ABC radio for an- 
other season. The Saturday a - 
ternoon operacasts will kick o 
Nov. 29, with a 2 p.m. to-conclusion 
schedule. Agency is Kudner. 

The one-shot televising ot tne 
Met preem will probably not 
undertaken this year, due to h r 
costs involved. Last year Tc * 1 
also omitted the preem telecasts, 
although it had backed t* 11 *’ 1 * 
ABC-TV for the two previous sea 

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NBC Not Selling Radio Down River, Sez 
McConnell; Reintegration Policy Set 

NBC prez Joseph H, McConnell4-— ■ — — —■ ■■■ — — — 


said this week that the web’s re- 
integration .policy is’ now virtually 
complete* with key personnel for- 
merly working in either radio or 
TV now devoting their time and 
energies to both media. Move, 
McConnell said, was carried out 
primarily to strengthen radio but, 
in bringing execs formerly concen- 
trating on radio only into TV, the 
video network will also be 

strengthened. 

McConnell termed as “foolish” 
reports that the reintegration policy 
would result only in “selling radio 
down the river.” He cited the fact 
that Frank White, now veepee in 
charge of both NBC’s radio and 
TV networks, was formerly prexy 
of the Mutual system. “How can 
we be selling out radio,” he asked, 
"when we put a man who came 
from a radio-only network in 
charge of both our AM and TV 
operations?” 

According to the NBC topper, 
the reintegration move was made 
necessary by the fact that it’s im- 
possible “to find duplicate execu- 
tives of the calibre of Pat Weaver 
(AM-TV exec veepee) and Frank 
White to concentrate on either one 
medium or the other.” And even 
if such top execs were available, 
he said, it would probably be im- 
possible for NBC to pay' four of 
them, where it now pays only two. 
Under the reintegration pattern, 
he said, NBC also will benefit in 
both media from the long experi- 
ence of John K. Herbert, formerly 
AM sales veepee and now holding 
down that job for both media, and 
Charles (Bud) Barry, who formerly 
was AM-only program veepee and 
now heads programming for both. 

McConnell pointed out that the 

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GOP, Demos Grab 
All Availabilities 

With the Presidential camaigns 
swinging into high gear this week, 
both the Republican and Demo- 
cratic national committees are 
buying up as much radio and TV 
time as possible to slug it out in 
full view of the public from coast 
to coast. Both parties this, week 
pacted for a half-hour show on 
both NBC and CBS the night pre- 
ceding the elections for a last- 
minute pitch for votes, and it’s ex- 
pected they’ll place the same time 
order on all major AM and TV 
webs. 

Demos booked the 10:30 to 11 
p.m. period Nov. 3 on the two 
webs for a simulcast. GOP has 
bought the 10 to 10:30 period for 
radio only, but is now expected to 
cancel that booking- in order to 
Pick up the 11 to 11:30 period on 
? simulcast basis, in order to have 
its pitch follow directly after the 
Demos. Demos, . meanwhile, are 
known to be trying to grab up time 
on every video market in the 
country, indicating that Gov. Adlai 
Stevenson, Demo nominee, will ap- 
pear on the show himself. 

Demos are teeing off their TV 
campaign next Monday (Labor 
Pay) with a half-hour on all four 
nets, during which Gov. Stevenson 
£ill officially launch his campaign. 
£arty has also bought the alternate 
Tuesday night 10:30 to 11 period 
between now and the election on 
CBS-TV. Web is holding open the 
alternate weeks for the GOP but 

so far has not received an order for 
me time. 

On NBC, meanwhile, the Demo- 
crats have bought the 10:30 to 11 
P m. period for both radio, and TV 
f«Pt 9 and Sept. 15. GOP has 
ool? . e< * simulcasts Sept. 4 from 
f: 30 ., 10 10 and Sept. 19 from 10:30 
, 1 1- In addition, the GOP has 

ought 18 separate half-hours of 
radio between Sept. 24 and 
jmj. 3, all to go in the 10 to 10:30 
p<m * period. 


Mappet ‘Cottage’ Calls 
Quits on DuMont Web 

“Magic Cottage,” one of the long- 
est-run moppet shows on local N. Y. 
TV, called it quits with the Du- 
Mont web this week, and is now 
being pitched up to other webs 
and indie stations. Show, - starring 
Pat Meikle and produced . and 
scripted by her husband, Hal 
Cooper, has been aired cross-the- 
board from 6:30 to 7 p.m. It winds 
on DuMont's WABD, N. Y. flag- 
ship, after the Sept. 12 broadcast. 

Cooper, incidentally, left yester- 
day Clues.) for London, where 
he’ll produce George Beliak’s “The 
Trouble Makers,” scheduled for a 
Sept. 16 opening at the Strand 
Theatre in London’s West End. 

NBC Sets ‘Match’ 
Sundays at 7 P.M. 
To Buck Benny 

In^an attempt to reprise his sys- 
tem of knocking off the top-rated 
shows on competing networks, NBC 
program veepee Charles (Bud) 
Barry has decided to slot “Meet 
Your Match,” the audience par- 
ticipation giveaway show, Sunday 
nights at 7 this yearrin direct op- 
position to the Jack Benny show 
on CBS Radio. Barry was program 
chief for ABC several years ago, 
when that net put up “Stop the 
Music” Sundays at 8 and promptly 
knocked Fred Allen out of the top 
rating position he’d held for $ears 
on NBC. 

Scheduling of “Match” at 7 
o’clock is one of several shifts in 
the Sunday night fall lineup which 
Barry has put through this week. 
Under the new setup, “Scarlet 
Pimpernel,” the Towers of London 
package from England, goes in at 
5:30 p.m., and “Kukla, Fran & 
Ollie” will be making its AM debut 
in the 6:30 slot. Only time period 
still open on Sundays is at 6, and 
it’s tentatively planned to air 
either the Gabby Hayes show or 
Sammy Kaye’s “Sunday Serenade” 
in that period. Either of these 
two programs will be offered for 
sale under NBC’s “Minute Man” 
co-op setup. 

As the Sunday schedule present- 1 
ly shapes up, the network will tee 
off with “The Chase” a 4 p.m. 
“Martin Kane, Private Eye,” will go 
at 4:30, under sponsorship of U. S. 
Tobacco, with “Hollywood, Star 
Playhouse,” bankrolled by Ameri- 
can Bakers, going at 5. “Pimper- 
nel” is in at 5:30, Hayes or Kaye 
at 6, “KF&O” at 6:30 and “Match” 
at 7. Then “Aldrich Family” will 
be aired at 7:30; Phil Harris- Alice 
Faye, sponsored by RCA, at 8; 
“Theatre Guild of the Air,” bank- 
rolled by U. S. Steel, at 8:30; 
“Dragnet,” sponsored by Chester- 
field, at 9:30; “Meet the Press,” for 
Revere Copper & Brass, at 10, and 
“American Forum of the Air” at 
10:30. 

Radio Show Aids Traffic 
Cop Win Sheriff Primary 

Schenectady, Aug. 26. 

Police Officer Harold Calkins, 
who has presented a we’ekly 
safety program via WGY from his 
traffic post, with assistance of an- 
nouncer George Marriott, was a 
surprise, and close winner over 
Sheriff William H. Dunn in the 
Republican primary election for 
that office last week. Calkins, 46, 
listed the radio show in pre-elec- 
tion advertisements. 

Quarter-hour, which features 
interviews with drivers discussing 
highway rules and safety precau- 
tions, won a citation last year from 
the National Safety Council. 




CBS Radio ran into a major snag 
on its new rate formula this week, 
when WJR and WGAR, the web's 
kepr affiliates in Detroit and Cleve- 
land, respectively, refused to ac- 
cept the new policy. Reps of the 
two stations, which Torm part oT 
the late G. A. Richards’ Goodwill 
skein, told VAwxty that? they’ve 
had “casual” talks with CBS brass 
on the possibility of working out a 
separate deal with the network. 
They indicated, however, that if no 
such deal is forthcoming, they may 
disaffiliate entirely. 

Reason for the two stations’ de- 
fection reportedly lies not so much 
in the indirect rate cuts resulting 
from CBS’ new discount structure, 
but in the reduced payments the 
web affiliates will get under the, 
plan for ’airing network shows. 
Three other stations are also still 
sitting out on giving the plan a final 
okay, but they are expected to fail 
into line within the .next week. It’s 
pointed out that KMPC, Holly- 
wood, third station in the Goodwill 
chain, has been operating success- 
fully as an indie outlet for some 
time, and John Patt, now prez of 
the stations, reportedly feels that 
WJR and WGAR can do as well on 
an indie basis if he cannot come to 
terms with CBS. 

Other Holdouts. 

Other CBS affiliates which have 
not, yet okayed the new plan, which 
took effect Monday (25), include 
KNXT, Des Moines; KCBQ, San 
Diego; and WNAX, Yankton, S. D. 
♦In notifying advertisers of these 
stations, CBS said their Monday 
through Friday day rates will not 
be increased, and billing for them 
will not be subject to the 5% Mon- 
day through Friday daytime dis- 
count. 

In a brochure mailed to spon- 
sors and agencies this week, CBS 
detailed the new plan as including 
an 11.11% hike on day time . rates 
cross-the-board and establishing 
Saturday and Sunday day rates at 
one-half the level of nighttime 
rates. Night rates are to remain 
the same, but advertisers benefit to 
the extent of an approximate 35% 
cutback via the new discounts es- 
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Ike, Adlai Pat Radio-TV 
On Back for Strong Aid 
In Getting Out the Vote 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

Congratulatory messages to the 
broadcasting industry were receiv- 
ed from the Democratic and Re- 
publican presidential nominees last 
week by Harold E. Fellows, prexy 
of the National Assn, of Radio and 
TV Broadcasters, on occasion of 
the start of the group’s annual dis- 
trict meetings. 

Gov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois 
informed' Fellows that radio and 
TV are contributing “immeasu- 
rably” to public understanding of 
the issues and candidates In the 
campaign. He added that broad- 
casters have “cooperated generous- 
ly” in making their facilities avail- 
able to him for his reports on state 
government activities to the people 
of Illinois. 

Gov. Stevenson* commended 
NARTB for its “Register and 
Vote” campaign. Pointing out that 
there are an estimated 25,000 citi- 
zens who fail to vote, he urged 
that “every available facility be 
utilized to reverse the trend which 
has seen fewer and fewer voters 
participating in national and state 
elections.” 

Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said 
that the broadcasters of the U.S. 
“are performing a vital public 
service and in my opinion doing 
an increasingly effective job. Noth- 
ing can be more important than 
that the various means of commu- 
nications are granted the freedom 
of expression that is their consti- 
tutional right.” 


GM’s TV Bow With $3,000,000 Grid Coin 
Near-Record for 11-Wk. Short-Termer 


Bishop Vice Kalmus At 
NBC-TV, Latter to Lever 

Allan H, Kalmus, managcV of 
TV publicity for NBC for the last 
seven years, resigned from the web 
last week to join Lever Bros, as 

press bureau chief, Don Bishop, 
NBC’s magazine editor, has been 
tapped to replace Kalmus. Aurlel 
Macfie, until now Bishop’s as- 
sistant, succeeds him. 

Kalmus is the second exec to 
leave NBC veepee Syd Eiges’ pr^s 
department during recent months. 
Jo C. Dine also resigned recently 
to accept a job ' as publicity chief 
for the Frederic W. Ziv Co. LeVer, 
incidentally, this week also named 
George H. Weiler, Jr., formerly 
manager of public information for 
Sharp & Dohme, as community 
relations manager. 


Healthy Fall Biz 


* luuiuis ourjp., wmcii win 

make its TV bow as sponsor this 
fall of NBC-TV’s National Col- 
legiate Athletic Assn, football pack- 
age, will spend close to $3,000,000 
for the 11-week schedule, a near* 
record for. a TV series of such 
short duration. CM will shell out 
$2,533,050 to NBC for -time and 
talent on the package and Is also 
expected to spend another several 
hundred thousand dollars on a 
fullscale ad-publlcity .campaign, 
Kudner agency handles the ac- 
count. 

Sale is regarded as a coup for 
NBC on several counts. Most im- 
portant, as far as the web is con- 
cerned, is the fact that this marks 
the first time GM has ever used 
network video, and NBC hopes to 
be .able tb keep the company on its 
client roster for subsequent shows. 
Primary factor in the sale, accord- 
ing to NBC prexy Joseph H. Mc- 
Connell, was the circulation record 
turned in by NBC-TV in the Re- 
publican national convention cov- 
erage, New Nielsen statistics re- 
veal that NBC’s video coverage was 
seen in more homes than -all other 
networks combined. 


Is Seen for Radio; 
Renewals Strong 

Portending healthy fall business 
for network radio, both CBS and 
NBC this week came up with a 
batch of new billings and renewals. 
Number of NBC renewals pushed 
that> web’s biz total up 16% com- 
pared to where it stood at this time 
•last year, and CBS has been oper- 
ating ahead of last year’s schedule 
of sponsors for some time now. 
Both webs also cited the fact that 
they still have several weeks of 
selling time remaining before the 
new fall season shifts into high. 

On the new business side, Camel 
cigarets bought the 5:30 to 5:45 
p.m. spot Saturdays during the 
grid season for a football score- 
board show. On CBS, Pillsbury 
contracted for the 8:30 to 8:45 a.m. 
cross-the-board period on the 
web’s midwest net only. Show 
has -not yet been selected. 

NBC is topping the renewal list 
with four major nighttime entries 
picked up for the new season by 
their sponsors, in addition to two 
shows on NBC’s western network 
only. Renewed for -the full net are 
Groucho Marx, sponsored by De- 
i Soto-Plymouth; “Grand Ole Opry,” 

' by Camels; “Dragnet,” by Chester- 
field, and “Railroad Hour,” by the 
Assn, of American Railroads. Re- 
newals for the western net only 
are “Starch Time” and “Standard 
Hour.” 


Web also wjpn on its gamble of 
holding out for a single large 
sponsor on the NCAA package, 
rather than attempting to sell the 
series to several participating bank- 
rollers. In this connection, - it’s 
pointed out that GM is paying the 
full card rate of all NBC stations 
carrying the games (with an antici- 
ated full network lineup of ‘54 
markets), with no deals or special 
discounts of any kind having been 
made. Fact that GM has bought 
the show virtually -guarantees NBC 
a profit on its fourth-quarter TV 
operations, 

NBC has set up a special task 
force to work with GM on the 
show and to coordinate the activi- 
ties of the sponsor, network and 
NCAA. Unit is being supervised 
by Waiter Gross, NBC’s account 
exec in Detroit As the fix'st move 
in working with "him, the web sent 
out a contingent of top brass to 
Detroit yesterday (Tues.), includ- 
ing press veepee Sydney H. Eiges; 
sales veepee John K. Herbert; TV 
sales veepee George Frey; news 
and special events chief Davidson 
Taylor; merchandising chief Fred 
Dodge; ad-promotlon chief Jake 
Evans; stations relations rep Steve 
Flynn; sports chief Tom Gallery, 
and his assistant, Lindsey Nelson. 

Schedule tees off with the Texas 
Christian-Kansas game Sept. 20. 
Other games set to date are Colum- 
bia-Princeton, Michigan-Stanford, 
Michigan State-Texas A.&M, and 
Army-Navy. Under NBC’s deal 
with the oolleges, each school is to 
get approximately twice the net’s 
Class A hour rate for rights io its 
games. 


On the CBS renewal list is the 
Peggy Lee show, sponsored by 
Oldsmobile. Show was bought 
originally by Oldsf for six-and-a- 
half weeks only. Since that time, 
it has had several renewals and 
Olds is now considering continuing 
it indefinitely. 


Hickman Series 
In WNBT Snag 


Crosby Due Back on CBS 
In Original Thurs. Slot 

Bing Crosby returns to his 
original CBS Radio slot on Thurs- 
days at 9:30 this fall. General 
Electric, which is succeeding Ches- 
terfield as sponsor, has decided to 
slot the show in the same period 
Crosby held for a number of years 
Y^ith his old “Kraft Music Hall” 
show. 

In other program slottings set 
this week on CBS, “Hollywood 
Star Playhouse,” sponsored by Jer- 
gen’s Lotion, goes into the Thurs- 
day night 9 to 9:30 period, directly 
preceding Crosby. “What’s My 
Liire,” radio version of which is 
to be bankrolled by Philip Morris, 
goes into the Wednesday night at 
9:30 slot, which Crosby held down 
last season on CBS. 


Difficulty of clearing WNBT, 
N, Y., Fridays at 7:15 p.m., may 

force the upcoming Herman Hick- 
man series into another spot on 
NBC-TV. However, it’s likely that 
the show will remain on that web, 
since the 10:45 p.m. Tuesday slot 
is available, among others. It’s 
also possible that the Friday even- 
ing berth can be cleared in N. Y. 

Show, starring the former Yale 
coach, is slated to kick off Oct. 3, 
with Rex Marshall as Hickman’s 
vis-a-vis. Guest stars will be used, 
some coming fron\ outside the 
sports field. Writer will be Wil- 
liam Papp, former Chi Daily News 
and ABC sports expert. Series is 
packaged and produced by George 
F Foley, who also has “Tales of 
Tomorrow”»and the George Gallup 
transcriber. Agency for Robert 
Burns division of General Cigar is 
Donohue Sc Coe. Contract is for 
52 weeks, with a 13-week hiatus 
privilege. Hickman was inked 
through William Morris agency. 


28 


RAiito-TKifivisioBr 


Wednesday, August 2 7. X952 


TVA Muffing High Preside’ Board 


70 Acts Set for 15-Honr 



on 





Details of the plan draw up by 
Prof. Robert E. Cushman of- Cor- 
nell U. on “blacklisting,” which 
Television Authority, is now mull- 
ing, were learned this week as the 
document .was given to TVA offi- 
cers for study. 

The plan calls for a' - board of 
three “eminent disinterested per- 


sons,” aided by a permanent staff 


WOR Talent Boreal Sets 
Branches in MBS Towns 


Philadelphia, Aug. 26. 
Dennis James, Warren Hull, Jane 
Pickens , and Hal Block will head a 
cast of more than 70 variety acts 
when WFIL-TV presents a 15-hour 
“Celebrity Parade” for the .benefit 
of the United Cerebral -Palsy Ass'tt, 
Saturday evening. Sept, 6. 

The charity telethon will run 


3 More Coml Permits in UHF Are 


Nat Abramson, head of the WOR 

IN. Y.) entertainment bureau and ^Smdw^nd mjjd « 

co-ordinator, of Mutual network 

— . r ------ — - - . ohl c: i rnm^nf oi Pennsylvania and Southern New 

to which cases m which entertain- lag up branches ofhis entertainment j 

ers.are accused of or cited for dis- setup m other MBS ciaes, paj*££ A y E ' tail;u , telethon staged by 
loyaly or Communist associations, tarty thos e whldi have outlets WI]: ;_ TV in 1931 . let ted the Cere- 
“may be referred for fair examina- owned bj the Thomas F, O Neil, Ji.~ bral p^y. group more than $Q5,000. 
tion, report and recommendation/ General Tire radio empire. 

The board is to be a “high pres- In Boston, for example, Abram- 
tige” body, with men of the calibre son's braneh will work out of the 
of the late Robert Patterson; Cush- Yankee network headquarters, 
ing said. It would not be a “loy- The entertainment bureau han- 
alty board” or “clear” individuals, dies bookings, of . acts for conven- 
but would “report findings and tions, meetings,, cruises, tours, par- 
make recommendations.” It. would ties, etc., particularly for organl- 
work on an “informal and flexible” nations like the . Elks, Shriners, 
basis and educate public opinion. American Legion, and so on. The 
Members of the board. Dr. Cush- WOR, N. Y., setup alone, handies 
Ing said, would be “persons of na- about 700 organization- dates an 

nually. 


"Duse Two' Shifting; To 
Coast; Martha Stewart, 
Lee Staying as Stars 


Mpls. Gabber Scores Beat 
Via Home Shortwave Tape 
On King Haakon Birthday 

Minneapolis, Aug. 26. 
George Grim, - WCCQ newscaster 
and commentator,’ was enabled to 
come up with a fine beat on his 
10:15 p.m. Standard Oil commen- 
tary as the result of possession of 
a home shortwave set with tape- 
recording attachment. 

He had it on during the celebra- 
tion of King Haakon’s birthday in 
Norway and, stopping it shortly 
before air time, found that in his 
possession was the perfect answer 
to link Minnesotans, many of them 


tional reputation who command 
universal respect.” Persons not 
suitable, he added, arc “political 
leaders; anyone whose loyalty has 
been questioned (even if unjustly! 
and who is therefore a ‘controver- 
sial figur;-’; prominent crusaders' 
for civil liberty (they will all be 
suspect), and anti-Communist cru- 

Trio would be salaried (“it should ‘Thdse Two is the — „ — , „ 

not be niggardly”) and would work lat ® st live television show ’ which 0 * Scandinavian birth, or ancestry, 
part-time. Board’s .staff of experts will move from N.Y. to Hollywood with the Norwegian festivities. A 
and researchers work full time for nex ^ m * htartdha Stewart, who jjjjc radio newsreel broadcast, 

replaced Vivian Blaine on the heal’d earlier, had been preserved 
‘Minimum show as co-star with Pinky Lee dn t }j e tape. It gave a running ac- 

Minimum Standards during the summer* is continuing count of the 0slo events in English. 

Cushman suggested “minimum an <r $ i nce both she and Lee want 
standards” for considering Individ* to iive on the Coast, Benton' & 
ual cases brought before the board: Bowles which packages the show tape, Grim hastily made slight 

-accusations or citations charging for Procter & gamble, okayed the OTer'thl'aiJwtys as 

or implying disloyalty, which are move. script, ana out over tne airways, as 

unsupported by Credible evidence, r switching to Hollywood BAB * surprise package, went the graph- 
must be wholly rejected"; . and J ho ^ s to find b^/limedy, £ ether'a^dfence's rfd'ios 

ociation’ as a tcst ol Iwa fy " He writing Talent than it had in N.Y. 

ociatlon as a test or loyalty, we y n< j cr a new*prbduction setup, Ben u ave taken olace in the Twin 
rejects the branding of a • person Brady, who was head writer on citUs P 

as "controversial,” not because he K Murray’s vide* show last sea- ■£. „ . ... „ |lt „ . 

is guilty, but because he is ac- „ r* ntTAt* «ktf nrAiinoof I Good Iucjc held out further^ to- 


pay. 


cused. 


son, takes over as producer and 


u , a . . . . i I scripting chief. ' He'll be joined In I 

Board procedure would include | tbe ^vriting chores by Seaman I mee ting of a group gathered in the 


giving the accused notice and hear- stat „ conUn u es as 

ing, right to appear and give eyl- director 

dence and to introduce- statements, ^ v ,t 

■ Hollywood origination. 


and assistance from the staff in se- 


starts 


Minneapolis Norwegian Lutheran 
church to hear a talk by the Nor- 
wegian Consul General/ Grim had 
telephoned the latter earlier iri the 
day that . he’d have something . to 
say about King Haakon onhis news* 
cast. The Consul General took a 
they so desire. nurng ■ynr^-weejuy x portable radio along to the church 

To get around certain legal hur- ^ wo , will originate live from the meeting and the audience remained 
dies, the board would . produce Coast at 4:30 p.m., meaning it will a ft er their program to hear Grim, 
‘reports” rather than “decisions.” ~, e aired in the east at its presept Unexpectedly they found them- 
It would make “recommendations” of 7:30. For the western . sta- se ives a real part of events half a 
rather than passes on guilt or Inno- ^ ons * however, a hot kjne will be wor i d away. 

„ A..... used for a 7:30 airing Coast time. 


curing information or evidence, when, the show resumes Sept. 8 
Accusers would have opportunity a ** er *, 

to appear In support of charges, If Murray s Y< * ur * s 

fhAv filling in.) Thnce-weekly “Those 

will originate live from the 


Engelbach to Produce 
4-Net Com. Chest Show 

Hollywood, -Aug. 26. 
Dee Engelbach, producer-direc- 
tor who recently folded NBC’s “Big 
Show,” is here to tape;, an hour 
show for the Community Chest 
which all four nets will air next 
month. Talent lineup includes 
Ronald Reagan, Groucho JVIarx, 
Dinah Shore, Gordon MacRae, 
Danny Thomas and the Meredith 
Willson orch; 

Engelbach returns to N. Y. to- 
morrow (Wed.)' to prep Tallulah 
Bankhead's “All' Star” -TV debut. 
She may do seven or eight mote in 
the Saturday series. In addition to 
producing Miss Bankhead's tele- 
casts, Engelbach will supervise 
other NBC vidshows in the new 
capacity as exec producer, 

B UM A — 9 

‘Howdy’ Radio Show Sold 
To 2 Canadian Sponsors 
In Unusual Co-op D eal 

Unusual deal has been engi- 
neered. by the NBC co-op depart- 
ment, , which sold Its “Howdy 
Doody” radio show to two spon- 
sors for the Canadian market. 

Ogilvie Flour has ’ bought , the 
first half-hour of “Howdy” (8:30- 
9 a.m., Saturdays) for the complete 
Dominion network of the Canadian 
Broadcasting Corp. It involves 31 
stations, plus ■ two supplemental 
stations. Deal is for a firm 28 
weeks, starting Sept. 27 and nun 
ning though April 4. Agency is 
Harold F. Stanfield, Ltd., of Mon- 
treal-. 

Kraft Foods, Ltd., of Canada, 
bought a 15-mlnute segment of 
“Howdy” for the $1 CBC stations 
| ’and for the same 28- week period 
ail Ogilvie. ' .Pact was signed 
through J. Walter Thompson’s 
Montreal branch. 

SaJL^ were inked by NBC co- 
op director Ludwig W. Simmel. 
After getting' the • Sponsor, NBC 
had; tb- get '.the okay of , CBC to 
carry the show.' NBC gets the 
talent fee and CBC takes the time 
charges. 


the 
of 
in 
week, 


cence, and thus “avoid legal liabil- 
ity for libOl should the recommen- 
dation ]bc adverse.” 

If the recommendations are “ad- 
verse to an accused persons, the 
fact that the board has made a ‘re- 
port’ or ‘recommendation’ will 
probably be less ruinous than 
(Continued on page 39) 


WNBQ Takes Lead 
In Chi Fall Sales 

Chicago, Aug. 26. 

Reports of sprightly fall busi- 
ness are coming in from all 'sectors 
of the Chi video front. Without 
exception, the four tele stations 
here are busy Inking new accounts 
for the final quarter at a record 
breaking pace. 

Honors for the past week on the 
autumn derby apparently go to the 
WNBQ selling crew, where sales 
manager John McPartlin boasts 
that as of the first week in Sep- 
tember all of the Class A 20-seco’ i d 
station breaks (at $300 per) will be 
sold out. 

The NBC station also has sold all 
but two of the 20 weekly five-min- 
ute local news inserts in the morn- 
mg "Today” spread. Fox Deluxe 
Beer just ordered a strip 0 f five o* 
the nows quickies gabbed by Len 

-r ^ 10 , ^ uo ' ( hi.v segment 
of Clifton Utley's 10:15 p, m. n°ws 
roundup has been peddled to John- 

^ r ax * A, ^uur has t-ke n over 
the Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- 
day portions of Clint Youle's 
weather strip, thus giving the sta- 
tl . 01 ?f, Five Star Final” 10-11 p.m. 
nightly block filtO stulus again. 
Half of John Oil’s 30-minute 
Sunday “How Does Your Garden 
Grow?” has been sold to Westhau- 
ser Nurseries. o i j l ? 


C 07 , Sen. Johnson to Guest 
At Denver NARTB Meet 

Washington, Aug. 26. 
Former FCC Chairman Wayne 
Coy, now partner with Time-Life in 
ownership of KOB and KOB-TV in 
Albuquerque, N. M., will team up 
with Sen. Edwin C. Johnson (D., 
Colo.), chairman of the Senate In- 


To keep it in the WCCO family, 
the station’s announcer, Rolf Herts- 
gaard, was. the church’s program 
director for that evening. 


Jon Arthur to Head Gncf 
Juve Show Package Firm 

Cincinnati, Aug. 26. 
Bob Sampson has been replaced 
as president of Arthur-Sampson 


terstate Commerce Committee, at Enterprises, Inc., producer of ..the 
a forum session Sept 11 in Den- ABC juve shows, “Big Jon and 
vcr. Sparkie” and “No School Today/ 

The two will discuss broadcast by Jon Arthur. Change was voted 
legislation and regulation ht the by stockholders, who elected Mar- 
opening day session of the District garet Mau vice-president and 
14 meeting of the National Assn. Daniel U. Puckett, an accountant, 
of Radio and TV Broadcasters. secretary-treasurer. 


Radio Premieres 


Bicycling Disk Jockey 
Airs Daily in Conn., Mass. 

Hartford, Aug. 26. 
One of the busiest lads in New 
England radio is Bob E. Lloyd, who' 
is daily bicycling his air act on 
two radio stations, in two differ- 
ent states. Lad, a member of the 
WTHT staff here, is doubling at 
WSPR in Springfield, Mass., about 
26 miles away. 

Mikeman has his own show on 
both stations. He leave's Hartford 
each ayem at about 4:30 to make a 
6 o’clock live show for two hours 
at the Springfield airer. He re- 
turns to WTHT studios to tape- 
record <an hour a.m. and an hour 
p.m. show. Lad mixes gab with 
platters. 

His Springfield and early Hart- 
ford show are in the informal vein 
His nightly Hartford show is a jazz 
pitch. He took the Springfield 
post with permission of ‘his supe 
riors at WTHT. All his shows 
are Monday through Friday, across 
the board. 


(Aug. 27 -Sept. 6) 

Following is a list of shows, either new or returning after a 
summer hiatus, which preem on the four major radio networks 
during the next 10 days: 

Aug. 27 

Big Story. Drama. NBC, 9:30 to 10 p.m. Pall Mall, via SSC&B. 

' Aug. 28 

* Roy Rogers. Western. NBC, 8 to 8:30 p.m. General Foods, via 
Benton & Bowles. 

Father Knows Best. Situation comedy. NBC, 8:30 to 9 p.m. 
General Foods, via Benton & Bowles. 

Your Hit Parade. Music. NBC, 8 to 8:30 p.m. Lucky Strike, 
via BBD&O. 

Sept*. 1 

Time for Betty Crocker. Women’s. ABC, Monday-through-Fri- 
day from 8:40-8:45 a.m.; 2:30-2:35 p.m.; 4:25-4:30 p.m. (three times 
daily). General Mills, through Dancer, Fitzgerald & Sample. 

Bob Hawk Show. Quiz. CBS, 10 to 10:30 p.m. Camels, via 
William Esty. “ 

Edwin C. Hill. News. ABC, 10:30 to 10:35 p.m., Monday through 
Friday. Philco, via Hutchins.# 

Sept. 3 N 

Vaughn Monroe. Music. NBC, 8 to 8:30 p.m. Camels, via Esty. 

What’s My Line. Panel. CBS, 9:30 to 10 p.m. Philip Morris, 
vla*> Biow.i i b i ' , ’ t \ «M > • 1 1 . i • *- , i , < » \ 


125G Suit for Re-Use Of 
Show Filed by Scripters 

Hollywood. Aug. 26. 
Radio writers Frank Taussig and 
R. T. Smith ha>e filed a $125,000 
damage suit in Superior Court 
against Walter White, Shirley 
Thomas, Commodore Productions 
and tile Mutual network, charging 
146 Clyde Beatty scripts they 
wrote were re-used on the Canadi 
an Broadcasting net and on Mutua 
without added payment to them. 

They seek $50,000 for re-use pay- 
ment, and also ask $50,000 charg- 
ing defendants offered a television 
version written by an “inferior 
writer” although a promotional 
brochure used their names. Taussig 
also claims $25,000 for unauthor- 
ized use of his title, “God of the 
White Nile.” They seek an injunc- 
tion in addition to damages to stop 
further re-use. E t b 


a 

Rather 

VHr St eh?r ,i , dable 

VHF, .channels, many teleylsiol 

uS?, * 

the first TV' stations^/ a numbtr 
mixed assignment areas will be 

commercial UHF permits, two of 
Jhich are for Chattanooga, where 
VHF applicants will have to S 
it out in hearings for the two 
available VHF channels. ° 

The Chattanooga authorizations 
went. to Chattanooga TV Inc a 
newcomer in the broadcasting fi’eld 
and. Tom hotter, a Texas oil man 
with former TV interests. 

The third commercial permit 
also went to Potter, for a station 
m Austin, Tex., where two author!* 
zations had previously been issued, 
one for UHF to Charles H. Cof- 
field, another oil man, and the 
other for a VHF to station KTBC 
which is owned by Sen. Lyndon 
Johnson (D., Tex.). All commer- 
cial channels available in Austin 
have now been taken up. A non- 
commercial UHF channel is still 
to be applied for. 

33 Com’l Permits 
Of the .33 commercial TV per- 
mits which have thus far been 
issued since lifting of the freeze, 
all but nine have been for UHF 
stations. Among the areas in 
which both VHF and UHF chan- 
nels have been allocated, UHF per- 
mits have been issued for Denver, 
Portland, Ore., Mobile, Baton 
Rouge, Flint, Mich., and Chat- 
tanooga. 

In All these cities except Denver, 
the first local TV service will come 
from' UHF stations, \yhile VHF ap. 
plicants, battle it out in hearing, 
In Denver, where both VHF and 
UHF . permits have been granted, 
hearings will be held on applica- 
tions for the two remaining YHF 
channels. 

In addition to issuance of per- 
mits, • the Commission last . week 
notified 11 applicants that hearings 
would be required on their bids 
because of competition for the 
channels. The applications are for 
VHF stations in Savannah, Knox- 
ville, and Peoria, 111. 

Of the Approximately 770 TV 
applications filed since the April 
14 thaw, the Commission has desig- 
nated for or indicated the neces- 
sity of -hearings on 113 applica- 
tions. Another 40 applications (in- 
cluding seven non commercial) 
have been granted permits. 

Thus, the agency has acted on 
153 applications or one-fifth of its 
TV workload since it began 
processing operations July 1. 

ABC-TV Eyesfigkt 

. Series in Studio 

ABC-TV is mulling a series of 
Saturday night fights to be waged 
in a studio rather than from a box- 
ing arena. Show may go into 
the 11-11:45 p.m. slot. 

Pugilists would be champs ot 
various foreign countries, inked W 
promoter Johnny Attell. Show is 

a - Masterson-Reddy-Nelson pack- 

age. 

Sponsors are a group of brew- 
eries, each of which would get its 
own plugs in its own ma ^ e j* 
Agency for the group is Ross Roy. 

In markets not taken by the beer 
outfits, the fightcasts will be ot- 
tered for local sponsorship on 
co-op basis. Series had been eyea 
by NBC-TV, but web couldn t clear 
enough stations. 

Bea Johnson Returns 
To K.C. Radio Via KMBC 

Kansas City, Aug. 26. 

KMBC-KFRM made a 
change in its programming 
week, bringing in Bea /f ° h "Happy 
principal occupant of tjV 3 5 C g. 
Horne.” She has the half-horn seg 

ment from 8.: 30 to 9 a,m * ® U n C er 

a week with producer-annou 

David Andrew’s. t 0 f 

Mrs. Johnson has bccn , ° t for * 
radio for several Years. , 
merlv was “Joanne Taj lor 




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Biz Up 1 Wo From Last Years Level 


NBC is oripidiy -expanding itsV 
roster of co-op shows, in both radio 
and tele, as a mean* of giving its 
affiliates national shows for sale to 
local sponsors* Web is pulling up 
closer to Mutual and ABC, both 
of which have, a big sked pf co-op 
stanzas to feed their outlets. 

For the. first time the skein will 
offer a grid co^-op, “Football Game 
of the Week,” to be aired on the 
radio web Saturday afternoons 
from Sept. 20 through Pec. 6. An- 
other new AM co-op will be a 
series of “Election . Previews,” 
Thursdays at 10:35-1 X p.m., Oct. 2 
through Oct. .30, ‘ .Tiiese will be 
along the .lines of the “Conven- 
tion Previews” -which" NBC offered 
as a co-op vehicle this spring. Pat- 
ter was sold on 67 stations for local 
and regional sponsors. .... 

Ludwig W. Simmel, the web’s 
co-op director, (who. was brought 
over last year from" the counter- 
part post at ABC), is negotiating 
with an oater star for tWo co-op 
series, u one oti AM 'and one on Ty, 
Talks are alsb' On for aft hour-long 
tele shoNf. r 

Co-op biz, which started, from a 
relatively smWl level last year, is 
now up 130%,' ""First eight months 
of 1952 are. almost 100% ahead of. 
the same' period of ’51, Simmel 
said. 

Tele co-ops include:' “Vl^io Said 
That?/’ Mondays at 10:30 p.ni., 
which Pur& Oil. has on a national 
spot basis in 13 markets with 12 
other sponsors in other areas;" 
“Rootie Ka'zootie,” Saturdays at 
5:30 p.m., .and “American Forum 
of the Air,” Sundays, 10:30 p.m. 

Current . .AM . <?o-aps include 
“World News Roundup,” Mpnday- 
Saturday 8 3 a.m. -and Su.nday.fl a.m.; 
Merrill MUelfer^ -news strip at 
1:30 p,m.; Bill Stern’s sportscast 
cross-board, -at. 6:15 p.m.; H. V. 
Kaltenborn and Richard Harkness 
in markets not taken by Pure Oil* 
cross-board at 7 p,m.; .Morgan 
Beatty’s news (the repeat only, .and 
in eastern, central and mountain 
zones only), Monday-Friday 11:15 
p.m.; “Dangferous Assignment,” 
Monday, 10:35-11 p.m., and 

“Howdy Doody/’ Saturdays,. 8:30- 
9:30 a.m. 


International Shoe is using the 
9-9:15 a.m. -segment of . “Howdy” 
on 120 stations, with the other ar- 
filiates taking -it On .a co-op basis. 
The 9:15 a.m. segment is still avail- 
able for a national sponsor. 

Setup is that the first half-hour 
of. the kid show is reserved for co- 
op accounts. Tfhe second half- 
hour is available for network deals, 
with the backer, permitted a com- 
pletely flexible lineup of stations. 
Affiliates which aren’t bought by a 
national bankroller can spot their 
local commercials in the show. 

Simmers co^op department 
operates under program v.p. 
Charles (Bud) Barry. 

Budget," ‘Ages’bi to 

CBS-TV Sat. Nile 

CBS-TV tied down the loose ends 
?. £ its Saturday night fall program 
hneup this week by scheduling 
Balance Your Budget” at 10 
°clock and “Battle of the Ages” 
at 10:30. 

Seaiy Mattress had previously 

rneu *° s P ons °r “Budget” when 
V as “ a d the show slotted for Tues- 
day nights at 10:30, but pulled out 
wiien the web failed to clear a suf- 
number of stations. Now 
show is scheduled for Sat- 
urdays. CBS hopes that Seaiy Will 
bu V m again. 

SemUn will sponsor “Battle” 
ac l? Wee ^» instead of alternate 
i as ,. previously indicated. 
Roller has allocated a bigger 
UQget for the show than originally 
Am? ed J so C ®S has set Morey 
fl?r S i e i^ axn as ej ncee. “Battle” was 
Web * aS *"' seas0Ii on DuMont 

»-o (i » > r > t i n :•> / 


Young Back to WJZ 

John S. Young, quondam NBC 
gabber, returns to WJZ, New York 
key of ABC, with a cross-the-board 
commentary at 7 p.m., starting 
Monday (2). 

He was "ambassador to Haiti, 
naval attache in Russia and far 
east correspondent. 

Dunhill Show Set 
For NBC-TV Sat; 


’ to Shift 



In a last-minute change of plans, 
NBC-TV has sold its Saturday night 
7:30 to 8 period to Dunhill cigarets, 
which will bankroll a <n.ew Robert 
Cummings vidpbfc series. ' Deal 
means that “One Man’s Family,” 
which .has held down that- slot, for 
the last several seasons, either will 
not- return to the air or else /will 
go Sunday afternoons. 

With the Cummings show, which 
is being produced by Don Sharpe 
for Official Films, not yet com- 
pleted, Dunhill. will launch the 
time period Oct. 4 with “My Little 
Margie.” Latter show will run for 
five weeks, with Cummings starting 
the following Saturday night. 
“Margie” has been airing on CBS- 
TV this summer as replacement for 
“I Love Lucy” for Philip Morris, 
which is Dunhill’s parent company. 
Blow agency handles both accounts. 

NBC had. considerable sponsor 
juggling on “Family” ,prior to re- 
moving, it from the Saturday night 
period. Last season it was spon^- 
sored alternate weeks by Miles 
Labs and Sweetheart Soap. When 
the soap firm checked off for this 
season, NBC sold the rotating spot 
to Procter Sc Gamble for its Ivory 
soap. At that point; Miles also de- 
cided to bow off the sho\y. In. order 
to open up the time for Dunhill, 
NBC asked and Received an okay 
from P&G to cancel its contract for 
the time. 


NBC Tops Other Webs In 
Audience Pull on GOP 
Meet, Nielsen Reveals 

NBC’s radio and TV networks 
coverage of the Republican politi- 
cal convention drew a larger audi- 
ence than any ’ competing web, ac- 
cording to results of a. special Niel- 
sen study just released. According 
to the Nielsen figures, NBC-TV’s 
coverage was seen in more homes 
than all other nets combined, while 
the NBC radio coverage topped 
that ‘of CBS, its nearest competi- 
tor, by 300,000 homes. 

Nielsen showed NBC’s TV cov- 
erage of the evening GOP sessions 
played to 2,327,000 homes, for a 
rating of 15.2, while the total for 
CBS, ABC and DuMont was 2,200,- 
000. During the daytime, NBC-TV 
reached 1,353,000 homes, compared 
with the total of the other three 
webs, figured at 1,210,000. Based 
on these .statistics, NBC reached 
76% more homes than its closest 
competitor during the daytime ses- 
sions, and 71% more homes dur- 
ing the evening sessions. 

In radio, Nielsen’s preliminary 
tabulation showed that NBC 
reached 1,766,000 homes, compared 
with 1,466,000 for CBS. 


Lois Winston Quits Biow 

Lois* Winston resigned this week 
as publicity chief of the Biow agen- 
cy to join the Rogers & Cowan 
flackery as an account exec han- 
dling the outfit’s radio and TV ac- 
counts. 

Biow has not replaced her, and 
it’s reported the agency may aban- 
don its own publicity setup in favor 
of farming out the work to indie 
press agents. , » ■ - * i i 




By BERT BRILLER 

Wedding of Television Author- 
ity and the American Federation 
of Radio Artists is seen emerging 
out of the special convention which 
AFRA held in New York last 
weekend. The five-branch merger 
blueprint drawn up by ; the labor 
relations profs of Cornell U. and 
UCLA appears doomed, as a re- 
sult of * the - latest moves On the 
tele talent* jurisdiction chessboard. 

AFRA convention passed a reso- 
lution,. with one abstention marring 
unanimity, that in the absence of 
agreement by the other branches 
in the Associated Actors Sr Artistes 
of America, the radio union wants 
to blend with ■ TVA under the 
American Federation of Television 
Sc Radio Artists constitution which 
both guilds have approved. Reso- 
lution declared that the bipartite 
wedding Would take place, if the 
TVA convention in N., Y. Sept. 26- 
28 concurs, ‘‘regardless of the 4A’s 
international board, failure to take 
action.” AFRA has pressed for 
4A’s.okay of the AFRA constitu- 
tion but the motion has been re- 
peatedly tabled. ", 

AM performers empowered 
AFRA’s national board to “take 
alF steps necessary to bring about 
merger so that radio and television 
performers can face their common 
employers as members of a single, 
united, democratic unifln.” This 
means that the networks are likely 
to have to negotiate with one 
union on their radio and TV con- 
tract*, which expire on Oct. 31 and 
Nov, 30, respectively. ' 

Equity Stance 

AFRA's stress on welding with 
TVA, the resolution said, was in 
part based on a communication re- 
ceived from Actors Equity and 
Chorus Equity last Friday (22). 
The' AE-CE letter followed Equity 
council meetings which stretched 
over two, days last week and which 
asked for talks to hammer out cer- 
tain points in the professors’ blue- 
print. 

. In AFRA’s view, the Equity 
stance is equivalent to “refusal to 
accept . the terms” of the profs’ 
plan and “prevents possibility of 
five-branch merger” before talks 
with the webs start. AFRA national 
exec secretary A. Frank Reel told 
Variety that the professors’ plan 
embodied machinery for accepting 
it, via submitting it to the member- 
ships for approval “as is.” On the 
other hand, Equity claims the blue- 
print can be modified before ac- 
ceptance. Equity’s refusal to be 
bound by a constitutional conven- 
tion which could iron out differ- 
ences is “rejection of the ma- 
chinery and rejection of the plan,” 
Reel said, and Equity is “talking 
merger while not merging.” 

Convention noted that Ameri- 
can Guild of Variety Artists has 
signified its desire to merge, “but 
without specifying the terms and 
conditions.” In view of the Equity 
and AGVA communiques, AFRA 
instructed its national board to ap- 
point a committee “to study any 

(Continued on page 37) 


AFRA Meet Quirk 

AFRA’s special N. Y. con- 
vention last weekend was one 
which was not supposed to be 
held. Union had expected that 
the merger with TVA would 
have been in effect by July 
and an AFRA confab would be 
convened instead. 

Constitutional quirk showed 
up, in that only the convention 
can set the site of the next 
get-together. In 1951, Seattle 
had been selected as the ’52 
site. Thus, in order to meet in 
Gotham a special convention 
had to be called, and the Seat- 
tle parley was annulled by the 
special convention. To pre- 
vent a similar situation in the 
future, constitution was amend- 
ed to give the national board 
power to determine convention 
sites by a 3/4 vote. 





Demand in Upcoming Web Talks 


TV ‘Closeup’ 65$ Sold 

“New York Closeup,” the Jinx 
Falkenburg tele series which moves 
to the 2-2:30 p.m. strip on WNBT, 
N.Y., Sept. 8, is 65% sold. Plans 
nre to expand into the 1:30-2:30 
hour as more sponsors are added. 
Radio edition of “Closeup” on 
WNBQ, NX, is SRO as of last 
week. 


* 


Of 500G in l Wks. 

Sets New Record 


WCBS-TV, the CBS video web’s 
N. Y. flagship, has set a new rec- 
ord for billings, ; booking over 
$500,000 Worth of business in the 
two weeks ended Aug. 15. Sta- 
tion’s last ' previous record * was 
$400,000 in a similar -period last 
spring. 

According to sales chief ■ George 
Dunham, the $504,000 represents 
actual value Of the contracts placed 
during the two-week period, mean- 
ing that if a sponsor signed on for 
only nine or. ten weeks, that’s all 
that was included in the grand 
total. About 90% of the total rep- 
resents new biz, he said. He added 
that only one of the new accounts 
bought In on tfte station’s 45% 
discount plan for spot plugs, under 
which any advertiser pacting for 
12 or more spots weekly is en- 
titled to that discount. 

Station since the Aug. 15 date 
has been adding to its billings. 
During the last two weeks, it pact- 
ed Dunhill cigarets for two par- 
ticipations a day cross-the-board in 
the Ernie Kovals show; Brooklyn 
Paint Sc Varnish for Kovacs and 
also the Margaret Arlen show, and 
Sav.arin Coffee for the “Late 
Show,”, In addition, Procter Sc 
Gamble bought into Jim McKay's 
“Rain or Shine.” show on Tuesday 
nights. I 


Coast Talent Guilds 
Hear Plans f or Merger 
Of Seven Branches 

Hollywood, Aug. 26, 

Members of Coast talent guilds 
heard plans for a new seven- 
branch merger at a special meet- 
ing at Las Palmas Theatre. Setup, 
explained via use of large chart 
on stage, is work of Christopher 
D. O'Brien, former assistant ex- 
ecutive' secretary in charge of 
Coast office of Equity, who pre- 
sided over the meeting. 

Blueprint covers five separate 
steps, beginning with settlement 
of the Screen Actors Guild-Tele- 
vision Authority dispute over tele- 
vision jurisdiction. It also in- 
cludes* American Federation of 
Radio Artists-TVA merger into 
AFRA, hinges on retention of 4A’s, 
“because if the parent body goes 
under, chaos we have seen will be 
nothing compared to. chaos which 
will come.” 

Plan involves no amendments to 
constitution of 4A’s or members. 
Seven branches involved would be 
new AFRA, Equity, Chorus Equity, 
American Guild of Musical Artists, 
American Guild of Variety Artists," 
SAG and Screen Extras Guild. 


Dorothy Doan Exits TV 

Dorothy Doan, one of the few 
femme newscasters in TV, is re- 
tiring temporarily. She’s resigning 
from CBS-TV Friday (29), having 
negotiated a release from her con- 
tract, which still has two years to 
run. Miss Doan currently teams 
with Charles Collingwood for a 10 
to 10:15 a.m. news strip on CBS. 

A onetime feature writer with 
International News Service, she was 
Lstar of GBS-TV’s “Vanity dMr,’i / 


As a “must” demand in its up- 
coming negotiations with the 
dio networks, AFRA will seek; a 
health and welfare fund. The radlar 
union also is asking for a 15% hike 
in network sustaining and commer- 
cial fees for actors and announcers, 
although not for singers. Increase 
of base pay of staff announcers tq 
$150 a week will also be demanded. 

The AlfttA pitch for a health 
and welfare fund will, of course, 
be subject to negotiation. At its' 
convention in New York last week- 
end, AFRA decided to press for a 
welfare .fund which would be . sup- 
ported solely by contributions from 
the employers. Its reasoning is 
that such a plan, as opposed to 
those in which contributions am 
made by both employees and man* 
agement, is better because the 
amount of contributions is known 
in . advance, while in a voluntary 
setup .the size of the fund Is not 
known. 

AFRA also argues that an em- 
ployer-supported fund will be mom 
desirable, because “those who need 
it most are least able to contribute 
to a voluntary fund.” 

The convention also voted <*te 
seek substantial changes In the va- 
rious network and transcription 
code payment clauses. It also 
turned down a network bid foi 
relaxation of its “delayed broad- 
cast repeat fee.” 

Under ^FRA rules, if a bfoad- 
cast is recorded for later use in 
some time zones, a recorded re- 
peat fee must be paid. The net- 
works argued against this setup, 
since the program isn’t being heard 
twice in any one area. The web* 
point out that sponsors like the 
idea of taping shows so they can 
be heard at the same hour in each 
of - the four time zones. ' ‘ 

AFRA, however; decided to hold 
firm for the recorded repeat fee* 
since < use of live repeats is dying 
out. ‘ * * ■ • 

Miles’ $1,000,000 


Chicago, Aug, 26. 

Miles Laboratories, whici 
checked off “One Man’s Family” on 
NBC-TV, has decided to put the 
budget into spot* video for the time 
being. Drug firm reportedly, ftaA 
$1,000,000 earmarked for the spot 
splurge. NBC is making a pitch 
for the biz for its owned-A-operat- 
ed stations. 

This is the first time "in several 
seasons 'that Miles is Hvjtftbut a 
stake in network TV. However, a 
spokesman for the Geoffrey Wade 
agency said it’s likely the company 
will be back on web video in the 
not too distant future. 

Although the Miles farflung radio 
spread, which embraces strip shops 
on NBC, CBS and Mutual, is con- 
stantly under scrutiny, no major 
changes are currently in the works, 
it’s stated. 


WINE CORP. AXES ‘WILD’ 
FOR NEW DU MONT QUIZ 

In attempt to bolster ratings on 
its- Tuesday night at 9 slot on the 
DuMont w6b, Wine Corp. of 
America has axed “Charlie Wild, 
Detective,” in favor of a new panel 
quiz show, “Where Was I?” Quiz- 
zer preems next Tuesday night (2), 
replacing “Guess What,” which has 
occupied the period this summer 
for the bankroller. 

. New panel show will have Dan 
Seymour, formerly emcee of NBC- 
T-V’s “We, the People,” as emcee, 
and a panel comprising Peter 
Donald, Nancy Guild and David 
Ross, plus a different guest celeb 
each week. Format will have 
photos of contestants, taken In va- 
rious locations, projected on a 
screen visible to viewers only. If 
the panelists fail to guess the lo- 
cation, a certain amount of coin 
will be sent to the Damon Runyon 
Cancer Fund. . .m * 1 J 1 



fcAMO MVIKW* 


August 27. J9& 


JACK SMITH -DINAH SHORE BEULAH ^ ^ 

SHOW With HiiU* NcUittkl, And 

With Fraak 4m V*1 W* , WRltm*** Hivh Stu^b^kei 

hodwer^iwdor; A1 K»ye Mary Jane Croft, a 

M Mia*.; MMk-UwO-Ffi,. IsM *•■». drUge, Hear* Blair, M ot M.MI- FurUd^af 

EKOCTEB B GAMBLE ler, isnouncer; Gordon Klbbee WCBS, K- x. , . , -f I 

rBSfnm HoUnrood oreh 1 As one of a string of new shows ♦ ■+ ♦♦♦ 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+•+♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4 4 1 444 44 4 1 i 1 1 . . t . . , , , I 

C • ' (Btnt^TkBowles) T^SUr-Alidilor: Tom M*K*irl»t Lein* set by WCBS statloh manager ” 7^ 

.. Returning for another fall sea- Writer* Sol Saks, Herb Vimt, Carl Ward u Oration ^he ^ NEW YORK CITY » . * 

son* after a summer vacation, the Arthur Julian, -Howard' Leeatt more business to his operation, tne 

Jack Smith-Dinah Shore show 15 Mina.; Mow-Fri, 1 pm. Emily Kimbrough program, im- William Travis, WQXH account exec, has. written a presentation #«, 

again adds up to one of the best fKOCTEK * w G AMBLE presses as only lair.Strictly k * ab j the indie in' a pitch for political time, buyers Due to his neftnmiti 

ffi l| e fiight, 0 br e ^ S uJS y c.“* C MTwgSSS*i Sample) the Ihow; expansion, C. *. Hopper baa doubled his office space in Gotham 

ta‘ftbe X” ™l* W L°’ S th^ -" B et b*ScaUy b housewife .udiLcc t|- Ameren & $£ttaT .Mgl **£«» 

with some pleasant chatter which **« **«« r0 ** if ®. e “ ing In at 4:15 p.m., .but it has little Omen's coordinator tor WENTE, fifdlcolt, N. Y., Vamed jSi-TV S 

never gets in the Way of the music, lah series since 1947, has of the warm humor and ^it which man OJ f the National Federation of ^Business 81 Professional Wonw« 

Even the plugs for the soap com- this show into the ranks of radio mark Miss Kimbroughs writings, clubs.. ..Amo Hulh begins his 15-week course in International rw S 

pany are neatly packaged for point standards. It's reached a strong such as her teamingwithComelia municat i 0 ns -at the New School for Social Research Oct. 1 and his 

and brevity. point where it can counton af# Obs Skmnerin , Our Hearts Were lflar on ^national Broadcasting Sept.,29 .... Francis van 

On the fall preem (25), the show jy steady following on ^ the family Young and (Jay. takes over writer-director chores, vice Tom HirdK on tvi & up.,, » 

opened with a snappy workover of time. The story line hasnt On the show caught (25), Miss ch 0W ’* when it returns to NBC tomorrow (Thurs ) * Actor 

“I Feel a Song Coming On*' by changed appreciably, the sltuations, Kimbrough and Marble used the vMtTn/from^ Holly™ od 

smith, who also handled the Latin even if exaggerated, are believable, fcirthdate 0 f william Night, a Lara- SSr^iS?' a PP* ar mg 0n NBC s Best Plays and My 

tune, '‘Rica Pulpa.” Miss Shore and above all, the taint of racial mle wyo., newspaper publisher, to Secret Story this week, 

i AM . am IJ T f w* . < a . loEf 4- Vi i ft c»Vl r\\U . .•* _ • i w?vi * I4T a«vH MfAlt*ujlu llAli ao urill VamJIa 1 _.i « 


BEULAH EMILY KIMBROUGH SHOW 

With Hattie MeDaniel, Erueat With Hunr Mirth 
Whitman, Hugh StuRebaker, f ttdae c r-Bitehri Eodger Walla : 
Mary Jaue Croft, Rttby Han- 15 Mina: Mou.-thrU-Fri.,-4:15 p.m. 

■* * *» . ft .. a* k _ m* 


- - r • - - ' ’ ~ 7 | I I t f | | | | |. 

Fran the Production Centres 


Were 


pmchhit for 


smartly executed ar^ngements. cou ld easily be said by ah ofay j struck with their listeners was a K^sselVa strip Donald Buka set for three shots on ‘“Aunt Jenny* 

smartly executed arrangements. charac ter. There should be little minor one, at most. And 15 min- thl k 

Producer-director A1 Kaye kept complaint on that score if the utes was a long time to devote to 1 ® * '■ v _ ... , . . . 

session at a sparkling pace. writers follow that pattern. . such uninteresting topics. Show, JJ® 1 M { t ra “ an f wl J° a 5j out |. ab stint from the Blue 

Hem * The enactments ate* played in incidentally, expands to 25 minutes Ribbon, N.Y.,signed bytheeateryfor2Gweeks over WVNJ.... Saw 

* t* h\Jh M accent lauKhs Miss Sept, 8. Stal Danu appointed wTiter-dlrector of the Joel Herron tuners on WMGM 

nm ov'fiV’rft.QV a high vein to accent . 1 Hah UVrt* rMitfng «.« nrfurr»m rlirp#'tm» nf WPAT i. -l. 


session at a sparkling pace. 

Hem. 

HALL OF FANTASY 
(Castle of Lovoea) 


McDaniel can get a laugh on . Vocal 
inflection alone. The other roles 


Joe Klunk; ^ the^ 'wee«-« S 

rnducer-Mrector-wrlter: Thotne g" Dandridge and Henry Blair „ vmi l em last week and had Its “Miss WWKL” entered in the beauty contest 

Mms.; Fri., ».3» pm, • . ye the show roundness and shad- ... .Four psychiatrists will participate in a-four-part series on "Keeping 

DTlfAL from Chicago mg. According to the story line, Love in Marriage” on Martha Deane's WOR stanza next week..* 

Thh? series of Smernatiira’ tales the Henderson household hasnt WFEN, Bhilad P public how WLI £ has inaugurated a new “Sabbath Eve” airer on Fridays at 5:15 

changed much through -the years, ..^i^ p ^rk and P-m... . .WMGM's Eileen O'Connell, Kal Boss and Sam Taub guesting 


Dan* appointed wTiter-director of the Joel Herron tuners on WMGM 
.. . .Don Kerr^ resigns as program director of WPAT, Paterson, to be- 
come veepee^of the Bert Clark realty office Arturo Toscanini 

winged tj> Italy Saturday (23) to do two concerts at La Scala next 


30 Mins.; Fri., 9:30 pjn. 
Sustaining 

MUTUAL, from Chicago 


originating via WGN, Chicago, has 


Boss and Sam Taub guesting 


been airing on Mutual’s midwest- Tom McKnight's direction pro- pl ^ y « We the Blind” aims at giv- at the National A.A.XJ. swimming championships in Newark this week 
ern regional net for the last two- vides a fast pace for the proceed- . { he pu blic a better understand- ... .Jean Gillespie, who recently joined the cast of CBS’s “The Guiding 
and-a-half years, extending to the ings. ' He’s working .this series ing - of those s0 a aiicted and their Light” on both TY and radio, will also be heard on “Gangbusters” Sat- 

* * >1 a . j j • *i A- Tn_l J _ .11 w. Jam IniwYHo ft c» no nfl<r np ATI vs « A Vi* a /a/\n uir i i ‘r. v in* s. vTrvivei « > . 


draw plenty of hstener attention The P&G commercials fore and Assn, of the Blind,- do a weekly L LaTour Necro newsDaoerwoman has launched “Homemaker* 

from among the fantasy story- af t are well written and presented, transcribed interview session. Ac- ri „iV n T * wvmr ^ L Relf t fe rf 

aficionados, . and being a shade Jose. tually it is more of a panel discus- £lub on WWRL. m the 9 a.m. strip-. . . -Bert Lee, Jr. (Bertram Lebhar, 

above most such shows, should . — . sion, with Allman and Klunk as fix- f 01711 ^ 1 WMGM sportsqdster now in the Marines, won the American 

rate a sponsor. tures and- the guest, some sightless Spirit medal at Parris Island, S. C Newscaster John Edwards sub# 

Series is scripted by Dick WILLIAM EWING member of the community, repre- this week for vacationing Martin Agronsky oij ABC. 

-Thorne, WGN staff announcer,’ and 15 Mins.; Sun., 9 p.m. senting widely varying occupations 

on the initial production for the KGMB, Honolulu — mechanic#,' musicians,’ entertain- /]Y HOLLYWOOD * • • 

eastern net, his writing impressed Hawaii’s best-known wartime ers an( j Dwyers. Guest generally _ _ _ _ _ . . . _ * , . , . . . .. 

as the best part of’ the show. In commentator-newscaster, William taflks on the effects of blindness on ®<> b Young resolved his problem of touring in a stage play m the 


William 


a yarn about a young American Ewing has resumed via a Sunday bis craft or profession. 


couple coming across an ancient night 15-minute program on 
castle while touring central Europe KGMB. His new series is aired ^ 

* . . . a . *rTi* vv ml. _ J! J i r* i Vi VI ««« #>«%i aaa aa ft 


IN HOLLYWOOD . . . 

Bob Young resolved his problem of touring in a stage play in the 
midst of his broadcast season (“Father Knows Best”) by flying his radio 


Tvmcal session was that with Fd °ast to wherever he is for a series of tapes. He’ll travel 40 weeks in 
arcu also an attorney The "trio “The Country Girl” . . . , Biow’s Jack Runyon fathered a girl last week 


casue wnue - wunuj} wuu«u auiuye jtvvjrjvijo. jnua new acuw , « Tyr areu al< . n an fl ttorni^v Thp-Hh-in me uountry uiri" . . . , JtJiow s jaoK Jtcunyon latnerea a gin last wees 

prior to War II, Thorne displayed under Star-Bulletin auspices as a talked ’ on the public’s acceptance Ma is' Ruth Martin, NBC singer and recording artist Verna Felton 

a fine narrative ability and a flair public service P r J° g J a ^ “ of blind men’s skills, the disci- will be a regular .on Parke Levy's “December Bride.” He’s using al- 

i wf newspaperman, he s ma g g pj^jug involved in the employment most the entire cast for the TV pilot. . .;.Ev Meade and Nat Wolff, of 

'brute* edltor of of time, and lack of books in the Young & Rubicam hierachy, taking their respite not too far from 

SllfiSSS ' Ewin * expresses clear-cut Brai] j e> p art i C ularly in the legal the teletype.- , ' 

merit Thorne some attention interpretation, ^^pea^in calm, veloped A beSvee? 0 Marctp 1 *©? 1 one ^ Udy Canova wil1 ride tand ^ m in the faU for NBC * • • Bon Johas set 

among top network brass in -N. Y. easy style, with a subtle’ Mississippi hand with Klunk and^Allman otn up a Bevbills office for her Sponsor Coordinating Agency. . . .Oldsmo- 

Story followed thp usual pattern <^^1 adding flavor to his delivery. £osed Marcu felt that b * Ie toofc another hitch in Peggy Lee's pact. . . .CBS wants Colgate to 

& 8 S^ t 2S5 , X >1 ‘?SSd a SS It’s a formula he developed for ^awbackfwere Louella Parsons 10 minutes so that with Bob Trout it fills out a 

£ d b»F deith itMif Hawaii-wide audiences several facial expressions of the jury and n *W quarter-hour from all fronts. .. .Buddy Tiriss, former NBC an- 

wffh thA rLvn SS years ago, but it was done then .on the hardships entailed’ in choosing nopneer, who toured every state in a trailer and then wrote a book 

?A » A??ciS in^ Kuoh ^ shows a five-nights-a-week basis. jurors. - He also declared that with- about it, will tell about it in a new series on KNX. 

the sound effects man had a field In returning to the air, Ewing out great assistance from the fam- Al/1|C/1/1 

day, alopg with the organist — in presumably had his choice of any , b ® / ^ 0 1 l i ld not recommend tbe US SAN FRANCISCO « . « 

ffidledTole* weU W TUmer ' ^ but' decidedthSt’ a to (forHawaii) Klunk felt that it depended en- . S^ u » Maly Matearet McBride-* manager, fiew here lor to 

Show, is currently airing as a Sunday bracket would be most ef- tirely upon the individual’s re- brother’s funeral and visited The Examiner, where she started ner 

sustained with Mutual filling in the fective for his type of program. sources and cited several promi- career as a girl reporter. . ...Betty Winr, Jr., selected to replace Jant 

usual commercial holes with nuhlic it's an effective program that can nent blind counsel, including an Todd, KCBS commentator. ... .Crocker Bank will bankroll the new xiv 

service pitched Stal-. he adapted easily to TV next year, attorney general. Blind listeners Tyrone Power series on KGO. KNBC hired Ming-Tsu Liang, Stan- 

if the newspaper and Ewing wish with occupational problems are ford student, to augment its engineering staff on replacement basis ... . 

MOOD INDIGO ' to debut in that medium. Walt. asked to write in for fuller discus- Decca hosted the disk jockeys to a cocktail party for the Andrews 

With Fred May sion on the air. Program’s effect Sisters at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. . 

AW <M»I ■ 4 «M • A A M A AM n« WVlilAM*. 1 3 — J. * i . 1 . t 1 A •* 


fncalcu’able vainefdne to°effect of ma " a S e Si.^ 5SS iTS’rlSk 


MOOD INDIGO ' to debut in that medium. Walt. nsjeed to write in for fuller discus- Decca hosted the disk jockeys to a cocktail party for the Andrews 

With Fred May sion on the air. Program’s effect Sisters at the Mark Hopkins Hotel. . 

I^Uini*nr l0l| *" thrU " FrI *’ 11:3 ° P ’ m ‘ crys-w O'CLOCK SPECIAL fncalculable value^due to°effect of Ueorgc Arnpld, former KSMO manager, back from two years’ duty 

WPTR, Albany With Eric Barker, Alistair McHarg. hearing those similarly afflicted i] ?. Ji apan ^, tb tb ' 6 , al * ' *' L * : ** ^- al Harris” o^vocals^. . . 

Fred May, new WPTR announ- Jack Fraser, Teenagers an d how they overcome and cir- Phil Boyero Harris o , ^ 

cer-deejay, gives this late-evening 30 Mins.; Mon., 7 p.m. cumvent their dark difficulties. Patricia Foster^ Stanford miss, joined the KCBS program department, 

program of recorded music and Sustaining Gagh. T “ • 

poems a strongly romantic tint. BBC, from Glasgow liY CHICAGO • • • 

shade. a May?Tn n philosoph?cal rev- ready G familiar °on g British^radio, COMMUNITY THEATRE Morris B. Sachs* “Amateur Hour” notched its 18th annivcrsary Sun- 

erie, addresses an unindentified open this stanza, with fresh, clear With Ann Hubert, Bob Kay, Rose- day (24) on WENR Singer Skip Farrell has moved on to Houyvmu 

“You” sweetheart. Women prob- voices. Impressionist Jack Fraser mary Reddens, Burt Blackwell Wilbur Cummings has been upped to assistant engineering cm 

ably find the approach most in- has neat takeoffs of James Mason, Jan Dooley, Bill DeWitt; LiV- at ABC’s Central Division. .. .WGN farm director Norman Kraeft na 

triguing. Men may not care for Charles Boyer, and British comics ingston Gilbert, narrator added an early afternoon closing market report to the station s tarm 

it as a steady diet, although the Robb Wilton and Bill Kerr. Bari- Producer-writer: Bob Elverman service schedule Carroll Marts, Mutual midwest topper, vacationing 

musical selections are well chosen tone Alistair McHarg shows a Technical director: Bob Both ln the Canadian North Woods. Ditto Mutual salesman Bill Thompson 

J?ve.K ol1^oAf en „ a . bl r 1 Show stro 1 g pair of plpes in a couple Qf Sr Fri - 22) ’ S ' 30 p - m - roughing it in Northern Michigan, i . .Robert Reardon and Frank Me* 

SSS. lltiZ n Thow S is closed by British come- wl^'^uisvine «■ S 

"tesumahly. program will he a^ed^p^tte^fof Au^^g 

moved to an earlier, better hour listeners. English-style funster residents of Louisville, who traced Paul Harvey handed the American Legion s first annual r 

after the baseball and race-casting masters Scot dialect well. Stanza is their careers from the time they NBC’s o.&o. veep Jim Gaines in town huddling with Chi web ^ ec £ p 

season ends. An easing on the briskly emceed by R. E. (Rex) met at a dance, through World Keeley Beer bowing off WGN’s “Chicago Train” hosted by Charles • 

romantic pitch and a reduction in Kingsley, w.k. Scot football scribe. War II, their marriage, and begin- Hughes. Show stays on sustaining. . . .Mort Hall, chief WBBM scrip • 


aw vitc awicuuic . . . . ivajuruu iTJUU ia, mutual, iinuwcav 

in the Canadian North Woods. Ditto Mutual salesman Bill Thoa3 ^ s , 
roughing it in Northern Michigan . i . . Robert Reardon and Frank 
new account execs at Harrington, Righter & Parsons station rep sn p 
....WMAQ’ s 10-game college football schedule starts Sept. 27, w 

Tom TVue-fi-Hn pnllincf nlnv*; T.a'h!* bankrolls .... ABC gaDD 


time blocks might be advisable. 

Jaco. 


TEX FURGUSON 8 c DRIFTING 
PIONEERS 

30 Mins.; Fri., 4:30 p.m. CBS, from New York their life partnership and a better IN PITTSBURGH « • , 

LATHAM CIRCLE MARKET * ( Compton ) understanding of life’s problems „ « .. . , . . . . ^ ^ ^ TV department 

WOKO, Albany Lowell Thomas launched his 23d through the Family Service Organ- r T esi ^ ie< I as assistant head of the ra « 10 ^erformere 

Tex Furguson and his Drifting consecutive newscasting year Mon- ization, a Red Feather agency of MacLeod & Grove agency to fraelanc f as „ rt11 fl r ter-bour 

Pioneers, who present a week-day day (25) with a neatly paced quar- the Community Chest. With Dave Murray, heis now doing “The World Tonight qu _ 

morning sustaining program, do a ter-hour session that was marked Title of the piece was “Two news show, for Fort Pitt Beer on WDTV every week to th« 

half-hour -sponsored show Friday with the distinctive Thomas touch. Hearts,” and cast was made up of Announcer Bob Lloyd and singer Bob Carter have been aaaea _ 
afternoon and appear on a Satur- He knows his news values and how the WAVE stock company, well- faculty of the TV Workshop that Faye Parker Is opening now 

day morning variety hour spon- to report the stories so that they routined and experienced radio next month Mitrie Steinex, a regular on “Studio Control, win 

! u P urba ? s u P« market, come across with sock listener ap- actors. “Two Hearts” was written her own kiddie show on Channel 3 every Sunday afternoon m a 
inethe ta. KS.!!" 1 ' offer- P e al. ..a n 5„P. r « d ««to by Bob Elverman, week*. .. .Bill Br«it and F*t Hanst have set the date— SeP‘- 2u ,^', 

: n A L ,. type , o£ entertainment for Occasionally Thomas gets a bit publicist for the Community Chest, Liard Chanman has left. KDKA sales staff to do sales promotion wr 
which there is an established mar- too melodramatic in his reportorlal and a former radio writer and pro^ S nan?? outfit 

t A aW enin . E o£ production delivery, but he doesn’t fall into ducer. Backgrounds and sound ef- ? P P ? ? , , , ... - regular on the 

and technical setup would raise that groove too often to mar the fects were recorded. Nancy Reed, local singer, pianist and composer, now J 6tat j 0 n, 

their air level. nrotrram. For tfie most Dart he This; Til 1 hi i P fiAPvi oa *fnft+m»A daily half-hour Bill Stbert show on DuMonts N.x. wr/vcoue 


Gord. mng of their life together as par- taking a brief hiatus. . . .Femme announcer Clare Walsh inked a 

stressed^ornsl^^p agement pact with Jack Russell & Associates Chi NBC ga 

LOWELL THOMAS i&V b???kw “ th? cSup^e back on staff after a leave to M, *» /re e la” c e c^ Ult • • • 

15 Mins.; Mon.-thru-Fri., 6:45 p.m. due to economic difficulties, and Charles Gates has been name ^ western sales manager for ww 

PROCTER & GAMBLE how they were helped to establish riimrrCnmi/iri 

CBS, from New York their life partnership and a better IN PITTSBURGH « • , 

* (Compton) _ understanding of life’s problems a ^ ^ deDartmcnt 


their air level. program. For tfie most part he This public service feature has daily half-hour Bill Sibert show on DuMonts N.Y. " a |f vri a Mosque 

Matinee block, on which Furgu- keeps it vivid, sharp and at all been recipient of many favorable WABD. . . .Week-long Television and Radio Exposition at by ^ ^ 
son . doubled .as message spieler, times interesting. The Procter & comments, and similar shows are whd kick off with a dinner at Webster Hall on Monday mg » rne 


vuuwicu message spieier, times interesting, une Procter ^ comments, and similar shows are vrn kick oft with a dinner at Webster Halt on mvuw « arn e 

had several correctable imperXec- Gamble plugs are too lepg J ‘ , ’us in tjhe jnja^in* for future airings. ....Joa Tucker went to Des Moines to broadcast , ex M D - ver KQ’V* 
Uon5 ‘ ^co. 15-minuter. * ' Gtos, ' -Wied betwtt*- the Pittsburgh- Steeler* and- the New York Giants over 


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£d Sulllyrt iaitte back tn Ms 
"Toast of the Town” Sunday (24) 
nn CBS-TV in time for the Ameri* 
ran Legion convention. He grabbed 
himsclft a '. couple , of prizewinners 
of .Uia,t gathering. The vet org’s 
ton dfill team' and choir opened 
the show, and the former, if cut 
down- to> the time limits best suited 
for tele> would be a sensational 
opening act.- In exhibiting the 
Jackson (MicJO Zouaves, it looked 
like Gae'. Foster took over the Le- 
gion. 

The jboys exhibited some trick 
formations, and excellent precision 
drilling. Rfit * or tele requirements, 
some’judicious. editing would have 
been in order. There were several 
points at which the exhib ..could 
have ended. The chorus gave one 
rendition which was aided by some 
trick camera work, which reserved 
a corner of the screen to individual 
faces while the major portion was 
devoted to the entire formation. 
Both these turns took up the major 
portion of the first half of the 
show, which cut into the space al- 
lotted other portions. ' 

A1 B'ernie, doubling from the 
Copacabana, had to go on- immedi- 
ately after the Legionnaires be- 
; cause of the proximity to the . cafe’s 
showtime. His comedy Went over 
neatly, even though- his contribu- 
tion would have had more value 
toward the latter part of the show. 

The talent topper on this show 
was Patti Page, one of the top 
singers around. Miss Page, how- 
ever, failed to make the maximum 
ovit of this appearance. In presen- 
tation of two romantic ballads, she 
maintained a too even mood that 
failed to make for exciting listen- 
ing. “You Belong to Me” and “I 
Went to Your Wedding’ may be 
likely best-selling candidates, but 
when presented together ‘ can be 
wearing. 

Williarn Bendix, who came up 
from the audience, had a monolog 
ready. Boyhood reminiscences 
made for some amusing chatter 
and gave an indication that he 
could do some stage comeding. 
Unus, who does some amazing one- 
finger stands, did a strong novelty, 
and Nicoli Rossi-Lemani, Italian 
basso, handicapped himself with 


his choice of “The Flea” in Rus 
sian. , It’s a tune that has to be ex- 
plained beforehand ifthe audience 
is to get the full value. Produc- 
tion on this number was okay, but 
singer was cut off just as he com- 
pleted the tune. Jose. 


HOLLYWOOD SCREEN YE&T 
With Nell Hamilton; Vaness* 
Brawn, Allen Naturae, ‘ Burl 
French, #ue*to; Martha Wayne, 
Te4 Campbell, announcers 
Producer: Letter Lewis 
Director; Frederick Carr 
Writer: Alton Alexander 
31 Mina.; Mon., 7:3a ppwu 
IRONRtTE 


KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE 
With Burr Till* train, Fran Allison; 

. Jack Fascinato, musical director; 

. Hugh Downs, announcer 
Producer: Beulah Zachary 
Director: Lewis Gomavltr 

“I Understand” and “Isn’t This a 3 CDT 

Night For Love” and Miss O’Con- 

nell put over “All of Me” and “Be NBC-TV, from Chicago 
Mine.” . (Thompson) 

Eberle's style has appeal, al- The summer TV doldrums came to 

though he s not as videogenic as an end Sunday (24) with the return & Darrance ) 

some younger performers. Miss of those redoubtable video veter- 

draw, not only because of her ans ’ Messers. Kukla and Oliver J. 
chirping but also because of her Dragon. Now holding .forth in their 
fresh, winsome looks. She’s a bet new Sunday afternoon half-hour 
for her own tele show. spot, after five years with a cross- 

J. Dorsey orch gave the . layout the-board display, the two ambas- 
mce backing and did some listen- sadors f rom , Kuklapolitania raised 
able instrumentals, although not the curtain on their sixth season 
lensed to good advantage due to with the bounce, verve and delicate 
mediocre camerawork. For change b um °r that have made them na- 
of pace, the George Shearing Quin- tional figures, 
tet offered some quiet, cool jazz ar- Also present, of course, was 
rangements. Shearing unit has a Fran Allison, the Kuklapolitans’ 
progressive sound, with precise real-life colleague, whose natural 
musicianship. Most of its tunes warmth and charm is an integral 
were unfamiliar, except for the element of the show. And drop- 
World War I .‘Roses of Picardy,”' ping his behind-the-scenes role for 
and the group would have done bet- the midpoint commercial this time 
ter to have selected some of its was Burr Tillstrom, the mentor of 
stronger items such as “September the menage, under whose tutelage 
in the Rain,” “I’ll Remember the troupe has set the hallmarks 
April,” etc., which are of broader of TV decorum that has garnered 
appeal. countless friends and nary an ene- 

• Dorsey thrush Eleanor Russell my — surely something of a video 
did well by the “Warm Hearted record. Due to report in on subse- 
Woman” . blues number. Bud and quent performances are Beulah 
Cece Robinson, young hoofers, Witch, Cecil Bill, Fletcher Rabbit 
scored with their comfc-slanted and other members of the happy 
turns. crew. * ■ 

Emcee-comic Jerry Lester had But f or the preem for RCA-Vic- 
inadequate material and injected tor bankrolling on alternate weeks, 
himself mto Miss O Connells act the namesake trio only was on 
in a distracting manner. His ad libs deck. Ollie was pretty much in 
seemed without point and some of charge. He was his gusty best as 
the kidding, about the director s he took command of the opening, 
cues, prompter s cards and MCA, dubbing the program the “Oliver 
probably wasn’t funny to more j. Dragon Show” and working the 
than a handful of viewers. • affair with the mannerisms of the 

Bnl. typical teevee emcee.' It Was to be 
a smash kickoff, and smash it he 


When it conies to conscientious 
endeavor with yocks as the payoff, 
Lew Parker* is an old reliable. Few 
comics in the business can punch 
over lines with th'e zest he gives 
them, this despite the cold-blood- 
edness with which he sometimes 
works. He made a pretty fair “AH 
Star Summer Revue” show on 
NBC-TV last Saturday (23) a lot 
better for his presence as he 
bounced in and out of the proceed- 
ings with skits and patter, some of 
them via a running gag of chasing 
a rich matron. 

The whole hour was consider- 
ably nlussed by Grace Hartman 
and Marty May in a laugh-laden 
situation sketch, which indicated 
their future appearance as a team 
if individual commitments don’t 
conflict. It’s too bad Miss Hart- 
man, at least, had just the one 
spot. Comic Jackie Miles had pre- 
viously been billed, but with Park- 
er on tap instead, it’s possible Miss 
Hartman’s stint was reduced. 

Rest of layout was okay. Sin- 
clair & Spaulding had a couple of 
terping spots, one of them in the 
,comedy trough with good vintage 
trimmings. Two niches went to 
the Bell Sisters, first in their 
trademarked ^“Bermuda” and later 
Ifa clicko bopped-up version of 
Blue Danube” with a new lyric. 
Slim Gaillard, multiple instru- 
mentalist and singer, filliped mid- 
way with his eccentric piano (etc.) 
workouts, backed by drum and 
oass Hannetford bareback riding 
family . ;;ocked over their w.k. 
equestrian comedy. If was sure- 
nre against., a succession of me- 
uium shots; and those fast vaults 
to (he horse and eventual faltoffs, 
Plus those tandems, were a littlcf 
dazzling. 

Parker’s best entries were ■ a 
medicine show skit with cooch 
dancer and pickpocket interrup- 
tions, and a takeoff on types of 
e aters. Tfau. 


Celeste Holm subbed last Wed- did with much tooth-waving and 
nesday (20) for Vacationing Arthur hypoed enthusiasm. It was a 
Godfrey on CBS-TV's . “Arthur chuckle-provoking takeoff of those 
Godfrey's Friends” in a stanza that video ventures that attempt to 
was below par. Overall, the edi- make up in noise what they lack 
tion had lack of wannth and spon- in substance. The satire was broad 
taneity; it seemed stiff, formal and but not unkind, 
trying-too-hard for most of the The mercurial dragon finally 
’hour span. calmed down with the appearance 

Miss Holm’s assay of the fern- of Kukla and Miss Allison. They 
cee role was marred by her studied took a dim view of his showman- 
approach particularly when con- ship antics and finally convinced 
|<trasted with Godfrey’s easy-going, him that he was proposing too 
relaxed . handling. Performance- drastic a change in the Tegular for- 
wise, she did better* - Her “Where mat. He pouted a bit and even 
Or When” wasn't effective; the threatened to take his knapsack 
stylized recitative inserts fobbed and hit the road. But everything 
the tune of its real impact. But ended on a* happy note as the 
her final item,’ “No Business Like threesome closed up shop for the 
Show Business” was brilliantly day singing “Our Love Is Here to 
done. Three vignfettes of the Stay.” 
whacky femmes who haunt Broad** Not that there wasn’t a touch of 
way actresses registered potently, ribbing themselves in Oliie’s high- 
This number Was more suited to her flown impresario highjinks. His 
comedic talents and her polished carboning of an emcee warming up 
rendition socked over a clever the audience, complete with ap- 
piece of material. Her “Cockeyed piause cues, was a kidding refer- 
Optimist” went over strongly, too. ence to the fact that the show now 
“Getting to Know You/ used works before an applauding studio 
both as intro and finale, was nice- audience for the first time. » 

ly. done by Miss an £*J}? ’■ Also Jack Fascinato’s musical 

t**® S ? me °l department, which formerly con- 

which had a .tape sisted of his nimble piano, has been 

.merits about (he troupe, .with the expanded to a 12 -piece orchestra, 
actions proving the The new additions may prove su- 

AG s remarks was cute, but over- p er fl U p US or even a handicap if they, 

worked. .. lessen the essential close-knit in- 

Marian Marlowe put across her tima C y of the little family. And, 
solos, but the duet with Frank there was a “rehearsed” air 
Parker was cold. Jeanette Davis- a h 0 ut this initial show which 
Julius LaRosa duo also lacked the s i 0W ed down the freewheeling 
punch that they put into their sin- spontaneity which has always been 
gles. LaRosa, incidentally, is a the mark of the group’s individu- 
young singer with a natural man- a jity. 

Snowed d fn S excellent 6 advantage in Nevertheless, it was a fine new- 
“Embraceable You.” The Mariners season launching put together by 

Grenade ” A former “Talent Beulah Zachary and director, Lewis 
fcouts^ winner- now’in’tbe ™e“s “tz. They look certain to 
orch' Harry Cykes, did some bold their old fans and 2 am new 

neat fiddling on "Ztgeunerweisen.” ones in their new weekend berth, 
nuuims uki & especially if they go slow on this 

new trend toward “production/ 

Dave. 


“Saturday Dance Pa- 
radc clicked Saturday (23) in 
hanging together the Jimmy Dor- 
sey orch and singers Bob Eberle 
*nd Helen O'Connell (each of 
whom is now doing a solo act) for 
several t.une* the combo socked 
•cross the decade ago. They reg- 
♦fn, ' ^ Potently with such duos 4 
.Tangerine” and “Green Eyes, 
EberjUt soloed effectively, 


“Hollywood Screen Test,” which 
has an attractive format gimmick, 
returned for the fall season with si 
sock stojry Monday (25). Yarn was 
switch on the “silver cord” 
theme, with a daughter being tied 
o her widower father. Latter was 
a candidate for governor and the 
daughter was his. “right-hand man.” 
Girl fell in love with a political 
reporter and the father decided to 
kill two birds with one stone. He 
leaked a story to the journalist 
which got him in bad with the girl, 
cost him his job and also got the 
would-be governor rid of a run- 
ning-mate he didn’t want. 

Tale had psychological interest 
via the father-daughter relation- 
ship, with the writer-politico angle 
adding some current events appeal. 
Acting, however, didn't give it all 
the impact it might have had. As 
the girl, Vanessa Brown was gen- 
erally good, but stiff in some spots. 
Two the.spers being “screen-test- 
ed,” Allen Nourse as the father 
and Burt French as the reporter, 
were fair, French fitting into his 
role a little more comfortably than 
Nourse. Neil Hamilton makes' an 
effective emcee. 

Demonstration for Ironrite, 
handled by “wardrobe mistress” 
Martha Wayne, was a convincing 
sales pitch, showing how the auto- 
matic gadget can iron a man’s shirt. 

Bril. 


MEET YOUE MATCH 
With Jan Murray, others 
Producer-director: Herb Moss 
Writers: Sidney Bexnick, Don 

Prindle 

15 Mins.; Mon.-Wed.-Frl., 7:30 p.m. 
PROCTER Sc GAMBLE 
NBC-TV> from N. Yi 

' ( Benton k Bowles) 

With “Those Two,” the Pinky 
Lee-Martha Stewart starrer, taking 
a two-week hiatus to give its stars 
a chance to vacation, Benton & 
Bowles is filling in with a video 
version of “Meet Your Match,” 
quiz show aired Tuesday nights on 
NBC radio this summer. Since Jan 
Murray turns in a top-drawer job 
as emcee, the show accomplishes 
its fill-in chores acceptably, but is 
too closely akin to numerous other 
TV quizzers to rate much chance 
at , a regular season slotting on 
video. 

Preem stanza Monday night (25) 
served almost as a tour-de-force for 
Murray. By the time he finished 
his opening monolog and then shot 
the breeze for several minutes with 
each new contestant, there was 
little time left for the quizzing. 
Murray thus saved prize money for 
his sponsor, but didn't give either 
contestants or home audience much 
of an opportunity to guess answers 
to his questions. In so doing, how- 
ever, he evidenced again that he’s 
another of the nitery-vaude genre 
of comics who can hold their own 
on TV, gjven the right kind of 
show. . . 

Format is a simple one. First 
guest chooses as a competitor one 
of a group of persons picked at 
random from the studio audiehce. 
Guest stays ift as long as he an- 
swers the question, correctly, but 
as soon as he misses, the competi- 
tor gets a chance to select another 
contestant to match wits with from 
among those remaining on the 
panel. Questions seemed easy but 
Murray tossed so few of them, 
there was no way of telling. 

Filmed plugs for Procter & 
Gamble products were about par 
for the course. Stal. 


PERRY COMO SHOW 
Wltk FoiiUkte Sister#, Mltthell 
Ayres srok 

Produceri Lee Ceoley 

Director: lb M tickler 

15 Mins.; Men.-WedL-Fri., 7:45. p.m, 

CHESTERFIELD 

CBS-TV, from NY. 

( Cunningham it Walsh ) 

Perry Como returned to CBS-TV 
after a short summer hiatus Mon- 
day (25), for the third successiye 
season, and evidenced that his 
quarter-hour musical stanza will 
again be one of the more listenable 
on video. It’s a pleasant little show, 
backed by some neat-looking . sets, 
but the emphasis is all on the star’s 
vocalistics and personality and- he 
registers solidly all the way. . 

As in previous seasons, Como 
can probably best be compared 
with Dinah Shore as having the 
most pleasant personality amorig 
he TV singers. He’s relaxed, com- 
pletely at ease and evidently hav- 
ing as good a time as his audience, 
and all this Is orojected for the 
show's benefit. Such little touches, 
as his introduction of himself on 
he new season’s preem (25) as 
“Eddy Arnold's winter replace-* 
ment” (Arnold subbed for him this 
summer), testified to the general 
"eeling of .goodwill he generates. 
And, most importantly, he still 
socks across a tune with the best 
of them. 

With the Fontane Sisters (3) giv- 
ng him solid backing, he opened- 
Monday evening's edition with a 
fine rendition of “Maybe," came 
back for a terrif solo job on “Some- 
where Along the Way” and wound 
with his latest RCA Victor record- 
ng, “My Love and Devotion.” Each 
tune drew squeals from what sound- 
ed like a bobbysox studio audience, 
but they must have bech just as 
well appreciated by home viewers. 

Lee Cooley, who has been pro- 
ducing Como’s show since its in- 
ception, backed the preem with 
solid production mountings and 
director lb Melchior's camera 
supervision was tops. Work of 
Mitchell Ayres’ orch was also fine. 

Richard Stark was again on hand 
to pitch the Chesterfield commer- 
cials capably, with Como and the 
Fontanes joining in the “Sound 
Off” musical blurb. Stal. 


With Mike and Buff (Cobb) Wal- 
lace off on a short vacation, Paul 

Tripp and his wife, Ruth, are filling OPERATION INFORMATION 
in for them on their cross-the- -with Bob O’Toole, guests 
board daytime show via CBS-TV, producer-writer: Irwin Rostcn 
and doing a good job of it. Tripp Dj rcc tor: Arnee Nocks 
is a TV personality via his Mr. I. 39 Mins.; Thurs., 8 p.m. 
Magination,” which he created and sustaining 
starred in for several s'easons on p- u Mont, from N, Y. 

CBS. Whether he and his frau Eight p.m. Thursday may not be 
have the makings of another good on same competitive level in 
husband-wife team for video re- season w jth 8 p.m. Tuesday (Do- 
mains to be seen, but Mike and font’s Bishop Fulton Sheen vs. 
Buff won’t lose any viewers while NBC * S Milton Berle), but it’s cast 
they’re away. in a similar mould. “Operation In- 

On the show # caught (20), the f orm atlon’’ is a bold venture in pub- 
Tripps were having a field day m- serv j[ ce that’s pitted against such 
terviewing officers or members of programs as Groucho Marx 

a number of little-known clubs and «jH ollyw<>0( i Offbeat.” The Du- 
from all parts . of the country. Mont ne t! S program chief, James 
Among those mterviewed were L Caddigan, who originated “Op- 
Paul Keating, of the American ^ rationt » is ^ there pitching for 
Magicians Society; a couple from a aU( ji cnce with an eye on some- 
organization which restricts mem- thing loftier than one of the best 

Mystery "se^me/t.^ * r ° at1nC 
, His toinchild which preemed 

kt5rt.lDfi.e tafo “nd «ner- »nd the BUI #f Rights tor Korean 
ally .generating a nice feeling of war 'vets. The latter, incidentally. 
L , ; MW > ; 1 ■ • ICortinned ra 36) 


WILLIAM WINTER AND THE 
NEWS 

Directors: Walt Laidlaw, Jim Eak 
ins 

15 Min.; Sun.-Mon.-Tues.-Thurs., 
10 p.m. 

KPIX, San Francisco 

(Selby, Pickering) 

William Winter does the oldest 
continually sponsored TV show 
hereabouts. He’s an astute opera- 
tor, more than most locals realized 
until they had a chance to compare 
him with network newsmen during 
the Chicago convention. 

His entry to TY Was backed by 
years of radio* pewscasting and 
overseas reporting. His best sell- 
ing point is his ability to absorb 
hot news copy, apd whip it back to 
his TV audience without referring 
to notes. Winter is quiet and slow- 
talking, but effective and intense- 
ly personal. 

He leads off with headline topics, 
backgrounds it with informative 
research, and follows through with 
pictures, films, maps, diagrams and 
blackboard demonstrations. 

He also does “Press Club Pre- 
sents” and air* six radiocasts a 

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BARRY GRAY— NEWS 
Producer: Buddy Allen 
Dijeotor: Barry Shear 
15 Mins.; Mon.-FrI., 11 p.m. 
SEALY, MICHAELS BROS. 

WABD, New York. 

Barry Gray, WMCA (N.Y.) post- 
midnight gabber, returned to his 
11 p.m. tele post on WABD 
Monday (25) night after his sum- 
mer layoff. Graj r , looking rested, 
led off with a wrapup of the eve- 
ning’s news, sports results, and 
weather that took him to th<^ half- 
way mark. That was followed by 
his editorial feature. Latter was a 
somewhat rambling opus ftom 
which two points emerged: (l ) 1 the 
elections may pivot on the voters’ 
attitude towards tile vice-presiden- 
tial aspirants; and ( 2 ) Gray tavors 
outlawing the Communist Party. 

In the news department, Gray 
reported that Eddie Cantor’s wife 
Ida might start a radio series of 
her own, and quipped an appeal 
for her to stay out of his midnight* 
to-3 a.m . 1 slot. He .showed improve- 
ment in his news delivery from hifc 
tele preem earlier this year, but 
can use more polish and a tighter 
jeript. 

In the gab field, which apparent- 
lX has the biggest draw for his 
fans, Gray began by answering a 
viewer’s request that he declare 
his position on thq Presidential 
race.- Gray took the occasion to 
spell out FCC regulations which 
bar commentators from espousing 
•candidates for political office. He 
added, however, that when a gab- 
ber guests on another show he i: 
free to express his opinion. He’ll 
stick to discussing the issues. 

Gray is eschewing the contro- 
versy-spiced gabfestsl which are a 
big feature of his tete-a-tetes from 
Chandler's eatery via WMCA. Bril 

AL MORGAN SHOW 
With Marian Spilman, others 
Producer: Herb Seitz 
15 Mins.; Mon.-Fri„ 6 p.m. 

WLW-T, from Cincinnati 

This is Cincy's fastest quarter- 
hour musical telecast. Al Morgan, 
a native, is head man with the style 
of sentimental singing and piano 
playing that bounced him into 
popularity in 1950, notably through 
his recording of “Jealous Heart.” 
At that time he also originated a 
TV network series out of Chicago. 

Now under exclusive contract to 
Crosley Broadcasting Corp., Morgan 
Is bolstered with excellent instru- 
mental support and vocals by 
Marian Spilman, who also is an 
eye-filling blonde. 

Supporting combo includes Keith 
(Doc) Wildeson. trumpet; Tiny Btss- 
meyer, organ; Bobby Keyes, guitar 
and banjo, and Roland Fansner, 
bass fiddle. Miss Spilman is also 
heard with Morgan in ducts. 

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spot, faced with the Taft-Hartley 
Act snti-uommunlst oath, 

4. It was the Communist group, 
in control since 1943, which tried 
to provoke a strike of the radio 
writers in 1947, when virtually on 
the eve of signing a contract which 
brought the writers most of their 

demands. 

Get Control First 

5. Some Communist ideas have 
been put into radio scripts hut, at 
this time, the Communist plan is 
rather to get control of all the 
broadcast unions and guilds rather 
than to inject party line material 
into scripts. 

6. The late Kathryn Seymour, 
one of the founders of the Radio 
Writers Guild, told that Lyon and 
his associate, Robert Newman, 
boasted to her they were Commies 
and that they intended to take over 
the Guild, which they did. 

The four named as Communists: 
Pe<;er Lyon, Robert Newman, Mil- 
lard Lampell, William S. Gailmor, 
Joseph Barnes, former N',' . Y. 
Herald Tribune writer, and an tin- 
identified Harry Gold. 

In the “pro-Communist” category 
35 were named by the witnesses, 
Lyon, who said his real name is 
Robert C. Lyon, Jr., appeared be- 
fore the Senate Committee last 
Oct. 22, accompanied by his law- 
yer, Benedict Wolf, of New York. 
He said he had worked for Time, 
Inc., March of Time, OWI, Treas- 
ury Dept., and Coordinator of 
Inter-American Affairs as a script 
writer, and had been a freelance 
radio writer since the war. 

He said he joined the Radio 
Writers Guild in 1941 and in No- 
vember, 1943, was elected vice- 
president for the eastern region. 
Then he served a year as national 
president, again as * eastern v.p., 
and that he was on the Guild 
council for the eastern region. He 
also served a two-year term as 
national secretary of the Authors 
League and was on the AL council. 

‘Areas Involved’ 

After a number of other prelimi- 
nary questions he was asked 
whether he knew Louis Budenz, 
and replied, “There are some ques- 
tions which you may be asking me 
which involve areas which because 
of the — unfortunately, to my mind 
— changed world situation will lead 
me to invoke the rights and priv 
. lieges extended to me by the Con- 
stitution, specifically under the 
First and Fifth Amendments; and 
this is one such question. My an 
swer is that, because of the reasons 
I have just mentioned, I decline to 
answer that question.” 

Lyon explained that to answer 
might “furnish evidence which 
might lead toward prosecution.” 
Thereafter, on many questions, 
Lyon pleaded the Fifth Amend 
ment. 

Richard Arens, committee staff 
director, quizzed Lyon about 
Communist May Day parade in 
1946, a telegram to the Attorney 
General on behalf of the 11 con- 
victed national leaders of the Com- 
munist Party, and other questions 
always getting the Fifth Amend- 
ment in reply. 

Asked whether he had ever 
’'used the name Peter Ivy,” Lyon 
said “no.” - Later Arens asked 
whether he had ever signed the 
name to any articles, and Lyon de- 
clined to answer under the Fifth 
Amendment. Other witnesses had 
testified that he used* that name in 
a series of “Daily Worker” articles. 

For quite a while, Lyon insisted 
on saying only that to answer some 
of the questions might lead to 
prosecution. Finally, under ques- 
tioning by Sen. Arthur V. Watkins, 
of Utah, Lyon admitted that to an- 
swer “might tend to incriminate 
me.” 

Lyon would not answer about 
membership in the executive com- 
mittee of the radio division of the 
Independent Citizens Committee 
of Arts, Sciences and Professions, 
National Negro Congress, People’s 
Radio Foundation, the committee 
sponsoring reelection of Benjamin 
J. Davis to the New York City 
Council in 1945, Civil Rights Con- 
gress and other organizations listed 

P by the U. S. Attorney General as 
subversive. 

Arens asked: “Do you have any 
recollection of making some 
speeches about colonization of 
American radio in 1943?” “No, 
sir,” was the reply. 

‘Colonization’ of Radio 
“Would it prompt your recollec- 
tion,” asked Arens, “to suggest that 
you were a- spokesman for the 
Communist commission directing 


the colonization of American radio 
in 1943?” The witness declined to 
answer. 

“Did you ever hear of the Radio 
Commission of the Communist 
Party?” “For reasons • previously 
stated, I must decline to answer.” 

Lyon said he knew Bob New- 
man in the Radio Writers Guild 
and was asked: “You have been to 
Communist Party headquarters 
with him, haven't you?” Lyon 
claimed the Fifth Amendment. 

“Have you 'ever attended any 
Communist P-arty meetings?” Wit- 
ness declined that one, too. Lyon 
said he had heard of the Com- 
munist Party, but wouldn’t say 
where or how. Arens asked: 

„“Were you • a member of the 
Communist Party prior to the en- 
actment of the Smith Act in 1940?’ 
“I must decline to answer.” r 


pell?” “I refuse to answer ©h the 
grounds - previously stated*” 

“I put* it to you. as a fact,” top- 
tlnued Arens, “and ask you to af- 
firm or deny that in 1947 and. 1948, 
you and your wife, Elizabeth Whip- 
ple Lampell, were members of the 
same writers’ branch of the Com- 
munist Party in Hollywood!* You 
were on the executive board of 
that Communist Party branch put 
there in Hollywood, were you 
not?” 

Lampell declined to answer un- 
der the Fifth Amendment. 

Hollywood 10 

Edward Duffy of the committee 
staff took over the questioning and 
asked: “Did you co-author with 
Norman Corwin a radio show en- 
titled ‘Hollywood 10.’ Specifically 
a show that was not broadcast, but 
was written in defense of the Hob 
lywood 10?” ' 

Lampell replied that "I have no 
recollection of ever having written 
any radio broadcast with Norman 
Corwin that was not broadcast.” 

Vincent “W. Hartnett, a radio 
writer-producer, formerly with the 
Phillips H. Lord producing agency, 
led off the anti-Commy witnesses, 


“Are you now, or have, you ever 
been, a member of the Communist 
Party?” “I must decline to answer Appearing before the Senate com- 
that question, too, Mr, Arens, on m ittee on April 27, 1951, He de- 

the grounds previously ■ stated. ’ - - - *■ “ ' “ - 

The witness said he had written 
scripts for all four national^ net- 
works and promised to provide a 
list of his scripts, 

Lampell appeared before the 
Senate Committee on April 1, 1952, 
accompanied by Benedict Wolf, the 
attorney who had bfeen with Lyon. 

He filled in his impressive back- 
ground of . radio writing and said 
he had also been a contract writer 
for Warner Bros, in Hollywood in 
1948, and had written an original 
$tory*for Joan Crawford which wa$ 
not produced. He said* his book, 


scribed Lampell as “one of the 
most active and capable Commu- 
nists in the U. S.,” a “triple-threat 
man’! of the Communist Party. 
Hartnett wrote the introduction to 
“Red Channels.” 

Hartnett told 4he committee that 
control of the unions under the 
4A’s “has been an undoubtedly 
primary Communist objective. The 
conclusion is inescapable that at 
one period the Communist-con- 
trolled group within each one of 
the subordinate Guilds did domi- 
nate and control the Guild itself. 
“From the period shortly after 


the floor of * meeting that they 
w6ul<l, be .sued If they said they 
suspected ahyppe to be a Com- 
munist or Communist sympathizer. 

“We believed It and didn’t do it,” 
continued the witness. “All of our 
statements were checked for that 
reason by a prominent anti-Com- 
munisfc lawyer, Arthur Farmer.” 

When the guild was on the verge 
of signing a contract with the nett 
works in 1947, said” Milton; the 
“pro-Communists” sought to stir 
up a strike. He said about 60 per-* 
sons Were signers of the strike peti- 
tion which failed. . ,<•- • • , . ..... „ 

He. told of the fight on CBS for 30 da ys since 

its loyalty oath, which finally went TV * spa ,rked by owner Gene 

through with the CBS employees J 7 • on , the ail * a week 

signing. He added that “the Au- temporary tele- 

thors League Council is a little bit 
trapped currently by its lpngr 
standing policy of never touching a 
political matter because it is cleiar 
to many long-standing anti-Com- 
munists on that. Council-such as 
Rex Stout, Arthur Schwartz and a 
number of others— that Commun- 
ism goes far beyond politics and is 
a matter of national security and 
national safety. Members -of the 
Council are trying to find ways 
to get around it and solve the 
problem tp the satisfaction of. a lot 
of people, including us.” 

Hollywood Unit 

Next witness was Ruth Adams watt, and it is thought the signals 
Knight, a radid writer and one of may ®ven reach into Wyoming and 
the founders of the Radio Writers Kansas, about 100 miles. KFEL-TV 


“The Hero,” was bought by Colum- popular front was inaugurated 
bia Pictures and produced as jjy the Communists in 1935 until 
Saturday’s Hero.” He also wrote - about one year ago-^-that is to say, 
radio scripts for . the United f rom about 1936 or 1937 to 1950- 
Nations. # ’ Actors Equity appeared to be dom- 

To one question he replied, *1 inated by the pro-Communist fac- 
am afraid I would have to ask you- tion. I am glad’ to say that during 
to break down that question some- the last year, owing to the turn of 
what, because I am hesitant to go international events, legislation 


into any areas that may include a 
discussion of organizations that 
might tend to incriminate me.” 

To another question about^ 
whether he had written ..the song, 
‘The Song of Free Man,” Lampell 


aimed at«?groups endeavoring to 
overthrow our Government by 
force and violence, and due to 
publicity revealing the Communist 
or Communist-front connections of 
some of the leaders of Actors Equi- 


Tele-Duying Boom on In 

Denver, With 75,000 Sets 

Seen Installed in Year 

„ Denver, Aug 2fi 
People here are getting over the 
«c»re ; thrown at them by the ! et ! 
zealousness of the Better BusS 
Bureau m warning the public ,, 
watch out for "quick-buck” dealer 
and others especially during tw 
early stages of TV selling here 
dose to 10,000 sets have been sold 

fiMll mptnllAW 1 m. U. - r\ a t 


w y 

casting permit from the FCC 

Now that there are about 300 
dealers set up, most of them open 
at night, and advertising heavily 
the retail demand for sets is snow- 
balling, and on the basis of the 
first 30-day sales, it’s expected that 
at least 75,000 sets will be installed 
in the Denver area in a year. 

Many are waiting until two sta- 
tions get on the air. KVOD expects 
to be operating on tele by Sept. 29 
with the transmitter located on 
Lookout Mountain, alongside the 
KFEL-Ty transmitter. KFEL-TV 
will more than double its power 
next month when it jumps to 6.000- 

1 j _ _ _i 11 • 1 1. . « . .. . ’ 


said “yes.’ ty, the situation has considerably 

“Did you know,” asked„Arensr improved. However, it is still criti- 
“that your song was the principal ca i »» 

The witness described William S. 
Gaiimor as the “well-known Com- 
munist radio commentator” and 
told how Lampell had sold hl$ 
book, “The Hero,” to Cosmopolitan 
magazine. 

“Millard Lampell subsequently 
sold motion picture rights to the 
novel to Columbia Pictures,” said 
the witness. “It was a Sidney Buch- 
man production for Columbia. 

I Buchman has a notable Communist- 
front record.” 

Hartnett testified further that 
Lampell “is not only an important 


song at the Lenin Memorial Meet- 
ing, as reported in the Communist 
Daily Worker, Dec. 27, 1942?” 

Lampell declined to answer on 
grounds of possible self-incrimina- 
tion. He also refused to say 
whether he knew John Stapp, one 
of the top U. S. Commies. Lampell 
said he had been a member of the 
Duncan Paris Post of the Ameri- 
can Legion in New York, whose 
charter was revoked by the Legion. 

Association 

“I put it to you as a fact aqd 
ask you to affirm or deny the fact,” 
said Arens, “thht about 1940 you . 

were a close associate of the then figure in Communist infiltration in 
well-known Communist Party motion pictures, radio and the pub- 
leader Ella Reeve Bloor.” Lampell .fishing world, but he is also a con- 


Guild, She said she was one of 
those who went to Hollywood in 
1939, tp get a unit started there. 
She said that among those who 
greeted the eastern delegation at 
the time were John Howard Law- 
son, George A. Backus and Hector 
Chevigny, adding: 

“It is easy to realize now a thing 
of which we were completely un- 
conscious then, that it was the be 
ginning of a taking over by this 
group who have remained asso 
dated and active in left-wing cir 
cles, and that those people on the 
Coast at that time were closely 
identified with these first steps of 
the organization of the Radio Writ 
ers Guild.” Miss Knight said, that 
in 1942 she and her husband moved 
•to Texas for a year or more. On 
their return to New York in 1943 
she met with Kathryn Seymour, 
one of .the founders of the guild 
and a former national president, 
who told her “we are faced with a 
desperate situation." Miss Knight 
went to a Guild meeting and found, 
she said, a mob spirit* pervading. 

“We afterward discovered,” she 
old the Senate committee, “they 
were not writers. Afterward we 
discovered that many people who 
were not in any sense ’ legitimate 
writers, • even radio ' writers, and 
people who had perhaps . written 
one or two scripts had been 
brought in and that this was the 
first step in the invasion of the left 
wing into the Radio Writers Guild 
They were brought in, as we 
afterward discovered, by Peter 


expects to beat *fijll power by Jan. 
1, with 10,000 watts and a six-day 
transmitter, producing 60,000 watts 
of power. 

KDEN, owned by Empire Coil, 
New Rochelle, N. Y., is rushing 
plans to be on the air by Thanks- 
giving. 


declined to answer. 

Arens ^sked whether “you have 
frequently reported to the radio 
commission of the Communist 
Party, in connection with your ac- 
tivities as a Communist and Com- 
munist infiltration in the radio in- 
dustry?” Lampell declined tp an- 
swer. 

Quizzed about whether he under- 
stood the limit of his rights under 
the Fifth Amendment, the witness 
said, “I understand that my legal 
right is to refuse to answer only 
such questions as I believe would 
tend to incriminate me.” A little 
later, he got the $64 question — 
“Are you now and have you ever 
been a member of the Communist 
Party?” He declined to answer, 

“Have you ever broken with the 
Communist Party?” “I must ‘re- 
fuse to answer on the same 
| grounds.” 

Lampell said he had once written 
an article for the New Republic 
under the name, Mike Landon, 


necting link — and a vital, one— *be- 
tween Communists or pro-Commu- 
nist operatives in all these fields.” 

Paul R. Milton, who followed 
Hartnett to the stand, identified 
himself as a fiction and non-fiction 
author, and now a radio writer. He 
said the issue was really joined in 
the Radio Writers Guild in July, 
1950, when Welbourn Kelley, then 
a member of the eastern region 
council, proposed a resolution in 
support of the U. S. Government 
in the Korean crisis. He said the 
council majority tabled the resolu- 
tion as irrelevant to guild purposes. 
Thereupon Kelley, Daisy Amoury 
and Eric Barnouw resigned from 
the council. This group put up a 
slate which was defeated at the 
next national guild election. 

Referring to the successful slate, 
“I have here at hand,” said Mil- 
ton, “all the material issued by this 
combined group, their own words 
over their own names. They em- 
body, in our view, every standard 


condemning Fascist organizations/! Communist Party line gambit 

aimed at preventing the exposure 
of Communists; many of these per- 
sons have known records ‘of pro 
Communist action and association. 
. 7 Since then the national presi- 

dency and the eastern region- coun- 
cil have been ‘ exclusively in the 
hands of men and women who re- 
fused to oppose Communism, the 
mortal enemy of our country; who 
described Communism as simply 
another political organism when 
it is, in fact, a treasonable ap- 
paratus aimed at physical and mo 
ral sabotage of all free society.” 
Threat of Spit' 

Milton said that ahti-Comnaunist 
group In the guild was warned on 


“Have you ever written anything 
condemning Communist organiza- 
tions?” he was asked. He declined 
to answer. 

“Have you ever denied that you 
were a Communist any place under 
any circumstances?” “I refuse to an- 
swer that on the grounds previ- 
ously stated.” Lampell admitted 
that he had discussed his appear- 
ance before the Senate "Sub-commit- 
tee with several persons. 

“Have you discussed it with any 
Communists?” He declined to an- 
swer. 

"Have you ever discussed it with 
-any other Communists, -other than 
your wife, Elizabeth Whipple Lam- 


Eaton Into Six-Station 
Class With WJMO Buy OK 

Washington, Aug. 26. 
Richard Eaton, who started in 
the broadcasting business not so 
many years ago with a daytimer in 
suburban Silver Spring, Md., be- 
came - owner last week of his sixth 
radio station when the FCC ap- 
proved his purchase, for $100,000 
plus, of WJMO in Cleveland. 

Formerly a newspaper publisher 
in France, Eaton recently acquired 
a fulltime AM station in the Capi- 
tal, through purchase of WINX, 
whose call letters he changed to 
WOOK, his former Silver Spring 
daytimer. With this acquisition, he 
moved the old WOOK facilities to 
Rockville, Md., where he uses the 
WINX call. 

Eaton also has a fulltime station 
in Hagerstown, Md., and daytimers 
in Baltimore and Richmond. Va. 


vited to be eastern vice president 
of the guild. °He was elected with- 
out opposition. At that time, he 

§aid negotiations were underway 

Lyon, and they were most of them with the networks for a guild shop 
t — l and there was no Taft-Hartiey 

law. „ , „ 

“All of our strike talk, all of our 
union activity talk, was if y° u 
haven't got a guild shop you 
haven’t got anything,” said Kelley. 
We got the contract. 


followers of Lyon. They were 
brought in rather obviously in or- 
der to permit the thing . which 
eventually was made possible, 
which was his election.” , 

Miss Knight said she subse- 
quently talked the thing over with 


“Then came the Taft-Hartley, 
With the non-Communist affidavits 


Miss Seymour. “She said,” con- 
tinued the witness, “ ‘I don’t know . . 

how to tell you this," and it Is an as a part of compliance and cei- 
appalling thing, but Pete Lyon and tification. The pro-Comniumst ei * 
Bob Newman, who are Com- ment in the guild, which is voca 
munists, have come into the Guild and very articulate, and very in 


and they are going to take it over’.” 

In reply to questions, by Senator 
Watkins, Miss Knight said: “I think 
that the operation up to now of 
the Communists in the Radio 
Writers Guild has been to get a 
stranglehold on the guild rather 
than to put information or propa- 
ganda of their own into the pro- 
grams. I think that has been sec 
ondary. 

“There is a marked effort in 
everything that they do to give an 
aura of respectability and nobility 
to the Communist movement. You 
would find, I am sure, if you ex- 
amined the work of these people 
a constant derision of the capital- 
istic system and a constant de- 
rision of the average citizen, and 
there is no such thing in their 
scripts as decent banker and a de- 


auu t vi j ma. ~ j 1 

telligent, immediately decided tnai 
a guild shop wasn’t worth a dam 
anyway; it would not cerlily, 
would Strike the agencies ana 
sponsors to get what it wanjea 
without compliance and certiiyi ? 
under the Taft-Hartley law. That 
semed to me in direct °PP°? ll r 
to everything we had fought f - 
We had a terrific wrangle about 
it.” Kelley said there was a long 
struggle and when the Fedeia 
mediators threatened to walk ° » 
those in favor of the strike lost. 

Kelley said that efforts for any 
anti-Communist action wer ® . p 
ways tabled and ruled out oi or 

and added: . 

“There have been any numoe 
Of motions at council and at mem 
bership meetings which bit 
denounced the American 


Legion, 

cent lawyer. The thing is subtle.” certain press organs ot tne 
\xr 0.1 xi .xr-ii ...1- - j. . -j..* Tin sUCll SS The lauici 


Welbourn E. Kelley, who testi- 
fied in June, 1951, described him- 
self as a radio contract writer and 
said he had been in radio for 15 
years. He was asked by Arens if 
the Television Writers was also a 
unit of the Authors Guild. 

“That is also a unit,” he replied, 
“although not yet an independent 
unit. One of the reasons that it is 
not an independent guild has been 
the fear of the league that it will 
become Communist-dominated.” 

Ht said that in 1947, he was in 


lie Church, sum ■*■**- -. ^-ufa 
Brooklyn, because of tlien 6 
against Communism. There a 
been - any number of motion* 
brought up in council ^ 

seem to be pro-Communist. 


ra 


Cincinnati* — Herb Flaig. 
dio and TV salesman, ha T t( 


ed from Crosley s 

WKRC-TV. Newcomer at B 

is Martin E. Cafie, Jr., * g 1 ^5- 
the sales staff of WHA5-TV, w 
vUle. 


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was programmed just one day. after 
the Korean bill became law via the 
signature' of President Truman. It 
marked " a kind of milestone in 
speed that was 'accomplished 
through the advance information 

furnished by the Veterans Admin- 
istration, which cooperates with the 
web in this series. 

On the block viewed last Thurs- 
day . (21), . the topic, was artificial 
limbs for war vets, with two am- 
putees being interviewed* Cer- 
tainly this didn’t present substance 
for a wide audience,, not to men- 
tion that it wasn’t fit fodder for 
sensitive persons* Nevertheless, it 
came out as an absorbing study in 
prosthesis, made the more ’inter- 
esting by the running description 
of Dr. Eugene S. Murphy, assist- 
ant director for research In charge 
of the VA’s prosthetic service (him- 
self a polio victim). 

Through the two amputees (ar- 
tificial leg, arm) Dr. Murphy man- 
aged to convey a sense of the work 
and perseverance required to be- 
come accustomed to man-made - 
limbs. Dr. Murphy gave a vivid 
account of field testing of new de- 
vices, the cost of such devices, the 
long and arduous training of/rets, 
and dozens of examples of artificial 
limbs and their preparation, de- 
tailed function, etc. Some film 
clips aided the commentary, with 
Bob O’Toole serving as permanent 
interviewer. ; 

Irwin Rosten, of the DuMont 
staff, is writer-editor-producer ’ of 
the series, and on the block caught 
he did a thoroughly cajpable job, 
particularly in the straight-from- 
shoulder script. Amee Nocks di- 
rects in ditto style. Scoffe this one 
up as a credit to DuMont in the 
pubserv category. • Trau. 


cecs the proceedings ,with * slightly ; 
superior style; He also seems to. be 
a quick man with an ad-lib. 

Gaffh. 


FUN SHOW AT BOULEVARD 
POOL 

With Gene Klavan 
Producer: Cal Jfones 
Director: Dennis Kane * 

60 Mins.; Fri. 2 p.m. 

WPT2T, Philadelphia 

While utilizing many ingredients 
that make up “dry” daytime give- 
aways, Gene Klavan’s Boulevard 
Pool show holds added interest 
with its diving displays, Inter- 
views with lifeguards and teenage 
swim competitions. 

' Profusion of name brand prizes 
bring both moppets and elders out 
of the water for such matters as 
watermelon eating match, a trea- 
sure hunt and a small-fry beauty 
contest. For the adults there were 

S uiz stumpers such as: “At wha 
egree Fahrenheit does water 
boil?” Considering the bathing suit 
background, there is no play made 
on femme ctities in swim suits 
outside of Klavan’s pretty help 
mate, and an exercise demonstra 
tion to plug a modeling school. 

Emphasis was principally juve 
Program should prove an added at- 
traction for the Boulevard Pool. 
With the wealth of prizes as the 
come-on, plus the chance to ge 
before the cameras. Klavan em 
ag-J--"- 1 1 — 


PAVE CAMERON SHOW 
SO Mins.; Mon.-thru-Fri., 1:30 p.m* 
Directors: Ted Baughn, Gordon 
Tuell 
Sustaining 
WRGB, Schenectady 
Dave Cameron, formerly of 
WKAL, Utica, has joined WRGB to 
present a “this, that or the other 
hing” quiz and audience partcipa- 
tion show, on first half of the 
hour filled by Bob Stone. Stone’s 
eature is now a straight public 
servicer, of 30-minute duration. 
First four telecasts indicated the 
new program would be mildly in- 
teresting and" entertaining; its 
chief appeal, to women and chil- 
dren. r 

Cameron uses several gimmicks 
o hypo attention for, and to sup- 
pelment, telephone interrogations, 
about area historic sites and 
amusement stars. First is "Beat the 
Weatherman,” in which partici- 
pants try via post card to guess 
temperatures outside the studio at 
p.m. the next day. Second is 
Dilly of the Day,” in which best 
submitted gag is inserted as 0 top- 
per for a comedy-burlesque spot 
by Cameron. Third is “Kiddy 
Korner,” on which he manipulates 
puppets, saluting youngsters with 
birthdays and wishing better, 
health to the ailiilg. 

.Reasonably photogenic and well 
dressed, Cameron competently han- 
dles quizzes. He might advance- 
check pronunciations of commu- 
nities. Weather prophecy bit 
emerges clearly. Material and act- 
ing for “Dilly” — an Englishman, a 
Texan .and a gabby femme were 
three portrayed — seemed uneven. 
Puppetry,, with three characters,* 
will ' hQld small children’s atten- 
tion. 

Photography is rather sharp 
most pf the time. Lenses are 
pte^ed on 'prizes, with brand names 


other. On Fun With Faye itself, 
the two people ate introduced be- 
fore the camera and then listen to 
the. playback and what they’ve' had 
to say about one another previa 
ously. Expressions of .the person, 
listening to the dissertation on hisl 
nr her characteristics, are aome-' 
times a little amusing hut tiiaf* 
as far as thevthlng goes.. 

Mis? Parker carrie* off/ her end 
of the ' proceedings satisfactorily. 
She’s a personable young lady, 
sings a pleasant opening to Harry 
Waltonts piano accompaniment and 
does a firstrate sales pitch for 
Rosenbaum’s. But the idea plays 
itself .dead. For a- night-timer 
it’s going to have plenty tough 
sledding. „ Cohen . 


DATE FOR DANCING 
With . Harinonicats, Jimmy Pal- 
mer orch 

Producer: Don Cook 
Director: Bud Ellingwood 
30 Mins.; Wed., 9 p.m. CDT 
Sustaining 
W.GN-TV, Chicago 

JH e r e’s a modestly-tbudgested 
programming idea that should net 
satisfactory results for all con- 
cerned. It’s a half-hour remote 
from 'Melody; Mill ballroom. . The 
kickoff program, built around 
Jimmy Palmer and. band, current 
occupants of 'the Mill’s stand, was- 
devoid of any production trim- 
mings. Nevertheless; the dance 
band concert ‘measured up to the 
currently relaxed summertime tele 
standards. And with some ironing 
out here and there,, it could well 
snag a following among the fans 
seeking an escape from the yak- 
yak- programs. ... 

‘Certainly, ,the ballroom TV show- 
casing i$ a. potent plug for dance 
band biz in. general, and the Mel- 
ody Mill and its attraction in par- 
ticular, . Because of these promo- 
tional aspects, the American Fed- 
eration of Musicians has* waived its 
usual video fees. Project was set 
up by General Artists Corp., which 
has such bands as Jan Garber’s and 
Ralph Marterie’s upcoming. 

Palmer’s group, with its empha- 
sis on choral vocalizing, has the 
flexibility to make for an okay tele 
display. As the busy. frOnter, Pal- 
mer himself also adds some needed 


'00Q vialiorse bets and save bis, 
fortunes, U difficult ' for 
V medium, providing some 
awkward family groupings; Direc- 
tor combatted this -with a fair de- 
gree of skill. Play* dragged in the 
first act, brightening up towards 
/the end, particularly in the gam- 
bling scene between James Mac- 
Taggart as the son and David Kosr 
soff’s'as his fellow-boarder;. Latter’s 
characterization was a rich gem 
of thesping. , . 

Camera closeups were good,' Mac- 
Taggart conveying some, fine ' ex-; 
pressiops'. Sound work was done in. 
the various family roles by Mar-" 
garet Hamilton, Tom Fleming, Meg 
Buchanan and specially by Scpt- 
born pic star Rona Anderson, al- 
ready a seasoned TV player. Play 
was telecast direct from the /stage 
of Glasgow Citizens Theatre. 

-Gord. 1 


WcJrtwKlay, August 27. 1952 

, Directing 




TV Folldwap 

Continued from 31 


ptayea on prizes, with^brand names mer himself also adds some needed 
emphasized. Tea Baughn and Gor- movement with his freewheeling 


don Tuell alternate in directing: 

Japo. 


FUN WITH FAYE 
With Faye Paxker, Harry Walton, 
guests 

15 Mins., Wed.’, 1§:15 p.m. 

ROSENBAUM’S 
WDTV, Pittsburgh 

This new quarter-hour session; 
bankrolled by Rosenbaum’s down- Jo" Aim 

town department store,/ may have , ProdqctionwiSC^ it would be a 
sounded okay on paper, but it big help, if that oversized standup 
doesn’t come off 'that way. It’s mike were replaced by one that 
supposed-to be aimed at'the work- didn’t blank out the face of the 
ing gal and one phase of program person using it. Also, the crowd 
has the hostess, Faye Parker, hand- shots would add up to more if the 


gyrations* His emceeing routines, 
however, badly need re-tooling, 
grooved as they are along that 
tired “At this time I’d like to pre- 
sent” line. 

Session was sparked by the guest 
appearance of -Jerry. Murad's Har- 
monieats, who came : through with 
tricky versions of “Lover’ /and ^Lit- 
tle Brawn Jug,”.. AlSa on tap for 
some weit. solos were brch vocalists 
and.. Bonn Neubert, 


or 


NBC-TV 'Hometown’ Show 

NRC-TV’s projected “Hometown” 
show; slated for an early-morning 
. cross-th^-hoard ride this fall will 
introduce JtfVergl new scripting 
Apd directing techniques, according 
toT.producer Ted Mills. Show’s db 
xecttm, for example, will work from 
the floor during rehearsal, rather 
than taking his- standard position 
in the control booth, while the 
writers on the. program will handle 
only dialog, since Mills and his 
story editor, yet to be selected 
will be dreaming up the situations 
and general story line. 

^Reason for the innovations, Mills 
said, is the show’s format, which 
will comprise fdur distinct but 
inter-related segments each day. 
Each quarter-hour block is to spot- 
light a different character or char- 
acters* in the make-believe town in 
which the story takes place, with 
minor characters roving through all 
four shows which, together with 


warmth for the afternoon audience. 

Keating" performed several presti-. 
dlgitatioh tricks, and the fact that 
the closetfp- camera could.riot solve the basic set, will help tie the hour 
the way he did them attested to his together. With four segments each 
ability. Stql. * .day to handle, the show will thus 

have four writers and four di- 
Fox the 18th vehicle in' its cross- rectors, 
the-board repeat performance Mills pointed out that Hollywood 
series/ WOR-T.V’s (N ,Y,) “Broad- directors have always worked on 
way TV^eatre” did i Emlyn Wil- the' studio floor, and predicted the 
*5™ Night Must Fall last weric S y S t e m would kfeep the show run- 
(16-22). The .Philological chiller m n g smoothly. Director will be 
WAS OTIC of the strongest Of the able to the action rinHnt* ve> 

legiters this airer has offered, but 

aUlid 11 potentiaUtie!1 weren t re - booth helping* to block out the eam! 
The story is that of ^youag PSJ . 

chopathic killer who charms his way ' /!!! 

into the affections of a wealthy,- in- place in the booth to call the 

valided widow after, having com- snots ’ 

mitted a brutal murder-by-decapi- As for the scripters, Mills noted 
tation. The suspense develops that Frank and Anne Hummert 
from the suspicions of the widow’s handle their Aii; Features radio 
niece, Olivia, who fears and rejects; shows on the same basis. Since the 
the* egomaniac youth* Dan, but whd. writers ’will have to worry only 
nevertheless is inexplicably attract- a bout" dialog, he said, they’ll be 
Sd, t 0 * 11 m \ .I 11 ’ th e end, he suffo- a bie to do considerable outside 
cates the old woman and is taught work . As a res ult, he’s lined up 
by the Police just as he is about f our w.k. scripters at far less than 
^°r^° in ° ! ll y i f/ ^°°‘ . their Usual fees. Writers are Paul 

The script has some good melo- Rbymer, Howard Rodman, Joel 

dramatic values and generally Hammii and John G. Fuller. 

mamtams suspense, but doesn t , • . 

fully explain the girl’s motivation* • , xm « 

in fielding the paranoic murder. ^ Yllle HUeStrO tfl MlCee 
Its. limitations were exposed by di- j 1 
rection that failed to make some 
Of . the action convincing. ,; 

As the; psychopath, Wright King 
registered best when lie was play- 
ihg the charmer,- buL didn’t carry 


ing a recent business school grad- 
uate couple of gifts as well as an 
interview slip with a prospective 
employer the next day. But. chief 
gimmick, which gets nowhere, is a 
sort of character analysis thing. 
Couple of days ahead of the show. 
Miss Parker ' shows some -career 
girl the picture of a career man, 
and vice versa, and then records 
the way each person looks to the 


guests were dancing rather than 
just milling around the bandstand. 

Dave. 


Chiefly, he seemed too young for 
the role. Bethel Leslie wasn’t 
properly cast as Olivia. Ruth. Gates 
handled the part of the. cantanker- 
ous old dame adequately, although 
not -getting the full terror of the 
final moments before her murder. 
Anthony Kemble-Cooper scored 


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With Dorothy Squires,. Archie Rob- 
bins, Fran Dowie Sc Candy Kane, 
Les Dounos, Welwyn Garden 
City Welsh Choir, 12 Toppers, 
others 

Producer: Richard Afton 
85 Mins. 

Sustaining 
BBC, London 

Vaude stanza was saved from 
flopping by brisk personality and 
clever comedy of Archie Robbins* 
j U.S. cpmedian with a reputation in 
Britain. Majority of turns were 
only so-so. Robbins’ gags were top- 
rate, and he went off, after longish 
act that never tired, to very solid 
mitting. 

‘Blonde thrush Dorothy Squires 
favored too many sad songs, and 
Les Dounos were clever in tum- 
bling acrobatics, of which cameras 
could have caught better closeups. 
Standout western takeoff act Was 
Fran Dowie & Candy Kane, Cana 
dian act. Program was telecast di 
rect from stage of King’s Theatre, 
Hammersmith, London. Gord. 

THE BLACK EYE 
Scripter: James Bridie » 

Director: James Crampsey. 
Adaptor: Aubrey Singer 
120 Mins. 

Sustaining 
BBC, from Glasgow 

Drama oldie by the late James 
Bridie, Scot playwright, provided 
fairly good entertainment in tlje 
first telecast undertaken by a new 
BBC outside-relay team to be 
based in Scotland. Actors In cast 
were mainly from Scot drama sec- 
tion of BBC. Most making their 
debut in video. .. 

Play, about the wayward son o. 
a Glasgow family, who can’t pass 
his exams and finally turns to 
drink, then gambling, to win $24,- 


WHAS Longhair Series 

Louisville, Aug. 26. ■ 
WHAS - program - director Sam 
Gifford has announced plans to 


menace aspects as .well., present, longhair music with a new 


twist in a. series of Sunday after- 
noon shows, • “Music Here and . 
There, with Robert Whitney.” Ser- 
ies tees, .-off Sunday, . Sept. 14.-. 

Whitney, conductor and manager 
of Hie I/)uisville Orchestra, recent- 
ly returned from Austria, where he 


nicely as Olivia’s rejected, boring guest-conducted the Vienna Sym- 

j . m v o 9 J* „ i /^i._ jr* • ^ tt J 


suitor. Geoffrey Lamb was pol- 
ished as the inspector and Miriam 
Stoball and Nora O’Mahoney were 
competent in their roles as domes- 
tics. 

■ Single living room set was a- 
good one. Camerawork included 
more closeups, which Is a depart- 
ure from producer Warren Wade’s 
original concept of frontal, stagey 
Shooting. Bril 


phony. On *“Music Here and There” 
he will comment on the recorded 
music he selects; interview well- 
known musicians, and present on-, 
the-spot recordings made on his . 
Vienna trip. 


Goodwill 

Continued from page 27 

tablished. These include the fol- 
lowing: 

Discount of 5 % is to be allowed 
on the gross billing for daytime 
cross-the-board shows, with certain 
exceptions. Annual dollar volume 
discount is to be allowed on gross 
billings, minus the aforementioned 
5%, for station time for each broad- 
cast. For nighttime shows, the 
dollar volume discounts range from 
27.5% for a sponsor spending less 
than $10,000 yearly on CBS, to 
44.5% for one spending $2,500,000 
or more. For daytime shows, the 
discount structure ranges from 8% 
on gross billings of $10,000-$30,000, 
up to 23.5% for gross billings of 
more than $2,500,000. 

Advertiser? will also benefit from 
a new 52 consecutive week dis- 
count, which figures ' at 52 times 
8V£% of the largest amount of ad- 
justed weekly gross billings (the 
gross less* any 5% daytime discount 
allowed).. Brochure states that any 
program taking a hiatus “will be 
t , entitled only to such. discounts as 
may be allowed in accordance with 
the CBS Radio hiatus policy, if any, 
then current.” 

Current CBS advertisers get the 
usual six-month protection, but the 
new discount structure goes into 
effect for all shows aired on and 
»aftqr Feb. 25, 1953. * : f , ^ 

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165G WIS CM Theatre 
Buy for Barn Dance Coes 
Faith in Radio Future 

Chicago, Aug. 26, 
WLS, Prairie Parmer station and 
kingpin midwest folk talent outlet, 
has put a $165,000 exclamation 
point to its faith in the future of 
radio. The station last week shelled 
out that amount to purchase the 
Eighth St. Theatre, which for the 
past 20 years has been the leased 
home of the WLS National Barn 
Dance. 

The bam dance has been housed 
in the Loop theatre since 1932, 
when it became the first AM show 
to charge admission. House still is 
consistently SRO : every Saturday 
night for the two performances of 
the hayloft festival. 

An indication that the rustics 


AFRA, TVA 

Continued from page 2S 


concrete proposals for merger” 
submitted by other branches* 

When and if. the AFRA plan 
comes up again before 4A’s board 
the vote may be extremely close. 
If Screen Actors .and Screen Ex- 
tras Guilds side with Equity, a 
57-56 vote against AFRA may re- 
sult, as happened on a previous 
occasion. voting strength ' is: 
AGVA, 31 AFRA, 22; AGMA,' 4; 
SAG, 23; SEG, 11; Equity, 17; CE, 
5. Four other groups, each with 
a single vote, could prove impor- 
tant, They are Hebrew Actors, 
Hebrew Chorus, Italian Actors and 
Brother Artists Assn. 

VIdpic Angle 

The chessboard moves are fur- 
ther complicated by SAG-AFRA re- 
lations on vidpic jurisdiction. Last 
week Equity invited .the 4A’s 

— - , branches to powwow on settlement 

continue as a potent; pull is shown 0 £ y ie q Ues ti 0 n. AFRA accepted the 
in the annual barn \ dance . junket- i nvite i n a resolution which took a 
to the Illinois State Fair^This y^ar re x a ^i V ely firm stand vis-a-vis the 
the show racked up Its hipest at- 3Crecn guilds. y 

tendance since 1535, with 12^627 "Resolution declared that “npr- 
oaid admissions. Frolic proved a Resolution declared that per. 

the fair than either formers must have a direct voice in 
noriinef determining the rates and condi- 
tions for re-use, kinescope, . com- 


‘Music Room’ Back to Mon.; 1 
NBC Hopes RCA Renews 

Meredith Willson’s “Music Room ” 
which has been airing Friday nights 
this summer on NBC radio under 
RCA Victor sponsorship, will be 
moved back into the Monday night 

at 10 slot in the**fail. It hasn’t been 
decided yet whether RCA will con- 
tinue as bankrolled but NBC is 
holding out hdpe that its parent 
company will again pick up the 
tab on the disk jockey program as 
a showcaser for its recordings:' 

Friday night lineup for the fall 
will have Lucky Strike’s “Hit' Pa- 
rade” returning to the 8 p.m. slot, 
in which Willson had been subbing. 



The Progressive Party has filed 
charges of discrimination against 
CBS and DuMont networks, charg- 
ing that the weekly series, “Pick 
the Winner,”, violates FCC regula- 
tions. 

PP Said. that the Wcstinghousc- 
sponsored series violates a Com- 
mission rule that networks and sta- 
tions should not “make any con- 
tract or other agreement which 
shall have the effect of permitting 
any legally qualified' candidate for 
any ‘ public office to broadcast to 


the exclusion of other’ legnlly qual- 
ified candidates for the same pub- 
lic office.” 

Progressives first complained 
'June 3, protesting the .program’# 
aim of giving coverage only to the 
Democratic and Republican candi- 
dates. At first, PP said, "we re- 
ceived assurances that our point of 
view would be represented. But 
then the blackout curtain fell. Let- 
ters and messages were disregard- 
ed.” PP is being represented be- 
fore the FCC by David Rein, 


Democratic presidential nominee 
Adlai Stevenson or Republican 
vice-presidential ... nominee, Sen. 
Richard Nixon, who drew 11,500.1 
and 7,000 respectively at their ap- 
pearance#. 


Vidpii Seen I 

from pm* 2# 


mercial film spots, representation ] 
in cities outside Los ^ngeles and 
organization ‘ in cities where the 
screen guilds have neVer organ- 
ized,” 

AFRA referred to the fact that 
an Equity communique had made 
settlement . 6f the jurisdiction , dis- 
pute one of the conditions on which 
it might “reverse its' stand”*against 
AFTRA. Radio union, however, said 
it was accepting the RSYP because 
of its ' desire for amicable settle- 
ment, “not in order to receive 


C«atinu*4 

much beyond the Keystone Kop 
days. . 

And qot only does motion pic- 
tures’ technical excellence make Equity’s s irp.p o rt .of TVA-AFRA 
video look a bit pre-Eastman, but merger. Both jurisdictional dispute 

apparently a lot .of mined on their own merits, without 

| u ys K avc sheaked in Hollywood s p ressure from any .source.” 
back door -while we TVers were other conditions Equity listed 
trying to clean, the snow off an f or - supporting AFTRA were: (1) 
image °rthlcon. Some of them- ^FRA and TVA would con- 

genuity displayed in 1 s, ^ nue t 0 negotiate in good faith on 

using special effects, adaptations of fiYe _ branch consolidation; and C2) 
modern art techniques and vasty a gr eemen t. and/or amendment of 
improved editing makes one won- the proposed AFTRA constitution 
der if it isnt TV in the rut not pertain ooints on which there is 


the films. 

Old Teduiiquea 

Odd thing about the present sit- 


on certain -points on which there is 
various branches/ Equity-, it’s- un- 
derstood, doesn’t like the deadline 
which the AFTRA document sets 


uaa tmqf mow m presern su- for £ q uity memhhts to join AFTRA 
uation is that TV today P r °kably without payment’ of initiation fees. 


using more feet of ..film in a month, 
than most film companies do' in a 


payment’ 

as well as several other clauses in 


most mm companies ao in « AmA ^ 
year. But the techniques the TV | ^ ^, g jn ee fj[ n g be held to- : 

day (Wed.)’ on the SAG-TVA juris- 


diction tussle (see separate story). 


film producers are . using are the 
ones the theatre pix. producers 
have just gotten rid of Maybe the 

+ JC 3 e k? swinging, an ^ te * e come put of this, in view ef confab" 

f? the s ? n Jff M e ? 1 v e 5 ie ^ which Equity has called, is an open 

the theaters have — falling b.o. and 

fc U fwi, a P at ^ y “ to ^ eali v C tha A. At the AFRA parley, there we're 
ho d the audience, you have got to gome diffcrence s between Coast 

deliver a show. representatives, who were more 

Naturally, you, can’t compare TV inclined, to have a quick settlement 
film costs with that a high budg- w itft the screen guilds, and the 
eted picture. But there’s still no eas tern delegates, who evidenced 


reason why some of the present- 
day techniques and approaches 
can’t be used. Every show doesn’t 
have to be fiatlighted. It certainly 


a firmer attitude towards SAG- 
SEG, based on their closer associa- 
tion with the live unions. 

As per the AFRA constitution, 


can’t cost too much to occasionally w hich alternates the presidency be- 


change a camera angle. 

It just appear# that most TV-film 
producers today are so preoccupied 
with getting the footage in the 
cans that they haven’t had a chance 
to see a good feature pix them- 
selves—arid aren't hep to the fact 


tween the two coasts on a two-year 
basis,' the new prexy is from New 
York, Alan Bunce was elected, 
succeeding Knox Manning of the 
Coast. 


ovjivw— «MiU. «UR?JUL t JUCjy W lUC 4.«VV - | | mm || . 

that some changes have been made g a( || 0 gxeCS Club, ATS, "Ul 
But take a look yourself. Next . _ 

Final Touches to Merger 


time you have a free evening, take 
in a film— any film. Technique- 
wise, it will be an eye-opener — 
particularly if you have, a slight 
case of astigmatism from watching 
TV films this summer." 



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are putting the finishing touches 
on their upcoming merger. 

A joint REC-ATS nominating 
committee has drawn up a list of 
five officers and 10 board mem- 
bers for submitting to the member- 
ships of the two clubs. Nominat- 
ing committee was headed by Wil- 
liam S. Hedges for the REC and 
George T. Shupert for the ATS. 
Committee's nominations are: 
President, Robert W. Sarnoff, 
NBC; first v.p., Fritz Snyder, CBS; 
2d v.p., G. W. (Johnny) Johnstone, 
National Assn, of Manufacturers; 
secretary, ' Claude Barrere, pro- 
gram representative; treasurer, 
S. R. Dean, CBS. For members of 
the board of directors: Robert L. 
Coe, DuMont; William H. Fine- 
shriber, Jr., MBS; Ernest Lee 
Jahncke, Jr., ABC; Don McClure, 
McCann-Erickson; Bruce Robert- 
son, Broadcasting; Elliott M. 
Sanger, WQXR; Robert Saudek, 
Ford Foundation; Reggie Schuebel, 
Wyatt Sc Schuebel; George T. 
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New York 

Ezra Stone, director of tine Mar- 
tha Raye show since its debut last 
season, won't be able to continue 
in the same capacity on Miss Raye s 
'‘All-Star Revue” appearances this 
season, due to a commitment for 
a weekly tele series. . .John Till- 
man, newscaster and night mana- 
ger of WPIX, New York, addresses 
the Kiwanis Club of Stamford, 
Conn., today (Wed.) on “TV m 
Politics.” 

Dr. Bruno Furst, teacher of mem- 
ory training, and a group of his 
students demonstrate his system 
over WARD Sept. 8. . . . Henry 
Salomon, producer on- the upcom- 
ing NBC-TV “Victory at Sea" 
series, was collaborator with Prof. 
Samuel Eliot Morison of Harvard 
on the 14-volume “History of TJ. S. 
Naval Operations in World War II,” 
which Little, Brown is issuing 
every few months, one volume at a 
time. 

Rear Admiral Stanley F. Patten, 
DuMont veepee, has been elected 
to the company’s board . . . Mar- 
tin Begley, NBC-TV casting direc- 
tor, back from a European vaca- 
tion with his brother, actor Ed 
Begley . . . Blaney Harris has been 
added to the WPIX sales staff. He 
was formerly an account exec with 
WOR and also radio program man- 
ager for that station . . . John Derr, 
sports director for CBS Radio, is 
doubling in brass this week, filling 
in on WCBS-TV’s “Sports of the 
Night" while regular Jim McKay 
is on vacation . . . Bonomo Turkish 
Taffy switched its account from the 
Weintraub agency to Emil Mogul 
, . . WCBS-TV’s Margaret Arien 
did the fashion commentary for 
the American Legion’s fashion, 
show Sunday night (24) at the Ho- v 
tel Waldorf-Astoria . . . Martin Ry-"' 
erson, radio-TV scripter. leaves for 
Hollywood Sept. 5 to write for v seV-' 
eral Hollywood - produced video 
shows and also negotiate for his 
projected package, “CRHenty from 
Brooklyn," to star Sam Leveite. 

RCA prexy Frank M. Folsom 
slated to appear on NBC's “Youth 
Wants to Know" tonight (Wed.) to 
receive for the show the American 
Legion's first annual video award 
. . . Adam Hat Stores pacted,to 
bankroll .. a., series of fight films, 
" titled “Famous Fights from Madi- 
son Sq. Garden,”. Monday nights 
on .the DuMont web, with Jimmy 
Powers as narrator . . . Robert Q. 
Lewis, who's been ‘doubling from 
his CBS radio and TV chores this 
summer as star of the “Charley's 
Aunt" strawhatter, set for a date 
at Atlantic City’s Steel Pier over 
the Labot'Day weekend . . . Bayuk 
Cigars sponsoring DuMont’s “Ring- 
‘ side Interviews" starting Sept. • 8, 
with Ted Husing as narrator. 

George F. Fol^y had to yank a 
projected Script on flying saucers 
from “Tales of Tomorrow" (ABC- 
TV), when the Army Air Forces 
said nix on cooperating . . . Rich- 
ard Sliandljmd returns to tele after 
four weeks at the Woodstock 
(N. Y.) Playhouse . . . Richard Durr 
stars on “Ellery Queen" tonight 


(Wed.) while Lee Bowman is on va- 
cation; Bowman returns the fol- 
lowing week. 


Chicago 

* With Tommy Bartlett making his 
network video bow when “Wel- 
come Travelers" hits NBC-TV Sept. 
8, emcee is cutting down oh his 
local TV activities. He’s ankled 
the host post on WGN-TV’s daily 
“Hi, , Ladies” show, with Frank 
Sweeney taking over the reins . . . 
Bernard .Miller, former general 
manager of WMOR and more re- 
cently associated with Academy 
Films, has been added to the Her- 
bert S. Laufman package firm as 
an account exec. ..The WGN-TV 
remote crew gets, a special evening; 
assignment Saturday night (30) 
when it lenses the White Sox- 
Clevelaiid Indians * game for 
WXEL, Cleveland. Sox night games 
aren’t part of WGN-TV’s regular 
baseball pickups. Station is also 
feeding the Sunday (31) game to 
WXEL... Dan McGuire, Chi NBC- 
TV salesman, is off on a two-month 
leave for a jaunt through Europe. 

McConk^y Artists Corp, has 
placed Howard Grafman.in charge 
of its new Chi film division. Dick 
Brinkman has been' named produc- 
tion director. . .WNBQ sales topper 
John McPartlin and Floyde Bea- 
•ston of his . staff getting away from 
all for a week up in Northern 
Michigan . > . Muntz TV reports sales 
during second quarter \Jere up 
43% over the same period a year 
ago . . . Theo. Hamm Brewing has 
ordered a weekly half-hour "pro 
football film wrapup on WGN-TV, 
to be narrated by Jack Brickhouse, 
’when the grid season kicks off later 
next month . ..Producer-director 
Ben Parks and the NBC-TV “Haw- 
kins Falls” contingent have moved 
from their old quarters in the Stu- 
debaker Theatre to Studio A in 
the Merchandise Mart . . Proceeds 
from Labor Day stock car races 
at Soldier Field will go to the 
Third Order of St. Francis. Cath- 
olic "layman’s group, to help pay 
the tab on the organization’s TV 
show, “Armchair Philosopher.”, - 


Saji Francisco 

Art Baker breezed in for a day 
’n’ night and joined an impromptu 
songfest at Goman’s VGay Nine- 
ties” . . . Kirk Torney named .chief 
of MCA’s new radio-TV. division 
here . . . Jack Brumback took over 
TV operations for Ziv’s local office 
. . . Bell -Brook bought Gene Autry 
series on KGO-TV. , . . KPIX 
launching new “Show Time" films 
with Marjorie King on Crosley 

commercials . . . Doris Carr, new- 
comer from Hollywood, exciting 
attention as hostess of KRON’s 
“Club Four" .Snader telescriptions 
. . , New KRCfiNT shows: Paul 

Speegle with “Made in California" 
and Dr. Alfred Azevedo with 

“What’s on Your Mind?” . . . Kay 
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"‘All Star Revue” ballyhoo jobs* 
Roaeoe Karna in tbt a visit . . . 
Also Wilt Gunaendorfer, up Horn 
Holly wood, before flying New York- 
ward for a management operations 
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award-whining KGO-TV program; 
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RWG Denies Commie Ties, 
As Kelley Explains His 
Testimony to McCarran 

Sen. Pat McCarran’s blast at the 
Radio Writers Guild' was answered 
yesterday (Tucs.) by the RWG’s 
eastern region office. At the same 
fine, RWG released text of a let- 
er to the senator from one of the 
witnesses, Welbourn E. Kelley, who 
Said, “I fear that- without intention 
I have harmed persons who are 
innocent”* 

Kelley wrote, “I did not, as might 
be inferred, appear before the sub- 
committee voluntarily. First intro- 
ductory remark made by me and 
he premise of my entire testimony 
were placed off the record and are 
not included in the testimony as 
printed. I used the term 'pro-Com- 
munist’ in describing a certain 
faction in the RWG only at the re- 
quest of the subcommittee counsel, 
who indicated that all of my tes- 
timony would remain in confi- 
dence." 

He did not deny any of his tes- 
timony as printed,.. Kelley said, 
but I would like to point out that 
it does not reflect a true picture 
of all that I said, nor does it in- 
clude the premise on which my tes- 
imony was given.” 

Kelley said he had told the sub- 
committee at the outset that “I 
could not say of my own knowledge 
that any member of the RWG was 
a ’Communist; that I bore no malice 
nor ill' will toward any member of 
the Guild; and that I did not wish 
to say anything . that might harm 
personally, or professionally any 
member of the Guild." 

Witness wrote that during the 
off-the-record testimony, subcom- 
mittee counsel Richard Arens “re- 
quested that I not refer to a cer- 
tain faction within the guild as 
left-wing, a term I had been using, 
but that for the purpose of clarifi- 
cation I refer to the two Guild fac- 
tions as pro-CQmmunist and anti- 
communist. I demurred at this, 
stating that there were people in 
the left-wing faction for wh.om I 
had the greatest respect and who 
in my opinion were neither Com- 
munist nor pro-Communist. How- 
ever, I agreed to use the terms re- 
quested on the. assumption that 
what I had to say was in confi- 
dence and would remain so.” 

Eastern region RWG statement 
follows: 

“The attack upon the RWG and 
some of its individual members is 
the latest in a two-year series of 
efforts -by a self-admitted minority 
group to rule or ruin this organiza 
tion. They have failed, to gaip con- 
trol of the RWG by the ballot in 
two successive elections. They have 
failed to destroy the RWG by with- 
holding support in contract nego 
tiations and strikes that have been 
approved and won by the majority. 
Now, under cover of Congressional 
immunity, they are trying to dis 
rupt and take over the RWG by 
slander. They will fail again, be 
cause their charges are not true. 

“The facts are that the RWG is 
an organisation dedicated by its 
constitution and that of its parent 
body, the Authors League, to one 
object only: promoting the pro 
fessi'onal and economic interests of 
its 1,200 writer-members, The RWG 
has never supported any poiitica 
party, platform or candidate. It has 
never aligned itself with or sup 
ported any Communist or pro-Com 
munist organization. In compliance 
with the Taft-Hartley Act, officers 
of the Guild signed non-Commu 
nist affidavits. RWG has concerned 
itself solely with the economic and 
professional welfare of its mem- 
bers. 

“The RWG stands on its 15-year 
reoord of accomplishment for radio 
and television writers throughout 
the country." 


McCarran 



sss Continued from pgge 1 

clean. He named as two of the top 
leaders in the Communist drive 
in radio and ,TV, Writers Millard 
Lampell and peter Lyon. Both 
men, testifying before the Internal 
Security Committee, refused on 
grounds of possible self-incrimina- 
tion, to state whether they were 
members of the Communist Party; 
and also ducked many .other ques- 
tions by seeking the protection of 
the Fifth Amendment. McCarran 
released their testimony. 

He also said that the Radio Writ- 
ers Guild and Authors League can- 
not escape blame for permitting 
“less than 100 pro-Communists” to 
seize control of the Guild.. 

The testimony released today is 
the first part of hearings by the 
Senate Committee into “subversive 
infiltration of radio, television and 
the entertainment Industry.” The 
probe will continue. 

In his warning to television, Mc- 
Carran said: 

“We have had a Very recent ex- 
perience of the public interest in 
this new media of expression., 
Those 'who are responsible for its 
development must also accept re- 
sponsibility for its character affd 
the types of programs it channels 
into the hordes of’ America. 
•Strategically Placed’ 

“We found, strategically placed 
to take advantage of television’s 
progress, persons who refused to 
say under oath .whether Or not they 
belonged to the Communist -Party, 
but wher were described by other 
persons, under oath, as either Com- 
munists or very active pro-Commu- 
nists. In straight news coverage, 
such as that of the national politi- 
cal conventions, there is little op- 
portunity for subversive influences 
to work. : However, the entertain- 
ment programs, which, after all, 
provide the bulk of television of- 
ferings, are very susceptible in this 
respect. 

“The sub-committee has not yet 
completed its hearings and there- 
fore- makes no recommendations 
at this time, but I must point out 
that the 1,200 to 1,500 members of 
the Radio Writers Guild who have 
allowed less than 100 pro-Commu- 
nists to take over their organiza- 
tion must share equally in respon- 
sibility for the subversive activi- 
ties of those few whtfm they permit 
to use the name and power of the 
organization. Nor can the parent 
organization, the Authors League, 
be absolved from blame, so long as 
it allows such a situation to exist." 

.The statement went on to ex- 
plain that “there is a strong possi- 
bility that the Radio Writers Guild 
will obtain jurisdiction over the 
television writers and that there is 
evidence that a small group of 
Communists and pro-Communists 
seized control of the Radio Writers 
Guild in 1943 at the direction of 
Alexander Trachtenberg, the Com- 
munist propaganda chief, and con- 
tinues to dominate the organiza- 
tion.” 

I Statement also lists many Com- 
K munist and Commy Front activities 
in which it says Lyon and Lampell 
were active. 



NBC-TV Brass, Affiliates 
In Routine N.Y. Huddle 

Group of top | NBC video affili- 
ates from all sections of the coun- 
try are meeting with network top- 
pers in N. Y. this week in what is 
described by the web as a routine 
session to discuss general network 
and programming policies. NBC 
execs said the affiliates have no 
major problems which could cause 
any conflict at the meet. 

With such key station operators 
as Robert Swezey of WDSU-TV, 
New Orleans, and Walter Damm, 
of WTMJ-TV, Milwaukee, in at- 
tendance, the affiliates met on 
their own at The Hotel Waldorf 
Astoria yesterday (Tues.) They're 
slated to get together today with 
NBC brass, headed by prez Joseph 
H. McConnell. 


Philadelphia — Roger W. Clipp, 
general manager of WFIL and 
WFIL-TV, has been appointed to 
the Philadelphia Board of Trade 
by Mayor Joseph Sill Clark, Jr. 


Kansas City — John S. McDermott 
has been named executhfe manager 
of the Electric Assn, 'of Kansas 
City, replacing Robert J. Samson, 
who held- the post for four years. 
McDermott for five years was with 
KMBC-KFRM here, first in special 
events, then in -promotion and 
public relations, lately in sales. 
Previously he was publicity direc- 
tor of the Chamber of Commerce, 
and currently is president of the 
Junior Chamber C'ofmnm*tfe: * 


Tom 

WGN-TV As No. 1 Chicago 
User of Feature Films 


WENR-TV, CM* ABC teYe opera- 
titm sweating out the pending 

a *5* paKent comply 
with united Paramount Theatres . 
k*® -.grabbed off the Windy Citv 
celluloid crown from WGN-TV 
past few weeks. 

Heretofore WGN-TV was the 
No. 1 consumer of feature films 
with its nightly block of ‘S 
Theatre” productions, many of 
them out-rating live network shows 
Now, however, it’s WENR-TV 
that’s become the top TV “exhihi 
tor” With its recently revamped 
daytime log, which includes seven 
across-the-board strips of feature 
Pix. 

Stepped-up programming reli- 
ance upon the Hollywood oldies 
eats up over 40 titles weekly. The 
station is on the air about loo 
hours a week, and out of that total 
some 45 hours is celluloid fare 
that has seen its service through 
the regular motion picture exhibi- 
tion circuit. Figure is exclusive of 
straight vidpix. 

WENR-TY film buyers last week 
finalized a $75,000 deahwith Unity 
Television Corp., whereby the dis* 
trib outfit will supply the station 
with 1,000 hours of film program- 
ming during the next 12 months. 
Included in the package are 189 
features, some of them firstrun 
hereabouts, and an assortment of 
westerns, Serials and comedies. 

The outlet’s drastic swing to film 
is indicated by its weekday sched- 
ule, that runs from 10 a.m. through 
to the early evening kiddie block 
at 5:30 p.m. During this seven and 
a half hour stretch daily, Mon- 
days through Fridays, five and a 
half hours are film-filled and the 
balance is live programming. 

Nighttime it’s much the same. 
For example, there’s the Saturday 
night grind policy, tagged the 
“Tri-Star Theatre,” during which 
three consecutive features are un- 
spooled from 7:30 to signoff. Also 
going Mondays, Tuesdays, and 
Fridays at 7 p.m. . is a full-length 
pic. 


Not Selling 

Continued from pace 21 


web will derive considerable bene- ' 
fit also from its reintegration 
policy in being able to determine 
almost immediately what any de- 
partment is earning or losing. 
When radio and TV operated sep- 
arately, he said, it was often neces- 
sary to wait a period of months 
to get the operation statements 
from the AM and TV program de- 
partments, for example, and then 
collate them. Now, he said, the 
web will be able to keep its finger 
on the overall operation and can 
get such an earnings statement 
within a few weeks. 


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fraction of its original cost. Ap- 
proximately 5 acres. Frame dwel- 
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living room, dining; room, library, 
rumpus room, kitchen with but- 
ler’s glass pantry, servants’ quar- 
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Second floor— 3 large master bed- 
rooms with baths, large closets, 
sun deck off master bedroom, 

Ground floor — large children’s 
playroom with kitchenette, guest 
or oaretaker’s room with bath, 
large flagstone terrace, large 
swimming pool built in river wit 
sun terrace. This house is insu- 
lated, the finest of plumbing, 
iieating, and air conditioning 
throughout— has deep artesian 
well, and profusion of flowering 
trees, shrubs and plants. 

This property is one mile north 
of the Westport Parkway en- 
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for speculation. The workman- 
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Wednesday* Align*! 27, _ 1952 


Inside Stuff-Television 



as regular member oi JNiJU“i.’v r s ''Hit Parade,” under a three-year pact 
which puts her into ^the $l,000-a-week class. Miss Valli, singing spare- 
time for Italian weddings In the Bronx, was heard by a scout for a radio 
talent program, and made a lone appearance. Harry Salter, conductor 
and one of the creators of “Stop the Music/' heard her. Salter was 
looking for a sub for Kay Armen, vacationing from his show, and. took 
a chance with Miss Valli. 'She had never studied music. Salter coached 
her (as he’s done since in singing, phrasing, style, etc.), and put her 
on for two weeks. She got $23t) . a week. Four months later, she 
returned for four weeks when Miss Armen vacationed again. She’s 
done several guest shots ori other AM-TV shows. Salter also got singer 
a Victor contract. She’s made five sides, fifth being a soon-due “Tabu” 
disk with Salter and' orch backing. 


"Broadway TV Theatre,” the dramatic show which repeats the same 
vehicle on five successive nights .from 7:30-9 p.m., hit a cumulative 
rating of 33.5, according to the August Pulse report. It was the top- 
rated local N.-Y. stanza in this- cumulative computation. Show actually 
got a 7.2 average rating on Monday, 7.2 on Tuesday, 7.2 on Wednesday, 
6.7 on Thursday and. 5.2 on Friday. Totaling these yields the 33.5 
figure. Irr other terms, one-third of N. Y. homes caught the series at 
least once during the five-day span on WOR-TV. 


Coast’s last telethon will be staged late this month on behalf of the 
City of Hope, With KNBH, KTLA, KTTV and KLAC-TV beaming the 
program. After that the _long-winded charity pitches will be nothing 
but a memory. AFM- Local 47 cracked down on the benefits, the exec 
board voting unanimously to ban all such future affairs. City of Hope 
shindig was specifically excluded because arrangements had been made 
several months ago. 


Spate of weekly mags giving tele program schedules has been made 
into an exhibit by the NBC publicity department. The catalog of pub- 
lications, almost all with the word TV im their name, includes TV Pre- 
view, Review, l^ws, Views, Forecast, Digest, Dial, Times, Showtimes, 
Guide, This Week, Today, Your Video, Press and Skeds, 


American Telephone & Telegraph this week revealed plans to open 
a new northbound TV channel by Jan. 1 for “occasional service” be- 
tween Miami and Atlanta. New link will permit originations from 
Miami and is being pressed into service in time for the Orange Bowl 
football game New Year’s Day in Miami. TV signals will travel via 
co-ax between Miami and Jacksonville and then utilize an existing link 
from there to Atlanta, where the connection will be made with the 
nationwide network. 



San Antonio — Joseph K. Harry 
has been named new commercial 
manager here for KCOR. Harry 
comes here from a similar post at 
KTXN, Austin. 


Falfurries, Tex. — Ben L. Parker 
has applied to the FCC for a li- 
cense to operate a new standard 
broadcast outlet here.- He is seek- 
ing facilities on 940 kilocycles with 
a day power of 500 watts. He esti- 
mates cost of the outlet to be 
$15,010. Parker is 50% owner in 
KBOP, Pleasonton. ' 


Houston — A1 McKinley will take 
oyer duties as m.c. of the “Mid- 
night on Main Street” series spon- 
,ky Stuart's Drive-In here. 
McKinley will broadcast 'from a 
special studio atop the drive-in 
nightly from 11:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. 
Broadcasts are on KTHT hfcre, 

wivi 1 v e L P0 ^ s — When radio station 
tj here changed ownership, 
Harry B. Peck, Gerald S. Cohen 
ana James E. McGovern resigned 
irom its staff. They were general 
manager, sales„promotion manager 
ana news and special events direc- 


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tor, respectively. Now the trio has 
wound up together again in the 
same capacities in tfie Milwaukee, 
Hearst station, WISN. After Peck 
took over the WISN helm, he made 
the appointments. 

Minneapolis — Jansky & Bailey, 
Washington consulting radio engi- 
neers, are being employed by the 
U. of Minnesota to help survey ed- 
ucational TV possibilities in the 
state, serving as consultants to the 
institution’s staff members. 


New Orleans — Julian Monroe, 
classical music deejay at WJBW 
here, has resigned to join the staff, 
of WGMS, Washington. Monroe 
would do descriptions of complete 
operas from the stage of Municipal 
Auditorium and interviews with 
concert stars. 


New Orleans — Harry Gage took 
over Thursday (21) as new program 
director of WTIX. He is former 
chief announcer of WSM-FM, 
Nashville. He has also worked 
professionally in radio dramatics. 
Gage succeeds Leslie Stein. 


Minneapolis — Radio station 
WLOL here has appointed Jergen 
Nash of KDHL, Fairbault, Minn., 
as news editor. He’s been report- 
ing news for various Minnesota 
stations for five years. 


Houston — Humble Oil & Refin- 
ing Co, will sponsor the telecasting 
of 12 Southwest Conference foot- 
ball games this fall. First telecast 
is scheduled for Sept. 21. Due to 
conference rules prohibiting tele- 
cast of the game unless it is a sell-, 
out. Humble films one or more of 
the outstanding games for telecast- 
ing the following day. 

Games will be telecast on 
WOAI-TV, San Antonio; KPRC- 
TV, here; WFAA-TV, Dallas; 
WBAP-TV, Fort ' Worth, and 
KRLD-TV, Dallas. 



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would a formal and expllclty find- 
ing by the board that the person is 
disloyal,” Cushing wrote. 

“Such an adverse report,” Cush- 
ing memo' continues, “would have 
more of -the character of a finding 
that a man is a bad ‘security risk* 
as against a finding that he is ‘dis- 
loyal.’ The first is much less dam- 
aging.” 

Citing “Red Channels” and simi- 
lar lists, Cushing said, “These 
naked lists contain no collateral in- 
formation or background by which 
to judge, in terms of possible dis- 
loyalty, how significant any indi- 
vdual listing is.” 

In his intro, the Cornell prof said, 
“Self-appointed censors of other 
people’s loyalty, capitalizing on this 
disturbed state of the public mind, 
have wholly discarded the time- 
honored American doctrine that a 
man- is innocent until proved guilty, 
and are using thfeats of economic 
boycotts and virtual intimidation 
to induce advertisers and sponsors 
to drop, or not to employ, enter- 
tainers on the basis of charges of 
disloyalty or Communist affiliation, 
which are frequently unsupported 
by facts or evidence, or which are 
subtly implied by circulating .lists 
of entertainers ‘dupecT into joining 
questionable organizations.” 


St. Paul Station Stressing 
Oldtime Music, Religion 
Ends First Year in Black 

Minneapolis, Aug. 26. 

A Twin Cities area radio station 
that spins out nothing but western 
and oldtime music and religious 
fare all day long has finished its 
first year of operation well in the ] 
black, according to its owners, Al, 
Vic and Nick Tedesco. 

It’s WCOW, located a half-block 
from the -South St. Paul stockyards. 
It celebrated its first anniversary, 
with a birthday party, and 4,000 of 
its listening audience flocked into 
its tiny studio during the day. At 
night, the owners had friends and 
advertisers as their guests and pro- 
vided recorded polkas for dancing. 

Aside from a thin stack of Guy 
Lombardo unlettered disks, WCOW 
doesn’t have a pop record in the 
place. All of the station’s shows 
comprise recordings and the Lom- 
bardo records are used as buffers 
between hillbilly programs and 
religious programs in cases where 
the switch from one to the other 
might be considered too abrupt. 

As a gag, everybody on the sta- 
tion’s staff, Including the business 
office, has taken a western name, 
such as, for example, Rodeo Half 
Smith. 

Considering the fact that WCOW 
is located in an area serviced by 
two television stations, KSTP and 
WCCO, fed by the coaxial cable, its 
financial showing is considered by 
local radio circles as all the more 
commendable. 

The Tedescos also own radio sta- 
tion WKLJ in nearby Sparta, Wis., 
located in the same TV belt. They 
recently' sold WKLK in Cloquet, 
Minn. They’re the newest appli- 
cants for a Twin Cities area TV 
station permit, asking for ultra- 
high frequency channel 17, and 
they’re the only applicants for 
either of the two UHF channels 
allotted to the Twin Cities. 

If they’re granted the TV li- 
cense, they say they’ll have to 
launch a campaign to get viewers 
to buy UHF equipped sets or to 
have UHF tuners added to present 
sets. They’d confine their programs 
mainly to sports and westerns, thfr 
say. 

Ex-Spokane Manager 
Buys ABC Reno Station 

Reno, Aug. 26. 

Radio station KWRN, ABC affili- 
ate, was sold this week by Nevada 
Radio Television, Inc., to Franz 

Robischon, former manager of 
station KXLY in Spokane. Sale is 
still subject to FCC approval and 
no price has been revealed. 

Station had had a strike against' 
it by the I.B.E.W. since early this 
year. DOnald Reynolds, one of the 
owners of Nevada Radio Television, 
Inc., was unable to reaph an agree- 
ment with the union. The new 
owner has just settled with the 
electrical workers. . . . , 

« 1 l , j i l » v i 


Washington, Aug. 26. 

The seventh noncommercial edu- 
cation TV station was authorized 
last week when the FCC granted 
the joint application of the U. of 
Houston and the Houston public 
school system for a VHF outlet in 
Houston. % 

Likely to be the first educational 
station on the air, the project will 
be financed, in part, by Hugh Cul- 
len, multimillionaire Texas oil 
man who has made lavish contribu- 
tions to the U. of Houston. Pres- 
ent income to the university from 
the Cullen family. In the form of 


oil royalties, amounts to about 
$400,000 annually. 

In addition, The Cullen Founda- 
tion has given the university 
$5,000,000 for building construc- 
tion, from which the school’s VM 
station was established. 

Construction of the other six 
noncommercial stations authorized 
will have to await appropriations 
from state legislatures involved. 
The first educational permit — to 
the Kansas State College of Agri- 
culture at Manhattan, Kan. — -was 
granted on the basis of authoriza- 
tion by the State Board of Regents 
to file the application. 



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Chicago, Aug, 26. 

Chicagoland Music Festival, 
yearly promotion of the Chicago 
Tribune, last weekend honored the 
country's oldest composer, author 
and publisher, Will Rossiter. In 
addition, at a luncheon held Friday 
(22), a portion of the Warner Bros, 
pic, "I’ll See You in My Dreams,” 
which deals with the life of Gus 
Kahn and Rossiter’s early days as 
a song publisher here was shown. 
Paul Cunningham, director and 
secretary of the American Society 
of Composers, Authors and Pub- 
lishers, presented him with a scroll. 

Still active at $5, and in his 62d 
year as a publisher, Rossiter is 
currently working on a revival- of 
an oldie, "At the End of a Sweet 
Trail/’ which was written 30 years 
ago by Ethel Hanson. Under the 
name of W. R. Williams, which he 
uses for all of his own composi- 
tions, he wrote "You Haven’t 
Changed” several years ago, but 
didn’t plug it until recently, due 
to the death of his wife two years 
ago. In addition, he’s just permed 
"It’s More Blessed to Give Than 
Receive,” one of the more serious 
songs he’s done in recent years. 
Of the more than 2,000 listings in 


his catalog, Rossiter has written 
about 500 either by himself or in 
collaboration with' others. 

While Rossiter two years ago 
told VAKUxtY that modem methods 
of song plugging and radio killed 
the life of. the modern song, he 
doesn’t feel that way about tele- 
vision. Teevee, with its emphasis 
on production numbers, consumes 
fewer tunes, and video as a whole, 
he believes, isn’t depending upon 
music for 24-houx;-a-day diet as 
does radio. Hence, the current 
tunes will have a longer life. 

Rossiter started in business in 
1890 with a tuno of his own, “Sweet 
Nellie Bawn,” which 'all the pub- 
lishers had turned down. With its 
success he decided to continue in 
the dual capacity of composer- 
publisher. The early hits he issued 
were smashes like "Some of These 
Days,” "Darktown .Strutters Ball/’ 
"Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland,” 
"The Vamp,” and "Turkey in the 
Straw.” His biggest triumph, "I’d 
Love to Live in Loveland,” has 
been revived frequently. 

Concert pianist Claudio Arrau 
left N, Y. for Salzburg Saturday 
(23) and a subsequent tour of 
South Africa. 


The top 30 song* of week (more in case of ties ), based on 
copyrighted Audience Coverage Index & Audience Trend Index. 
Published by Office of Research / Inc., Dr. John Gray Peatpian, 
Director. Alphabetically listed. 

Survey Week of August 15-21 __ 

Auf WIederseh’n Sweetheart Hill A R 

Blue Tango Mills 

Botch-A-Me. Hollis 

• Delicado Remick 

Gfcmy. . . . . Goday 

Goody Goody .DeSylva-B-H 

Half As Much Acuff-R 

. Here Comes That Mood .Life 

Here In My Heart ........... .Mellin 

How Close Life 

I’ll Forget You . — Witmark 

I’ll Si Si Ya In Bahia . . .' Burvan 

Pm Yours : Algonquin 

Lovely To Look At .Harms 

’ Lover Famous 

Luna Rossa «... Bregman-V-C 

Maybe . ♦ Robbins 

My Love and Devotion,. Shapiro-B 

Roganne .... _ . ABC 

Bosses Of Yesterday. ’ . . , ! -. .Berlin 

Singln’ In the Rain — t"Singin’ In the Rain” -Robbins 

Sftioke Rings Am- Academy 

So Madly In Love . Shapiro-B 

Somewhere Along Way United 

' Sweetest Words I Know Life 

Walkin’ My Baby Back Home ’ DeSylva-B-H 

•When I Fall In Love. Young • 

Wish You ^ere Here-^*"Wish You Were Here”. . . . Chappell 

You Intrigue Me .Remick 

Zing a Little Zong — t"Just For You” Burvan 

Second Group 

Adlos , , Peer 

Am I In Love Famous 

Because You’re Mine. ....... «... Feist 

Busybody ^ Alamo 

Doodletown Fifers , .Piper 

For the Very First Time Berlin 

Forgive Me Advanced 

Hesitation * Mellin 

High Noon — t"High Noon” Feist 

I Love You So Jerome 

In The Good Old Summer Time Marks 

Just For You— t“Just For You” Burvan 

Kiss Of Fire Duchess 

Live Oak Tree .Burvan 

Meet Mr. Callaghan . Leeds 

Once In A While Miller 

Poinciana Marks 

Should. I? Robbins 

This Is Beginning Of the End Robbins 

Till the End of the World Southern 

Vanessa ; Morris 

Watermelon Weather .Morris 

West Of the Mountains Goday 


Top 10 Songs On TV 


Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart Hill & R 

Blue Tango ...Mills ■ 

Ding Dong Boogie * . Gallico 

Half As Much • Acuft'-R 

Here In My Heart Mellin 

1 Hear the Bluebells Ring Leeds 

I’ll Walk Alone Mayfair 

Jf ver Famous 

Should I? Robbins 

Wish You Were Here— *“Wish Ybu Were. Here’‘ 4 \\\\ Chappell 

FIVE TOP STANDARDS 

•S* 1 * 1 ns To Kn°w You. . Williamson 

tK 6 * 1 *? and New World 

l No Buslness Like Sh °w Business. . . Berlin 

t Filmusi cal. * Legit musical . 


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"Auf Wiederseh’n — 1227 . . r. . . ... . . 

EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 

“Wish You Were Here”— 2 0-4830 , 5 

FRANKIE LAINE (Columbia) 

“Hi$h Noon”— 39770 1 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col) ~ 

" Half As Much”— 39710 10 

ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Col) 
“Bdtch-a-Me”— 39767 6 

JO STAFFORD (Columbia) 

"You Belong to Me”— 39811 2 

F. LAINE-DORIS DAY (Col) 
“Sugarbush”— 39693 4 


JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) 

'"Walkin’ My Baby Home”— 39750 . 9 


NAT. COLE (Capitol) 

"Somewhere Along Way” — 2069 . . IT 


PERCY FAITH (Columbia) 

“Delicado”— 39708 7 

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AL MARTINO (BBS) 

“Here In My Heart”— 101.. . . 


EDDIE FISHER (Victor) 

“I’m Yours”— 20-4680 


SLIM WHITMAN (Imperial) 

“Indian Love Call”— 8156 


LEROY ANDERSON (Decca) 

“Blue Tango” — 40220 


GO WINTERHALTER (Victor) 
“Vanessa” — 20-4691’ . 

SAMMY KAYE (Columbia) . 

“Walkin’ to Missouri”— 39769 

JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia) . 

“All of Me”— 39788 3 


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TONY BENNETT (Columbia) 

“Here in My Heart” — 39745 . . . , 

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ALBUMS 


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Capitol 

KCF-329 

DCN-329 

L-329 


JOHNNIE BAY 
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Columbia 
CO-6199 * 
C2-88 
B-2-88 


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Hollywood Ca*t 

M-G-M 

M-G-M-150 

K-150 

E-150 


RAIN 

Hollywood Catt 

M-G-M 

M-G-M-113 

K-113 

E-113 


MY HEART 
Jan* Froman 

Capitol 

BDN-309 

KDF-309 

L-309 


10 Best Sellers on Coin-Machines VVeek i of i Aug ; 2 ! 

. * ^ { Eddy Howard Mercury j 

2. WISH YOU WERE HERE (3) (Chappell). Eddie Fisher Victor 

3. BOTCH-A-ME (8) (Hollis) Rosemary Clooney .... Columbia 

4. HALF AS MUCH (11) (Acuff-R) Rosemary Clooney ....Columbia ■ 

5. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAT (2, (Unttefl) j ! .CoXS 

6. SUGARBUSH (5) /Schirmer) Frankie Laine-D. Day .. Columbia 

•5. WALKm- MT BABY. BACK HOME U4> (DeSylva-B-H) } %£* m^?CoU \ '“oSSS 

8. MAYBE (10) (Robbins) p Como-E. Fisher Victor 

9. VANESS (1) (E. H. Morris) , Hugo Winterhalter Victor 

10. DELICADO (13) (Witmark) l P. Faith Columbia 


Kenton 


Capitol 


Second Group 


HERE IN MY HEART (13) (Mellin) J AX Martino ■ ■ • j 

j Tony Bennett Columbia T 

ZING A LITTLE ZONG (Burvan) Bing Crosby J. Wyman .Decca { 

FOOL, FOOL, FOOL (Progressive) K a y Starr Capitol J 

l T Martin Victor t 

KISS OF FIRE (15) (Duchess) ] r*‘ Mercury t 

j a EcLfinc’ V.V.V.V. . . . . mom \ 

■ HIGH NOON (Feist) ... ( Frankie .Laine Colu ™Z\ a , + 

: \m Haves MOM I 

SO MADLY IN LOVE (Shapifo-B) Georgia Gibbs , . . . Mercury f 

I’M YOURS (13) (Algonquin) 1 Eddie Fisher \ 

„ t , T v | Don Cornell Cora T 

WALKIN’ TO MISSOURI (Hawthorne) Sammv Kave Columbia - 

lover (5) (Famous) i:::::;:;;;: Peggv v L ... ^ :: 

BLUE TANGO (19) (Mills) \ Leroy Anderson 

| Hugo Winterhalter Vlcror " 

I MAY HATE MYSELF IN THE MORNING (Valando) Betty McClaurin Derb » ;; 

IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME (Marks) ]_,?§ Paul-Mary Ford ...-Capitol ^ 

SMOKE RINGS (Am Academy) L„ s Pnu i.Mary Ford C^pito 1 ;; 

SHOULD I (Robbins) Fmtr Aces D.-cca 4- 

ROSANNE (ABC) y,,. Mercury 


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Aigunt 27, 19S2 



Resurgence of ballad clicks in 
the market recently is seen in trade 
Circles as indicating a minimization- 
If gimmick sounds for upcoming 
clatter product. Breakthrough of 
inch ballads as "Somewhere Along 
The Way*” “Half As Much” and 
*y 0 u Belong To Me” during the 
past couple months may also in- 
dicate a reversal in the public’s 
platter buying tastes. 

Ballad entries have been getting 
wider acceptance by the record 
companies’ artists and repertoire 
toppers who, heretofore, concen- 
trated on tunes which would lend 
themselves to unusual sound treat- 
ment. The a&r men now are giv- 
ing ballads priority treatment, as- 
signing their top, artists to the 
tunes. 

The top disk showcasing given 
the ballads also is haying a posi- 
tive effect on sheet sales. In con- 
trast to the click gimmick wax- 
ings which had little effect on the 
tune’s sheet-sale value, the bal- 
lads have been going strong on all 
levels. In the past both pubs and 
diskery toppers would, worry about 
a release not getting off to fast 
start but now they’ve found that 
a ballad etching can move out 
ilowly into the hit list bracket 
whereas a gimmick record has to 
get away fast or not at all. 

An example is “Somewhere 
Along The Way,” which was cut 
by Nat (King) Cole on Capitol and 
Tony Bennett on Columbia. Disks 
were released in March and moved 
ilowly not showing up in the dis- 
cllck brackets until late in June. 
Tune’s been climbing steadily 1 
Since with sheet sale* moving up 
proportionately. It’s -now getting 
hefty plugs via remote perform- 
ances, and radio and TV programs 
are pencilling It for network .show- 
casing. These plugs are having a 
tremendous impact on further 
building the disk. and platter sales. 

Although “Half As Much” via 
the Rosemary Clooney etching for 
Columbia and the Patti Page 
(Mercury) and Jo Stafford (Colum- 
bia) workovers of “You Belong To 
Me” moved out faster than “Along 
The Way,” it’s expected that they’ll 
pull in the same kind of radio and 
tele plugs to keep them in the hit 
brackets for some time. 


Kassner Splits 


Peer Repacts Selvin 

Ralph Peer, head of Peer Inter- 
national, repacted Ben Selvin last 
week to an additional term as gen- 
eral manager of the peer music 
firms. 

Selvin has been in that post for 
the past two years. 

Victor Deal For 
‘Aida’ Cast Album 




Returning from* a six-week trip 
abroad, Ed Kassner, partner with 
Jack Robbins in J. J. Robbins & 
Sons Music, disclosed that he has 
broken up his partnership with 
British publisher Sydney Bron in 
a number of British and Continen- 
tal firms. Kafesner was formerly a 
publisher in Britain but is cur* 
rently residing in the U.S. 

In his split with Bron, Kassner 
took over ownership of Kassner 
Music, Lennox Music, Larry Spier, 
inc., and Grosvenor Music, all in 
England. Bron took over Yale 
Music, Hit Songs and Bron Music, 
Kassner also assumed full owner- 
ship in a couple of French and 
german affiliates. Noel Rogers has 
been named by Kassner to head 
nis publishing ventures in Eng- 
land. 


Thomas Donates Wax Coin 
In Inter-Faith Gesture 

. T^anny Thomas took another step 
fuv carn P a ign to promote inter- 
jaitn relations this week by arrang- 
SL to have the royalty coin of his 
forthcoming RCA-Victor etchings 
t Jewish hymns donated to. the 
„v‘ ,/ude Hospital Foundation, 
hanty org which he established. 
*J h ? mas ^ cutting .“Kol Nidre” 
•ti, Kevano,” two of the 

unes which he’s singing in the 
hrner Bros, remake of “The Jazz 
nger.” st. Jude, incidentally, is 
Comas’ Patron saint. 


Manie Sacks’ deal for a Victor 
album of “My Darling Aida,” legit 
version of the Verdi opera which 
Robert Joseph is producing, is on 
a no-money basis. It’s part of the 
new trend against any large invest- 
ments as insurance to land an al- 
bum. “Those days are over,” says 
the RCA veepee, who points to the 
fact that only a “Call Me- Madam” 
was able to offset the large losses 
Incurred by the company. 

Charles Friedman will stage 
“Aida”' and Dorothy Sarnoff Will 
have the femme lead. Producer is 
the son of N. Y. City Comptroller 
Lazarus Joseph. 

Sacks observes that the large cost 
of production albums has cooled 
off all diskettes in these fancy in- 
vestments— not just RCA Victor. 
With ' the exception of ’ Decca’s 
Guys and Dolls” or its prede- 
cessor “Oklahoma,” and Colum- 
bia’s “South Pacific” and “Pal 
Joey,” which was actually made 
long before the revival as a mer- 
chandising idea by Goddard Lie- 
berson, and a handful of others, 
the costs are prohibitive. 

The albums are on a 10% roy- 
alty and unless a big seller the 
diskery can’t make any coin con- 
sidering the $20,000 it costs to pro- 
duce an album. If the show’s a flop, 
as with “Seventeen” for example, 
RCA’s loss ran to $40,000, because 
of its angeling Investment of $15,- 

000 to $20,000. In actuality before 
an album can start to pay out RCA 
has been 30 and 35G in the box 
between its production investment 
and the cost of producing the al- 
bum. 

In actuality it’s cheaper to do a 
hit show in album form by a com- 
petent house stock company, as 
happened with Col’s “Pal Joey” 
(before the current revival), or 
other companies with their respec- 
tive versions of ’Tinian’s Rain- 
bow,” “Pacific,” and “King and I” 
among others. 

1 In the case of “Madam,” inci- 
dentally, for all its big investment, 
RCA’s “original cast” album pro- 
duction had to be done sans Ethel 
Merman, because she was tied to 
Decca exclusively. Victor’s cast 
album version of "Wish You Were 
Here,” incidentally, is also showing 
a promising sales pace since its 
release a couple of weeks ago. 

Lieberson Back This Wk. 
From European Trek 

Goddard Lieberson, Columbia 
Records exec vice-prexy* is due 
back at Col’s New York home- 
office this week after a two-month 
business trip to Europe. While 
abroad, Lieberson wrapped up 
Col’s new deal with the Phillips 
Co. of Holland and which the lat- 
ter will distribute Col’s masters 
in England and the Continent. 

Lieberson also studied the talent 
and repertory situation in Britain, 
Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France 
and Switzerland. 


M-G-M Inks Herb Kenny 

Further bolstering its pop artists 
stable, M-G-M Records last week 
inked Herb Kenny to a longterm 
pact. 


Writers-members of the*" Ameri- 
can Society of Composers, Authors 
and Publishers are losing out in 
the battle for air performance 
time to cleffers affiliated with 
Broadcast Music, . Inc. Although 
the logging figures are still In the 
process of compilation for sundry 
legal arguments, unofficial figures 
place the ratio of BMI to ASCAP 
tunes in some areas at 4-.1. That 
proportion is reported to exist in 
the smaller-town indie and r web- 
affiliated stations with a slightly 
less unfavorable ratio to ASCAP in 
the major key-city outlets. 

ASCAP writers claim that this 
4-1 ratio in favor of BMI is the 
key explanation to the class of 
songs which have dominated the' 
hit lists for the past couple of 
years. Due to the fact that the 
younger cleffers in BMI are getting 
the bulk of the air breaks, it’s* 
claimed that the ASCAP veterans, 
who have written the top stand- 
ards of the past few decades, are 
not getting enough ^showcasing. 

The situation has started the 
chicken-or-the-egg controversy all 
over again. BMI supporters Con- 
tend that their dominance Is due 
(Continued on page 44) 

Demand (or Small 
Units Tops Supply 

With prospects of a healthy fall 
season in the offing for small com- 
bos, agencies are currently prowl- 
ing for- cocktail units to fill the 
flock of bookings which already are 
beginning to open up. General 
Artists <?orp., for instance, claims 
that thfe field is wide open for new 
units to crack through and is con- 
stantly auditioning tyro combos. 

Biggest demand, the agency re- 
ports, is for instrumental trios fea- 
turing a femme singer. Cocktailer- 
ies and hotel spots are. constantly 
sending in requests for this type 
of combo and the agency has had 
trouble in filling the dates. Com- 
bos featuring comedy material are 
also getting top bids because of 
the paucity in the genre. In the 
strictly instrumental groove, 
agency claims that it’s become a 
virtually easy job to line up a 
solid season for its properties 
since biz in hotels and cocktail 
rooms has been on a steady upbeat. 

Another aspect in small combo 
upbeat is the important role being 
taken on by organs in the instru- 
mentalization of the unit. Accord- 
ing to cocktail room operators, 
trios which use an organ as its 
main rhythm instrument belt out 
a sound comparable with a large 
orch and impress their clientele. In 
the past couple of months the com- 
bos have been cued by agencies to 
drop the piano and include an or- 
gan in their setup. 

Decca Dips Into Catalog 
For 3-Speed Pop Series 

Decca Records is dipping Into It* 
back catalog for a new higher- 
priced “Curtain Call” series of pqp 
disks which will feature top per- 
formers on numbers most closely 
identified with them. 

Series is being issued on all 
three speeds, with the tf8s being 
pressed on vinylite, which will sell 
for $1 instead of the usual 89c price 
for pops. Most of the sides were 
cut out of the Decca catalog years 
ago and disk jockeys who wanted 
to play Bing Crosby’s “When The 
Blue of the Night Meets the Gold 
of the Day” ‘found the number un- 
available. 

Besides Crosby, first releases in 
the “Curtain Call” series includes 
two sides apiece by Eddie Cantor, 
Jimmy Durante, with Eddie Jack- 
son, the Mills Bros., the Ink Spots, 
the Andrews Sisters, Sophie Tuck- 
;er and Ted Lewis. 


Ruth That Hit 

Further pointing up the disk 
jockey need for topflight plat-* 
ters to hold his listeners was 
the phone call that came from 
a Boston deej^y to a major 
diskery ’s artists & repertoire 
popper. 

‘ What’s happening down 
.there?” the jockey asked, “I 
haven’t had a hit in Weeks.” 


‘Big Biz’ Seminar 



‘Extended Play’ 45 


Pegged onto the slogan of 
“Music Is Big Business,” RCA Vic- 
tor climaxed a nationwide series 
of retailer “seminars” in New 
York Monday night {25) at the 
Essex House with over 400 metro- 
politan dealers attending. Execs 
of both Victor and its N. Y, dis- 
tributor, Bruno, Inc,,, presen ted the] 
fall merchandising program at the 
biggest of the* meets held in 48 
key cities during the past two 
weeks. 

Main pitch at the session was 
made for Victor’* new “extended 
play” 45’s, with which Victor is 
aiming to give another spurt to 45 
sales. With N. Y. 45 sale* lagging 
behind other territories, Victor 
execs are seeking to boost the 
local 45 rpm average from above 
its 20% level via the 45 EP ad- 
vertising peg, “More music for less 
money.” 

Victor execs pointed out that be- 
fore- the introduction of the new 
turntable speeds, the sale of single 
records accounted, for 65% of the 
classical music business, with al-, 
bum sales in the minority. Cur- 
rently, the situation is* reversed, 
with albums accounting for 70% of 
all sales. The 45 EP’* are designed, 
according to Victor, to recover the 
“man with the dollar bill.” The 
new 45 EPs will sell for $1.40 for 
pops and $1.50 for Red Seal. 

' The new Victor “Bluebird” label 
for classical disks also wa* spot- 
lighted as marking the company’s 
entry into the low-priced long-play 
line. New Bluebird platters will 
sell for $2.95 and will feature the 
standard classical repertory. The 
Initial release consists of 25 al- 
bums in both 45 and 33 rpm 
speeds 

Victor also announced an intio-i 
vation in the kiddle disk field. len- 
der juve artists fit repertory chief 
Steve Carlin, Victor has pome up 
with a new “6 in 1” album for $lj 
which will include one 45 fpm disk 
or two 78 rmp platters plus the 
story, a coloring book, punchout 
puppets and membership* in the 
Vktor “Little Nipper Club.” 
Twelve albums are being released 
as part of this new series. NeW 
series, incidentally, marks the first 

(Continued 4m page 53) 

M-G-M in Longhair Bid 
With New 12-Inch Line 

In a move to gain a stronger 
foothold in the ( classical disk field, 
M-G-M Records is prepping its 
initial 12-inch long play release. 
Heretofore, the diskery has been 
hitting the classical market with 
10-inch LPs only. 

The first 12-inch LP, which is 
skedded for Sept. 5, will be Ed- 
vard Grieg’s “Peer Gynt Suite No. 
1” and “Norwegian Dances.” Disk 
was etched by the Philharmonic 
Orchestra of ^London under the 
baton of Anatole Fistoulari. Plat- 
ter will be included in the disk 
i ery's “Popular Classic” series. 


f The major disk companies will 
make their move to wipe out price-* 
cutting - oh the retail level as soon 
as the Federal Fair Trade Law gets 
the necessary legal clarification. 
Plans for the earliest possible 
implementation of the new Federal 
legislation was indicated Monday, 
night (25) by Irving Sarnoff, vice-* 
proxy of Bruno, Inc., RCA Victor’* 
N, Y. distributors. In his talk to * 
group of metropolitan retailors at 
the Essex House. 

Sarnoff pointed out that three 
aspects of the law are being 
questioned by the disk companies 
before they engage in the expense 
of entering fair trade agreement* 
With retailers in each state. First 
aspect Is whether the new law , 
takes precedence over regulation* . 
bf the Office of Price Stabilization, 
whose ceilings for some stores are 
based on the 30% discount. Sec- 
ondly, the major* are not clear 
whether tha> law applies to mer- 
chandise purchased before the 
statute’s enactment, If it doesn’t, 
the disk companies are woridering 
how they can separate the old from 
the new merchandise if they decide 
to enforce the law* 

Thirdly, the jmajors believe the 
law is vague on mail-order house*. 
If mail-order operations are still 
valid, it’* felt that a large part of 
the law’s impact on the mainten- 
ance of list price* will be Vitiated. 
The mail order house* have been 
most active in the discount field 
and have ‘-spread the practice even 
into the smaller towns where list 
price* once prevailed. 

The Assn, of Record Retailers, a 
N. Y. organization, is supporting 
the majors in the latter’* attempt 
to clarify the law before taking 
any concrete step*, Some retailer* 
have been squawking about the 
failure to date of the major* to 
slap down the discounter* hut 
these have been isolated, 



For Disk Plant 


Frank Walker, M-G-M Record* 
topper, turned down an offer for 
the M-G-M plant in Bloomfield, 
N. J., last week. Sale would have 
netted a $1,750,000 profit for 
Loew’s, Inc., parent company, Pros- 
pective purchaser, who’s name 
wasn’t revealed, wanted to convert 
th« plant Into another type manu- 
facturing operation. 

The diskery has been operating 
the Bloomfield plant since 1947. 


’lust Call Me Adlai’ 
HarrySosnik (Double) 
Sets Tunes With WB 

In line with the current vogue 
for instrumentals sparked by Le- 
roy Anderson’s orchestral clicks, 
Music Publishers Holding Corp. is 
prepping publication of a group of 
instrumental compositions by ra- 
dio-TV maestro Harry SoSnik. 
Slated for publication by the War- 
ner iubsid are such Sosnlk num- 
ber* a* “Song of the Windmill,” 
“Parade of the Goblins,” “Joggin* 
Aloijg,” “Heltcr Skelter,” “Cinder- 
ella’s Dream,” “The Runaway 
Doll” and ‘'Concha De Amor.” A 
lyric has also been set to “Wind- 
mill.” 

Sosnik, incidentally, closely re- 
sembles Gov. Adlai Stevenson. In 
fact, the maestro was used as a 
•double for the Democratic nominee 
for president on the Al Pearce TV 
show last week. 


Hampton San Diego Concert 
San Diego, Aug. 26. 

Lionel Hampton will appear in a 
concert Sept. 6 at Russ Auditorium 
in first of planned concert series 
labeled Jazz at the Russ, promot- 
, ed by Don Howard, KSDO disk 
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August 27, 1952 



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WRIETY 


(Will Be Published in Mid-September) 


Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of 
the Invention of the Phonograph Record 


This Special VARIETY Number 
Will Coincidentally Mark The Golden 
Jubilee of RCA Victor (Originally the 
Victor Talking Machine Co.) 


Feature Articles, Statistics, Anecdota Will 
Be Among the Editorial Highlights 


It Will Be a Reference to the Historic 

0 

And Nostalgic Era of the Early Days of 

r* 

Thomas Alva Edison's Invention and Will 
Trace the Development of a Giant Indus- 
try Into Its Present Big Business Stature 


dicusms-Miisic 


On the Upbeat 



i August 27 , 1952 - 


New York 

Ella Fitzrerald toplines at- the 
Michigan State Fair, Detroit, Aug. 
29-Sept. 1 . * '. Alan Dean into the 
Colonial Tavern, Toronto, Sept. 1 
. . . Johnny Allegro, vocalist on 
the indie Medallion label, inked to 
personal management pact by Wil- 
lard Alexander . . . Billy Eckitine 
opens at the Apollo Theatre, Ujf. Y„ 
Friday (29) . . . Matty Matthews is 
the new band manager for Sammy 
Kaye’s orch . . . Henry Jerome orch 
begins a three-week engagement at 
the Chase Hotel, St. Louis. Friday 
(29) . . . Billy May orch into the 
Thunderbird Hotel, Las Vegas, to- 
morrow (Thurs.) for a three-week 
stand . . . E. B. Marks Music pub- 
lishing a monthly cuffo institution- 
art mag. Marvin Frank is editing 
. . . Nat (Kiiigf) Cole appearing at 
the Cal-Vada Lodge, Lake Tahoe, 
until Sept. 1. 

Chicago 

Blue Note has filled out its 
books for the rest of the fall with 
Irving Fields and Buddy Greco 
coming in Sept. 6; .Trenier Twins, 
Oct. 10; Nellie Lutclier, Oct. 24, 
and Muggsy Spanier returns Nov. 
7 with Barbara Carroll group add- 
ed . . Florlan ZaBach added to 
Chicago .Theatre bill Aug. 29 . . . 
Nat Brandywnne takes over from 
Eddie O’Neal, who completes 
three-year run at the Palmer 
House Oct. 10. O’Neal starts a run 
at the Chase Hotel, St. Louis, the 
same day . . . Connie Haines 
switched from General Artists 
Corp. to William Morris agoficy 
last week . . . Johnny Long does 
two weeks atihe Chase Hotel Sept. 
19 . . . Jon Tillman Trio set for the 
Preview Aug. 27 . . . “Fats” Flchon 
contracted for 17 weeks at the Vic- 
toria Club, St. % Louis, beginning 
Sept. 8 . . . Norm Dygon and Kay 
Rio inaugurate show policy at the 
Colonial, St. Paul, Aug. 31 . . . 
Jimmy Palmer closes the season at 
Lakeside, Denver, week of Sept. 9 
and does some one-nighters before 
going into Casa Loma Ballroom, 
St.. Louis, Sept. 23 for a frame . , . 
fifcoyd Dixoh does three weeks of 
dates in midwest starting Sept. 7 
in Kansas City . . . Amos Milburn 
swings through the territory be- 


i ginning at Kansas City Aug. 28 
( and ending at South Bend,, Ind., 
Sept. 11 . , Johnny Hodges plays 

Ferndell, Dayton, week of Sept. 1; 
Trocaria, Columbus, thcs stafiza of 
Sept. 15, and then two .stints at 
the Colonial, Toronto, Sept. 22 , . . 
Beachcombers • skedded. for two 
weeks at Baker Hotel, Dallas, Sept, 
15 . . . Halo Sc Martin headline at the 
Club Boise, Boise, Sept. 7 . . . Mittda 
Lang and Kenny Milton, set for a 
week's show at the Chez Paree 
Aug. 30 . . . Eddy Howard’s first 
location date since reforming , his 
group this .summer will be at the 
Lake Club, Springfield, HI., Sept. 

5 . . . Lenny Colyer crosses the j 
border for “ an engagement at 
Basil’s, Toronto, Sept. 1. 

Pittsburgh 

Stan Kenton-Sarah Vaughan- 
King Cole package set for a one- 
nighter at The Gardens Oct. 24 . .. 
Carmen Cavallaro booked into Bill 
Green’s for week of Oct. 6 . . . 
Luke Riley, long-time house ma- 
estro at Casino, won’t be return- 
ing to the burlesque house next 
i season. He’s taking his dance band 
into the Club 30 Monday (1), re- 
placing Walter Gable,* who goes 
back into the Ankara then follow- 
ing the Baron Elliott engagement. 
Ted Perry will be on' the vocals 
again with Gable . . . Fred Waring 
plays Syria Mosque the night of 
Sept. 24 . . . New trio made up of 
Frank Natale on guitar, Billy Cati- 
zone on violin and Bunny Ballock 
on accordion into the new Serpen- 
tine Bar at Greater Pittsburgh Air- 
port. Catizone stays until legit sea- 
son opens at Nixon when he re- 
turns as house leader . . . Frank 
Yankovic spotted for William Penn 
Tavern Oct. 3 and Sliep Fields the 
following night . . . Local “Guest 
to. Ghost” teevee program tomor- 
row night (Wed.) will, use a panel 
made up exclusively of local band- 
leaders — Howdy Baum, Tommy 
Carlyn, Danny Nirella, Everett 
Neill, Joey Schaffer and Maurice 
Spitany. 


Esteban Rodriguez, manager of 
Peer International’s Cuban branch, 
in New York this week for a threes- 
I day huddle with firm’s brass. 


BILL FARRELL 

SINGS 

MARIA * A SINNER 
MIA KISSED AN ANGEL 


MGM 11310 
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78 RPM 
45 RPM 




M G M RECORDS 


THE GREATEST name 


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Scoreboard 


TOP TALENT AND TUNES 

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Compiled from Statistical Reports of Distribution 
Encompassing the Three Major Outlets 

Coin Machines Retail Disks Retail Sheet Music 

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as Published in the Current Issue 

for 

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■■■■■ ' " — - WEEK iilNPINO "AlJGUgj 23 — ■ 7 - 

NOTE: The current comparative sales strength of the Artists and Tunes listed hereunder is 
arrived at under a statistical system comprising each of the three, major sales outlets enu- 
merated above. ‘These findings are correlated with . data from wider sources which are exclusive 
with Vamety. The positions resulting from these findings denote the OVERALL IMPACT de- 
veloped from the ratio of points scoredi two ways in the case of talent (disks, coir\ machines), 
and thre& ways in the case of tunes (disks, coin machines, sheet music). ■' 


TALENT 


POSITIONS 
This Last 
week. week. 


ARTIST AND LABEL 


ROSEMARY CLOONEY (Columbia)., 


EDDIE FISHER (Victor) . . 

VERA LYNN (London) 

NAT (KING) COLE (Capitol). - . 

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FRANKIE EAINE (Columbia) 

FRANKIE LAINE-D. DAY (Columbia) 

JOHNNIE RAY (Columbia)........... 

PERCY •• FAITH (Columbia) 

AL MARTINO (BBS) 

JO STAFFORD (Columbia) 


.TUNE 

(Half , as Much 
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(Pm Yours 

) Wisji You Were Here 
Auf . Wiederseh’n 
(Walkin’ My Baby Home 
jSonjewhere Along Way 
High- Noon 
Sugatbush 

(Walkin’ My Baby Home 
) All of Me 
Delicadp 

. Here; in My Heart 
You Belong to Me 


TUNES 



POSITIONS 
This Last 
Week. week. 


TUNE 


PUBLISHER 


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HALF AS MUCH L Acuff-R 

WISH YOU WERE HERE • •....; Chappell 

BOTCH-A-ME Hollis 

WALKIN’ MY BABY BACK HOME DeSylva-B-H 

SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY United 

DELICADO Remick 

BLUE TANGO Mills 

HIGH NOON Feist 

SUGARBUSH ' Schirmer 


BMI Tops ASCAP 

= Continued from page 41 = 


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to their, writing for the new gen- 
eration of music buyers. They 
point to the bestseller lists in 
which BMI has been making an 
exceptionally good showing for the 
past two years. The ASCAP-ites 
maintain that BMI has the hits be- 
cause it gets the air time. A 
mediocre song’ which gets repeated 
audience exposure is more likely to 
break through than a class song 
which gets an occasional spin. In 
actuality the deejays play the’ 
“most popular” or “most v re- 
quested” tunes without analysis of 
their ASCAP or BMI sources, ac- 
cording to the radio people. 

Deeper implications are seen by 
some ASCAP politicos. ASCAP- 
ers point, to the fact that BMI is 
owned by the broadcasters and 
hence it’s in the latter’s interest to 
stress BMI tunes against the 
ASCAP catalog. 

ASCAP has also been getting the 
shorter end of the stick ' in the 
disk field. An increasing number 
of BMI tunes have been showing 
up on the major platter companies’ 
releases. Since there’s a limited 
market, the ASCAP-ers have been 
squeezed into a smaller and small- 
er corner. 

The predominance of BMI tunes 
on the airlanes is especially acute 
on new releases. While ASCAP’s 
catalog of standards hy America’s 
best composers assures an irre- 
ducible number of spins- for 
ASCAP tunes, the writers of new 
tunes for ASCAP are finding the 
most difficulty in getting on the- 
air. 

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SPITALNY APPEALS 
27G.UA TAX BITE 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

Phil Spitalny has ' filed an ap- 
peal with the U. S. Tax Court from 
a move by the Internal Revenue 

Bureau to collect an extra $27,200 
in taxes on the band leader’s 1945 
income of which Revenue said 
$114,328 was taxable. 

Revenue Bureau claims Spitalny 
took too many deductions for en- 
tertainment and rent and failed to 
report the full taxable amount. In 
his appeal, the girl orch conductor 
said he directed “a prominent, dis- 
tinctive and highly successful or- 
chestral organization.” In order to 
keep cthe bookings rolling in, he 
added, he was required to spend 
“substantial sums to entertain per- 
sons connected with the theatrical, 
musical, radio, vaudeville and re- 
lated fields." 

Spitalny said his spending for 
such purposes was “an ordinary 
and necessary” business expense 
which he was entitled to deduct. 
Internal Revenue nixed $1,251 of 
the entertainment expenses and 
$1,359 of deductions for rent. Spi- 
talny said this rent was of a busi- 


ness nature although revenue 
claimed it was purely “personal.” 

Biggest point of contention, how- 
ever, was $30,125, which the orfih 
took down from a booking at New 
York’s Paramount Theatre in 1945. 
Revenue Bureau ruled that this 
money should - be directly taxable 
to Spitalny. Band leader replied 
in his appeal that the money was 
paid to Hour of Charm Concerts, 
Inc., and was included in the in- 
come tax return of that corpora- 
tion. He said this was a legitimate 
corporation and that the income 
should be taxed at the corporate 
rates. 


THE EPIC BALLAD 
FROM THE EPIC FILM 




(DO NOT FORSAKE ME) 


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New label for RCA’s 
longhair Technique 

RCA Victor ' is coming up with 
& new label for its recording tech- 
nique in the longhair field under 
the title of "New Ortfrbphonic 
Sound/’ The NOS insignia will be 
used in advertising broadsides to 
boost the Victor releases 'and will 
probably be stamped on the en- 
velopes of all records. 

Victor’s move highlights the new 
public consciousness a b o u t -high 
fidelity recordings since the advent 
of . long-play records. Other com- 
panies, such as Capitol, with its 
“Full Dimensional Sound" trade- 
mark, and London Records, with 
its "Full Frequency Range Record- 
ings," preceded Victor in the stress 
on high fidelity. 

Victor will accent four points in 
its advertising campaign arottnd the 
“New Orthophonic Sound." First 
will bo coverage of the full fre- 
quency range;- second, no loss of 
response from the outside tq the 
inside grooves; third, full dynamic 
range or no loss in high and low 
passages; and fqurth, quiet sur- 
faces on its disks. 




Rochester Honors Local 
Boy Made Good— Miller 

In recognition of his two-year 
string of hits produced at Colum- 
bia Records, JMitch Miller, Col’s 
, artists A repertoire chief, was 
given this year's award ‘Sunday 
(24) in his hometown, Rochester, 
N. Y., as the city’s "outstanding 
native.” 

Occasion was part of the city’s 
annual "Youth Week" celebration. 

Tico , i Pop Stab 

Making its first stab into the 
pop disk market, Tico Records, in- 
die label, last week pacted 19-year- 
old vocalist Bob Benton. Hereto- 
fore, Tico’s bfltput had been con- 
fined to the Latinp field. 

Benton’s initial four sides will 
hit the market this week. George 
^Goldner, Tico’s artists and reper- 
toire chief, is adopting a wait-and- 
see policy before making further 
‘ plans to increase his pop artists 
stable. 


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tales, based on reparts obtained 
from leading stores in 12 cities 
and showing comparative sales 
rating for this and last week. 


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Mercury 

No. 5898 and 5898X45 


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Louis Armstrong-V elma * Middle- 
ton: "That’s My Desire"-"Baby, It’s 
Cold Outside" (Decca), This coup- 
ling, taped at- the Louis Arm- 
strong concerts a couple of years 
ago, showcases Satchmo’s gravelled 
pipes in his most infectiously hu- 
morous style. "Desire" has spe- 
cially strong chances to break 
through despite the crowd noises, 
while /‘Baby,’’ with some mildly 
indigo references, could ride high 
oh the jukebox ratings. Velma 
Middleton lends able comedy sup- 
port to Armstrong’s clowning on 
the latter number. 

Richard Hayes: “Yo Ho and Off 
You Go"~"If God Can Forgive Me 
Why Can’t You" (Mercury). "Yo 
Ho" is a sea chanty with a bright 
enough square dance beat ‘to have 
impact. Production on this side is 
flrstrate with Richard Hayes’ folksy 
vocal backed up by a vivid orches- 
tral and choral arrangement. Re- 
verse is a big and somewhat heavy 
ballad with a religioso veneer. 
Hayes gives it a schmaltzy rendi- 
tion but its chances are doubtful. 

Harry Belafonte: "Jerry"-‘‘Man 
Smart" (Victor). "Jerry" is a legit- 
imate folk number in the “John 
Henry" genre and gets an exciting 
workover by Belafonte, who has 
been clicking in the nitery circuit 
with his p.d. repertory. Although 
there’s no artificial pop flavoring 
qn this slice, the number has 
enough compelling force to garner 
attention. "Man Smart" is one of 
Belafonte’s most - popular nitery 
items, a Calypso tune with a clever 
lyric. Solid juke potential. 

Billy Eckstine: "Early Autumn"- 
"Because You’re Mine" (M-G-M). 
"Autumn*’ is a lovely class' ballad 
which may be handicapped by its 
.difficulty’ of construction in a mar- 
ket that demands utter simplicity. 
And how would. "Stardust" have 
fared if it were introduced current- 
ly? "Autumn" has the same qual- 
ity, and Eckstine gives it the 
strongest possible sendoff. "Be- 
cause You’re Mine," from the 
Metro pic by the same 'title, is an- 
other fine ballad suitable for Eck- 
stine’s belting. The Victor slice by 
Mario Lanza, who stars in the film, 
is due to be the main competition. 

Patti Page-Rusty Draper: "Wed- 
ding Bells”-"Release Me" (Mer- 
cury). Mercury’s new vocal tan- 
dem of Patti Pag^and Rusty Dra- 
per bows in with a pair of fair 
sides. "Wedding Bells" is a s(>*sg 
tune with no distinctive touch to 
lift it out of the pack. "Release 
Me" is a hillbilly-type item with 
better chances via its simple strong 
beat and its bleeding-heart lyric. 
The Page-Draper team handles the 
vocals well although Miss Page 
would have done better to do the 
latter number solo. 

Sarah Vaughan: "My Tormented 
Heart"-"Say You’ll Wait for Me" 
(Columbia). Sarah Vaughan hasn't 
had hit disk in some time, and 
that probably prompted this ex- 
periment with an echo chamber on 
th$s£ ballads. Another . switch is 
Mi$s Vaughan’s dropping of her 


By HERM SCHOENFELD. 


usual tricky yocalistic mannerisms 
for a straight attack. It could pay 
off. "Tormented Heart" is a solid 
tune and gets a topnotch delivery 
with a Percy Faith orch and choral 
background. “Wait for Me” is an- 
other ace production with good 
chances. 

Sunny Gale: "Tossin’ and Tum- 
in”’-"You Could Make Me Smile 
Again" (Victor). Sunny Gale, who 
has been looking for a sequel to 
her "Wheel of Fortune" click, has 
a likely mid-hit side in "Tossin'." 
It’s a slow rhythm number with a 
suitable lyric, and Miss Gale belts 
it with her strident pipes. Flip is 
a change-of-pace slow ballad with 
a routine lyric. Miss Gale, more- 
over, is better suited for the 
rhythm numbers. 

EllaTitzgerald: "My Bonnie Lies 
Over The Ocean"-"Trying" (Decca). 
Maybe Ella Fitzgerald can do for 
"Bonnie" what she did for "A Tis- 
ket a Tasket." This is a strictly off- 
beat rendition in which the Scotch 
folk tune gets a Latin workover 
with Miss Fitzgerald’s, backed up 
with. a colorful rhythm background 
by Bobby Orton’s Teen-Aces drum 
and bongo combo. "Trying" is back 
in a -more standard groove, a good 


man’s lucid soprano voice gets 
good material in "My Love." It’s 
a class ballad tailored for her clas- 
sical projection. Side gets a fine 
orch backing, ."No" is another big 
ballad which Miss Froman delivers 
effectively. ' 

Album Review 

“Curtain Calls" (Decea). Via this 
new series, .Decca is making avail- 
able a series of sides by top art- 
ists that long have been out of 
print. These sides 'are closely iden- 
tified with each artist and should 
rank high in pop libraries. Initial 
release comprises eight artists and 
16 tunes. Included are Bing Cros- 
by’s "When The Blue of the Day" 
and “I Surrender Dear;" Mills 
Bros., "Tiger 4tag" and "Paper 
Doll;" Ted Lewis, "When My Baby 
Smiles At Me" and "Wear A Hat 
With A Silver Lining;" Eddie Can- 
tor’s "Now’s The Time To Fall In 
Love" and “Making’ Whoopee;" 
Jimmy Durante’s "Start Off Each 
Day With A Song" and "Inka Dinka 
Doo;" Andrews Sisters’ "Bel Mir 
Bist Du Schoen" and ‘‘In Apple 
Blossom Time;" Ink Spots’ "If I 
Didn’t Care" and "Do I Worry;" 
and Sophie Tucker’s "Some Of 
These Days" and "Life Begins at 
Forty." 

Platter Pointers 

M-G-M has packaged another at- 
tractive soundtrack set from th'e 
score of the Metro pic, "The Merry 
Widow," with Fernando Lamas 


torch item which R?iss Fitzgeralci ' handling au^h voc^T^a^* 


Best Bets 


S A (Tom 2 6HAN ' SA X YOU’LL WAIT FOR ME 

(Columbia) My Tormented Heart 

LO ( 1 I)fc^ MSTRONG ’ - THAT’S MY JIESIRE 

(Decca) Baby, It’s Cold Outside 

SU rv?Jn? ALE V,- TOSSIN’ AND TURNIN’ 

K vlcton ; You Could Make Me Smile Again 

ELLA FITZGERALD .... MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN 

V..™ CCa ‘ .Trying 

PA (^Jerci^?) E BUSTY DRAPER WEDDING BELLS 

BILLY ECKSTINE 

"• Because You're Mine 


delivers with her usual excellence. 

Les Baxter Orch: "Two-Faced 
Clock’ -"TiU . The End of The 
World" (Capitol). "Clock" has 
strong chances. It’s a light rhythm 
tune with a particularly good lyric 
and a diluted backwoods flavor. 
Les Baxter’s orch “and chorus give 
it a. good ride, considerably lusher 
than Rex Allen’s earlier slice for 

•£ ca ' Re ™ rse * s an okay tune 
with a familiar lyric. 

BUI Farrell: “A Sinner Kissed 
An Angel’ -"Marla Mia" (M-G-M). 
Bill Farrell’s roller-coaster pipes 
slide smoothly over "Angel ” a 
slow-tempoed ballad for which his 
glissando attack is particularly 
well suited. Farrell undoubtedly 
has style but It could be a bit too 
exaggerated to hit widely in the 
market. "Maria Mia" is han- 
died in the same vein but the tune 
isn t quite as good. 

Jane Froman: "My Love Mv 
i Life ’-"No" (Capitol;. Jane Fro- 


» Me FF Widow Waltz’* and 
Y 1 v a .^ lth his Argentine-accept- 
ed baritone. Trudy Erwin assists 
on the vocals with Jay Blackton’s 
orch . and chorus cutting the whole 
album in rich style. . .Johnny Hol- 
iday registers so-so on “If We 
Shouid Meet Never Again’’ (Capi- 
tol) ... Lester Young orch delivers 
o^pert cool jazz sounds on 
Deed I Do (Mercury) .. .Buddy 
Costa is set on a pretentiously pro- 
duce <J s A? e on “You’re Not In Chi- 
cago (Pyramid) . . .David Poleri's 
operatic pipes have good material in 
One Love Too Many" (Victor)... 

* has a cute version 

of You Like" (Capitol)... Hot 
fJJPL Fage ^hits a good novelty 
stride on Casanova Cricket’” (King) 
...Another standout jazz side by 
Ky Sextet on "What Is 

This Thing Called- «LoVe v (Mer- 
C , ur ^ ) ’ (Piano) Miller has a 

good keyboard side in "Me and 
My. Piano". , (Victor), , „ 


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Laine Joins Stafford, 
Mitchell as Palladium 

Clicks Via Disk Hits 

.LoaSs MMum “rth/ 5 /? 
up impact of hit disk artists on 0 ? 13 
b.o, on an international seal? 
Lame, who opened at the S* 

AUft 18,- got off to winSS 
start drawing SRO all the way 8 

Although it was Laine’s 
appearance in London, his ren ? 
ready had been firmly estahii^J 
vla.his Columbia platters ThJ t ^ ed 
disk, sire 

making him a hot b., f Z 
Britain. He’s booked into the%m 
pire Theatre, Glasgow, Sept la™' 
Other disk artists who’ve rack., 
up big scores at the Palladium if 
recent months have been Jo staf 
iord and Guy Mitchell. i n t| l 
.case, too, their shellac entries TrI 

WtoZlTn ^ UfWinS the m atouee 
to the Britons. Another iUus! 

•Silt"' to Eur?n P / C f ° £ U - S ’ H* 

arrises in Europe is recent doII 
conducted by Radio Luxembourg 

j? P - ? p 5‘ in the male and 
dmsl °n went to Guy 
Mitchell and Miss Stafford, re’ 
spectively. Incidentally, both 
Mitchell and Miss Stafford also are 
Columbia pactees. re 

Delaney-Barton Disks 
Picked Up by Coral 

; * A couple of sides cut by Joe De- 
laney, New Orleans disk jockev 
With Eileen Barton have beea 
picked up by Coral Records for 
release. Delaney organized the date 
in N.O. with a pickup band under 
the name of the Mardi Gras 
Loungers, as an indie venture. 
Titles of the numbers are “Some 
Folks Do and Some Folks Don't” 
and "Easy, Easy Baby." 

Delaney, Incidentally, was for-' 
merly a sales exec for Coral. He'* 
currently studying law at Tulane 
U. in New Orleans and doubling 
as a dee jay. 

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When I Fall In Love 

Music by Lyrics by 

VICTOR YOUNG EDWARD HEYMAN 
Recorded by 

DORIS DAY With 
Ptrcy Faith It Orch, 

Columbia 

JERI SOUTHERN With 
Victor Young A Hi* Orch, 

Dacca 

Victor Young Publications Inc. 
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Wednc«iti»y» August 27y 1952 


rrYDE McCOY ORCH (IS) - 
$}»! Billte J ine Bennett, Chris 

'Abbott 

Hotel Muehlebaeb, Kansas City 

Amoug ' the . lineup . of b?nds 
which play .the Terrace. Grill of 
the Muehlebach, probably nope has< 
played there more than Clyde 
McCoy. The “Sugar Blues” king 
had much of his early success in 
fl nd around K, C., and his follow- 
ing here is solid: A big segment 
of McCoy fans are» showing, up at 
the Grill, and the Toom is having 
some of its best business; ip many 
months during this three week 
stand. 

Crew which McCoy is carrying 
Is one which he has been carefully 
gathering, and. which he has kept 
intact for virtually a year. It is 
perhaps the smoothest, most ver- 
satile band he has ever put to- 
gether. Instrumentation lists five 
reeds, three trumpets, three trom- 
bones, string bass, piano, drums 
and the McCoy trumpet to lead the 
way. He has some ace young musi- 
cians in Bobby Selden on drums. 
Jack Ments on lead sax, A1 Noice 
on trumpet and Johnny Sage play- 
ing piano and vibrachimes. 

Music which 'they put forth is 
highly .stylized in the traditional 
McCoy manner, emphasis being on 
dance tempoes with skillful and 
varied embellishments and spe- 
cialties. There is much featured 
solo work, as much featured group 
work, and McCoy's trumpetings as 
the piece de resistance. 

Vocally crew has two fine singers 
In Billie Jane Bennett, the last of 
the Bennett sisters, who has been 
chirping with the . band for quite 
a spell, and Chris Abbott, who 
broke into professional work with 
McCoy but a few years back and 
who now is an - established front- 
rank warbler. Miss Bennett hand- 
les both ballads and rhythm num- 
bers, giving them an • individual 
interpretation in her deeper range. 
Abbott does his best work, at bari* 
toning ballads, but handles other 
assignments capably, as well. 

Orch turns itself into a unit for 
a half hour nightly show, with 
McCoy doing the m.c. chore and 
leading off with a spirited “Three 
Little Worps” on a tiny trumpet. 
Jack Mentz keeps things moving 
with ‘'Flight of the Bumble Bee” 
on his alto. “Mombo Combo” num- 
ber features Billie Jane Bennett 
warbling “Manana” as crew back 
her with Latin rhythm pieces. 
Drumology serves to give Bobby 
Selden a workout on the skins, and 
Little Ogo is a finger puppet which 
works out on a trumpet number 
with A1 Noice for a big round of 
applause. Finale has Chris Abbott 
doing “Those Old Phonograph 
Records” as means of working in 
Imitations of several different 
bands and singers. Its a lively half 
hour and draws a nifty hand from 
the house throughout. 

Outfit works some one-nighters, 
a couple of hotel stands and. then 
heads for the Coast. Quin. 

Isaac Stern flew to Europe last 
week for a concert tour of 40 ap- 
pearances in nine countries. Vio- 
linist will return to the U. S. in 
December. 



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:: 5 - ^T’TER TO HAVE LOVED ..YOU A LITTLE Hank Thomson | 
" HOW COLD HEARTED CAN YOU GET 

COLUMBIA 

:: *• YOB BELONG TO ME Jo Stafford 

:: PRETTY BOY 

:: 2. JAMBALAYA j 0 Stafford X 

- EARLY AUTUMN , 

ll 3. HALF AS MUCH Rosemary Clooney 

POOR WHIP POOR WILL ” 

:: 4. ‘HIGH NOON Frankie Laine :: 

<- ROCK OF GIBRALTAR 

, . 5. BOTCH-A-ME Rosemary Clooney t 

ON THE FIRST WARM DAY 

t CORAL 

+ 1. STRING. ALONG Ames Bros. X 

ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER 

+ 2. JAMBALAYA Neil Hefti-F. Wayne X 

+ TWO FACED CLOCK + 

T 3. TAKES TWO TO TANGO , Pearl Bailey T 

^ LET THERE BE LOVE / ;; 

4. YOU'RE MY DESTINY Alan Dale 

MY THRILL 

X 5. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END. .... Don Cornell X 
I CAN’T CRY ANYMORE 

l DECCA 

1. SHOULD I Four Aces 

THERE’S ONLY TONIGHT 

j 2. BLUE TANGO Leroy Anderson t 

BELLE OF THE BALL 

^ -3. BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL Mills Bros, t 

JUST WHEN WE’RE FALLING IN LOVE 

V, 4. WISH YOU WERE HERE * Guy Lombardo f 

“ HONKY TONK SWEETHEART 

5. AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART . .Guy Lombardo I 

-- HALF AS MUCH 

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-► 1. YOU BELONG TO ME.....' , Patti Page t 

;; I WENT TO YOUR WEDDING 

2. AUF WIEDERSEH’N SWEETHEART Eddy Howard ” 

- I DON’T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE - 

<• 3. ROSANNE * Vic Damone J 

" TAKE MY HEART 

" 4. SO MADLY IN LOVE .Georgia Gibbs I 

" MAKE ME LOVE YOU 

- 5. MADEMOISELLE Eddy Howard. + 

I DIDN’T KNOW ANY BETTER 

:: m-g-m 

1. LUNA ROSS A Alan Dean 

I’LL FORGET YOU ^ 

^ 2. BEYOND THE NEXT HILL Acquaviva' - 

TILLIES TANGO ^ 

V, 3. STRANGE SENSATION Billy Eckstine - 

- HAVE A GOOD TIME 

“ 4. VANESSA David Rose 3c Orch. 

- 1 ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE 

5. JAMBALAYA Hank Williams J 

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;; 1* WI£H YOU WERE HERE Eddie Fisher 4 

- > THE HAND OF FATE 

^ 2. I WENT TO WEDDING. . S. Gibson 3c Red Caps-Damita Jo I 

- WAIT 

:: 3. BECAUSE YOU’RE MINE Mario Lanza 

- ANGELS SING 

- 4. SWEETHEARTS HOLIDAY Perry Como J 

MY LOVE AND DEVOTION 

- 5. VANESSA Hugo Winterhalter 

“ SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY 

Alan Murray, Late Scot 
Cleffer, Leaves 67G Estate 

Aberdeen, Scotland, Aug. 19. 
Alan Murray, w.k. song-writer 

and composer, who wrote “I’ll 

Walk Beside You,” left over 

$67,000 when he died last May. 

He bequeathed $7,500 his grand 
piano, and his Benjamin Banks 
violin and bows to the Royal Acad- 
emy of Music, of which he was a 
director, and $3,750 to the Seaforth 
Highlanders Regimental Associa- 
tion. He was a major in the Sea- 
forth Highlanders during the war. 

Oldest Bandmaster Guests 
Rochester, N.H., Aug. 26. 
Elmer E. Wiggin of Barrington, 
known as the “oldest bandmaster 
in America,” conducted the Roch- 
ester City Band on his 91st birth- 
day, today (Tues.), when the band 
observed its annual “Guest Night.” 


OltCHESTKAS-MUSIC 


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Diskeries Score With Folk, R&B 
Tunes as Pop Hits and Vice Versa 


Record company practice of peg- 
ging tunes solely for pop, country 
or rhythm 3c blues release is on 
the wane. During the past several 
months artists & repertoire toppers 
have been taking ' tunes out of the 
pop catalog, and issuing them as 
country or r. & b, releases. In 
some instances tunes that have 
broken out In the country or r. & b. 
field have been covered by pop 
artists. 

Top example of a tune receiving 
complete coverage in all fields is 
the Hank Williams’ composition 
“Jambalaya.” Tune* was_ launched 
for the country market by Williams 
on the M-G-M label. Columbia 
followed soon after with a pop 
version cut by Jo Stafford and 
Coral also covered for the pop 
market with its release of a Neal 
Hefti Orch-Frances Wayne slice. 
Tune is now due for an r. & b. 
coverage via the Okeh release of a 
Titus Turner workover. 

Along the same lines the coun- 
try-pegged tune, “It Wasn’t God 
Who Made Honky Tonk. Angels,” 
is getting pop treatment. First 
major diskery to jump into the 
pop field with it was Col, which 
issued a Sammy Kaye rendition 
last week. Tune has been making 
plenty of noise in the country field 
via the Kitty Wells cut for Decca 
and the. Jeanne Gayle-Cliffie Stone 
orch waxing for Capitol. 

Pop song which is now moving 
into the r. 3c b. groove is the re- 
cent ballad click, “You Belong to 


Me.” Tune broke out this past 
month via Jo Stafford’s Col etch- 
ing and now Okch is prepplng it 
for the r. 3c b. market via Annie 
Laurie. 

Diskeries also are switching its 
artists from one field to another* 
The Four Lads, vocal combo, 
moved over to Col’s pop stable last 
week from their berth on Okeh’s 
r. 3c b. roster. Johnnie Ray, too, 
who broke out last year on Okeh 
was immediately switched to Col. 


R&H Production to Hypo 
Hartford Cigar Festival 

Annual Cigar Harvest Festival in 
Hartford during week of Sept 9* 
14, will include a 74-mile boat race, 
a two-and-a-half-hour Rodgers 3c 
Hammerstein production featuring 
stars of television, legit and opera, 
a coronational ball, masquerade 
party, street festivities, etc. 

Cigar industry is aiming at mak- 
ing its annual fete rival pageants 
such as the New Orleans Mardi 
Gras and Pasadena Tournament of 
Roses. 


Indie Inks Lionel Cole 

Chicago, Aug. 26, 
Lionel (Dinky) Cole, Nat (King) 
Cole’s brother, last week signed 
with Topper Records, Chi indie, 
and cut four sides. 

Vocalist has been heading a unit 
around Chicago for the past few 
years. 


gisele Mackenzie 

HEADING FOR THE *\ SPOT! 

ALL OVER AMERICA 



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48 


VAITMSVIUUI 


Nevada 'Gold 



Continued from pise 1 


slve “shills,” most stars cannot 
stay away from the cards, dice and 
wheels. More than a few leave 
their engagements owing the .clubs 
money. On# bandleader is report- 
edly out $70,000 to the hotel wher# 
he plays. 

Gamblers do not depend on mak- 
ing their money back from th# 

star’s own weaknesses, however, 
but expect them, at least, to spend 
some time around the tables for 
benefit of customers. 

One comedian is no longer wel- 
come at a certain Las Vegas club 
because he plays such a long and 
entertaining show that the cus- 
tomers are kept away from the 
tables too long. What’s worse, he 
won’t go near the tables himself. 

Prices to $7,500 a week for stars 
are not unusual and the gamblers 
can usually expect some or most 
of it back. Dancers and musicians 


JOHN and JUNE 

BELMONT 



Just Concluded an Engagement 

EL RANCHO 
Las Yagas, Nevada 

Direction: LARRY GENGO 
FRANK SENNES AGENCY 


JAY MARSHALL 

has returned to 
Las Vegas to visit 
his money. 

Currently 6th Week 

Hotel 

Thunderbird 

Thanks to HAL BRAUDIS 
Management 

MARK LEDDY 


are pretty well inoculated against 
the fever. 

Show Biz Lure 

Without star attractions, gam- 
bling would be in the . slot ma- 
chine strata. Big money players 
play in the lavish casinos. Like- 
wise, only gambling can afford to 
pay for extravaganzas such- as Ne- 
vada has playing across the street 
from 1 each other for no cover, no 
minimum. 

It’s "possible for almost anyone 
to walk in and see the world’s most 
expensive shows. No one pays a 
price to see entertainment in Ne- 
vada. They simply buy the dinner 
or the drink, f or.nominal prices — or 
they gamblO. The entertainment is 
part of the decor and accommoda- 
tions. Best beneficiaries are the lo- 
cal citizenry, few of whom gamble, 
and most of whom drop in to see 
the shows. 

Las Vegas the Capital 

j Las Vegas, with its fabulous 
“Strip” of resort hotels, is the en- 
tertainment capital of Nevada. It 
has no “seasons.” In midsummer, 
with temperatures around 115, ho- 
tel accommodations are practically 
nonexistent and the shows are as 
big as when the supposed winter 
season moves in. 

.'The Flamingo, Desert Inn, Thun- 
derbird, El Rancho Vegas and Last 
Frontier are spread out along ..the 
highway which rolls in from Los 
Angeles. All have swimming pools, 
spacious theatre-restaurants and 
casihos. The Last Frontier has an- 
other club called the Silver Slip- 
per which goes for the “Gay -’90s” 
and old vaudeville route. 

In town, El Cortez is the only 
major club with name attractions 
and it caters to the rounders with 
late night and early morning 
shows. The rest of downtown Las 
Vegas has only an occasional small 
combination or piano scattered 
.among the slot machines. 

Reno’s Setup 

In Reno the*, makeup is entirely 
different. There -is no “strip” and 
the three major hotels, the sites 
for the only live shows in town, are 
within two blocks of each other 
right^ downtown. The Riverside 
and ‘the Mapes are across the 
Truckee River from each other on 
the main street, while the New 
Golden, newly remodeled, is a 
block and half away -iq the midst 
of the gambling clubs. 

Most of spots in Las Vegas seat 
500 while the biggest in Reno is a 
little over 300 — clairfied by all 
three. 

Lake Tahoe’s entertainment clubs 
sit just across the California state- 
line at both, ends* of the Lake. Cal- 
Neva for example, has its theatre 
in California and its casino in Ne- 
vada. Both Cal-Neva and Cal-Vada 
and the Northshore Club are at the 
north end of the Lake, nearest- 
Reno — about 45 minutes to an hour 
away over 'Mount Rose. Sahati’s 
Stateline and Lou Walters’ Casino 
De Paris are at the south end of 



Tahoe on the border, meeting the 
Californians as tjiey, travel High- 
way BO through Placerville. 

Between the two borders, there 
are orily secluded resorts and 
homes. The commercial end of the 
lake is the California side with 
Coney Island-like resorts scattered 
Along the shores, plus golf' courses 
and small towns. 

In Elko, the- -Commercial • and 
Stockman’s hotels book periodical- 
ly and Tor odd running times. The 
town is small but the ’ population 
mostly wealthy cattleowners, Bing 
Crosby has his ranch outside Elko. 

Not Enough Talent 

Talent Is the big problem. Medi- 
ocre shows have no chance in a 
market where topflight perform- 
ances are next door.* * Big* names 
must be followed by big names. 
But, as *in the case, of .the AYe Las 
Vegas “Strip” shows in the same 
neighborhood, finding five differ- 
ent’ star bills every 2-4* weeks is 
impossible without re-booking stars 
who appeared in a competitor’s 
place shortly before. There used 
to be an unwritten agreement 
among club operators fixing a mini- 
mum . time before entertainers- 
could reappear close by, but this 
is being ignored more and more. 

The crisis is not acute in the 
Reno-Lake Tahoe area. The three 
Reno hotels can easily book differ- 
ent show?, and Tahoe is far. enough 
away to allow duplication. The cir- 
cuit usually includes Las Vegas 
first, with Reno or Tahoe next, then, 
maybe Elko. 

The' only noticeable duplication 
in the Reno area is year to year 
and this is no crisis. Although 
pretty much the same shows and 
stars can be expected each year, 
with minor changes in production, 
material and scheduling, a year is 
far enough between the appear- 
ances of most acts'. 

Las Vegas the Test Site 

Las. Vegas, because of’th’e talent- 
finding problem, has become a 
proving, ground for . new- acts — in 
fact, a springboard for acts that 
play Las Vegas. Some pf“> these 
come from Hollywood’ and - would 
never leave, the studios except for 
the chance To pick up .some quick 
loot. Film stars with some hastily 
prepared material make Las Vegas 
junkets. Radio personalities find 
a test site here and recording stars 
move in to capitalize- on • current 
record hits. 

Accountable for the difference in 
size and number' of night spots, be- 
tween Reno and Las Vegas, is their 
proximity to different* cities. Las 
Vegas is practically a suburb of 
Hollywood. Reno is the same 250- 
mile distance from San* Francisco, 
a more reserved and zipper-pocket- 
ed populace. ’ 

There is no reason why enter- 
tainment’s “boom towns” can’t con- 
tinue to be a show business gravy 
train. The only, thing which can kill 
the thriving industry ‘is* the- thing 
Which is responsible for it — gam- 
bling. it is still .the. concern, of the 
people of Nevada how their state is 
run. .They are perfectly, pwqr.e 0 £ 
the boon gambling has been to Ne- 
vada but in no way feel compelled 





50ft, 000 PEOPLE in 1 0 WEEKS 


Have Acclaimed the 
COMEDY ARTISTRY of- 

JIMMY 

CASANOVA 


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Currently 

COMEDY STAR of MICHAEL TODD'S "NIGHT IN VENICE 


/# 


HY GARDNER 

Natural born comedians don’t 
grow on trees and this youngster 
seems to be comical by Instinct. 


( Closing SEPTEMBER 6th) 

ANDY RUSSELL 

"Casanova has personality and 
ability and a -wealth of material . . . 
he proves his sklU as an actor. 


BILLBOARD 

“Jimmy Casanova displayed a 
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to put up with it, if it gets out of 
hand* 

As gambling is aware of .this,' it 
should be able to refrain from an- 
tagonizing the citizenry by trying 
to exert power or making Nevada 
a haven for a hoodlum element/ 

A good look ’ into gambling’s 
locker is provided in an article 
which will appear in Saturday 
Evening Post Sept, 17. It’s titled 
“What Has Wide Open Gambling 
Done to Nevada?” Its author is 
Robert Laxalt, a native of Reno 
and an ex-UPressman. 

Fla. Cafes Sour 
On ‘No Profit’ 
Names in ’52-’53 

Problem this year among Florida 
bonifaces will be to tie up new 
faces for the winter season. Nitery 
and hotel operators in that area 
feel that the names who 'have been 
playing that resort are no longer 
pulling sufficiently to justify the 
salaries that have been paid out. 
The bills have cost, cafe owners 
heavy coin, and last winter’s biz 
failed to justify the gigantic out- 
lay. 

So far, most operators haven’t 
made any inquiries from New York 
talent agencies. They /are' still 
holding off in hopes of coming up 
with something different than that 
which has been shown* the past 
season. 

The largest ^alent buyer in the 
Florida area, Copa City, Miami 
Beach, is yet to make known its 
plans* except that the recent ruling 
by the club’s management that 
signatures of two partners will be 
necessary to make the - contract 
binding, indicates the end of buy- 
ing impulsively. JNo longer will 
one member of the firm be able 
to sew up a name and put him on 
top of a show already booked. 

The Latin Quarter, Palm Island, 
last season indicated that a bill 
topheavy with names is not neces- 
sary. Operator Lou Walters had a 
big show with some excellent nov- 
elty acts and did better, than most 
cafes in the area. He’s planning 
to bow his Florida nitery around 
Dec. 20. He’s already signed the 
Charlivels, who are slated to come 
to the U.S. from Paris for this 
booking. • 

Another, factor that’s now lead- 
ing Florida operators to sour on 
names playing there “for the past 
few seasons is that they do not 
want to compete with Las Vegas 
spots -in buying talent. It’s felt 
that with two new hotels in the 
Nevada gambling centre, all re- 
straints will be off and the top 
names will be going there. 

The bonifaces are scouting for 
some new ideas. But since they 
may not hit on an adequate substi- , 
tute for high-priced talent, they 
may have to resort • to headliners 
in- desperation. 


Sol Shapiro to Dallas 
To Dicker Kaye Xmas’er 

Sol Shapiro, head of the WilUjm 
Morris Agency theatre departmen? 

J s ? lat . e ^ t0 to Dallas this week 
to huddle with Charles R. Meeker 
managing director of the Texas 
State Fair Auditorium, regarding * 
possible Danny Kaye engagement 
there around Christmas. 

State Fair auditorium is on th* 
prowl for top names, having ii 
ready scheduled Dean Martin 1 
Jerry Lewis for Oct. 4-19, during 
the fair. Attraction last Christmas 
was the legiter, “Gentlemen Prefer 
Blondes.” • 


Crippled Kids Benefit 
Salem, N. H., Aug. 26. 

A 30-act vaude -bill highlighted 
the annual luncheon of the Crip- 
pled Children’s Non-Sectarian 
Fund at Rockingham Park race- 
track here last week. 


Entertainers included the Ink 
Spots, Peggy Alexander, the entire 
floorshows of the Mayfair and 
Circus Room in Boston, and Tony 
Bruno orch. Ralph Morgan, Boston 
representative of the American 
Guild of Variety Artists, was em- 
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Barton and Jean Sablon. Latter 
goes in Sept. 18, his first trip to 
that part of the country, and will 
get French trappings. Barton ac- 
coutrements will comprise bits 
from the pictures and musicals he’s 
worked in. 

Hal Braudis, Thunderbird book- 
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New York last week after casing 
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Minneapolis, Aug. 26. - - 
■with the Hotel Nicollet’s/ Minne- 
sota Terrace scheduled for con- 
tusion into a ballroom for .con- 
Sons, this city of 517,277’ and 
♦ha Twin Cities, population 826,- 
751 promise tto be without a single 
top-drawer supper club using im- 
portant or other acts. 

Terrace for years has been one 
of the town’s and Twin Cities’ lead- 
ing bistros and has played many 
ton acts. No decision has- been 
reached yet as to the policy to be 
pursued by the lone remaining 
class boite, the Hotel Radisson 
Flame Room, a much smaller and 
more intimate spot than the Ter- 
race, but one that in past years 
has brought in entertainment per- 
sonalities and occasional big names. 
During the summer it has had and 
still has the Ramon .Noval orch. 

Hotel Nicollet will replace the 
Terrace with Hawaiian Room in 
Quarters now. leased by a local 
dub, but plans for it do not now 
include floorshows with names or 
semi-names. The Dorothy Lewis ice 
show is completing ah all-summer 
Terrace run.. 

The Flame, largest local nltery, 
has gone into a policy of traveling 
non-name bands and a single minor 
act. Curly's and the .Gay ’90s have 
comparatively small show budgets. 
Other local establishments are in 
the theatre-bar category and their 
present rage is exotic dancers plus 
*a singer and an instrumental act, 
all low-budgeted. 

Tornado Causes 250G 
Damage to. Midway At 
Mo. State Fair, Sedalia 

Kansas City, Aug. 26. 

. Missouri’s state fair -at Sedalia 
took a beating from a sudden tor- 
nado which struck .with its main 
force on the carnival section last 
Wednesday night (20). Fortunate- 
ly, the blow came after the fair 
was closed for ‘the night" and in- 
juries were comparatively light. 
One worker was killed, and a score 
of others received injuries. 

The midway of the Cetlin & 
Wilson shows was havoc-strewn, 
with rides bent and battered, three 
Ferris Wheels a mass of twisted 
’steel, and canvas and properties 
scattered over its area. 

The fair proceeded without miss- 
ing a performance, however, as the 
gates were opened to the public 
only about 12 hours after the tor- 
nado struck. The entire • fair 
activity was sharply curtailed, and 
midway shows were shifted to 
other locations. CetlimWilson per- 
sonnel worked around the clock 
getting the show in order, and 
by Thursday night (21) even some 
rides were in operation. 

The twister capped the climax 
of a rough season, according to 
a spokesman for the carny com- 
pany. First it was the steel strike, 
then it was rain ior 26 of the sum- 
mer season days, then the twister. 
Show officials were looking to the 
Missouri fair to make up some of 
the season’s lighter takes. Their 
final chance is this week at the 
Indiana State Fair in Indianapolis. 

Damage to the midway was esti- 
mated at $250,000. The regular 
stage shows were moved out into 
the open-air before the racetrack 
grandstand. The Grand Circuit 
harness races were called off. Live- 
stock judging was postponed until 
Saturday (23). “Ladies Fair,” the 
Tom Moore radio show, was re- 
scheduled to Friday and Saturday. 

Previous to the tornado the fair 
had been going at a record rate, 
opening day attendance was bull- 
ish, and following days had "been 
br near the previous records. 

May Be Costly Fan Pix, 
Berie Sued for 2G in Chi 

. Chicago, Aug. 26. 

r unusual suit was filed in 
County Court here last week 
y Mrs. Ernestine ‘Schwarz, who is 
$2,000 from Milton Berle, 
"alaban & Katz Cqrp., and B&K 

Management Corp. 

olie charges that the comedian 
1 . r . es P°nsible for knocking out 
q ai }d other injuries last Sept, 

a * n tos sing photos-to fans, 

ar?t £ ix that failed to sep- 

al th Rtruc h her. Berle, currently 
Chez Paree, was playing the 
lca g° Theatre at the time. 


N, Y. Blue Angel Closing, . 
But Back in Sept. 4 

Blue Angel, N. Y,, i^ slated to 
close tonight (Wed.) and* will re- 
open Sept. 4. Preem bill will com- 
prise Alice Ghostley, Odette Myr- 
til, Anita Ellis and the Ellis Larkin 
Trio. One act is still to be set. 

' This season marks the first time 
that the Herbert Jacoby-Max Gor- 
don spot ran through most of the 
summer. Cafe generally closed the 
large room and operated the : 
lounge in the forepart of the club. 

*■ 

Army Off-Limits 
7 Biloxi Cafes 

Biloxi, Miss. - , Aug. -26. 

Military officials last week (21) 
put seven Gulf Coast night spots 
“off limits” because they were “tol- 
erating undesirable conditions 
which adversely affect the welfare 
of the personnel of the armed 
forces.” 

The Armed Forces Disciplinary 
Control Board here threatened to 
take drastic action if state or city 
officials do not halt gambling' in 
the establishments. 

Ordered tabu for GIs were the 
Beach Club, Paddock Club, Benny 
French’s Grove Club, the Stable, 

| Broadwater Beach Hotel, Paradise 
Point and Fairchild’s. 

The board, located at giant Kee- 
sler Air Force base on the out- 
skirts of Biloxi, charged that the 
niteries were “permitting commer- 
cialized .gambling on their prem- 
ises.” • 

DICK HENRY SETTING 
FOREIGN AFFILIATIONS 

When Dick Henry exits the Wil- 
liam Morris agency next week, to 
set up his own office, with accent 
on international bookings, which 
he handlfed for WM, he will still 
retain his pension interests in the 
Morris organization. 

His foreign representation may 
include any or all of these three: 
Harry Foster (Hyman Zahl), the 
Lew & Leslie Grade office, or 
Charles L. Tucker. The Grades 
have an elastic hookup where they 
also work with GAC and MCA on 
certain artists.' 

Liquor Auth. Rejects Bid 
To Reopen Spa’s Brook 

Albany, Aug. 26. 

A bid to reopen the Brook, swank 
Saratoga night spot closed for two 
seasons, failed when the State 
Liquor Authority nixed an appli- 
cation by Albany’s Johnny Maio 
to transfer the liquor license from 
the present holder, David Hen- 
nessey. The SLA gave no reason 
for its rejection. 

Maio, who has operated a Sara- 
toga restaurant on the site of^the 
old United States Hotel, said that 
he held hopes of buying and op- 
erating Brook, but added that the 
SLA turndown meant “The whole 
thing is off now.” 

The Brook played names during 
the racing season. 

Seattle’s New Cafe Policy 
Seen as Hypo for Music 

* ' Seattle, Aug. 26. 

The City Council here has . 
broadened its policy as to cafe 
dance licenses and has voted to 
consider applications by State 
Liquor Board licensees for such 
okays. 

Heretofore the council has been 
cold to such requests with few 
granted. 

Applicants must still be passed 
on by Council and health, build- - 
.ing and other city departments, 
but move is seen as hypo for use 
of more orchs and talent in taverns 
and cocktail- lounges. 

Cantor’s ‘Package’ Stint 
San Antonio, Aug. 26. 

Eddie Cantor headlines the guest 
roster at the fifth annual Package 
Store dealers’ convention which 
opened here Sunday (24) for three 
days. 

Ted Weems and his orch supplies 
the.- .music' for *the convention 
dances. 



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Macdonnell, Zahl 
Exiting Foster? 

London, Aug. 26. 

A shakeup in the Harry Foster 
agency, one of the largest talent 

offices in Europe, is in the works. 
It’s reported that partner Leslie 
Macdonnell and percenter Hyman 
Zahl, now in the U, S., will resign 
from that firm, • and Foster will 
bring in some new help. 

/ Because of its longtime tie with 
the William Morris agency, one of 
the biggest agencies in the U.S., 
the Foster office occupied a top po- 
sition. Last season, the Pa^adium, 
London, bought the majority of its 
headliners from the Foster firm. 
This season, top , honors went to 
the Lew Ac Leslie Grade agency, 
which set the greater number of 
Palladium headliners. The Grades, 
which has a New York office head- 
ed by Eddie Elkort, has a tiein 
with General’ Artists’ Corp., which 
supplies that agency with disk 
names. Palladium has done well 
with the engagements of. Guy Mit- 
chell and Frankie Laine. ' 

Foster outfit’ Will attempt to 
make an aggressive pitch not only 
for the British business, but for 
Continental and U. S. bookings as 
well. It is expected that the Fos- 
ter office plans will'’ be made 
known shortly. 

Zahl’s U. S. Trip. 

Hyman Zahl, of the Foster 
agency, returned to New York this 
week following three weeks’ tour 
in which he' visited the Coast, Chi- 
cago, and several Canadian citie?. 
Agent refused to comment on sit- 
uation at the Foster agency, de- 
claring that he’ll make known his 
plans when he returns to England. 

Asked if he’ll rejoin the Charles 
L. Tucker agency, he said, “Not if 
that was the last office on earth.” 

Minn. •State Fair Opens 
To Near-Record Gate 

l 

Minneapolis, Aug. 26. 

Biggest entertainment money- 
maker hereabouts, year in and out, 
runs only 10 days every 12 
months. It’s the Minnesota State 
Fair, which has averaged $200,000 
a year in operating profit for the 
last five years. This figure would 
have been even larger if storm 
damage hadn’t required a neW 
grandstand roof last year. 

Attendance at this year’s event, 
which opened its run on Satur- 
day (23), is expected to hit the 
1,000,000 mark. It was slightly un- 
der that ip 1951. Opening day’s 
gate was 76,929 paid, second larg- 
est for any bow day in the ex- 
position’s history. The first-day 
record for a 10-day fair was set 
in 1950 with 83,309, 


Kaye’s Extra S.F. Show* 

San Francisco, Aug. 26. 

Danny Kaye will supplement his 
two-week engagement at the Cur- 
ran Theatre with a Sunday matinee 
under sponsorship of the San Fran- 
cisco Drama Critic Council in aid 
of a disabled member. 

The extra show will be at 5:30 on 
Sept. 21, between the final regular 
matinee and evening performance. 

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Hike Scale for Hutton, 
Laine Glasgow Dates 

Glasgow, Aug. 19. 

Prices will be upped for. Betty 
Hutton's vaude week at the Empire 
here starting Oct. 20, with top 
seats $1.40 instead of usual ‘75c, 
Singer will head vaude stanza here 
after three weeks at London Palla- 
dium beginning Sept. 29. 

Scale also will be upped for visit 
of Frankie Laine at the Empire 
here Sept. 8, with a maximum of 
$1.10. Deep River Boys are set to 
return here Sept. 1. 

Vogues Namery 
Vs. Pitt Horizon 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. 

With added competition from 
Horizon Room at Greater Pitts- 
burgh Airport, being operated by 
Andy Chakeres, Vogue Terrace, 
which he formerly owned and sold 
to John Betera several months ago. 
is going in heavily, this fall for 
names. Terrace is biggest spot in 
town, around 1,100 seats, and has 
the capacity to meet prices being 
asked these days by the show biz 
toppers. 

Parade will begin Oct. 15 when 
Georgia Gibbs comes in, followed 
by Carmen Miranda for A week on 
Oct. 27. Vagabonds have/ been 
booked for Dec. 1 and Betera’s try- 
ing to pin Martha Raye down to a 
date. 

Horizon Room opened with Ted 
Lewis, who has long been a Vogue 
Terrace attraction here,' and is 
dickering with Andrews Sisters for 
a mid-October date. 

STAR CARTOONISTS 
FOR USO-CAMP SHOWS 

USO-Camp Shows has formed a 
cartoonists unit which will play 
European installations for five 
weeks starting in October. Name 
eartoonists have devised an act and 
will do sketches of GIs after the 
show. 

Included in the no-pay troupe 
will be C. D. Russell (Pete the 
Tramp), Dick Wingert (Hubert), 
Bob Dunn (Just the Type), Gus 
Posen (Sweeney & Son), Gus 
Edson (The Gumps), Russell Patter- 
son (Mamie), Charles Biro Dare- 
devil), Bob Montana TArchie), Bill 
Holman (Smoky Stover) and John 
E. Pierrotti, .sports cartoonist for 
the N. Y. Post. . 


N.Y. LQ to Showcase 
Chiqiuta-Johnson Duo 

The Latin Quarter, N. Y., will 
import another Continental ball-' 
room team to start Nov. 11 as a re- 
placement for Darvas & Julia, 
Chiquita & Johnson have been 
pacted for that spot and will gojn 
at a reported $1,750 weekly. They 
are regarded as one of the top ball- 
room duos in Europe. Kenneth 
Later Agency made the deal. 

Darvas & Julia, incidentally, re- 
turned to the LQ display Sunday 
(24). Team had been out for sev- 
eral weeks because femme frac- 
tured a rib. 

‘Holiday’ leer to Play 

Ft* Wayne Coliseum 

Fort Wayne, Ind., Aug. 26. 

“Holiday on Ice of 1953” will be 
shown for its fifth consecutive year 
here, Oct. 9. It will play the new 
Allen County War Memorial Coli- 
seum instead of outdoors at Zoll- 
ner Stadium. The $5,00Q,0Q0 Coli- 
seum will be dedicated Sept. 28, 
and “Holiday” will be the first 
major production in the new 
arena, which will seat some 7,800 
for the icer. 

Ten performances are booked in 
the nine days. 

Lecuona Boys Mex Hit 

Mexico City, Aug- 19. 

Biggest current sock in local 
niteries is the Lecuona Cuban Boys 
unit at the swanky Rumba Casino. 
Act came here from the Beach- 
comber, Miami Beach. 

Their show, twice nightly, is 
drawing capacity biz. Unit is 
booked for four weeks with option. 


Atlantic City, Aug. 26. 

This is the last big w$ek of one 
of the shortest seasons in. years for 
this resort. Labor Day dated Sept. 

1 knocks approximately seven days 
of summer business off the eaten** 
dar. 

Folding after this week will be 
the big attraction at Convention 
Hall, “Ice Capades,” now present- 
ing a sneak preview of the 1.953 
show. With the icer closing Sunday 
night (31)., the interior of the big 
hall will be rigged for the “Miss 
America” pageant, which gets un* 
derway as the girls arrive Labor*' 
Day. It will run through that week 
with “Miss America” to be crowned 
Saturday night (6). 

Both tegit shows fold this week, 
Playing at the Quarterdeck Thea- 
tre in the Morton Hotel is “The Cat 
in the Cage,” by Howard Richard- 
son and Frances .Goforth, offered 
by producer Gianni. Pitale as a 
preem attraction, The tryout show- 
ing will conclude the season for the 
Mill Players, an Equity company, 
which has split an eight-week sea- 
son between the loffal theatre and 
one at Pleasant Mills. Pitale is as- 
sembling a cast to further test‘th« 
show in Boston and Philadelphia 
before tackling Bipadway. 

The .Gateway Musical playhousd 
at suburban Somers. Point shut- 
ters on Sunday (31) with “Finian’s 
Rainbow.” House played bine shows 
this season and Jonathan Dwight, 
producer, ' said he would be back 
next year; 

At Steel Pier, George AV Hamid 
will continue the pace through 
Sept. 7, Betty Reilly will be in Mu- 
sic Hall vaudeville through Friday 
(29), The three-day bill for Friday, 
Saturday and Sunday (29-30-31) 
stars Eddie White and ^include* 
Walter Ac Jean Brown, Will Ac 
Gladys Ahern, and -on Aug. 30-31 
the Mello-Larks, The Three Kana- 
zawas come in Saturday, 

Robert Q. Lewis starts Aug. 30 
for three days; Mickey Deems, 
Aug. 31, with Pauline Thorn and 
Bruce Stevens until Sept. 7, Jimmy 

(Continued on page 50) 


20 Strippers at Pa. Fair ^ 
Okayed After Crackdown 
On 50c Naughty-Naughty 

Kutztown, Pa.^Aug. 26, • 
Orders from the office of Peiin- 
sylvania Gov. John S. Fine to clean 
up girl .shows on fairgrounds 
throughout the state has led to a . 

crackdown on five femme attrac- 
tions -at the Kutztown Fair by Dis- 
trict Attorney Henry M. Koch, 
Berks County detectives and 
State troopers from the Reading 
barracks closed five- tent shows on 
the midway until the 20 femmes * 
donned more clothes and. cut the . 
bumps and grinds from, their rou- 
tines. ,The crackdown’came on the 
opening night of the Kutztown 
Fair’s week-long run.' 

~The shows were billed as “Taffy, 
and the Nude Ranch,” “Jeannie, 
the Blonde Bombshell,” “Stella 
and the Rainbow Revue,” “Tina” 
and “Delores.” No arrests were 
made and after investigators 
viewed censored versions, they 
were permitted to continue. Koch 
said the performers, after a come- 
on‘ show, cavorted unclad at a -sec- 
ond performance for which 50c ex- 
tra was charged. 

Pitt Casino Burley 

To Resume Sept. 1 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. 

Casino Theatre will unshutter 
.for 6 the 1952-53 burlesque season 
Monday (1) after being closed since 
middle of May. George Murray, 
former wheel comedian who man- 
aged the house for I. Hirst last 
year, will return in the same capac- 
ity. Hirst is operating the Caswno 
under a long-term lease from 
George Jaffe, veteran burley im- 
presario here, who retired recently. 

Same policy will be used, re- 
served seats with two performances 
in the afternoon and one at night, 
but traditional Sunday midnight 
shows, which have always teed off 
the new attractions, are being 
eliminated. '* 


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WtdlMkday, August vr t 


1952 


AC in Last Big Week 

_ ■ . ' j Continued from iNt** 


Dorsey Is in Marine Ballroom Aug. 
29-31 and Buddy Morrow and Band 
take over for a week on Labor Day, 

Last big name of the season at 
Paul D’Amato's^pTush 500 Club is 
Joe E. Lewis, who teed off Sunday 
(24) for eight days. Convention and 
fall tourist business will determine 
shows after that, a policy followed 
by most local niteries. 

The spots featuring Negro shows, 
Club Harlem and Paradise, will 
continue during Pageant week. 
Larry Steele & Co„ at Harlem all 
season, will take two weeks’ vaca- 
tion. They then will tour with the 
•'Smart Affairs” revue in Canada, 
Buffalo, ‘Chicago (Regal Theatre) 
Philadelphia (Earle), Miami Beach, 
Las Vegas and Havana, with- Joe 
Glaser booking. 

Paradise, managed by Jack 
Southern and Ben Alten.this sea- 
son after several years of semi- 
darkness, shutters at the same time 
(7) with "Tropicana” revue, pro- 
duced by Clarence Robinson, and 
Is scheduled to open at Towh Casi- 
no, Buffalo, the following week. 
The show, which features Stump & 


Moderate 



Stumpy, Has been signed for next 
season. 

Globe, which houses burlesque, 
winds up Monday night (1) after its 
usual, season on the uptown Board- 
walk- 

Amusement spots on the Million 
Dollar and Steeplechase, piers will 
remain open for . Pageant week, 
tapering off gradually-, as - the 
crowds drop. Same is true of thie 
smaller clubs, hotels, restaurants, 
etc, Many of the seasonal restau- 
rants will close immediately after 
the crowning. 

Marilyn Monroe for A.C.? 

Atlantic City, Aug. 26. 

There’s a possibility that filmster 
Marilyn Monroe may play the Steel 
Pier here over the Labor Day 
weekend. Miss Monroe is slated to 
come here in connection with the 
"Miss America” contest. Efforts are 
being made to induce her to ap- 
pear at the pier. 

Spot has already set Robert Q. 
Lewis to play the holiday weekend 
starting Aug. 30 for three days. 

Pier is slated to remain open 
until mid-October and will play 
weekend shows until then. 





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Hold 5 Performers in Bail 
On Marijuana Rap in N. J. 

Wildwood, N. J., Aug. 26. 

Five nitery entertainers were or- 
dered held in $5,000 bail each by 
Cape May County prosecutor Al- 
bert M. Ash following their ar- 
rest (20) in a resort /rooming house 
where they were found in posses- 
sion of $1,500 worth of piarijuana. 

, Police identified the men as 
Jack Mitchell, 35, of New York, a 
pianist at the. Hof Brau, and four 
members of a vocal group known 
as the Jumping Jacks, featured at 
the Rainbow Cafe. The vocalists 
are Jack Riggatano, 22, of Phila- 
delphia; Warren Jischke, 22, Al- 1 
lentown, Pa.; Robert Dorough, 29, 
New York, and Harry Nanny, 29, 
Beverly, N. J. 

They were arraigned before 
Judge David Horuvitz. and com- 
mitted to county prison for a hear- 
ing tomorrow (Wed.). 


D.C.’s USO Centre 

In Search of Talent 

• Washington, Aug, 26. 

A showcase in search of talent 
might well describe town's USO 
center in the reconverted Belasco 
Theatre, located on Lafayette 
Square within sight of the White 
House. Despite failure to attract 
show biz names to its halls, centre 
has lured almost $250,000 service- 
men and servicewomen through its 
doors in the eight months since it 
opened. 

Because of the* many pressures 
on theatre men here, USO execs 
have never been able to secure 
much cooperation from local show 
biz reps. They have found, how- 
ever, in cases of the handful of 
professional entertainers and film 
names who have wandered into the 
centre, that the boys and girls in 
uniform swarm in their wake. They 
are quietly making efforts, there- 
fore, to publicize existence of the 
center and to interest visiting 
Broadway and Hollywood stars in 
stopping by for a chat with their 
GI patrons. 


Br HAWf BehWw' 

Saranac Lake, K. Y., Aug. 26. 

C. Shirley Houff, technician with 
the Pitt-Roth circuit, ended att OLIL 
month battle of the observation 
routine by rating an Up for one 
daily meal in main mess hall. 

Ray Weese, Warner Bros, staffer, 
packed his teepee and left for 
Oklahoma ' City after a sixteen- 
month booking here. He did very 
well with the comeback* •- 

H. V* KiltenboiTv the radio com- 
mentator, and. his frau- here for 
summer vacation at his Crescent 
Bay camp. Ditto Luthier Rosen- 
thal, w.k, N. Y. violin maker, va- 
cashing at Saranac Lake’s Pioneer 
Village. 

Lee Klemick (Republic Pictures), 
former patient and NVA-WilL 
Rogers staffer, in for summer vaca- 
tion and annual checkup itfid rated 
a green light to go back to work. 

•Tippy Denis and Audrey Melvin, 
nitery entertainers, in from Mon- 
treal to chat with Forrest (Big 
Slim) Glenn, who ..is skedded for . 
major surgery; ; 

Charles W. Griffith, owner-man- 
ager of Glenville and Burnsville* 
W. Va., theatres, drew an all-clear 
in nine months and resumes work. 

Gertrude Broderick (Johnny’s 
sister) in for camp vacation and her 
annual .checkup and remains a pic- 
ture of good health. 

Jean Comerford, of the old 
nitery team of Comerford & Walsh, 
who ran the old Mt.‘ Baker Club 
here during prohib days, took time 
out to stop off and greet this*mugg 
and some of the gang. 

After a three-month observation 
period, Jack CRKO) Wasserman was 
shot into the general hospital for 
the thoracoplasty operation and is 
now resting in solid comfort. 

Peggy (Roxy) McCarthy took 
one year to beat that observation 
routine, her recent clinic being so 
good that she has been upped to 
the ambulatory department. Ditto 
Theresa Cooppersmith who joined 
the uppers after a three-month 
o.o. routine in a nifty comeback. 

Ray (1ATSE) Van Buxen, after a 
short interval at the general hos- 
pital, mastering a major operation, 
is back at the Variety Clubs and 
resting- in comfort. 

Jenny. Foster Holdbrook, former 
owner of the defunct nitery, the 
Alpine Tavern, in from Massena, 
N. Y., to ogle the lodge and mitt 
the gang. 

Edmund Lamy, former skating 
champ, celebrated his 35th anni 
here in the downtown colony. He 
was married in 1917 to Dottie 
Hutchinson, of the skating cast • of 

John C.‘ Hearns, RKO division 
manager, In from Yonkers, N. Y., 
accompanied by his wife and 
daughter for a bedside chat with 
Delphin (RKO) Streder, whose go- 
home is a certainty in the fall. 

Write to .. those who are ill. 


‘L'Affaire Mortimer’ Goes 
To AGVA’s National Board 

. The Lee Mortimer matter has now 
been passed back to the national 
board of the American Guild of 
Variety Artists. Mortimer is N. Y. 
Mirror amusement columnist and 
who with Mirror editor Jack Lait, 
author of the "Confidential” series 
of books, is charged by AGVA 
with having written articles “detri- 
mental to the best interests of the 
union.” Mortimer was slated to 
appear before the N. Y. branch 
board last week, but sent a letter 
declining to make the appearance. 
At an earlier meeting, he showed 
up with his attorney, Hyman I; 
Fischbach, and a stenog, but the 
" union board would have none of 
■ the extra accoutrements. 


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The matter was referred to union 
attorneys for a determination. 
Counsel then told the board that 
according to regulations the mat- 
ter, having been discussed at the 
constitutional convention, was a 
matter of national interest and not 
the province of the N.Y. board. It 
was claimed that since Mortimer's 
criticisms are in writing for every- 
one to see, there was no need of 
a hearing to document the charges 
since Mortimer has done that him- 
self. Therefore, the only thing 
necessary is to bring Mortimer up 
on charges of "conduct unbecom- 
ing a member.” 

Mortimer is a union member, 
having acted as emcee in several 
dates In the borscht belt. 
tp AGVA’s national board has not 
yet made a decision in the case. 


Flock of French Names 
For Ptnsk Yank Niteries 

Thex*e is slim chance that Jacques 
Peals (nee Pils) and his bride-to- 
be; Edith Piaf, will Open a night 

apart in the plush* Gotham bistros ! 
next month. Peal* debpts Sept. 9 
at La Vie En Rose, and while Nick 
Jk Arnold wanted. Miss Piaf to 
preem at their Versailles the next ; 
night, which would have been a ‘ 
week ahead of schedule, the di<- 
seuse wants to adhere to her sched- 
uled Sept. 17 date. Both arrive in 
New York around Sept. 5. She pre- 
fers getting the .feel of America 
again for a few days, indoctrinat- 
ing herself In the special English 
introductories with which she in- 
terprets her lyrics, in advance, to 
the Yank trade. 

Eddie Lewis, long with the late 
Clifford C. Fischer, who first 
brought Miss Piaf tor the States, 
as he did Les Cdhipagnons de la 
Chanson, now handles all three 
acts mentioned herein. The Corn-' 
pagnons open Oct. 1' at the Wal- 
dorf-Astoria’s Empire Room (with 
Alstone’s orchestra). 

La*dy Patachou — tfie "Lady” is 
a French first-name, not a title — 
is another American debut that 
Lewis has on the agehda. She is a. 
protegee of Maurice Chevalier, and 
came over with the latter two years 
ago when both played separate 
tours in Canada, but never came 
to the U. S. (This was at the time 
of the Gallic star’s visa trouble.) 

Still another Lewis import this 
year will be Mouloudji, known as 
"the Bogart of Paris,” and While 
he has appeared in French films— 
including the Cannes Film Festival 
prizewinner, "We Are . All Assas- 
sins” — he is essentially a singer, 
songwriter and recording artist, 
and will play the bistros in that 
category. He is being primed for 
this winter, when "Assassins” gets 
U. S. release. 

Another new face in the French 
invasion may be Roger Nicholas, 
comic and star of "Baratin,” long- 
running French operetta, which 
has run for four seasons In Paris, 
and which Bruno Coquatrix, 
its produdfer, is bringing to Canada 
as part of a four-operetta package 
for the French Canuck patronage. 
After that Nicholas may be free for 
solo U. S. nitery dates. 

Delfont Gives Up Lease 
On Saville After 6 Yrs. 

London, Aug. 19. 

Bernard Delfont, who leased the 
Saville Theatre from Saville' The- 
atre Properties six years ago on a 
14-year lease, has given up the 
house. It was taken over by The 
Duchess Properties, Ltd., subsid- 
iary of STP, with settlement ar- 1 
ranged amicably. 

Current show, ” Albert R.N.,” pro- 
duced by band maestro Henry Hall 
and Claude Langdon, closes there 
Aug. 30, with theatre undergoing 
renovations, which will keep it' 
shuttered for about six weeks. 

Several important West End 
managements are dickering to 
lease theatres, including Emile Lit- 
ter and Tom Arnold, and Jack 
Hylton, with the management not 
anxious for a long lease, preferring 
to rent on a show-to-show basis. 

Teddy Baumfeld, formerly with 
the Barron Polan office, has joined 
the Ken Later Agency cafe v dep*irt- 
ment, N. Y. s “ «. 


Sought From IB. Cafe 

KSRSiTsaSlsr 

cafe. Chicago attorn J & 
Kalcheim effected the settUm ”? 

It was claimed that Rosen Jj 
the cafe a. package 
Maxie Rosenbloora & Buddv R S a mg 

, Yest. In 1948 and authorized 
club to deduct his commissions it 
was alleged that the cafe oSnl 1 
; deducted the amount but failed S 
forward it to Rosen riaim a ■ 
filed in 1948 with Artists RepS 

Guild of Variety Artists. Recently 

fo°co n urf Uni ° n ’ S Permissi0n to “o 

Powell as Cafe Mgr. 

Jack Powell, the comedy driim- 
mer, is going into the management 
ei »5 the nitery biz next month 
when he will team up with Bob 
kernel m operation of the mi 
Club, Washington, D. C. 3 

PoweH will be the front man, 
and will headline the intime enter- 
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Paris ShowmenEyeing U.S. Market 
In Wake of N. Y. French Casino Try 


Although a dubious boxoffice en- 
try, the fact that the French Ca- 
sino has weathered the record heat 
•since opening in N.Y.' July 4, is 
attracting the attention of other 
•Gallic showmen. The 'French 
Casino show was Created in Paris 
and in this way' went for a much 
cheaper nut than if it had been 
built from scratch in N. Y. Chorus 
and act fillins required by Ameri- 
can Guild of Variety Artists were 
picked up in Gotham. 

Especially interested in trying 
the U. S. market are Mr. and Mrs. 
Jo France, owners of the Moulin 
Rouge, and ‘Paul Derval with his 
Folies-Bergere. The Moulin Rouge. 
H rebuilt and more garish facsimile 
of the famous tum-of-the century 
dance haunt, is in the reasonably 
priced category. It is a place of 
atmosphere, ballroom dancing and 
a show given in the leisurely pace 
of the '90s. Aside from selected 
variety acts, the highlight is the 
12-gal can-can number. Jo France 
feels this setup will pull those look- 
ing for offbeat entertainment with' 
a Parisian gimmick. 

Derval is considering U. S. offers 
to put’ on his* Folies-Bergere. He 
stressed on his recent visit in N. Y. 
that he would insist on French 
principal talent, costuming and 
trappings, conceding to AGVA on 
ehorus and supporting acts. 

Rykow Quits Casino 

Meantime, Ivan Rykow, choreog- 
rapher of the French Casino, is 
back in Paris after bowing out of 
that show, Rykow, dance master of 
the Folies-Bergere for four .years 
and ex-balleteer of the Ballet 
Russe, quit the Gotham stint due 
to friction. 

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numbers in Paris under the orders 
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rehearsed there before coming 
here. Rykow claims that all went 
well until after the boff N. Y. open- 
ing. Then, he said, Mrs. Martini 
began to take an active interest in 
the show and there was a clash of 
temperaments on rehearsals and 
general procedure. Rykow was also, 
said to be irked by lack of billing. 

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sh'ow or . he would quit. After a 
confab with Martini, he resigned. 

411.000 TOURISTS TO 
MEXICO LAST YEAR 

Mexico City, Aug. 19. 

Mexico profited by $271,600,000 
from 411,000 tourists last year, this 
being 6% greater than the 1951 
total of visitors, the Bank of Mexi- 
co has announced. Last year's 
tourists spent $32,700,000 more 
than in 1950. 

Top volume spenders last year 
were the “border tourists,” those 
who visit spots along the interna- 
tional border. They spent $13,- 

700.000 more than did those visitors 
in 1950. 

Although Mexicans spent $88,- 

400.000 abroad as tourists last year, 
foreigners visiting Mexico in 1951 
more than offset that exodus of 
dollars, the bank revealed. 

Strand, D.C. (Built 1868), 
Booked for Demolition 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

Another famed old theatre is in 
the process of demolition. It is 
Washington’s Strand, located at 
9th and D Sts., N.W. In . recent 
years, house had offered pix, but, 
earlier, at various phases of its 
career, played vaudo, burlesque, 
grand opera and legit. 

Original theatre was erected in 
1868. First known as Lincoln Hall, 
it later became Herzog’s Dime Mu- 
seum and then Herzog’s 9th Street 
Opera House. It was destroyed by 
fire in December, 1886. Rebuilt, 
it was called Herzog’s Theatre, 
then the Academy of Music and 
finally the Strand.. 


Hypnotist Morton Racks 
Swell $8,200 in Toronto 

Toronto, Aug. 26. 

Duplicating his engagement re- 
turns here first thr6e weeks in 
June, the Great Morton, Australian 
hypnotist, racked up another near- 
capacity at the Royal Alexandra 
for a neat $8,200, with 1,525-seater 
scaled at $2 top including tax. 

With only drapes and chairs for 
a setting, non-expensive one-man 
show, using a score of enthusiastic 
volunteers from the audience, is 
so terrific at b.o. as, to indicate 
Morton’s being held over for an- 
other three weeks here. 


Seattle Books Oriental 
Acts for Trade Fair 

Seattle* Aug. 26. 

Joe Daniels here is booking acts 
for an “East Meets West Revue” 
a feature of the.. International Far 
East Trade Fair "in the Civic Audi- 
torium, Sept. 6-14. 

Set arfe Cham-ber Huang, Chi- 
nese harmonicist, and Florence 
Ahn, Korean soprano. Others 
pacted include Toy & Wing and 
Val “Sonny” Laigo, Philippine 
baritone. The Mandarins, acro- 
batic act, are booked for Sept. 
9-14. Jackie Souders orch will 
play the show. 

Williams & Gordon, local firm, 
is handling publicity and promo- 
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RACETRACK AS A.C.’S 
NO. 1 COMPETITION? 

Atlantic City, Aug. 26. 

There’s no business like track 
business— -in Atlantic City, anyway. 

At the Atlantic City track Satur- 
day (23) 31,378 customers fought 
their way to the windows to wager 
$2,591,863 on eight races and es- 
tablish new records. The previous 
Saturday (16) 29,640 were on hand 
to bet «$2,341,617, also a new rec- 
ord. 

The end of the second week of 
the 48-day season found the total 
mutuel handle at $20,670,863 — 17% 
higher than the $17,627,083 bet in 
the first 12 days of the 1951 season 
when there were 12 more races be- 
cause of a ninth race every day. 

. Attendance for .the two weeks 
was 250,606, compared to 210,767 
in 1951. The average daily betting 
how is $1,722,572, compared with 
$1,468,924 last year, and attendance 
Is 20,884 against 17,564 a ye£r ago. 

Whether all this helps or, hurts 
business in the city is a topic for 
hot debate, with most believing 
that resort business as a whole is 
the loser. 



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Show Biz, Sports Congest 
Portland, Ore., Schedules 

Portland, Ore., Aug. 26. 

For the second time this year the 
guy with a buck is scratching his 
head as the city becomes over- 
loaded with a variety of entertain- 
ment activity in a two-week period. 

The Multnomah County . Fair 
ended its week last Saturday (23). 
Ray Anthony orch played* Jantzen 
Beach Ballroom last Friday and 
Saturday . nights (22-23). Gorge- 
ous George appeared at the Armory 
Friday night. Tex Beneke orch 
couldn’t get into town, so they ap- 
peared in Salem on Friday and 
Seaside on Saturday. The Shrine 
All-Star football game was, played 
Saturday night (23). 

The National Women’s Amateur 
Golf tournament opened for a week 
at the Waverly Country Club yes- 
terday (Mon). Next Saturday (30) 
two top pro football teams will play 
at. Multnomah Stadium. “Call Me 
Madam” is set for a week's run at 
the Auditorium starting Monday 
(1). Piper Laurie will do a per- 
sonal for the fall opening and at 
the J. J. Parker Broadway Theatre 
where her new pic, “Has Anybody 
Seen My Gal?,” opens on Sept. 8. 

Jban Benhet and Zachary Scott 
in “Bell, Book and Candle” are 
inked into the Mayfair for five 
days. The Portland Baseball Club 
is in town for two weeks starting 
today (Tues.). Every Thursday 
night the midget autos run at Jant- 
zen Beach Oval, while the big cars 
race at the Portland track every 
Sunday 

Johnny O’Brien has been held 
for a second week at Amato’s Sup- 
per Club and the . Day Dreamers 
ditto at Clover Club. All first-run 
theatres are showing strong prod- 
uct. The Oregon State Fair at Sa- 
lem opens for a weekj* starting La- 
bor Day (1). 

Most of the events listed are 
scaled from $2 to $4.80. 


„ Ottawa, Aug. 26. 

When Lansdowne Park’s gates 
slammed shut Saturday night (23) 
to close the 1952 Central Canada 
Exhibition's week-long run, tallies 
revealed the surprising fact' that 

50,000 persons less than in 1951 had 
attended this year. Unofficially, 
loss of almost a full day's business 
because of torrential rains, and the 
absence of sales-promoting gim- 
micks and giveaways in admissions 
are blamed for the drop, 

Midway, eatery row and«*the ex- 
hibit buildings were jammed 
shoulder to shoulder all week, ex- 
cept on Wednesday (20) when rain 
spilled from morning till dark, al- 
though nearly 50,000 came through 
the turnstiles. 

Total attendance for the week 
was 374,759, according to CCE of- 
ficials. 

CCE featured, as usual, Frank 
Bergen’s World of Mirth midway 
and George A. Hamid's “Grand- 
stand Follies.” The Hamid show 
was a vast improvement off past 
units. The World of Mirth, setup 
was enhanced by presence of 
Barnes Bros, Circus In its *Vttrac- 
tion line. Giving customers okay 
big top acts on a routine midway 
schedule with prices scaled to 60c, 
Barnes Bros, created a precedent 
in midway circles this season. 

World of Mirth presented 22 
shows and 38 rides, at the Lans-i 
downe Park location, 18 of the rides 
being for the juves. The moppet 
portion got its best location on the 
grounds to date, moving in from 
previous outfield position to set up 
beside the big rides. 

The Central Band of the Royal 
Canadian Air Force held the. band- 
stand for two daily cuffo concerts 
with an average 10,000 attendance. 


The handstand was also used for 
early evening film shows by the 
National Film Board, and a west- 
ern hillbilly layout staged by local 
air indie, CFRA, 

The Coliseum had its customary 
horse show which held Its own 
with previous years’ business. 
Cammie Howard's orch, a top local 
dance band, played for * the CCE 
dancery, replacing n am e crews 
from the U. S, (Blue Barron, Tex * 
Benelte, etc.) of the past. 

Canadian Broadcasting Corp., 
occupying display space in the 
Manufacturers' Bldg., aired .sev- 
eral of its shows from this posi- 
tion, including “The Craigs,” daily 
farm drama; “The Western Five,” 
cowboy musical, and various home 
cooking and consume^ shows jft 
the gab type. Surprisingly, with 
television due to preem in Canada 
next month, CBC made no visible 
mention of video in its CCE ex- 
hibit. 


Arthur Blake’s British 
Dates Before U.S. Return 

Loqdfrn, Aug. 19. 
Back at the Palladium here af- 
ter a tour' in. Sweden, comedian 
Arthur Blake is set for a number 
of British vaude* dates before re- 
turning to his native America the 
end of September, 

Current date at the Palladium 
which is headlined by Frankie 
Lalne, is Blake’s second at the the- 
atre in two months. He doubles 
next week into the Chiswick Em- 
pire, and follows hi* London dates 
with bookings in ]Leeds, and prob- 
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tubes; is still a must, but there is 
no doubt they are on. the right 
trade and can manage the hurdle 
with further experimentation. 
Those who have been accustomed 
to the Sisters as chiefly platter and 
ether chupers will have an adjust* 
ment to make; but, as happened .at 
this opener, it won’t take long 
until they succumb * and find it 
easy-to-take entertainment and a 
yard wide. 

Breezing on in white off-the 
shoulder lace and sequin gowns 
which give them a neat unity, they 
quickly bounce into a fast “Penn- 
sylvania Polka” as a 'warmer and 
move on to “Rum and Coca-Cola.” 
It is with tHeir “Carmen Boogie,” 
however, that they really began to 
move, in, and a solid “Peony Bush” 
which highlights their comedy tim- 
ing puts them in the clear 

“Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen ex- 
humed out of the mothballs and 
showing its age, is less ihan ft bell 
ringer, but this is only ft momen 
tary slow-up that gives way to two 
sock solos by Patty, “I Can Dream 
Alone, Can’t I?” and “I’ll Walk 
Alone” to score a terrif hand 
As a further mixer from their 
triple parlay, a comedy stint by 
Maxine, and LaVerne — “Why Do 
They Always Give the Solos to 
from that double-voice .attempt in Patty?” — provides further dimen- 
“Walk Alone” and “Kiss of Fire.” sion to their act, and their milker, 
She resurrects two of Berlin’s “Apple Blossom Time,” is a happy 
oldies from “Miss Liberty,!’ “Only closer for rafter appreciation, “Girl 
for Americans” and “I Don’t Want of The Golden West?’ with the 
Him, You Cali Have Him,” latter girls portraying the fraus of floppy, 
a relatively lesser. known ballad. Rogers and Autry, aided by prop 
She utilizes a 'special vaude intro horse costuming, is one of the best 
for the singer-and-her-pianoplayer comedy compotes offered* by a sing- 
routine, * leading into the Mizzy ing team in some moons, 
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maestros from the .piano* Topper- off sitting on its hands In one of 
offer is a Billy “Daniels bakeoff, those show-me postures was eating 
which suggests she might give out of theirs before 50-minute 


Versatile** N» V« 

Mary Small , untfr Vtc Mizzyi 
Emile Petti and Panchito orchs ; 
$5 minimum. 

Mary Small is of the Eileen 
Barton, Mitzi Green, Judy Gar- 
land and kindred school of vocal 
prodigies who have matured into 
pros and, having had that long- 
time basic training which makes 
them no upstarts in the business, 
they are well schooled in the tradi- 
tion. Years of growing pginsi have 
' instilled a savvy which is particu- 
larly unique to that segment of 
•vaudeville-trained vet's, and which 
stands them in such good stead 
because 'it imparts ah authority 
and unique quality that is unde- 
niable. 

It obtains with Miss Small who, 
however, lacks some one big thing, 
unique in repertoire, to give her 
the distinction that adolescent 

f irecociousness no longer supplies, 
n addition, she punches a little 
too hard,. She. has an expert author 
right in her backyard, meaning 
her songwriting husband, who , ac- 
comps on the Steinway, and whose 
dicko medley Supplies her with 
one of her sounder routines. 

The punching-too-hard comes 


In Horizon Boom, located at the 
new $35, 000, poo Greater Pittsburgh 

the ne w S orJF with characteristic 
lervor. following with, a neat 


fuller sway to her penchant- ,as a 
comedienne; that’ll pay off bigger 
than as, a song delineator. 

The Versailles is vampin’ till 
ready until Edith ?i*f marks; her 
sixth seasonal return next month. 
Emile Fetti's straight dansapation 
continues arid clicks, as -does Pan- 
chito’s rhumbas. * ‘ Abel. 

500 Cliifc, A- C. 

Atlantic City;. AUg. 21. 

Sophie Tucker with Ted, Shapiro; 
Larry Foster, Clark Bros., Hender- 
son Girls (5), Joe Frasetto, Pete 
Miller Orch; $3 minimum. 


stanza was rUh. There’s no sub- 
stitute for class and ‘the 45 years 
of the gals' combined know-how 
pays off big on their own terms. 

Piano accomp by Willy Weschler 
is a feature in itself. Ted. 


Bar of Masfe, L. A. 

Los Angeles, Aug. 21. 
Tito Guizar, Helen Boice, Felix 
DeCola Sc Behno Rubinyi, Eddie 
Bradford Orch (5); $1.50, $2 mini- 
mum. 


Latune addicts aren’t usually fig- 
ured as making up any sizable per- 
centage of the regulars at this off- 
Hollywood bistro, but there should 
be plenty of converts within the 
next few Veeks. Booking of Tito 
Guizar is an offbeat one that 
should pay off heavily. 

Guizar’s troubadour stint leans 
heavily • on the ' familiars, and 
though he has new material to 
spice the turn, such evergreens as 
“Rancho Grande” still earn' his 


HorlfcOM ROOM* Pitt with eye-stqppm# wardrobe, even 

nerizen Re xr more lavish than her former out- 

, r Pittsburgh^Au^ Zl.^ j ays w hich was 'plenty expensive. 
• Ted Berms, pSwjtV?’ Style of thrushing is in the easy 

%u n<yf Ju Jfonv maimer, yet with' a fine pens* of 

Chop, Chop, Colleens (4r),^ Elroy +hft beat. She’s from the -swine 


AuguBt 27 . 

Riverside, Reno 

frank Sennes' R m’ se t^3 . 


Peace, Ted Lewis .Orch (12);.$1 
$1.50 cover , 


the beat. She’s from the swing 
'School and perforce must imbue 
most melodies with insistent drive 
that catches on and sets tablers’ 
feet to tapping. 

Heads into “Sittin* on Top of 


a nitery as beautiful as they come* 
It’s easily the class of Pittsburgh, 
and will stand up against' anything 
New York, Chicago or Hollywood 
has to offer. 

Seats around 450, -ydth a small 
glass fence around the t raised 
dance floor-, and tremendous .pic- 
ture windows on the far side 6v$r- 
looking the- field’s giant landing 
strips. Huge drapes from celling 
to floor cover the columns stand- 
ing between the windows, and 
color scheme’s soft and warm. En- 
trance itself to Horizon Room is 
luxurious and roomy, a long, thick- 
ly-carpeted corridor leading past 
attractive Serpentine Bar which 
adjoins, it.* First look at the spot, 
is onC of disbelief since Pittsbui'gh 
has long been., notoriously ’ back- 


“Walkin’ My Baby Back Home.” 
Ballads 'frith great feeling, “I 
Know What it Means to , be Lone- 
some,” earbdning her Decca disk, 
and forays into new tempo for her 
“BegUine,” also a platter pop. 

Wardrobe change is cue for 
spinet to be rolled onstage and a 
Boswellian romp : on the' 88s ac- 
comping her. piping of “Forgive 
Me”*“ and “Somebody Stole My 
Gal.” Back once more in centre 
position, she chants the .fave, 
“Marthe,” to cheers. Sets up en- 
trance for Wesson as Crosby, duet- 
ing “Basin. St. Blues,” tickling all, 
palates. Waltz sequence with Wes- 
son piloting the .thrush around in 
her special chair brings cheers; 
and finale, whips up . a Jitterbug 
entire cast and line 


ward hf the matter, of . ekeiting 
cafes joining in. 

There are still some kinks, but JWSEl' $£** Sfl"h£. 
they should be straightened out in kneeing Although pace Was 

time./ The show lighting leaves Sht^Tmusic 

something to be desired and the slow at show caugnt ana music 

tables near the .big windows Will ~ui PI itoubtle§s P Snove' in 

haye to be terraced or else people ?«ate^ Show™ ! on 

Sitting' at them Won’t be able to K® .3TKJ& to 

harrows * coUcile hang several characters— barfly, 
o£ feveh ^w rfngsid" obviously «,p K U g nitery bpnilace, simpering 

Which already has become the for excellent returns, . ■ -i* 

showplace of this section of the RomanosBros. whip -and toss 
country. themselves into a fury for a sock 

bu»&’^rf^S aSXts &mb^%edy h Mo 

and hotels being operated under clow to^bi^g^ret^ 6 f 

’u^d eS to°^rnn up-mlctophone. setup and inability 

used to ran tuft big I, 10 , 0 -S 68 t i./ nr /*{Anf vniWeV into fai 4 corners 

Vogue Terrace, and he has a place Jg tim. Their 


that’s bound to become a must. brines eaSns 

~dous Sdrport parictag lot ToUow>d 

will likewise be a boon to the nit- buildup Into spot ■ butter- 


Evep on a dull Sunday and' Mon* 
day Sophie Tucker packs them into 
Paul D’Amico’s smart bistro. The 
story is the same all Week as locals 
and visitors alike scramble aboard 
for three shows to' see* if Miss 
Tucker has cooled. 

They find she hasn’t. She starts 
with a bang and ends ditto, slam 

mihg home old and new tunes , - 

while partner Ted Shapiro is at biggest returns. -Among the newer 
•the 88 and everv so often gets into toms is a Latin-styled “Wheel of 
the act. The crowd eats it Up and Fortune” that he. pounds over 
' yells for more - strongly, letting the ditty take its 

- Fresh from .several months, in Place with his now w.k. “Chatta- 
Europe, Miss- Tucker cbmes . on uooga Shoe Shine Boy. A new 
beautifully’ goWned, dazzling with Inline, “Hsted,” ^and “Loveliest 
a sable stole on which are pinned Night of the Year are his closest 
no less' than IQ orchids of various approaches to the romantic, but 
hues. Into “How Can- 1, Ever Grow entire stint is handled in a 
Old’* goes she,’ and in rapid fash* dreamy-eyed fashion that cues 
ion and to continued plaudits she -strong distaff interest. And that 
follows with “Sophie Tucker ***** IfoW-ou-white vaquero cos- 
School for Red Hot ' Mamis,” tume adds to the im pact. 

“When Sophie Tucker Looks ' at 
Life,” then “Come On-A My 
House” and “Four Leaf Clover.” 

Getting away from the' music 
monolog style, she goes into “After 
You’ve Gone,” “Nobody Loves a 
Fat Girl,” “I Want to Say Hello 
and.’ of course, “Some of These 
Days.” She wraps up with a 
smash “Sophie Tucker for Presi- 
dent,” tossing out buttons bearing 
her- face and- “Vote for Tucker, 
grabbed for by everyone. Has 


will likewise be a boon to the nit* 
ery since it’s cheap auto storage 
(25c for four hours) and only a 
hop, skip and jump to the en 
trance and then on the escalators 
to the Horizon. 


er room to . work in, discounting. 


Back at the Bar after an absence 
of several months is Helen Boice, 
whose hilarities have earned her a 
hefty local following. Humor is 
close to the ribald side and is built 
of interruptions of interruptions. 
It’s slickly sold, however, to evoke 
pretty steady laughter, especially 
when she reprises some of the ma- 
terial heard last time around*. Two-* 
piano team of Felix DeCola and 
Benno Rubinyi continues' to pound 
out everything from Gypsy airs to 


the lighting deficiencies. 

There’s very little to be said of 
Lewis at this late date '.except to 
reiterate that there ‘aren’t very 
many showmen like him or shows 
like his in cafes these days. He’s 
more Jhe master showman than 
ever before, 
hour and a half and there isn't a 
soft spot in it. Naturally,* the - 
Me and My Shadow,” with Elroy 
Peace as. his alter-ego, and “When 
My- Baby Smiles At Me” are still 
the pieces de resistance; but then 
everything Lewis' does, the “Face 
and the Body” comedy bit and the 


them with her all the way from, boogie and the Eddie Bradford 


the opening bell to a smash beg- 

off. 

Larry Foster with his vocal car- 
bons .of song toppers scores heav- 
ily in the spot preceding Miss 
Tucker. Clark Bros, are hard- 
working tapsters in initial spot. 
Henderson Girls are on for two 
nice hits, with Joe Frasetto em- 
ceeing. Walk. 


orch handles dance chores, be- 
tween the staggered floorshow 
offerings. Kap. 

Nautilus, Miami Heach 

Miami Beach, Aug. 24. 
Nancy Donovan, The Bradys 
(2), Freddy Calo Orch;. $2 mini- 
mum. 


Mark Hopkins* S* F. 

(PEACOCK COURT) 

San Francisco, Aug. 20. 
Andrews Sisters, Benny Strong 
Orch (13); $2 cover. 


I 


This booking is solid evidence 
that the Andrews Sisters can adapt 
themselves to almost any show biz 
phase and come off with flying 
colors. It also indicates that the 
be able to meet further 
challenges, including video, their 
declared next goal. 


Nancy Donovan makes for a 
smart booking for this hotel’s 
Driftwood Room, which is sole 
competish locally for the Sans 
Souci Blue Sails Room along hotel 
row. 

The Irish thrush is a handsome 
lass, well groomed and smartly ar- 
ranged in her vocal ideas. Her so- 
pranoings embrace the best of the 
better pops with enough special 
lyrics to keep the blend aud-win- 
ning. Handles self in assured man- 
ner and wfth the class touch that 

is 


n ... * * j i m arks a winner. Delivery is au- 

V ulr _ en , s ^and shows them mov- \ thentic all the way with out- 

standers her “Yiddishe Mama” 
and “Same Old Shillelagh.” Works 
in calypso stuff with other inter* 
i national items and has to beg off. 

The Bradys are standards here 
with smoothly delineated Latino 
terps and a sprightly Charleston 
takeoff, Freddie Calo and his orch 
back . in apt style and keep the 
floor filled for the dansapation. 
>*->v • >1 d i-JUry. 


ing over to eye-value appeal from 
chiefly ear-value and easing into 
tne odds-and-ends of visual pres- 
entation, oyer and above their song 
salesmanship, with considerable 
impact. In this seance the empha- 
sis is on movement, chatter and 
even hoke to ballast their song- 
festing. The development of a 
gimmick . to provide continuity, 
which will register via tho j TY 


into 

flies and three-way cart-off' for 
extra’ pklms. 

Flamingo Starlets, with choreog- 
raphy. by -Lindsay and Saphire, 
nrt nrea ri-aVnM.. o *i propfel modern© . exercises While 
^ I encased in stunning . cpstumes 

Femmes are slick and just right 
for Flamingo gambling clientele. 
Herb. Flertiington, production 
warbler, is somewhat weak in- his 
emcee , chores,, but sings .an , okay- 


ural in Ted Lewis for his opening 
attraction. Lewis has long been 
heavy sugar for Chakeres at the 
Vogue Terrace and should be ditto 
here, even, if* the Horizon doesn't 


Ike Carpenter orchestra will give 
necessary support when every- 
thing smooths -out for the run. 

Will. 


Birdlaml, N. IT. 

Sarah Vaughan, Slim Gaillard 

*vi imurruiaii vuau I _ ' T • • 

His. unit runs an -and Bill Hams, bands; t $2.50 mini- 
mum, 88c general admission. 


This Broadway jazz spot • has. 
come up 'With its strongest lineup 
in some time via this tandem book- 
ing of Sarah Vaughan and the 
Slim Gaillard crew. Potency of 


„ . . - the draw for the hepcat trade 'to 

medley with cute, frisky Geraldine which spot caters is . indicated by 
DuBois, ana the hocus-pocus he s the consistent . standup ■ business 
injected mto the clever magic act here sinfce this show opened last 
of Chop Chop and Charlene, rings — 
the bell. They couldn’t get enough 
of him here. 


Lewis also has Manor & Mignon, 
a terrific ballroom team with flaw- 
less grace; Meribeth Old, spectacu- 
lar aero dancer, and the Four Col- 


Thursday (21). 

Miss Vaughan has been here be- 
fore and knows how to give the 
crowd the necessary kicks. Al- 
though she’s moderating the tricky 
vocals mannerisms on her Colum- 
bia disks, she’s still purveying 


1 • x 7 Mia via ojvo. pug o ouu puivcjuifi 

crac ^ harmony group who them in her personal appearances' 
furnish some good vocal back- -with considerable impact. She’s 


grounds besides an effective spot 
of their own. A production num- 
ber with the entire company, exud- 
ing a lot of Gay Paree atmosphere, 
scares up plenty of movement and 


one of the standout stylists in the 
trade and her sliding notes remind 
of Yma Sumac talent except that 
here it’s strictly in the jazz medium. 

gets the - show off to a flying start „ For K he . r ^rrent stand Miss 

It’s in from that point, and what Va P g i? an ! s i? lxillg up the *L allads 
Lewis and his associates come up and . ^ rhythm numbers, offering 
with later can be counted under such tunes as I Cover the Water- 
the heading of an extra divvy. £ Nice Work If You Can 

8 e i£ i ob i° f to Go ” “Perfidio” and “Tenderly.” 

dishpq P nnr?nmi h nvSr°15iorf nd f- ls ° In either genre, she holds this 
dlslies out some okfiy d&ns&p&tion crowd which is usually noisv in 

»». p“- ssr-= is - usuaUy noisy - 


ances. They’re going to come to 
see Lewis and will stay to rave 
about the Horizon Room. Cohen. 


That’s the surest 
tribute to her delivery. 

Slim Gaillard is another fave 
along the jazz nitery belt. Gaillard 
has a good rhythm quintet, with 
himself on electric guitar, but it’s 
Gaillard’s antics which sell this 
crew. He’s a free-wheeling comic 

• 1_ i < 1 » • « . . . , , MAM 


Flamingo, l.aw Y^gas 

Las Vegas, Aug. 21. 

Connee Boswell, Dick Wesson, 

RornanosBros. (3), Herb Flem- with glib double-talk ability which 
ington, Flamingo Starlets (8), Ike he mixes up with the jive gab. His 
Carpenter Orch (10); no coner or vocals have the same comedy 
minimum. touch and he ranks among the bet- 

ter clowns of jazz, along with 
Same pairing of Connee Boswell Dizzy Gillespie in the latter’s light 
and Dick Wesson as in a former er moods. 

S?Sble°trSfic q for two^framn?^ a? Bili xiarns crew nils m witn 

though each ^orkSi f seSratMv th ,^ fr £ netic type ^ associated 

they combine at close of Bosweli Se^d t iom P^ ^arr^ i rt1fl^ 0 ^L1?h e 3 t ' in 
stint -for » s-n^pini tiiun inut/o-i , ® lQiom. Harris plays With drive 

snurs Interest and anolluw* h h £ ut thl ? band frequently sounds on 
spurs interest and applause. the noisy side. He hits, however, 

The Louisiana thrush tdtUVns frith Birdland customers. Hefni. ^ 


fe& C Tt to Tl&\ 

Itn A Enchanted Strings d) vj 
Marshall, Bobby May, The 
Linda Bishop/ LeniLvnnS 1 *' 
Hamilton; no cover or mini,, 

Condensed version of tum™ 
Todd's “Peep Show” gives v w 
Sennes a burlesque layout in as? 
date package. Sensitive to 
tomer reaction and the limitations 
of a theatre-restaurant as com. 
pared to a theatre, Sennes hM 
erased extraneous material, tossed 
f- U * S0 T suggestive bits S 
tightened up the whole into an Z 
terestmg hour’s production. 

Careful to retain the original 
idea of slightly dressed girls the 
most denuded display still stays in 
bounds and is well received bv a 
usually reserved patronage. Burley 
bits are no. worse and no better 
than Olsen and Johnson’s. 

Reno, considered a “hot” spot to 
outsiders, is probably the toughest 
viewer of this type of show in the 
country* If it goes here with even 
moderate success, it would be safe 
to predict good reception every- 
where, And,as it looks now, “Peep 
Show - ” is going to do far better 
than moderate biz here. 

Opening number with 14 tall 
beauts led by Linda Bishop Is 
“Take a Peep ” an invitation with 
big keys carried by each. Bobby 
May ' is first up among the acts. 
He’s a frantic juggler who draws 
hefty mitts with unusual tricks. 
First skit has Red Marshall as psy- 
chiatrist who tries to get Linda 
Bishop .on the wk. couch for an 
analysis^^-of some kind. This gives ' 
ample- opportunity for Marshall’s 
clowning. His receptionist, Lenl 
Lynn, is left in the office alone to 
sing “The Man I Love.” 

A -“Cat Women” production 
number* with girls in claws and 
little else, is sexiest routine. Four 
boys In tight black liven it up. 
There’s a lot of clawing and aban- 
don- done-, to Stan Kenton’s “Ar- 
tistry.” * Miss r Bishop sings the 
meaning, and Louise winds up the 
affair with ; a delicious shimmy 
while being tossed around. 

A courtroom skit gets yocks with 
Red Marshall as the judge trying 
to determine the father of an il- 
legitimate child. It's the judge’s. 
Most tasteful ' number '• is Ving 
Merlin , with his fotrr girl violinists. 
In- graceful 1 motion and perfect 
blending, the five play ahd dance 
through “Blue Tango,” “Hot 
•Canary”- and “Flight of the Bumble 
Bee ” . Charming bit is conversa- 
tion by Merlin with the four girls, 
all in- unmistakeably clear violin 
language.* While Ving and girls 
play* Tito and Louise -trace a de- 
lightful, terp with the girl thinly 
veiled. ’ • 

The Albins, in a comic ballet, 
click in some ridiculous poses and 
motions, with boff returns for a 
sudden and sensational finish. 

A dentist’s office sketch is Mar- 
shall’s funniest and longest. It 
precedes closing production. “Do 
You. Remember?” melody launchei 
a “Roaring. '20s” closer with flap- 
ersiand mates in a Charleston. As 
the tempo increases, Tito & Louise 
charge in to the number. Girls, 
suddenly cast off confining clothes 
and get down to business with a 
furious shimmy. In the midst oi 
the confusion with everybody 
aboard, gorgeous gal is floated on 
stage in bathtub brimming witn 
suds. . Macu. 

Mocamlio, Hollywood 
(FOLLOWUP) 
Hollywood, Aug. 19. 

Sole shift in the Mocambo lay- 
out for the current fortnight is in 
the vocal department, with non 1 ®* 
town boy Byron Palmer making 
good in his Coast nitery bow. 
a stint that should set the pace 
for more nitery bookings and eas 
the path into films for tins P® ' 
sonable singer who 
Broadway in “Where’s i Charley 

■ In this era of stylists, a standup 
singer is a refreshing c ^ ar l^ 
Palmer has the necessary stanaa . 
equipment to become a distau 
fave. Goodlooking, with an easy 
manner, he parlays a ns 

voice into palm-pounding re T t] ’ 
In the intimate atmosphere of tne 

Mocambo, he could easl J?!.fi SI L 0 re 
with the mike and a l^tle more 

patter would help. But . th ®Ef-s n <r. 
be no complaints about his s ngi^ 
It’s easy, listenable and well P „ ^ 
ranging from the romantic bamo 
to the robust semi-concert P‘ ecL ; r 
Billy and his 10 


on 

9»» 


Daniel and •--- forl- 
femhies hold over for anothe 


AXMiuaica v.-* „. nr n Willi 

night ahd continue to sco k0 
a whirlwind dance ^neterps 
production numbers aad and 
are intermingled for top e c 

. -r i till U luwv 


(uc _ . r-ii* mOacl 

Daniel has added a fafl humor, 
ing bit that adds to the 
Music continues m tn t j ie 
, hands of Eddie Oliver vvitn f 
[Felix. %t^i^e .ci;e« 


August 27, 1952 


NIGHT CLUB REVIEWS 


5$ 


aa Htffefr 


Hotel, N» O* 

(BLUE RO<>M) 

New Orleans, Aug. 23. 
NadiHe k Ray Schramm, Sid 


notes with his proboscis. Duo in- 
cludes w.k. “Sweet Violets” for 
solid getoff and tumult from 
tablers. 


El Iltitckv, La« Vegan 

Las- Vegas, Aug, 20. 
Ben Blue, Borrah fdinevitch’s 
Harmonica Rascals (5) with Jghn' 


van, Bill Skipper, Joy Walker , 
Fluff Charlton, El Rancho Girls 
( 8 ), Ted Fio Rito Orch (10); no 


gf WS^ThS tor * »«SSS bSfofmm w f*g 

P»>' orch (14)^ minimum. gH&- 5 WSS*£ 

New offering in this $wanJc noc- coner or minimum. 

turnal rendervous adds up to top- f pa b WM™ tt ?,^ aK i c ’ 

flight entertainment on ice. Bill qLiS Biz will be steady for the next 

combines speed, skill, precision, ?S°{?^ nn v llSl two frames as Ben Blue holds a 

comedy and other ingredients and cheerteaders 1 sef up “BaSet^ in SP me 1 y parlay with the Harmonica 

i.«u n iril-p.rAst. hitfh. Ac- . . up xiauei, in Tftasrals 


New Acts 


riSk iwoUUrtf make whi <* <*ay »“d 3MTo«c« & Lessy 

““P" 1 ™,t*r of sSSlnttf dllSlav ter P in t° * hilarious curtain with 

l ! P , ha^d iil thl wav Nijinsky, Minsky, and BojlnsU." 

done with a fine hand all the way. CarIton H ayes orch , ounda e3c . 

Nadine A-Ray^ Schramm are a cellent in all backdrops, with . 1 

top duo on the blades. They have Greene’s piano a great asset to 

a wide catalog of tricks and sharp headlined turns. Wilt. 

routine* that Show off excellent 

skating skills. Team’s* aero antics Suns SoweJL Miami U 9 ek 

hit top audience response. Miami Beach, Aug. 24. 


Rascals. 

Blue holds pretty well to ma- 
terial dished up before in this same 
spot, foregoing other bits because 
of panto by Johnny Puleo in. Har- 
monica Rascals’ preceding turn. 
Holds interest with several quips 
to start his montage, is interrupted 
by Sid Slate during some terps. 
Segues Into “Chandu,” time-hbn- 


Sid Kroft’s puppet turn is one stone k'Shine~'c?i™cZiumbo ?; ed B1 «« ^tch, which brings out 
of the outstanding features of WU. AunHernafmnc^U WSH * 


Youngster* is a master at manip- 0rch; $ 2 minimum. 
ulating the strings of his dolls. He 


Dance” has Marilyn Sullivan for 
femme interest, Slate as the waiter, 
but lacks a strong punchline. Blue 

more skidding 


gives them a lifelike quality seldom This top hotel pop spot among hcads off into 
seen. Best of little characters is cafe crawlers in the area, local JJound the floor 

mav»(a.« a/ l^nmne vn/I *tfrl I 5 or ^ e up . i w i^ 1 a I Slate’s applause-tickling “Charles- 


does series of bumps and ^grinds 
some 


around the floor and is usurped by 

. “5 s “<* erintis solidly satisfying topline act Stone Mw^Btae ' *terof Sector 

that make some of the French & Shine for next two frame* Al~ . \ „ L erp , maKe * or 

Quarter gal* look like novices.. He though, their comedies are all too wSufd Infmde U*“Chand!?”coiM 
captures show'* top honor*. familiar in . too many Instances, Em* th? wlndiin Chl,ndu could 

Topper Martyn’s juggling' rou-* anomaly Is their garnering of a ~ M , . , 

tines have been adapted for use on steady series of yocks for optimum Vr* Ease®** ihsert- new 

the deep freeie. He performs a results. . P le «« of business with the little 

good assortment of tricks with Combo of Stone & Shine Is re- Thi n^ lg sWtterj b %biut laU rets 
balls, hats; umbrellas and - sundry mindful of a Martin and Lewis; n - e - SKitt - rs - g - 
items skillfully and gives the. show but they .toss in enough twists and 
a novelty note. 

Alls Foster is an’ applause-pro 
ducing skater* A* striking dish in 
a hula skirt, the auburn-haired 
looker keeps the tableholders in- 
terested with- iwo Hawaiian rou- 
tines. 


ELLIOTT REID 
Comedy 
9 Mins. 

Roxy. N. Y. ... 

Elliott Reid, who hit paydirt last 
season with his monolog satire of 
the televised Kefauvcr investiga- 
tions in the Broadway revue, “Two 
On the Aisle,” has come up with a 
similar stint for his vaude bow. 
His sharp wit this time is aimed abj 
the tele coverage of the rficcnt Chi 
political conventions. 

In a series of voice impressions 
that are, at times, uncanny, Reid 
carbons, the windbag politicos, tele 
announcers and such commentators 
as Elmer Davis, Gabriel Heatter 
and H. V. Kaltenbom. His patter 
is clever, and although his delivery 
befits an intimate nitery or a 
small legiter, he • projects In this 
big house for sock results. 

Material is at all times fresh and 
the vast aud which viewed the con- 

augurs wide ac- 


ALLAN A ASHTON 
Dancing 
22 Mins. 

Giro's, Hollywood N 

Brace of fresh, talented young- 
sters, Bebe Allan and Barry Ashton 
dance rings around the Ciro boards, 
and while booked in for only a 
week as supporting attraction to 
Rose Marie, holding over, should 
find the showcasing richly ■ benefit 
cial. They would fit into any room 
iyith their satirical takeoffs on the 
serious standards of the choreo set. 

Miss Allan is a shapely redhead 
with plenty of sex allure, and her 
interpretive movements .of a slith- 
ery, sultry adagloist are. skillfully 
executed, Ashton is light-footed 
and fast, and tosses his partner 
around with all the acrobatic 
flourishes. 

Their burlesque of the stars of 
“Street Car Named Desire” i* high 
humor. Both are excellent dancers 
but their forte is the comedy touch* 


vention , coverage .. i, * 

ceptance of his barbed satire. Stage They remind of so many other pf>t 
manner and appearance are added the terp elite and conjure UP **• 
■ f Gfros, vorable comparisons, 


assets. 


Helm. 


rapped, slapped and bopped 
aplenty, and his panto 1 work, still re- 


originals to leaven the carbonlngs. 

S’ *KL !*£! Peasant" Orar- 


amiable ^personality who acts as + nr<! » 

h ! s . ow ” O' My Hear?' with 


a well-versed sesh of heel .and toe 


and “Peg 
■the funny 
touches of mayhem inserted. Show- 


Skaters, seldom strong singers, hoofing greats, for rapid build. diTe^^Swane 1 ^” ^nd^a^Sment 
leave the warbling chores to Bob With Bert Stone there is a well SSJnr ntt PP e t 

Houston, the show’s emcee, who handled routining of originals and 

scores heavily with such tunes as familiars. Some of the stuff is on , Skipper is the sailor with 
“Walking My Baby. Back Home,” the too-often-heard side, but twists evcry po 3 E J Rancb ® 

“Kiss of Fire and “Here In My on lines j.help to take off the fam- r r ^ S w P 1 7 ner * u skids about with 
Heart.” Houston, an M-G-M disk- iliar edge. Joy Walker before introing each 

er, socks across his songalot and stone ., aalects arc howlera , . ^th^PMr rhS * 5 ? S 
shows a .strong potential for solo best being his BriUsh type. On L s* Lu? 

any medium. • some of th* 'waggery his mugging tween Rawal. arwP 

Nadine Schramm also hits home reminds of Bed Skelton, which »*««« *«d Blue to a good 

ta . !vf.- sol ° »t |n V *‘vtng * thrilling m , gh t be the answer to too much . u „ „ 

exhibition of ^endovers, twirls, 0 f t he act that “I’ve seen it be- Ted FR> R lto Orch capable all 

spins and rhythm skating Gal has fi r e“ r e^tion. Withal, the laugh* the way. Will, 

plenty of eye appeal. Ray Schramm k eep coming. Topper is takeoff on 

also retunis for a slick piece of D ura nte, Ted Lewis and Martin A 

solo artistry to Star Dust. ■ • Lewis. They don’t need the M&L 
The comedy deparUnent is in the bit with some specially 'tailored 
experienced hands of Neil Rose & xnaterial the ,duo could easily be 


GattnegH Club, Ottawa 

Ottawa, Aug. 23. 

B/r 1 T* g ^ , . — ^ — „ Calgary Bros. (2) Jesse, James 

Meryl Baxter biUed as the Rook- rea( iy for the better things in cafe k Cornell Jerry Cooper, June 
ies. Their work is hilarious. Team’s and video,' Oliver Girte (6), Harry Pozy Orch 

Chris. Cdlurabo holds, over With 75c admission, $1 Sat.^- 
his. soundly handled’ vocals. .Still 

tends to over-dramatilze, some of Gatineau Country Club patrons, 
his arrangements but ' overall, increasing now after a ; droop dur- 


amazing routines, slick acrobatics 
and crazy antics are of- the belly 
variety. Both are smasho skaters. 

Ray Pearl’s musicrew plays for 
the show and ankle-bending of 
customers. Group is equally at 


holds them alL the way. Ann Her- ing the. Central Canada Exhibition 

horn* ‘with 7 WW 1 S man terpers purYey the mambo- week, get a smooth, fast and color- 

Z ilSn at s » mb " authfmtlcally for th« hip- ful revue by June Oliver, who 
ana made a nice impression at gwing . Sacasas and his - — 4JI 

orch are tops on the showbacks. 

Lctry. 


opener, eschewing tne intricate 
musical patterns In favor of. a mel- 
odic line. All their .renditions are 
smooth and easy on the ear. Band’s 
evident relaxation and enjoyment 
in their work project to the table- 
holders. Pearl carries group of 


Guy Nluetlei, S. F. 

San Francisco, Aug. 22. 

o ^ _ Bea k Ray Goman, Bay City 

specialists who double as soloists. I Four, Pat Yankee, Ellerton Ames. 
His vocalists, Lois Costello, a look- 


er, and Bill Darlowe, share in the 
evening’s honors. Liuz. 


Desert Inn, Las Vegas 

Las Yegas, Aug . 4 19. 
Billy Grafy, Patti Moore k Ben 
Lcssy, Cheerleaders (5), Larry 
Greene, Lucky Girls ( 8 ), Carlton 
Hayes Orch ( 11 ); no cover or 
minimum. 


Informality, nostalgia and corn 
are the triple-bromide which have 
made' this a favorite spot for” tour- 
ists and localites alike. With lan- 
tern slides and tears-in-the-beers 
community singing a hefty part c£ 
the appeal. 

Bea Sc Ray Goman are vet vaude 
worthies who know their way 
around a stage and have built 
solid boxoffice based on southern 
This Billy Gray packet, moving fried chicken, baked ham, songs of 
into this nitery from his own boite the bicycle-f or-two era and down 
in Hollywood, is a brash and some- to earth prices. Located in the 
times brazen comedy bacchanalia, heart of what was once the brash 
The Gray delivery, too often points Barbary Coast, this is a mecca for 
up Yiddish expressions and pro- the fleet’s-in contingent, visiting 
fane verbiage, better suited for firemen, small-towners in -for a 
intime surroundings than on din- gander and hometowners out to 
ner shows in a hotel* This, in spite turn the clock back and give their 
of the fact that gambling spas are rusty vocal chords a ball, 
not havens for the prissy set, still Garbed in the garish gay ’90s 
may prove a liability in overall hoop-de-doos, the Gomans, with 
three weeks. Ray also in the emceeing chore. 

Combination of Gray and Patti each turn in a stint of song, chat- 
Moore & Ben Lessy is introed at ter and comedy (with Ellerton 
the top following a socko prime Ames at the piano since 1903) of 
by Lucky Girls flinging an elec- mostly special material which fits 
tnfying “Can Can.” Sketch with the place and the patronage like a 
Gray as waiter, Moore & Lessy as glove. A genial couple, the Gomans 
diners, -contains high humor. know their oats and feed them to 
Cheerleaders move in with a the maudlin merry-makers with a 
period of warbling before the mad- sure hand. 

house comedy resumes. Song The Bay City Quartet also turns 

tu'? b ?^ COnS1S ^ ng °t the clock back with a sheaf of old* 

t °. femmes, is a sharp adjunct. j eg ^ ^ ie way f ro m “Just Like the 


JO ANN MORRIS 
Songs 
9 Mins. 

Leon A Eddie’s, N. Y. 

Jo Ann Morris, a striking brunet, 

carries a physical aura of sophis- pr i s t n g three mixed couples, are a 
tlcation that’s frequently reflected flashy Castilian act that should fit 
in her songs. Miss Morris tunes the . ma j ortty 0 f media. They mix 
are standards, but treatments have flamenco work with the more staid 
an- Individual approach.^ Pipes are i bor ian dances.' Result Is an artful 


CARLA A FERNANDO 
DANCERS («) 

Spanish Dancing 
11 Mins. 

Palace, N. Y. 

Carla. A Fernando Dancers, com- 


basically good and so is her pro 
jection. 

At the present time, Miss Mor- 
ris sometimes carries the air of 


and flashy presentation, excellently 
costumed, that rates applause. 

The sextet opens with a mala- 
guena and then shows off routines 


sophistication to the point of being that rcqu i re some heavy castanet- 
brittle, but It's a quirk 6 f style i n g and flamenco. The precision U 
that can easily be remedied,, since exce iient and the net effect is one 
her pipes are deep and basically that resu it 5 i n heavy applause 

FVTLilx fas AA»1 1 m ... . . . • I • * • l it . 


warm.. This is evidenced in “Kiss 
of Fire” and the* sexiness of “Birth 
of the Blues.” Jose . 


while giving an artistic tone to the 
bill. Jose. 


NICHOLS A HALEY 
Comedy Dancing 
9 Mins. 

Fa) ace, N* Y, 

Nichols A Haloy, boy-and-girl 
pair, are hard-working and virtiH 


COOK SISTERS (2) 

Dance 
S Mins. 

Leon A Eddie’s. N. Y. 

Vivian* A Judy Cook comprise a . , , , ^ a 

pair of attractive and well-built ally knock themselves out for com- 
femmes whose terp routines IndL *dy effects. Their dancing has its 
cate careful preparation and long moments, but large sections of 
study. They -already Indicate an their verbiage could Stand mod- 
expertness In taps and turns .that emlzation, 


builds her show to a rapid pace. 
In it . she’s got the Gatineau's 
standout warbler, Jerry Cooper, 
who handles all his chores in top 
form but -gets closer than ever to 
the customers this bill with a 
Gershwin session. 

Held over are panto comics, the 
Calgary Bros., who have added 
okay new material as encore— im- 
pressions of famous types meeting 
on the street. The addition is on 
the same high level as the rest of 
their stuff and has the customers 
rolling. New here is the acroterp 
team of Jesse, James A Cornell, 
keeping the table-sitters breathless 
with energetic tap dances. 

Besides emceeing, Cooper works 
to excellent advantage in four pro- 
duction numbers with the Oliver 
cuties. Opener te “SIngin’ in the 
Rain,” then a salute to Gershwin, 
followed by “Last Time I Saw 
Paris” and a collegiate rugby item 
using names of Canadian pro ball 
faves to rouse boos and kudos. 
Cooper and the girls get best 
showing in the Gershwin item. 
Singer, aided by new mikes, gives 
socko handling to “Embraceablc 
You” and other Gershwin re- 
liables. Girls work effectively in 
“Rhapsody in - Blue,” with a slick 
ballet solo by newcomer Geraldine 
Braun. 

Harry Pozy orch handles show 
and customer dancing in usual 
satisfactoiy manner. Johnny John- 
ston wins a score for his piano 
work in lounge. Gorm. 


should carry them a long way on 
the cafe and theatre circuits. They 
are nicely costumed. 

The Cook girls also dish out 
variety.* Their topper is a Cas-I 
tilian-styled terp that has good 
pacing and excellent patterns. 
Theres are some sections of .their 
act that reflect oldtimc thinking, 
but these can be easily edited. 

' Jose. 


They net fine mitts at the Palace, 
but would need many new lines for 
flossier situations. Jose. 


VICTOR CHARLES’ PERSON- 
ALITIES 
Marlonela 
19 Mins. 

Palace, N, Y. ‘ 

Victor Charles is art expert ma-' 
rlortet manipulator whose act 
should make the course for nitery, 
vaude and teevee work. He has a 
variety of characters, most of 
which are given good, personalities. 
His Negro dancer and skater, al- 

ifl ...« . * • a 9 i 


LEWIS A LOLA 
Aero 
II Mins. 

Leon A Eddie’s, N. Y. though showing no new. character* 

Lewis A Lola ^apparently have nations, are expertly done. He has 
been around the circuits but SDee d an d to acina 
haven’t shown up in the New Acts’ The drawback is the long time 
files. This _ boy-and-girl team has devoted to a clown character. The 
a comedy dance and aero routine w istfulness Is difficult, to project. 

eligible for most ap( j the time devoted to it isn’l 
sight situations. worth the results. ^ Jose. 

Opening gambit is a corn-fed 


number which gets them off to a 
nice start. They follow with a 
series of dances interspersed with 
aero antics which get midterm ap - 1 
plnuse. There’s a good thread of 
comedy throughout the proceed- 
ings. They’re off to good mitts. 

* Jose. 


DREAMERS 
Songs 
8 Mins. 


3 HOLLIDAYS 
Dance 
II Mins, 
palace, N. Y. 

Three Hollidays are three nicely 
built and well-dressed boys pre- 
senting a neat dance act. Their 
routines have novelty and .there 
are some good basic designs. 

Their major fault is reliance on 
some oldhat terp tricks. The lads 
are still young enough to present 
a fresh facade, and some new dance 


Apollo, N. Y. 

This sepian foursome (one girl) expressions would aid their cause 
is a routine vocal group. Basic considerably. Jose. 

weakness Is lack of warmth. Best 
number is “Please Don’t Leave 
Me,” but even here it’s projected 
too mechanically. Other tunes are 
“Until Real Thing Comes Along” 
and “Somebody Loves Me.” 


Bands Shell Out 


Continued - from page J 


Shuffle-off egit Indicates they Tony Aquaviva. Aquaviva laid out 


Look well while intoning harmo 
nios on “Back in Your Own Back 
Yard,” “Be Mine” and “Sugar 
Blues.” 

Oray then takes over with 


Girl who Married Dear Old Dad” 
to “Put on Your Old Gray Bon- 
net.” This is big click with the 
murkey minnesingers and mildewed 

to 


uieu L«iJK.es uvcjl witii « mArftinffhirHc whn rnme to en- 

SS aKEjarrasna 

(ng almost at the start. Plenty of the liquor sales. 

J -1 Ps and guffaws accompany Thrushmg by Pat Yankee, who 
Lessy’s -Weird terps and popcorn fills out her gowns aptly , supplies 
Juggling in “Good Old Summer more tear-duct favorites, with You 
Time,” “Heigh Ho Fiddle De Dee.” Made Me Love You and A Good 
the Lessy period at the Steinway Man Is Hard to Find her fust two 
tops, wherein he scrambles the pitches and Give My Regaids To 
keys alongside of accomper Larry Broadway x curve down the mid- 
. 9, l ‘fehe, and winds up #]U}i]kipg .. nrn i 


RCA Seminar 

Continued from page 41 

time Victor has issued 78 rpm plat- 
ters in seven-inch size. 

Victor is kicking off its full sea- 
son with one of the most extensive 
ad campaigns in the company’s his- 
tory. Campaign will hit every 
medium and will be tied both to 
the company’s new releases and 
the 45 rpm EP system-. , 

Larry Kanaga, Victor sales man- 
ager, addressed the N. Y. meet 
along with Irving Sarnoff and Phil 
Silverman, vice-prexy and disk 
sales manager for Bruno, rcspec- 
ftwly. L ,i m.-slcj il” 


might find better values in the 
comedy-song groove combined with 


novelties. 


Trait. 


SHERRY STEVENS 
Songs 
12 Mins. 

RDA Club, Philly 

Newest singer at this private 
club, which features a vocalist 
with the house band, Is Sherry 
Stevens, statuesque brunet who 
makes effective floor appearance. 
Chirper has strong pipes, with 
most coloring in the lower reg- 
ister. 


a hefty sum to wax his own mas- 
ters but he also managed to peddle 
his product to M-G-M. Diskery also 
added him to its orch roster. Other 
orch leaders are toying with .plans 
along the same lines ’and some 
are even thinking of following the 
lead taken last month by Woody 
Herman. Herman formed his own 
indie label. Mars, on which to 
etch his orch’s output. Herman 
doesn’t expect to record any artist 
on the Mars label, using it only 
as an outlet for his orch waxings. 

Some of the young dance orch 
leaders are sitting tight until the 


Best offering is the dramatic impact of the new orchs launched 
“Something I Dreamed Last last mont h by Columbia and RCA 
Night,” which is marred slightly victor can be judged. With Victor,, 
by excessive and inexpert use of givin g a big push t0 the Sauter- 
hands. Voice Is solid, however, and f. ineg 5 an crew and Col concentrate 
singer scores with recitative ver- . h A . T n , pv ._ orch tbe 

sion of “Be Mine.” Miss Stevens ng * ft Sh P Ik 

opens and closes with faster lilts — leaders feel that If the ?rehs 
. “Deed I Do” for the come-on and through, diskery opposition to the 
the suggestive “You’ve Got That pactlng of new bands may ease 
I Tlwg” for a getoff. Gagh. ■ -PPi ■ * ' ' 1 J 1 * 


Grandstand Follies 

Ottawa, Aug. 19. 

. , George A, Hamid , Sr., presents 


rf V rJtZae A Hamid Jr Pro- Ballet Theatre presents “Fancy 
of^revue Lee Barton Freer “ Don ‘Quixote” Pas de 
Emm g m; Vincent BorreUt, mti* Deux, ,( Bodea,” with Enrique Mar- 
^direction- Flo Kelly , dances ; txnez, Eric Braun , Kelly Brown, 

O'^rCCt _ , imm.! Pftnr.ln 7,1 mid. TAda 


# section, of Garwood Van’s orch sup- 

syiAiifi* plying percussive effects. Full orch 

VKYlb is not used to background the bal- 

lets, , because of difficulty in de- 
ducing or transposing scores for 
Juliet niteiM-lf© jq pieces. The Levines back* 

(LAST FRONTIER, LAS VEGAS) grounding at the two keyboards is 
Las Vegas, Aug. 22, authoratatively executed. Will. 

Om17a< 1 ft1t« I 


BILLS 


WEEK OF AUGUST 27 

Humeral* In eaHn^H.^wUK^Wn., balow ^dlcita oMUIns day of show 


Spike Jones Revue 

Inglewood, Cal,, Aug, 22. 


L«H«r In tMiranfhMa* Indicate* circuit. (FM) FahchMt Marco; m tnd®nenrt«.»*. 
<L> Leaw; (M) Mowu (P) FaramoynfMR) lHCO, <*> It Mr cr) Tivoli, W) w2?SJ 

<WR> Waite? Mad# . "■nur, 


Elliott Held 
Tom * ferry 


Glen Childers l%hKng? ritlTca- Dorothy Scott, Paula Lloyd, Lida Spik , orch (11 >7WaW " ■ 1 1 ' 

nadian Legion Band (35). Cover- Koehnng , Isabel Morrow ;, Ruth Ma f Xin Tri0f George Rock, Freddy New Yet* city Enxott^Beld^ 

nor-GeneraVs Foot Guards Band AnnKoesxm, WUson M °relh, Jack Morgan, Dick Morgan, Skating Morion Arnold shod* 

ul) Flying ' Otaris (3), Mme. Beaber, , Scott Douglas, Jenny Ryle » (4)> Peter James> Ruth Betty Atwr,^ 

Claude Valois, Harold Barnes, Fed - , . Workman, Catherine Horn, Lila Fo$tcr> Bm K ing, “Sir Frederick Rogerfcaider ehf«»* (?) 

rd k Durand, Art Mathews, Erica Popper, Joan Vickers, -Tuan Allen, Gas ” Mack Pearson, Lottie Brunn, Ro*em*rycioi 

Bard, Gautier's Steeplchase, Bobby Robert Banlxn, Laverne Pierson, Frankie Little, chick W cffit*teif gSgJJf 

Whaling * Vvette (3), Paul Kemos Fernand Helen Gray co. wim.m Ham* 

hvm. nni,« Jim Wona Troupe Vernon Wendorf, Rochelle Baizer, __ : Rocket* 8 l6* anosi 

Tf/ *Vic Hyde? Gaudsmxth Bros , Irma Grant, &M*fetine The .unit Spike Jones will hie to ! g^orc MBSn M *LeS 

( 2 )’ Orientals (4), Gonzales . Sis- Liane Plane; Fancy the hinterlands this fall- and win- r*iac« (R> w m3? stlbinf 

ters (2), Clark's Bears > Brockways and choreography by Jerome R^o- ter for j^g annual one-niter. spree Alan C arney Kitty Kaiien 

(2) Capt. Roland Tiebor, George bins, music by Leonard Bernstein, itf breaicing ^ here at the annual Stan Ratty Parker wo b*™ ■ 

Keller Allan & Co. (3), Gae Fost - Pas de Deux music by Leon Min- Los An ge i es County Home Show. J|^, J chari^SJu washing** 

er Roxyettes (20). At Central Qa- kus, ^ choreography w Playing 27 performances over 11 ,&*“ v Collins c«dUo 1 <u 

nada Exhibition, Lansdowne Park , Oboukhoff; Rodeo b ^}} e { days, unit is getting a fiat $30,000. strawberry Russel §?® r |“ rI Gibbs 

Omwl Aug. 19, '52. $2 top 75c Agnes de Mxlle, mustc by Aaron Ho ' m ’ c show for the first time is Ho ^ J rd ^ 3 . f^rxfoinod 

sari 5SSSK ‘ 

George A. Hamid Sr ^ “ .KV 

providing the grandstand show for ire directors; no cover or minx- um right down- at what is the win- waiter Lons 

the Central Canada Exhibition for mum. neFs circle when the thorough- a «) EC a> ^o P « CbUobn 

97 vears In our time, the 1952 — , . • - . breds occupy the track. Mel Torme Spo Dee ode< 

-Grandstand roUiesJV la by Jar the pr ]? e &T Mle? The^tofor The ATTSTKA1IA 


tier JAlldJl oc uui so ; > vjmv * — —*■' , , ’ 7 . xj\ja xiuftww vuum y 1 »yiW* rharleboit wAinmvr 

Ro^yette^ (20). At Central C<l- kus, * ? h( tr e0£ iT£ p !} v at< hS Fiayto* 27 performances over 11 ( Jf“ v Collins ^f W0 ri8i 

la Exhibition, Lansdowne Park > Oboukhoff; Rodeo b ^}} e { days, unit is getting a fiat $30,000. strawberry Russel §?® r |“ rI Gibb 

ia rrtr„ 4 d<>r Mille. music by Aaron tv/ * di« w timp is . & J . _ - Ben bcri 


Betty Atkinson 
CHICAGO 
, Chics* (P) If 
Rosemary. Clooney- 
G.orsrie Kay* 
Florlan Zabach 
B A C Robinson 
LOS ANGBLES 
Faram.unt (P) 21 
Martin A Lewis 
Dick Stabile Ore 
Kitty KaUen 
Mayo Bros 
Barr A Estes 
WASHINGTON 
Capitol (L) 1* 
Georgia Gibbs 


Freddie Sales A 
Christine 
Tattersali 
H A A Ross 
- NtWCROSS 
Emphre (P 25 
Dorothy Squires 
Joy<?e Golding 
3 Imps 
Bex A Bex 
Alan Rowe 


Peggy O'Farrell Co Musical Pardoes 

UAtatlflNII 


Bert Childs 
London 3 
Cldc Lpvlies 
SHEPHERDS BUSH 
Empire (S) as 
Terry O'Neill 
Cooper Twins 
Dixie Rose 
Phil Darban A 
Wendy 

Hans Bela & Mary 

Mu cTi»r»l n.wj *» 


Show for the first time is Ho ^ J rd m*, 


Sasha LelncdoK 
Barretts 

Howard (I) If 


NORWICH 
Hippodrome (I) 25 
•Cecil Sheridan 
Noel Talbot 
-Joy Brennan 
Stephen Black 
Joe O'Reilly A 
Tommy 
Micky Reid 
Evelyn Henry 
Maxomg Shamrocks 
2 M'S . 


BuU Moose Jackson Gass A 'Keegan 


/ Roxy ( 
Mel Torme 


Ore 

5 Key* .. . 

Veretta Dillard 
Apus A Esterillft 
Joe Chisolm 

Spo Dee Odee 


The patrons, who pay $1.20 to 


AUSTRALIA 


older authorities didst I^sT Frontier, scores aneatdis- ^ »= gj- ^up ^“‘botti 

slickest ever. From bugle band SnchaS ulunL Jones- and the Home Show. At late Ji«jmy H*g*y gwiRa Kramer 

teeoff to fireworks finale, show is ^e^venturewill payoff Saturday (23) ^performance caught, g5 b * m ?i c ^mer overbuy * Su 

a top-level, smooth, cleab-out per- 5?^ Sr* Weight t^^n.JSti^^T^ce^aTm.n 0 ; S^jS-SS 

forihance giving tairgoers a $6 is an^ody^'gue^ Certamly. tto » e re m c »XV t CS g et T c ^“ enough to 

show at prices scaled to $2. To tv of ^taffersftndlng tilde on hear, so had to settle for the tour u Si S[™t 

In spite of socko acts galore, fv, e i r \ a nds and haute monde at- °t new household wonders. . Tommy Trinder mew zealai 
standout is the Gae Foster line. m0 sphere is desirable to manage^- Jones' J HaSun* 1 a Konarsw Tiv*iV c m r a 
Gals are trim, well-matched, well- ment eager for something different >< home ^segment gg gw . 

stacked lookers showing thorough Wiui Cia&b. n pvent aq this and whether he Royaton -HfacGrcgor p a t Gregory 

fraSng and wearing .a hrilliant Perhaps a whole new setof hri- an gmt f&JSB aS."— " 4 

series of . costumes Theme of "SSikeThy Slet Theatre. K^SgtoSed 6 ^ *‘^s cut. Kg SSfc 

show, an air trip around tne Wond, n esponse i s respectful in every out tnorougmy satisnea. a show GirLt wim De Jong 

gives choreographer FJo Kelly and * d surprisingly enough, The showmanly com the troupe ^Dancing ^oys Jacques .cartam 

producer George A. Hamid, Jr., JSers show as ? much enthusiasm dispenses is still of the golden 12 syp n EY jS^Whitehouw 

vast scope for scenery, lights, cos-* ^ various terps as a typical (boxoffice) bantam variety, charac- Tivoli (t> is cissy Trenhoim 

. • 4 3 M .wnl A Aiq /1 J.WA " * . <w / *_ j • a L-. n m. ...1 M amH +K A .» * .. i m ... r» 


NOTTINGHAM 
Empire (M) IB 
I Frankie Howerd 

S obert Moretort 
arcia Owen 
Sisto Co 
Max Geldray 
Fred I>ovelle 
L es Ricards 
Lee Young A 
Annette 
roRTMOUTH 

vo.rx <M) 55 


Overbury A Suzette Anne Shelton 
Sonya Corbeau La Celeste 


Sonya Corbeau 
12 Show Girl* 

10 Nude* 
q Boy Dancer* A 
Singers 
12 Ballet 
NEW ZEALAND 
Christchurch 
Tlv.II (T) 25 
Arm and Perren 
Faye* 3 


V ogu wwwy w * _v * 9 J TfJ I Lilt; VCU1UUO Lv-A MG uu « v^ ^ . ” I ’ , ” ’ j ,, i if vn \ 

tumes, routines and music, ana prm p pr f_hall audience. Absent is terized by flawless timing and the Mara & Maurice Terry 
they don’t miss a trick, even £££ usual huzz conver s a tion and ingenuity Jones has put into the 3 Daresco Guus 

shooting off a volcano- in Hawaii hkd hut)bub wbi l e the bal- routines he has concocted. The ■RTrrTATN 

and sending the hip,shakers across f^fgSSd, even on dinner shows, pace never sickens for 75 min- BRITAIN 

stage in impressive strobe effect. Late show re velers confine their utes and the high interest never Birmingham Kram 
Show opens with on-the-ground 0p i n i 0 ns to moments between bal- wanes This layout carries more Hipp.dromt (M) 25 . 

presentation of the local precision xete. The aura of gentility spreads colorful piddhSon* Bevei 

bugle-and-drum band of the Mont- itself and auditors are immediateAy business than Jones has. marketed Ancaster Artm 

gomery branch, Canadian Legion, mad e aware of a difference be- before in any of his Musical De- G H BUott Ata 


Phillip Tappin 
Wim De Jong 
Jacques . Cartaux 
Jimmy Elder 
Joe Whitehous* 
Cissy Trenhoim 
Terry Scanlon 
Guus Brox A Myma 


La Celeste 
MAH Nesbitt 
Billy Russell 
Walter Niblo 
Frances Duncan 
Eva May Wong 
Kizma A Karen 
SCUNTHORPE 
Savoy (l> 25 
Danny O’Dea 
4 Maxellos 
Storr Bros 
Conrad Vine* 
Con Stuart 
Gladys Young 


SHREWSBURY 
„ Granada ( 1 ) 25 
2 Sterlings 
Hackford A Doyle 
'Estrella Sis 
George Martin 
Benson Dulay Co 
Paula Coutts 
Harry Benet 
Josef Locke 
SUTTON 

. Granada (I) 25 
Lensdale Sis 
Lorraine 
Aerial Kenways 
Archie Elray Co 
Great Cingalese 
Jimmy Elliott 
MacKenzie Reid Sc 
Dorothy 

Laurel A Hardy 
SWANSEA 
.. Empire (M) 25 
A1 Read 
Mary Naylor 
-RAM Lamar 
Eddie Gordon A 
Nancy 

Johnson Clark 
Lester Sharpe A 
Iris 

Allen A Lee 
Shamvas 
St Denis Bros 
WOOD GREEN 
Empire (S) 25 
Sam Kern 
-Peggy Leslie 
Dunn A Grant 
Terry • Moore 
Gaye A Van 
Jennie Sandler 
De Yong A Delysis 


Cabaret Bills 


NEW TOOK CITY 


Krandon A Kama 
CHISWICK 
Ernpfr. (5) 25 
Beverly Sis 
Arthur Lake 


BIrdtantf 
1 Sarah Vaughan 
[ Slim Gaillard 


Village Barn 
Doree A Bill Post 
A1 Ferguson 


Cafe Society Dntwn Helen Halpia 


Buddy Costa 


followed bf ov4rture"from the pit twe'Si ttfs^fo^ of ^iter^' 'enter- predation” editions. IFo^^^Seamon | 

band of the Governor-Generals tainment and the usual hurly- Two standard acts, new to h*i Mack Co _ 
Foot Guards. Flying Otans, two bui *iy montage. • troupe, are both scorers — Lottie Tom ^ AC KPOOL 

men and a girl, draw plenty kudos FeelinK 0 £ the ballets’ unusual Brunn, juggler of hoops and balls, 0 p.ra h.us* (» 25 

in trapeze flips done with fresh- aspects within such surroundings is and the Skating Ryles, two boys Le*toF«*us°a 

ness and fast pace. made evident in the beginning and two girls who do a fast table- 1 

Mme. Claude Valois^ alone wbe n narrator Garwood Van sets top roller act. Still standout is the D.ndy Br<rf 
Worth looking at, rides her danc- the scene for the first roupd of "Wayne Marlin Tno with its man* ?jSS* B iSi e y y 
ing horse for okay effect before terps.' Yan is somewhat halting in ual and pedal balancing. Laverne c orp3 && Ballet 
Harold Barnes presents, his tight- hi5 description,, but he is not used Pierson’s audience plant hit still Regency J 
Wire ballet in socko routining, to such chores, being the maestro seems to fool em and the assorted ^ b ^ r a V^ r „?eS 
•Aero-tumbling by Pedro & Hu- of Last Frontier house band. slapstick and slapdash, antres of 2 o Tiller Girl* 

rand, with miniature Pedro, Jr., « Fancv Free » lif t s table-sitters liUiptian ^Frankie Little and Rooftop Loveiie* 

aged 5 Mi, and an unbilled girl as- i^+Q >r ew York Citv bar on a hot vaude vet ^*1? Reg Varney 

sistant keeps the show’s, opening summer n i g ht whe^e three sailors P mcu s)) titillate them. Ruth Ei Granadas ..a 

pace high Wrtfltt* i/Xrn'SS 68 t0 orshor r ele\veTerformastyUstic I° ff E ^ r nd do |f n fTfn S speria P < : ulariy M. P rV'U.y 
life with the Follies proper. j er ome Robbins choreography, ex- ffl “ d ha t c hete?ttd theri'Haminff ^ 

Show’s singing star and emcee, pressing earnest endeavors to grab hatchets atid then a g Earl 

Art Mathews, and femme vocal a femme or three as soon as pos- 1v rpal entertain- Marie De vere 

lead, Erica Bard, backed by the sible> Enrique Martinez, Eric m 5 e ll! “ n i£ 

on_cfir-i linp I'n+rndnop the world- u»a<.n TTniitr vir*t\ixrn rUcnnrt in ment is provided by Helen Grayco Agnette & Syivio 


Alien Bros. A June Ev** 1 * Bros 
Billy Danvers Celebrity Club 

Roslnas Alan Gale 

A A B Black Freddie Stewart 


A A B Black 
Bcbe- A Belle 
Les Breatos 

DERBY 

Hippodrome (S) 25 
Carroll Levis Co 
Violet Pretty 
Teen Agers 

2 Virginians 

BAST HAM 
Grenada (I) 25 
Benson Dulay Co 
Leslie Bryant 
Bikella 

Maurice Burns A 
.Irene 

3 Atlantas 

Billy Bartholomew 


Haydocks 


Zeb Carver 
Arthur Warren Ore 
Waldorf-Astoria 
Chavales de Espana 
Trlni Reyes 
Emil Coleman Ore 


"From Nowhere .to Mischa Borr Oro 


Broadway” 
Copacabtna 
A1 Bernie 
Sonny Howard 
Peter Hanley 
Gall Gall 
The Cerneys 
Laurl Layton 
M Durso Ore 
Milt Page 

VI Chic* 
Rosita Rios 
Ruth 1 Vera 


Hotel Taft 
Vincent Lopez Ore ' 
Royal Ashtons 
Latin Quarter 
Martha Raye 
Sid Croft 
Vikings 

Danielle Lamar 
Steeplechase 
Marilyn Ross 
Collette Fleurlot 
Marilyn Hightower 
Andre Philippe 
Art Waner Ore 
Riviera 


3 Atlantas Ramonita y Leon Art waner ' 

Billy Bartholomew Los Xey _ , Jdvier 

Metropolitan (I) 25 Enrique Vizcano O Carter 

Arthur Duncati Eduardo Roy Toni Arden 

Gale Douglas Embers Harry Munr 

5 Marney Bros Ahmed Jamal Art Johnson 

Macey A Mayne French Casino E?HS ts ^ 

Stuart A Grey Ginette Wander w Nye Ore 


10 Whitelcy ' Glfls Harry Seguela 


4 de Lislles 

Palace (I) 25 
Hal Blue • 
Georges A Dorina- 
SAP Kaye 


througrthe 8 show,‘ are“ delights Lloyd', « * Sgff .Li 

musically and m appearance. tease arid tempt the lands into ex- ^tmosDheresSrtl to^llear «° se . G ° ld 3 finsbui^y park 

Gautier’s Steeplechase, with four hibitionistic dancing toallygo tnd^ y Se P time sh?s through gfS Smses a ro,%?TA^ * 
Shetland ponies and four pooches, out into the night. Isabel -Morrow «tv nT n Thiq Moment On” zebras Deep River Boy* 

Inserts enough comedy to lift the approaches, lures and leaves, dis- 5 cgge „ sl * Dr Crock Co 

act out of routine, followed by a solving the story line back to the , teasingly insinuative S in S?s d LippiSma 3 BerJi ie o?dl n 
sock “Folies Bergere” number by three beer-hoisting and lonely §5? ® lv l e P nh?« y “Eaqv To Satisfv ” Jackie Lup P escu Les y Marchisio 

the Foster femmes in ravishing sailors. Response to the several S™ ng ^:!rf“ t g interDretation of K^ a Animal SrvSp" * Ward 

costumes. Bobby Whaling & solo flings plus final bows is “One Fo^My Baby” *is, as it has Carousoi Glasgow 

Yvette, with their little daughter enthusiastic. for thrpp Vpir<? thp heqt iob Duncan’* Collies Empire (M) 25 

*?vf»ip 01 a4 PxnerHv^d for^auehs" Gem betw f, en tbe two ^ larger the great Johnny Mercer standard Kii?s er Baby a ^e- Sy e Bonn 5 Beais 

cycle act expertly and for laughs, niountings, 4< Fancy Free and 0 ver has received. phants Jimmy James Co 

Roxyettes are on again, in trim “Rodeo,” is the Pas de Deux from Production standout is “Hawai- jfc v J St j«an Rhnde» 

HAmoc ^°T?Rnv ^ ^ f <<DoU Qn ixote »" danced with ex- i an War Chant,” stroblighted. Annette’s Circusette Eddie Calvert 
Remos & Toy Boys, miniature pair cep tional grace and skill by Ruth Fre ddy Morgan’s pantomime in winte'r Gardens Ray Alan 

comics^ danCGrS ’ tumblers and Ann Koesun and Wilson Morelli. “Poet and Peasant” satire— a high- Fraser!t Harmoni C a jni A Odette' 

comics. Miss Koesun pleases with her ii gb t on Jones’ NBC-TV “All Star Co hackne 

Gaudsmith Bros, and their pair fragile beauty and fluid lines as Revue” hour last May— reaps a f r , e . ddi ®, Sale ? _ Empire (« 


Jane Laste 
Laura Tunisl 
Dominique 
Dassie Bros 
Buddy Clayton 


Forsyth A Calvert Gordon Hamilton, 


Vincent Travers 
Havana-Matfrid 
Rene Touzet 
Lupino A Urblno . 
Joso Curbelo Oro 
Hotel Ambassador 
Jules Lande Ore 
Hotel Astor 
Carmen Cavallaro 
Joseph SUdy Ore 
Hotel Biltmore 
Michael Kent Ore 


Harry Mimmo 
Art Johnson 
Cabots 
W Nye Ore 
Campo Ore 

Leon A Eddie's 
Eddie Davis 
Jo Ann Morris 
Cook Sisters 
Oliver Dcrs 
No. 1 Fifth Avs 
Faula Stewart 
Herb.Corcy 
Bob Downey 
Harold Fonville 
Hazel Webster 
Old Roumanian 
Sadie Banks 
Jackie Phillips 
Larry Marvin 
Joe LaPorte Ore 
D’Aquila Ore 
Park Sheraton 
Irving Fields 
Two Guitar* 


# ^ 7 AVer MV i*v VU WGV Dnnn&te 

of intelligent black poodles have a she flits lightly about on toes. h arve st of guffaws. Others contri- fSe 
boffo performance that rolls along Counterpointing this, the virile bu ting bits along the route are Biiiy McCormack 

a»;iu «. £C M ui J ...SAL. — Y ^ 1 J -J? A m •« » lit It V Jl. - 1 _ _ ° ^ .. _ k . TT-At.1 n^.ik 


Vogelbelris Bears D Hotel Edison Two Guitars 

Issv Bonn Henry Jerome Oro Arena Rane 

Jimmy James Co ”“**1 New *«rlcer * ^natci® 

Bcrmc Cummins O Eli Spivak 

:ott Joan Rhodes Roymayne A Brent Mischa Usdanoff 

Circusette Eddie Calvert f 11 " 13 ?, Michel Michon 

Gardens Ray Alan J£ ck Kaffioer Kosty 5.r^mr* 

Malcolm Mitchell 3 J°an Walden 
Jill A Odette Adrian Rollln! Trio Mary SmaU 

HACKNEY Hotel Roosevelt Emile Petti, ore 

Empire <S) 25 Lenny Herman Ore Panchito Ore 

Bartlett A Ross Hotel Sf. Regis Wlvel 

KenneLucas Milt Shaw Ore Sal Noble 

Horace Diaz Ota 1-Bob Lee 


4J1J up* r ^ 

Mischa Usdanofr 
Michel Michon 
Kostya Poliansky 
Versailles 


HACKNEY 
Empire (S) 25 
Bartlett A Ross 
Kenne Lucas 

. — — . _ — - — — w M u v*..q .v. vw w . w ..q .a. v . v h w-w — — v . _ _ — - — . . J ones 5c F oss 

without effort and with plenty of forms of Morelli bind the dance Morgan, “Sir Frederick Gas” Kathleen Gray slim Rhyder 

effect, to begoffs. Jim Wong into a plastic entity. Audience an d George Rock. The Flit-gun S° r Bcau Befies uverpoo c l ^ * 

Iroupe does the usual Oriental expresses its pleasure with large concerto is an inventive routine, Ronnie Ronaide Empire (M) 21 

contortions and tumbling before measures of applaipe for both solo- as is the caustic takeoff on the Ink A ihJ£br F .°(M> 25 Pa^Kirkwood 

entry of another click act, Vic ists and for their combined whirls. Spots’ song styling. A newcomer Godfrey a KiJby cmsS k Bros 

Hyde. Using running gab of a “Rodeo” is wisely chosen to con- to the melange, Mack Pearson, Jane Morgan Anton Kara* 

Ske ton-Shriner mixture, -Hyde elude the ballets. Story rings a bell wor ks barefoot in dinner jacket. SJf Han ri N?rma°n Wl A 
works hard and keeps the pa ms i n this western territory, and Miss His aplomb, under the circum- Martmi li? Ladd 

hanging in the stands without let- de Mille has kept a moving thread stances, matches that of his co- Skyions Les Dariey* 

up tooting two and three trum- a ii ve with delightful humor. Jenny workers. 4 Jay B ristol m a m mu£ 

pets at a time and playing trom- Workman, as the cowgirl, capti- i n 1950 Jones played tlrfe Home Hippodrome <s) 25 London 

bones of various sizes to make vates everyone with her expressive Show in L. A., ‘at the Pan Pacific 5^fr9 otton - ® d „ t1 ** a, !* dIu r m < M > 25 

^oforfuTTimes Sauare^umhp.^hv f ?ce and spirited dancing. Her de- Auditorium, . at $25,000 guarantee gent B^oT A^thS°B& e 

♦i,« es . b 9 ua i e , nu ”i b ® 1 by sire to do as well as any cowpoke a g a inst a percentage. He exited Arthur Dowlor Marquis Family 

. ^oxycUes, joined by Mathews a nd to win attention of the head with $31,000. This year attendance £ Angelos Nanci Crompton 

minufc topliy'ot 0 fi?Xk/ * 2 °' S ra S gler ’ da , nc< ?, d \ bly by Ja f St two days was* ahead of the gfXUf”" Jonl 

iuinuie Qispidy oi niewoiks. Beaber, gradually becomes sub- pr i or engagement. It appears, m brixton Scott Sander* 

lianud s afternoon show is aimed limated for the deeper purpose of locating the stage upon which x. 1J .jFi n ?rn*vA« (,) 25 G dl l f 

, mad . t ',, u P almost getting a suitable man. In the Jones works here at Hollywood ™,n Dowfins ^Manchester 


HUJn-MIAMI BEACH 


Allison Hotel 
Beachcombers (4) 
Julio A Mae 
Casablanca Hotel 
Bcrtica Serrano 
Hal Winter 
Milt Roberts Oro 
Clover Club 
Nov-Elltes (3) 
Chris Columbo 
Lawrence A Mitzl 
S Marlowe Line 
Dick Betts 
Tony Lopez Ore 


Vincents 
Monte Carlo 
Day A Alva^ 
Arne Barnett 3 
Nautilus Hotel 
Grade Barrie 
The Bradys (2) 
Freddy Calo Ore 
Rendezvous 
Bobby Lucas 
The Musicats 
Paddock Club 
Iris Adrian 
Rozanne . . 


minute disDlnv nf Wfaugici, Udatcu au iy wy nrsi two aays W'as aueaa 01 ine Hamilton Twin* Roverhos 

nunuie Qispidy oi mew oiks. Beaber, gradually becomes sub- pr i or engagement. It appears, m brixton Scott Sander* 

lianud s afternoon show is aimed limated for the deeper purpose of locating the stage upon which x. 1J .jFi n ?rn*vA« (,) 25 G dl l f 

Sit IVfd h f ' ry i made up lUmost getting a suitable man In the j on es works here at Hollywood fjan Dowling ^manchestei 

enmeij ot aerial, tumbling, animal square dance romps, and “Cayuse p ar k racetrack, it was presciently Nat Goneiia Bd Hippodrome (S) 

tho These include choreography ” the fact emerges placed right in the Winner’s & Jean waiiy ic peterson 

Sisiprs l nnri a lholr a 5 ftCt: Gonzales tll is man is the Champion Circle. Bert Laura Grey BUI Waddinftton 

ni 1 * then dogs in comedy. Roper, danced with great exuber- Fe Jover a Jac Krista a Krist* 

ftnf 1 ro J? e o S 1 J?. r< ? ck ^ ay cycle ' ance by Scott Douglas- Catherine . SnttL 1 * 5 cami 3 1 lavtonS handle 

Jplic Ca A P n. Ro i ai J? Tiebbrs trained! Horn gives a sensitive performance Pianist. Barbara Carroll, who 4 chslsea Les Dounos 

j - uan * a Swedish im- as the Ranch Owner’s Daughter, signed a three-year deal with Joe palace <n 25 2 vaietto* 

?£V™f°i^fi, n i 0 t orc ^ le stunts in a and the entire ensemble ignites a Glaser’s Associated Booking Corp., S!^ s v M r 0 0 r ® # " 

| 0C ?P* George Keller’s spark that glow’s from beginning has been set for the Blue Note, Au?tin y sis P . 5 Smith Bros 

jungle animals m a stage-side cage, to mid. Chicago, Oct. i0. following a Sept. Clifford Stanton s a m Harrison 


lony l-iopc L uru i M 

Diamond Horseshoe Conpie D?! Monte 

Flash Lane E J ni ° Hotel 

Little Egypt S*n Marino Hotel 

Andy Gump Ore Mac Pepper 

Delmonlco Tho Je ster3 c , b 

Jack Almeda r «« R oss ' 0 

Crayton A Lopez Len E. , Ross 

Carlos A Melisa Oro OlM ®fj rett 


MANCHESTER El ' Mamba I Jt ori £l 3 p^h 

Hlppedrome (S) 25 George Mann I Si 001 ^?^. Peec “ 

roy Nichols- Latin-American Rev 1 Che-Cne _ 

Wally Peterson Lao Sc Minerva Lynn Clayton 


and several of the acts from the Mary and Joseph Levine accom- 17 stand at the Rendezvous, Phila- '^wou a Evan« 
evening show. .... , Gprm, pqby at- the §^einw-ays, wi^h vhytjhp ! dclpbiat . . - . .... aS£ 


Krista A Kristel 
Claude Chandler 
3 Saytons 
Les Dounos 
2 Valettos 

NEWCASTLE 
Empire (M) 25 
5 Smith Bros 
SAM Harrison 
Walthon A 
Dorraine 
Olympiad 3 


Lao A Minerva Tt 3 ? 1 ** rirls 

Frolic Club Caiety Girls 

Kathie McCoy green Hair Girt 

Don Charles Ore Sob ?' I ®E” s Ho f e | 
Lombardy 

Henr^TaylST Murphy 

J Marti e niS! l ue Hotel Tony Matas 

Manolo * Ethel Ra , ndb1 ” 1 » Eddie's 

oro B.in.w «*» 

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We<ln«*Uy* Augu»t 27, 1952 


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HOUSE HEVIKWS 


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Royy, N. V 

Mel Tome , Elliott Reid, Arnold 
Skoda, Tom & Jetty, Betty. Atkin- 
son, Gae Foster Roxyettes, H. Leo- 
pold Spitalny Chorus , Skating 
fades & Belles , Paul Ash House 
nrcfr “What Price Glory” (20th), 
reviewed in Variety July 30, ’52. 

Roxy will have to count on the 
tt ic this session for the draw be- 
cause of the lack of name power 
on the bill. It's a pleasing enter- 
tainment package, however, with 
slick pace and colorful production 
giving it solid variety values. 

Although topliner Mel Torme, 
who’s making his first Boxy ap- 
pearance since 1943, isn’t current- 
ly in the shellac elite, his song 
stint is socko," indicating a wax po- 
tential when the vogue for the 
gimmicked singing voice dissi- 
pates. Torme projects his songa- 
log in a smooth vocal styling that’s 
easy on the ear. Affable stage 
presence is another plus. 

Torme opens big with the stand- 
ard, “With a Song in My Heart,” 
and follows with an overarranged 
version of “Take Me Out to the 
Ball Game.” Picks up again with 
a click dramatic reading of “High 
Noon” and changes pace for good 
results on “Blue Moon,” in which 
he nabs yocks carboning vocal 
[techniques of Como, Sinatra, Ray 
and Laine. Torme closes smasho 
! with his' own composition, “County* 
[Fair,” which is given a picturesque 
[mounting by the Skating- Blades & 
Belles, Gae Foster Girls and the 
H. Leopold Spitalny Chorus. 

Comedy-acro team of Tom & 
Jerry win house with a series of 
neatly executed stunts on the bars. 
Garbed as gobs,, duo demonstrates 
Irubber-body quality and acro- 
agility as they move through their 
paces with snap and precision. 
Sprinkling of laugh-getting stunts 
throughout gives turn excellent 
balance. Monologist Elliott Reid 
is reviewed under New Acts. 

Arnold Shoda is again the blade 
star qf the bill. His speed whirl- 
ing brings an appreciative mitt. 
Betty Atkinson’s ice chore, how- 
ever, is only mildly effective. 
Femme creates a pretty picture as 
she spins across the ice twirling a 
baton, but the turn packs'little ex- 
citement. 

Overall production mounting is 
first-rate with the Blades & Belles 
clicking on ice and the Gae Foster 
Girls providing top line work. Cos- 
tuming credits this session are 
especially good. Gros . 


ing act.- Since he has a fine style 
with folk tunes, it is somewhat dis- 
appointing that he trods the con- 
ventional path. However, payees 
have no gripe and give him a fine 
reception. Archer repertoire in- 
cludes “It’s Wonderful,” “Be- 
witched, Bothered and Bewilder- 
ed,” “Smoke. Gets in Your Eyes” 
and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” Lat- 
ter is top scorer. 

J eanne Charlebais surprises in 
teeoff spot with a novel act and 
a sock one. Blonde and French, 
gal goes through a series of con- 
vincing impressions of musical 
sounds — banjo, trumpet, Ann Mil- 
ler’s tapping feet, an opera tenor. 
Audience is obviously delighted- 
with authenticity of takeoffs and 
pound fists in appreciation. Chan- 
toosey winds up with a Bea Lillie 
version of “Only a Bird” and gives 
an inkling of her own ability with 
a song in a pleasing French folk 
tune. Walks off’ to cheers. Loire . 


Capitol, Wash. 

.Washington, Aug. 21. 
Artie Auerbach , -Chandra Kaly 
Dancers (5), Gene Archer, Jeanne 
Charlebais; “Don't Bother to 
Knock ” (20th). 


This is a somewhat offbeat line- 
up for the Capitol, but it Is well 
paced and comes through okay. 
While less slick than recent bills 
here, it has a fresh and novel 
quality. 

Headliner Artie Auerbach comes 
to the vaude circuit backed up by 
a solid rep as. the “Mr. Kitzell” 
of the Jack Benny show. Despite 
|ms stock-in-trade, a Yiddish accent 
and a high-pitched voice, his hu- 
!U)or is not of the borscht belt va- 
|uety. It has a less specialized ap- 
peal than most dialect acts, and 
humor is of gentler quality. Gags 
based largely on the foibles of 
Hollywood, with some* new and 
really funny psychiatric jokes, are 
in good taste. 

It would be impossible for even 
j be most sensitive to take offense 
j at the bland, meek Kitzell routine, 
loward end of act, comic swings, 
via a well-timed gag, into his nat- 
ural voice and English, then winds 
jhp by alternating between his two 
'Personalities. This should emerge 
a ? a reliable act, pre-sold via the 
airwaves. Galleries liked, but re- 
£°" se a * show caught was like .act 
,? sock" We ll sus tataed but never 

Chandra Kaly terp troupe, 
? 'tin ^ *eir Oriental flavored rou- 
L make a flashy windup to show 
Lc • . udd solid response. Billed 
n ln T tei ;P reters dances of mod- 

w”,,. tarping is more along 
«estern lines. There’s more than 
- of jive, and even a bit of 

0 ftf b\ erican Negro rhyfhm in series 
L j? ces » but it’s different enough 
lniiin? te i res * : an d- sufficiently collo- 
*9 a PP ea l* Troupe of two 
'W 1 and three femme twirl in vari- 
ifnri„ com ^9 s * Kaly always in 

La gl ; ound ; well costumed 

oi- « J ev ? rly staged and, authentic 
not, dazzles with fast pace and 

' (-Hn£ ca * , V ar ^°ne Gene Archer 
•'anrf his pleasant manner 

sound set of. pipes. Archer, 
re £ u tar with house orch, 
C ffiptly featured on WRC 
M WNBW-NBC, knows Capitol 

■wL ei ?- cs we ^* sod vice versa, so 
.inception is assured. 

: [hl ^' a - vs it safe by sticking to show- 
I nc ‘- s ' and so has a routine sing- 


Palnee, X. V. 

Three Hollidays, Victor Charles' 
Personalities, Nichols & Haley , 
Ralph & Lorraine, George Kirby, 
Carla & Fernando Dancers (6), 
Jaywalkers (3), Kuda Bux (3), Jo 
Lombardi House Orch; “Untamed 
Frontier ” (UI), reviewed in 

Variety July 23, '52. 

The Palace bill frequently takes 
on the aura of a dance recital. Vir- 
tually all types of terp acts are 
seei* here. Of the eight acts on 
this session, there are six with 
dance spots somewhere in the turn. 
Tfiis makes for conflict, but not 
enough to create a glaring imbal- 
ance since there’s enough variety 
t-o take the curse off so much leg- 
work, 

. This bill also represents one of 
the major attempts to present new 
talent on the Stem. In the New 
Act* column are Three Hollidays, 
Victor Charles’ Personalities, 
Nichols & Haley, and Carlo & Fer- 
nanda Dancers.. 

The finale is by Kuda Bux (3), 
who was a top teevee draw some 
years ago when he ,had an ad- 
jacency to the Milton Berle show. 
Bux, dressed in East Indian garb, 
has several major illusions which 
he performs well. Big one is the 
s„wordbox trick in which a femme 
is seemingly punctured ’with weap- 
ons. He shows some small tricks 
to keep the audience interested 
and hits a high level of applause 
for his prestidigitation. 

The next-to-closing act is by The 
Jaywalkers (3), a good comedy* 
dance-acro turn. Trio has a zany 
quality that’s heightened by a com- 
pactly built act. They do some 
knockabout work that helps them 
off to a powerful mitting. 

George Kirby, the Negro mimic, 
hits it off well with a series of im 
pressions. Lad is aided by good 
writing and a high degree of vocal 
fidelity to his subjects. Characteri- 
zations of w.k.’s are excellently 
done. 

Ralph St Lorraine are a youthful 
dance team that makes its mark 
on the house. Duo has freshness 
and basically good dance designs. 
They are still in. need of proper 
routining to bring out their maxi- 
mum, but even in their present 
state, with the gal’s loose limb 
work predominating, it’s a good 
turn for the vaude and cafe routes. 

Jose. 


JPxiladiiwty Loitdou * 

London, Aug. 19. 
Frankie Laine, with Carl Fisch- 
er; Arthur Blake , Nanci Crompton; 
Scott Sanders, The Reverhos (3), 
Marquis Family of Chimpanzees, 
Jo, Jac & Joni, The Palladium Til- 
ler Girls (16), with Three Bentley 
Sisters; Skyrockets orch under di- 
rection of Woolf Phillips . 


Steel Pier, A. C. 

Atlantic City, Aug. 22. 
Johnnie Ray, Wells & Four Fays, 
Patrice Helene & Jan Howard, 
Paula Duke, Gary Morton, House 
Orch. 


Johnnie Ray played Steel Pier’s 
5,200-seat Music Hall • to packed 
crowds with long lines waiting to 
get into his next show. Compared 
to the salvos which have greeted 
headliners of other weeks, Ray 
hardly scored, but no. one appear- 
ing in the house has played to 
such SRO show after show. 

Ray is never still for a moment 
as he cries his way through “Walk- 
ing My Baby Back Home,” “Little 
White Cloud,” “All of Me,” “What 
A Day,” “Please Mr. Sun,” ending 
it all in a fit of agony with “Cry.” 

Ray starts at the piano chirping 
into a mike with a long cord, which 
from time to time he disengages 
and roams about the big stage. 
Strange thing is that the screams 
of the few youngsters out front 
are the only reward he gets. 
Absent is the applause, which 
usually greets the headliner. 

Gary Morton emcees layout and 
keeps audience in gay and expect- 
ant mood awaiting Ray, while 
bringing on Wells & Four Fays, 
clever acros in teeoff spot. Patrice 
Helen and Jan Howard are okay 
in knockabout terping. Walk. 


Coming on to terrific reception, 
Frankie Laine tees off with new 
number dedicated to his debut 
here, “This is London,” followed 
by “I Have Got Georgia on My 
Mind” and “Wild Goose.” Announc- 
ing that after six years, this song 
is still .in the hit class, he sings 
"That’s* My Desire,” with plenty 
comedy effects. Pausing only for 
breath, he gives out with the peren- 
nial “Jezebel” which, although 
given at this house for several 
weeks by other visitors, is still a 
click. 

Laine’s bow to his piano accomp, 
Carl Fischer, gets a big mitt and, 
after it subsides, he sings “Sunny 
Side of the Street,” to hefty re- 
action. “When You Are in Love,” 
his oWn composition, earns an ova- 
tion, with audience surprised that 
he can also write, unaware that 
he was a songwriter before he be- 
came a crooner. 

For more comedy, “Mule Train,” 
with' lariat-spinning effects, proves 
a cinch, as does his semi-spiritual, 
“Lucky Old Sun.” Then comes 
“Shine” to rousing response, 
topped by “Oh, My Darling,” from 
Columbia Pictures’ . “Rainbow 
Round My Shoulder,” in which he 
starred, and which Columbia is 
rushing to release concurrently 
with Laine’s London Palladium 
debut. * 

if • 

To top off, Laine was forced 
into encore w^th “High Noon,” 
finally his version of ‘Jealousy.” 
Did 45 minutes of showstopping 
material, and managing director 
Val Parnell is confident that he 
could have packed the Palladium 
for 'four weeks, but prior commit- 
ments make it impossible for Laine 
to stay longer than a fortnight. 

Palladium Tiller Girls (16) open 
show in nifty sports jerseys and 
dance while , tossing netballs 
around. Then- the Three Bentley 
Sisters come on for series of con- 
tortionistics, with centre gal carry- 
ing the burden. As .finale, the 
Tiller Girls return to background 
•for the Bentleys’ bowoff. 

Scott Sanders, who clicked i|i 
New York' years ago, still does 
•“Knife Grinder” offering to good 
laffs. Dubbed the “Old Philoso- 
pher,” he unloads, many quips and 
b^.rbs anent the fair sex, to fair 
reception. • 

New Continental act, the Rever- 
hos, have miscellany offering com- 
prising slack-wire walking while 
juggling with plates, plus club 
swinging and hoop tossing, finish- 
ing with eight plastic umbrellas 
juggled simultaneously on top of 
the wire. 

Back on quick return after nine 
weeks, Arthur Blake is steadily 
becoming a fave at this house. His 
biting satirical impressions click 
with the packed audience. Some 
new ones added, including a 
Sophie Tucker takeoff, and realis- 
tic Jose Ferrer “Cyrano” character. 
His oldies of Greenstreet, Lorre, 
Bette Dav‘ , Katharine Hepburn 
and Eleanor Roosevelt are still 
tops, while his new version of 
Carmen Miranda is worth-while 
addition to his gallery. Gets one 
of the biggest receptions of the 
evening. 

Nanci Crompton, held over from 
| last show, is again outstanding in 
j her pirouettes and fouettes, and 
; wisely retains her “The Day in 
the Life of a Typist” to excellent 
results. 

Gene Detroy’s Chimps, just back 
from lengthy Australian tour for 
David Martin, hit the jackpot. 
Simians perform acrobatics plus 
string of tricks with ' bicycles and 
unicycles. The last stunt, with the 
star chimp riding a motorcycle, 
came to abrupt finish, with chimp 
obviously having hurt himself at 
show caught. 

Palladium Girls open second 
half with precision terp in white 
dinner jackets and tophats. They’re 
followed by newcomers Jo, Jac & 
Joni — ahead of Laine — a male 
combo in whiteface and misfits. 
Trio are' natural clowns, and fair 
dancers, with their prop instru- 
ments providing several yocks. 

Woolf Phillips, house’s maestro, 
does his usual competent job with 
his class crew. Rege. 


| flagship. Aside from them and 
skaterper Harold King, however, 
balance of fare is so-so. ^ 

Miss Washington winds the lay- 
out in five numbers of which her 
midway “Mad About the -Boy” 
shows off her nifty articulation and 
control. The other tunes are belted 
out in fine style, these including 
“Tell Me Why," “Half As Much,” 
“Trouble in Mind” and a socko 
“Pillow Blues.” 

Cootie Williams gets the show 
off with a fastie that features his 
trumpet growls, the solo licks of 
the saxes, and band’s vocalist, 
Eddie Mack, latter working out on 
“One More Bottle of Beer.” It’s 
par for the. course. The four Con- 
garoos, recently at the Palace, 
come through with their jitterbug 
and acrotap. The frenzied knock- 
about stuff is clicko, helped by the 
music, but the two gals in the turn 
are still lackadaisical. 

After a stanza by the Dreamers, 
vocal foursome (reviewed under 
New Acts), the Williams crew 
launches its big attack on the ear- 
drums with a piece called “Some- 
thing for Cootie” that fronts pian- 
ist A1 Jarvis, the maestro’s gasket- 
blowing trumpet and a long excui^ 
sion by the tenor saxmen who, by 
the time he finishes, has the' place 
limp from exhaustion 

King’s masterful tapology on 
skates earns a big score. His 
slides, aero stuff and reverses, 
some of them atop a small table 
while blindfolded, are wharamo. 
Foxx &. White are in the comedy 
slot but that’s for billing purposes. 
Their act is amateurish, lacking 
material and projections Williams 
backs show okay. |V Trau. 


Casino, Toronto 

Toronto, Aug, 22, 
Billy Daniels {with Benny 
Payne),' Bill Falbo, Christine St 
Moll, The Delmars (2), Jimmie 
Cameron J- Archie Stone House 
Orch ; “ Just This Once ” (Col), 


Cafe Society Downtown, N. Y., 
: reopen'd Monday (“5I after a sum- 
; me- '• • w'th a IvH in'* ’d : ng 

! Biu'd' 7 ’ Marion Callanan and 
1 Evans Bros. 


Empire, Glasgow 

Glasgow, Aug. 14. 
Ambrose presents Jane Morgan 
(Ernest Bragg at piano); Jack 
Radcliffe, with Roy Allen, Helen 
Norman; The Altos (2), Locky & 
Henry, Linda and Lana, Nat Gonel - 
la & Georgians ( with Mark Pas- 
quin); Elton Hayes , Eva May 
Wong; twice nightly. 

Every so often — but not often 
enough — an American performer 
comes along in vaude here and 
makes a deep impression. It has 
happened with Jane Morgan a lush 
thrush who, minus preliminary- 
ballyhoo, is tearing ’em up in this 
stint. She has a warm personality, 
a friendly smile and, most impor- 
tant, a clever cabaret-style act. 
Femme Is here on vaude tour after 
her Paris success, and looks set for 
more laurels in future months. 

. Miss Morgan opens with talk of 
Paris, then runs into a bright num- 
ber, “Paris Is A Wonderful Town.” 
She has.lotsa s.a. and is a blonde 
looker with loads of appeal to all 
stubholders. Two young gals bring 
on boxes of latest hat models, and 
the chirper launches into her big 
number, “It’s A New Hat from 
Paris,” with a fine jaunty swing. 
While she sings, she changes her 
hat style, ranging through the va- 
rious models to solid audience ef- 
fect, mainly with femme members. 
It’s a colorful part of the act. 

Singer closes with a revue-style 
parody number in which she tilts 
gently at current headlines. She 
stops her act to pay merited trib- 
ute to her pianist, Ernest Bragg. 
Comparisons are odious, but it’s 
safe to state Jane Morgan is one 
of the best vaude bets from the 
States at this house for many 
months, 

Nat GonelLa, w.k. trumpeter, 
makes welcome return to British 
vaude with , his outfit, the Georgi- 
ans. He introduces a new singer, 
Mark Pasquin, whose best number 
is “Live Till I Die.” Gonella and 
two of his troupe, wearing straw- i 
hats, offer “The Old Soft Shoe” in 
pleasing fashion. 

Elton Hayes, British balladeer. 
clicks nicely with “songs and a 
small guitar.” He’s the actor who 
played Allan-a-Dale in Disney’s 
pic of “Robin Hood,” and scores 
well with songs from that film, in- 
cluding the haunting “Whistle, My : 
Love” and “Riddle-Dee-Diddle-Dee- 
Dee.” 

Jack Radcliffe, established Scot 
comic, who plays more vaude south 
of the Scot border than north of it, 
again proves himself a crisply- 
styled comedian,- with his old-man 
characterizations best. His por- 
trayal of doddering old men with 
a sense of fun is boffo, winning 
many yercks. He’s capably served 
by foile Helen Norman and Roy 
Allen. 

Bill is rounded off by Locky & 
Henry, n.s.g. funsters who bill 
themselves as “Elizabethan Jesters” 
Apollo* X* Y» i I but arc a poor bet for comedy. 
Dinah Washington, Coolie Wil- Linda & Lana are two gals who 
1 liams Orch (12), Harold King, j open the show in usual pleasant 
j Congaroos (4), Dreamers (4), Ed- ! style of quiet dancing, while Eva 

■ die Mack, Foxx & White; “C\oudedr\ May Wong, “China’s sweetest per- 

Ycllow” (Col). i sonality,” as she bills herself, does 

i intriguing tricks via balancing 

■ With vocalist Dinah Washington plates on sticks and a back-bend to 
| topdned and the Cooli? Williams drink from a pi css while still keep 

j orch also in there o* • "n* : an- . ing the platters whirling. rr " .M- 
> tic*. ,,, \ .thr re’s pl r n‘y in the mu- tos an* ouick-style comedy ‘os 
laical 'idiom on tap at this Harlem .on- the trampoline. Cord. 


With that trademarked finger- 
snapping and t deep-throated de- 
livery, Billy . Daniels is packing 
them In to a six-a*day sked for 
terrific reception. Bouncy baritone* 

with combo chuckle and shout 
style, plus consummate showman- 
ship, (and neat assist at the piano 
from Benny Payne), has no diffi- 
culty whamming over from his 
opening “Just One of Those 
Things.” 

For switch in tempo, Daniels 
gives the customers Uiis personal- 
ized swing-style of “Funny That 
Way,” complete with strut routine; 
another tempo switch to “Do I 
Love You” and “You Can Be in 
Love,” and “Sunny Side ' of . the 
Street.” But the down-front squeal- 
ers want “I Get a Kick” and “Old 
Black Magic” which, with the 
terrific Payne piano plus the sing- 
er's finger-snapping gyrations, rate 
a • terrific begoff response. 

\Vhole surrounding show is crisp 
and speedy, with Christine & Moll 
opening in novelty ballet taps, 
complete with leaps and on-toes 
pirouettes; the Delmars for swift 
and agile hand-and-foot lifts and 
catches: and Bill Falbo fbr his 
cheerful, topical patter and imita- 
tions of top, pop singers, plus the 
inevitable Johnnie Ray takeoff, 
but good-natured. Falbo’s respect- 
ful singing in the A1 Jolson style, 
with a neat pre-note of humility, 
of “Rockabye Your Baby” is a 
swell and throat-tightening finish 
to an otherwise boisterous act. 

Stage package • rates individual 
begoffs, with Jimmie Cameron and 
Archie Stone’s pit band expertly 
whipping up consistent tempo to 
make the whole stanza a consider- 
able success. McStay . 


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Summer 


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was. followed by another rise after 
Lent until the first spring weather 
set In. Grosses at that point took 
a precipitous tumble until mid- 
August. 

A combination of television and 
air conditioning has reversed some 1 * 
of that pattern. Business for the 
past three years has shown a tre- 
mendous surge between the* middle 
and end of July. From then to the 
middle of September has been the 
best sustained b.o. period of the 
year. 

By mid-September most of the 
major shows have returned on TV 
and have had their impact on thea- 
tres. The boxofflee begins to 
weaken. Christmas week is still 
marked by the normal jspurt,‘Lent 
has much less effect than It used 
to, and the first signs of spring 
send the b.o. down even more pre- 
cipitously than ever. 

Otherwise, except for the sum- 
mer switch, the ups-and-downs on 
the curve follow Tretty much the 
old pattern — but at a much lower 
level all along. January-February 
for the past couple years have 
! shown something of a flutter, indi- 
cating perhaps that the puhlic is 
beginning to get fed up on TV and 
looking for other divertissement, 
but the pattern is not yet very defi- 
nite. 


Legionnaires 

Continued from -page 1 


New York Hotel Assn, reported 
yesterday (Tues.) that there were 
still 30 hotels locally that had 
rooms available. 

Despite the comparative de- 
corum on Broadway, femmes still 
walk the thoroughfares at their 
own peril. The water pistol of for- 
mer years has been outlawed, but 
.the Legionnaires have come up 
with rubber spiders, attached to a 
stick which they dangle in front 
of the gals. 

According to indications, the 
majority of the money is held by 
World War I vets, the GIs of the 
ast war apparently conserving 
their resources^ The yopnger vets 
are dining in the smaller eatshops 
and stretching the beer budgets. 

The nitcry * owners, of course, 
like- the extra biz, but on a com- 
parative basis it’s felt that most 
business and service club conven- 
tions are infinitely better for '.luir 
*'iz than the Legion get-t ocelli er. 
r,, he lorn* r organize' ions ro o'ry 

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Forthcoming European tour of^ 
•‘Porgy and Bess” will probably be 
the most complicated' ever under- 
taken by a U. S. legit show. Al- 
though ballet troupes and orches- 
tras have made foreign trips in 
the past, no other complete legit 
company is known 19 have done so 
on such a extensive scale. In this 
case the outfit is not expected to 
return until about a year hence. 

While the Government is spon- 
soring the tour through the State 
Dept, as an anti-Communist, good- 
will gesture, supplying round-trip 
passage via Military Air Transport 
Service and / underwriting the 
Vienna and Berlin engagements, 
cfists of the London run and other 
tentatively scheduled dates will be 
borne by Everyman Opera, Inc., a 
non-profit organization formed and 
financed by Blevins Davis, who is 
partnered with stager Robert Breen 
in"' the presentation. 

Fact that the company, totalling 
about 80 including cast, production 
staff, backstage department heads, 
etc., will be paid in American dol- 
lars while thie admission for the 
London engagement will be at the 
relatively low (by U. S. standards) 
of £1 top ($2.80), is further com- 
plicated by the royalty setup in 
Europe, calling for a straight 12% 
of the gross. Thus, in the face of 
limited potential gross there will 
be increased operating expense, so 
the margin will be unusually slim. 

Indef Bookings 

For example, at the scale, the 
2,090-seat Stoll Theatre in Lon- 
don will have a gross capacity of 
£9,500, or $26,600. The show and 
house will share on a 65-35 basis, 
with a stop limit of £8,000 .($22,- 
40d). Under the deal, the show 
musit pay the cast and royalties, 
with the -house paying musicians, 
drews, advertising, publicity arid 
taking in and out. It’s figured that 
on that basis the show can get by 
at a gross of £7,000 ($19,600). 

Since the termination of the 
London run is dependent on how 
long before the gross falls below 
the stop limit, there’s .no way of 
predicting when bther bookings 
can be played. However, there are 
tentative plans to go to Paris next 
summer (possibly for a- stand of 
12 or 16 weeks) and accept offers 
from Rome, Venice, Milan, Geneva, 
Amsterdam, Florence, Trieste, 
'Brussels and other cities planning 
-theatrical festivals. Breen and Da- 
vis are insisting, however, that all 
such dates must be guaranteed, 
with money deposited in advance 
in U. S. dollars. 

The definite schedule calls for 
the company to fly from Washing- 
ton next Monday ( 1 ) and arrive in 
Vienna the next day. After the 
Vienna engagement Sept. .6-1*1, the 
troupe goes to Berlin, where it 
plays Sept. 17-27, then goes to 
London, opening Oct. 9. The ten- 
tative plan at^the moment is that 
after the various festival engage- 
ments on the Continent next sum- 
m.er and fall, the production will 
return to the U S. for a Broadway 
run starting about Christmas, 1953. 

Wolfgang Roth preceded the rest 
pf the company to Europe several 
Weeks ago to supervise construe 
tion of the scenery in Berlin. Fol- 
lowing last week were master car- 
penter . Lawrence Bland, master 
electrician Samuel Kornblatt. and 
property man Jack Trado. They 
and most of the others of the pro 
Auction staff and crew can speak 
several languages. 


New Parsons Hopes to Go 
30 Weeks in 2d Season 

Hartford, Aug. 26. 
New Parsons is preeming for its 
second season, with reopening set 
or Sept. 18. The 1,167-seater will 
operate on a three day (four per- 
ormance) basis; Thursday through 
Saturday. Last year the house 
maintained a Wednesday night 
opening policy. First $how pen- 
cilled in is “Mr. Roberts.” 

House is expected to go at least 
30 weeks, with more than half of 
the productions in the tryout class. 
New Parsons last year tried out 
quite a few new shows, several of 
which got to Broadway, notably 
I Am A Camei-a” and “Mrs. Mc- 
Thing” 

House will again operate under 
direction of Charles Bowden, Nan- 
cy, Stern and Philip Langner, 


Hylton’s Bryan Michie 
Plans U. S. Citizenship 

Bryan Michie, casting director 
lor Jack Hylton, who has been 
oceuping the English producer’s 
New York apartment for the past 
leven months, returns to London 
tomorrow (Thurs.) on the Liberte. 
In two months he plans to return 
to become an American citizen and 
represent the impresario’s interna- 
tional legit production activities 
from the American end. 

Michie doubles as a disk jockey 
0n „ th ® BBC and, as result of a 
poll, he is booked for a special 
Week, beginning Sept. 29, as one 
Of the seven winners in the gov 
•rnment-controlled network’s pop 
ulanty contest. Edmundo Ros 
Stephen Grenfell, Sam Pollock, 
Koy Bradford, Paul Adam and 
Jerry Desmonde are the 
Winnahs. 


Dec. ‘Point’ Tonr 
Seen With NY. Cast 


“Point of No Return,” which re- 
sumed recently at the Alvin, N. Y., 
will probably go on tour early in 
December with virtually the entire 
present cast. Henry Fonda, star- 
ring in the Paul Osborn.'dramatiza- 
ion of the John P. Marquand 
novel, is under contract through 
next May 31, as are Robert Ross, 
Frank Conroy-, Patricia Smfth and 
Paul Huber, who succeeded John 
Cromwell in the role of the hero’s 
father. Leora Dana has the right 
to withdraw, but has indicated no 
intention of doing so. 

Dave Cohen, company manager 
of the Leland Hayward production,, 
will continue the assignment on 
tour. But Leo Freedman, also 
pressagenting the Hay ward- Joshua 
Logan presentation of “Wish You4 
Were Here,” will not go on the 
road. The advance agent stint may 
go to Lorella Val-Mery, who han- 
dled the short spring tour of “Re- 
mains to Be Seen” for Hayward. ' 

When it recessed last June 28, 
“Point of No Return” had earned 
a profit of about ’.$55,000 on its 
$100,000 investment. 


Ballet Russe Booked In 
Venezuela; 1st Year In 
14 for No U,S. Booking 

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, 
which recently completed a. suc- 
cessful two-week run at Washing- 
ton’s al fresco Barron Amphithea 
tre, has been booked for two weeks 
in Caracas, Venezuela, starting 
Sept. 14. Date will probably be 
followed by an added four to six 
weeks in Latin America, in Bogota, 
Lima, Santiago, Montevideo and 
Rio. 

Bookings put at rest rumors that 
the troupe would not joe touring 
this coming season. Ballet Russe 
has been touring the U. S. for 14 
seasons, but with , its stars, Fred- 
eric Franklin and Alexandra Dani- 
lova departed, management has de 
cided against another U. S. tour. 
Instead, it will seek further Latin 
dates. Troupe ‘ doesn’t need ad- 
vance bookings, and can play in 
South America, on quickly-ar 
ranger dates, for a year, as Col.- de 
Basil used to do with his Original 
Ballet Russe company. 

Mea’nwhile, Ballet Russe is being 
represented in the U. S. this sea- 
son by a new dance group organ 
ized by impresario Serge Denham, 
called the Ballet Russe de Monte 
Carlo Concert Co., which will keep 
the name alive here. Group has 
been booked by Columbia Artists 
Mgt. for its Community Concerts 
circuit. 


La Jolla Fade With Fry 

La Jolla, Cal., Aug. 26. 
Christopher Fry’s “The Lady’s 
Not for Burning,” final play of La 
Jolla season, opens tonight iTues.), 
starring Vincent Price, Beulah 
Bondi and Marsha Hunt. Norman 
Lloyd directs. 

From here the Fry vehicle will 
move to United Nations-Alcazar 
other I Theatre in San Francisco for three 
weeks, starting Sept. 3. 



Wymetal to Manage 
Pitt Operas for 7th Year 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. 
William Wymetal has been signed 
again by the Civic Light * Opera 
Ass’n to return next summer as 
managing director for the seventh 
consecutive season. At the same 
time'’, the board announced the re- 
tention of Jack Schlissel as busi- 
ness manager, it’ll be his second 
term with the al fresco project. 
Group plan representative Ed- 
ward H. Young has likewise been 
re-appoirited for 1953 on a full- 
time basis, as well as being named 
assistant secretary and assistant 
treasurer on the board. 

Ml Total $1,088,192 
As 'Guys’ Divvies 40G; 
Both Troupes Pick Up 

With payment last week of an- 
other $40,000 dividend, the total 
distributed profit on. “Guys and 
Dolls” has now reached $1,088,192, 
As of Aug. 2, the total earned prof- 
it was $1,564,938. The Cy Feuer- 
Ernest H. Martin production was 
originally financed at $200,000, 
plus $50,000 overcall. It involved a 
cost of $177,907 for the Broadway 
production and $180,317 for the 
touring edition. 

For the five weeks ended Aug. 2, 
the original company grossed $209,- 
900 and earned a profit of $35,477, 
while the road troupe grossed 
$161,599 and netted $4,604 at the 
Shubert, Chicago. In the latter 
case, that included a loss of $1,565 
on a gross of $29,984 for the week 
ended July 12, and $1,258 on a 
gross of $27,459 for the week end- 
ed July 26. Hovffcver, the show not- 
only overcame the deficits with 
its .profit for the other weeks, but 
has since bounced back to a take 
of nearly $49,400 for last week, so 
it is now apparently set to con- 
tinue indefinitely at a profitable 
pace there. 

The Frank Loesser-Jo Swerling- 
Abe Burrows . musical is currently 
in its 93d week at the 46th Street, 
N. Y. t and the road version is in. 
its 27th stanza of the Chicago en- 
gagement. 

BRATTLE MAY KEEP ON; 
WITH 10G MORE COIN 

Boston, Aug. 26. 

As result of rumors regarding 
financial straits of the Brattle The- 
atre, Cambridge, which will fold 
this Week, unless bailed out, execs 
reveal a number of individuals 
have come forward and offered to 
subscribe nearly $10,000 in an ef- 
fort to keep company functioning. 
However, general manager Bryant j 
Haliday figures it’ll take twice that 
abaount to assure continuance and ; 
discharge the debs previously in- 
curred, and he's currently waging 
an- intensive campaign to produce 
the balance. 

Tentative plans to carry on after 
the summer season winds with the 
bowout of the current Zero Mostel 
vehicle, “Doctor In Spite of Him- 
self,” Thursday (28), have been 
made under assumption that nec- 
essary capital will be located. 
“Measure For Measure,” “Inspector 
General,” a Shaw play and a Resto- 
ration farce are pencilled in, await- 
ing future developments. 

Portland House in Owner 
Switch; Brown New Booker 

Portland, Ore., Aug. 26. 
The Evergreen Theatres last 
week purchased the J. J. Parker 
interests in the Mayfair Theatre. 
The 1,500-seat house has been the 
home of all legit shows touring this 
city and the Pacific Northwest. 

Jack Matlack, executive assistant 
to Mrs. J. J. Parker, was doing the 
booking for the spot, but now Russ 
Brown, Oregon district manager 
for Evergreen, will book. 

Herb Royster has been manager 
of the theatre for the past nine 
years and will remain in that spot. 

The Mayfair will get a complete 
facelifting shortly. “Stalag 17” just 
completed five days there, and 
“Bell, Book, and Candle” is set for 
five days starting Sept. 8. 


June Cooper, production secre- 
tary on “Bernardine,” received 
head injuries in an auto accident 
in Newark over the weekend, but 
was on the job Monday (25). 


y ; llnculay, August 27. 1 9S2 



’.400, Princeton; 
Skinner $8200, Spa; Other Barns 


Princeton, Aug. 26. 

Constance Bennett, starring in 
George Batson's new comedy, “I 
Found April,” grossed a potent 
$12,400 last week at the Princeton 
Summer Theatre. It was the next 
to highest take of the season for 
the spot, being topped only by the 
previous week’s sellput of “An 
Evening with Beatrice Lillie.” 

The Herbert Ken with ’spot fold- 
ed .Saturday night (23), after a 
nine-week season, cancelling out a 
scheduled 10th stanza. Producer 
had been dickering with David O. 
Selznick for an appearance of the 
latter’s wife, Jennifer Jones, but 
negotiations finally broke down. 


Cornelia’s Spa Record 
Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. 26. 
Cornelius Otis Skinner’s “Paris. 
’90” produced a season’s record of 
approximately $8,200 ip the - 578- 1 
seat Spa Summer Theatre at $3 
Top, and.oontributed to the 15% in- 
crease reported by producer John 
Huntington for 1952 over a com- 
parable period last year. Miss 
Skinner drew not only regular 
patrons but also race meeting fan S' 
and socialities, .* 

Forty standees were registered 
for the Wednesday matinee. Miss 
Skinner's takeaway, for one of 
Huntington’s biggest weeks in six 
years of operation, was said to be 
around $2,500/ 

’ Despite a torrid July, the weath- 
er this season has been favorable. 
Rain has been infrequent; August, 
rather cool. 


* ‘Rye’ $6,500, Olney 

OlAey, Md., Aug. 26, . 

“Cornin’ Through the Rye,” new 
play with music by the late Warren 
Munsel, Jr., preCmed at Olrfey last 
week to mixed critical reaction and 
a satisfactory $6,500 in the till. 
Opus, based on the life of Scotch 
poet Robert Burns, with David 
Brooks in the lead role, went 
through a week of cutting and 
revamping here, in hopes of -an 
early fall Broadway debut. Broad- 
wayites who trekked here for a 
looksee were generally optimistic 
about the show’s chances, but 
agreed that further tailoring would 
be necessary before it braved the 
big time. 

Luise Rainer in “Biography” 
opens tonight fTues.) with a mild 
advance; Bea Lillie, due 'in' next 
week, is already a sellout, despite 
the hiked tab. 


‘Wizard’ $13,200, Toronto 

Toronto, Aug. 26. 

With a just over-the-nut gross of 
$13,200, “Wizard of Oz” (Jean; 
Rogers, Iggie Wolfington, Danny 
Daniels) again demonstrated "that 
Toronto patrons of Melody Fair, 
1,640 armchair-seater in midtown 
Dufferin Park’s tent setup, want* 
only the traditional musical ro- 
mances in preference to comedy. 

Despite current competition of 
the Canadian National Exhibition 
opening, with Tony Martin head- 
ing the nightly grandstand (24,000) 
stage show, advance on “New 
Moon,” with Ann Ayars and Clif- 
ford Harvuot, was over $14,000. 
BfiTi-Kamsler duo’s subsequent 
fortnight’s presentation of “Annie 
Get Your Gun.’’ (with Marilyn Day 
and Earl Covert), commencing 
Sept. 1, already has $25,000 in the 
till. 


Lone Chi Area Casualty 

Chicago, Aug. 26. 

Lone casualty of the summer 
stock season hereabouts, which has 
been the best in the past years, 
is the Quartette Theatre,, which 
shuttered last week. Equity tent 
group, located in Skokie, ,111., got 
off to a late start and, received good 
notices, but couldn’t register at the 
boxoffice. 

Originators of the new spot were 
James Cox and William Haas, who 
•directed. Actors were all paid up 
to closing. Management had 
dropped Chicago advertising four 
weeks ago. 


Pitt Strawhats in Finale 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. 

White. Barn Theatre, which had 
“Our Hearts Were Young and 
Gay” booked for week of Sept. 8, 
has had to substitute the Ruth* Gor- 
don comedy, “Over 21,” due to a 
last-minute withdrawal of the 
rights to the Cornelia Otis Slcinner- 
Emily Kimbrough work. Clay* 
Flagg-Carl Low operation, having 
another successful season, will 
wind up Sept. 15 with “Separate 
Rooms,” the last of the strawhats 
in the immediate vicinity to f*»ld 
for the summer. Mountain Fla. 1 • 
house, in Jennerstown, Pa., 
continue for a couple of w^eks 
longer. 

Pines Playhouse finales: next 
week with “East Lynne,” while 


JDticjt, -Liitue Sheba " f 

won’t be inactive locally for inn? 
however, since the Nixon 
ters with “Okiaho^ 0 ^ 11 ^ 
Sept. 29, and the Pittsburgh Plav 
house resumes shortly after. Way " 

‘Minister’ $5,500, Stockbridge 
Mass., Aug. 26. 

r-X 1 ?? les . revi val of “The 
Little Minister,” featuring Gave 

Jordon and Whit Bissell, last week 
at the Berkshire Playhouse here* 
rolled up a $5,500 take for eight 
performances. 8nt 

Staats Cotsworth and Muriel 
Kirkland are starred this week in 
a streamlined version of Shake- 
speare’s “Macbeth.” it’s an en- 
largement of the reading version 
they did early this spring in asso- 
ciation with Miles. Former resi- 
dent members Kendall Clark and 
William Roerick are featured in 
the roles of Banquo and MacDuff 
respectively. ’ 


Neat Ram Biz In Boston 

m , Boston, Aug. 26. 

One Touch- of Venus,” starring 
Carol Bruce at 'Boston Summer 
Theatre, wound the week with a 
nice $10,500. Miriam Hopkins and 
Peter Lorre, co-starring » in “A 
Night at Madame Tussaud’s,” are 
current. * 

“Jezebel’s Husband” grabbed the 
critical nods and pulled a nice $12,- 
000 at Falk & Capp’s surburban 
situation, The County Playhouse. 
“One touch of Venus,” with Miss 
Bruce, is current. 

“A Doctor in Spite of Himself,” 
starring Zero Mostel, with an as- 
sist by Moliere, nabbed nifty re- 
turns at the Brattle Theatre, with 
a slick $3,200 reported. It contin- 
ues through Thursday (28), and un- 
less additional capital is obtained, 
the theatre will shutter perma- 
nently.’ „ 

“They Knew What They Want- 
ed,” at John Hancock, was disap- 
pointing in spite of the appear- 
ance of Kim Hunter. It grossed 
slightly less than $5,000, which has 
•bAeji about average for jts first, sea- 
son, the venture failing to get ? off 
the ground. House is dark. 


Coca Record IZV 2 G, Matunuck 


Matunuck, R. I., Aug. 26. 

Imogene Copa, starring in “Hap- 
py Birthday” for her only strawhat 
appearance of the season, cracked 
the house record at the Theatre-by- 
the-Sea last week with a $12,500 
gross for nine performances. The 
previous mark, also including an 
extra performance, was set earlier 
this season by Mae West in “Come 
On Up — Ring Twice.” 

Although Miss Coca’s appearance 
was announced only 10 days in ad- 
vance, all the regular evening per- 
formances were immediately sold 
out and the two matinees went 
clean before the opening, as did 
the extra evening Showing. There 
was some criticism from the spot s 
regular patrons who were unable 
to get seats after the supply was 
snapped up, in many cases by Miss 
Coca’s "television following. 

The -previous week, “Gramercy 
Ghost, 0 with Veronica Lake as 
scheduled star but able to play 
only the closing night performance 
because of illness, just about 
broke even with a $4,200 gross* 
June Dayton subbed for the ailing 
star, drawing favorable 
and audience comment, but slim 


(ezebel’s Husband,” the tryout 
iuction of Robert Nathan s com- 


the-Sea. 


[ley Players Plan Prcem 
Springfield, Mass., Aug. 26. 
Valley Players will extend 
season a week at the 
irk Casino, Holyoke, to bnn£ 
new James S. 
hoffe production, .The Sun 
Down,” Sept. 8-13. 
lor is Howell M. For®. w>° 
d it from Beatrice Griffith s 
lean Me,” Houghton-Mifflin 
ry v Fellowship winnei tot 
Play concerns American 
in families in California. ,a 
lyers will provide pr°d uc j 
es with exception of cast and 


‘Brig.’ Folds Parkway 
Ireensboro, N. C.. A///, 
ewav Playhouse at du|‘- 
fill bring Its Sixth seasot t 
. with “Brigadoon. Batcnei 

by Merer Cun ( 

im. New York dancei. 
Melsher will aance 

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We<lne#day, Angti«t 27, 1952 


Pfissmfr 


LEGITIMATE 


.57 


Dark Side to ‘Wish* Payoff Possibility; 



Prospect that '‘Wish You Were 4' 
Here,” having survived a set of 
tad notices and the worst summer 
.dump in years, may ultimately pay 
W is figured likely to cost legit 
>jhow backers untold losses in the 
next few years. Idea in managerial 
tircles i? that the success of 
“Wish” in beating the critics would 
lead producers to attempt to do 
likewise with other shows that take 
i first-night shellacking. 

Fact that “Wish,” if it does suc- 
ked in beating the rap will be 
working a minor miracle, would 
1* overlooked by hopeful' but less- 
)>ankrolled and not so savvy pre- 
senters of inferior musicals, it’s 
figured. Producers, perhaps, even 
more than the rest of show biz, 
ire a chronically optimistic breed, 
ind only the hardest-heeded of the 
Broadway ranks are realistic 
mough to fold a faltering musical 
Without pouring away reserve coin, 

|>r even emergency extra financing, 

In. attempt to salvage a hopeless 
flop. 

In the case of '‘Wish,” the co- 
producers Leland Hayward and 
Joshua Logan have ample private 
resources in addition to their suf- 
ficient backing for the show. More- 
over, “Wish” had unique elements 
for ultlmite success In the appeal 
of the original Arthur Kober play, 
"Having Wonderful Time,” the 
quality of Harold Rome’s score and 
the incalculable power of RCA- 
Victor and NBC radio and TV plug- 
ging. Also, in co-author and. di- 
rector Logan it had one of the top 
creative talents of .the theatre. 


On that basis, and because it 
vas possible to make * series of 
cuts to reduce the operating over- 
head on., the production substan- 
tially, It was practical to make an 
attempt to keep .“Wish” on the 
boards for. at least a few experi- 
mental Weeks, with the possibility 
that it might last, into the heavy 
theatre party bookings of Septem- 
ber and October, But with some 
fhture shows of other "ihanage- 
(herits, these factors may be over- 
looked, and large chunks of in- 
vestor coin are likely to be, tossed 
Into productions that are flounder- 
ing beyond rescue. Or so trade ob- 
lervers reason. 


Elaine Ferry Set to Make 
Managerial Debat With 
Stucky's Treacher Boy’ 

Elaine Perry, daughter of the 
late Antoinette Perry, plans to 
make her managerial debut with 
the presentation of “Preacher 
Boy,” William McDowall Stucky 
play which was on Irving Jacobs’ 
production schedule until his death 
a few weeks ago. “Bernardime,” by 
Mary Chase, also slated, for pro- 
duction by Jacobs* has been taken 
over by Guthrie McClintic, who 
Was already slated to direct it. 

“Preacher Boy” may be staged 
by Miss Perry’s sister, Margaret 
Perry, who is .currently directing 
> tryout at the Barter Theatre, 
Abingdon, Va., of her own draraa- 
"Thu Virginian,” Owen 
*5. * P®*t-sriler of 40 years ago. 

.Latter also collaborated with the 
Mte ^roek Pemberton on the stag- 
y»g Of bit production of “Love Me 
T° n . g ***d "Mir. Barry’s Etchings” 
during the 1049-50 Broadway sea- 

Although Elaine Perry has not 
been formally associated in Broad- 
way production, she has invested in 
umerous shows. She is reportedly 
jow lining up a staff for the 
Preacher Boy” presentation, 

Ma ? eelaking WM Leave 
On Radio Free Europe k»b 

Joe Magee, of the William Mor- 
vp S aT 3 eg i t-TV department, takes a 
jLf« leave of absence from the 
agency, effective next week, for an 

/in!i gnrri t n * : * or Crusade for Free- 
» branch of Radio Free Eu- 
Pf* He will be European repre- 
fiil ative , in charge television, 
ih?l S pubUc relations, prob- 
stationed in Munich. He’s 
scheduled to sail Sept. 21. 

f £ re ^ning the Morris of- 

for tiJfV! 0 -V as private secretary 
la te ..Iarold L. Ickes. Dur- 
tog W° r i d y ap n he ^ 

>,t amp * -'«w* an d served in 
ne Navy as e member of the staff 
Admiral Nimitz. 


Hunt, Kruger to Bow 
Duffy’s Coast ‘Affairs’ 

Los Angeles, Aug. 26. 

Henry Duffy cast Marsha 'Hunt 
and Otto Kruger as co-stars of 
“Affairs of State,” which will 
launch his new legit production 
activity at the Carthay Circle The- 
atre Sept. 29. Producer, long ab- 
sent from the lqcal legit scene, is 
planning tir pop-price subscription 
season of plays and musicals, gear- 
ing. former to a $2 and latter to a 
$3 top. 

Richard Krakeur, who co-pro- 
duced “Affairs” on Broadway with 
Fred Einklehoffe, will supervise 
the Coast premiere production of 
the Louis Verneuil play. 



“Fig Leaf,” John Gerstad-Nor- 
man Brooks - comedy which was 
tested earlier this season at the Spa 
Summer Theatre, Saratoga, N. Y., 
will be toured with Ernest Truex, 
Sylvia Field and the same cast this 
fall under management of John 
jffuntington, who operates the 
strawhht. The idea would be to 
present it first at the Empress The- 
atre, a stock spot in St. -Louis, and 
after a week at the Orpheum, Kan- 
sas City, take it to _ the Selwyn, 
Chicago, for a run. If that can’t be 
worked out, the show would be 
taken directly to Chicago. 

Staging of the play hasn’t been 
decided. Gerstad, currently appear- 
ing on Broadway in the revival of 
“Male Animal,” is set to direct 
George Axelrod’s comedy, “Seven 
Year Itch,” to be produced by 
Courtney Burr and Elliott Nugent 
(the latter Gerstad’s father-in-law), 
and probably won't be able to 
handle the added assignment. In 
that case, there’s a possibility that 
Norman Brooks may take it on, 
provided the scheduled production 
by Max Allcntuck and Jay Jullen 
of his own play, “Fragile Foxes,” 
doesn’t interfere. If both Gerstad 
and Brooks are unavailable, Robert 
Perry, director of the St. Louis 
stock theatre, would handle the 
stint. - 

Production of “Fig Leaf,” for im- 
mediate presentation in Chicago 
would involve an estimated cost of 
about 150,000, but the play 1 could 
be put on much less expensively by 
Initial, stock presentation in St. 
Louis and Kansas City. 


BOTH LESSER AND GOETZ 
EYE TOLIES' FOR B’WAY 

Prime lure, along with the 
nudity, of the “Folies Bergeres” 
shows in Paris, is the scenery, 
which is very tricky and which 
requires 100 stagehands. It Is 
built to careful scale on a narrow, 
shallow stage, with depth achieved 
by staircases and lofty perspec- 
tives. 

This is one of the major prob- 
lems in the current idea about re- 
creating the famed Paris revue on 
Broadway. Arthur Lesser has' been 
spoke of as dickering with Paul 
Derval, and the now-dark Warner 
Theatre, N. Y., has been mentioned 
as the site. 

E. Ray Goetz, another Franco- 
phile, has Anthony B. Farrell also 
interested with the idea of renam- 
ing Farrell’s Hellinger into the 
Folies Bergere. 

These alleged production prob- 
lems have not militated against 
Folies roadshows now touring Eng- 
land and Australia. 


Lesser Huddles With 

La Mure on ‘Moulin 5 

Hollywood, Aug. 26. 

Arthur Lesser has arrived here 
for huddles with Pierre La Mure 
on the script of “Moulin Rouge,” 
which La Mure adapted from his 
own novel. It’s slated for Broad- 
way this season. 

Pair will talk possible script 
changes and Lesser will scout tal- 
ent before returning east. 

Mull Heartbreak’ 



Revival of Shaw’s “Heartbreak 
House,” presented . last spring at 
the Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, 
and for four subsequent strawhat 
dates this summer, may be brought 
to . Broadway in the fall by Peter 
Cookson and his wife, Beatrice 
Straight. It’s figured the produc- 
tion, using the same cast, would 
be dramatically and economically 
effective in an intimate house, par- 
ticularly after the preem of the 
same author’s “The Millionairess,” 
starring Katharine Hepburn, at the 
Shubert, N. Y„ in October. 

After its initial three-week rim at 
the Brattle, “Heartbreak” played 
single-week engagements at Mar- 
tha’s Vineyard, Westport, East- 
hampton and New Hope. It laid 
Off a week between each stand sp 
as .not to violate the anti-package 
pledge of the strawhat manager 
organization. However, the com- 
pany included the nine players 
from the Cambridge break-in, with 
the exception of one bit part which4. 
was jobbed at each stand. 

Starred in the Shaw comedy 
were Miss Straight, Cooksdn, 
Philip Boumeuf and Frances Reid 
(Mrs. Boumeuf). After their as- 
sociation during the tour, the two 
acting couples are mulling the idea 
of forming a repertory company, 
with “Heartbreak” as the first of- 
fering. The Shaw play, produced 
in New York originally by the 
Theatre. Guild In 1921, was last 
presented here by Orson Welles’ 
Mercury Theatre in 1938. The 
comedy is seldom done except in 
repertory, the most successful pro- 
ductions having been at the Bir- 
mingham Repertory in England. 


‘Okla’ Yet’s 10th Anni 

Mary Marlowe, who will again 
have the role of Aunt Eller in the 
tduring “Oklahoma” when it re- 
opens tomorrow night (Thurs.) in 
New Haven, will be playing her 
10th season with the Rodgers-Ham- 
merstein musical. 

She’s the only member of the 
original road cast still with it, hav- 
ing also appeared in the Theatre 
Guild production in London and 
1 Berlin. 


Dallas Fair Musicals 
Winding Best Season; 
See 210,000 Attendance 

! Dallas, Aug. 26, 

Current season of State Fair Mu-’ 
sicals, winding up next Sunday 
night (31), is expected to be the 
most successful in the history of 
the series. Total admissions will 
probably hit 2TO,000 for the 12 
weeks, a new high, and the gross 
will likely be nearly $470,000, a 
jump . of $100,000 over last year. 
However, the gross increase is less 
impressive than the attendance 
boost, since the non-profit Fair or- 
ganization now retains the 20% 
amusement tax. 

Current fortnight engagement of 
“Call Me Madam,” with Joan Blon- 
dell. Gene Raymond and Russell 
Nype co-starred in the local pro- 
duction, is breaking all loal rec- 
ords. With Miss Blondell the prime 
h.o. draw and getting rave reviews, 
the musical drew a first-week gross 
of over $55,00O i at a $3 top, not only 
the highest opening week in Fair 
Musicals history, but even topping 
the $50,300 second-week * figure 
drawn at the start of this season 
by “Porgy and Bess.” 

Because of the expected exodus 
here over the Labor Day weekend,' 
“Madam” isn't expected to better 
the $55,000 gross for its concluding 
stanza, but the two-week total" will 
probably hit $109,000 or $110,000. 
The previous fortnight mark, set 
by “Porgy and Bess,” was $93,000. 
Two-week grosses for the other 
shows this summer were $62,500 
for “Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” $66,- 
600 for “Student Prince,” $82,300 
for “Carousel” and $79,800 for 
“Wizard of Oz.” 

Despite sharply increased pro- 
duction and operating costs this 
year, the Fair Musicals will wind 
up the season in the black, accord- 
ing to Charles R. Meeker, Jr., man- 
aging director. 

“The Sword of Gideon,” drama 
about the Battle of Kihgs Moun- 
tain, will get under way this fall 
in the Kings Mountain National 
Military Park, in North Carolina. 


B way Legit B.O. Bo m Rons Ahead 
Of Schedule; Road Returns Higher 


‘Bell’ Caught in Rail Jam; 
Takes Bus to Keep Date 

“Bell, Book and Candle,” She- 
pard Traube’s touring edition of 
the John van Druten comedy, was 
caught in a rail tieup over the 
weekend en route from Indianap- 
olis to Vancouver, .tout was rerouted 
by bus and truck and is expected to 
open with its scheduled matinee 
today (Wed.) in the latter city. 
Shift in plans occurred when a 
flood washed out a bridge near 
Vancouver. 


Gerry O’Connell, company man- 
ager of the troupe headed by Joan 
Bennett and Zachary Scott, ar- 
ranged the emergency transporta- 
tion. 


Male Lead Balks 


‘Sixpence’ Start 

With the exception of the male 
lead, which is proving unusually 
tough to cast, Gertrude Macy and 
Walter Starcke are ready to go 
ahead with the production of “I’ve 
Got Sixpence,” the new John van 
Druten play, as soon as> the author 
is finished directing his “I Am a 
Camera”- fpr the road. “Sixpence” 
is tentatively scheduled to start re- 
hearsing Oct. 13 for a Broadway 
premiere early in December after 
a tryout tour. 

Leading role in the new show, 
said to offer an exceptional oppor- 
tunity for the right actor, calls for 
a strong, masculine, sexy man of 
about 31, with a slight suggestion 
of truculence. Richard Widmark 
and Kirk Douglas were considered 
for the assignment, but both are 
tied up with film commitments for 
many more months. According to 
van Druten, the part doesn’t neces- 
sarily call for a star. 


All six of the other parts, in- 
cluding the femme lead, which Is 
described as almost as important 
and promising as the male,, are cast. 
Also, Boris Aronson is signed to 
design the scenery, which will be a 
complicated arrangement of three 
main settings and several smaller 
ones. The production Is budgeted 
at’ $60,000, with provisions for 20% 
overcall. 

“Camera,” with Julie Harris 
back in her original starring role, 
opens its tour next Monday night 
(1) at the Cass, Detroit.: 

CURRAN ESTATE EXECS 
SERVE FOR 20 YEARS 

San Francisco, Aug. 26. 

S. Laz Lansburgh, attorney, and 
William J. Zwissig have been ap- 
pointed executors and trustees of 
the estate of the late Homer Cur- 
ran, author-producer and "founder 
of the Curran Theatre. Curran died 
in Beverly Hills July 17.' His will, 
was probated in Los Angeles Friday 

( 22 ). 

\ 

Lansburgh and Swissig will con- 
tinue to carry on all of Curran’s 
theatrical and amusement enter- 
prises for a period of 20 years. 
These include the Curran and 
Geary Theatres and the San Fran- 
cisco Light Opera Assn. 

Zwissig will continue as mana- 
ger, of the three San Francisco en- 
terprises. Zwissig and Lansburgh 
Will be associated with Herman 
Wohber, who owned the theatres 
with Curran. 


Benay Venuta Eyed For 
2 B’way Musical Leads 

Benay Venuta, chiefly active in 
films in redbnt seasons, is being 
considered for leading assignments 
in two upcoming Broadway musi- 
cals. One is the musical edition of 
“My Sister Eileen,” which Rosa- 
lind Russell Is understood to have 
nixed, and the other is “Hazel 
Flagg,” musical version of the pic- 
ture, “Nothing Sacred.” Former is 
being produced by Robert Fryer 
and the latter by Jule Styne and 
Anthony B. Farrell. 

In addition. Miss Venuta is 
readying a nitery act, to be agent- 
ed by Music Corp. of America. 


By KOBE MORRISON 

The fall legit boxoffice boom Is 
running about a month ahead of 
schedule this year. The upturn, 
normally starting about Aug. 15 on 
JBroadway and a couple of weeks 
later on the road, is now in full 
swing. Last week,, the fourth con- 
secutive one to register an in* 
crease, reached the level usually to" 
be expected around the middle pr 
latter part of September. 

On Broadway, the principal limit- 
ing factor to business appears to 
be the number of current shows. 
Nearly all entries, particularly the 
musicals, are zooming up each 
week, but the fact that only 10 
offerings are available creates a 
relatively low ceiling on the total 
gross possible. Moreover, with only 
the recessed “Top Banana” and 
“Mrs. McThing” due to reopen 
within the next two weeks and one 
or two new productions promised 
for September, there can be no 
substantial total gross increase be- 
fore October, 

On the road, conditions are pick- 
ing up faster as more shows are be- 
ing sent out in the next few 
weeks to augment such major 
draws as “South Pacific,” “Call Me 
Madam” and “Guys and Dolls,” 
However, “Porgy and Bess,” which 
has provided an unusual boost for 
the summer list, leaves this week 
for extended engagements • in 
Europe. Meanwhile, the total gross 
and number of weeks played en 
the road for the first 12 weeks of 
the season are higher, than for any 
semester since 1948-49, 

Highest Percentage 

On Broadway last week, tht 
total gross reached $323,800 for the 
10 current shows, or Just under 
86% of capacity. Although the 
total takings were only moderate, 
(Continued on page 03) 

Langner Sees Nee Bard 
Festival Setup in Action 
By Next Sunrier injConn. 

Hartford, Aug. 20. 

Although a nite is yet to be 
chosen, the pit) posed American 
Shakespeare Festival Theatre and 
Academy is expected to be in oper- 
ation next summer, Lawrenfce 
Langner told a project committee 
last Tuesday (19) at the governor’* 
residence. 

Co-founder of the Theatre Guild 
and one of the leading proponents 
for the Shakespearean project, 
Langner said a drive for funds will 
get underway next month. More 
than half of the' needed $520,000 
will be sought from Connecticut 
residents, the remainder from 
Shakespeare enthusiasts nation- 
wide. 

Counterpart of the Stratford-on- 
Avon festival will be located some- 
where in Fairfield County. It. will 
include a replica of Shakespeare’s 
Globe Theatre, an academy build- 
ing, and an approximation of tht 
Mermaid Tavern of Shakespeare’s 
day. The Connecticut legislature 
has already chartered the project 
as a non-profit foundation. 

Primary aim of the theatre and 
school will be to establish a Shakes- 
pearean acting company, which 
after annual summer festivals will 
take to the road with the plays of 
the Bard. A junior company will 
visit schools and colleges to edu- 
cate future festival patrons at that 
level. 

Langner explained that the 
school or academy is necessary be- 
cause “Shakespeare is now dead in 
the American Theatre. There are 
no actors trained in Shakespeare 
and the classic theatre to play him 
here now.” 

The festival would run for 10 
weeks in the summer with a repexv 
tory of four plays. A site of 10 to 
20 acre# will be needed for the 
project. 

Langner pointed out that the 
Stratford-on-Avon festival was orig- 
inally set up for a five-week period. 
It has now grown into a five-month 
project. He said that three-quar- 
ters of the money for the English 
festival came from the U.S. 

More than $50,000 of the neces- 
sary money has already been 
pledged, Langner told the commit- 
tee. Mrs. John Davis Lodge, wife 
of the governor, is honorary chair- 
man of the Connecticut committee 
for the project. Ralph W. Lycett 
will direct the campaign drive. 


$8 


IJKGITIMATE 


jTedugftday, August 27, 1955 




Tliat Foolish Age 

Clinton, Conn., Aug, 23, 

Lewis Hxmon production o£ comedy in 
three nets (four scenes) "by Charlotte 
Buchwald Harmon. Stars Louise Allbrlt- 
ton; features William Glbberaon* Claude 
Traverse, Adele Newton, Mary Boylan. 
directed hy Zara Shakow; settings, Eu- 
gene Gurlitz. At Clinton (ConnJ Play- 
house, Aug. 18. '52; $3.60 top. • 

Dr. Whitney Drake William Glbberson 

Miss BurrowsL Mary Boylan 

Robin Sheppard Louise AUbritton 

Alec Sheppard Claude Traverse 

Patty Sheppard ..Adele Newton 

More than one hopeful author 
has discovered that the jump from 
strawbat to Broadway acceptance 
is a seven-league journey “Foolish 
Age" is pleasantly entertaining 
summer fare but has considerable 
scrivening mileage to tyavel in on- 
dor to reach Gotham footlights It 
seems Uke a fair bet for a moder- 
ately-budgeted film . 

Charlotte Buchwald Harmon has 
been rapping on legit creation 
doors for several years mow, but 
as yet has not quite -found the open 
sesame. However, of four plays she 
has had produced, this is the most 
acceptable. 

Said to have been batted out 
somewhat hurriedly and whipped 
into production at short notice, it’s 
quite possible that a more leisurely 
working over of the script can en- 
hance its possibilities markedly. 
Theme carries femme appeal po- 
tentialities, being based on the uni- 
versal fear of growing old that 
seems to be a vital, part of a wom- 
an’s mental makeup. 

As in her other efforts, which 
have revolved around literati and 
show biz characters, author again 
utilizes similar personalities for 
telling her story in this instance. 
Femme scribbler Robin Sheppard 
has gone stale from a combination 
of a mental fixation that editors 
don’t want material from a woman 
over 35, plus loss of personal inter- 
est on the part of her play-produc- 
ing husband, who finds reasons to 
spend much time with ingenues 
under his wing. 

A visit to a medic in connection 
with a knee injury develops, into a 
flash romance with the handsome 
doctor, but the flame is quenched 
when a new outlook on life brings 
to the wife a realization that home 
and family are really her dish after 
all. 

Louise Allbritton tops the cast 
in a competent interpretation of 
the “aging” wife whose physical 
charms are still a magnet to the 
glamor-boy sawbones. Latter is 
well handled by William Gibber- 
son, who looks and acts the part. 
Claude Traverse gives a capable 
reading of the husband-producer 
rolQ. Moppet Adele Newton suc- 
cessfully plays a kid part without 
getting in the audience’s hair, and 
Mary Boylan 'is good as a acid- 
tongued nurse. 

Dialog is generally good, at times 
bright, and staging has maintained 
a consistently interesting pace. 
Production- wise, it’s an ambitious 
two-setter for a strawhat, present- 
ing okay visual effects. Bone. 


'O’Brien's bar where romance de- 
velops. On the eve of their wed- 
ding day; Egan suffers a “blackout” 
from drinking and later is sen- 
tenced to 20 years for killing three 
persons in a hit-run mishap. . 

As result. Miss Gabor becomes a-| 
despondent barfly* with Egan’s car 
constantly parked in front of her 
hangout. After five months of 
apparently steady moral decline, 


New Haven Show Train 
To Resume With ‘Paces’ 

New Haven, Aug, 25. 

New Haven R. R. resumes its 
show-train sked Friday, Sept. 19, 
with “New Faces" as the initial 
booking for 1952-53. Road will op- 
erate one show a month, as previ- 
ously, and setup will follow same 
pattern of cast members on board, 
fashion shows, souvenir giveaways, 
etc. 

Road recently conducted a sur- 


she traps a slimy bookie bet-runner among commuters in and out 

j”l° VnHvJ ion l£ 5 of Grand Central, N. Y„ regarding 

l^Sdftv here Motlvatlon lacks a one-nlght-a-Week early curtain 

Technical faults notwithstanding, ^ or Broadway productions. Response 
the play has undeniable strength was overwhelmingly in favor of 
and a kind of moody appeal aided such a plan, 
by Ariel Ballif’s realistic set and 
lighting. Most important, the char- 
acters are real in spite of their easy 
identification as metropolitan Types. 

Acting is uniformly excellent 
throughout with’ a particularly 
capable performance from O'Brien. 

As the bartender, he is a familiar 
drink-mixing cynic, but O’Brien’s 
wry warmth removes the character 
from the conventional. Much of 

the credit must go to Ferrer’s di- - - , . 

rectiori which toned down the vet tions on actor services for record 
thesp, forcing him to underplay albums of Broadway musicals was 
with fine restraint. The result apparently brought about primarily 
reveals O’Brien once again as a through the influence of Ralph 
firstrate legitimate actor under Bellamy, president of the union, 
knowing direction. - Rebecca Brownstein, Equity attor- 

O’Bricn also adds a good tough ne y f ^ understood to have resisted 
of his own invention. One scene any modification of the union’s 

begms with O Brien alone m his or igi n ' a i demand that cast members 
bar as Rosemary Clooney’s “Botcha & 

Me” is heard from the juke box. 

Moved by the song’s rhythm, 

O’Brien steps into a brief, but 


Plays Out of Town 


Sirikp a Match 

La Jolla, Cal., Aug. 26. 

La Jolla Playhouse production of 

drama in three acts (eight scenes) by 
Robert Smith, Stars Eva Gabor, Pat 
O Brien, Richard Egan. Directed by Mel 
Ferrer. Lighting and set by Ariel Ballif. 
At La Jolla Playhouse, Aug. 19, '52; $4.20 
top. 

Kay Lukas Eva Gabor 

i rn >* Pat O'Brien 

Scofield Tom Brown 

Patrolman Smith Michael McHnle 

, C ‘il by . Richard Egan 

Elliot Dexter Rex Evans 

Horse Donovan Eddie Marr 

Op.ie Monefce William S. Meigs 

£} e « Bradley John Downey 

Dick Connolly Alan Dexter 

Lieut. Shaughnessy G. Pat Collins 


Bellamy Compromise 
Stance Seen Key To 
Equity-League Peace 

Compromise agreement between 
the League of N. Y, Theatres and 
Actors Equity on the matter of op- 


delightful Irish jig-jitterbug dance not * 


be guaranteed a full week’s extra 
pay for such options, whether the 
album were subsequently made or 


which proves a show-sto'pper and 
relieves the play’s essential seri- 
ousness, 

-Although inclined to overact on 
occasion, Miss Gabor has assured 
stage presence and is at ease in a 
difficult role requiring subtle 
shading and emotional intensity. 
In alternate scenes, she captures 
the wanton despair of an easy- 


Settlement of the ticklish record- 
option issue paved the way for the 
signing this week of a new two- 
year contract, retroactive to A.ug.. 
15, covering production on Broad- 
way and the road. • Under the 
agreement, cast members will re- 
ceive one-eighth week's pay for an 
option for the record album, for a 


Poet hi Seven 

Abington, Va., Aug, 20. 

Barter Theatre pre&fcnUtloh of Robert 
Porterfield production of drama in two 
acts by Bettie Wysor. Directed by Mar- 
garet Perry; nettings. Mack Statham; 
fighting, Lauren Farr; choreography, Eliz- 
abeth Spies and Mel Filllnf; costumes, 
Bernadette Nanse. At Barter Theatre, 
Abingdon, Va., Aug. 11, ’52; $1.80. 

Poet Fritr. Weaver 

Satan’s Minister-.... Jerry Oddo 

First Jbel Parsons 

Flippant Wench. .Cleo Holladay 

Second .. John Holland 

Third Mel Fillini 

Fourth Frank Lowe 

Fifth Frank Deal 

Sixth Lauren Farr 

Satan . Caddell Burroughs 

Affectionate Wench Dinah Farr 

Wench of Black Black Eyes. EUnor Fuchs 

Reverenced Woman Sylvia Short 

Skint Peter Michael Lewis 

Critic John Hallow 

First Fellow Oliver Taylor 

Second Fellow Charles Quinllvan 

Third Fellow Mark Spencer 

Philosopher .Woodrow Romoff 


virtue bar-babe and the vitality 3.0-day period after the Broadway 
of a woman in love. As the author, opening of the show. However, the 
Egan provides the perfect blend of union’s demand that the one-eighth 
carefree sophistication and alco- 
holic foreboding stirred by in- 
ability to regain his writing success 
In his first role since returning 
from Korea war service, Tom 
Brown emerges as an actor of 
genuine stature, in contrast to his 

^venX HiTbooWe runner I "ceding "session 

masterpiece of big-city, small-time 
conceit and tough hipster stupidity. 

Given lines that characterize sharp- 
ly, Brown uses them to telling 
effect in an outstanding portrayal. 

Other roles are expertly handled, 
including Rex Evans, as a bland 
publisher; Eddie Marr and William 
Meigs, bar cutups from the radio 
station; Michael McHale and G 
Pat Collins, law enforcers; Alan 
Dexter, a thwarted saloon Romeo, 
and John Downey, from A. A. N 


Similar to most aimed-at Broad- 
way plays. Robert Smith’s “Strike 
a Match” has both virtues and 
flaws, with enough of the former 
to make it a potent bet — with revi- 
sions. Most yital change needed 
is clarification of flashback device 
employed, a curious business in 
which alternating scenes take place 
ln summer present and winter past. 

Since the setting— a cheap New 
Tork bar — remains the same, by 
the middle of each scene the ques- 
tion gnaws: where are we now, past 
Oi present.’ Despite this confusion 
oi time, the drama moves swiftly 
and easily to a windup that is 
exciting, albeit on the meller side. 

A serious play with alcoholism 
foi a theme. ‘Strike a Match’’ 
nonetheless has considerable hu- 

gl ? T ' vl , ng ^ oi characteriza- 
tion. Under Mel Ferrer’s firm 
direction a east headed by Eva 

Ftr-m* ’ i Pat 0 ’? rien and Richard 
Egan does well with Smith's ex- 
tremcly natural dialoa. Only fn 
construction and y a J." 


pay should apply to all members 
of the cast was overruled,- so the 
management is permitted to option 
only the players specifically . re- 
quired. As before, the (minimum 
for actually making the records is 
one full week’s pay for each day’s 
cording session. 

Other terms of the overall con- 
tract call for increases of the New 
York minimum from $80 to $85, 
the road minimum from $100 to 
$110 and rehearsal pay from $40 
to $45. Shows, rehearsing out of 
town will pay an extra $7.50 a day. 
In the case of chorus members, the 
various new minimums . represent 
a $2.50 boost 

A new clause in the contract 

permits producers to sign chorus 

Overall, a better than average members for a three-month period. 

vehicle that can be developed into This applies for a trial period of 

a very good play. . Don. One year. Previously, all chorus 

contracts were subject to a two 

Fomin’ Thro’ llto Rye week cancellation clause, a feature 

Olney, Md., Aug. 19. that drew frequent managerial pro- 

Evel.vn Frcyman & Kenneth Banghart test but was consistently supported 
production of romantic comedy with mu- , „ 

sic in two acts (six scones) by Warren p. hy Chorus Equity members. 

Munsell, Jr, Directed by William Cham- 
bers; music supervised hy Robert M. 

Lewis; dances, Anna Sokolow; orchestra 
directed by Richard Harrison; setting and 
lighting, Robert O’Hearn. At Olney (Md.) 

Theatre, Aug. 19, *52 ; $3.60 top. 

Jean Armour .....Arlyne Frank 

Agnes Burns Sara Floyd 

John Richmond Winston Ross 

Robert Burns David. Brooks 

Gilbert Burns Robert Wallace 

Betty Paton Mavijane Maricle 

John Rankine Sandy Ackland 

Alex Tait. i Mark Allen 

James Findlay . . Guy Smith 

Sv William” a i, in v I i! u \r M ^ rtin River on the Majestic, one of the 

James Armour Ronald Dawsor* last of the traveling showboats in 

Prof. Dugaid Stewart Ned Cary existence. Cast and crew are made 

^Poosie 1 Nans^e' : * n ? 1 . e . . , , Marguerite” Marifn UP of undergraduates, receiving 
william Creech Barry Macijiium college credits for their work and 

Anne°M'Le e ho C s a i rn :::::; Beveri°y ffr w V huS being chaperoned by members of 

Lady Alicia Wallace.. Anne Pearson the faculty. Troupe, Which Opened 

Duchess of Gordon. - , .Marguerite Martin Tipta ■firct of thp month for s two 
Duke of Gordon Keith Kirby ner f, nisc OI monm ior a two 

or three-week stay, now looks set 

A sound idea and some good for the rest of the season, until' it 

writing are wrapped up in “Cornin’ has to return to school. 

Thro’ the Rye” which, neverthe- Biz started out sluggishly but 

less, must be speeded up consid- picked up sharply after first few 

erably to rate a “well done” from performances, and Majestic has 

Broadway, for which it is intended, been turning them away over week- 

This is the story of Bobby Burns, ends ever since. Hiram group start- 

greatest of Scottish poets, on his ed out with “Murder in the Red 

ossgiel Farm, and in the city Barn” and played it for a fortnight. 

f* 1 JiHburgh where ne went to col- They’re now doing the classic mel- 

t il!^ ul 1 ? tl( ? 1 , of th i m j ghty JT ler, “The Drunkard.” Showboat, 
badly needed cash for his which seats around 400, is the first 


College Showboat Troupe 
Clicking in Pitt Yisit 


Pittsburgh,- Aug. 26. 
Surprise click of the late straw- 
hat season here has been the Hi; 
ram, O., College Showboat Players". 
James " Findliy . .* .* .* .’ .* * .* . .* .’ . . Guy^ Smith I They’re berthed on the Allegheny 


ly a symbol of his own vouth and 
the. moppet’s restatement of «S 
basic values the publisher 
right™ 63 the eventual triumph ot 

,, Uemetrios Vilan has staged tin, 
three-acter with skill and !mJ>' 
ation, avoiding the pitfalls inher 
ent m any script with a “Rim!,. 
Spirit" situation, shrewdly 
bag the well-selected oast iL g ?: 


f e tw ed ^ ast “to .W 

non credible. Best are John 
S&*. g -°°? bet, as the St 


*>her; Betty Pauf as ° his^ wife* 

M lch ael Hayes as the partner 
den Wells as a family handvmS’ 
and David Stollery. who avoids the 
H? 1 *! scene chewing to make 
the imaginary youngster real Paul 
Rodgers’ single set is an excellent 

living P '° f comfor table rural 


As a spectacle, with much good 
fun in it," “Poet jn Seven” offers 
a combination of color, dance and 
stage arrangement that is choice 
entertainment for the eye. Written 
in blank verse, the play is built 
around imaginative ideas with dra- 
matic possibilities which become 
lost in too-long discussion of phi- 
losophic generalities. It’s hardly 
ready for commercial production. 

A poet finds himself in hell, sent 
there because he insulted Saint 
Peter at the gates of -heaven. In 
hell, he 4s sentenced to hear from 
six representations of his youth 
the recounting of his earthy sins 
and conflicts. -They, with himself, 
make the seven of the title. The 
poet is offered another try at 
heaven because of a piece he wrote 
in his youth, and at the end of 
the first act he starts unwillingly 
upward, refusing to take wdth him 
the woman he reverenced through- 
out life. 

In heaven, the poet is offered 
eternal life* as* a reward for .re- 
turning to earth to bring about a 
better era, but he wants neither 
eternal life nor more life. on ’earth. 
Only after lengthy conversations 
with a young poet and philosopher 
and a danced portrayal of search 
after faith, is he persuaded to 
make the bargain.* With it he gets 
promise of a special heaven where 
artists dnd thinkers may spend an 
isolated eternity and he gets the 
reverenced woman, whom by this 
time he is ready to accept. 

Bettie Wysor’s verse is pleasing 
to the ear and she is remarkably 
successful in avoiding sentimen- 
tality and moralizing. She is not 
so successful in giving clarity to 
the character and ideas of the poet. 
It may be, but is never really clear, 
that his progress from hell to 
heaven to earth was meant to pro- 
mote, or be due to, development 
of his own understanding of his 
relation to mankind. It is an imagi- 
native and could be an exciting 
idea, but is obviously rather deep 
water. 

Fritz Weaver reads the long part 
of the poet with beautiful inflec- 
tion and great success in avoiding 
suggestion of recitation. Most 
successful characterization is that 
of Satan, played delightfully by 
Caddell Burroughs. Satan is a 
simple character, bent on comfort 
and entertainment, bored by the 
necessities of his duties, and. he 
doesn’t talk too much. 

Margaret Perry has staged the 
play with fine integration of set, 
dance and figure arrangement. 
The set makes novel and effective 
use of backdrop screen lighted 
from the rear by a projector which 
throws the flames of hell for the 
first act and heavenly skies for the 
second. Ande. 


Bal*y Faff ©"I-lynn 

Hollywood, Aug. 19 . 

Gallery Stage presentation of Larrv 
Stewart production of musical 
acts (15 scenes) by WilliTm ’ Barnes and 
Joyce Jameson. Music and lyrics by 

Miss C Jame- 

son, BUI Hampton. Fayne Blackburn. Al. 
Ian Lurie. Hank Loomis, Sela Landnn 

Arthur -Marshall. Joseph Karbo. GeoS& 
Warding. Staged by Rob- 

ftl- £p°. reo S raphy * Rivard Wv- 

Samuels. At Gallerv 
top* C> Hollywood, Aug. 13, 1952; $3.00 

Barbara Hawk* 

SSvnr Georgia Phillips 

Mayor McCall Joseph Karbo 

Parson Potter Art Marshall 

r»« n ? tte i Marian Titangos 

Ingeborg Kjeldsen 

WiUsie Barton Hank Loomis 

Ma O’Flyna Sela Landon 

Joan Hinkley Fayne Blackburn 

Torn Jack Braddock 

SWPPy Jeff Weston 

Wally . . Harold Eddy 

Patricia Harding 

Paul O'Flynn Bill Hampton 

S tt f? le Ruta Kilmoni* 

5®Uy Margie Stepp 

Calvin Keith Coolidge 

Barry "Baby Face" O’Flynn Wm. Barnes 

Lili’ March Jovce Jameson 

Frank ' Michael Hoey 

Corialanus ... Nick Blair 

Fay Pat Prest 

Ray Barbara White 

Derby Dan Flanahan Allan Luris 


Despite the over-optimism of its 
little theatre producers, there’s lit- 
tle in this new musical to warrant 
any commercial interest. It’s pre- 
sented and played with enthusiasm, 
but neither book nor score has 
staying qualities and the offering 
must be relegated to the realm of 
purely- local curiosa. It’s just one 
of the many musicals launched 
here since “Lend An Ear” became 
a hit after a Coast bow. 

Thin story is about a baby-faced 
character who makes his fellow 
townsmen believe he’s an upright 
citizen. All the time, however, he’s 
got his fingers on the city treasury 
and is a secret partner of the town’s 
saloon keeper. Setting is a mythi- 
cal California town around the time 
of World War I. ' 

Physical limitations of the tri- 
angular stage and over-exuberanee 
of cast and director make “O’Flynn” 
seem like a parlor production. Stag- 
ing is remarkable for the nuniber 
of people crowded without mishap 
into a tiny area, but of the cast 
only Hank Loomis, as a bashful 
b6y. shows any great promise. 

This one is strictly for the group s 
diehard fans. 


i ** n( l motivation air 

ri»“e n ea“A. f ° Und ‘ n Smith ' s first 

Slor.v concerns a heavv-drintino 
totSn'^r Wh0 „ has b«-)n unable 
His* flashv fn* • V ° rd for five years, 
to nipl - h uJ c ? r enables him 

(Mi?, V^ a i beai ' tltul Hungarian 
UVliss Gabor) and they go to 


and 

verses. Much of Burns’ work was 
written as lyrics for *ld peasant 
melodies, and some of the best of 
the resultant songs provide the 
music which is nicely woven 
through the production. 

The late Warren Munsell, Jr., 
who authored the play and who 
died last month while serving as 
manager of the Olney Theatre, 
paints a vigorous, lusty Burns. His 
poet is a fighter, a stubborn, hot- 
tempered idealist, a heavy drinker 
and terrific country boy Lothario. 

Munsell brought an almost Res- 
toration bawdiness into his script 
(Continued on page 60) 


to visit Pittsburgh since 1929, when 
Captain Menke’s Golden Rod, now 
berthed permanently in St. Louis, 
played here for a couple of sea- 
sons. 


Gaxton Options Play 

Vet musicomedy performer Wil- 
liam Gaxtpn has taken an option 
on a comedy by Lou Lipton, former 
film writer, for possible Broadway 
production this season. 

Dealing with the advertising biz 
in relationship to TV, it’s called 
“The Big Shot.” 


The Willow Whistle 

Laguna, Cal., Aug. 20. 

Laguna Summer Theatre (Kenneth Brit- 
ton &. Joseph Paul) production bf fantasy- 
drama in three acts (four scenes) by 
Frances Wetmore. Directed by Demetrios 
Vilan. Features John Bryant, David Stol- 
iery, Michael Hayes. Setting by Paul 
Rodgers. At Laguna Summer Theatre, 
Laguna, Cal., Aug. 12, 1952; $2.40 top. 

Andrew Glen Wells 

Brenda Hughes Maryannc O’Neill 

Robert Tomlin John Bryant 

Bob David Stollery 

Mary Tomlin Betty Paul 

Curtis Frink Michael Hayes 

Dr. Kenlth Woodward Bach Mantell 


The Laugh Maker 

Hollywood. Aug. 20. 

Players Ring production of comedy m 
two acts by Jerry Lawrence and Roucri 
E. Lee. Directed by Kathleen freeman. 
Sets, Cyril Jones: costumes. ^} ani ” 
Becker: music, Pete Mat/.. At 1 

Ring Theatve, Hollywood. Au^. 20. a-. 
$3.60 top. . . P , lV 

Doctor Michael F<\ 

Jean Francois Bocador t 'ri ffp 

Claude Bocador A . . ± 

Charles Gringoire Alvin Huiwiw 

Marchal ,V en • 1 ;v 1 I 0 a ) ' 

Holland Spureeon ,. Cuill V. 1 " ;Vn 

Philippe Ted Van ( 

Demure .Hurdmnn • 

Da^ AH'- 1 ' 

So"? c ^ e , K ?uc!is 

FM^ric ISSl Eft 

Annettf * ".'.‘.'.’.■.■.'.'.‘.'.Kim Montgomery 
Rene ..Marlene Manncis 

&nW-:.v.v:;.v K s a ,?'5ave 

Mme. Marchal Dinne LeUon 

Mmc. Georges ivrmi 

Angelique Canon 

Critic ..... An Rav Qumn 

Jacques Miron , h ‘ ; Canon 

The Chairman ....Anthony 

Michel Bocador (age 5) . 

Michel Bocador (age 19) 


Jin.m' 


West 


Don Kiefier 


There are commercial possibili- 
ties in this Frances Wetmore . fan 
tasy-drama, but extensive rewrit- 
ing is indicated before they can be 
realized. Basic story line has merit, 

but a draggy first act and some - »wrence 

minor plot holes in the other two .writers of J e W is good, 

stanzas make the present produc- Robert E. Lee. The tnrn 
tion only spasmodically interesting. 

Basic conflict is the age-old one 
between a man’s responsibility to 
his family and to society as -Jt 
whole. In this case, the protagon- 
ist is a textbook publisher who dis- 
covers that his partner, a corrup- 
ter of school committees, now is 
rushing through a propaganda- 
loaded history text to reap further 
amoral profits. On a visit to his 
boyhood home, the tiring publisher 
concocts a friendship with ’ an 
imaginary youngster who is actual- 


Overemphasis on a trade. Pj 
proach mitigates- agamst an ‘ 
commercial success for this - 
offering from the prolific .P 

writers of Jerry c ‘ 0 d 

Robert E. Lee. The premise s Rood. 

however, and a rewnte nng 
this into acceptable Broads 
Idea also lends itself to mu. 

basically, it’s the story o^ a Jjjjj 
of famed French comedians w 
join forces In their own thpatj 
and the authors use a 
technique to ^ 11 , throug j fes . 
merable scenes, of their P 1 .j_ 
sional triumphs and personal 

Ur Re writing to make it 

(Continued on page t>U 


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Mai - tie McNamara, who with- 
drew from the femme lead in the 
• Broadway company of “Moon Is 
Blue*' two weeks ago because of 
exhaustion and a nervous condi- 
tion, is not returning to the cast. 
Her successor, Janet Riley, is- now 
being billed as co-star with Donald 
Cook and Murray Hamilton, the 
latter subbing for the vacationing 
Barry Nelson • . * Irene Bordonl, 
currently playing Bloody Mary in 
the touring edition of - ‘South Pa- 
cific” on the Coast, will leave the 
show at the expiration of her con- 
tract this week . . . Irene Henrey 
will play the femme lead in “Ber- 
nardine” . . . Milton Baron and 
Edwin Reiskind, respectively gen- 
eral manager and attorney for Jose 
Ferrer, due back today (Wed.) from 
London, where they conferred with 
the actor-director-producer on fu- 
ture plans. 

Besides Tod Andrews, who Will 
again play the title role, the cast 
of the touring “Mister Roberts” 
will include Harry Snow as Pulver, 
Herbert Duffy as the Captain, 
Robert H. Feller as Doc and Louise 
King *s the Nurse, with Stephen 
Morrow as stage manager . . . 
Peter Glenn and John Yorke, deny- 
ing last week's report that they 
had dropped plans for the produc- 
tion Of Peter King’s “See How 
They • Ruh,” revealed they have . 
obtained half the required financ- 
ing . . . With “Wish You Were 
Here” apparently established at 
the Imperial, N. Y., director and 
co-author Joohua Logan sailed 
last week for a holiday in Portugal 
and Spain, and composer Harold 
Rome went to the Coast for a 
three-week vacation. 

Jamea Withers Elliott has an- 
nounced plans for a revival of 
“The Bat,” with ZaSu Pitts as star 
. . . “Jezebel’s Husband” is being 
taken off for four weeks of re- 
vision and recasting . . . Alan 
Hewitt due back this week from a 
motor tour of New England, dur- 
ing which he caught a number of 
strawhats . . . Malcolm Pearson 
and Robert Lewis have acquired 
the production rights to “Circus of 
Dr. Lao,” the Gwyn Conger- 
Nathaniel Benchley dramatization 
of Charles Finley’s novel, and 
Burgess Meredith has agreed to 
star in it, with Lewis directing . . . 
Mark Marvin, currently active as a 
legit producer in London, arranged 
the Old Yic record album of 
“MacWth,” starring Alec Guinness 
and Pamela Brown, for RCA-Vic- 
tor. 

Pressagent Bernard Simon vaca- ■ 
tioning at Barnegat, N. J., this 
week as guest of radio executive 
George Kondolf . , . Cloris Leach- 
toan will sub as femme lead in the 
Broadway company of “South 
Pacafic” when Martha Wright 
transfers to the touring company 
for its engagements Oct. 14-Nov. 2 
in her native northwest, while 
Janet Blair vacations. Miss Leach- 
man is reportedly set for the lead 
in the new Rodgers-Hammerstein 
show, now being written for preem 
next spring . . . Harold Gary has 
given up a life of crime on TV 
and radio to play the Peddler in 
the touring “Oklahoma” this sea- 
son . . . Beatrice Lillie has told 
friends that she’ll let Aldrich & 
Myers be the Broadway producers 
of her strawhat-touring “Evening,” 
but she hasn't yet notified them 
officially, so no announcement has 
been made . . . Paul Gregory has 
acquired the rights to the court- 
martial sequence in Herman 
Wouk’s “Caine Mutiny” novel, and 
will tour it a la “Don Juan in 
HelL” 

Dorothy and Julian Olney, West- 
chester County, N. Y., legit-concert 
impresarios, are motoring back 
from the Coast after vacationing 
for several weeks with Paul Greg- 
ory in Santa Monica. The Olneys, 
who are Gregory’s eastern reps, 
arranged more than 50 playdates 
for three of the producer’s attrac- 
tions, “Don Juan in Hell,” “John 
Brown’s Body” and “Private Music 
Hall.” 

Howard St. John, back from 
Coast stint making “Stop, You’re 
Killing Me” at Warners, to be co- 
starred yith Edna Best and John 
Loder in the Theatre Guild’s tour- 
ing company of “Jane,” in the role 
he played on Broadway last sea- 
son. This will mark his first star- 
ring role; he was featured during 
the Broadway run. Tour will open 
Oct, 2 in- Hartford, with Boston to 
follow, and bookings set through 
April. 

Jose Ferrer, currently working 
in the film, “Moulin Rouge,” in 
England, told a British interviewer 
last week that he will take an 18- 
month holiday from Broadway, 
during which he plans to appear 
in “Fourposter” in French in Pans, 
atage a new production of the Jan 
de Hartog play in London with 
Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn 
<it was done there two seasons ago 


with Michael Denison and Dulcie 
Gray) and to appear in the West 
End in “The Shrike” . . . Rex Har- 
rison and LilH Palmer, who re- 
turned thi$ week to London after 
a vacation in Italy, have no imme- 
diate legit or film prospects . , . 
Judith Evelyn, vacationing in Paris, 
is being sought for the femme lead 
in “Thracian Houses,” opposite 
Robert Preston. She’s due back 
in New York early in September 
. . . Leland Hayward, vacationing 
in Europe, phoned his office in 
disbelief of cable reports that 
“Wish You Were Here” had top- 
ped a $40,000 weekly gross. lie 
thought the wire had been garbled 
in transit. He’s remaining abroad 
indefinitely. 

Selena Royle stars in “Yes, My 
Darling Daughter,” which opens 
tonight (Tues.) as the final offering 
of the Laguna (Cal.) Summer The- 
atre. Marjorie Steele, Peter 
Adams, Betty Paul and Michael 
Hayes are featured in the cast di- 
rected by Demetrius ‘Vilan. 

John Krixa, star dancer of Ballet 
Theatre, is taking a lead role in 
St. John Terrell’s production of 
“Kiss Me, Kate” at Neptune Music 
Circus, Asbury Park, this week. 
It’s Kriza’s first appearance in a 
singing, acting and dancing role. 


Legit Followup 


Pal Jfoey 

(BROADHDRST, N.Y.) 


During Vivienne Segal’s two- 

week vacation, Holly Harris has 
stepped up from standby to- play 
the co-starring femme lead. She 
is a satisfactory, substitute and, 
after 34 weeks on Broadway, the 
revival of the Richard Rodgers- 
Lorenz Hart- John O’Hara musical 
retains much of its opening-night 
quality. 

Miss Harris, an attractive, thor-. 
oughly competent leading woman, 
has a voice remarkably similar to 
Miss Segal’s. She is apparently 
trying to copy Miss Segal’s inter- 
pretation of the role and her style 
of singing, which is natural and 
probably desirable, considering 
she’s- in for only a fortnight’s stint. 

She could hardly be expected to 
equal Miss Segal in the part, since 
the latter is an established star and 
this is the outstanding perform- 
ance of her career. But if Miss 
Harris is a trifle young and a bit 
too decorative to be entirely be- 
lievable as a dame who has to un- 
derwrite a nitery to get a boudoir 
playmate, she gives a skillful dra- 
matic performance and registers 
both the salty Hart lyrics and the 
infectious Rodgers melodies. 

Betty O’Neil, who took over as 
the gal reporter when Elaine 
Stritch left to succeed Ethel Mer- 
man as femme lead for the tour of 
“Call Me Madam,” is also a nifty 
dish. She seems to have carefully 
copied her predecessor’s style in 
the whammo “Zip” number, and 
although she doesn’t quite tear 
down tlffe joint as Miss Stritch did, 
she unquestionably mops up the 
audience. 

Harold Lang, a remarkable 
dancer, is still a click in that phase 
of the title part, and seems' to have 
more authority than when the show 
opened. But he still seems miscast 
as the incurable, irresistible wolf 
and he now sings as if his mind 
were on his hoofing — or at least 
not on the' words of the song. 

The other performances are un- 
even. Helen Gallagher is a stand- 
out dancer, but her singing is 
merely passable and her comedy 
playing is painfully limited, sug- 
gesting careful planning needed 
for her assignment as co-star of 
the forthcoming musical, “Hazel 
Flagg.” Lionel Stander underlines 
the part of the larcenous agent, 
Patricia Northrop is acceptable ap- 
pealing as the innocent mousey. 
Jack Waldron is convincing as own- 
er of a flea-bag nitery and Robert 
Fortier is effective as a comedy 
dancing stooge. And, partly be- 
cause the show gives them a chance 
to emerge as individuals, the chorus 
is a lively and amusing, as well as 
decorative, element in “Pal Joey.” 

The musical is still a sordid 
yarn, given vital life and appeal 
by the great Rodgers score and the 
soiled but solid Hart lyrics, but 
with an embarrassing letdown in the 
second half. In some regards this 
Jule Styne-Leonard Key-Anthony 
B. Farrell revival seems better 
than the original George Abbott 
production, notably in Robert Al- 
ton’s breath-taking dances. But the 
show’s smash success now, in con- 
trast to its original failure to pay 
off, suggests a change in public 
taste rather than a marked superi- 
ority in quality O f the revival. 

Hobe. 


‘Stak|’ Moderate 13*€ 

In Week at Seattle 

Seattle, Aug. 26. 

“Stalag 17,” playing a regular 
eight-performance schedule at the 
1,500-seat Metropolitan here last 
week, pulled an acceptable but 
moderate $13,500 at a $3,75 top. 
The final performance Sunday 
night (24) started an hour early to 
permit -the troupe to make a train 
to Salt Lake City, where it opens 
tonight (Tues.). 

The Metropolitan gets “Call Me 
Madam” for a week’s stand starting.] 
tonight (Tues.), and “Bell, Book 
and Candle” for a nine-perform- 
ance run Sept. 1-7. 

‘Pacific' $53,400, 
‘Moon’$26,000, L.A. 

. Los Angeles, Aug. 26. 

Town’s two offerings continued 
to rack up hefty biz last week, with 
“South Pacific” again leading the 
way with virtually SRO business. 

Musical grabbed another boff 
$53,400 in its fourth frame at the 
2,670-seat Philharmonic Aud. This 
week and next should see a gross 
boost, since these final frames are 
free of the Civic Light Opera 
Assn.’s cutrate tickets. 

“The Moon is Blue” edged up 
about $2,000 for its second week, 
hitting $26,000 at the 1,636-seat 
Biltmore. It stays through Sept 
13, having completed the initial 
fortnight under Theatre Guild aus- 
pices.. 


‘MADAM’ SETS DALLAS 
RECORD WITH $55,038 

Dallas, Aug. 26. 

“Call Me Madam,” sixth and final 
State Fair Musicals offering, 
grossed a record-breaking $55,038 
for seven performances through 
Sunday (24), midway of a fort- 
night’s stand. Some 23,800 payees 
bettered the previous topper, 
“Porgy and Bess,” which hit $50,- 
327 in its second week at start of 
season, here. 

Extra chairs were added for the 
last four shows (21-24), with prices 
scaled to a $3 top. Town sizzled in 
a record-breaking 22-day heat wave 
( Aug. 2-23 ) with mercury from 
100 to 107. 

“Madam” was produced by 
Charles R. Meeker, Jr., State Fair 
Musicals managing director, and 
stars Joan Blondell, Gene Raymond 
and Russell Nype. Supporting cast 
•has Ellen McCowfi, Joe E. Marks, 
Donald Somers, Frank Rogier and 
Owen Hewitt. Season closes with 
matinee Sunday (31). 

• " 

‘Bell’ Bows Mpls. Season 
With Okay $22,300 Take 

Minneapolis, Aug. 26. 

Launching the local legit season, 
“Bell, Book and Candle,” with Joan 
Bennett and Zachary Scott, grossed 
an okay $22,300 for six nights and 
two matinees at a $4.20 top in the 
1,859-seat Lyceum. This was in the 
face of hot weather, a non-air con- 
ditioned theatre and the fact that 
the legit season here rarely has 
teed off so early. 

Attraction played its Twin Cities 
engagement exclusively here and, 
^as usual, the two St. Paul news- 
papers, both under same owner- 
ship, <fid not carry its ads and made 
no mention in Its news columns of 
the show’s presence. 

Lyceum’s next legiters are two 
Theatre Guild-A.T.S. subscription 
season offerings, “The Fourposter” 
Sept. 16, for four nights and two. 
matinees, and “Call Me Madam,” 
week of Sept. 22. “Fourposter,” like 
“Bell,” will pass up St. Paul and 
play its Twin Cities engagement 
exclusively here. 


‘Annie’ Boffola $56,000 
In 1st St. Louis Week 

St. Louis, Aug. 26. 

“Annie Get Your Gun” wound 
ftp the first of a. two-week frame 
in Municipal Theatre Assn.’s al 
fresco playhouse in Forest Park 
Sunday (24) with a sock b.o. score. 
Season’s banner attendance mark 
of over 12,000, with more than 1,- 
000 turned away, was hung up Sat- 
urday (23). Show drew 70,000 pay- 
ees and . an estimated gross of 
$56;000„ 

Natives are still clamoring for 
ducats for this windup stanza that 
ends the current season. Sandra 
Deel, William Shriner, Arthur Bar- 
nett, Robert Eckles and Jack Ruth- 
erford are the leads/ 


B’way B.O. on Fire, Beating Season; ( 
Wish’ Soars to $47,500, W $46,100, 
‘Guvs’ SRO.$44,000, ‘Animal’ $17,400 


‘Pargy’ Capacity $39,600 
For lliird D.C. Stanza 

Washington, Aug. 26. 

“Porgy and Bess” hit capacity 
last week here in its third stanza at 
the 1,600-seat National Theatre, at 
a $4.80 top, getting over $39,600. 
For this week’s concluding frame 
the take may vary a trifle one' way 
or the other on basis of the press 
list, but the Blevins Davis-Robert 
Breen production is a solid sellout 
for balance of the stay: 

Incidentally, the gross total ex- 
cludes the 20% Federal tax, in 
which the house does not share. 
However, the production is on a 
non-profit basis, so the manage- 
ment retains the extra amount. 

Dolls’ $49, 400 

As Chi Loner 

Chicago, Aug. 26. 

There is just one attraction in 
town, “Guys and Dolls,” and the 
summer visitors are giving < it a 
great play. Last Wednesday mati- 
nee was a sellout and business is 
running more than $500 nightly 
ahead of the week before. Mail 
order is picking up for the fall 
months, too, even in the face of 
the other plays coming in during 
September. 

“Stalag 17,” which starts Sept. 2 
at the Erlanger, broke its first ads 
last week, reportedly drawing over 
$5,000 in mail orders. The com- 
edy-meller is on subscription for 
the first three weeks. 

Estimates For Last week 

“Guys and Dolls,” Shubert (26th 
week) ($6; 2,100). Bounced back 
to almost $49,400 and now looks 
set to continue through the fall 
period. 

OPERETTAS GROSS 335G 
ON 9-SH0W PITT SEASON 

Pittsburgh, Aug. 26. 

Civic Light Opera Assn, wound 
.up its 1952 outdoor season with a 
total gross of around $335,000 for 
nine shows. That still represents 
a loss, but not as much as last 
year. For the first time in the 
seven-year history of the al fresco 
project, five offerings did better 
than $40,000 — “Carousel,” which 
opened the series and finished the 
leader, at $42,750; “The Desert 
Song” and “Student Prince,” both 
around $41,500; and “One Touch 
of Venus” and “Annie Get Your 
Gun” at $40,500. “Babes in Toy- 
land,” the closer, would have made 
the select circle, too, but bad 
weather the last couple of nights 
held take down to $37,500. “Prince” 
was headed for the season’s high, 
better than $50,000, but was rained 
out the final performance. 

Low for season was “Rio Rita,” 
with only $25,000, while “High 
Button Shoes,” with $31,000, and 
“The Firefly,” at $35,500, Were the 
runners-up. 

Although there were only three 
rainouts, which might have ac- 
counted for an additional* $20,000 
or so, operettas 'had many other 
nights when it looked so much like 
rain that practically nobody showed 
up for the performance. 


‘Red Mill' Fine $65,000 
At Kaycee Starlight 

Kansas City, Aug. 26. 

Attendance at the Starlight The- 
atre came back with a rush last 
week, as “The Red Mill” picked 
up interest over previous, weaker 
shows. Cast of the Victor Herbert 
musical was bolstered with corps 
of 25 local kiddies, and combina- 
tion was sufficient to draw three 
nights of capacity (7,600) attend- 
ance and a $65,000 gross. “Mill” 
was ninth production In a scredule 
of 10. 

“Show Boat” opened a two-week 
run Monday (25) as season’s finale, 
first production of the Starlight to 
be booked for a fortnight. Cast in- 
cludes Gloria Hamilton, Julie Wil- 
son, Donald Clarke, Richard Went- 
worth, Helen Raymond, Sa mmy 
White, Ronnie Cunningham and 
Joseph Macaulay. 


Broadway boxofficcs, already 
smouldering, really caught fire last 
week. Attendance, which had* been 
running ahead of normal for the ' 
season, took another jump. Re- 
ceipts were above the previous 
week’s figures for virtually every 
performance, with all shows feel- 
ing the improvement. 

- The total gross for all 10 
shows last week was $323,800, 
or 86% of capacity. Week be- 
fore last the total for the same 
10 shows was $305,900, or 81%, 
a rise of 6% over the previous 
Week* 

A year ago last week the to- 
tal for all 12 shows was $390,» 

200, or 82% of capacity* a rise 
of 6% from the week before* 
“Top Banana” is due to reopen 
next Monday night (1) after a four- 
week layoff, and “Mrs. McThing” 
resumes the following week, Sept 
8, after seven weeks off to play an 
engagement in Central City, CoL 
The first scheduled new production 
is “Mr. Pickwick,” due Sept 17 al 
the Plymouth. 

Estimates for Last Week 

Keys : C (Comedy), D (Drama), 
CD (Comedy 'Drama), R (Revue), 
MC (Musical Comedy), MD (Must 
cal Drama), O (Operetta). 

Other parenthetic designation* 
refer , respectively , to top prices; 
(♦indicates using two-for-ones). 
number of seats, capacity gross and 
stars . Price includes 20% amuse- 
ment tax, but grosses are net : i.e., 
exclusive of tax. 

“Fourposter,” Barrymore (44tl 
wk) (C-$4.80; 1,060; $24,996) (Betty 
Field, Burgess Meredith). Qvei 
$15,000 (previous week, $11,800)., 
“Guys and Dolls” 46th St. (92d 
wk) (MC-$6.60; 1,319; $43,904). 

Back over capacity at $44,000 (pre- 
vious week, $43,900). 

“King and I,” St. James (74th 
Wk) (MC-$7.20; 1,571: $51,717) 

(Gertrude Lawrence). Nearly $51,- 
700 (previous wek, $51,700); Miss 
Lawrence out all week because of 
illness. 

“Male Animal,” Music Box (17th 
wk) C-$4.80; 1,012; $25,903) (Elliott 
Nugent, Martha Scott, Robert Pres- 
ton). Over $17,400 (previous week, 
$16,000). 

“Moon is Blue,” Miller (77th wk) ’ 
(C-$4.80; 920; $21,586) (Donald 
Cook, Murray Hamilton, Janet 
Riley). Almost $10,300 (previous 
week, $8,600). 

“New Faces,” Royale (15th wk) 
(R-$6; 1,035; $30,600). Hit $30,600 
(previous week, $30,100). 

“Pal Joey,” Broadhurst (34th wk) 
(MC-$6.60; 1,160; $39,602) (Holly 
Harris, Harold Lang). • Nearly 
$39,400 (previous week, $38,700). 

“Point of No Return,” Alvin (32d 
wk) (D-$4.80-$6; 1,331; $37,924) 
(Henry Fonda). Over $21,800 (pre- 
vious week, $21,200). 

“South Pacific,” Majestic (175th 
wk) (MC~$6; 1,659; $50,186) (Mar- 
tha Wright, George Britton). Over 
$46,100 (previous week, $40,700). 

“Wish You Were Here,” Impe- 
rial (9th wk) (MC-$7.20; 1,400; $51,- 
847). Over $47,500 (previous week, 
$43,200). 

‘Madam’ 666,800, 
Clark 35G, S. F. 

San Francisco, Aug. 26. 

“Call Me Madam,” with Elaine 
Stritch and Kent Smith, concluded 
its fourth- and final frame at the 
3.250-seat Opera House Saturday 
(23) with a sock $66,800. This 
Civic Light Opera production, 
scaled to $4.80, grossed $257,400 
for its four weeks at the Opera 
House. 

“JoIIyanna,” with Bobby Clark, 
Mitzi Gaynor and John Beal, eased 
to $35,000 for its second week at 
the 1,758-seat Curran. Previous 
week, $36,000. House was scaled 
to $4.80. 

“Fourposter,” with Jessica Tandy 
and Hume Cronyn t moved up into 
higher brackets, chalking up a hef- 
ty $26,100 for its second stanza at 
the 1,550-seat Geary. Previous 
week, with show scaled to $4.20, 
hit a fine $22,000, 

“Remains To Be Seen,” with 
Roddy McDowal), Sally Forrest and 
Allen Jenkins, hit a fair $11,000 
for its second week at the 1,157- 
seat United Nations-Alcazar Thea- 
tre. Show, with a $3.60 top, hit 
only a weak $9,800 last week. 


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UBGITIMAIW 


WednctUy, Auguat 27, 1952 



Affairs of State 

London, Aug. 22. 

Emile Littler it Tom Ajrrtold presenta* 
tlon of comedy In three acts by Louis 
Verneuil. Directed by Roy Rich. At Cam- 
bridge Theatre, iqpndon, Aug, 21, 'Mi 

Philip Russell Wilfrid Hyde White 

Constance Russell Coral Browne 

Irene' Elliott .Joyce Redman 

George Henderson ........ Hugh Williams 

Byron Winkler \... Basil Radford 

Lawrence David Tearle 

Whatever the incongruities? 1 of a 
French-authored^, come4y, with an 
American background, played by a 
typically British cast, there Is no 
doubt of the . favorable audience 
reaction, or that producers Emile 
Littler and Tom Arnold have an- 
other hit to their credit. The plot 
ripples along a well-worn path 
with easy dialog, the timing and 
delivering of which are impecca- 
ble. As a vehicle for five talented 
artists, it proves satisfying, agree- 
able entertainment. 

The ramifications of American 
politics prove no obstacle to for- 
eign understanding, and the 
smooth direction gives point to 
every line and situation. Joyce 
Redman is delightful as the school- 
marm suddenly requisitioned to 
provide a temporary* mate for a 
rising diplomat whose bachelor- 
hood is detrimental to his career. 

He is in love with her aunt, who 
is unable to get a divorce from her 
elderly husband. The plan to keep 
the position of chatelaine warm 
until the other two are free to 
marry goes awry with the girl’s 
swift emergence from poor rela- 
tion to a gracious, glamorous 
hostess. It's obvious* as soon as the 
scheme is set by th£ cunning con- 
trivance of the othej* woman’s hus- 
band, that the marriage of conven- 
ience will soon assume affection- 
ate. lasting status. 

The aunt knows when, she Is 
licked and goes, off on a world 
cruise with the spouse she had 
planned to heave, while her lover 
achieves the coveted post of Sec- 
retary of State, and a beautiful, 
clever wife. Hugh Williams plays 
this part with his customary air of 
boyish mSturity and Coral Browne 
sparkles with malicious insincerity 
as his ex-playmate. Basil Radford, 
.who received a vociferous recep- 
tion after a year’s absence through 
illness, makes his smaller part rich 
with his own personality. Wilfred 
Hyde White, as the cunning old 
fox who is responsible for the do- 
mestic coup d’etat, tackles his task 
with wholehearted relish, having 
some of the best lines in the play. 
Roy Rich, as always, directs with 
competence. Clem. 


l.a Oiichesse B’Al^ues 

(DUCHESS SEAWEED) 

Paris, Aug. 2. 

Mile. Parlsys and Andre Cartes pro- 
duction of comedy In 2 acts (4 scenes) 
by Peter Blaokmore. Directed by Chris- 
tlan-Gerard. Adapted by Costancc Coline; 
sets. Suzanne Reymorid: costumes, Schia- 
pnrelll. Features Gaby Sylvia, Maurice 
Teynac, Nadine Alarl, Gerard Scty, Su- 
zet Mals, Madeleine Geoffrey, Pierrette 
Bruno, Roland Bailly. At Michel Theatre, 
Paris. S3 top. 

Marina Fonnentor Gaby Sylvia 

.Claire Martin Suzet Mals 

Mademoiselle Cary. .. .Madeleine Geoffroy 

Isabelle Lambert ., Nadine Alarl 

Pascallne Pierrette Bruno 

Paul Martin Maurice Teynac 

Henri Nlgelle Gerard Sety 

Charles Roland Bailly 

“Duchess,” a fantasy about a doc- 
tor in love with a mermaid, can 
make no pix bid because it has 
been filmed already. However, its 
Broadway possibilities seem to 
loom big with a probable scramble 
for-Ur-£. legit rights. “Seaweed” 
has had varied career. Authored 
by Peter Blackmore, English play- 
wright, its screen rights were sold 
to British films before the play 
(original title was “Miranda”) was 
staged in London. Appearance of 
film scotched the London run of 
the play, but the comedy has 
played Spain, Holland, Scandina- 
via and is due to open in Italy 
this fall. - 

“Miranda” was also tried-out at 
the La Jolla Playhouse in Califor- 
nia three years ago, but got no fur- 
ther in the U. S. U. S. distribu- 
tion rights of the British pic, 
“Miranda,” were bought up by a 
Hollywood company which wanted 
to exhibit its film, “Mr, Peabody 


and the Mermaid,” which had a 
similar love angle. Current Paris 
run of play has interested three 
American producers in placing 
“Duchess” (nee “Miranda”) on 
Broadway. 

* “Duchess” is smartly written, a 
witty play with scripting good 
enough to carry the fantastic 
theme. Story of the Paris physi- 
cian wanting 1 to complete some re- 
search on fish-life has him visiting 
the seashore. His boat capsizes and 
he is rescued by a mermaid. Both 
his scientific and amourous inter- 
ests are aroused and he buys her 
some clothes and takes her back to 
Paris where he installs her as a 
patient in his wife’s apartment. 
Miranda spends most of her time 
in the bathtub but shows up for 
cocktails in a wheelchair, demand- 
ing glasses of salt water and sea- 
weed sandwiches. 

. The doctor’s wife’s suspicions 
are awakened by her ..strange be- 
havior and her uncanny influence 
over her husband. Her conquest 
of the male is complete. The 
chauffeur, who carries her tip and 
down stairs^ falls in love with her 
and breaks off an affair with a 
maid. Finally the doctor’s wife ex- 
poses her as a siren and Miranda 
jumps into the Seine to swim back 
to the open sea. 

“Duchess” is handled here as 
farce. Production is firstrate, and 
as smooth and sophisticated as 
possible. Direction by Christian- 
Gerard is good, giving the play 
movement and tempo; and making 
the most of its comedy. Costumes 
by Schiaparelli, especially those 
for Gaby Sylvia as Miranda, are 
a great asset in. suggesting the 
oceanic background of the mer- 
maid. Maurice Teynac, as the doc- 
tor; Gerard Sety in the role of a 
bewitched family friend; Roland 
Bailly cast as the gruff chauffeur 
ancl Madeleine Geoffroy as a com- 
ic nurse, all are socko; Wife’s role' 
is played for low comedy and jars 
with the acting of others. Gaby 
Sylvia, stage and screen looker, is 
beautiful ang expert as Miranda. 

“Duchess’ should stand a fine 
chance on Broadway, being novel, 
Witty and easy to stage, but the 
casting of Miranda will be tough. 

Curt. 


Jodermann 

(Everyman) 

Salzburg, Aug. 1. 

Salzburg Festival production of "play 
of doath of a rich man” by Hugo von 
Hofmannsthal, in one act. Based on pro- 
duction by Max Reinhardt (1920); newly 
revised and directed (1952) by Ernst 
Lothar; Music. Einav Nilson and Joseph 
Messner; costumes. Caspar Nehcr; chore- 
ography, Grete Wiesenthal; musical di- 
rector, Carl Hudez; technical director, 
George Hohensinn; organ soloist, Franz 
Sauer. In the Cathedral Square, Salz- 
burg, July 27, '52. $0 top. 

Stimme des Herrn ... . Karl Bluehm 

Tod Franz Shafhcltlln 

Jedermann Will Quadfllcg 

Jedcrmanns Mutter . . . Lotte Mcdelsky 
Jcdermanns guter Gesell . Erich Auer 

Hausvogt Karl Navratil 

Koch Mario Haindorff 

Knecht Richard Goetz 

Eln armer Nachbar ..... Theodor Grieg 
Ein Schuldknecht Wolfgang Hebenstreith 
Schuldkncchts Weib. . . .Roswltha Possolt 

Buhlschaft Lola Muethel 

Dicker Vetter Hugo Lindinger 

Ducnner Vetter Heinz Conrads 

Mammon Willy Roeslor 

Gute We vice . . < Alma Scidler 

Glaube AntJc Welsgerber 

Teufel Peer Schmidt 

Splolansager Helmut Janatsch 


Out of half a year of theatre and 
party politics, the new Salzburg 
production of the annual Salzburg 
Festival’s most traditional play has 
emerged without violence to the 
hallowed Reinhardt tradition, and 
with considerable improvements 
from the audience viewpoint as a 
pageant and tourist attraction. 
Ernst Lothar’s direction has suc- 
ceeded in doing no violence to the 
picturesque and often impressive 
dramatic form of the morality play 
in its immensely effective open-air 
setting before the Italo-Baroque 
facade of the 18th Century cathe- 
dral. At the same time it has 
speeded up the action and intensi- 
fied the color and drama sufficient- 
ly to make the new 110-minute 
running time a lot more tolerable 
than its’previous 130-minute sched- 
ule. 

Because of political complica- 
tions. which approached the pro- 
portions of a vendetta, this year’s 
(Continued on page 61) 


'Okla’ to Toe Clere. 

Cleveland, Aug. 26. 

Hanna Theatre manager Milt 
Krantz announced season will 
open Sept. 22 vrtth “Oklahoma,” 
and that the season will “come 
close to 24 attractions in 30 weeks 

He said the Guild-Living Thea- 
tre plan guarantees eight vehicles, 
including “Constant Wife,” with 
Katharine Cornell; Robert - Young 
In “Country Girl,” and Edna Best 
in “Jane.” 


Shubert, N.H., Bows Season . 
With Personnel Switches 

New Haven, Aug. 26. 
The Shubert, which gets under- 
way for. 1952-53 this week with 
road break-in of a new cast for 
“Oklahoma,” will open with a per- 
sonnel change for the new, season. 
Ben Segal, for several years man- 
aging director of the spot, will con- 
fine his activities to representing 
the house on the New York book- 
ing end. 

Ben Witken will act as house 
manager, Don Glenn, publicity di- 
rector, and Louis Moscow, boxof- 
fice. Carlson Spear, former assist- 
ant manager recently deactivated 
from Naval service, will not return 
to the Shubert, being presently 
publicity director at Melody Fair 
in Danbury. 


Strawhat Reviews 


Continue* from pay* K| 


Plays Out of Town 


Continued from page 58 


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ERNEST TRUEX and SYLVIA FIELD 


in 


"GEORGE AND MARGARET" 

by 

GERALD SAVORY 

Capacity Week August 18 th 
PLAYHOUSE IN THE PARK, PHILADELPHIA 


* The Taugh Maker 

tional three-acter and the elimina- 
tion bf several scenes would speed 
the paee considerably.. It has some 
effective highlights, including the 
thespic duel between the protag- 
onists for the love of-the beauti- 
ful, wealthy Parisienne who angels 
their theatre, and the attempt of 
one of the comics to teach the craft 
to- his 19-year-old-son. Throughout, 
however, there appears fo be an 
air of smug satisfaction about show 
business, punctuated by lines that 
will win considerable attention in 
the trade but leave general audi- 
ences unmoved. 

Kathleen Freeman has directed 
tKe semi-central staging production 
with a deft touch, and the oversized 
cast is generally good. Alvin Hur- 
witz is okay as one of the come- 
dians, and Joseph Mell as the part- 
ner is fine in comedy scenes but 
misses in those scenes in which the 
characterization' is tinged with 
pathos. -Jean Byron earns atten- 
tion as the romantic interest and 
there are good supporting perform- 
ances from Charles Lucas and Don 
Kreger, latter scoring strongly as 
the pathetic progeny determined to 
emulate his comedian father. 

Kap v 

Current Road Shows 

(Aug. 25 -Sept. 6) 

“Bell, Book and Candle” (Joan 
Bennett, Zachary Scott)— Strand, 
Vancouver (27-30); Met, Seattle 
(1-6). 

“Call Me Madam”— Met, Seat- 
tle (26-30); Aud., Portland (1-6). 

“Country Girl”. (Robert Young, 
Nancy Kelly) — Lobera, Santa Bar- 
bara (1-2); Aud., Pasadena (3); 
Aud., Fresno (4); College of Pacific, 
Stockton (5); Aud., Richmond, Cal. 
( 6 ). 

“Fourposter” (Jessica Tandy, 
Hume Cronyn) — Geary, S. F. (25-6). 

“Guys and Dolls”— Shubert, Chi 
(25-6). 

“I Am a Camera” (Julie Harris) 
— Cass, Detroit (1-6). 

“Jolly ana” (Bobby, Clark, Mitzi 
Gaynor)— Curran, S. F, (25-6h 

“Moon Is Blue” (David Niven, 
Diana Lynn, Sc6tt Brady) — Bilt- 
more, L. A. (25-6). 

“Oklahoma” — Hartford (29-30); 
Broadway. Kingston, N. Y. (1-2'; 
Paramount, Asbury Park, N. J.’ 
(3-6). 

“Porgry and Bess” • — National, 
Washington (25-30). 

“South Pacific” (Janet Blair, 
Webb Tilton) — Philharmonic Aud., 
L. A. (25-6). 

“Stalag 17”— Capital, Salt Lake 
! City (26-27); Aud., Denver (29-30); 
: Erlanger, Chi (1-6). 


i 

Miriam Kressyn Set 

. Miriam Kressyn, Yiddish actress 
singer, will play one of the leading 
roles in “My Lucky Day,” Yiddish 
American musical comedy which 
will costar Edmund Zayenda, Irv 
ing Jacobson and Selma Kaye at 
the Second Ave. Theatre, N. Y 
this fall. 

The Joseph Rumshinsky-Louis 
Freiman production, for which 
Felix Sadoski will stage the dances 
will feature both Yiddish and Eng 
fish-speaking’ players. 


Comfit’ TJura’ the Rye 

which gives “Cornin’ Thro’ the Rye” 
its liveliest and best moments. He. 
gave the play also a definite offbeat 
charm largely through the Burn* 
poems and the old Scotch airs. But 
he fell short on the other point, 
that of the idealist seeking to rouse 
Scotland’s national pride and striv- 
ing to cause his native land to rebel 
and break away from England, 
This phase of Burns is not well 
known to most Americans and the 
sought-for revolution did not ma- 
terialize, None of this is made clear 
in the play. The audience goes away 
somewhat puzzled by this facet, 
which tends to dribble off into ser- 
monizing. 

A tighening of the slow first 
scene and a pickup of the very' end 
would help. 

“Comhr Thro’ the Rye” is hy- 
poed by better than summer stock 
level of performances. David 
Brooks, who plays the role of 
Burns, does a fine, lively job and 
blends -the romantic and bawdy 
portions of his character nicely. 
His songs are well done. 

Ian Martin, as the tailor* a sing- 
ing, dancing comic foil, turns in 
an amazingly polished performance, 
considering the shortness, of re- 
hearsal. Martin’s little tailor milks 
the lines for every laugh that’s in 
them and he does some comic jig- 
ging and singing that brings down 
the house. . 

Competent job is turned in by 
Arlyne Frank as Jean Armour, 
Burns’ love, whom he is about to 
marry at the final curtain, though 
she has already been the mother 
of his twins for over a year. An 
even better job is that of Mari jane 
Maricle, who plays Betty' Paton, 
soft-hearted barmaid who couldn’t 
say “no” to Burns— or practically 
anybody else, for that matter. She, 
too, mothers a Burns infant* but 
winds up marrying the comic tailor. 

The poet’s other heart interest, 
Anne M Lehose, the noble young 
lady whom he named Clarinda. is 
played by Beverly Whitney. This 
is the gal with whom Burns doesn't 
manage to make too much time in 
the big.city of Edinburgh, although 
he keeps trying. Urbane jobs of 
characterization are turned in by 
Winston Ross as J ohn Richmond, 
the. poet’s friend; Geoffrey Barr as 
the Earl of Glencairn, Burns’ pa- 

,5’ ,2 nd Ned Cary as Prof. Du- 
gald Stewart, who brings Burns to 
the city. Lowe. 

Genesis, 1952 

Milford, Conn., Aug. 20. 
Milford Playhouse presentation of 
drama in three acts by George Groskritz. 
Directed by James Xanthos; setting, 
George Anderson. II. At Milford (Conn.) 
Playhouse, Aug. 19, '52; *1.85 top. 

Tom Sturtevant John Clavin 

Anne Barton Janet Sarno 

Joe Mahler George Groskritz 

It might be well for some pro- 
ducer, if he hasn’t already caught 
this one in its strawhat tryout at 
Milford, to jot down a reminder 
for a date in mid-October when 
the play will be given a* second, 
and revised, airing at the Yale 
Drama Dept. A smart script tech- 
nician could do things with this 
embryo, and it has the basic ele- 
ments of a producer’s dr^am in 
its single-set, three-character 
makeup. 

The. idea behind “Genesis,” and 
the development of that idea, have 
Carrying a man-who-played- 
God theme, script is built around 
the being created ‘rather than the 
creator. A young playwright, 
whose fiancee reprimands him for 
tailing to create real characters in 
his plays, decide.s to abandon the 
superficial and take a hand in ac- 
tual development of a five person- 
ality. 

When a brainchild of his, in the 
person of a football hero he had 
created 10 years before, appears 
out of the past, the playwright sets 
to work bringing him up to date 
as a human entity. The experi- 
ment is so successful, that the final 
curtain has the character walking 
off with the playwright’s bride-to- 
be, while the scripter himself set- 

° £ , ca reer. of writing 
more lif e -fike beings into his plays. 
Unlike many small-cast plays 

h ? Ve t0 em Ploy offstage 
voices, phone calls to imaginary 
characters and similar business in 
order to get out of some tight cor- 
ners, this play manages to hold in- 
terest with its complete delinea- 
tion centered on the three char- 
acters involved. 

Non-pro cast of John Clavin, as 
the playwright; Janet Sarno. his 
fiancee; playwright George Gros- 
kritz, doubling as the pigskin pride, 
all give good accounts of them- 
selves on the strawhgt level. Stag- 
ing has made understandable a 
somewhat complicated combination 
of fact and fantasy, and has han- 


interestingly various play- 
ftthm-a-play angles which dove- 
tail neatly. . - 

V . a ; s . wel1 * s theme itself 

indicate that considerable depth of 
thought has gone into the prepa- 
ration here. Bone, 

Charming My Night 

turn Aug. 91. 

Hilltop Theatre presentation of corned v. 
drama lu three acts by Madeline David* 
son and Maurice Glucher. Directed by 
Edward Ludlum; setting by Richard 

Mitchell. At Hilltop Theatre. LutherJuS 

Md„ Aug. 19, '52; 2.43 top. 

BlUli BentS; PUrle MacDonald 

t0tt ' * Ann Barlow 

S * 1 ? • ' * U Edmund Johnston 

C^rfcton DMigo William Tregoe 

Val Avery 

Brenda DrAgo Lois Hall 

Genevieve Dearborne Elaine Swann 

This is the winning selection 
from some 52 scripts submitted in 
a nationwide contest, and based on 
its preem here, it obviously read 
well. It’s one of those attempts at 
ultra-sophisticated conversation in 
a worn-out situation, and the smart 
talk when played comes out as an 
endless series of obvious wise- 
cracks and labored gags. Thus 
dialog that is hard to project be- 
lievably, even by the most practic- 
ed players, here takes on the tone 
and tempo of phonograph records. 
No real character sneaks through 
anywhere. It adds up to a better- 
than-average effort, but is far from 
ready for more ambitious auspices 
in its present state. 

• Here, is the story bf the young 
writer from the sticks who hit it 
big as a fiction writer on his first 
try and got swept up in the ultra- 
ultra life that is supposed to be 
lived by successful people in New 
York. -His wife has travelled the 
same road to keep up with him, 
and it’s a steady round of cheating, 
drinking and dropping an ironic 
aphorism between parties. 

A son, who has come up amongst 
all this, and has gone the usual 
way of being tossed out of one seat 
of learning after another among 
other quickly forgiven episodes 
traditional to scions of rich and 
sophistocated big-city folk, clears 
the atmosphere by bringing home 
a real honest-to-goodness farm girl. 
And it isn’t too long before the 
breath of fresh country air takes 
hold mightily, and all concerned 
lay bare their- sodden souls to re- 
claim their phoney existence. 

Lois Hall, as the wife, projects 
well in the uniform cast, and 
Elaine' Swann garners laughs in a 
brief scene as an actress friend of 
the two-timing author. Edward 
Ludlum’s direction gets the most 
out of the script and might be 
scored as a standout, what with 
the brief week allotted to the 
mounting of a new play. Same for 
the setting by Richard Mitchell. 

Burm. 


Doctor In Spite of 
Himself 

Boston, Aug. 25. 

Brattle Theatre presentation of farce 
hy Molicre, translated by Elmer Eng* 
strom, with interpolations by Zero Mostel. 
Directed by Albert Marre. Settings by 
Richard Baldridge. Costumes by Chris 
Mahan. At Brattle, Cambridge, Aug. 19. 
*52. 

Sganarelle Zero Mostel 

Martine Kate Harkm 

Robert Jerry Hiken 

Valere Conrad Jameson 

Lucas Paul Sparer 

Gcronte Richard Kilbride 

Jacqueline .Amanda Steel 

Lucinda Jan Farrand 

Leandcr. Elmer Engstrom 

Thibaut Richard James 

Perrin Ted Thenne 


While its doubtful that Moliere 
had anyone vaguely resembling 
Zero Mostel in mind when he wrote 
“The Doctor In Spite of Himsell 
about 300 years ago, the Brattle 
management, seeking boxofnee 
rather than artistic 'results, has 
come up with a winner. While the 
program credits “Interpolations by 
Mostel,” it would seem more per- 
tinent to reverse it, with Molicre 
strictly an also-ran in this produc- 
tion, any resemblance of the orig- 
Inal script being definitely a co- 
incidence. „ .. 

Cast as the ne’er-do-well, wife- 
beating woodchopper, Sganarelle. 
who is conned into posing as a doc- 
tor, Mostel cavorts throughout tna 
play wjth complete abandon, re- 
ducing the plot (and audience) to 
a shambles.' Overstuffed zany ijj' 
eludes such absurdities as spell- 
ing M-O-T-H-E-R via body contor- 
tions while two actors vocalize, 
making like a squirting whale, reel- 
ing off a cigaret commercial, po 
firm, so round,” etc., galloping 
through the aisles of the or . c ! ie - st1 ^ 
and otherwise carrying on m no 
Moliere manner. Results is an ** ,* 
ning with Mostpl rather than MoJ- 
iere, and from uninhibited ■ 

from customers, it’s okay u ith 

Surrounding cast, which includ*'* 
his wife, Kate Harkin, cari\ 


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LITERATI 


61 


Which NtwtHil DV< K**4* 

Last week’s editions of Time and 
Newsweek mags covered the Wal- 
ter WInchell-Barry Gray ‘'feud” 
from different approaches, with 
Time giving Gray the edge and 
Newsweek more pro-WW. Setup 
prompted Winchell to ask his read- 
ers to compare Time’s “slanted” 
copy with Newsweek’* “good re- 

P °NeSSer mag recalled' that when 
Gray first got started on WOR. 
N Y., the. gabber and WW touted 
each other in' their respective out- 
lets. 

Koestler’s Slight Switch 

Macmillan had to reprint Page 
259 of Arthur Koestler’s soon-due 
autobiography, “Arrow In the 
Blue,” and circulate ' substitute 
pages of the advance copies to reT 
viewers in order- to clarify a state- 
ment about six men and Commu- 
nism. The Koestler original re- 
ferred to “The God That Failed,” 
one of bis former books where he 
listed five names and his own as. 
“six former Commimistft" The new 
phiaseology has it, ‘.‘six men who 
formerly believed in the tenets of 
Communism.” * 


Cowles’ Management Plan 

Cowles Magazines, Inc, has set 
up a Plans & Operations Commit- 
tee, composed of 16 staffers from 
various departments of the com- 
pany, as its version of the “multiple 
management, plan” used by several 
manufacturing firms. “MM” idea, 
first developed in 1932 by Charles 
McCormick of Baltimore, is based 
on the theory that “participation 
is one of the fundamental desires 
of human beings” and that they 
are happier and more - productive 
when actively participating in 
overall running of a business. 

Back in February, 1951, Gardner 
(Mike) Cowles set up a committee 
on operating policies and proce- 
dures, of top-level execs, , to study 
the company’s operation. Cowles 
said this group’s success in xoa- 
tributing to the efficiency of opera- 
tion led to his decision to carry 
the “MM” idea further. Chairman 
of the new group is Dick Elliot, 
Look’s manager of advertisers’ 
services, and the committee in- 
cludes reps from various depart- 
ments of Look and Quick. Group 
has responsibility for drafting its 
own bylaws and working out its 
methods of operation. 

Maria Trapp’s 2d Tome 

Baroness Maria von Trapp, head 
of the Trapp. Family Singers, whose 
first book, an autobiography of the 
group- titled “Trapp Family Sing- 
ers,” was published by Lippincott 
in 1949, has written a second tome. 

Titled “Yesterday, Today and 
Forever,” book discusses religion 
in one’s daily life. Lippincott will 
publish it in November. The bar- 
oness’ first book had 10 printings. 
She’s dropped her title, now, and 
is known simply as Maria Trapp. 

New Paintinr Technique 

A new technique of painting for 
books was used by Nicolas Mord- 
vinoff for Rudyard Kipling’s “New 
Illustrated Just So Stories,” which 
Garden City Books publishes next 
Tuesday (2). Mordvlnoff paihted 
in actual printing inks rather than 
oil or water colors, so that the re- 
production will be exact, inasmuch 
as the printer will be using the 
same inks with which he worked. 

NordvinOff, who won the 1951 
Caldecott award for the finest 
children’s picture book of the year, 
was forced to do. the 72 illustra- 
tions for “Just So” twice, because 
a studio fire destroyed the original 
set. 


“Caroline,” called “The Caprices 
of Caroline,” is now fimsHed. 
Laurent is also scripting “Lucrecia 
Borgia,” which will be a biff-budget 
costumer, to be directed by Chris- 
tian-Jaque next season. . Laurent 
also has another script; “Death In 
The Soul,” which he wants Jean 
Aurel, who heretofore has only, 
made art shorts, to direct. He is 
also at work on a script based on 
the life of. Simon Bolivar. 

As Jacques Laurent, he is finish- 
ing • a book for Bernard Grasset, 
and as Alberic Varenne he’s doing 
a whodunit called “Police* Story.” 
Also on the agenda is a legit inter- 
pretation of his “Nine Pearls of 
Culture.” He also writes reviews 
on the side. * 


New Graphic Arts Mag 0 

Advertising Publications, Inc,, 
publisher of Advertising Age and 
Industrial Marketing, is adding a 
new monthly magazine to its list, 
Advertising Requirements, a pub- 
lication devoted to the graphic arts 
field, including photo-engraving 
and photography. First issue comes 
out in January. Dick Hodgson has 
been named editor. 

Firm-- recently sold Hospital 
Management to Clissold Publish- 
ing Co., Chicago. 

Parisian Triple-Threat 
..Cecil Saint-Laurent, who penned 
Caroline- Cherie,” printed in the 
y. S. this year by Prentice Hall, 
is one of the most prolific scribes 
m Paris. He goes under three 
names for his writing, Cecil Saint- 
y^nrent, Jacqufes Laurent and 
Alberic Varenne. As Cecil Saint- 
Laurent, his “Caroline Cherie” was 
a Paris bestseller in book form, 
and as a film, with Martine Carol, 
one of the top grossers there last 
year. 

Laurent Is now busy with several 
Pic plans. His sequel script to 


More on Hellinger Biog 

Jim Bishop’s 216,000-word man- 
uscript for his Mark Hellinger biog 
had to be trimmed by 60,000 words 
for its Appleton-Century-Crofts 
publication in November. “It hurt 
to cut,” Bishop says, “but I feel 
that no one can justly say that the 
real Mark is not left in the book.” 

Bishop b£ing repped by several 
agents stems from the fact that 
Hellinger’s widow, Gladys Glad, in 
January, 1950 signed a one-year 
contract with the William Morris 
office. Even though Bishop had his 
own agent (the late Franz Horch) 
he was bound tQ WM for book 
and serial rights. Bishop selected 
A1 Horwits, of Universal-Interna- 
tional, to handle picture rights to 
the biog because Horwits had been 
Hellinger’s top publicity man on 
the' Coast. 

On his other tome, “Parish 
Priest,” Bishop is being agented 
by Macintosh & McK^e, following 
sale -of the Hosch agency to M&M' 
by Hosch’s widow. 

CHATTER 

Look mag planning a piece on 
the concert business. 

Joe Pasternak completed his first 
novel, “Another Side of Heaven. " 

Pete Martin’s article, . “Helen 
Hayes Tries Hollywood Again,” in 
Aug. 30 Sate.vepost. ) 

Sidney Harris in Hollywood for 
a month to gander the film lots for 
the Chicago Daily News. 

Claude L. Garson in Hollywood 
tb round up material as film edi- 
tor of the daily Paris L’Aurore. 

Danny Thomas’ autobiography, 
“Double U Turn,” will be pub 
lished in January by Simon & 
Schuster. 

Paul Elbogen's novel, “Dram,” 
already in circulation in Europe, 
•will be published in this country 
by Random House. 

“Hopalong-Freud Rides Again,” 
by Ira Wallaeh, sequel to “Hop- 
along-Freud,” being published by 
Henry Schuman Sept. 10. 

Ralph T. Kettering, playwright- 
author-showman, in N. Y. polishing 
his “Hello Sweetheart,” biog of the 
late legit producer, A1 Woods, in 
which several publishers are in- 
terested. 

John Savage, freelance tele an- 
nouncer, had his piece ..on mishaps 
that plagup live video spielers 
(which he wrote cuffo for Variety) 
picked up by Cosmopolitan mag — 
with a' $200 payment. 

Gene Brown, pressagent last 
summer for the Sea Cliff (L. I.) 
Summer Theatre, haS authored his 
first novel, “Trespass” ($2.25) just 
published by Doubleday. It’s about 
the’ abortive romance between a 
white man and a Negro girl. 

“Sources of Theatrical History,” 
by A, M. Magler, director of grad- 
uate studies in theatre history, 
Yale U., has just been published 
by Theatre Annual, Inc.* ($7.50). 
It’s described as an anthology of 
the stage “from the Greek of Thes- 
pis to the New York of Belasco 
and the Paris of Antoine.” 


these (among other things) he is 
called on to walk repently into his 
own grave clad in a long white 
nightgown, while his mother and 
an allegorical figure of “faith,” 
sorrow asthmatically. 

New fresh* costuming, pleasant 
choreography not quite in the bal- 
let category and moving, well-per- 
formed orchestral, organ and 
choral music add a lot to the show. 
But no artifice of man can contrib- 
ute as much as the Cathedral 
square, “with its bells, it*' stone 
saints and its sense, despite auto 
horns honking outside, of isolation 
from the 20th Century world. 

Nature conspires, with stage 
direction, to start the play (at 5 
p.m.) in bright sunshine, too hot 
for comfort. But by the time 'the 
drama has reached its closing 
measures the sun has dropped be- 
hand the ancient walls and the cool 
chill of a graveyard seems to creep 
over the audience while Everyman 
(Quadflieg) grapples finally with 
Avarice, succumbs to death and 
goes to his grave. Even an ’ineffec- 
tive Satan, playing like a Ringling 
clown, can do little to disturb the 
effect. One new touch, living 
statues of saints and unveiled by 
the church doors, add little but 
incongruity. But the piercing sum- 
mons of the angels to “Jeder- 
mann” from the church roofs and 
(seemingly) .the surrounding hills 
can still guarantee a spinal chill to 
most listeners. 

This should ’add considerably to 
the already solid audience appeal 
of Salzburg Festival’s most stand- 
ard attraction. Isra. 


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By Frank Scully + 




The Step Forward 1 

London, *Aug. 12. 

Jack de Leon production of drama 
in three acts (five scenes) by Anne 
Trego. Stars Guy nolle, Frances Hyland, 
Derek Farr. Directed by Jack Minster; 
decor, Elizabeth Taplay. At StrAnd The- 
ater, London. 

Peggy HeppcU Shell* Keith 

Mary Silver .Frances Hyland 

Miss McClaren Alexis France 

Mr. Langdon .Guy Kolfe 

Mrs. Langdon Gillian Lind 

Philip Langdon Derek Farr 


A new writer makes a not very 
impressive entrance with this 
frankly novelettish play in which 
the characters bear the imprint of 
cheap fiction and the dialog is- dull 
and pedestrian. Production may 
have modest local appeal, partic- 
ularly for femme audiences, but 
cannot be rated a contender for 
the Broadway stage. 

The character who takes the step 
forward is a young wife. She leaves 
her husband because of his infi- 
delity with a more mature woman, 
but feels she is able to return to 
him after she herself has .had a 
love affair. The new experience, 
she believes, will give her the con- 
fidence to make a fresh start, and 
will compensate for her earlier 
immaturity and innocence. 

Author is fortunate in having a 
cast which gives an air of credence 
to the yarn. Frances Hyland aptly 
suggests the innocent wife and her 
performance is stamped with a 
tender sincerity. Guy Rolfe turns 
in a smooth and dignified portrayal 
as her employer, who gives her a 
chance at independence. Derek 
Farr plays his philandering brother 
with a free and easy assurance. 
Gillian Lind contributes a pleasing 
cameo as Rolfe’s wife, and the#| 
minor roles are done okay by 
Sheila Keith and Alexis France. 

Play is adequately directed by 
Jack Minster, Elizabeth Taplay's 
settings are first-class. Myro. 


Plays Abroad 

Continued from page SO 

Jedermann 

“Jedermann” had to be cast most- 
ly in Germany and with minor 
names. That this makes little dif- 
ference in the final result lies both 
in Lothar’s emphasis on spectacle 
and on the fact that Hofmann- 
sthal’s script calls for little but 
declamation In a loud voice from 
any of the actors beyond the title 
role. This, in the hands of Will 
Quadflieg, a young, personable 
German pic actor, is handled with 
considerable liveliness and charm 
in the early half while the protago- 
nist of death is still lively, carous- 
ing. and unimpressed by the ap- 
proach of doom. 

Later, when Quadflieg is called 
upon to depict a newly found sense 
of morality in facing his personal 
tragedy, he seemed more than a 
little embarrassed by the inherent 
silliness of the closing* scenes. In 


Follej* Bergere 

Sydney, Aug. 12. 

Paul Derval and Bernard Delfont (by 
arrangement with David N. Martin) pro- 
duction. Original version of the Paris 
production created by Derval and Mi- 
chael Gyarmathy in two acts (23 scenes). 
Local production by Dick Hurrah, in as- 
sociation . with David Martin's resident 
producer. Ralton James, Choreography, 
Ronnie Hay; costumes and decor, Mi- 
chael Gyarmathy; orchestra leader, Her- 
bert Fisher. 

With Sofiya Corbeau, Renita Kramer, 
Guy Nelson, Lowe Sc Ladd, Norman. 
Vaughan, Lita Ray, Bert Duke Trio^ 
Mara Sc Maurice, Trio Darcsco", Betty 
Prentice, Ray Overbury Sc Suzettc, 
Bounta, Folies Bergere Girls. At Tivoli, 
Sydney. 


This is probably the most eye- 
filling show ever produced in 
Australia under the David Martin 
banner. That it will have a lengthy 
run seems a sure bet, mainly be- 
cause of the novelty of nudes; 
viewed for the first time • here. 
Folies Bergere has been a long- 
time legend in this area, and now 
it’s an actuality, the sponsoring 
trio, Derval, Delfont and Martin, 
look to do well. 

The Aussie police okayed nudity 
on stage, from the navel up. Their 
edict was that the girls must not 
wriggle torsos or move about 
stage. Despite thi6, the femmes 
provide plenty for the $3 top. ad- 
mission. 

Producers Dick Hurran and Ral- 
ton James’ have set a too slow 
tempo, adopting the British pace 
rather than that of Paris. The pro- 
ducers also permit talent to anti- 
climax their acts via too-frequent 
appearances. 

A comedy build-up would prove 


Rancho Pancho, Desert Springs. 

Besieged with requests to sell plots privately, and so keep the com- ’ 
petitive system alive, rather than release them free to any Tom, Dick 
or Harriet who happens to spot them here, I held a conference with 
three coyotes, two cottontails, two tarantulas and a lone rattler and 
we decided to .stick to the old policy of giving them free to all reader* 
of VarietyI Afterwards, readers can try to sell them in the Competi- 
tive open market,, grow rich and set up a cartel to freeze out free enter- 
prise. That’s life. So take ’em or leave ’em. 

Old Title New Title 

LIQUOR IS QUICKER WAIT TILL THE MOON SHINES, MOLLV 

This is a musical of sentimental America in the Blue Ridge Moun- 
tains of Virginia in the shade of the lonesome still. Molly Playtex 
with the look-twice-but-don’t-touch figger was the most refined chick 
in the mountains. She sang like a mocking bird. In fact, when she 
yo deled the echoes came hack like the Andrews Sisters, 

Her boyfriend was Mad Anthony Wayne, the son of the village bar- 
ber. He had to work his way through state college because nobody got 
haircuts in the Blue Ridge. He specialized in chemistry and developed 
a beard-softener to help his father’s business. He would come back to 
the Blue Ridge once in a while to see how his pop was getting on. Th&t 
was what he said. 

Actually, he came hack to see how Molly Playtex was getting on. 
He gave her some of the beard-softener for her hair, and she was 
ecstatic over the results. It was better as a shampoo than' Fels Naptha, 

Red Schooner was irritated every time Wayne came back to Blu* 
Ridge. One time he put some glue in Playtex’s hair rinse and the re- 
sult was as stiff as a celluloid collar. She grew angry with Wayne, 
figuring his beard-softener was the cause, but* when she found out 
who the real culprit was she burst into song and ordered Schooner to 
go to sea or a brewery or some place. Anyway, to get out of her life. 
Then she went to the still and poured herself a shot of moonshine. 

She usually drank an eight-ounce glass in one gulp. This time she 
began choking violently. Wayne made a fast test. “Water!” he cried. 
“In an older mountain code you’d get shot for this, Schoonerl” 

Schooner spat ’at Wayne’s polished shoes. “That’s, water, too,” h« 
said. . Then he turned down the trail and headed for the river, 

Molly kneeled down and used a copy of a Hearst paper to wipe ofL 
Mad Anthony’s .shoes. He reached down and drew her up to him. 
“Those shoes are not fit for you to polish,” he said. He kissed her. 
“Mmm,” she said, almost, swooning’ with delight, “real moonshine.” 

This is a picture for people who hate Internal Revenue men. 

Old Title New v Title 

NEVER FACE THE TRUTH WE’RE BACKING UP! 

This is a slogan picture designed to buck up the British and at th* 
same time wipe out some snide remarks regarding our retreat -in 1951 
from the Yalu River. Some scholar discovered by reading Scully’s 
“Rogue’s Gallery” that “Retreat, hell, we’re attacking from another di- 
rection!”, attributed by Warners to the American commander in North 
Korea, actually was a rewrite of a remark attributed by Wendell Wilkie 
to Lieutenant General Dmitri D, Lelyushenko on the Nazl-Russian 
front in 1944. 

It now appears that the British had a phrase much like it long before 
either America or Russia became empire-minded- In fact, it was part 
of the family crest of Viscount Alfred Broadseat, who had a piece of 
the East India Co. when it was first formed. The Broqdseats have 
always had at least one general in the family in every generation since. 
But not until Sir Gen. Windsor Broadseat was appointed to command 
a British army in Inja did the slogan bloom again like a century plant. 

The general had been raised to revere Tennyson's “Charge of th* 
Light Brigade,” which was led by a fourth cousin of his. He treated it 
as if it were a military textbook instead of a poetic glossing-qver of 
one of the biggest military blunders in British history. 

Thus when the natives of Inja defied Broadseat’s command to stop 
lying in the streets and get up and be shot like .dogs he gavp them till 
the next morning to be shot lying down. During the night they changed 
their tactics (proving to Broadseat that they simply couldn’t be trusted) 
and began charging his troops with tanks. 

Later an official inquiry proved that the tanks' got to Inja legitimately 
enough. Seems they had been given to the British by Americans for 
the Normandy invasion. But that was delayed so long the British 
feared they would get rusty and sold them to the Russians. The Rus- 
sians found them unsuited to their terrain so they sold them for twice 
what they paid for them to sdftte crackpots in Inja who had been edu- 
cated at Sheffield Scientific School. 

When Broadseat saw his troops being flattened like a newlywed’s 
biscuits he took to the hills on horse. His scattered army raced after 
him. 

In the hills, unfortunately, they ran Into a Volley of cannonflre. 
Seems these were a gift from Edward VII to the President of France, 
who saw they obviously were out-of-date and gave them to a maharajah. 
They weren’t that out-of-date, because years later in a peasant uprising 
the natives captured the guns and wiped out the maharajah, his whole 
harem and 27 elephants. And subsequently half or Broadseat’s flee- 
ing army. 

Broadseat remembered the old family Slogan. “Back up, you ijitsl” 
be commanded. His troops backed up. Right, in fact, into the path 
of the oncoming tanks. These' flattened the rest of Broadseat’s army like 
English pound notes. 

Broadseat sued for an honorable peace. It was granted provided 
the British^would raise his rank and not allow him to leave the country. 
The Indians didn’t think they could find another chump quite as big 
as Broadseat to oppose them. 

The Prime Minister took this as a fine face-saving formula and 
marked it as a victory. Broadseat died shortly afterwards. Of shame, 
of course. 

“Remember,” said the Prime Minister at Broadseat’s memorial serv- 
ices, “if one’s car i$ stuck in the mud, one gets more power by backing 
up. This is particularly true on hills. That’s what Viscount Broadseat 
did, and that is why today we honor his memory. God save the King! 
I mean, the Queen!” he corrected. 

This is a movie for people who like a man’s picture for a change. 


helpful. Missing are the smart 
sketches associated with this type 
of show. Lowe and Ladd, featured 
Comics, work in the traditional 
British music hall style with pat- 
ter and gags. Norman ^Vaughan, 
another Britisher, tries exception- 
ally hard in an over-long routine 
of chatter jind mugging. 

Rey Overbury gets , laughs with 
his falling pants routine and ho- 
kum instrumental fare. The Bert 
Duke Trio, in a mixture of danc- 
ing and comedy, get away to good 
mitting. 

Folies’ key personality is 
Frenchman Guy Nelson in a series 
of straight numbers, largely sung 
in French. He would be surefire 
for some U. S. nightclubs. Nelson 
certainly will pull in the femme 


patrons. Renita Kramer scores 
solidly with her impressionist 
dances, “L ’Amour Pour Deux” 
and “L’Autruche,” both well ex- 
ecuted and expertly -sold. 

Sonya Corbeau, a tall blonde, 
puts over her numbers with plenty 
of sex appeal. She apparently 
could be used to advantage in th* 
sketches. 

The dance routines are stimulat- 
ing and the talent, including Trio 
Daresco, Mara and Maurice and 
the Folies Girls, exceptionally 
good. 

Costumes, settings and special 
scenic effects are stunning being 
far in advance of anything shown 
here before. All have been bril- 
liantly conceived and executed. 

Rick. 


CHATTER 


Aagmt 27. 1952 


Jr„ recovering from polio and will ! 
be out of the hospital soon', 

Kay Rlehl, local actress now liv- 1 


London 


The little Club 1 . Billy Heed to Jn ff* 5‘Yr'vw<^d ‘ Unded .“rototo „ BransbyWUUams, toiown fw hi* 
ihe Coast next week, “ Mckene' charactertoattens, feted »t 


®w£ Eileen Laraon, local actress, has Md'wrthdiy 
!?£ a featured role It. "Faithfully 


‘The Star" with Bette Davis, 


a Savoy reception in honor of his 


Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian au- 
thor of the best-seller “Kon-Tiki,” 


today (Wed.) from four weeks In Wrs^t White B.rn T £..t« ' 

Europe. I>»vld jam.,, . director of "Sud- is makinTa"l«ture“tour ' ‘SSoHo 

•foe ,.®” be r t ! w?^oS?M.rc1ani d f n F .“ r ’l h *T* a° f ? ay ‘ the opening of the Him verslon'at 

promotion for Walcott-Marciano plugging the Joan Crawford pic. _ the curron Cinema here. 

bout in PhUly Sept. including Jackie Heller playing the Club ,;Belita Is to portray the Russian 

chartering of special trains down 30 near Chester, W..Va., after two ballerina in Metro's new pic, 


there. weeks at Elmwood Inn in Windsor, 

s Morris Helprin, U.S. rep for Sir Ont. 

Alexander KOrda, heads for Eng- Sportscaster Joe Tucker cele- 


land Sept. 8 for two weeks of con- brated 17th. wedding anni and Q a ble. 


.“Never Let Me Go/' now in pro- 
duction at Elstree Studios, Film 
stars Gene Tierney and Clark 


fabs with Korda and other execs Frank (Col salesman) Silverman . Anton Walbrook is temporarily 
there. No 15. ' . ^ ‘ _ out of the cast of “Call Me Madam" 

Variety Club of New York J°y ce Davis, daughter of Local a t the Coliseum to fill a film con- 
launches an annual golf outing prexy Hal Davis, enrolling at tract. His role is being* played by 
Sept, 18 at Vernon Hills Country Neighborhood Playhouse in N. Y. Donald Burr, husband of Billie 


Club, Tuckahoe, N.Y. Tix available this fall. 


through Variety Club members or 
Edward Fabian, 1501 Broadway. 


Bobby Br.annigan left after sum- 


Worth. 

With the opening of “Affairs of 


mer opera season closed to rejoin state” at* the Cambridge, Emile 


Borrah Mlnevitch due over next’ ^ Canme® ontour * ' d Lltt l: 6I L and 1 L nt .™ d 'i e . e ? 


week from Paris, where he is long- Rosemary Clooney and Robert 
time resident, for a New Yoik AdCerrill coming here Sept. 8 for 


a cheaper policy, top price now 


'77a , ' J « „ . • • J.UCU1U \JUUUIIK JUCAty UCUt, D 1VA 

visit on pleasure ousiness^ big outdoor rally at Forbes Field 
ter having to do with French film 0 f community chest workers 
features and Franco-U.S. vidpix 01 cgmmunl ty cnes * wo rKers * 
plans. . * ^ 

Richard F. Walsh, prexy of the (hi raff A 

International Alliance of Theatri- vUllflgU 


Rosemary Clooney and Robert being $L75 as against $2 to $2.50 
ernll coming here Sept. 8 for in other theatres.*’ 


Last of the international play 
season at Irving Theatre Club was 
“The Swedenhielms," by Hjalmar 
Bergman, presented by the East 
and West Drama Society. Directed 


cal Stage Employees, is en route to Sylvia Sidney does “Goodbye, by 9,i n Loudan, play was well 

England to represent the AFL^as My Fancy" at Salt Creek silo this re ? e ,7 n* Wa11 „ 

delegate, to the convention of the W eek. ' Leo Genn returning from Holly- 

British Trades Union Congress, Willie Shore stars in “Room 

Sept.,1, at Margate, Service” at Chevy Chase summer 2° 

, , , , „ Red Beret, being made in Tecnni- 

Abbie Greshler, agent-producer m color at Shepperton, It will be 

who now headquarters on the No lH^ 011 ? ^ii a \ leSo/ of directed by Terence Young. Script 
Coast, Planed in for the funeral. r ^f n c r al fi n ^' ff 0 . n r : n 0 / by Frank Nugent is based on the 

here of his father-in-law, Edward The Drunkard f or final off ermg offlcial chronicle on t he Airborne 

Saunders ^ ^ 

week in Miami Beach. last week, shortest stay in recent ° dun ™ 

Mrs. Eddy (Chiquita) Duchih, ‘^ e r^* C a Poland annual Music Festi- .. 

. JS ^ZTosXof^d gggg: Philadelphia 

Heap, manager of the Sun Valley er last week By Jerry Garhan 

j? d flSv 'Guy Madison and Andy Devine Manny Davis, former local fcook- 
7. Flock of New Yorkers journey- in ^ own to help open boys’ store er, ft now handling heavyweight 

on f u„ a owned by the Lind Bros., former A1 Roberts. 

^ , en xP a ^ tery ^,? aug j^£ o* thea- n ^ ery singers. Lynn Hope, beturbaned saxist 

! An t0r nrfcrS?i Wa £ d Joe Kaufman, producer of “Sud- and combo leader, is planing to 

den Fear," in to arrange details of Mecca on a pilgrimage: ; 

Sss j t ^ local opening with Charles Hogan, Embassy Club is shopping for a 

. of A?n operator of the Oriental Theatre, golf pro to give lessons in its sec- 

5}?P *£ S, 1 ™ w ** w* 7 lst St * Merriel Abbott, director of en- ond floor Monkey Room. 

is . n ? w a senior there. tertainment for tie Hilton Hotels, Lambert Beejuwkes, former g.m. 

Mario Lanza s contretemps with off to the Caribe Hilton, Puerto of WDAS, is organizing a mail 
Metro and his repeated balks at Ric0( , to plan bookings for that order biz in suburban Ardmore, 
studio shooting, RCA Victor record- w inter spot. Dick Merrick has taken over at 

ing, change- of personal managers, Winthrop Gardner, Jr., Sonja the CR Club for Nick Ravell dur- 
. etc., may see MCA exiting as his Henie’s husband, doing local pro- ing latter's two-weeks' vacation, 
agent, with the singers wife re- motion ou her ice | hQW w ^ ch ^arry Waxman, Atlantic City 
portedly handling his affairs. comes to the International Amphi- film house operator, has bought 

Benay Venuta in town (1) to set theatre Sept. II. into station WMID there. 

Sift JSSn’ Betty Hutton, Charles O’Curran, “Little Johnny" Merkin, midget 
* (2), en route, with her clul- Charlton Heston, Lydia Clarke, operator of the bistro bearing his 

SJSS; *° vSSJS?/ Blossom Seeley and Benny Fields tag, is making commercials for 

mother in Martha s Vineyard. due in for the world ^J eem of j uVe TV shows. 

Metro producer Deutsch was for-. ^‘Somebody Loves Me” at the Chi- Red Rodney, local bop trumpet 

“go Theatre Sept. 5. maestro, has signed with. -Billy 


By Jerry Gaghan 

Devine Manny Davis, former local fiook- 
[’ store er, ifc now handling heavyweight 
former A1 Roberts. 

Lynn Hope, beturbaned saxist 


Show*' a* Yuletide attraction at 
Prince Edward, Sydney. 

George Griffithi, in charge of 
Hoyts’ pic chain in Melbourne, due 
back from world jaunt soon. 

David’ N. Martin’s “Folios Ber- 
gere" looks likely to run until at 
least Xmas at Tivoli, Sydney. 

. Dorothy Maynor, U.S, concert 
singer, a hit on the Australian 
Broadcasting Commission stations. 

Major Aussie newspapers in- 
creasing ad rates covering the film 
field. May force exhibs to turn to 
radio. * .' * 

New Zealand exhibitors have 
been given okay to increase ad- 
mission prices. It's the first raise 
in 23 years. 

“The Miracle” retitled “The 
Wanderer” for dates here) is due 
to come out of the cans shortly on 
Sydney and Melbourne art house 
playdatings. 

Jessie Matthews, starring in 
“Larger Than Life” at Princess, 
Melbourne, for Garnet Carroll, has 
wound up six half-hour weekly air- 
ings for -the Australian Broadcast- 
ing Commission. 

Madrid 

By Geeno Garr 

Legit actress Elvira .Noriega back 
from London and Paris. She will be 
the leading femme of the Teatro 
Lara this fall. 

The unit producing “Imperial 
Violettes,” starring Luis Mariano, 
Simone Valere* and Carmen Sevilla, 
have gone on location at Granada. 

Singer and dancer Eloisa Key is 
the first woman in Spain to have a 
program of her own in Spanish 
Radio. It is a 30-minute show every 
Thursday. 

Antonio (without his partner, j 
Rosario) is appearing with gypsy i 
dancer Mari Luz in a new picture at 
Sevilla being produced by EdgSr 
Neville, It Is a 60-minute docu- 
mentary. 

Dancer and film star Ana Esmer- 
alda was seriously injured when 
she fell from a horse while film- 
ing in “Bronce y Luna” at the 
Iquino studios; she will be away 
several days, delaying completion 
of the pic. 

Producer Cesareo Gonzales made 
a “Commander of the Order of 
Civil Merit" by the government for 
his work for the national picture 
industry. About 50% Of the pictures 
done in- Spain studios are produced 
or backed by him or his Sueyia 
Films Co. 


Ireland 


the wife of film player Fred Clark. 

While his partner, Herbert 
Jacoby, is on the Coast setting the 
new fall show for the Blue Angel, 
Max Gordon has been minding the 


Portland, Ore. 


maestro, has signed with. 'Billy 
Shaw' and opened first job under 
new management (25) at Down- 
beat, N. Y. 

Shubert Theatre’s contract with 
musicians union for four local 


Max Gordon has been mlndmg the By Bay ^eves musicians union for four local 

store, commuting between, his Vil- The Day Dreamers held a sec- legU houses ^ Se pt , with 

lage Vanguard and the B. A. Biz on 5 ' ^ T „„ f no signs of a new contract in im- 
was big at the latter, so much so Ray Anthony orch played Jant- nm^nert 

that bohiface Gordon “wishes it’ll zen Beach Ballroom (22-23). ' p p 

be this good in October and No- Tex Beneke orch played a one- 

vember." at Salem and Seaside lYlilllll^pAli^ 

w Johnny O’Brien held over for a twac -r™* T*on^tr fA„^ 

Miami Beach Club nd Week at Amat0 ' s Supper “The Fourposter, ,,y set baclfto Sept! 

5yJ Solloway ™ aI ?® r 5£ m ^ n ’ ?fi d ^Edyth B y us e h I Little Theatre, St. 


Minneapolis 


Miami Beach 


. By Lary Solloway " aI “r Monm^n, paramount neia .Edyth Bush Little Theatre, St. 

Shine & Stone held over at Sans ^ » p cam P ai g n Paul, picked “The Old Maid" as 

Grade Barrie back at Driftwood “Gall Me Madam” advance seat Q ld Log str&whatter holding 
Room of Nautilus Hotel. , sale heayy Musical set for a week over “Twentieth Century” for sec- 

Johnnie Ray _set for January date at the Auditorium starting Monday ond . week a£ter outstanding biz 
at Clpver Club by Jack Goldman. J. W. (Jim) Silke, ohe-time min- 

Casablanca s Club Morocco into f* eo f 1 ° Wr-Tlfr a? stre l rnan, retired from sales force 

weekend show-dance policy until manager for Paramount Pictures, 0 f Brown & Bigelow calendar man- 

late fall. wa s in town for a day, en route to ° J aSurers S W ’ caienaar man 

Martha Raye to N. Y. for TV and Se J®* Tpvv nf1v . nop Neal Hefti and Frances Wayne, 

dates. Her Five ^^nwn Mr - and Mrs. band team, into 

O Clock Club shuttered until her Prom ballroom in St. Paul Friday 

return in two months wiS and Saturday (29-30). 

Los Chavales de Espana group, » SS - Ernie Farmer of Fred Waring 

current at Waldorf-Astoria, N. Y„ ow ay o se£ £or ^ ve organization in for choir directors’ 

being paged for long run at swank starting Se pt. 8. clinic and to pl]ll g Waring Sept< 15 

S , lier ? winter. _ appearance at auditorium 0 here. 

, Fhmster John Carroll at Saxony |l«l||«>c Alvin Theatre reopens burlesque 

for brief stopover on way to Bimi- I/ailao season with revue, “World of 

nl, where he s interested in a hotel- By Bill Barker Stars,” starring Irma/ House Is 

casino project now m the planning Pfc. Vic Damone heading Army operated by Charley Fox on 1 to 

Stage. musical show At ‘Rurnpt.t. "Field. R and 7 fn 11 nm dailv clred 1 


By Maxwell Sweeney 

Bill Shawn sails for U. S. Sept. 
11 to fill' TV dates. 

Ram Gopal’s Indian ballet sked- 
ded for fall season . at Olympia, 
Dublin. 

Swedish tenor Jussi Bjorling 
pacted for longhair concert, Thea- 
tre Royal, Dublin. 

Jimmy Campbell and Theatre 
Royal orch (Dublin) pacted for air 
series by Radio Eireann. 

Abe Elliman, Odeon (Ireland), 
Ltd., general manager, back from 
gandering France and Channel 
Islands/ 

Hugh Boyle, of the Metropole, 
Dublin, to London and Paris to 
onceover bistro biz before visiting 
Lourdes. 


Washington 


clinic and to plug Waring Sept. 15 
appearance at auditorium 0 here. 

Alvin Theatre reopens burlesque 
season with revue, /‘World of 
Stars,” starring Irma/ House Is 


Pfc. Vic Damone heading Army operated by Charley Fox on 1 to 


Pittsburgh 


musical show at Burnett Field. 

Alice Faye In to view “Call Me 
Madam” at State Fair Musicals. 


5 and 7 to 11 p.m. daily sked; 

Mrs. John S. Pillsbury, Minne- 
apolis socialite, accepted position 


Earl Wilson, N. Y. Post column- as chairman of Council of Living 
ist, junketing in Dallas-Ft. Worth Theatre campaign for subscriptions 
area. for seven-play list to be presented 


By Florence S. Lowe 

Singer Bill Lawrence current 
click at Blue Mirror. * 

Former film star Lila Lee guest- 
ed at McLean strawhat past week. 

Metro production boss Dore 
Schary set for an October visit to 
help map preem of “Plymouth 
Adventure;” 

Mrs. Sara Young, 20th. booker, 
was hostess at kickoff luncheon 
for Welfare Drive of ladies of 
Variety Club. 

Mrs. Carter Barron, widow of 
the late Metro-Loew exec, now 
living in Atlanta, where her young 
son is following in father’s foot- 
steps by enrolling in Georgia Tech. 


Hollywood 

Jesse L. Lasky in from N. Y. 
City? ty ? Urado return ed to Mexico 
tfarryf F. Zariuck left for Eu- 

xOpCt 

virus^ Levta beddcd at home b y 

JoUaf P ° rter vacatlonin 8 >n La 
Septf 5 Ladd leaves tor London. 
Meric*o°City W " LCT ° y planed 
73d tothdaT”" 6 “ lebrated h “ 
tonsUtoctomy fflth recweri “S 

si& C S°aToa. laid “ P WUh ton - 

Len Doyle in from N. Y. for a 
three-month stay. 

Rex Allen to Indianapolis for 
Indiana State Fair. 

Robert Strauss out of the hos- 
pital after surgery. 

Gisele Mackenzie in town after 
12 weeks of touring. 

Broderick Crawford to Mexico 
for IQ* days of fishing. 

Suzan Ball to Salt Lake City to 
start a fomsweek tour. 

Henry King to Washington for 
Civil Air Patrol confabs. 

Bing Crosby has reservations to 
sail for France on Sept. 12. 

Patricia Medina finalized her di- 
vorce from Richard Greene. 

Gene Autry to Houston for the 
opening of a drive-in theatre. 

James R. Grainger in from N. Y. 
for sales huddles at Republic. 

Harold Wirthwein returned from 
a tour of Monogram exchanges. 

Iris Clive filed suit for separate 
maintenance against Adolph Dietei. 

Kenjiro Matsushita, Japanese 
film biggie, guested on Monogram 
lot. 

Andy Devine and Guy Madison to 
Birmingham to start a personal 
tour. 

Dana Andrews and Mary Todd 
in town after eight weeks of straw- 
hatting. 

Harry M. Warners celebrated 
their 45th wedding anni at 
Coronado. 

Roapmary Clooney planes out 
for a one-week stand at the Chi- 
cago Theatre. 

Patricia Neal taped a recording 
for the Armed Forces Radio’s 
“Show Business.” 

Roy Rogers and Dale Evans 
booked for benefit performance in 
Memphis,. Sept. 17. 

Doretta Morrow in from N. Y. 
to huddle with Metro toppers 
about future film roles. 

Annette Kellerman leaves Oct. 
15 on a nationwide tour to plug 
“Million Dollar Mermaid.” 

* Eric Johnston will be guest 
speaker at Publicists Guild’s sixth 
annual Panhandle Dinner. 

Betty Hutton using her voice 
again after two weeks of silence 
following a throat operation. 

Arlene Dahl went east last week 
to plug “Caribbean" and her lin- 
gerie line at the same time. 

Screen Producers Guild switched 
its annual Milestone Dinner from 
Oct. 22 to Nov. 12, at the Biltmore 
Bowl. 

* Wynn Rocamora Agency signed 

to represent Gigi Perreau, her sis- 
ter, Janina, and her brother, Peter 
Miles. . • 

Pasadena celebrated Robert 
Young Day, honoring the outstand- 
ing alumnus of Pasadena Commu- 
nity Playhouse. . 

Arthur Hunnicutt and Eleanor 
Todd to San Diego for the annual 
charity ballgame between film 
thesps and Del Mar jockeys. 


By Eric Gorrick 
Ice-skating season has been lush 


By Hal Cohen area. for seven-play list to be presented 

Mike Shapiros off for Europe Liberace dated for Texas State at. Lyceum. 

and will also visit Israel. Fair free show Oct. 14 in Cotton 

Ginger Daye & Gingerettes into Bowl. - . 

Club Belvedere for indef run. Gene Autry troupe will do two Aiiofira|ia 

Maurice-Spitalny to Chi to pick shows in State Fair Auditorium, xi«ouium 

bis son, Jimmy, and go fishing Nov. 20. By Eric Gorrick 

in Michigan. Joe E. I*rwis set for one frame Ice-skating season has been lush 

Bing Crosby due in for a couple in Hotel Adolphus Century Room in Sydney and Melbourne, 
of days next month to look over Nov. 28. Borovansky Ballet will do tour 

hl iJ?i W r y Birates. Harry Koenigsberg, WFAA ra- of New Zealand under Williamson. 

Bill Land, former Carlton House dio-TV publicity director, vaca- Metro will give “Ivanhoe” a 
manager, has leased a small hotel tioning in N. Y. and Canada. simultaneous five-theatre release 
at Vero Beach, Fla. Frankie Laine’s charity show for in Sydney. 

Singer Johnny Kirby an uncle Variety Club set for Nov. 22 in “Kiss Me, Kate,” sellout on 

R/r a a son at home of State Fair’s agricultural building, second stanza for Williamson at 

m and ^ rs - Jame s Kirby. WFAA's “Early Birds,” nation’s Royal, Sydney. 

C tv . co ^ ed y team of Rex oldest live-talent breakfast airer, “Where No Vultures Fly” (BEF) 

, k V lclc .p arls( >n split prac- racked up 7,000th show Saturday in fifth round at the State, Sydney, 

w&- be£ ,S re u g ? 1 started. (23). for Greater Union. 

Corey of KDKA shoves Majestic, Interstate de luxer, Charles Chauvel is shooting the 

■} ^ rom N. Y. on world preems-“The Lusty Men” famous Marrakai buffalo hunt for 
three-month African safari. Oct. 2, with Robert Mitchum do- his new pic, “Jedda.” 

jserme Armstrong’s lad, Bernie, ing a personal* • . Paramount is setting “Greatest i 


Tokyo 


Japanese tax administration 
agency announced that American- 
made newsreels would be free of 
tax. These reels are News of Day, 
Paramount, Fox Movietone and 
Wamer-Pathe. 

Scheduled for arrival in October 
is British ballerina Sonya Alowa 
who will make appearances with 
the Komaki Ballet Troupe. Miss 
Alowa is being sponsored on the 
trip by the British Commonwealth 
Film Coup. 

Currently in production by Daiei 
Studios is another film based on an 
original story by the late Ryuno- 
suke Akutagawa, author of the 
studio’s prize winning “Rashomon." 
It is called “Thieves” arid is being 
directed by Ijrigo Kimura who al- 
so directed “Rashomon.” 


Cleveland 

By Glenn C. Pullen 

Carl Ravazza brought in by 
Vogue Room for one-month stmt. 

Towne Casino teeing off fall sea- 
son Sept. 12 with Duke Ellington 

Louis Prima getting $3,000 ' for 
week at Moe’s Main Street Club 
and drawing SRO at $2 gate. 

Dick Leathers, assistant manager 
of RKO Palace under Max Mink, re- 
signed to go into another business. 

Dark about six weeks, Herman 
Pirchner’s Alpine Village reopens 
Sept. 4 with new entertainment 
policy. 

“Second Man” winding up sea- 
son for William Van Sleet-Pau 
Marlin . Players at Chagrin Fails 
strawhatter this week. f 

Clay Franklin, new director oe 

Lakewood repertory P] ay f, rs ’ 
hearsing them in “Ten Little Indi- 
ans” for Sept. 17 kickoff. 

George Sterney, now at Houi 
Hollenden, forming new band 
for mid-September reopening or 
Zephyr Club as new French cate. 

Ted Lewis orch and revue re 

turning Sept. 1 to Sky-Way Clu 
which also has inked Georgie Go 
bel and Jan Welles, Sept, lb, 
Theresa Brewer, Sept. 22; Carmen 
Cavallaro, Sept. 29; Eddy Howard 
and band, Oct. 13; Andrews Sisteis, 


W«dji<*<iayV ' Aw| 5**I i7, 1951 


KOY MCLAUGHLIN 
Roy McLaughlin, 57, manager nf 
the ABC central division national 
spot TV sales department, died in 
Chicago Aug. 25. Active in Chi- 
cago radio-TV circles, he was prexy 
of the Chicago Television Council 
the past year and had previously 
served a term : as president o£ the 
Chicago Radio Management Club, 
In 1943 McLaughlin Joined the 
Blue Network, which was subse- 
quently to become ABC. Before 
entering the radio business he had 
long been a member of the adver r 
tising department of Hearst news- 
papers. He was made station man- 
ager of WENR, the Chicago ABC 
owned Rnd operated outlet, in 1944, 
a post he held until 1948 when he 
was anoointed manager of the 
net’s WENR-TV. He was named to 
the spot TV berth in April, 1951. 
Wife survives. 


MAEVIN WELT 

Marvin Welt, 70, theatrical agent, 
died in Chicago Aug. 24. He was 
an agent for over 35 years, manag- 
ing many of the personalities of 
the 1920s, including “Peaches” 
Browning. He was also head of the 
talent division of radio station 
WGN for years. Welt was active 
up to the last few months as a club 
date booker; 

He is survived by his wife and 
a son, whads manager of the Car- 
negie Theatre: there. Entertain- 
ment Managers* Assn, of Chicago 
will hold a memorial for Welt Sept. 
9 at the Sherman Hotel. • 


JOHN T. CLIFFORD 
John T. “Jack” Clifford, 55, 
music publisher, died suddenly 
Aug. 20 at his home in Boston. A 
former police sergeant he carried 
on his publishing and recording 
business as a sideline until his re- 
tirement from the force several 
years ago. One of his biggest hits 
was “Somebody Else is ^Taking My 
Place,” while the first waxing, .of 
the Frank* Petty Trio on his Back 
Bay label was largely responsible 
for the trio’s ascendancy. 

Survived by three sons and a 
daughter. 


JIRINA STEPNICKOVA 

Jirina „ Stepnickova, Czech ac- 
tress, died recently in prison in 
Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia. One 
report said she had committed sui- 
cide and another that she had been 
beaten to - death by Red Czech 
agents.' 

Last October, Radio Free. Eu- 
rope reported that Czech border 
guards had caught Miss Stepnic- 
kova arfd dragged her back after 
she had tried to escape, into West- 
ern Germany with her three-year- 
old son. 


HERMAN E. FAST 
Herman E. Fast, 60, general man- 
ager of WKRC, Cincinnati, died 
Aug.* 24 in that city. He had been 
associated ■ with „ various Cincy 
radio stations for*18 years. Before 
joining WKRC, Fast had been with 
the Charles W. Breneman Co., the 
General Outdoor Advertising Co., 
and his own ad firm, Fast Sc Car- 
roll. 

Surviving are a sister and three 
brothers. 


REV. J. FRANK NORRIS 
Rev. J. Frank Norris, 74, former 
radio station owner, died Aug. 20 
in Jacksonville. He built KFQB, 
Fort Worth, in the early 20s and 
broadcast sermons from his study. 

Rev. Norris aired tirades against 
liquor ancLwas in a series of has- 
sles with radio stations and the 
FCC with reference to possible re- 
vocation of licenses for those sta- 
tions not carrying his broadcast^. 


MRS. MAY A. LESSEY 
Mrs. May Abbey Lessey, 80, 
former legit actress, jumped or fell 
to her death Aug. 20, from a 
window of her New York apart- 
ment. She appeared on Broadway 
in “Anything Goes" and “Red, Hot 
and Blue.” She was the widow of 
actor George Lessey, who died in 
19'7. 

A son survives. 


T HUGO ZIEGFELD 
Hugo Ziegfeld, 86, theatrical 
poster artist, died Aug. 21 in New 
\ork. He was associated with the 
o a Miner Lithograph Corp., which 
did most of the posters for Broad- 
way shows. He was a second cous- 
in of the late Florenz Ziegfeld. 

Surviving are his wife and a 
daughter. 


MRS. LAURA JARODSKY 
. rs * Laura Jarodsky, 83, who* 
Wii-i her husband, the late Otto 
'Jarodsky, were pioneers in the mo- 
tion picture exhibition field, died 


in Paris, IU*> Aug. 12, after a long 
illness. The Couple owned' and 
operated two houses in. Paris. 

Since her illness' a son, Leon, has 
been managing the business. 


GUY TANO 

Gaetano Rocco, 38, filmland 
legit actor known professionally 
Guy Tano, tiled in New York Aug. 
1 19 after a long illness. He appeared 
in the Broadway production of “A 
Bell for Adano.” 

. His wife survives. 


HENRY MORTIMER 
John G. D. Rennie, 77, silent 
screen actor known professionally 
as Henry Mortimer, died Aug. 20 
in Whitby* Ont. 

He also appeared in legit In the 
early 1900s. 


MIMI FORSYTHE 
Mlmi Forsythe, 30, film actress, 
died Aug. 17 in Hollywood. Miss 
Forsythe, nee Marie G. Armstrong, 
was formerly married to Benedict 
Bogeaus, film producer. 

A son and a brother survive. 


LOU GORDGrt 

Lou Gordon, 30, comic and em- 
cee, died at his home in Brockton, 
Mass., Aug. 10. 

Survived by his parents. 


Henry J- Haskell, 78, veteran 
editor of the Kansas City Star, and 
father of Henry C. Haskell, a play- 
wright and foreign editor of the 
newspaper, died in Kansas City? 
Aug. 20. . 


Daughter, 2, of Roy Rogers, cow- 
boy film star, and actress Dale 
Evans died Aug. 24 in Encino, Cal., 
from complications following 
mumps. 


Charles Hearing, 41, manager of 
West Side Outdoor Theatre, In- 
dianapolis, killed in auto crash 
hear there Aug. 22. Wife and two 
children survive. 


Richard North, 48, British Broad- 
casting Corp, commentator, died in 
Middlesbrough, England, Aug. 10, 
after having taken ill on vacation 
and operated on for perforated 
ulcer. 


Widow of Tom H. Schrader, a 
theatre manager in Pittsburgh and 
Beaver Falls, Pa., for 40 - years 
before his death in June, died at 
her. Pittsburgh home Aug. 6.' 


Robert Moore, Sr., J62, nightclub 
operator in North Wildwood, N. J., 
died of a heart attack Aug. 19 in 
that city. 


Catherine White, assistant man- 
ager of WB Arsenal Theatre In 
Pittsburgh and with the circuit for 
22 years, died in that city Aug. 21. 


Arthur Turrelly, 07, theatre 
musician, died Aug. 17 at his home 
in Los Angeles. 

. Nathan Gumbiner, 54, theatre 
owner, died in Chicago Aug. 21. 
Wife and two children survive. 


Henri Moss, 69, theatrical press- 
agent and former circus advance 
man, died Aug. 23 in Montreal. 

Ernest Binns, producer of sum- 
mer shows and pantomime, died in 
Morecarabe, England, Aug. 9. 

■ ■ - 

Joseph Grosso, 69, concert vio- 
linist, died Aug. 19 in South Cov- 
entry, Conn. 


Thomas Chatterion, 71, pioneer 
screen actor, died Aug. 17 at his 
Hollywood home. 


Mother, 76, of Ralph Edwards, 
radio-TV emcee, died Aug. 18 in 
Oakland, Cal. 


Milton J. Gowman, 45^ screen 
actor, died Aug. 17 in Lbs Angeles. 

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Waikiki 

luu Continued from pace X .. — 

imporT major name talent any 
time the rivalry gets too close. 

Lau Yee Chai has steady follow- 
ing, regardless of what acts it’s 
playing. Spot responds best to 
versatile trios, although some of 
them are longer on entertainment 
than they are on music. Gung Ho 
Room draws heavy spending Navy 
trade as well as civilian traffic. 

Paradoxically enough; localites 
don’t enthuse to Hawaiian music 
and hula Shows as nitery fare. But 
tourists do, which explains why 
most of the hotels and spots like 


Don the Beachcomber’s' and 
Queen’s Surf , provide Hawaiian 
fare exclusively. 

G-I-r-I-s 

Waikiki Tavern, a combination 
cafe-liquor operation, is the major 
exception among spots catering to 

mixed service-civilian trade. Its 
hula girls may not he outstanding, 
but .they’re, colorful and they're 
g-i-r-l-s. Organist Wray, who has 
won many friends, tops the show. 
Tavern has' a scenic on-beach lo- 
cation and show is entertaining 
enough tq make the spot a beach 
landmark. 

Just to hedge. Tavern has an up- 
stairs Orqhid Room for customers 
who prefer mainland tempos. Al 
Bang leads the combo. 

Liquor commission, incidentally, 
cheeks entertainment of all spots 
serving . drinks. Although many 
residents don’t realize it, the com- 
mission has virtual full censorship 
power over rub-club shows. 

That has kept stripteasers, im- 
personators ♦ and glrls-in-goldfish- 
bowls out of the local field. Com- 
mission can censor costumes and 
presumably jokes. Latter type of 
scissoring Is rarely invoked, how-: 
ever, and when it is, it’s done with 
a subtle reminder to the pro- 
prietor to clean up or dry up* 

They take the .hint quickly be- 
cause -liquor is liquid gold in 
thirsty Honolulu. « 

Even with rising taxes and costs, 
the boys never had it so good. At 
least not since the heyday months 
j just after World War II. 


Indications are that the brisk trade 1 
may ease off this w e e*k on 
eve 6f , Labor Day, but should, 

bounce, back next week and then 
generally continue to improve 
through, the fall period. The Ameri- 
can Legion convention in town this 
week is apparently not affecting 
the b'.o. 

Out of town, “Call Me Madam” 
pulled another fine gross in San 
Francisco, with the Civic Light 
Opera subscription setup a possK 
ble factor, but “Fourposter” got a 
fine $26,100 'there without the 
Civic hypo. “South Pacific” drew ! 
another capacity $53,400 in Los 
Angeles on Civic subscription, but 
there “Moon is Blue” pulled a nifty 
$26,000 without it. In Chicago, 
“Guys and Dolls,” which had 
dipped under $30,000 during the 
summer lull, drew $40,400 and ap- 
pears headed back over the $50, « 
000 level and set .for .indefinite 
continuance. “Porgy and Bess” 
climbed slightly to $39,600 in its 
third week in Washington. That’s 
about the limit at the scale. 

Business was also generally up 
last week at local musical stock 
spots. For example, the State Fair 
Musicals -production over “Call 
Me Madam,” at the State Fair 
‘Auditorium, Dallas, hit a new 
weekly record .of $55,000 for the 
opening stanza of a fortnight’s en- 
gagement, even topping previous 
second-week marks, Indications are 
that the show will gross $109,000- 
$110,000 for the two-week run and i 
that the 12-week season will set 
new . records for both total gross 
and total. 1 attendance. 


Legit B.0. Boom 

Continued from page 57 ■ , 

due to the sparse list of shows, that 
was the highest percentage of busi- 
ness since last January-Fe.bruary, 
and the first time such a level has 
been reached this early in the Sea- 
son since records have been avail- 
able. The 86% figure represented 
an increase of 27% over the sum- 
mer low .registered the week ended 
July 19. 

For the first 12 weeks of the sea- 
son the total number of weeks 
played by all shows was only- 152, 
as compared to 195 last season, 212 
season before last, 182 in 1949-50, 
236 in 1948-49 and 239 in 1947-48. 
The total- gross thus far this sea- 
son was $3,989,800, as compared 
to $5,125,500 (1951-52), $4,770,600 
(1950-51), $4,649,100 (1949-50), 

$5,074,600 ( 1948-49”) and $4,817,100 
(1947-48). Thus, the early boxof- 
fiCe boom starting four, weeks ago 
fallows, an unusually lean summer 
on Broadway. 

For the first 12- weeks on the 
road the total number of weeks 
played by all- shows was 100, com- 
pared to 79 last season, 108 (1950- 
51), 116 (1949-50) and 163 (1948- 

49) . The road gross total of $3,- 
182,500 for the same period com- 
pared to $2,397,600 (1951-52), $2,- 
8621100 (1950-51), $2,887,700 (1949- 

50) and $3,779,000 (1948-49). On 
the road, too, the early upturn 
this season followed an abnormally 
severe summer lull. However, the 
road pickup started even earlier 
than on Broadway. The first spurt 
occurred .the week ended July 5 
and lasted three weeks. Then, after 
a one-week setback, it has shot up- 
ward four successive weeks. 

Big ‘Wish’ Jump 


Anderson’s O’seas Tour 

Marian Anderson is flying to Eu- 
rope today (Wed.) for a concert 
tour that 'will take her into De- 
cember. 

Contralto will then return for a 
winter U. S. tour. Sol Hurok is 
managing both tours. * 


Variety Bills 

Continued from pu-e 54 


Murray Swanson 
Eddie Guertln 
Jackie Gordon 
Jackie King. 

Chuckle Fontaine 
Larry Seldin Ocre 
Sen* level Hotel 
Shine Sc Stone 
Eddie Snyder 
Satasas Ore 
Ann Herman Dors . 

Saxonv Hotel 
Sandra Kiraly 
Hal Winters 
Val Olmai) Ore 
Tano Jh Dec 
Michael Selker Ore 
Shore Club 
Rosalia St Carlaa 
Michael Selker Ore 


Sheremede 
Preacher Rollo 5 
Tony Paiter'* 
Neil Stone Revue 
Billie Lee 
Chi-Chi Laverne 
Kitty O’Kelly 
Jamie Lynn 
Charlotte Winters 
Kenny Lynn 
Vagabond* Club 
Vagabonds (4) 
Maria Neglia 
Phil Brito 
Bobbie Drake 
Frank Linale Oro 
River Boat Trio 
Harbor Club 
Joe Mooney 
Charlie Page 


CHICAGO 


Chex Parea 

Milton Berle 
Fatso Marco 
Sid Gary 
Lily Ann -Carol 
Leonard Sues 
Son .& Sonny 
Delage tc Shirley 
Mountaineers (3) 
Johnny Martin 
Werner Twins 
Chex Adorable* (6) 
Brian Farnon Oro 
Cenrad Hilton HeHl 
Adele Inge 
Eric Waite 
Diana -Grafton 
Charles 4c Lucille 
Cavanaugh 
Dennis 4c Darlene 
Lillian Byers 
Yvonne Broder 


Philip Fraser 
Terry Taylor 
Donald Tobin 
George Znk 
Boulevar-dear* (6) 
Frankie Masters O 
Rdgewater Reach 
Ralph Flanagan Ore 
Harry Prime 
Kathy Sweeney 
Chordlal Aires (5) 
Trixie 
Roger Ray 
Hlld Dancers (10) 
Palmer House 
Matl Sc Harl and 
Co (4) 

Noonan 4c Marshall 
Estelle Lorlng 
George Prentice 
Eddie O'Neal ore 


LOS ANGELES 

% 


On Broadway last week the ac- 
celerating boxoffice pace was felt 
at virtually all shows, some mak- 
ing gains, of as much as $5,000, One 
of the biggest jumps was registered' 
by “Wish You Were Here,” which,' 
went from $43,200 to a new high 
of more than $47,500 and now 
looms as a likely stayer into the 
winter period arid as an ultimate 
payoff possibility. The Arthur Ko- 
ber-J oshua Logan-Harold Rome mu* 
sicalTwhich opened June 25 to al- 
most unanimous pans, was first 
figured to be a dim boxoffice bet. 

With “W i s h” the next-to-top 
grosser last week, “South Pacific” 
also surged upward to $46,100, 
serving notice that it still packs 
plenty of b.o. power and is now a 
prospect to reach the four-year 
mark next April 7. However, it 
still has over two years to go to 
equal the “Oklahoma” record of 
2,248 performances ( five and a 
half years). 

Although “King and I” slipped 
a trifle below solid capacity during 
the absence of Gertrude Lawrence 
from the cast last week because of 
illness, “Guys and Dolls” returned j 
to the standees-only level, while 
“Pal Joey” and “New Faces” also 
elimbed to virtual maximum takings. 


Ambassador Hotai 
Freddy Martin Ore 
Stuart Wade 
Murray _ Arnold 
The Martin Mon 
Rita Sc Alan FarreU 
Rar ef Must* 
Tito Guixar 
Helen Boice 
Felix Decola 
Benno Rubinyi 
Eddie Bradford Ore 

R Gray's Bandbox 

Lenny Kent 
Julie Robbins 
Skylarks (5) 

Bob Durvvood 
Bill Howe 

LAS VEGA 

Flamingo 

Connee Boswell 
Dick Wesson ” 
Romanos Bros 
Herb Flemington 
Flamingo Starlets 
Ike Carpenter Ore 

Desert Inn 
Billy Gray 
Patti . Moore 4c 
Ben Lessy 
Cheer Leaders 
Larry Greene 
Lucky Girls 
Carlton I-Iaycs Ore 

El Cortex 
Mercer Bros 
Sharon Dexter 
Charlie Carlyslc 
Nappy LaMarc Ore 
Last Frontier 
Ballet Theatre 
Mary 4c Jos Levine 
Garwood Van Ore 
Don Baker 
El Ranche Vegas 
Ben Blue 


Rlltmore Hotel 
Penny Singleton 
Walton. A O'Rourke 
Les Baasie Trio 
Cafe Gala 
Jane Jones 
Frank Howard 
Jean Arnold 
Mel Henke Trie 
Clro's 

Be be Allan 
Barry Ashtoh 
Rose Marie 
Dick Stabile Ore 
Bobby Ramos Ore 
MoCambe 
Billy Daniel 
Byron Palmer 
Eddie Oliver 

i, NEVADA 

Harmonica Rascals 
Bill Skipper 
Joy Walker 
Fluff Charlton 
El Rancho Girls 
Tfed Flo RIto Ore 
Silver Slipper 
Woo Woo Stevens 
Kalantan 
Hank Henry 
Rooneys 

La Barr Leonard 
Isabelle Dwan 
Jimmy Cavanaugh 
Dolly Dec Dolls 
George Redman 
Bill Willard 

ThwiHfertNtrd 

Billy May Orch 
Nclle Fisher 4c 
Jerry Ross 
Mack. Triplets 
Johnny O’Brien 
Kathryn Dully 1 
Dansations 
Jack Martin Five 
Normandie Boys 


6 $ 

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MARRIAGES 

Jody Lee Myers to' Sid Melton 
In Chicago Aug* 10, /Groom is fea- 
tured player in Chicago company 
of “Guys and Dolls.” 

Maureen Bruce to Donald Brit-' 
ton, Edinburgh, Aug. 18. Both are 
members of the Sadler’s Wells 
Theatre Ballet. 

Grace O’Callagban to Howard 
Schultz in Chicago, Aug. 19. Groom 
is with the Sam Roberts Booking 
Agency, Chicago. 

Beryl Foley to Frederick Perry- 
ment, London, Aug. 11. She’s a 
principal in British tour of “Carou- 
sel”; he’s a hotelier. 

Viona Elliott to Raymond Lane, 
Clacton-on-Sea, England, recently. 
She’s member of Musical ElHotts; 
he’s manager of Derby Hippo- 
drome. 

Sylvia Karlton to Lt. Philip Mos- 
.cowitz, USN, New York, Aug. 24. 
Bride is a singer and niece of Ben 
Kalmenson, general sales manager 
of WB Tn Pittsburgh. 

Bernice Kpchman to Stanley 
Padol, Pittsburgh, Aug, 16. Bride 
is in Warners’ booking department 
there, 

Ruth Davis to Bernard Schlff, 
Aug. 19, New York. Both are pub- 
licists. 

Betsy Bennett to Andre Previn, 
Los Angeles, Aug. 24, She’s a 
radio singer; he's a musical direc- 
tor at Metro. 

Mildred A. Aiello to Francis C. 
Panny, Albany, Aug. 23, Bride 
formerly served, as director, of 
women’s programs for WOKO „ 
there; groom Is station’s program 
director. 

■ Myra Hansen to Jack Cahill, 
Oakland, Cal,, Aug. 23. Groom is 
chief announcer at KLX there* • 

Patricia Craig to James Cov&ll, 
San Francisco, Aug. 22. Bride is 
executive secretary at KNBC there; 

Barbara Whitmyre to Charlie 
Featherstone, Syracuse, N. Y., 
Aug. 23, Bride is music librarian 
with WSYR, Syracuse; he’s WSYR- 
TV director. 


BIRTHS 

Mr. and Mrs. Humphrey Bdgart, 
daughter, Hollywood„Aug. 22. Par- 
ents (Lauren Bacall) are film stars. 

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Runyon, 
daughter, Los Angeles, Aug. 21. 
Mother is Ruth Martin, singer; 
father runs the Hollywood office 
of the Milton Biow ad agency. 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Seidel, son, 
Hollywood, Aug. 19. Mother is Jean 
Hagen, actress; father is with the 
William Morris office. 

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Scott, son, 
Pittsburgh, Aug. 20. Father Is an 
announcer at KQV there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tucker, 
daughter. Pittsburgh, Aug. 19. 
Mother is the daughter of Paul 
Krumenacker, WB city salesman. 

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Johnson, 
Jr., son, Pittsburgh, Aug. 18. Moth- 
er is the daughter of Don Ioset, 
WPIT manager. 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brunner, 
son. Pittsburgh. Aug. 17. Mother is 
Susie Cue McCain, dancer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Tom Henry, son, 
Aug. 8, Chicago. Father is a Mu- 
tual Broadcasting System . sales- 
man there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Browm Jr., 
son, Santa Monica, Cal,, Aug. 16. 
Father is an account executive at 
KLAC-TV. 

Mr. and Mrs. Ludovic Kennedy, . 
daughter, London, Aug. 11. Mother 
is ballerina Moira Shearer; father 
is a writer. 

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Curl, 
son, New York, Aug. 19. Father is 
sales manager of WOV, N.Y. 

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Stark, son. 
New York, Aug. 19. Mother Is 
Kathi Norris, radio-tele gabber, 
father is indie AM-TV packager. 

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hughes, 
daughter, Los Angeles, Aug. 18. 
Child is granddaughter of George 
Lait, Columbia studio publicity 
head, and great-granddaughter of 
Jack Lait, editor of N.Y. Mirror. 

Mr. and Mrs. Bob E. Lloyd, son, 
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 15. Father 
doubles on staffs of WTHT, Hart- 
ford, and WSPR, Springfield, Mass., 
as a deejay. 

Mr. and Mrs. Tod Andrews, son, 
Aug. 20, in Hollywood. Father is 
legit-film actor; mother is actress 
Gloria Folland. 

. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Prince, daugh- 
ter, in Chicago, Aug. 23. Father is 
featured in Chicago company of 
“Guys and Dolls.” 

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dauer, son, 
Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 14. Father 
is WSYR announcer there. 

Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ludden, 
daughter, Hartford, Aug. 21. Father 
is continuity director of WTIC, 
there. * * 

Mr. and Mrs. Dave Allen, son, 
S>racuse, N. Y., Aug. 14. Father 
is WSYR-TV salesman there. 





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